Deja vu. For the second straight game the Indians defense and bullpen lets them down big time. Last night it was Johnson and Karinchak; tonight it was Josie and Wittgren.
Once again the Indians' Achilles heel did them in - the lack of two solid lefties in the bullpen. Wittgren hit Kiermaier, Wendle singled, and Choi launched one. Three lefties in a row and we didn't have an Oliver Perez to bring in. Sam Hentges is back but Tito loves his veterans.
The Little League home run in the second might have been the lowest point of the season. That was beyond embarassing. I can't believe they determined that all those runs were earned. Maybe it was because Kiermaier singled in the next at-bat so they figure the 2nd and 3rd runs would have scored even without Josie letting the ball fly out of his glove and then making a bad throw.
At least Josie broke out of his 2-for-19 slump and hopefully he'll get going. But it's too late now. At this point the Indians are in 6th place in the wild card standings behind Tampa, Oakland, Seattle, New York and Toronto. There's a better chance by far they finish behind Detroit in the division than that they make the playoffs.
If there was any doubt the Indians will be sellers it was settled the last two nights.