Adrian Beltre was out again after hitting the GW HR the night before.
He did get to pinch hit late in the game again, and again it require
Choo heroics to get him out, this time it was a sliding catch in the
9th. If Beltre played in all three games as a starter, I am not
suggesting we would have been swept, but he seemed to be just fine as
far as hitting the ball hard is concerned. However since he didn't hit
the ball out of the park, that should tell you that the Indians beat the
Rangers on Sunday, and handed Yu Darvish his first loss in the MLB.
The Indians got their first glimpse of Yu Darvish. Very impressive, he
managed to lose while striking out 11 hitters, and really if Ian Kinsler
wore sunglasses then he probably would have escaped with a no-decision.
Kinsler lost a pop fly in the sun that extended the inning. As luck
would have it the next batter was Kipnis who would walk, and then the
A-Cab would get an RBI double scoring Johnny Damon who reached on the
sun ball. Kipnis did connect with his 5th HR in the 5th, it was a 2-run
shot to RF and that gave him a 10 game hitting streak. Darvish is the
perfect relief pitcher, as he doesn't have a windup. However, he is
also what appears to be the perfect starter as he features 6-7 pitches
that he has great command of. With that diverse of a selection, even if
it's the 4th time thru a lineup, he can show hitters pitches they have
yet to see. He is younger than Dice-K was when he arrived from Japan,
and I think this kid may be the pitching version of the impact Ichiro
had on offense. No gyroballs though.
Basically every start will show the Good, the Bad, and the Jimenez.
Ubaldo had an inning where he got 2 outs and then walked 3 guys, had 8
pitch innings, and then had 2K innings. Consistency is the key as it
has always been, but more importantly if he can keep runners off base.
He is clearly doing better from the windup, but once runners got on base
it was a crapshoot as to if he could throw a strike or not. He kept
runners off for the most part, and managed 7 shutout innings. That's
why he has #1 potential, and as inconsistent as he has been he is still
3-2. The windup you can tell is coming along, next step is the stretch.
The bullpen was a bit shaky, but its still a very good Rangers lineup,
so holding them to only two runs over 9 innings as a team is still a
huge success.
Ok, who after 4 HRs allowing to Josh Hamilton, still pitches to him?
That seems completely dumb to me unless you want your pitchers to just
feel worthless.
Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO #P AVG OBP SLG
J Damon LF 4 1 2 0 0 2 14 .235 .278 .412
A Cunningham LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .318 .300
J Kipnis 2B 2 2 1 1 2 0 17 .300 .377 .540
A Cabrera SS 3 1 1 2 1 2 17 .333 .411 .548
T Hafner DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 18 .253 .402 .418
C Santana C 4 0 0 0 0 2 18 .236 .373 .404
S Choo RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 23 .215 .340 .316
M Brantley CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 11 .238 .294 .327
C Kotchman 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 12 .163 .256 .250
J Hannahan 3B 3 0 0 0 0 3 15 .282 .367 .423
Totals 30 4 6 3 5 13 145
BATTING
2B: A Cabrera (9, Y Darvish)
HR: J Kipnis (5, 5th inning off Y Darvish 0 on, 0 Out)
RBI: A Cabrera 2 (11), J Kipnis (18)
Indians RISP: 2-11 (M Brantley 0-1, C Santana 0-2, S Choo 1-1, J
Hannahan 0-1, A Cabrera 1-2, T Hafner 0-2, J Damon 0-1, C Kotchman 0-1)
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING
SB: S Choo (4, 2nd base off Y Darvish/Y Torrealba); C Kotchman (3, 2nd
base off Y Darvish/Y Torrealba)
Cleveland Indians
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
U Jimenez
(W, 3-2) 7.0 2 0 0 5 6 0 108-62 4.04
T Sipp 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 0 14-11 9.00
V Pestano
(H, 8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6-5 2.08
C Perez
(S, 11) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 18-11 2.84
Totals 9.0 6 2 2 5 9 0 146-89
PITCHING
First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: U Jimenez 16/27; T Sipp 4/5; V
Pestano 1/1; C Perez 1/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: U Jimenez
25-12-10-15; T Sipp 2-2-3-4; V Pestano 1-2-2-0; C Perez 4-1-3-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: U Jimenez 6-8; T Sipp 1-0; V Pestano 0-0; C
Perez 0-2
Game Scores: U Jimenez 74
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