Well the Indians had an off day to re-group after the sweep in Minnesota. They also got the news that "Operation Duncan Drop" was the organizational strategy for the rest of the year. So they took BP, and
then hit the field!
Now cue up the goofy circus music....
- Derek Lowe walked the bases loaded and then proceeded to balk on the next pitch by getting his cleat stuck in the dirt.
- Grimmace went after a ball that bounced off the top of his glove, but it wasn't a foul ball like he thought and that led to an RBI double even with his complaints that he was out of bounds.
- Carlos Santana reached on an error, but he made a step towards second
and got tagged out while he walked back to 1st after changing his mind.
- Shin Soo Choo struck out all 4 times he went to the plate
- We pinch hit for our DH....this is just pathetic.
Needless to say the game was ugly, and it got ugly fast. Derek Lowe continues to labor since April ended and he only lasted 2.1 innings allowing 7 earned runs. He isn't pitching well, he isn't getting grounders, he is allowing line drives and hard hits. To make matters more interesting, he had 3 runs of run support early, he just allowed the doors to get blown off the hinges and that allowed Luke Hochevar to settle down and just put the finishing touches on an already struggling offense.
Here is most intriguing part of the game, the pitcher out of the bullpen? Josh Tomlin. The same Josh Tomlin who was scheduled to start on Thursday, he also allowed a double and a triple to the first two batters he faced. Think he will still start on Thursday? I don't think so. Be on the lookout for the Tribe to call-up one of two people depending on how the Columbus rotation shapes up.
Corey Kluber - 11-7 with a 3.59ERA in 125.1 IP. Most important, he has
128 SOs which lead the International League.
Chris Seddon - LEFTY!!! 11-5 3.44 ERA in 123.0 IP.
My guess is that Kluber will get the call, we never have a left-handed starter.
I don't want to ignore the offense in this game, but Choo and Pronk didn't have a good game which cost us some bigger run scoring opportunities. Michael Brantley was raking it, and he hit into a DP, but that was just bad luck as the 1B only caught his liner because he was holding the runner. I have noticed Johnny Damon playing a full 9 innings recently, so maybe Cunningham was only platooning defensively until Damon got his endurance back. That is wishful thinking, but the Tribe is struggling, gotta find a bright spot.
Tribe got two more games in KC, and we need the offense to hit a stride over the next two games. The KC staff from top to bottom isn't close to as good as the Tigers is. Plus, they just traded their closer so their bullpen is shuffling too.
Go Tribe!
Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO #P AVG OBP SLG
S Choo RF 4 0 0 0 1 4 22 .288 .376 .479
A Cabrera SS 5 1 2 0 0 1 22 .279 .346 .442
J Kipnis 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 13 .270 .344 .404
M Brantley CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 8 .291 .344 .418
C Santana C 3 1 1 0 1 0 14 .234 .362 .388
T Hafner DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 18 .230 .350 .434
a-J Lopez PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .247 .270 .376
J Damon LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 16 .227 .286 .335
C Kotchman 1B 3 0 1 1 1 1 17 .227 .293 .357
J Hannahan 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 15 .232 .300 .342
Totals 33 3 8 2 5 9 149
a-flied out to left for T Hafner in the 8th
BATTING
2B: C Santana (19, L Hochevar); A Cabrera (23, L Hochevar); M Brantley
(29, L Hochevar)
RBI: J Damon (19), C Kotchman (39)
GIDP: M Brantley
Indians RISP: 2-11 (M Brantley 0-1, S Choo 0-1, C Santana 0-1, J
Hannahan 0-1, T Hafner 0-2, J Damon 1-1, J Kipnis 0-1, A Cabrera 0-2, C
Kotchman 1-1)
Team LOB: 8
Cleveland Indians
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
D Lowe
(L, 8-10) 2.1 8 7 7 2 1 0 54-35 5.52
J Tomlin 2.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 35-23 5.81
J Accardo 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 34-24 4.05
J Smith 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 14-10 3.07
Totals 8.0 14 8 8 2 4 0 137-92
PITCHING
Balk: D Lowe
First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Lowe 12/17; J Tomlin 7/11; J
Accardo 4/7; J Smith 5/5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Lowe
12-5-5-13; J Tomlin 4-1-7-11; J Accardo 7-3-10-4; J Smith 1-3-2-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Lowe 2-4; J Tomlin 6-2; J Accardo 1-3; J Smith
2-0
Game Scores: D Lowe 12
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