I was off yesterday, so sorry, but I think the facts speak for
themselves when it comes to the final day game against the Twins.
First, Derek Lowe thru a complete game shutout without any strikeouts,
just awesome.
And then if it wasn't for Kipnis, in the 5th inning the Indians could
have Tom Emanski'd their HRs, but instead Choo lead off with a HR,
Kipnis grounded out, and then A-Cab and Santana went back to back. 5-0
at that point, and that's how it would finish. Why did we have a 2 game
series? Even stranger than that, why are the White Sox flying to LA for
a 2 game series, then going to face the Cubs, and then flying back out
to LA to play the Dodgers? Somebody needs to help the schedule people
out.
Now onto the opening game vs. the M's.
Ubaldo Jimenez vs. King Felix...this is the second time we faced King
Felix this season, and the first time Josh Tomlin had his Cy Young
coming out party and kept us in the game 1-0 until King Felix left in
favor of their closer, and we got 2 runs in the ninth for a clutch win.
Ubaldo last pitched against the Red Sox and got all sorts of rocked.
What would happen this time?
Muahhahahhaahaaa. HA! 14 hits for the Indians, a season high 5
doubles, a Pronk bomb, and a Carlos Santana stolen base would happen.
Every Indians batter got a hit except for Grimmace who fell back below
.200avg. King Felix was chased from the game in the 4th inning, his
shortest outing of the season, and Ubaldo had maybe his best outing of
the year going 6 innings allowing 3 runs and striking out 4 to improve
to 4-3.
The scoring for the Indians got kicked into gear on a delayed steal in
the first, when Santana went to steal second well after the pitch was
thrown, and A-Cab was on third ready to run home should the M's catcher
Jesus Montero throw to second. Well Montero didn't throw to second, had
Cabrera caught going back to 3rd but made a really really bad throw to
the left fielder allowing Cabrera to score. Figgins got the ball and
threw home to try and get A-Cab out, but A-Cab and the call arrived at
the same time so he blocked Montero from catching it and it got by him.
Santana never stopped running and made it all the way to home on the
play and slid safely just before Hernandez could apply the tag. Great
hustle by Santana, and a smart play call by Acta with Montero catching,
since he is still new to catching and will make rookie mistakes like
that.
From there it was 4-1 and all Tribe. Really the only guy who gave
Ubaldo trouble was Dustin Ackley who hit a 2-run HR, and went 3-3
batting against Jimenez. The Indians got 3 RBI doubles in the 4th from
Kipnis(scoring Choo), Pronk(scoring Kipnis), and Santana(scoring Pronk).
Brantley slacked off and only got a single to score Santana. That made
it 8-3 after 4, and no more King Felix in the game. In the 6th Pronk
just hit a solid HR for good measure and to make it 9-3. Tribe wins
9-3.
Notes-
- Choo is red-hot right now. I don't know if it has anything to do with
him leading off now, but this is the Choo who like Sizemore before him,
was one of the best kept secrets in baseball.
- Zach McAllister makes his third start tomorrow, which tells me Tomlin
is hurt, does anybody know what happened, I completely missed that
injury.
- The Manahan has missed the last 3 days with a sore back, but Jose
Lopez has looked good replacing him. Still not as solid defensively,
but give this guy everyday At-bats and he will produce. A good looking
swing, and can hit for some pop.
- Wedge needs that awesome beard back if he wants to be a winner.
- Got our first glimpse of Dan Wheeler's replacement Jeremy Accardo. He
is an improvement on Dan Wheeler as he didn't allow a hit or a run in
his 1 inning of work.
Afternoon game today, and the Tribe gained a game on the Tigers and
White Sox who both lost last night. GO TRIBE!
Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO #P AVG OBP SLG
S Choo RF 5 2 3 0 0 1 18 .261 .380 .391
J Kipnis 2B 5 2 2 1 0 1 21 .275 .339 .463
A Cabrera SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 17 .325 .420 .520
T Hafner DH 5 2 2 3 0 0 21 .259 .397 .464
C Santana C 3 2 1 1 1 1 19 .262 .385 .437
L Marson C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .077 .226 .154
M Brantley CF 3 0 2 1 1 1 21 .276 .318 .393
A Cunningham CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .213 .302 .255
J Damon LF 3 0 1 0 2 0 18 .160 .236 .220
C Kotchman 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 15 .196 .283 .304
J Lopez 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 16 .212 .235 .364
Totals 36 9 14 6 6 7 171
BATTING
2B: M Brantley (13, F Hernandez); J Kipnis (4, F Hernandez); T Hafner
(6, F Hernandez); C Santana (7, F Hernandez); S Choo (9, H Iwakuma)
HR: T Hafner (5, 6th inning off H Iwakuma 0 on, 0 Out)
RBI: T Hafner 3 (19), J Kipnis (23), C Santana (21), M Brantley (14)
2-out RBI: T Hafner, C Santana, M Brantley
GIDP: C Kotchman
Indians RISP: 5-14 (M Brantley 1-2, C Santana 1-1, T Hafner 1-4, J
Kipnis 1-2, A Cabrera 1-3, C Kotchman 0-2)
Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING
SB: C Santana (2, 2nd base off F Hernandez/J Montero)
FIELDING
DP: 2 (C Kotchman-A Cabrera, J Kipnis-A Cabrera-C Kotchman).
Cleveland Indians
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
U Jimenez
(W, 4-3) 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 107-69 5.09
J Accardo 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11-7 0.00
T Sipp 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21-14 6.39
J Asencio 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7-4 4.71
Totals 9.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 146-94
PITCHING
WP: U Jimenez
First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: U Jimenez 16/24; J Accardo 1/3; T
Sipp 3/3; J Asencio 1/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: U Jimenez
19-9-23-18; J Accardo 3-1-2-1; T Sipp 2-1-9-2; J Asencio 0-1-0-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: U Jimenez 7-6; J Accardo 1-1; T Sipp 1-1; J
Asencio 2-1
Game Scores: U Jimenez 52
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