N&N: Bobby Bradley’s successful debut
Morning news and notes for Monday, June 24, 2019
Here’s to a great week!
Indians 8, Tigers 3
The Tribe plated five runs in the second and Zach Plesac went seven strong innings to setup a happy Sunday. With the win, the good guys are now 42-35 on the season (that looks better!)
Tribe News
Bradley, Indians come up big to sweep Tigers | Indians.com
From Mandy Bell:
Bobby Bradley expected to be overwhelmed with emotion before his first big league at-bat. He wasn’t quite sure how he was going to handle it, saying, “I’m gonna have to take a lot of deep breaths. It might take me a second to get in the box. Just to know that this childhood dream is coming true is unreal.”
It took just two pitches of his first plate appearance in the second inning before he sent a long, looping fly ball that dropped into the left-field corner and bounced over the wall. In his first at-bat, he logged his first hit and knocked in his first run that sparked the Tribe’s offense during an 8-3 victory over the Tigers on Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field.
“It’s just an unreal moment,” Bradley said. “All the guys congratulating me, and I mean, it still doesn’t feel real to me yet. ... I mean, just to be able to be up here and to be able to get a hit, it means the world to me.”
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