The Cleveland Indians lost a tough one tonight at Jacobs Field to the Minnesota Twins. Here are my thoughts on tonight's loss:
- Jake Westbrook gave the club his best outing in a couple of months. If we can continue to get these kind of performances from Jake we will be a playoff team. He gave the club a chance to win which is something he hasn't done a lot this year.
- It really seemed like Santana was in the zone tonight. The guy had pinpoint control and he was throwing in the high 90's which made his changeup even tougher.
- The Pronk home run was a big shot in the arm to the team tonight and to him on a personal level. Like Mike Hegan said on the radio this was probably his biggest homer since the game winning homer in Milwaukee against the Angels. Hopefully this will catapult him into getting hot as the pennant chase heats up.
- I have no problem with bringing Joe Borowski into the game in the 9th inning. It was the correct managerial decision and Joe Bo has said that he is better when he pitches a lot. If you didn't get him into the game tonight that would mean he would have only pitched once this week and that just isn't enough work for your closer. Say what you want he still almost worked his way out of the jam in the 9th. I swear to god with some of the fans when any one little thing goes wrong it is instantly Wedge's fault. It really is time to give the guy credit to him for how he has managed the club this year.
- I really think its time to pull the plug on Mike Rouse and designate him for assignment. When he comes to the plate its almost like having a pitcher hit.
- Tomorrow's game is huge in that if we can get a win it will really put the pressure on the Tigers as they play the late game tomorrow night. From watching them lately it really looks like when they have the bullpen in the game they expect everything to go wrong.
The Tribe will finish the series against Minnesota tomorrow as CC Sabathia faces Matt Garza at 1:05.
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