The Indians had not scored ten runs all season. So it makes perfect baseball sense that benching arguably their lineup’s hottest hitter, Jose Ramirez — the owner of a .359/.419/.667 slash line since the arbitrary date of April 9 — would lead to an offensive explosion.
I suppose it also helped that Rangers starter Matt Moore hammered the strike zone, and the Tribe responded accordingly, but I’d much rather focus on how, for one afternoon at least, the Indians’ offensive woes were a distant memory.
There is no such thing as too much offense
Everyone in the starting lineup reached base, but it was Jason Kipnis who kicked things off in the first inning with a double off the left field wall.