Tribe 6 Orioles 1

The Tribe took the rubber match of the three game weekend series with the Baltimore Orioles. Here are my thoughts on today's game:

1. An outstanding start my Fausto Carmona today. He has strung three magnificent performances together and has given his team a chance to win in every start except his first one. The kid has outstanding stuff and pounds the zone with strikes. I know today was probably his last start for a while but it is nice to know if someone does get hurt we have two pitchers who can be plugged in their and pitch admirably.


2. If they don't want to send Jason Davis down, I think it would be OK to option Choo back to Buffalo and keep an extra pitcher on the major league staff. I just think it would send the wrong message to Carmona to send him back to Buffalo.


3. As a Tribe fan I'm happy with winning today but I really feel for Jaret Wright who was always a stand up guy and never blamed anyone and to see how his skills has diminished is very sad. I have always thought he deserves better and was someone who I have always pulled for.


4. I think the fans who were part of the walk up crowd the last two nights should be commended. Especially last night with all the excitement of the Browns draft and a Cavs playoff game to get a walk up crowd of over 5.000 is tremendous


5. Finishing up April at 14-8 is tremendous because I don't think we have really started playing our best ball yet. The bullpen has been better but I think there is room for improvement. The hitting has been timely but I think the hitting will continue to improve, and the starting pitching has been solid but still will get better. But with an April record of 14-8 and a 1 1/2 game lead is a great starting point.

The Tribe has an off day tomorrow and start a series with Toronto at the Jake on Tuesday with CC Sabathia facing AJ Burnett.