9/21 Game Thread
by Ryan on Sep 21, 2005 6:51 PM EDT
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Indians at White Sox, 8:05 PM
Scott Elarton (10-7, 4.57 ERA) vs Jon Garland (17-9, 3.41 ERA)
The all-important third game of the series. The Indians are starting to hit very well as a team, but the bullpen's starting to look a bit thin. The losses of Matt Miller and Arthur Rhodes showed last night; Howry had to come in an inning early, and when he had a bad outing, it cascaded from there.
Stepping back a bit, the first two games of the series have been exceptional from a baseball fan's point of view. There has been no point thus far where either team was beyond striking distance of winning, and that makes for great baseball. There's been clutch hits, home runs, mental errors, defensive gems, and a constant barrage of intrigue and intensity that you normally don't see until the playoffs actually start.
As for me, I'd like nothing else than to see a nice boring five-run victory tonight.
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by Adam on Sep 21, 2005 8:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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Victor will get a day or maybe two off against the Royals; we'll need him against D-Rays and the Sox.
by CU Adam on Sep 21, 2005 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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by Bunny Suicide on Sep 21, 2005 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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by The Stoic Paisano on Sep 22, 2005 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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Also, Howry managed to breeze through 1 and 2/3 innings on 21 pitches--so I'm not worried.
by AKR on Sep 21, 2005 11:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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by Ryan on Sep 21, 2005 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by Jay on Sep 21, 2005 11:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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Hernandez's unbelievably bad hitting has flown way under the radar this year, you're right, but despite the huge mistake last night, he has made some great heads-up plays in the field. Remember last week's run-down between 3B and home, which Hernandez executed by himself, without throwing the ball, even though he was playing 1B? Unbelievably great play. So I cut him some slack. We signed him as a bench player, anyway, he's only gotten all those PAs because two or three of our hitters suck.
by Jay on Sep 22, 2005 12:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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i'd actually think Cabrera should get that call especially with the 8 run cushion Wedge is very reluctant to use him in really any situation, which is bothersome. he seems very composed, and his numbers have been stellar. he has really stepped into the big shoes that matt miller left.
unfortunately, nobody has taken Rhodes' place. i just don't have the confidence in riske or betancourt like i did with arthur. that would be huge if he could come back to the team. best of luck to his daughter if that's the case.
but tonight is not about that, it's about pronk finding his swing, and elarton pitching lights out.
there was some talk with the off day after this weekend of swapping lee and elarton in the rotation to set it up to give Lee the start on the last day of the season where he'd otherwise miss the last series entirely, but now i'm convinced that i feel safe with elarton out there. tonight was a big game, probably the most high pressure of the season and on the road, and elarton was fantastic. plus if we wind up in a tiebreaker game we can have lee for that.
by brad on Sep 22, 2005 12:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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i'd prefer to go against the yankees jumbled, old, rattled pitching than have to twice face a schilling who hasn't tired himself out this season with too many innings, indian killer wells and that damn knuckleball.
the yankees have the bats while the sox pretty much depend on ortiz and manny. it's a tough call, and hopefully only 1 make the playoffs.
after seeing how we can handle the white sox and oakland recently, i'd like to see them both make the playoffs with the tribe.
by brad on Sep 22, 2005 12:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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