Indians demolish Tigers to clinch third straight AL Central title

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    With ski googles perched on his head, Michael Brantley stood in the middle of Cleveland's rocking clubhouse just a few from a bin overflowing with dozens of empty beer and champagne bottles.

    The party was in full swing on Saturday. So were the Indians.

    And as he watched his teammates target each other with foamy fluids, Brantley wanted to cherish an AL Central championship that seemed preordained.

    "I'm savoring every moment of this," Brantley said after the Indians won their third straight division title on Saturday. "This never gets old to me. This is a lot of hard work that this group has put in to get to this point. It's all well-deserved, well-earned, and I'm glad to be a part of it."

    Unchallenged for months, the Indians scored 11 runs in the first two innings and rolled to a 15-0 rout over the Detroit Tigers, who made four errors, managed only two hits and proved to be no match for the Indians since April.


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