Watching Jake tonight was painful...

[Charboneau]

I had been looking forward to this game all day. Good news is that it's still early. Bad news is we're down 7. Man Jake looked terrible tonight.

[tribetalk]

Yes, very poor performance by Jake. You know he will turn it around sooner or later; but lets hope we will never see this again!

Still some hope since our offense hasn't got that big hit in about a week!

edit to add: And as I say that:
HOME RUN TRAVIS HAFNER.
BOY IS IT KEY TO GET HIM BACK INTO A GROOVE!

[Jumbo]

It's too bad, too, since there's a good chance (after watching Marte drive in Blake for third run) that the Tribe will score a few tonight. If only Westbrook had kept it down to say, 5 or 6 runs, I'd still feel good about our chances.

[Charboneau]

I hate to say it but I felt a little let down when we only got one in the first and then let them off the hook in the second. if we can hold here in the sixth - we have three innings to make up 5 runs. Not out of the question. Let's go Tribe.

[tribetalk]

Bottom line; our offense has been subpar ever since the first game in Milwaukee. We can't get the big hit with RISP. And our defense is atrocious! That is all I can say about that.

[Charboneau]

I agree. Tonight was bad all the way around.

[consigliere]

Just a bad, bad night all around. That might have been the worst performance by Jake ever. And, the situational hitting is mind-boggling right now. First two innings, we get the two leadoff guys on....then go down 1-2-3 each time. After the second inning we were 0 for 6 with RISP. Off a guy fresh out of Single-A. Crimeney.

[The Math God]

We had the NYY kid from AA on the ropes early, just could not put him away.
After a 6-3 start, we were due to stink.

Big picture, compare this April to the last few and I don't mind getting spanked by NY too much.

Plus, the bullpen looked pretty good and Travis might be warming up.

[tribetalk]

Here is how I view it:

-We can still win the series.
-This is still April.
-Bullpen is pitching very well over the last 2.5 series.
-Just 1 base hit in the 1st-2nd inning; today's game could've gone either way. Until our offense heats up, we will rely heavily on pitching.

Take it one game at a time; and one series at a time. Since we lost today, we can't look to sweep; but we must look to win the next 2 games to go 8-4 on the year.

[bookelly]

The timing on offense looks off. That's what happens with five days off in the first two weeks.