B & G's #41 5/15/08
Oakland Athletics (23-18) At Cleveland Indians (21-19) At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio Thursday May 15Th, 2008
Greg Smith (2-2, 3.00) Vs Aaron Laffey (1-2, 1.83) Final Score: Cleveland 4, Oakland 2 W- Aaron Laffey (2-2) L- Greg Smith (2-3) S- Masahide Kobayashi (2)
Baseballs:
**Aaron Laffey- Well, the scoreless innings streak ends at 44 1/3, but Laffey was still fantastic. 7 strong innings, 1 run (0 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 6. Aaron now has a 1.35 ERA. He has been fantastic, yet he will be sent down when Jake Westbrook comes back, but you know it's good to have depth in the starting rotation.
**Jhonny Peralta- Jhonny went 2-3 at the plate with a walk, including hitting his 7Th Home Run of the season. Jhonny also stole his 2Nd base of the season too, and is hitting .221 on the season. Jhonny also scored 3 runs, so maybe he should hit in the 2 spot?
**Ben Francisco- Benny had a 3-4 afternoon and is hitting .344 on the season.
**Travis Hafner- Pronk went 1-2 with 2 walks. He drove in his 19Th RBI of the season in the 1st inning. Travis is still getting a better approach at the plate, he even stole a base, his 1st of the season.
**Ryan Garko- A nice series for Garko, 2 homers and today, he went 1-4, including driving in his 18Th RBI of the season. Garko is hitting .234 on the year.
**Andy Marte- A rare start today, and he had a hit, going 1-4 at the plate. Marte is up to .115 on the season.
**Masahide Kobayashi- Came in a tough situation, score 4-1 in the top of the 9Th inning, one out, bases loaded. Masahide did allow an inherited runner score on a wild pitch, but settled down and struck out 2 hitters for his 2Nd save of the season. Now Masahide should be the closer until Joe Bo comes back. He has a 1.86 ERA.
**Jensen Lewis- Pitched a solid 8Th inning, throwing a scoreless inning, picking up his 3rd hold of the season and now has a 2.82 ERA.
**Eric Wedge- Made the move without hesitation of putting in Masahide Kobayashi, with the game still tight. I hope he makes the move permanent and insert Kobayashi to be the closer until Borowski comes back from his injury.
**Frank Thomas- Big Hurt had a good day, going 2-3 with a walk. He is hitting .222 on the season.
**Bobby Crosby- Bobby went 2-4 at the plate and is now up to .261 on the season.
**Joey Devine- Pitched 1 1/3 innings, did not give up a run, 0 walks and 3 strikeouts. He now has a 0.55 ERA.
**Chad Gaudin & Huston Street- Chad pitched a scoreless 7Th, Street pitched a scoreless 8Th. Chad has a 3.46 ERA and Street has a 3.63 ERA.
Goofballs:
**Greg Smith- Was okay going in, but the Indians finally figured him out. His overall numbers were 4 2/3 innings, 3 runs (3 earned), walked 3 and struck out 7. Greg has a 3.26 now.
**Daric Barton & Donnie Murphy- Each struck out 3 times this afternoon. Daric went 0-4, and is hitting .224 on the season. Murphy is hitting .208 now after a 0-3 afternoon.
**Santiago Casilla- Threw one pitch, and it was a Home Run to Peralta. He has a 0.93 ERA.
**Grady Sizemore- Grady went 0-3 with a walk, and struck out 3 times. He is down to .268 this season.
**Rafael Betancourt- Raffy is struggling right now. He came into the 9Th inning, in a save situation, score 4-1. He gave up 2 hits and walked a runner. Eric Wedge, without hesitation put in Masahide to get the save. Betancourt did give up the run, and now has a 7.31 ERA.
Indians record after 41 games in 2008: 22-19 Indians record after 41 games in 2007: 26-15 Indians record in one run games in 2008: 4-3 Indians Quality Starts in 2008: 26
On Deck:
Wow, our starters have been fantastic the past month. The Indians, winners of 8 of their last 10 and 6 of their last 7 are now standing in first place by themselves, leading the Minnesota Twins to 1 1/2 games and are heading to Cincinnati for a 3 game stand. Jeremy Sowers (0-0, 5.06) will make a spot start, due to the rain out this past week. He will be opposed by young phenom Johnny Cueto (2-4, 5.91). The game starts at 7:10 PM and will air on STO with Indians On deck starting at 6:30 PM. The game will be on the radio on WMMS 100.7-FM because the Cleveland Cavaliers will host the Boston Celtics in game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semi finals starting at 8:00 PM and will air on ESPN, along with airing on the radio on WTAM 1100-AM. Let's get a double win, we need it. |