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Brantly walks....bases juiced for Asdruble

All tied up now

SANTANA!!!

Carlos celebrates his b-day with 2 bombs.

That's 2 for today and puts us back in the lead. 4-2 good guys

Hopping in with a drive by....

When we signed Derek Lowe I posted Acta would need to have a quick hook as he approached 90-95 pitches.

My cursory research showed he was regularly effective through 6 innings, but tended to tire late in the last season or two.

Let's get an Easter win.

Checking now, I'm sure we'll get a new pitcher. Lowe is at a full 95 and Acta will have someone else for the 8th.

Well that was easy. Tribe with a no doubter 4-3 victory.

Not much happened late, other than the run off Joe Smith in the 8th, rescued by Pestano with 2 Ks.

Then an easy ninth for Chris Perez, a single, an out, an Asdrubal error, an out, a walk to load them for no one other Bautista and Chris pops him up.

Ho hum.

At last!
..............WE WIN!!!

Another Chris Perez thrill a batter moment although this time it was caused by Asdrubal.

We could have easily been 3-0 in this series with some hitting. Starting pitching was awesome.

Kind of expecting this team to always be short of one of the basic skills: starting, relieving, hitting, or defense, but since this is baseball we'll be in most of the games and win a whole bunch of them.

Cleveland Indians vs. Chicago White Sox: On deck


Where: Progressive Field.

When: Monday through Wednesday.

TV/radio: SportsTime Ohio; WTAM AM/1100.

Pitching matchups: LHP Chris Sale vs. RHP Josh Tomlin, Monday at 7:05 p.m.; RHP Philip Humber vs.
Jeanmar Gomez, Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. and LHP John Danks (0-1, 4.50) vs. Justin Masterson (0-0, 1.13), Wednesday at 12:05 p.m.

Season series: The Indians went 7-11 against Chicago last year. The White Sox lead, 1,035-993, overall.

White Sox update: They outscored the Indians, 91-81, last year. This will be Sale's first start against the Tribe. Last year he struck out 15 in 9 2/3 innings in seven relief appearances against them. Danks and Humber were each 0-1 against the Tribe last year.

Indians update: They lost six of nine last year at home to Chicago. Masterson was 2-2 with a 1.61 ERA. The Indians hit .260 as a team, with Travis Hafner batting .275 (14-for-51) with four homers and nine RBI.

Injuries: Indians -- CF Grady Sizemore (back), LHP David Huff (right hamstring) and RHP Carlos Carrasco (right elbow) are on the disabled list. White Sox -- None reported.

Lopez, Cunningham, Marson?