Things that I liked:
-Travis Hafner hit a home run
-Casey Blake drilled two doubles
-Asdrubal knocked in 2 RBI's
-Kenny Lofton continued his hot streak going 2 for 4.
-Tom Mastny and Joe Borowski combined for 3 scoreless innings, allowing only 2 hits and 1 walk.
Things that I didn't like:
-Sizemore went 0 for 5 with 3 strikeouts (he HAS to stop striking out so much)
-Franklin went 0 for 4 with 3 strikeouts
-Vic went 0 for 4 with 1 strikeout
-The team had too many players not hitting the ball to get any rally going
-Sizemore and Franklin left a combined 8 men on base
-The Indian hitters seemed impatient, and fell away from the strategy of working the count that worked so well against the Yankees. (yes, i know, easier said than done against Beckett)
-C.C. gave up 8 runs over 4 and a third. More alarming were his 5 walks. Why can he not find the stike zone all of a sudden? This is the second game in a row where C.C. had trouble locating his fastball.
Fear not, Indians fans! This is only Game 1, and there is still plenty of baseball left to play. Fausto will be out there for us in Game 2 as we try to get the best of Curt Schilling.
go tribe!
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