Cleveland Indians : A Reason to Believe

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After a promising season from the Cleveland Indians last season which ended in the wild card game loss to the Tamp Bay Rays, Indians fans had plenty to look forward to coming into the season. The emergence of young players such as Jason Kipnis, Michael Brantley and Danny Salazar mixed with some veterans had many calling for a division title this year competing with the Detroit Tigers in the Central. The Season will be opening in Oakland for the Tribe as they take on the Athletics in a three game series. Join us on the journey of a season, Can the Indians finally make some noise in Cleveland?

Depth Chart -

• Catcher
• Yan Gomes

• First Base
• Nick Swisher
• Jason Giambi

• Second Base
• Jason Kipnis

• Third Base
• Carlos Santana
• Lonnie Chisenhall

• Shortstop
• Asdrubal Cabrera
• Mike Aviles

• Left Field
• Michael Brantley

• Center Field
• Michael Bourn
• Nyjer Morgan

• Right Field
• David Murphy
• Ryan Raburn

• Starting Pitcher
• Justin Masterson
• Danny Salazar
• Zach McAllister
• Shaun Marcum
• Corey Kluber

• Relief Pitcher
• Josh Tomlin
• Scott Atchison
• Marc Rzepczynski
• Bryan Shaw
• Vinnie Pestano
• Cody Allen

• Closer
• John Axford

Note : I am playing this on MLB 14 The SHow on PS4. Im already 27 games into the season and i wanted to do the dynasty but just got my laptop back today. So the first twenty games will have brief descriptions but once i get caught up there will be more write ups as the game goes along. Thank you in advance to anyone who follows.

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Game 1 3/31
Cle @ Oak
Rayburn 9^th inning home run lifts tribe on season opener
A 9^th inning pinch hit appearance for Ryan Raburn for David Murphy led to a solo home run giving the Indians a 5-4 lead going into the bottom of the ninth. John Axford made his Indians debut closing the game getting his first save of the year. Cody Allen picked up the win pitching an inning and starter Justin Masterson had a no decision in seven innings pitched with 4 earned runs and nine strikeouts. For Oakland Doolittle picked up the loss allowing the solo home run in the ninth. The tribe were led by Carlos Santana who went 2-4 with two RBI in their 5-4 victory.

Cleveland Indians at Oakland Athletics
Mar 31,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland (0-0)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	5	7	0
Oakland (0-0)	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	11	1
W: Allen (1-0) L: Doolittle (0-1) S: Axford (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CLE	OAK

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Bourn	4	1	0	0	1	1	0
Cabrera	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
Kipnis	4	1	1	1	0	1	0
Santana	4	0	2	2	0	0	0
Brantley	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swisher	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
Murphy	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raburn	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Chisenhall	4	0	2	1	0	0	0
Gomes	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
TEAM TOTALS	35	5	7	5	2	6	1

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Gentry	5	0	3	1	0	0
Crisp	5	0	2	1	0	3
Donaldson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Moss	4	0	0	0	0	3
Cespedes	4	0	1	0	0	2
Reddick	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jaso	3	1	1	0	1	0
Lowrie	4	1	1	0	0	2
Callaspo	3	1	2	1	0	1

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA

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Tribe Bats Roll to Down A's 7-2
The Indians took game 2 of the series behind some hot hitting with 11 hits on offense. Carlos Santana had two RBI's for the second game in a row and was joining by four other teammates in the RBI column. Danny Salazar earned his first win of the year in 6 and a third innings pitched striking out 7.

Cleveland Indians at Oakland Athletics
Apr 1, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland (2-0)	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	7	11	1
Oakland (0-2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	2
W: Salazar 1-0 L: Griffin 0-1

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CLE	OAK

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Bourn	4	2	1	0	1	2
Cabrera	5	1	2	1	0	0
Kipnis	4	2	2	0	1	0
Santana	5	0	1	2	0	2
Brantley	5	1	0	0	0	1
Swisher	4	1	2	1	1	0
Murphy	5	0	2	2	0	0
Chisenhall	4	0	1	1	0	0
Gomes	4	0	0	0	0	1
BATTING: 2B: Bourn, Santana, Swisher RBI: Cabrera, Santana 2, Swisher, Murphy 2, Chisenhall

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Gentry	3	0	1	0	1	0
Crisp	3	1	0	0	1	1
Donaldson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Moss	4	1	1	2	0	3
Cespedes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Reddick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jaso	4	0	0	0	0	2
Lowrie	3	0	1	0	0	0
Callaspo	3	0	0	0	0	2
BATTING: HR: Moss RBI: Moss 2

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA

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Game 3
High Scoring Game leaves Tribe with First Loss



In an absolute offensive game the Indians were left one run short from the series sweep of the Athletics. In a game that featured 19 runs and 29 hits combined offense was not hard to find. Carlos Santana kept his hot hitting going three for five with a three run home run. Nick Swisher also hit his first home run of the year. Zach McAllister picked up the loss going five innings giving up 7 runs but only 3 earned.

Cleveland Indians at Oakland Athletics
Apr 2, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland (2-1)	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	9	18	2
Oakland (1-2)	0	0	1	0	5	4	0	0	x	10	11	1
W: Parker 1-0 L: Mcallister 0-1 S: Gregerson 1

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Bourn	5	1	1	0	0	2
Cabrera	5	2	2	1	0	1
Kipnis	5	3	4	1	0	1
Santana	5	1	3	3	0	0
Brantley	5	1	4	2	0	0
Swisher	5	1	1	1	0	2
Chisenhall	4	0	2	0	0	0
Morgan	4	0	0	0	0	0
BATTING: 2B: Bourn, Kipnis 2, Brantley, Murphy 3B: Kipnis HR: Santana, Swisher RBI: Cabrera, Kipnis. Santana 3, Brantley 2, Swisher, Murphy

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Gentry	5	1	1	0	0	0
Crisp	5	1	2	1	0	2
Donaldson	4	1	1	0	1	2
Moss	4	2	1	1	1	3
Cespedes	4	2	1	2	1	1
Reddick	4	0	1	1	1	1
Jaso	4	0	1	1	0	1
Lowrie	4	2	2	0	0	0
Callaspo	4	1	1	1	0	1
BATTING: 2B: Gentry, Lowrie, Callaspo 3B: Cespedes RBI: Crisp, Moss, Cespedes, Reddick, Jaso, Callaspo

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA

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Last edited by Runne130; 05-13-2014 at 02:29 AM.

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4/4
Minn @ Cle
Indians Win Home Opener in Shutout Fashion
The Indians were able to win the home opener with a 3-0 shutout victory over the twins. Shaun Marcum threw a seven inning one hitter and that was the only hit of the game for the Twins. In the veterans brilliant performance he also had 10 strikeouts. The Indians runs all came on one swing of the bat in which Lonnie Chisenhall delivered the three run shot in the bottom of the fourth to give the Indians the lead and Marcum never looked back.

Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians
Apr 4, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota ()	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Cleveland (3-1)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
W: Marcum 1-0 L: Pelfrey 0-1 S: Axford 2

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Nunez	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	.294
Fulo	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.111
Mauer	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.333
Willingham	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.133
Arcia	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Kubel	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200
Plouffe	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.187
Pinto	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333
Dozier	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.384

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Bourn	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Cabrera	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.294
Kipnis	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.470
Santana	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352
Brantley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Swisher	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.352
Murphy	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.250
Chisenhall	3	1	1	3	0	0	1	.400
Gomes	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.090
BATTING: 2B: Swisher HR: Chisenhall RBI: Chisenhall 3

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Pelfrey	5	6	3	3	0	2	1	5.40
Thielbar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25
Pressly	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Marcum	7	1	0	0	2	10		0.00
Pestano	1	0	0	0	0	3		0.00
Axford	1	0	0	0	0	2		0.00

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okay so I have played so much that I don't want to go back and do a write up for each game. Im going to start from this point forward giving updates from every game. Until then here are my first two months of games monthly round ups.