Make That 20! Indians Top Tigers 2-0 to Extend Win Streak; Three Takeaways From the Victory

2. Lindor’s Power

After the Tigers had a threat against Kluber in the first, it was Francisco Lindor that got the Indians on the board, hitting a solo homer to leadoff the game for the Tribe.

Consider that Lindor now has 11 home runs and 22 RBIs in his past 23 games, and for the season he leads all shortstops in homers (30) as well as total bases (295).

The Tribe superstars 30 home runs is the most by any player as a shortstop since J.J. Hardy and Troy Tulowitzki each hit 30 in the 2011 season, which also matches the MLB record for homers by a switch-hitting shortstop (Jose Valentin in 2004, Jimmy Rollins in 2007.

Lindor is just the third player in MLB history to hit 30 homers as a shortstop at age-23 or younger (Alex Rodriguez [2x] and Nomar Garciaparra).

His offense along with Jose Ramirez’s has been a huge key to this 20-game win streak, and those guys hitting as the playoffs approach is a huge key to success.

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