Good pitching overcomes cold bats
Although the Tribe bats remained ice cold, the pitching really stepped up in yesterday's 2-1 victory over the A's. Cliff Lee's first start of the season looked reminiscent of his first start in Anaheim last season - sparkling. Along with Lee, the bullpen team of Perez, Betancourt and Borowski were near perfect allowing only a walk between them.
The pitching was so good it even overcame missteps in the field. Another passed ball by Shoppach allowed the only run allowed and Garko dropped a ball on an amazing play by A.C. and fell down three other times. This obviously disproves the theory that weebles wobble, but they don't fall down.
Cabrera continues to sparkle in the field and even though he didn't get a hit in yesterday's game, he did pick up an RBI.
As for the rest of the team, Sizemore is still on fire both offensively and defensively, Michaels got his first hit of the season, Delluci is still 0 for the season and Marte got a hit in his first start at third. The team left 10 men on base and were 0fer with runners in scoring position.
The good news is VMart is expected to return to the lineup behind the plate on Monday against the Angels with Carmona is on the mound. This should be a good pitching matchup with Fausto going against lefty Joe Saunders who pitched eight innings of four-hit shut out ball against Minnesota in his last start.
Go Tribe!
The pitching was so good it even overcame missteps in the field. Another passed ball by Shoppach allowed the only run allowed and Garko dropped a ball on an amazing play by A.C. and fell down three other times. This obviously disproves the theory that weebles wobble, but they don't fall down.
Cabrera continues to sparkle in the field and even though he didn't get a hit in yesterday's game, he did pick up an RBI.
As for the rest of the team, Sizemore is still on fire both offensively and defensively, Michaels got his first hit of the season, Delluci is still 0 for the season and Marte got a hit in his first start at third. The team left 10 men on base and were 0fer with runners in scoring position.
The good news is VMart is expected to return to the lineup behind the plate on Monday against the Angels with Carmona is on the mound. This should be a good pitching matchup with Fausto going against lefty Joe Saunders who pitched eight innings of four-hit shut out ball against Minnesota in his last start.
Go Tribe!
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