Game Thread - Tribe @ Tigers - 06/07 - Sweeeeeeep

[dazindiansfanuk]

Day baseball today and another LHP on the mound for the Tribe to face. You can all breath a collective sigh of relief as Jose Lopez is back in the lineup after missing the last couple due to back soreness

RF Choo
SS Cabrera
2B Kipnis
DH Santana
3B Lopez
CF Brantley
LF Duncan
1B Kotchman
C Marson

RHP Lowe


CF Berry
RF Boesch
3B Cabrera
1B Fielder
DH Young
SS Peralta
LF Kelly
2B Worth
C Holaday

LHP Crosby

[British_Pharaoh]

Lowe has a sensational 1.87ERA against the Tigers but the bulk of his starts against Detroit came when they were awful. Not many of the guys in Detroit's lineup have faced Lowe more than 10 times.
Their guy got hammered in his first 3.1 innings in the Bigs this season. However he's a lefty and it can always go either way with us when we are facing a young guy who we haven't seen before. We either tag his ass or get bummed.

[andrew6586]

Great defense that inning boys...

[British_Pharaoh]

When I saw Santana pass first base I knew he was going to be out by a mile

[British_Pharaoh]

Great at bat from Lopez, and now an eight game hit streak

Indians on the board

[British_Pharaoh]

Woo! Fielder has been like an extra man for the Indians this series with his woeful play at first

[Jumbo]

"Watching" on Gameday.

"Michael Brantley reached on fielding error by first baseman Prince Fielder." Good times.

Let's get some more runs Dunc.

[Govbarney]

I amazes me how Detroit still plays Prince at 1st. He is statistically the worst 1B in baseball.

[TouchEmAllTime]

That was somewhat of a slow chopper and Duncan was still miles away from being safe.

[British_Pharaoh]

Duncan is a bum. He can't even hit a fastball right down main street properly.
I knew he would GIDP. I hate him

[peeker643]

I'd like to leave Duncan and LaPorta in inner city Detroit and give one roster spot to whichever guy survives and makes it back to the Tribe clubhouse.

[British_Pharaoh]

I'd like to leave Duncan and LaPorta in inner city Detroit and give one roster spot to whichever guy survives and makes it back to the Tribe clubhouse.

Brilliant!

[Jumbo]

Not a good day for D. Lowe.

[skatingtripods]

Derek Lowe isn't locating anything today.

This isn't the kind of lineup you can fall behind 2-0, 3-0 or 3-1 and escape.

[British_Pharaoh]

Lowe's regression means we have no decent starting pitchers right now.

All of them are liable to give up 4+ runs every time they toe the rubber.

It's amazing we have a winning record, never mind being half a game out of first place with this rotation.

[TouchEmAllTime]

I'd like to leave Duncan and LaPorta in inner city Detroit and give one roster spot to whichever guy survives and makes it back to the Tribe clubhouse.

We would then need to fill two roster spots. Although LaPorta might be able to convert his potential assailants.

[peeker643]

Derek Lowe isn't locating anything today.

This isn't the kind of lineup you can fall behind 2-0, 3-0 or 3-1 and escape.

Add to that Cabrera hitting a pretty good pitch an inch beyond Choo's glove and you just have one of those days.

[skatingtripods]

8 straight for LouMar. 1/7 of the way to tying DiMaggio.

[skatingtripods]

Add to that Cabrera hitting a pretty good pitch an inch beyond Choo's glove and you just have one of those days.

Agreed. I think Lowe also runs into a problem of increasing his tempo when he's getting hit around the yard. I know he likes to work fast, but he doesn't give himself a chance to catch his breath and the opposition just circles the bases.

I know I'm not in a position to tell the guy to change what has worked for him for a lot of years, but I think he'd benefit from slowing down and starting some guys off with a breaking ball when he's getting tagged.

[skatingtripods]

Little XBH from AC here and this game's far from over.

[pup]

A place that would be really nice to see your clean-up guy clean-up.

[skatingtripods]

A place that would be really nice to see your clean-up guy clean-up.

I'd rather have seen Santana put one in play there than have Lopez up with em loaded.

Hopefully I'm wrong.

[pup]

A place that would be really nice to see your clean-up guy clean-up.

I'd rather have seen Santana put one in play there than have Lopez up with em loaded.

Hopefully I'm wrong.

Fuck it. Let the kid (Chiz as PH) take a swing.

[skatingtripods]

Fuck it. Let the kid (Chiz as PH) take a swing.

Not a bad idea. Acta elects not to, but I like where your head's at.

Probably afraid to piss off the vet. Not justifying it, but that's what I think Acta's thinking.

[pup]

A place that would be really nice to see your clean-up guy clean-up.

I'd rather have seen Santana put one in play there than have Lopez up with em loaded.

Hopefully I'm wrong.

Fuck it. Let the kid (Chiz as PH) take a swing.

Unless they have a LH in the pen still that was.

[skatingtripods]

That Berry kid is horrible at going back on the ball.

Good AB from Lopez til he chased that head-high fastball.

[pup]

Appeared to be a real good AB. Was it?

[skatingtripods]

Appeared to be a real good AB. Was it?

Was a pretty solid one. Fouled off a couple breaking balls, laid off a two-strike splitter down.

Hit the ball well to CF, turned the CF around a couple times. Made a catch that was called nice, but only because he played it badly.

[British_Pharaoh]

Call me crazy but I think we're going to win this one off Valverde

[British_Pharaoh]

C'mon Damn. You earned back your D last night, now get that O back

[British_Pharaoh]

I would have just had Damn bunting

[British_Pharaoh]

Man, Cabrera was so lucky to get Marson. Well done Brants for avoiding the tag

[British_Pharaoh]

Dang!

I really want to ruin Valverde in the 9th and sweep this series

[peeker643]

That was a big pop-up there. Had their chances in the 8th. A bloop and a bomb in the 9th will do just fine though.

[skatingtripods]

A bloop and a bomb in the 9th will do just fine though.

Yeah, if Accardo gets through the 9th unscathed.

[British_Pharaoh]

Pop ups are the fuckign worst. And we put up 3 of them when we're trying to come back and win a game. Ugh!
Oh well 2 of 3 in Detroit is still good

[skatingtripods]

Given how they played at home against KC and MIN, and with Ubaldo starting the first one, I honestly expected to get swept. 2 of 3 is a pleasant surprise.

[dazindiansfanuk]

Based on the way were playing going in, I would've happily taken 1 out of 3..... so, to win the series is a good result.

Lowe wasn't at his best today..... you can live with the first inning as he was giving up ground ball singles and that's gonna happen with a sinkerballer. The 4th inning though, just falling behind and getting the ball up.

Even with all that, we were one big hit away from pulling this one out....... Just goes to show the lack of depth in this lineup when you're counting on big hits from Jose Lopez and he already has close to 100ABs one third of the way into a season when he's already been DFA'd once!!

Interleague play starts back up tomorrow and we get to see our old friend Jake Westbrook who's been scuffling lately.

[skatingtripods]

Interleague play starts back up tomorrow and we get to see our old friend Jake Westbrook who's been scuffling lately.

Cards offense had been struggling too. They reeled off two touchdowns against Houston tonight.

Hoping Jake pitches well and takes a no decision in a 2-1 Tribe win.

[British_Pharaoh]

We have quite a tough Interleague Schedule and success in IL play will depend on how well we tackle the Reds who are number 1 in the NL Central