Indians @ Twins, 9/4/07

Unbelievable.

I'd resigned myself to a loss going into the ninth. Since the Tigers had already lost, I was okay with it -- amazing what a 6 game lead will do for your nerves, particularly when the team chasing you has already lost their game.

Clearly, Hafner's parents have to go to every game. And even as this team pads their lead, they clearly want more.

Perhaps the unsung hero of the night was definitely Jensen Lewis. I've talked about Lewis in the past, mentioning that he has the talent, it's just his lack of experience that's a concern. As I've said before, when he's on he's a huge part of our bullpen, but when's he's off he can be off the charts bad. Experience will help him iron such things out and tonight was a great example of him getting that experience.

And say what you want about Joe Borowski, but the man is a competitor. And he even had a stirke out tonight!

Jensen Lewis, however, could be key. Adding him to our go to guys in the bullpen -- being able to count on him to perform like he can -- would solidify our relief like crazy. Assuming he's on, I'd match up our four guys against the rest of the post-season contenders (although the fact remains that those guys all have lights out type closers).

Tomorrow should be interesting. I wonder if Wedge will risk using Martinez again even though it's a day game, since Victor won't have to catch on Thursday. Then again, this could be a good chance to give him two days out from behind the plate.