After perfecting the Walk Off at their own ball park, the Indians decided to see what it was like to quiet down the other team's fan base with a late inning rally away from home. The Oakland fans became the victims when Orlando Cabrera (fresh off his Saturday walk off single) delivered again. This time it was from off the bench as a late game managerial maneuver. The O Man singled in the go ahead run in the 9th and the Tribe danced around on enemy territory in celebration of their 7th in a row!
In complete contrast, The Rays are trying to climb out of the AL East craziness after a horrid beginning to their year. But, things are kinda lookin UPton as they've pulled within two games of the Yankees with a walk off gem of their own. Thanks to BJ Upton who seemingly continues to confound everybody with his sporadic stats vs. his potential. Check out his game winning bomb by clicking Here!
Since we're lauding over the AL .. .what about KC's rise this year. Clearly overshadowed in the Central by the remarkable '11 of the Indians, they have definitely looked highly competitive so far this year in Kansas City. Last year, they knocked the ball all over the park and a couple of additions and/or position changes seem to have helped out the synergy on this team. Jeff Francouer is one of those key components that has helped push this team toward the top.
Jeff did everything but pitch to help Kansas City to it's fourth win in a row.. this time in Walk Off style when he lauched a sac fly to right that scored Alex Gordon in the 10th. Francouer had Homered earlier in the game and made a terrific catch as well. Well done Frenchy!
And what's going on with the streak in LA? No, not the winning streak. This team seems to take one step forward and two steps back in the win column everytime you look up. The "streak" is a personal one and a great story for baseball as we get to relive those magical baseball years when names like Joltin' Joe DiMaggio and the boys of summer ruled the radio waves. Andre Ethier delivered a sinking liner that barely eluded the acrobatic leap of rookie second baseman Darwin Barney and fell safely into right field to extend Andre's hit streak to 29 games!
That single pulled Andre within two games of the longest hitting streak in Dodgers history (Willie Davis had 31 in 1969) and into a tie with one of the coolest names in baseball and our YH - Zack Wheat.
Yup, Zack Wheat had himself a 29 game hitting streak way back in 1916. He was no slouch with the stick guys.. here's a look at how Zack stacked up at the dish. He played for 19 years and racked up nearly 3,000 hits while posting a .317 career average. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1959. Pretty Slick Zack.
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