Beat The Drum | Cleveland Indians

[Deuce2223]

The Twins really handed you one. So much you listed them again in your preview instead of the Padres..

Seems weird to see a inter-league matchup in April. The Mariners don't play their first one until June..


Hope you can get things turned around against the Pad's.

[beamerball811]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deuce2223

The Twins really handed you one. So much you listed them again in your preview instead of the Padres.. Seems weird to see a inter-league matchup in April. The Mariners don't play their first one until June.. Hope you can get things turned around against the Pad's.

Haha, thanks. It was such a frustrating series against the Twins, made me want to quit trying to do a franchise in MLB 14. Definitely going to keep going though, this is a fun team with two different directions to go in. Looking forward to playing the Padres. Besides, I have always hit Josh Johnson well!

[beamerball811]

Lineup adjustments coming in Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
April 6, 2014
By Associated Press

Following the poor offensive performance and lack of bullpen depth through the first six games, the Cleveland Indians have announced some moves within the organization.

Josh Tomlin has been called up to Cleveland to take Shaun Marcum's spot in the rotation. Marcum will move to the bullpen as a long reliever, after being used in that role on Sunday. Jason Giambi has been sent down to triple-a Columbus.

With Giambi sent down, it has opened up a starting spot in the Indians lineup. Nick Swisher will move down in the lineup and into the designated hitter role. Carlos Santana moves over to first base and moves up to the number four spot, in an effort to spark proaction from the middle of the lineup. Lonnie Chisenhall will hit in the bottom third of the lineup and play third base.

"Terry [Francona] and I talked and we felt that a change needed to be made," general manager Aaron Ferguson said. "It's not something we wanted to do this early in the season, but we need offensive help and another arm in the 'pen."

Swisher is the only player in the starting lineup that is hitless to begin the season. The plan to move him down in the lineup is to take some pressure off of him from the cleanup spot.

[jmcole33]

Hey I'm new to this site and am looking forward to following your franchise. Great start by the way. I'm also looking forward to doing one of my own, and I like your setup with the box scores. This is embarrassing lol but how do you get the box scores like that and put them in your post?

[beamerball811]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmcole33

Hey I'm new to this site and am looking forward to following your franchise. Great start by the way. I'm also looking forward to doing one of my own, and I like your setup with the box scores. This is embarrassing lol but how do you get the box scores like that and put them in your post?

I use the website's html coding for all of my box scores and updates. I appreciate you following along, I actually have plans to change my current setup. I like to give a little more detail.

[Mav3rek7]

I like what I've read so far. Definitely going to follow.

[beamerball811]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mav3rek7

I like what I've read so far. Definitely going to follow.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[beamerball811]

Tribe's offense shines against Padres




Game 1

San Diego Padres at Cleveland Indians
Apr 7, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego (2-4)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	6	12	3
Cleveland (2-4)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	8	0
W: Vinnie Pestano (1-0) L: Huston Street (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			SDG	CLE
CLE	1	Kipnis homers to right field	0	1
SDG	2	Gyorko hits sacrifice fly to center field, Headley scores	1	1
SDG	7	Gyorko doubles to center, Smith scores	2	1
SDG	8	Maybin singles to center, Cabrera scores	3	1
SDG	8	Venable singles to right, Quentin scores	4	1
SDG	8	Smith singles to left, Venable scores	5	1
SDG	8	Gyorko hits sacrifice fly to center field, Headley scores	6	1
CLE	8	Bourn grounds out, Chisenhall scores	6	2
CLE	8	Cabrera doubles to right, Swisher and Murphy score	6	4
CLE	9	Brantley doubles to left, Santana scores	6	5
CLE	9	Gomes doubles to center, Brantley scores	6	6
CLE	9	Chisenhall reaches on throwing error, Gomes scores	6	7

San Diego Padres
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Everth Cabrera	4	1	1	0	1	2	.034
CF Cameron Maybin	5	1	2	1	0	2	.241
1B Yonder Alonso	5	0	0	0	0	2	.222
LF Carlos Quentin	5	1	2	0	0	2	.179
RF Will Venable	4	1	1	1	0	2	.227
3B Chase Headley	4	1	2	0	0	1	.360
DH Seth Smith	3	1	2	1	0	0	.500
2B Jed Gyorko	2	0	2	3	0	0	.364
C Yasmani Grandal	4	0	0	0	0	1	.269
TOTALS	36	6	12	6	1	12
BATTING 2B: Gyorko (2) RBI: Gyorko 3 (6,7,8), Smith (1), Venable (1), Maybin (3) HBP: Smith SF: Gyorko 2
BASERUNNING SB: Cabrera (1) CS: Smith (1)
FIELDING E: Gyorko 2 (1,2), Maybin (1)

San Diego Padres
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Andrew Cashner	6.2	2	1	1	0	6	1.16
Tim Stauffer (H, 1)	1.0	2	3	3	0	0	18.00
Andres Torres (H, 1)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Huston Street (L, 0-1)	0.0	3	3	2	0	0	27.00
Joquin Benoit	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	8.0	8	7	6	0	6

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
CF Michael Bourn	4	0	0	1	0	0	.148
SS Asdrubel Cabrera	4	0	1	2	0	1	.214
2B Jason Kipnis	4	1	1	1	0	2	.185
1B Carlos Santana	4	1	2	0	0	0	.182
LF Michael Brantley	4	1	1	1	0	1	.208
C Yan Gomes	4	1	1	1	0	0	.300
3B Lonnie Chisenhall	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250
DH Nick Swisher	3	1	1	0	0	1	.038
RF David Murphy	2	1	0	0	0	1	.071
TOTALS	33	7	8	6	0	6
BATTING 2B: Cabrera (1), Santana (1), Brantley (2), Gomes (1) HR: Kipnis (2) RBI: Cabrera 2 (3,4), Kipnis (3), Brantley (2), Gomes (1), Bourn (2) HBP: Murphy

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Danny Salazar (W, 1-0)	7.0	5	2	2	1	9	1.29
Scott Atchison	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	15.00
Marc Rzepczynski	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vinnie Pestano (W, 1-0)	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	12	6	6	1	12
PITCHING WP: Salazar (1)

Game 2

San Diego Padres at Cleveland Indians
Apr 8, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego (2-5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Cleveland (3-4)	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	X	8	8	0
W: Josh Tomlin (1-0) L: Josh Johnson (0-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			SDG	CLE
CLE	2	Swisher doubles to left field, Chisenhall scores	0	1
CLE	3	Santana hits a grand slam to left, Murphy, Bourn, and Kipnis score	0	5
CLE	8	Brantley doubles to center field, Bourn scores	0	6
CLE	8	Chisenhall doubles to center field, Kipnis and Brantley score	0	8

San Diego Padres
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Everth Cabrera	4	0	1	0	0	1	.061
CF Cameron Maybin	4	0	0	0	0	1	.212
1B Yonder Alonso	4	0	2	0	0	1	.258
LF Carlos Quentin	4	0	1	0	0	0	.187
RF Will Venable	4	0	0	0	0	1	.192
3B Chase Headley	4	0	1	0	0	0	.345
DH Seth Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0	.364
2B Jed Gyorko	2	0	1	0	1	0	.375
C Yasmani Grandal	3	0	0	0	0	1	.241
TOTALS	32	0	6	0	1	5
BATTING GIDP: Grandal

San Diego Padres
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Josh Johnson (L, 0-2)	4.0	4	5	4	1	4	11.74
Tim Stauffer	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	7.20
Nick Vincent	0.2	4	3	3	0	1	9.82
Joquin Benoit	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	5.68
TOTALS	8.0	8	8	7	1	7
PITCHING WP: Johnson (1)

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
CF Michael Bourn	4	2	2	0	0	0	.194
SS Asdrubel Cabrera	4	0	0	0	0	2	.187
2B Jason Kipnis	3	2	1	0	1	1	.200
1B Carlos Santana	4	1	1	4	0	1	.192
LF Michael Brantley	4	1	1	1	0	1	.214
3B Lonnie Chisenhall	4	1	2	2	0	0	.375
DH Nick Swisher	4	0	1	1	0	0	.067
C George Kottaras	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
RF David Murphy	3	1	0	0	0	1	.059
TOTALS	33	8	8	8	1	7
BATTING 2B: Brantley (3), Swisher (1), Chisenhall (1) HR: Santana (1) RBI: Santana 4 (1,2,3,4), Brantley (3), Swisher (1), Chisenhall 2 (1,2)
BASERUNNING SB: Bourn (3)

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Josh Tomlin (W, 1-0)	7.0	5	0	0	0	2	0.00
Bryan Shaw	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	2.08
John Axford	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	3.00
TOTALS	9.0	6	0	0	1	5

Game 3

San Diego Padres at Cleveland Indians
Apr 9, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego (2-6)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	10	1
Cleveland (4-4)	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	5	10	1
W: Zach McAllister (1-1) L: Eric Stults (0-1) S: John Axford (3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			SDG	CLE
CLE	2	Gomes homered to left	0	1
SDG	3	Alonso singles to right field, Maybin and Denorfia score	2	1
SDG	3	Venable doubles to left field, Alonso scores	3	1
CLE	5	Swisher doubles to right-center field, Chisenhall Cabrera and Kipnis score	3	4
CLE	7	Brantley singles to left field, Cabrera scores	3	5
SDG	8	Grandal singles to center field, Venable scores	4	5

San Diego Padres
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
CF Cameron Maybin	5	1	2	0	0	0	.236
LF Chris Denorfia	4	1	1	0	1	0	.083
1B Yonder Alonso	4	1	1	2	0	1	.257
2B Jed Gyork	4	0	0	0	0	0	.321
RF Will Venable	3	1	1	1	1	2	.206
3B Chase Headley	3	0	0	0	1	1	.312
DH Seth Smith	4	0	3	0	0	0	.466
C Yasmani Grandal	4	0	1	1	0	2	.242
SS Alexi Amarista	3	0	1	0	0	1	.333
PH Nick Hundley	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
SS Everth Cabrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	.060
TOTALS	35	4	10	4	3	8
BATTING 2B: Venable (2), Smith 2 (2,3) RBI: Alonso 2 (1,2), Venable (2), Grandal (2) HBP: Alonso
BASERUNNING CS: Maybin (2), Denorfia (1)
FIELDING E: Gyorko (3)

San Diego Padres
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Eric Stults (L, 0-1)	5.0	5	4	4	2	3	4.90
Alex Torres	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0.00
Nick Vincent	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	12.27
Tim Stauffer	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	6.75
Joaquin Benoit	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	5.14
Dale Thayer	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0.00
TOTALS	8.0	10	5	5	5	9

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
LF Mike Aviles	5	0	0	0	0	1	.000
SS Asdrubel Cabrera	4	2	1	0	1	2	.194
2B Jason Kipnis	4	1	2	0	1	2	.235
1B Nick Swisher	4	0	1	3	0	0	.088
C Yan Gomes	3	1	1	1	1	0	.304
3B Carlos Santana	4	0	1	0	0	2	.200
CF Michael Brantley	3	0	1	1	1	0	.225
RF Ryan Raburn	3	0	0	0	1	2	.125
DH Lonnie Chisenhall	4	1	3	0	0	0	.500
TOTALS	34	5	10	5	5	9
BATTING 2B: Kipnis (2), Swisher (2), Santana (2), Chisenhall (2) HR: Gomes (1) RBI: Swisher 3 (2,3,4), Gomes (2), Brantley (4)
BASERUNNING CS: Brantley (1)
FIELDING E: Aviles (1)

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Zach McAllister (W, 1-1)	6.0	9	3	3	2	5	5.25
Nick Hagadone (H, 1)	1.0	0	1	1	1	0	1.92
Cody Allen (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0.00
John Axford (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.25
TOTALS	9.0	10	4	4	3	8