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Indians Tidbits (2007 Season)

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Dispatch

Indians' bats fall silent
Called strikeouts at key moments add up in disappointing loss
Saturday, June 9, 2007 3:19 AM
By Scott Priestle


The Columbus Dispatch
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AL BEHRMAN Associated Press
Indians starter Cliff Lee, talking with catcher Victor Martinez, allowed four runs in six innings.


CINCINNATI -- Cleveland Indians hitters chipped away at the Reds' pitching staff last night, watching the borderline pitches, fouling off the tough ones, taking the walks and singles when home runs weren't available. They have a history of poking and prodding that way until they find a soft spot, and the Reds have a few soft spots.

There is Mike Stanton, who carried a 5.06 ERA to the mound. And Jon Coutlangus, with a 5.03. Gary Majewski, 11.25. A rookie starter in Homer Bailey, who is gifted but green.
The Indians made Bailey sweat, but they could not break him. The beleaguered Reds bullpen kept the wall intact. Closer David Weathers faced five of the Tribe's best hitters and retired four to preserve a 4-3 win in front of 38,696 in Great American Ball Park.

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NFBuck;860988; said:
Good grief is Sowers horrible. Starting to remind me of Nagy in his last couple seasons.
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I'd say he better learn what LOOGY means if he wants to stick around MLB. He is tough on lefties but .350 from righties? Yowza.

Watch us trade Dunn for him.
 
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Dispatch

Catchy play helps Indians drop Reds
Rookie Gutierrez makes defensive gem in 10th inning
Sunday, June 10, 2007 3:49 AM
By Scott Priestle


The Columbus Dispatch

CINCINNATI -- As the ball carried into the right-field corner, Cleveland Indians rookie Franklin Gutierrez knew either he or the ball was going to smack into the fence. With two runners on base in the bottom of the 10th inning, there was no time to weigh pros and cons.

"If it hits the wall, we lose," Gutierrez said. So he hit the wall, held onto the ball and gave the Tribe another chance.
Moments later, teammate Josh Barfield crossed home plate with the deciding run on the way to an 8-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds in 11 innings. Gutierrez was one of many standouts for the Tribe, in what manager Eric Wedge called "probably our hardest-fought victory of the year."
The Indians, who inexplicably have struggled to score against a poor Reds bullpen the past two nights, overcame a two-run deficit in the eighth inning on a two-run homer by David Dellucci. Gutierrez's catch in the 10th and solid work by relievers Rafael Betancourt and Rafael Perez preserved the tie.

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ABJ

Extra work again brings Tribe a win

Indians score two in 11th inning to get past Reds

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CINCINNATI - The Indians' new battle cry: ``Get the game to extra innings and we're golden.''
For the fourth time in five extra-innings games, the Tribe prevailed, this time 8-6 over the Reds on Saturday night at Great American Ball Park.
By the time the Indians scored the winning runs in the 11th inning, practically the only fans left in the ballpark were visitors from Cleveland, who lived too far away to go home.
The winning rally wasn't exactly a thing of beauty, but so what?
Josh Barfield led off with a single, and Mike Rouse sacrificed him to second. Victor Santos walked Grady Sizemore and hit Casey Blake to load the bases.
The Tribe was batting only .227 with bases filled at game's start, but Travis Hafner bounced into a force play to score Barfield with the go-ahead run. Victor Martinez followed with an RBI single to bring Sizemore to the plate and provide a cushion.

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Hafner

Hafner's hitting is starting to concern me. He hasn't hit a home run since I don't know when and if he does not get on one of his binges pretty soon the Tribe is going to be hurting. Mart?nez and the bottom of the order has been carrying the run producing as of late but it is Hafner that scares me.
 
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LitlBuck;861975; said:
Hafner's hitting is starting to concern me. He hasn't hit a home run since I don't know when and if he does not get on one of his binges pretty soon the Tribe is going to be hurting. Mart?nez and the bottom of the order has been carrying the run producing as of late but it is Hafner that scares me.
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The pitching from 40% of our starters scares me. Sabathia can't do everything, Byrd and Carmona are overachieving, and let's hope Westbrook doesn't come back with the same ill effects Lee has shown. Pronk will be fine. It's still early in the season, and if he gets on one his hellacious mini tears, his numbers will be back up to the .290 range, on pace for 35+ HR and 120RBI.
 
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i would seriously consider moving Vic to #3 in the order and Hafner 4th. That is the first step.

Secondly, Dellucci and Nixon should not be playing every day. They are really the same player. They are both 4th outfield kind of guys to get occassional spot duty. Gutierrez should be getting more action.

The $4-5 million that could have been saved by getting rid of the contracts of Delucci and Nixon/Michaels wouldhave been enough to get another good bullpen arm.

That being said, the starting rotation is a trainwreck at the moment. CC is great, which isn't a surprise. Carmona is doing well, but nobody should expect him to keep up his current performance pace. Byrd is regressing back to his mean. Lee is the major disappointment right now.
 
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tsteele316;862742; said:
i would seriously consider moving Vic to #3 in the order and Hafner 4th. That is the first step.

Secondly, Dellucci and Nixon should not be playing every day. They are really the same player. They are both 4th outfield kind of guys to get occassional spot duty. Gutierrez should be getting more action.

The $4-5 million that could have been saved by getting rid of the contracts of Delucci and Nixon/Michaels wouldhave been enough to get another good bullpen arm.

That being said, the starting rotation is a trainwreck at the moment. CC is great, which isn't a surprise. Carmona is doing well, but nobody should expect him to keep up his current performance pace. Byrd is regressing back to his mean. Lee is the major disappointment right now.
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Agree with the majority of your points. The way Delluci is playing I would even consider playing Michaels a little more even against Rh pitchers.

Which you believe DD's contract is $7/mil per year
 
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