Wahoo Wrap-Up (Week 6)

Record: 15-20, Third in the American League Central

Sorry I never got around to doing a weekly recap last week. Then again, the way the Tribe was playing then didn't exactly inspire me to write much (at least nothing positive). Thankfully, the news is much better this week as the Indians managed to take two out of three in each of their last two series and have won 5 out of their last 7 games. It certainly helped that we played the Royals and Orioles, two of the AL's worst teams. Still, the way we won those games was positive and hopefully it will help motivate the team to keep up their winning ways. One of the nice things that has developed is the offense from guys like Austin Kearns and Russell Branyan; a couple of guys who weren't expected to do much but have provided some pop in the offense as well as some senior leadership for the young guys. It's a shame guys like Grady Sizemore and Travis Hafner aren't doing it, but as long as someone is, I'm happy.

This week things will get a little bit tougher. We wrap up the current road trip with a two game stint against the best team in the American League, the Tampa Bay Rays. Then it is back home for series against the Royals and the Reds. We just beat up on the Royals so hopefully we can do it again at home. As for the Reds, we usually play our cross-state rival competitively, but their pitching has been very good this year, so our bats will really have to pick it up if we want to win against them. Right now, I'm just trying to stay positive about the team, which is the most we can hope for from anyone. And as always, Go Tribe!