Well the Indians started the 2nd set of 53 games off on the right foot
just like we needed, and it started and ended with the performance of
one Ubaldo Jimenez. Mr. Jimenez started off the game kind of
precariously by pegging the lead-off hitter after he got him into a 1-2
count to start the game. Then Miguel Cabrera smashed a double to score
the runner that Jimenez pegged. Ubaldo would escape the first only
allowing one run. That was good, because after that Ubaldo went off on
the Tiggers. Dude at one point retired 16 of 17 batters, walked only
one batter the rest of the way(his very last hit) and went 6.2 IP, 4
K's, and really only allowed hits to Prince Fielder and Miggy. HUGE
performance by Ubaldo, and that is what the Tribe needs to get into the
playoffs.
Drew Smyly (a lefty) was opposing the Tribe, and he started off his day
by striking out the first 4 Cleveland hitters. Listen, I will repeat
myself from my early season summary, we need a hitter than can hit
lefties. However, we didn't get shutout because Comerica Park is very
large in the gaps, and the Indians hit 3 RBI triples on this night. Lou
Marson, Michael Brantley(Brennan Boesch went for the dive and miffed
it), and A-Cab all hit RBI triples off of Smyly. Shin Soo Choo also got
an RBI single that scored Marson after his tripe which is where the 4
runs came in. The reason more runs didn't happen, is that I believe all
of those were 2-out triples, so no real chances for sac flies. The best
hitter of the day was probably Lou Marson, because he was the only
Indian to get multiple hits, but one of the purest swings came on a line
drive single from Matt LaPorta, which is a good thing to see, especially
since he will be starting vs. Lefties until the health improves on other
players.
The Tigers would manage to get a run in the 9th off of Chris Perez, but
a barehanded out by A-Cab, and a sliding Choo catch helped Perez get a
save and the Indians win.
Tribe 4 - Tigers 2 (Indians are now 4-0 vs. Detroit this season).
- White Sox lost yesterday, so the Indians are now 1.5 GB.
- Royals have won 3 straight, all by shutout.
- The Tigers had a call up named Matt Young who started in LF for them.
He batted 2nd. Poor guy. After striking out 3 times to Ubaldo he gets
to face Vinnie Pestano in the 8th. He managed to foul back the pitch on
a 1-1 count, and got a loud ovation from the Detroit fans. If that
wasn't a tad embarrassing, it got worse when on the next pitch he swung,
whiffed, and that made it 4 K's on the day for him. Ouch son, better
luck next time.
- I was a little annoyed with the Indian announcers last night. I like
the color commentary compared to most, but this game they complained a
bit too much about the strike zone, and then questioned why Grimmace
wasn't play 1st late in the game. Grimmace did come in during the 8th,
and made a great stop, but still, lets not become Bob Brenly or Hawk
Harrelson.
- The Indians draft is shaping up and here are the picks. The thing to
notice is a lot of high school guys, which is unusual for the Indians,
but I like the direction. The only thing I am hoping is that we can get
a get left-handed starter, because that is something missing in our
rotation right now, although I think David Huff is serviceable in spot
duty. Draft results are below the box score.
Go Tribe!
Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO #P AVG OBP SLG
S Choo RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 14 .269 .379 .396
A Cabrera SS 4 0 1 1 0 1 21 .294 .384 .469
J Kipnis 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 20 .275 .333 .445
C Santana DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 11 .239 .352 .377
S Duncan LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 14 .207 .313 .351
A Cunningham LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .284 .233
M Brantley CF 2 0 1 1 2 0 17 .283 .323 .390
M LaPorta 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 .286 .286 .286
C Kotchman 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .213 .286 .311
L Chisenhall 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 10 .273 .273 .545
L Marson C 4 1 2 1 0 1 16 .213 .327 .319
Totals 33 4 7 4 3 6 133
BATTING
3B: A Cabrera (1, D Smyly); L Marson (1, D Smyly); M Brantley (3, D
Smyly)
RBI: A Cabrera (22), L Marson (4), S Choo (18), M Brantley (25)
2-out RBI: A Cabrera, M Brantley
Indians RISP: 1-5 (L Chisenhall 0-1, S Choo 1-1, M LaPorta 0-1, L Marson
0-1, J Kipnis 0-1)
Team LOB: 5
Cleveland Indians
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
U Jimenez
(W, 6-4) 6.2 5 1 1 1 4 0 102-55 5.31
N Hagadone
(H, 2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 2.89
V Pestano
(H, 14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12-9 2.38
C Perez
(S, 18) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19-14 2.82
Totals 9.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 134-79
PITCHING
HBP: Q Berry (By U Jimenez)
First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: U Jimenez 11/27; N Hagadone 1/1; V
Pestano 3/3; C Perez 3/5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: U Jimenez
17-4-14-20; N Hagadone 0-0-0-1; V Pestano 4-3-1-1; C Perez 5-1-3-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: U Jimenez 4-12; N Hagadone 0-1; V Pestano 1-0; C
Perez 1-2
Game Scores: U Jimenez 63
Tyler Naquin - OF - Texas A&M (His throwing arm was described as a
'hauwitzer' by CNNSI)
Mitch Brown - RHP - Rochester Century HS, Minnesota(Top northern player)
Kieren Lovegrove - RHP - Mission Viejo HS, California (Best name on a
jersey)
D'Vone McClure - CF - Jacksonville Sr HS, Arkansas
Joseph Wendle - 2B - West Chester University
Josh McAdams - OF - Calhoun HS, Georgia
Caleb Hamrick - RHP - Cedar Hills HS, Texas
Jacob Lee - RHP - Arkansas State
Josh Martin - RHP - Samford University
Logan Vick - OF - Baylor University
Jeremy Lucas - C - Indiana State University
Tyler Booth - OF - Central Arizone College
Scott Peoples - RHP - Western Oklahoma State
Nelson Rodriguez - C -George Washington HS, NYC
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