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Indians Tidbits (2007 Season)

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Indians unload on Phillies' ace

Tribe offense shows signs of life after batting slump

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

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Indians catcher Kelly Shoppach is greeted at home plate after his three-run homer in the second inning of the Tribe's 10-1 victory over the Phillies on Monday night at Jacobs Field in Cleveland.
CLEVELAND - Maybe Monday night's 10-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies will be the game that triggers a resurgence in the Indians' offense.
Kelly Shoppach led the way with a three-run homer and an RBI double to establish a career best in RBI. He was ably abetted by Josh Barfield, who drove in three runs with two singles and a sacrifice fly.
Now comes the wait.
On June 11 against the Seattle Mariners, it appeared the Tribe might be shaking off the slump that had transformed its attack into more of a retreat. The hitters broke loose for seven runs in a loss to the Mariners but struggled the next evening against the Florida Marlins.
Last Wednesday, the bats seemed to regain their life again in a 7-3 win over the Marlins. But that also turned out to be a case of raising false hopes.

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Hafner kept out of starting lineup

Slumping DH on bench off second day in row

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CLEVELAND - Travis Hafner wasn't in the Indians' lineup Monday night, mostly because left-hander Cole Hamels was the starting pitcher for the Phillies.
``This is a good time to do it,'' manager Eric Wedge said of Hafner's night off. ``This way he gets back-to-back games off, tonight against a good, young lefty.''
But there was another reason to keep Hafner out of the lineup: He has not hit a home run since May 31, and he is batting just .212 in June.
Hafner can trace his slump to early May. For a while, he seemed lost, guessing wrong on pitches, seemingly unaware of how pitchers were trying to attack him.

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IN THE MINORS
Westbrook pitches final rehab start

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

From staff reports
Indians pitcher Jake Westbrook pitched four innings in a rehab start for the Buffalo Bisons against the Louisville Bats on Monday, allowing two runs on two hits and four walks, while striking out three.
Westbrook has been on the disabled list since May 7 with a strained abdominal muscle.
He was scheduled to throw 85 pitches in what was his fourth rehab assignment. Indians manager Eric Wedge said Saturday it would be Westbrook's last start before being activated off the DL.

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buckeyemania11;867655; said:
god Hernandez is terrible

Down 1 in the 9th and he comes in and gives up 3 runs
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I'm seriously starting to think Wedge is retarded. The fucker gets torched almost everytime out, yet he continues to go to him when we are still in games. There has to be a better option in the minors. If they insist on keeping him on the roster for salary reasons, he should be used in mop-up situations only. I have a half empty jar of peanut butter that would be better on the mound than fucking Roberto fucking Hernandez. I'm telling you, the bullpen is gonna be this teams downfall again.
 
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Should we keep Stanford?

Stanford, who allowed six runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings in Tuesday's loss, is in a unique situation. The Indians recalled him to replace struggling Jeremy Sowers knowing that he not only was out of options, but that he had an out clause in his contract that would allow him to become a free agent on June 30 if he was not on the Tribe's 25-man roster.
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LitlBuck;867915; said:
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Should we keep Stanford?
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Keep him, use him as mid-long reliever, cut Hernandez. We could use another lefty in the pen, and if he shows that he can adjust to the bullpen, he can be another match up lefty. Considering that Stanford's out of options and Hernandez is out of talent, we would be getting a decent upgrade w/ no repercussions. I would hate to see us lose Stanford and watch him turn into Jeremy Guthrie.
 
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Attention to offense

Tribe hitters give C.C. Sabathia support, help him earn 10th win

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

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Indians starter C.C. Sabathia pitches against the Phillies in the first inning Wednesday. Sabathia (10-2) lasted six innings and gave up five hits and four runs. The Tribe's eight-run rally in the bottom of the sixth turned him from the losing pitcher to the winner.
CLEVELAND - When C.C. Sabathia pitches, usually he is the center of attention.
Maybe that's why a walkup crowd of 4,700 lifted attendance to 24,278 Wednesday night at Jacobs Field.
But in a game in which the Indians smacked the Philadelphia Phillies 10-6, the focus was on the offense. And when in the past three weeks has that been true of the Tribe?
Oddly, there were no Indians' home runs. Even when the Tribe scores a modest run total, the longball usually has something to do with it.
But instead of the longball, there was the long inning, as in 12 batters and eight runs long. In addition to seven hits -- three of them doubles -- there were two walks in the sixth inning.
``It was good to see a big inning with C.C. in there,'' Tribe manager Eric Wedge said. ``He's pitched in a lot of tight games, and we (the offense) haven't always picked him up.''

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Indians report

Tribe roster in transition

Mujica will replace Hernandez; Francisco to fill in for Dellucci

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CLEVELAND - The wheels of change were turning late Tuesday night at Jacobs Field.
David Dellucci was down with a hamstring pull, and Roberto Hernandez again had failed to keep the game close in the Indians' loss to the Phillies.
Outfielder Ben Francisco was sitting at home watching television in Buffalo. It was almost midnight when he got the call from Bisons manager Torey Lovullo: ``Get to Cleveland, you're being called up to the big leagues,'' was the message.
Hernandez was history, and right-hander Edward Mujica was summoned from Triple-A to take his place in the bullpen. Moreover, because Hernandez was jettisoned, General Manager Mark Shapiro found a way to keep Jason Stanford, who was in danger of losing his place in the organization.

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