So once again I had a late night and didn't get to watch the whole game.
However, I still saw the first 6 innings, because Josh Tomlin and King
Felix really weren't playing around with hitters. I said Tomlin would
go toe to toe with Hernandez, and while I was semi-joking, he definitely
stepped up and matched Hernandez the whole way.
Tomlin or Hernandez?
A) 8.0IP, 5 hits, 1ER, and 7K's
B) 8.0IP, 5 hits, 1BB, 0ER, and 12K's
I think you could probably guess who is who since Tomlin isn't a
strikeout pitcher as much as Felix is. However, when you compare those
two lines, you see how good Tomlin threw. A huge assist to give us a
chance, and a much needed deep start to rest the bullpen. The other
thing I noticed that the stat sheet doesn't, is that Tomlin got some big
plays defensively to help him out the few times he was in trouble. The
throwing error by Kipnis did allow the run, but he had already gotten 2
great plays by Kotchman, a big time stop by Donald to prevent a run, and
Kipnis was everywhere. The outfielders did play for both teams, but
unless it was in the gap, both teams rarely were able to get a ball to
the outfield all night. It's fun to see slugfests, but a great pitching
matchup is also really fun to watch. Great games by both Tomlin and
Hernandez, unfortunately somebody had to lose.
And that honor was bestowed to Mariners closer Brandon League. Yes he
has been hot, but this time he didn't benefit from Felix keeping the
hitters off balance like Vargas did. Hernandez throws gas, and
everything moves, and he just owned us on his talent. League also
throws heat, but not as well as King Felix. The Indians seem to always
rock this guy when he comes in for saves, and last night was no
different. Indians got 2 runs in the 9th off of a bases loaded Jack
Hanahan single up the middle. The inning began with a Santana walk,
then a Pronk single, then a Kotchman sacrifice bunt, and then a Shelley
Duncan walk. Then Hannahan's clutch hitting. That put the Tribe up
2-1, and then it was Chris Perez time. 1-2-3 inning and game over.
Quick Observations
- I did some research, and this is Grimmace's numbers with runners in
scoring position thus far:0-9 w/ 1 BB, 1 RBI,& 2 SOs
- Chris Perez is 'irked' by the $750 twitter fine. Bud Selig better
not step near the plate in the 9th.
- Shelley Duncan is cooling down a bit. Not a good thing for him with
Damon coming in a few weeks. And Grady Sizemore began running, and
throwing.
- Trevor Crowe is hitting .467 in AAA. Somehow that only makes him 4th
in the International League. There aren't many good pitchers coming
thru that league if you ask me.
- Asdrubal Cabrera will be flying back to Cleveland on Sunday. Manny
Acta said that Hagadone will be sent down when they re-activate him.
Tough call for a kid pitching great out of the pen. However, a lot of
guys are pitching good out of there.
Next up for the Tribe is a trip to Oakland where we will be sending
Ubaldo, Jeanmar Gomez, and Justin Masterson to face the A's. The A's
will counter first with Graham Godfrey. Never heard of him, but since
he is an A's pitcher my guess he is the next Nuke LaLushe.
Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO #P AVG OBP SLG
M Brantley CF 4 0 1 0 1 2 23 .209 .292 .326
J Kipnis 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 24 .178 .224 .422
S Choo RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 16 .214 .389 .262
C Santana C 3 1 1 0 1 0 17 .256 .408 .538
T Hafner DH 3 0 2 0 1 0 18 .314 .415 .543
A Cunningham PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .286 .308
C Kotchman 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 16 .182 .234 .341
S Duncan LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 20 .265 .444 .471
J Hannahan 3B 4 0 2 2 0 1 8 .313 .405 .438
J Donald SS 4 0 1 0 0 3 13 .238 .250 .238
Totals 33 2 7 2 4 13 155
BATTING
2B: C Santana (2, F Hernandez); T Hafner (2, F Hernandez)
RBI: J Hannahan 2 (8)
S: C Kotchman
Indians RISP: 2-8 (M Brantley 1-1, S Choo 0-1, J Donald 0-1, J Hannahan
1-1, T Hafner 0-1, J Kipnis 0-2, C Kotchman 0-1)
Team LOB: 9
FIELDING
E: J Kipnis (1, throw)
DP: 1 (J Hannahan-J Kipnis-C Kotchman).
Cleveland Indians
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
J Tomlin
(W, 1-1) 8.0 5 1 1 0 7 0 96-71 4.86
C Perez
(S, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10-6 4.76
Totals 9.0 5 1 1 0 8 0 106-77
PITCHING
WP: J Tomlin
First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Tomlin 22/29; C Perez 2/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Tomlin
25-8-18-20; C Perez 3-1-0-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Tomlin 10-7; C Perez 1-1
Game Scores: J Tomlin 75
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