Score: Indians 7 White Sox 2
Turning Point: When Grady Sizemore got the offense rolling in the second inning. Grady lined a base hit to left field, with two outs and the bases loaded. Franklin Gutierrez and David Dellucci came around to score, and the Indians never looked back
Analysis: Anytime Fausto Carmona pitches the way he did tonight, it is going to be tough to beat him. Carmona pitched seven solid innings and limited the Sox to only one run. Grady Sizemore and Asdrubal Cabrera led the offensive charge for the Tribe. Sizemore went 3-4 with a triple and three RBIs. Not to be outdone, Cabrera went 3-5 with a double and drove in two runs. The closest the Sox came was in the 5th inning to make it 2-1. But Cleveland answered in the bottom half with two runs of their own
MVP: Fausto Carmona
Carmona picked up right where he left off last season, dominating the White Sox order. Carmona went seven innings and only allowed one run on four hits. He had 3 double play balls coupled with a total of 16 ground ball outs. He also struck out four. When Carmona pitches like this, he is almost unbeatable.
Extras:
- Matt Thornton of the White Sox had a tough moment pitching in the bottom of the 8th inning. With two runners on, Ryan Garko hit a broken bat ground ball to Thornton. The ball and the stub of the bat arrived at the mound at the same time. The bat landed in Thornton’s glove, allowing the ball to trickle by. Garko legged out the ground ball and Sizemore scored on the play.
- Travis Hafner added two hits of his own. But what was encouraging about those
hits were Hafner went with the pitches lacing a base hit to left and left center field.
- Rafael Perez came back strong. After a rough opening day outing, in which he gave up two hits that resulted in runs, Perez was able to retire Jim Thome and Jermaine Dye on strike outs to close out the 8th inning.
- The atmosphere was different in the Indians second game from its home opener. The attendance was 17, 645, which is about 23,000 less than Opening Day. Also the temperature was about thirty degrees cooler. Many players donned a variety of head gear to keep warm in the field. White Sox short stop Orlando Cabrera ran the bases with hand warmers in tow.
Turning Point: When Grady Sizemore got the offense rolling in the second inning. Grady lined a base hit to left field, with two outs and the bases loaded. Franklin Gutierrez and David Dellucci came around to score, and the Indians never looked back
Analysis: Anytime Fausto Carmona pitches the way he did tonight, it is going to be tough to beat him. Carmona pitched seven solid innings and limited the Sox to only one run. Grady Sizemore and Asdrubal Cabrera led the offensive charge for the Tribe. Sizemore went 3-4 with a triple and three RBIs. Not to be outdone, Cabrera went 3-5 with a double and drove in two runs. The closest the Sox came was in the 5th inning to make it 2-1. But Cleveland answered in the bottom half with two runs of their own
MVP: Fausto Carmona
Carmona picked up right where he left off last season, dominating the White Sox order. Carmona went seven innings and only allowed one run on four hits. He had 3 double play balls coupled with a total of 16 ground ball outs. He also struck out four. When Carmona pitches like this, he is almost unbeatable.
Extras:
- Matt Thornton of the White Sox had a tough moment pitching in the bottom of the 8th inning. With two runners on, Ryan Garko hit a broken bat ground ball to Thornton. The ball and the stub of the bat arrived at the mound at the same time. The bat landed in Thornton’s glove, allowing the ball to trickle by. Garko legged out the ground ball and Sizemore scored on the play.
- Travis Hafner added two hits of his own. But what was encouraging about those
hits were Hafner went with the pitches lacing a base hit to left and left center field.
- Rafael Perez came back strong. After a rough opening day outing, in which he gave up two hits that resulted in runs, Perez was able to retire Jim Thome and Jermaine Dye on strike outs to close out the 8th inning.
- The atmosphere was different in the Indians second game from its home opener. The attendance was 17, 645, which is about 23,000 less than Opening Day. Also the temperature was about thirty degrees cooler. Many players donned a variety of head gear to keep warm in the field. White Sox short stop Orlando Cabrera ran the bases with hand warmers in tow.
Next Up: The Indians look to finish the sweep of the White Sox with a business man’s special on Thursday. They will face off at 12:05 at Progressive Field. Cleveland sends Jake Westbrook to the mound while the White Sox counter with John Danks.
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