Rogers gets the 2nd out.

Get one more and we give the game to Pestano and Perez, barring our offense actually knocking some base runners in.



......oh geez, Rogers issues a two out four pitch walk and now Acta goes to Sipp to pitch to Pena......

hold on.

Pestano may be asked to go 1 1/3 as Sipp walks Pena and Acta quickly gets him up.

Yep, Pestano coming in with 2 outs and 2 on in the 7th.


And Pestano quickly gets the count to 0-2.....


And Pestano gets the inning ending K on a 1-2 count!

Super four pitch job.

We waste no runners in our 8th as Hafner K's, Santana K's badly, and Kotchman hits a weak grounder to 2nd for a quick one, two three inning....


Our offense is leaning largely on Pestano and Perez to win this one.

Pestano K's the 2nd batter he faces this game to start the 7th. Pestano looks dialed in...and I hope he is.....


Aaron Cunningham does a super job in left field to cut off a possible gapper to hold Luke Scott to a single.....


And Madden sends Scott and Santana's high throw results in a runner at 2nd and one out....

Keppinger just misses a game tying RBI that falls 1/2 inch foul down the right field line.

Infield hit, and now a meeting of 7 on The Tribe mound to discuss wedding gifts or something with two outs and runners on the corners in a 3-2 game.


Called strike three!!


To the 9th, and we lead 3-2.

Rays announcer says it wasn't a strike as we cut to commercial. Regardless, it was too close to take on the 3-2 count that Pestano had on Conrad.

Rodney "don't call me Dangerfield" now pitching for Tampa as My Man Hannahan stands in to lead off....

...and leads off with a single!


Choo up.


And Choo grounds a 2-0 pitch into a DP.

Asdrubal up, and due.....


But now he's 1 for his last 25, and the game is given to Chris Perez with a chance to gain ground in The Division.

J.R. wrote:Even RUSTY should be rooting for the Red Sox tonight!

Never root for the Red Sox....... never !

Perez gets a K, and then a ground out to Kipnis and we need one more out as Matsui stands in....

Chest high heat for a swinging strike one.....

Called strike two on a 95 mph on the inside of the plate.....

Called strike three!!!!!

Text book 16 base runner 3-2 win!

...............

Tribe Fan in SC/Cali wrote:Headline is that Crawford is in the lineup for Boston tonight.

Presumably not Broderick or Michael.


Kipnis lead off the 7th with a walk for another Tribe baserunner.

Or Cindy!

I am really ready to see Santana get some of the Cliff Lee treatment and go to Columbus to find his swing, and how to throw out a runner.

TFISC- I think some time ago you asked about Tampa Bay Steve, what was he like.....Look at Brian Anderson former Tribe pitcher and Tampa Bay color man...he is Tampa Bay Steve! Almost!

Meanwhile, Marson rests in the dugout.