The Cornfield

Max Scherzer gave up eight hits through seven, but only one run. More than enough effort to keep the Tigers in the game. 


Joaquin Benoit allowed three in the eighth. Not the first time this season he's done so. Final 4-1 Boo Jays. 


At the 40 game mark, the other glaring deficiency -- besides the inconsistent offense -- has been middle relief. 


After the game, Anthony wished Benoit into the cornfield. 


"Someone once told me I shouldn't wish all the ineffective setup men into the cornfield," Anthony said in the postgame press conference. "Then, eventually, there would be no one to pitch the eighth innings, to get games to the closers. Who was that?" 


Why ... that was Phil Garner who said that," a writer answered. "Managed the Tigers a while ago. Yep, Phil Garner --  " 


"Yeah!" Anthony made a face. "That's why I made him go on fire!" 


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The Indians won 19-1 tonight at KC, scoring ten in the fourth and four more in the fifth, all off Royals' middle reliever Vin Mazzaro. 


I missed all the fun in real time, while listening to BEN-wah give it up, but replayed the game from Gameday's archive. 


This could as easily be an Indians blog. They're close enough, and have been accessible off-the-air for long enough, to be a second home team. And this is a year when you want to hear every game. Good, and sometimes amazing, things seem to happen every day.