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Jake Westbrook ... no luck, zero wins.
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By Chuck Murr Indians Ink
Date: Apr 25, 2005
The Indians will begin a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers at Jacobs Field on Tuesday night.
Jake Westbrook will try for a fifth time to get his first victory of 2005 in the opener.
The hard-luck right-hander is 0-4, despite having thrown two complete games. Three of his losses have been by scores of 1-0, 3-2, and 2-0.
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In Westbrook's four starts, the Indians have scored a total of three runs.
The Indians went 3-4 on a trip to Kansas City, Anaheim and Seattle and while there was improvement, the bats are still not producing as expected. Cleveland hit .253 (62-for-245) as a team and scored 27 runs, an average of 3.9 on the swing.
Two of the losses were by one run, both on walk-off homers -- by the Royals' Alberto Castillo and Angels' Orlando Cabrera.
Here are the pitching matchups for the three-game series against the Tigers at Jacobs Field. All three games are scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m.
TUESDAY
LHP Nate Robertson (0-2, 6.46 ERA vs. RHP Jake Westbrook (0-4), 3.81 ERA)
WEDNESDAY
RHP Jeremy Bonderman (2-2, 4.28 ERA) vs. RHP Kevin Millwood (0-2, 3.91 ERA)
THURSDAY
RHP Mike Maroth (1-1, 4.03 ERA) vs. C.C. Sabathia (1-0, 1.42 ERA)
NOTABLE ... OF Coco Crisp has hit in seven straight games, batting .367 (11-for-30) and in 12 of his last 13 (.321, 17-for- 53). ... 2B Ron Belliard hit homers in three of his last four games (Last 5G: .421, 8-for-19, six RBI). He is tied for fifth in the AL in homers with five. ... CA Victor Martinez has hit in six straight games, batting .308 (8-for-26) with three RBI. ... LHP Cliff Lee has won his last two starts and not allowed a run in his last 14 innings.
MINOR MATTERS
CLASS AAA BUFFALO (10-8) had its scheduled home game against Pawtucket postponed by snow and rain. The teams will play a doubleheader on Tuesday, July 26. Right-hander Kyle Denney (0-1, 2.65 ERA) was supposed to start for the Bisons and manager Marty Brown will likely move everybody in the rotation back. Kazuhito Tadano, who celebrated his 25th birthday Monday, is scheduled to start after Denney, followed by right-hander Steve Watkins, lefty Brian Tallet and right-hander Francisco Cruceta. The Bisons have won four of their last five, including a doubleheader sweep of Pawtucket on Sunday. Tallet (0-0, 2.84 ERA) and right-hander Fernando Cabrera (2-0, 2.16 ERA) combined on a four-hit shutout win, 2-0, in the opener. Cruceta (2-1, 4.50 ERA) earned a 5-3 victory in the second game. Jake Robbins (0-2, 4.91 ERA) got his fourth save.
Outfielder Darnell McDonald has appealed a 15-game suspension for testing positive for steroids. He leads the team with a .278 average as the Bisons are only hitting .222 as a team. Third baseman Jake Gautreau leads the club with four homers, but has only six RBI and a .246 average. DH Andy Abad has a team-high 12 RBI on three homers and a .204 average. Shortstop Brandon Phillips is hitting .214 with one homer and four RBI. He leads the team in walks (eight) and strikeouts (17). Catcher Ryan Garko is hitting just .192 with one homer, six RBI, five walks and 16 strikeouts. Lefty reliever Chad Zerbe is 3-1 with a 2.53 ERA in six games. Right-hander Jeremy Guthrie (1-2, 10.66 ERA) has pitched his way out of the starting rotation
CLASS A AKRON (9-7) lost to visiting Bowie, 3-1. Scott Youngbauer got the Aeros' only hit, an RBI double in the first inning, off former Baltimore Orioles lefty Eric DuBose and two relievers. It was Akron's first game since Thursday as the Aeros were rained/snowed out of three weekend games. Right-hander Fausto Carmona (1-2, 3.96 ERA) gave up two runs over seven innings. Right-hander Paul Shuey, activated from the Indians' extended spring training program and assigned to the Aeros before the game, gave up two hits and one run over two innings. Lefty Derrick Van Dusen was released to make roster room for Shuey, who is recovering from hip surgery last summer. Jake Dittler is scheduled to start Tuesday and will be followed in the rotation by Brian Slocum, Dan Denham and J.D. Martin. Aeros hitters are struggling: left-fielder Jason Cooper's average is only 150; right-fielder Jon Van Every is at .184, catcher Javi Herrera at .171 and shortstop Ivan Ochoa at .152. Prized prospects Michael Aubrey and Franklin Gutierrez are both hitting .250. Only third baseman Pat Osborn is off to a good start, hitting .327. Infielder Eider Torres has been placed on the Akron suspended list for testing positive for steroids. Anthony Lunetta was transferred from Lake County to take his place.
CLASS A KINSTON (10-6) was not scheduled on Monday after edging Myrtle Beach, 3-2, Sunday. Lefty Jeremy Sowers (2-1, 3.78 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday and will be followed in the rotation by lefties Billy Traber (2-1, 2.00 ERA) and Rafael Perez (2-0, 0.00 ERA, eight hits allowed and 14 strikeouts in 18 innings) and right-handers Ron Bay (0-1, 3.21 ERA) and Nick Pesco (3-0, 1.08 ERA). Several K-Tribe hitters are doing well, too. Ryan Mulhern leads the team with a .360 average and 11 RBI; Kevin Kouzmanoff is at .352; Micah Schilling, .300; Brad Snyder, three homers, .293; and Shaun Larkin, .289. Nate Panther has a team-high four homers.
CLASS A LAKE COUNTY (10-7) split a doubleheader against West Virginia, losing the first game in 10 innings, 1-0, and nearly pitching a no-hitter in a 3-0 win in the nightcap. Right-hander Justin Hoyman lowered his ERA to 1.11 by pitching seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, striking out seven in the opener. The Captains didn't allow a hit until one out in the seventh of the second game. Right-fielder Chad Longworth (.333) went 2-for-2 and drove in two runs. Adrian Schau (1-1) pitched three perfect innings in relief of starter Tony Sipp, who walked one and struck out four in two hitless innings. Mike Hernandez fanned one in his hitless inning. Kieran Mattison got his second save, but allowed the only hit, a one-out single in the final inning.
Mattison was called up from Mahoning Valley when lefty pitcher Dan Cevette went on the injured list with a broken left thumb. Matt Whitney was activated and went 0-for-3 as the DH in his season debut in the second game. Center-fielder Argenis Reyes is hitting .328, second baseman Marshall Szabo is at .316, and first baseman Fernando Pacheco (.300) has a team-high 12 RBI. Next to pitch in the rotation will be Reid Santos (0-1, 7.20 ERA), Chris Niesel (1-1, 2.45) and Aaron Laffey (0-0, 0.60).
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Jake Westbrook ... no luck, zero wins.
</TD><TD noWrap width=3></TD><TD vAlign=top>Tribe Returns Home Against Detroit
By Chuck Murr Indians Ink
Date: Apr 25, 2005
The Indians will begin a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers at Jacobs Field on Tuesday night.
Jake Westbrook will try for a fifth time to get his first victory of 2005 in the opener.
The hard-luck right-hander is 0-4, despite having thrown two complete games. Three of his losses have been by scores of 1-0, 3-2, and 2-0.
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In Westbrook's four starts, the Indians have scored a total of three runs.
The Indians went 3-4 on a trip to Kansas City, Anaheim and Seattle and while there was improvement, the bats are still not producing as expected. Cleveland hit .253 (62-for-245) as a team and scored 27 runs, an average of 3.9 on the swing.
Two of the losses were by one run, both on walk-off homers -- by the Royals' Alberto Castillo and Angels' Orlando Cabrera.
Here are the pitching matchups for the three-game series against the Tigers at Jacobs Field. All three games are scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m.
TUESDAY
LHP Nate Robertson (0-2, 6.46 ERA vs. RHP Jake Westbrook (0-4), 3.81 ERA)
WEDNESDAY
RHP Jeremy Bonderman (2-2, 4.28 ERA) vs. RHP Kevin Millwood (0-2, 3.91 ERA)
THURSDAY
RHP Mike Maroth (1-1, 4.03 ERA) vs. C.C. Sabathia (1-0, 1.42 ERA)
NOTABLE ... OF Coco Crisp has hit in seven straight games, batting .367 (11-for-30) and in 12 of his last 13 (.321, 17-for- 53). ... 2B Ron Belliard hit homers in three of his last four games (Last 5G: .421, 8-for-19, six RBI). He is tied for fifth in the AL in homers with five. ... CA Victor Martinez has hit in six straight games, batting .308 (8-for-26) with three RBI. ... LHP Cliff Lee has won his last two starts and not allowed a run in his last 14 innings.
MINOR MATTERS
CLASS AAA BUFFALO (10-8) had its scheduled home game against Pawtucket postponed by snow and rain. The teams will play a doubleheader on Tuesday, July 26. Right-hander Kyle Denney (0-1, 2.65 ERA) was supposed to start for the Bisons and manager Marty Brown will likely move everybody in the rotation back. Kazuhito Tadano, who celebrated his 25th birthday Monday, is scheduled to start after Denney, followed by right-hander Steve Watkins, lefty Brian Tallet and right-hander Francisco Cruceta. The Bisons have won four of their last five, including a doubleheader sweep of Pawtucket on Sunday. Tallet (0-0, 2.84 ERA) and right-hander Fernando Cabrera (2-0, 2.16 ERA) combined on a four-hit shutout win, 2-0, in the opener. Cruceta (2-1, 4.50 ERA) earned a 5-3 victory in the second game. Jake Robbins (0-2, 4.91 ERA) got his fourth save.
Outfielder Darnell McDonald has appealed a 15-game suspension for testing positive for steroids. He leads the team with a .278 average as the Bisons are only hitting .222 as a team. Third baseman Jake Gautreau leads the club with four homers, but has only six RBI and a .246 average. DH Andy Abad has a team-high 12 RBI on three homers and a .204 average. Shortstop Brandon Phillips is hitting .214 with one homer and four RBI. He leads the team in walks (eight) and strikeouts (17). Catcher Ryan Garko is hitting just .192 with one homer, six RBI, five walks and 16 strikeouts. Lefty reliever Chad Zerbe is 3-1 with a 2.53 ERA in six games. Right-hander Jeremy Guthrie (1-2, 10.66 ERA) has pitched his way out of the starting rotation
CLASS A AKRON (9-7) lost to visiting Bowie, 3-1. Scott Youngbauer got the Aeros' only hit, an RBI double in the first inning, off former Baltimore Orioles lefty Eric DuBose and two relievers. It was Akron's first game since Thursday as the Aeros were rained/snowed out of three weekend games. Right-hander Fausto Carmona (1-2, 3.96 ERA) gave up two runs over seven innings. Right-hander Paul Shuey, activated from the Indians' extended spring training program and assigned to the Aeros before the game, gave up two hits and one run over two innings. Lefty Derrick Van Dusen was released to make roster room for Shuey, who is recovering from hip surgery last summer. Jake Dittler is scheduled to start Tuesday and will be followed in the rotation by Brian Slocum, Dan Denham and J.D. Martin. Aeros hitters are struggling: left-fielder Jason Cooper's average is only 150; right-fielder Jon Van Every is at .184, catcher Javi Herrera at .171 and shortstop Ivan Ochoa at .152. Prized prospects Michael Aubrey and Franklin Gutierrez are both hitting .250. Only third baseman Pat Osborn is off to a good start, hitting .327. Infielder Eider Torres has been placed on the Akron suspended list for testing positive for steroids. Anthony Lunetta was transferred from Lake County to take his place.
CLASS A KINSTON (10-6) was not scheduled on Monday after edging Myrtle Beach, 3-2, Sunday. Lefty Jeremy Sowers (2-1, 3.78 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday and will be followed in the rotation by lefties Billy Traber (2-1, 2.00 ERA) and Rafael Perez (2-0, 0.00 ERA, eight hits allowed and 14 strikeouts in 18 innings) and right-handers Ron Bay (0-1, 3.21 ERA) and Nick Pesco (3-0, 1.08 ERA). Several K-Tribe hitters are doing well, too. Ryan Mulhern leads the team with a .360 average and 11 RBI; Kevin Kouzmanoff is at .352; Micah Schilling, .300; Brad Snyder, three homers, .293; and Shaun Larkin, .289. Nate Panther has a team-high four homers.
CLASS A LAKE COUNTY (10-7) split a doubleheader against West Virginia, losing the first game in 10 innings, 1-0, and nearly pitching a no-hitter in a 3-0 win in the nightcap. Right-hander Justin Hoyman lowered his ERA to 1.11 by pitching seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, striking out seven in the opener. The Captains didn't allow a hit until one out in the seventh of the second game. Right-fielder Chad Longworth (.333) went 2-for-2 and drove in two runs. Adrian Schau (1-1) pitched three perfect innings in relief of starter Tony Sipp, who walked one and struck out four in two hitless innings. Mike Hernandez fanned one in his hitless inning. Kieran Mattison got his second save, but allowed the only hit, a one-out single in the final inning.
Mattison was called up from Mahoning Valley when lefty pitcher Dan Cevette went on the injured list with a broken left thumb. Matt Whitney was activated and went 0-for-3 as the DH in his season debut in the second game. Center-fielder Argenis Reyes is hitting .328, second baseman Marshall Szabo is at .316, and first baseman Fernando Pacheco (.300) has a team-high 12 RBI. Next to pitch in the rotation will be Reid Santos (0-1, 7.20 ERA), Chris Niesel (1-1, 2.45) and Aaron Laffey (0-0, 0.60).
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