So I was going to do a big summary, but I got some work today(allegedly)
and I have only watched the first game of this series in which the box
score is below. Here is the series results.
Game 1: Indians 8 - Bad Guys 6 (WP: McAllister LP: Humber)
Game 2: Indians 3 - Bad Guys 2 (WP: Tomlin LP: Danks)
Game 3: Indians 3 - Bad Guys 5 (WP: Sale LP: Perez)
Game 4: Indians 1 - Bad Guys 8 (WP: Peavy LP: Gomez)
Here are some thoughts based on what I saw game one, and what I have
read about all the others.
- Grimmace raised his batting average by .030. Don't get super excited,
when you are hitting under .150 you just have to get a few hits to
drastically improve the average. However, in general the bottom of the
order was the catalysts for our wins, so its nice to see that part of
the lineup not named Mannahan contributing.
- Pronk won't his as many HRs as in the steroid era, but when he does
hit them....they don't land, ever.
- I like what Johnny Damon can bring to this club. He isn't hitting
great, and he isn't a great fielder. So while that may be a bad start
to how he is helpful, his value will be seen by the results of the
clubhouse energy, and the play of others in the lineup. When a slump is
going on you hear about guys pressing too much at the plate. This has
been the description of Choo, and Pronk for most of this season. Damon
doesn't ever seem to get down or press. He knows he isn't the best
fielder, and every time he is on camera in the OF he is smiling,
laughing, joking with Brantley, or making fun of the statue of liberty
catch he just made miraculously. An example is that when he made a
sliding catch to rob Pierzenski of a hit, he gets up jokes to A-Cab, and
then laughs and points to A.J because A.J knows it was lucky too. Even
the White Sox announcers didn't mind that kid like attitude, because A.J
and Damon are former high school teammates. Point being is that he
brings a looseness to the daily grind of the games, and that was the
same thing that Trot Nixon brought when he arrived a few years ago and
we ended up going to the ALCS. Those guys are needed just as much as a
key trade for a contributor like Kenny Lofton was needed that year.
- Grady Sizemore will be taking live BP when the team returns from
Boston. They will be very patient bringing him back, but where is
Brantley going to play? Or are we 3 person platooning in LF?
- Jake Peavy is back, and he is really good. Chalk all of his starts
as losses, and I do the same each time we face Verlander.
- Tribe is going to Boston tonight to start a 4 game series. It will be
interesting to see the response for both Lowe and Damon as they will be
on the same team for the first time since in Boston, and they will both
get starts in game one vs. Josh Beckett. We can actually beat Josh
Beckett since it isn't the playoffs right now.
Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO #P AVG OBP SLG
J Damon LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 .190 .227 .333
A Cunningham LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .244 .311 .293
J Kipnis 2B 4 0 0 0 1 1 20 .288 .370 .519
A Cabrera SS 3 1 1 1 1 0 10 .333 .414 .540
T Hafner DH 4 1 2 1 0 0 9 .265 .406 .482
C Santana C 4 2 2 0 0 0 13 .247 .377 .419
S Choo RF 3 2 1 0 1 1 23 .220 .347 .317
M Brantley CF 4 1 2 3 0 0 15 .248 .301 .343
C Kotchman 1B 4 1 1 3 0 0 19 .167 .255 .262
J Hannahan 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 11 .284 .372 .420
Totals 34 8 10 8 4 4 142
BATTING
2B: C Santana (4, P Humber); M Brantley (8, P Humber); C Kotchman (2, P
Humber)
3B: T Hafner (1, J Quintana)
HR: T Hafner (4, 2nd inning off P Humber 0 on, 0 Out)
RBI: T Hafner (14), M Brantley 3 (8), C Kotchman 3 (8), A Cabrera (12)
2-out RBI: A Cabrera
Indians RISP: 4-10 (M Brantley 2-2, S Choo 1-1, C Santana 0-1, J Damon
0-2, J Kipnis 0-1, T Hafner 0-1, C Kotchman 1-2)
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING
SB: S Choo (5, 2nd base off P Humber/A Pierzynski)
FIELDING
E: Z McAllister (1, throw); C Santana (3, throw)
DP: 1 (J Kipnis-A Cabrera-C Kotchman).
Cleveland Indians
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Z McAllister
(W, 1-0) 6.0 6 4 2 1 5 0 104-66 3.00
J Asencio 2.0 2 2 2 2 2 0 47-24 6.32
N Hagadone
(S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14-9 1.08
Totals 9.0 8 6 4 4 7 0 165-99
PITCHING
J Asencio pitched to 3 batters in the 9th
WP: J Asencio
First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: Z McAllister 14/25; J Asencio 6/9; N
Hagadone 3/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: Z McAllister
21-8-18-19; J Asencio 10-3-6-5; N Hagadone 3-2-1-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Z McAllister 3-10; J Asencio 2-2; N Hagadone 1-2
Game Scores: Z McAllister 52
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