As the saying goes, plenty of good seats available.
It’s warming up in Northeast Ohio and watching the Indians tonight will not require three blankets, hot coffee and a trip to the emergency room with symptoms of hypothermia.
Game time is 6:10. The sun will still be visible and there will be no snow on the field.
Before you attribute all of the Indians’ pitching success to cold weather, look at the ERAs of today’s MLB starting pitchers:
Michael Wacha 5.59
Sal Romano 5.73
Chad Bettis 2.53
Gio Gonzalez 1.59
Sonny Gray 3.60
Rick Porcello 2.84
Lucas Giolito 6.17
Jose Berrios 3.29
Chris Stratton 4.35
Bryan Mitchell 4.22
Ian Kennedy 0.75
Kennedy, Gonzalez, Porcello and Bettis are doing well but the rest of those pitchers have nothing on the Indians’ staff.
Mike Clevinger 0.71
Corey Kluber 1.57
Trevor Bauer 2.08
Carlos Carrasco 3.48
Only Josh Tomlin at 9.00 is feeling the chill of April.
| Tigers | Indians | ||
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CF
|
Leonys Martin |
SS
|
Francisco Lindor |
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3B
|
Jeimer Candelario |
2B
|
Jason Kipnis |
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1B
|
Miguel Cabrera |
3B
|
Jose Ramirez |
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RF
|
Nicholas Castellanos |
LF
|
Michael Brantley |
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DH
|
Victor Martinez |
DH
|
Edwin Encarnacion |
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C
|
John Hicks |
1B
|
Yonder Alonso |
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LF
|
JaCoby Jones |
C
|
Roberto Perez |
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SS
|
Jose Iglesias |
RF
|
Tyler Naquin |
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2B
|
Dixon Machado |
CF
|
Bradley Zimmer |
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SP
|
Michael Fulmer |
SP
|
Trevor Bauer |