Score: Indians 4 Angels 3Turning Point: Travis Hafner blasted a Justin Speier pitch into the right field seats with Asdrubal Cabrera on to give the Tribe the 4-3 lead.
Analysis: Travis Hafner saw the pitch he wanted, and planted it in the right field stands. This was the second night in a row the Indians rallied in the top of the ninth. The difference was Jake Westbrook. Westbrook had his second stellar outing. He worked a complete game, gave up seven hits, and three runs. Westbrook also struck out four. He also only threw 94 pitches for the win.
MVP: Asdrubal Cabrera
My apologies to Pronk, but it was Cabrera who not only drove in the Indians first two runs, but worked out of a 1-2 count to draw a walk. That walk set up Hafner’s two run shot to give the Indians the lead in the ninth.
Extras:
- David Dellucci finally got his first hit of the 2008 season. Dellucci lined a high fastball of Ervin Santana into the right center gap.
- After allowing five stolen bases last night, the Indians didn’t allow one stolen base on Tuesday. Jake Westbrook did a wonderful job paying attention to the speedy Halos and keeping them at bay.
- Opening Day was good to Franklin Gutierrez. He was 3-3 with a homer. Since then he has gone 1-23 at the plate. He now has a .154 batting average.
- Despite the victory, Cleveland continues to struggle with runners on base and runners in scoring position. The Indians left nine men on base compared to the Angels one runner.
- The victory by the Indians snapped the Angels streak of consecutive wins with the lead going into the ninth. The Angels has won the previous 162 games in a row when they had the lead going into the last inning.
Next Up: The Indians look to finish at the .500 on this road trip. The Indians send Paul Byrd out. He looks to rebound after his shaky start in Oakland last Saturday. Byrd is 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA. He will take on Dustin Moseley. Moseley is 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA. First pitch is tomorrow afternoon at 3:35 PM EST from Angels Stadium.
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