Comeback falls short as Indians fall to the Yankees 5-4; three takeaways

1) Elite Company

Cleveland Indians third baseman Jose Ramirez joined some very elite company with his first inning home run. Ramirez became the third switch hitter in MLB history to hit 29 home runs before the All-Star break, joining Mickey Mantle (2x) and Lance Berkman.

Indians fans were pleased last season when Ramirez hit 29 home runs for the entire season, considering the double digit increase from 2016. Luckily for Indians fans Ramirez seems to have more up his sleeves this season as he has now matched his home run output from last year and there is still 68 games remaining this season. Ramirez’s home run allowed him to stay tied with Boston Red Sox slugger JD Martinez who homered earlier in the day, if Ramirez is able to continue to keep pace with Martinez he would become the first Tribe hitter since Al Rosen (1950) to hold or share the MLB lead in home runs, who was tied with Ted Williams.

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