Let’s go back to August 28. The Cleveland Indians dropped to 73-56 after a 2-1 loss to the Texas Rangers, finishing off a 2-5 road trip, which caused the Tribe’s division lead over the Detroit Tigers to drop to 4.5 games. Fast forward two weeks and all that seems like a distant memory.
The Indians have gone 9-3 since that road trip, which has helped push their record to 83-59 and their division lead over the Tigers to seven games.
The Indians’ magic number now stands at 14 games with 20 games left, meaning that it will be a fight between the Indians, the Tigers and the Royals (who are third in the division, nine games back).