Sabathia Gets Rocked

Score: Athletics 9 Indians 7


Turning Point: This game changed course early on. CC Sabathia retired the first two hitters he faced in the ball game. After that he gave up twelve hits that resulted in nine runs. It was Sabathia’s shortest outing since June 21, 2006.


Analysis: The Indians offense put together a valiant effort in the eighth inning. The Tribe rallied for five runs, and then Mother Nature stepped in and delayed the game for about an hour. When play resumed, a wild pitch brought home the sixth run of the inning. Unfortunately that was all Cleveland could muster up. On the hill, CC was awful. His stat line speaks for itself. He is now 0-2 with an 11.57 ERA. It’s not quite time to push the panic button, but this is not how the Indians front office envisioned him starting the year. The pen held Oakland at bay the rest of the way out.


MVP: Jhonny Peralta
Peralta continues to swing a hot bat for the Indians. He seems to be a one-man offensive machine. Peralta launched his third homer of the season in the second inning. He followed that with a walk and a run scoring single in the sixth run seventh. He is now batting a solid .324


Extras:

- The season series with the A’s stands at 1-3. Oakland has outscored Cleveland 22-13 in those four games.

-Another former AL Central Division foe hurt the Indians on Friday. First earlier in the week, former Minnesota Twin, Torii Hunter, stroked two homers off Cleveland to win. Tonight former Kansas City Royal, Mike Sweeney, went 2-4 and drove in two runs.

- The bullpen shut down the Athletic bats after Sabathia left. Jorge Julio did give up a single that scored two runs, however the runners were inherited. Besides Julio, Craig Breslow, Masahide Kobayashi, and Rafael Betancourt combined to give up only three hits and struck out seven


Next Up:
The Tribe looks to get back to winning ways with the second game of the three game set tomorrow night against Oakland. The Indians send Fausto Carmona out to the hill. He is 1-0 with a 0.69 ERA. Oakland will counter with Lenny Dinardo. Dinardo is 0-0 with a 54.00 ERA. First pitch will be from Progressive Field at 7:05 PM.