Cleveland Sports Forum

Over the last 7 games, Tribe has scored a total of 15 runs, 7 of which came in the Saturday game.

12th game this month of scoring 3 runs or less for Cleveland.

The loss tonight moves Detroit to within 6 in the loss column.

Look out below!

TORONTO (AP) - Jo-Jo Reyes won for the first time in 29 starts by throwing his first career complete game and Jayson Nix hit a two-run home run to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-1 rout of the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.

Reyes (1-4) allowed one run and eight hits, earning a win for the first time in nearly three years. His previous victory came with Atlanta against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 13, 2008. The left-hander went 0-13 with a 6.59 ERA in his 28 starts between wins.

The crowd of 12,902 stood and cheered "Jo-Jo, Jo-Jo" as Cleveland's Jack Hannahan batted with two outs in the ninth. Catcher J.P. Arencibia embraced Reyes after Hannahan struck out. One fan held up a sign reading "I believe in Jo-Jo."

Reyes avoided becoming the first pitcher to go winless in 29 starts. Oakland's Matt Keough went 28 starts between wins in 1978 and 1979, matching the dubious mark first set by Boston's Cliff Curtis in 1910 and 1911.

Rajai Davis went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and scored three runs as Toronto won its fourth straight.

Shelley Duncan's solo homer was the only offense for the Indians, who have lost five of six.

Reyes almost ended his streak on May 20, pitching seven shutout innings against Houston and leaving with a 2-0 lead, but Hunter Pence's two-run double off reliever Jon Rauch kept Reyes waiting a little longer.

Thanks to an offensive explosion from the Blue Jays, there was little doubt of a bullpen meltdown costing Reyes this one.

Nix got the barrage started with a two-run homer to left in the third, his third, and the Blue Jays pounded Cleveland right-hander Fausto Carmona for seven runs in the fourth, their biggest inning of the season.

Arencibia led off the fourth with a single, Aaron Hill was hit by a pitch and Eric Thames singled to load the bases for Davis, who hit a two-run double to left. Nix struck out and Yunel Escobar walked before Corey Patterson hit a bouncer to second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera, who couldn't come up with the ball as Thames scored. A frustrated Cabrera kept his back turned as Davis streaked around from second.

The Blue Jays still weren't done. Jose Bautista hit a two-run double to right and, after Juan Rivera grounded out, Arencibia capped it with his second hit of the inning, an RBI double to left.

Carmona (3-6) lost his third straight outing and has not won since May 3, a span of five starts. He allowed nine runs, seven earned, and nine hits in four innings, walked two and struck out three.

Duncan hit a towering homer into the fifth deck in the fourth inning, his second. The blast was the 15th homer to reach the highest level seating of Rogers Centre, which opened as SkyDome in 1989.

NOTES: After playing DH in his first three games since returning from a right knee injury, Cleveland OF Grady Sizemore got the day off Monday and will return to the outfield Tuesday. Sizemore has gone 0 for 12 with seven strikeouts since coming off the DL last week. ... Blue Jays 1B Adam Lind (back) went 1 for 4 with a triple and a walk as the DH in an extended spring training game Monday. He is set to DH again Tuesday. ... Rivera went 0 for 4, ending his hitting streak at 11 games.

As TFIR would say, "It's not like it was some scrub, it was Jo-Jo Freaking Reyes!"

When I heard them talking in the pre-game about how he hadn't won a game in three years my first thought which in my head sounded exactly like Jonathan Harris...."We're Doomed!!!"

ND Dawg wrote:Indians need to bring Phelps up and play him at second. Drop Kearns or Everett.

Kearns.

He has no defense, and not that much of a bat.

At least Everett is a lock at defense.

Baron wrote:When I heard them talking in the pre-game about how he hadn't won a game in three years my first thought which in my head sounded exactly like Jonathan Harris...."We're Doomed!!!"

Damned Robot


I think Judy and Don were having "fun" behind the rocks.

Balls to the wall tomorrow.

Detroit is going down, and we shall overcome.

Oh my god, Lost in Space references!

We're up, 3-0, top of 3.

Nice start.

2 doubles and a triple for us thus far. Let's get this runner in from 3rd with 2 outs.....

3-0 us to the bottom of the 3rd.

Interesting, The Blue Jay pitcher has 7 K's through 9 outs.

yes that is odd