Cleveland Indians (MLB 09 The Show)

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You honestly going to keep Pavano around? He's embarrassing

[jonnyj03]

A Yankee fan would say that

Pavano is definitely not embarrasing this year for the Indians.

4-1 4.10 era past 5 starts allowing 30 hits in 30 innings 6 walks and 24 k's.

He is doing just as well as Sabathia is this year and his paycheck is about 14million less.

[Marino]

Expect some bullpen moves to be made after the past 2 games. Those games will be posted soon.

[Marino]

Morneau Carries Twins past Indians
April 26, 2009



Recap:
A lead is never safe when the Indians pitching staff is on the prowl. And that point was shown once again early when the Tribe spotted Aaron Laffey a 4-0 lead after 1 inning.

Laffey decided to kick the team in the nads by giving up runs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th inning before being removed. The bullpen came in and kept up with the theme and gave up 4 runs just in spite.

Oh well, you can't win every game but a big problem is starring to rear its ugly head, and that is the lack of distance the pitching staff can go. The bullpen is being destroyed by length of time being out there.

Pitching Matchup


Nick Blackburn vs. Aaron Laffey

Box Score:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E MIN (10-8) 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 0 1 10 12 1 CLE (13-5) 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 15 1	1:00 PM April 26, 2009 Progressive Field Cleveland, OH
WIN: Blackburn(3-1) LOSS: Kobayashi(0-1) SAVE: Nathan(7)

Minnesota Twins Hitters AB R H RBI AVG D. Span CF 5 2 2 0 .300 J. Crede 3B 5 1 2 2 .342 J. Mauer C 5 1 1 0 .281 J. Morneau 1B 4 2 3 5 .266 J. Kubel RF 4 1 0 0 .223 D. Young LF 5 1 2 1 .188 M. Cuddyer 2B 4 0 0 0 .234 N. Punto SS 3 0 0 1 .298 C. Gomez DH 4 2 2 0 .355 MIN TOTALS 39 10 12 9 BATTING 2B: J. Mauer (4), D. Young (4), J. Crede (4), C. Gomez (5) HR: J. Moneau 2(4) RBI: J. Moneau 5(16), Young (3), J. Crede 2(10), C. Gomez (5) HBP: J. Kubel SF: N. Puntp BASERUNNING FIELDING E: M .Cuddyer Pitchers IP H R SO ERA N. Blackburn W, (3-1) 5.0 12 7 2 6.35 M. Guerrier H, (2) 2.0 3 0 0 3.55 J. Crain H, (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0.77 J. Nathan SV, (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0.00 MIN TOTALS 9.0 15 7 2 PITCHING

Cleveland Indians Hitters AB R H RBI AVG G. Sizemore CF 4 1 2 2 .365 M. DeRosa 3B 5 1 3 1 .311 V. Martinez C 5 2 2 0 .386 T. Hafner DH 5 2 2 0 .243 J. Peralta SS 4 0 3 3 .402 R. Garko 1B 4 0 1 1 .264 S. Choo RF 4 0 0 0 .232 B. Francisco LF 4 0 0 0 .207 J. Carroll 2B 4 1 2 0 .105 CLE TOTALS 39 7 15 7 BATTING 2B: T. Hafer 2(4) 3B: J. Carroll (1) HR: G. Sizemore (5), M. DeRosa (5) RBI: G. Sizemore 2(17), R. Garko (7), J. Peralta 3(11), M. DeRosa (13) SF: G. Sizemore GIDP: V. Martinez BASERUNNING FIELDING E: M. DeRosa Pitchers IP H R SO ERA Laffey 4.0 8 6 2 5.72 Kobayashi L, (0-1) 2.1 2 3 3 1.22 Sipp 1.2 0 0 2 3.24 Perez 1.0 2 1 0 9.72 CLE TOTALS 9.0 12 10 7 PITCHING

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Player Of The Game:

Justin Morneau

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Indians Scouting Report
April 27-29



Boston Red Sox
Record: 11-7 (2nd in ALE)
Offense: .271
Pitching: 4.24 ERA

Probable Pitching Matchups:
4/27 Anthony Reyes(0-2, 3.86) vs. Justin Masterson(1-0, 6.46)
4/28 Cliff Lee(3-1, 6.12) vs. Tim Wakefield(1-2, 5.19)
4/29 Fausto Carmona(3-0, 3.38) vs. Josh Beckett(2-1, 3.38)

Preview:
The Boston Red Sox come into town to finish off the Indians 9 game home stand this week. Boston is probably one of, if not the most complete team in all of baseball, so this will be a good early season challenge for the AL Central leaders.

Keeping Ellsbury and Pedroia of the basepath will be as important as preventing the sluggers of Bay and Drew from going deep. This should be a tough series.

Player To Watch

J.D. Drew

.254 4HR 15RBI

[Altimus]

Got to love the huge picture of the Red Sox logo.

[Marino]

Wanted: Bullpen Help
April 27, 2009



Recap:
Anthony Reyes really screwed over manager Eric Wedge early in the game when he left after an apparent arm injury, causing the Indians to go to the bullpen in the 2nd inning.

And early on they were doing okay. They also once again got run support when Grady Sizemore hit a towering grand slam off of Justin Masterson.

But then Rafael Betancourt decided to come in and be a rebel, giving up 4 runs in a third of an inning, and Kerry Wood did not help the cause giving up a home run to JD Drew.

Pitching Matchup


Justin Masterson vs. Anthony Reyes

Box Score

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E BOS (11-7) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 9 10 1 CLE (13-6) 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 8 12 0	7:00 PM April 27, 2009 Progressive Field Cleveland, OH
WIN: R. Ramirez(2-0) LOSS: K. Wood(0-1) SAVE: J. Papelbon(6)

Boston Red Sox Hitters AB R H RBI AVG J. Ellsbury CF 5 1 1 0 .258 D. Pedroia 2B 5 1 1 0 .207 K. Youkilis 1B 3 1 0 0 .290 D. Ortiz DH 3 1 1 2 .307 J. Bay LF 2 1 1 2 .319 JD Drew RF 4 2 3 5 .285 M. Lowell 3B 4 0 1 0 .258 J. Vartiek C 4 0 1 0 .327 N. Green SS 4 1 1 0 .206 BOS TOTALS 34 9 10 9 BATTING 2B: D. Pedroia (5) HR: JD Drew 2(6) RBI: D. Ortiz 2(15), JD Drew 5(20), J. Bay 2(16) SF: J. Bay GIDP: J. Ellsbury, J. Vartiek BASERUNNING FIELDING E: D. Pedroia Pitchers IP H R SO ERA J. Masterson 5.0 6 5 3 7.08 M. Delcarmen 1.0 1 1 1 3.27 T. Saito 0.0 2 1 0 1.74 R. Ramirez W, (2-0) 1.0 1 0 1 7.36 H. Okajima H, (3) 1.0 0 0 1 3.08 J. Papelbon SV, (6) 1.0 2 1 0 2.70 BOS TOTALS 9.0 12 8 6 PITCHING

Cleveland Indians Hitters AB R H RBI AVG G. Sizemore CF 5 1 2 4 .367 J. Peralta SS 5 2 3 0 .414 T. Hafner DH 5 0 2 2 .253 R. Garko 1B 5 1 1 0 .260 K. Shoppach C 5 0 1 0 .259 S. Choo RF 4 0 1 0 .233 V. Martinez PH 1 0 0 0 .381 B. Francisco LF 3 2 1 0 .214 M. Grudzielanek 2B 4 1 1 1 .333 J. Carroll 3B 3 1 0 1 .090 CLE TOTALS 40 8 12 8 BATTING 2B: T. Hafer 2(6), M. Grudzielanek (2) 3B: B. Francisco (1) HR: G. Sizemore (6) RBI: G. Sizemore 4(21), M. Grudzielanek (3), J. Carroll (1), T. Hafner 2(15) HBP: B. Francisco, J. Carroll BASERUNNING FIELDING Pitchers IP H R SO ERA A. Reyes 1.1 0 0 0 3.56 P. Byrd 4.1 4 3 0 3.72 T. Sipp H, (3) 1.1 1 1 2 3.72 R. Betancourt 0.1 3 4 1 7.71 K. Wood L, (0-1) 0.2 2 1 0 2.34 J. Lewis 1.0 0 0 0 3.48 CLE TOTALS 9.0 10 9 3 PITCHING

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Player Of The Game:

JD Drew

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Cy Young Provides a Big Lift
April 28, 2009



Recap:
The Indians have had a big problem with the over usage of there bullpen the past couple game. The starters have struggled making the bullpen come in early and they were really hoping that their Cy Young winner could give them some strong innings.

And that is exactly what Cliff Lee did. He provided 7 strong innings only allowing 1 run against such a dangerous lineup.

A crazy finish occurred in this game as well. Ellsbury was thrown out at home after a pass ball got by Kelly Shoppach. Wood managed to get his 6th save of the season.

Pitching Matchup


Tim Wakefield vs. Cliff Lee

Box Score:

Boston 2, Cleveland 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E BOS (12-7) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 2 CLE (13-7) 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 4 8 2	7:00 PM April 28, 2009 Progressive Field Cleveland, OH
WIN: C. Lee(4-1) LOSS: Wakefield(1-3) SAVE: Wood(6)

Boston Red Sox Hitters AB R H RBI AVG J. Ellsbury CF 4 0 2 0 .269 D. Pedroia 2B 4 0 0 0 .197 K. Youkilis 1B 5 0 0 0 .268 J. Bay LF 4 1 1 0 .315 JD Drew RF 4 0 0 0 .268 M. Lowell 3B 4 1 2 0 .274 J. Varitek C 4 0 4 2 .372 N. Green SS 3 0 2 0 .229 J. Lugo DH 3 0 0 0 .117 D. Ortiz PH 1 0 0 0 .303 BOS TOTALS 36 2 11 2 BATTING 2B: J. Ellsbury (3), J. Bay (6), M. Lowell (2) RBI: J. Vartiek 2(9) HBP: N. Green GIDP: D. Pedroia 2 BASERUNNING FIELDING E: N. Green 2(5) Pitchers IP H R SO ERA T. Wakefield L, (1-3) 5.0 7 4 2 4.83 M. Delcarmen 1.0 1 0 1 3.00 J. Lopez 2.0 0 0 1 3.85 BOS TOTALS 8.0 8 4 4 PITCHING

Cleveland Indians Hitters AB R H RBI AVG G. Sizemore CF 4 0 1 1 .362 M. DeRosa 3B 4 1 2 0 .320 V. Martinez 1B 4 0 1 1 .375 K. Shoppach C 4 1 1 0 .258 M. Grudzielanek 2B 4 0 0 0 .290 M. LaPorta DH 4 1 2 0 .291 D. Dellucci RF 3 1 1 1 .176 B. Francisco LF 3 0 0 0 .203 J. Carroll SS 3 0 0 1 .080 CLE TOTALS 33 4 8 4 BATTING 2B: G. Sizemore (5), M. LaPorta 2(4) RBI: G. Sizemore (22), V. Martinez (17), J. Carroll (2), D. Dellucci (5) GIDP: V. Martinez BASERUNNING SB: M. DeRosa (1) FIELDING E: M. DeRosa 2(6) Pitchers IP H R SO ERA C. Lee W, (4-1) 7.0 7 1 2 5.06 R. Perez H, (3) 1.0 3 1 0 9.64 K. Wood SV, (6) 1.0 1 0 1 2.07 CLE TOTALS 9.0 11 2 3 PITCHING

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Player Of The Game:

Cliff Lee