The Cleveland Indians lost their series opener tonight in the second series of the Battle of Ohio in Cincinatti tonight. Here are my thoughts on the game:
- I thought Cliff Lee pitched better than he has the last few starts. The home run ball really did him in tonight. But I thought he challenged hitters tonight and seemed to look like the Cliff Lee we have come to expect.
- The Tribe made another rookie pitcher who they are facing for the first time look like Tom Seaver. They had him on the ropes in a few innings and only scraped out two runs. Plus, if the Reds had even a below average left fielder we would have only gotten one run off Bailey.
- Even after Bailey left I had a good feeling with facing the sub par Reds bullpen, and then we just get one run the rest of the game which is completely unacceptable.
- Josh Barfield really seems to have found his comfort zone and I never expected the dazzling defense that we have gotten from him. I still think he will continue to improve. He has also done a great job of hitting with runners in scoring position.
- Can someone explain the rationale for giving Peralta the night off? Its not like were playing a day game after a night game. I just didn't get it since we are playing by National League rules and then we lose one bat, I felt like we lost two bats in our lineup.
- The Tigers were shutout tonight so we still have the 2 1/2 game lead. Lately we really haven't lost much of our lead to Detroit. But if we want to stay ahead of the pack the bats need to pick up.
The Indians will get back at it tomorrow night at 7:10 with Jeremy Sowers trying to get on track against Matt Belisle.
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