Second Straight Big Day For the Offense as Indians Top Rays 8-7; Three Takeaways from the Win

2. Getting Crooked Early

The Indians looked up after the first half inning and found themselves down 1-0, but came back in a huge way against Rays ace Chris Archer with five first inning runs.

The last two days the team has started fast on offense, and considering before Sunday they averaged 2.4 runs per game in the first 11 games of the month, the last two days they have scored 16 runs, showing again how good this offense can be when it gets going.

The first inning was cemented again by a big blow by Lonnie Chisenhall, who slammed a three-run homer to put the team up 5-1. Chisenhall’s blast was big as it came with two outs and two on, building a four-run lead for the Tribe.

On the season Chisnhall has four homers, two in the last two days. No matter who it was, it was great to see the team get those ‘response runs’ and put up an early five spot in building a lead.

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