Lee comes through on consecutive Sundays
Cliff Lee was the man on the spot and the man of the hour, or of the day actually. The Indians had lost three straight coming into today's game and the start of the game was in doubt due to Ohio April weather. About 45 minutes later, Cliff Lee took the mound and the losing streak was over - again.
Reminiscent of exactly one week ago (except for the weather, of course), Lee shut down the A's and once again stopped a three game losing streak for the Tribe.
So far Lee is 2-0 with a 0.61 ERA. Today he pitched 8 innings allowing only one run on two hits and fanned eight. After yesterday's walk-a-thon, Lee was not about to give a base away - and he did not.
The Indians took the lead in the third on a two-out RBI base hit by Pronk. It was the first lead the Indians had gotten in 29 innings. Lee never relinquished it. The bats once again came alive late as the Tribe struck for four in the bottom of the eighth on consecutive two-out hits by Sizemore and Dellucci.
Dellucci's RBI walk yesterday was the first by a Tribe leftfielder. They now have three. I'm still scratching my head as to why we didn't make a more concerted effort to secure a solid leftfielder in the off-season. But this is Cliff Lee's day, so let's not linger on that.
After pitching so poorly last season, being sent down to the minors and eventually left off the post-season roster, he deserves to be lifted up by his teammates and the fans for the way he has come back thus far this season.
In addition to Lee, Ryan Garko has certainly given us something talk about. Garko has reached safely in every game so far this season and continues to lead the team with a .325 batting average. Grady had another good day with two hits and three RBI's and pushed his average back up over .300. Marte continues to disappoint. He started his second straight Sunday and went 0-2, struck out both times and stranded four runners on base.
This should be an exciting week of baseball for Tribe fans. We start off we two against Red Sox, then two against the Tigers and finish off against the Twins. I know where I'll be each evening this week.
Go Tribe!
Reminiscent of exactly one week ago (except for the weather, of course), Lee shut down the A's and once again stopped a three game losing streak for the Tribe.
So far Lee is 2-0 with a 0.61 ERA. Today he pitched 8 innings allowing only one run on two hits and fanned eight. After yesterday's walk-a-thon, Lee was not about to give a base away - and he did not.
The Indians took the lead in the third on a two-out RBI base hit by Pronk. It was the first lead the Indians had gotten in 29 innings. Lee never relinquished it. The bats once again came alive late as the Tribe struck for four in the bottom of the eighth on consecutive two-out hits by Sizemore and Dellucci.
Dellucci's RBI walk yesterday was the first by a Tribe leftfielder. They now have three. I'm still scratching my head as to why we didn't make a more concerted effort to secure a solid leftfielder in the off-season. But this is Cliff Lee's day, so let's not linger on that.
After pitching so poorly last season, being sent down to the minors and eventually left off the post-season roster, he deserves to be lifted up by his teammates and the fans for the way he has come back thus far this season.
In addition to Lee, Ryan Garko has certainly given us something talk about. Garko has reached safely in every game so far this season and continues to lead the team with a .325 batting average. Grady had another good day with two hits and three RBI's and pushed his average back up over .300. Marte continues to disappoint. He started his second straight Sunday and went 0-2, struck out both times and stranded four runners on base.
This should be an exciting week of baseball for Tribe fans. We start off we two against Red Sox, then two against the Tigers and finish off against the Twins. I know where I'll be each evening this week.
Go Tribe!
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