YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOOOOOAAAARRRRRDDDDDD....WIN!
Gosh I really get annoyed by those guys.
Johnny Damon made his debut with the Indians, and then settled in nicely
by leaving the game in the 5th inning with cramping. I think it was a
solid debut though as he did get 4 AB's and a few chances in the
outfield. So cramping or not I liked the way he looked in our lineup.
The lineup took an interesting order, and it was kind of a throwback to
the Indians lineups of the late 90's when Lofton, Vizquel, and Alomar
would be our top three hitters. All high OBP, fast, and could easily
bunt to really move runners. Last night it went Damon, Kipnis, A-Cab.
Damon isn't as much of a running threat as Lofton was, but he has a bit
more power and higher OBP that I think if we stick with that good things
will happen. And then you got Pronk, Santana, and Choo following them
which should lead to a lot more runs. Hopefully Brantley takes the new
spot down the order well, and really if he can get to second, the
Manahan is down there to drive him in. Speaking of the Manahan...
Hero of the game was the Manahan! Runners on 1st and 2nd in the 8th,
two outs, tied at 3.....the Manahan is at the plate, opposite field hit
right down the line for a go ahead double. Pronk capped it in the 9th
with a two-run blast, but it was the Manahan that gave the Indians the
lead, and with the bullpen going 15.2 IP straight without a run allowed,
we basically iced the win in the 8th. The Indians escaped this one,
because usually leaving the bases loaded in two separate innings without
scoring a run is bad news for a team looking for a win. However, the
power of Pronk and Santana helped fuel the offense, and the walks were
in full force as the Tribe drew 8 last night.
Grimmace is still really offensively offensive at offense. However,
with him and Manahan playing defense, we magically looked light years
improved from Tuesday.
Josh Tomlin was rolling all night. Very fast innings, low pitch counts
until the end. However he ran into the same problem he had last year,
about the 3rd time thru the order, the opponents seem to figure him out
and get their hits off him. In this case they got a Dunn HR, and a
Ramirez two-run double later in the game. However, if you leave the
game tied or with a lead, recently the Bullpen Mafia will take care of
the rest. The 8th and 9th belonged to Pestano and Perez who both didn't
allow a hit, and Chris Perez converted his 8th save of the year.
Johnny Damon left with "general cramps" and he will be in the lineup on
Thursday.
I would really like a win in this series. First, the White Sox are
currently second in the AL Central, and they have owned us over the past
two seasons, so a series win would do wonders for the confidence level
of this current group of Indians when facing 'The Good Guys'.
Why is Scott Radinsky always cracking a huge smile when he gets to the
mound to talk to a pitcher? I like the way he is doing things thus far
as there are only a few things that need to be worked on. However, I
feel like he just goes to the mound to crack a few "knock knock" jokes,
lighten the mood, and then return to the dugout. Am I the only one that
notices these things?
Speaking of mound visits. I also am awaiting another pep talk by Manny
Acta to a pitcher like he gave Pestano vs. the Rangers last year.
Leave Kipnis in the #2 spot. He is on fire.
Grady Sizemore is eligible to come off the DL on June 2. He is cleared
to hit and run.
Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO #P AVG OBP SLG
J Damon LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 14 .000 .250 .000
S Duncan LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .246 .370 .415
A Cunningham LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .318 .300
J Kipnis 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 18 .279 .351 .453
A Cabrera SS 2 2 1 0 3 0 24 .290 .372 .478
T Hafner DH 4 2 2 2 0 1 8 .290 .438 .478
C Santana C 4 1 2 3 1 1 19 .260 .409 .466
S Choo RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 22 .219 .351 .297
M Brantley CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 22 .235 .301 .329
C Kotchman 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 19 .143 .241 .243
J Hannahan 3B 3 0 1 1 1 0 18 .292 .382 .415
Totals 34 6 8 6 8 6 167
BATTING
2B: A Cabrera (7, P Humber); J Hannahan (5, A Reed)
HR: C Santana (4, 5th inning off P Humber 2 on, 2 Out); T Hafner (3, 9th
inning off M Thornton 1 on, 1 Out)
RBI: C Santana 3 (13), J Hannahan (15), T Hafner 2 (12)
2-out RBI: C Santana 3, J Hannahan
GIDP: J Kipnis
Indians RISP: 2-9 (M Brantley 0-1, S Choo 0-3, C Santana 1-2, J Hannahan
1-1, S Duncan 0-1, T Hafner 0-1)
Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING
SB: C Santana (1, 2nd base off Z Stewart/A Pierzynski)
FIELDING
DP: 1 (C Santana-A Cabrera).
Cleveland Indians
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
J Tomlin 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 82-52 5.27
J Smith
(W, 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 20-10 1.59
T Sipp 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4-3 7.71
V Pestano
(H, 6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6-5 2.53
C Perez
(S, 8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15-10 3.60
Totals 9.0 6 3 3 3 8 1 127-80
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