Tribe 13 Red Sox 6

The Cleveland Indians pulled even tonight in their American League Championship Series tonight at Fenway Park. Here are my thoughts on tonight's big win:

1. Fausto Carmona was not sharp tonight and only lasted 4 innings. I thought he had good stuff tonight but his command was lacking. He along with Rafael Perez but the bullpen in a bad spot but the club rose above it.


2. After Perez came out of the game the bullpen was awesome tonight and was a huge difference in the game. Jensen Lewis, Betancourt,Mastny, and Borwoski were outstanding.


3. I along with a lot of people were clamoring for another bullpen arm at the trading deadline and when you watch Tom Mastny go 1,2,3 in the 10th and then you see Eric Gagne throw up all over himself you have to wonder what do us fans really know. I guess we can cue up the Brian Billick quote "This is why players play, coaches coach, and managers manage".


4. How satisfying was it tonight to see the bean people leaving Fenway while the game was still going on. I thought these were the greatest fans in baseball.


5. Another big key in tonight's game was Grady Sizemore's play. He really led the club from an offensive standpoint and the rest of the team seemed to follow.


6. Can the Trot Nixon bashers please go away now. I think this will finally put him into the good graces of all Tribe fans.


7. To show the kind of team this two of the biggest contributions tonight were by Trot Nixon and Tom Mastny.


8. Another key tonight was that Eric Wedge out managed Terry Francona. He did well to manage to get 7 innings of relief out of the bullpen.