Cleveland Indians Clinch AL Central for Second Consecutive Year

Going into Saturday night the Cleveland Indians magic number was at 1 following an 8-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals during Saturday afternoon.

The Indians either needed the Minnesota Twins to lose tonight against the Toronto Blue Jays or the Tribe just needed to defeat the Royals on Sunday.

The Blue Jays took matters into their own hands and helped out the Indians by defeating the Twins 7-2, which assured that the Indians have clinched the AL Central for a second consecutive year.

We are back-to-back AL Central champs!#RallyTogether pic.twitter.com/MTHdIj1TuP

— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) September 17, 2017

The Indians winning 22 in a row helped out a drastic amount as to why the team quickly clinched with still two weeks or so left in the 2017 season. When the Indians started their 22 game win streak the magic number was at 32 on August 24th.

On September 15th when the Cleveland Indians finally had their historic win streak snapped by the Kansas City Royals, the magic number dropped from 32 all the way to just 2.

Twins lose! The Cleveland Indians are Central Division champs for the 2nd straight season @wkyc

— Dave Chudowsky (@DaveChudowsky) September 17, 2017

Cleveland Indians team shop open late Saturday with AL Central Division championship gear https://t.co/Vgq4PXIHbK pic.twitter.com/ZSCnXQtaby

— Joe Noga (@JoeNogaCLE) September 17, 2017

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— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) September 17, 2017

Getting my hair ready for the party tomorrow ? #2017ALCentralChamps pic.twitter.com/QZTyPGYyng

— Jose Ramirez (@MrLapara) September 17, 2017

Make sure to go on out Saturday night and grab your official American League Central Champions gear for the rest of the 2017 regular season and the playoffs.