Tribe Watch (Week 4)

Record: 15 - 11

Standing: First in AL Central

A very positive and successful week for the Tribe. It was a week that I was fearful of given our opponents, but the Indians managed to take 2 out of three from both the White Sox and the Rangers. Our pitching was strong, particularly the bullpen, and our offense came up with some timely hitting. Beating Chicago was important to give ourselves some distance from them in the standings and playing well against Texas may have been an even bigger deal as it gives us the confidence that we can play against them if we were to meet up in the playoffs. This week also saw the debut of Johnny Damon, who still needs to shake some rust off but managed to already contribute a few hits. Right now though the man of the hour is Jason Kipnis who is got an impressive hitting streak going on and came up with a big home run in today's win. We'll need these young guys to really produce if we want to be competitive throughout this season. While the Tribe can be pleased with their performance against Texas, they can't take it easy as they'll have another tough week beginning with another series against Chicago (this one is at home, but included a doubleheader on Monday) and then heading to Boston to play the Red Sox this upcoming weekend. While neither team has played particularly well yet this season, both of those teams can give the Indians problems so we'll need to stay aggressive and make sure we keep on winning. It's fun time to be an Indians fan. Go Tribe!