The Cleveland Indians staved off a sweep by winning the finale of their three game series in Boston. Here are my thoughts on tonight's win:
- Another solid start by Paul Byrd. He really kept the ball club in the game as they were struggling to get the big hit to put some runs on the board. He once against allowed no base on balls. Plus I don't think many of us thought he would be 6-1 at the end of March.
- It was great to see Grady finally break out of his slump in Boston and get three big hits. Usually when Grady gets on base good things happen.
- Also nice to see Pronk come through with three hits. He had started to scuffle again lately but his offense was really needed tonight because of Victor Martinez having the night off.
- I loved seeing Shoppach get 4 hits and a homer against his old team. I really think he has the talent to be a starting catcher in the big leagues.
- Nice job by Tom Mastny and Aaron Fultz in getting out of a no out bases loaded jam in the seventh inning. The game was clearly won in this big situation. Big props to Fultz for getting David Ortiz to pop out.
- The win was even bigger tonight with Tampa Bay helping us out and beating the Tigers. The Tribe has their 2 1/2 game lead back heading into the big 4 game home series with Detroit.
The Indians will return to the Jake to play Detroit on Thursday with CC Sabathia facing Justin Verlander at 7:05.
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