Here are my thoughts on the game:
- Cliff Lee was horrible in the first inning, then went on to hit Sammy Sosa unintentionally in the head in the second inning, and then have words with Victor Martinez in the dugout in the third inning. But somewhere along the line tonight the light bulb went on with Lee and he pitched great after the first inning. At the start of the game I thought we would be lucky to get three innings out of him and he pitched into the 7th inning.
- The bats have really gone silent the last two nights. We still have found ways to get runners on base and scratched out some runs but we should really be able to do more against a sub par Rangers pitching staff.
- Josh Barfield is really scuffling up at the plate. From watching him this year Barfield is a very streaky hitter that you will have to ride him through the good and bad. But lately he really seems to be getting himself out in front of everything at the plate.
- Tonight's game showed that we have to get another late inning reliever if we want to be a serious contender. Mastny just isn't ready to be a late inning reliever yet.
- Tonight's loss hurt in the fact that we fell back to two games behind Detroit and couldn't gain any ground in the wild card race.
The Indians will get back at it tomorrow night as Paul Byrd faces Robinson Tejeda.
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