Tribe host Pirates - 06/15 - Stop the skid

[dazindiansfanuk]

Masterson looking to build on his good outing against the Cards last time out and put a stop to the 3 game losing streak.

Lineups to follow.

[TouchEmAllTime]

J Mac is pitching like an All-Star, this is gonna be a tough one.

[andrew6586]

Heading up to my first game of the season tonight. Hopefully I can bring home a winner. My cousin (from Pittsburgh) and I bet a beer on this series. Don't let me down Tribe.

[andrew6586]

J Mac is pitching like an All-Star, this is gonna be a tough one.

True, but batters hit 34 points better on the road and he's giving up 2 more runs per 9 innings on the road as well. It's good to play at home.

[dazindiansfanuk]

Hannahan's back tonight..... Barnes sent back to AAA.

Personally would like to see Chiz at 3B, Hannahan at 1B and Lopez DHing for the time being. Keep Kotchman on the bench for a while.

[dazindiansfanuk]

Lineups

LF Presley
2B Walker
CF McCutchen
DH Jones
1B McGehee
3B Alvarez
RF Tabata
C Barajas
SS Harrison

RHP McDonald


RF Choo
SS Cabrera
2B Kipnis
C Santana
CF Brantley
LF Damon
1B Kotchman
DH Chisenhall
3B Hannahan

RHP Masterson

[dazindiansfanuk]

Damn, Hannahan just missed that one.

[skatingtripods]

Damn, Hannahan just missed that one.

Was just gonna come post, no carry to CF at all. That ball was hit hard.

[dazindiansfanuk]

Masty looking nasty in the early going...... would be nice to get him some runs!

[dazindiansfanuk]

Choo might be hitting better of late but, that's now 9Ks in his last 5 games (21ABs) - not good!

[dazindiansfanuk]

It's great to see that inside-out swing from Axeman!

[skatingtripods]

Effective placement of whatever that was.

[British_Pharaoh]

It still makes my blood boil seeing a serviceman in his uniform in public. It just says 'please suck my dick and tell me I'm a hero' When i wa sin the army you were told to never be in uniform outside of barracks because it's a security risk but American servicemen do it without restraint.
It's a job like any other. Some forget that.

[dazindiansfanuk]

Masty K's the side again.... this time around a single and a pair of BBs.

The 8Ks thru 4IP is nice, but the 71 pitches not so good.... at this rate he only has probably 2 more frames in him.

[dazindiansfanuk]

Last 7 outs coming via a K for Masty..... has he not heard that strikeouts are fascist?!

Get some ground balls!

[dazindiansfanuk]

Really nice over the shoulder catch by Kip to save a run.

[dazindiansfanuk]

Nice job Masty..... made it interesting in the 7th but can't complain about 7 shutout.

[Am I Here Again?]

When your defensive substitution for Damon is Cunningham you KNOW you've got roster troubles...

[skatingtripods]

Great start by Masterson, though the Pirates are worse against RHP than we are against LHP. Masterson did what he needed to do. Absolutely no run support for him again.

[dazindiansfanuk]

Fun stat of the night - Pestano now has more holds (16) than hits allowed (15).

[Am I Here Again?]

I'd feel a lot better with an insurance run or two...

[skatingtripods]

Really worried about Perez tonight. He's pitched once in the last 10 days. He's going to have to gut his way through this one because I doubt he's going to have a feel for his stuff.

[dazindiansfanuk]

Really nice time to extend the streak Brants!!

Big insurance run.

[skatingtripods]

Atta boy Mike!

Big run. Keeps the streak in tact.

[British_Pharaoh]

Atta boy Brants...22 games and an insurance run

[Am I Here Again?]

Still gonna hold my breath here through the ninth.

[Am I Here Again?]

Ballgame!

[andrew6586]

1-0 on the season. I'll have to make it up for some more. Place had at least 30,000 tonigh. Great sight to see.

[skatingtripods]

1-0 on the season. I'll have to make it up for some more. Place had at least 30,000 tonigh. Great sight to see.

31,920. First crowd north of 30k since the Home Opener.

[peeker643]

1-0 on the season. I'll have to make it up for some more. Place had at least 30,000 tonigh. Great sight to see.

31,920. First crowd north of 30k since the Home Opener.

Thank God Pittsburgh is so close.

[Larvell Blanks]

It still makes my blood boil seeing a serviceman in his uniform in public. It just says 'please suck my dick and tell me I'm a hero' When i wa sin the army you were told to never be in uniform outside of barracks because it's a security risk but American servicemen do it without restraint.
It's a job like any other. Some forget that.

It's Marine Week in Cleveland. The Marines are putting on demonstrations throughout the city and yes, they've been in uniform. Many of the servicemen were coming to the ball park from their demonstrations.

Still bitter from the the 1770's are we?

[Larvell Blanks]

1-0 on the season. I'll have to make it up for some more. Place had at least 30,000 tonigh. Great sight to see.

31,920. First crowd north of 30k since the Home Opener.

Thank God Pittsburgh is so close.

Saw a ton of Pirate fans in and around Tower City before game time. Haven't seen that many Van Slyke jersey's in a while. Washoping one of them would at least know who "Cobra" was. Most of them were walking around complaining, calling Panini's Primante Bros. Lite.

[skatingtripods]

Thank God Pittsburgh is so close.

Bingo.

Hey, whatever. Dolans make money off the opposition's fans too.