Don’t look now, but the Cleveland Indians are 6-3 thanks to some electric starting pitching and timely hitting. The Tribe is riding high after a four-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays, and they’ll look to keep things rolling into a three-game tilt with the Detroit Tigers.
The Tigers are something of an anomaly. They rank 28th in the league in runs, 24th in OBP and 29th in slugging. Yet they lead the American League Central at 7-3.
Like the Indians, the Tigers owe their early success largely to the efforts of their starting rotation.