Break out the brooms at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario! The Tribe completes the 4 game sweep of the Oakland A's with a 9-2 win this afternoon in Cleveland. Scot Kazmir pitched 6 innings giving up 5 hits and 2 runs, striking out 10. Brantley went 2-5 with a run scored, Kipinis went 1-4 with a run and 3 RBI's, Cabrera went 1-3 with a run, Swisher went 1-3 with a run and an RBI, Jason Giambi went 1-4 in the DH spot with a run and an RBI, Mark Reynolds went 2 for 3 with 2 runs and 2 RBI's, Yan Gomes went 4-1 with a run and an RBI and Drew Stubbs 2-4 with a run and 1 RBI.
Kipinis, Swisher and Reynolds all homered in the game. The Tribe is now 18-14, 3rd in the AL Central, 1.5 games behind the 1st place Detroit Tigers. Detroit plays in Washington today at 4:05, the second place Royals take on the Orioles in Baltimore at 7:05.
The next game for Cleveland is a date with the division leading Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit. The Tigers will start Max Scherzer (4-0 3.43 ERA). His last outing was a 8 inning, 1 run 3hit effort in Houston. He walked 2 and fanned 8 Astros hitters. Detroit squeaked by the Astros 17-2. The Indians will go with Corey Kluber (2-1 3.o6 ERA). Kluber's last appearance was a 4-2 loss to the Twins, the loss snapped a Tribe 6 game winning streak. Kubler went 5 and 2/3 innings and gave up 3 runs on 5 hits, walking 4 and striking out 5. The Indians and Tigers will play 3 games in Detroit, Friday and Saturday games both Start at 7:08. Sunday's game will start at 1:08, a great day to treat mom to a ball game.
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