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10397Arizona took advantage of a pair of Cleveland errors, paving the way for a 7-5 Cactus League victory over the Indians on Friday night at Goodyear Ballpark.
Indians Opening Day starter Justin Masterson was charged with five runs in his five innings of work, but the big sinkerballer was only responsible for one earned run due to a pair of mistakes behind him. In the second inning, shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera misplayed a grounder in a three-run inning for Arizona. In the fourth, Lonnie Chisenhall made a throwing error that led to a run for the D-backs.
Gerardo Parra chipped in an RBI double in the fourth inning against Masterson, who struck out seven and walked three in his outing.
In his sixth outing of the spring, Corbin limited the Tribe to two runs on three hits over five innings. The left-hander is competing against Randall Delgado -- acquired from the Braves in the Justin Upton trade -- for the final spot in Arizona's starting staff.
In the third inning, the hot-hitting Michael Brantley capitalized on a bases-loaded situation. After Corbin walked the bases full, Brantley drilled a pitch into center field for a two-run single that scored Chisenhall and Drew Stubbs.
Mark Teahen and Cliff Pennington connected for consecutive doubles off reliever Jerry Gil in a two-run sixth inning for Arizona.
In the home half of the sixth, Cleveland designated hitter Mark Reynolds crushed a pitch from D-backs pitcher David Hernandez for a two-run home run. The moonshot sailed high over the top of the tall scoreboard that sits behind the left-field lawn seats. That capped off a three-run outburst that cut Arizona's lead to 7-5.
Up next for the Indians: The race for the final spot in the Indians' rotation is down to lefty Scott Kazmir and righty Carlos Carrasco. Kazmir, who last pitched a full season in the Majors in 2010, is slated to take the hill for the Tribe on Saturday, when Cleveland hits the road for a 4:10 p.m. ET Cactus League clash with the Mariners. The game will be aired live on MLB Network in the Cleveland television market and will be available on the radio on WTAM-1100 AM and on the Indians Radio Network.
Indians Opening Day starter Justin Masterson was charged with five runs in his five innings of work, but the big sinkerballer was only responsible for one earned run due to a pair of mistakes behind him. In the second inning, shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera misplayed a grounder in a three-run inning for Arizona. In the fourth, Lonnie Chisenhall made a throwing error that led to a run for the D-backs.
Gerardo Parra chipped in an RBI double in the fourth inning against Masterson, who struck out seven and walked three in his outing.
In his sixth outing of the spring, Corbin limited the Tribe to two runs on three hits over five innings. The left-hander is competing against Randall Delgado -- acquired from the Braves in the Justin Upton trade -- for the final spot in Arizona's starting staff.
In the third inning, the hot-hitting Michael Brantley capitalized on a bases-loaded situation. After Corbin walked the bases full, Brantley drilled a pitch into center field for a two-run single that scored Chisenhall and Drew Stubbs.
Mark Teahen and Cliff Pennington connected for consecutive doubles off reliever Jerry Gil in a two-run sixth inning for Arizona.
In the home half of the sixth, Cleveland designated hitter Mark Reynolds crushed a pitch from D-backs pitcher David Hernandez for a two-run home run. The moonshot sailed high over the top of the tall scoreboard that sits behind the left-field lawn seats. That capped off a three-run outburst that cut Arizona's lead to 7-5.
Up next for the Indians: The race for the final spot in the Indians' rotation is down to lefty Scott Kazmir and righty Carlos Carrasco. Kazmir, who last pitched a full season in the Majors in 2010, is slated to take the hill for the Tribe on Saturday, when Cleveland hits the road for a 4:10 p.m. ET Cactus League clash with the Mariners. The game will be aired live on MLB Network in the Cleveland television market and will be available on the radio on WTAM-1100 AM and on the Indians Radio Network.
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10398Brett Myers pitched six scoreless innings, but Louisville rallied against the Columbus bullpen to post a 9-7 win. Myers, who is expected to be a key cog in the Cleveland starting rotation, was pitching in the minor league game to stay on his regular pitching schedule.
Chun Chen was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and homered twice to highlight the Clippers offense. Tyler Holt also delivered a two-run blast.
The Clippers will face Nashville (Brewers) on Thursday at 1:00pm local time.
Chun Chen was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and homered twice to highlight the Clippers offense. Tyler Holt also delivered a two-run blast.
The Clippers will face Nashville (Brewers) on Thursday at 1:00pm local time.
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10399Code: Select all
CLEVELAND (10) AT SEATTLE (5)
CLEVELAND AB R H BI SEATTLE AB R H BI
E Carrera LF 4 1 2 1 M Saunders RF 5 1 2 0
Q Latimore LF 1 0 0 0 R Andino SS-2B 4 2 2 0
M Aviles 3B 3 2 2 0 R Ibanez LF 4 1 3 3
T Wolters 3B 2 0 1 0 D Almonte PR-LF 1 0 0 0
C Phelps 1B 3 1 2 2 J Smoak 1B 5 0 3 1
C McGuiness 1B 2 0 0 0 K Seager 2B 3 1 1 0
J Giambi DH 3 1 1 1 C Taylor SS 2 0 1 0
J Henry PH-DH 1 0 1 1 J Montero C 1 0 0 0
R Rodriguez PH-DH 1 0 0 0 M Dowd C 4 0 1 1
M Carson RF 3 0 0 0 C Wells CF 4 0 0 0
D Cid RF 2 0 0 0 K Shoppach DH 5 0 2 0
L Marson C 4 1 2 0 B Miller 3B 4 0 1 0
O Santos C 1 1 1 0
F Lindor SS 5 1 3 1
J Ramirez 2B 5 1 2 1
T Naquin CF 4 1 1 2
TOTALS 44 10 18 9 TOTALS 42 5 16 5
CLEVELAND 003 015 001 -- 10
SEATTLE 200 030 000 -- 5
E--M Dowd, D Huff. DP--CLEVELAND 1, SEATTLE 1.
LOB--CLEVELAND 7, SEATTLE 12. 2B--J Smoak 2, K
Shoppach, M Dowd, J Ramirez, T Naquin. 3B--K
Seager, F Lindor. HR--R Ibanez 1 (4) (off S
Kazmir), C Phelps 1 (3) (off B Beavan), J Giambi 1
(3) (off B Beavan). SB--E Carrera 2 (11), M Aviles
1 (2). CS--B Miller.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
CLEVELAND
S Kazmir (W,1-0) 5 13 5 5 0 5 1
V Pestano 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
M Capps 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D Huff 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
SEATTLE
B Beavan (L,1-1) 5 1-3 16 9 8 0 3 2
S Kohlscheen 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 0
D Farquhar 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
C Furbush 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
T Wilhelmsen 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
WP--B Beavan. HBP--C Wells by M Capps. PB--M
Dowd. SO--CLE: M Carson, M Aviles, T Naquin, D
Cid, C Phelps. SEA: C Wells 2, K Seager, J Smoak,
M Dowd, B Miller, D Almonte, K Shoppach, M
Saunders. BB--SEA: R Andino. T--3:14. A--9,473.Re: GameTime!™
10400Tribe could be slapped by MLB for the lineup they sent to Peoria yesterday. The regulars must have had a golf outing. Spring Training games are supposed to have at least 4 Major League starters. The 9000+ paying customers(suckers) got to see a kiddie parade and an old geezer(Giambi).
Can the regular season start soon enough?
Can the regular season start soon enough?
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10402Skankees were the biggest violators but MLB ignored it because no matter who the Skanks brought to a road game, the attendance was always good.
Florida's teams are geographicly far apart and the regulars didn't want the long bus rides.
Arizona teams are much closer and a 30 minute bus ride shouldn't bother anyone.
Florida's teams are geographicly far apart and the regulars didn't want the long bus rides.
Arizona teams are much closer and a 30 minute bus ride shouldn't bother anyone.
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10403Good work by Jiminez today. 1 run in 7 innings, 2 more in the 8th; by far the longest outing by any starter. And first good day by a starter this week.
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CHICAGO CUBS (4) AT CLEVELAND (3)
CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI CLEVELAND AB R H BI
B Lillibridge CF 3 0 0 0 M Bourn CF 2 0 0 0
L Valbuena PH 0 0 0 1 E Carrera CF 1 0 0 0
T Martin CF 0 0 0 0 M Aviles SS-LF 4 0 2 2
D Navarro DH 4 1 0 1 J Kipnis 2B 3 0 0 0
A Rizzo 1B 3 1 1 0 R Raburn 2B 1 0 0 0
S Clevenger 3B 1 0 1 1 N Swisher 1B 2 0 1 0
A Soriano LF 4 0 1 1 C McGuiness 1B 1 1 1 0
R Golden LF 0 0 0 0 M Brantley LF 2 0 0 0
S Castro SS 3 0 0 0 L Hernandez SS 1 0 0 0
J Bour 1B 1 0 0 0 C Santana C 3 0 0 0
S Hairston RF 4 0 0 0 B Jeroloman C 1 0 1 0
W Castillo C 3 1 0 0 M Reynolds DH 3 0 0 0
D Barney 2B 3 1 1 0 Y Gomes PH-DH 1 0 1 1
J Mota 2B 0 0 0 0 L Chisenhall 3B 3 0 1 0
A Gonzalez 3B-SS 2 0 1 0 M Antonelli PR-3B 0 1 0 0
C Phelps PH 1 0 0 0
D Stubbs RF 2 0 0 0
T Holt PR-RF 1 1 0 0
TOTALS 31 4 5 4 TOTALS 32 3 7 3
CHICAGO CUBS 000 100 030 -- 4
CLEVELAND 000 000 021 -- 3
DP--CHICAGO CUBS 1. LOB--CHICAGO CUBS 3,
CLEVELAND 6. 2B--A Soriano, S Clevenger, A Rizzo,
C McGuiness. SF--L Valbuena.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
CHICAGO CUBS
C Rusin (W,3-0) 5 1-3 2 0 0 3 3 0
M Bowden 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 0
C Coleman 2-3 1 2 2 1 0 0
Z Putnam 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 0
J Lewis (S,3) 1 3 1 1 0 2 0
CLEVELAND
U Jimenez (L,2-1) 7 4 3 3 1 3 0
C Allen 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
B Shaw 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
SO--CHC: W Castillo 2, J Bour, A Soriano, D
Navarro. CLE: M Reynolds, M Bourn, J Kipnis, T
Holt, L Chisenhall, C Phelps. BB--CHC: W Castillo,
A Gonzalez. CLE: N Swisher, M Brantley, M Bourn, D
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10405Cubs 4, Indians 3
March 24, 2013
GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) - Ubaldo Jimenez can now focus on getting hitters out instead of how to throw.
Jimenez, using a new delivery this spring, allowed three runs in seven innings of the Cleveland Indians' 4-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
Jimenez didn't realize it until midseason last year that he was hesitating before delivering the ball to the plate. He's worked on it all spring and is confident he has found a solution.
"I don't even have to think about my mechanics," Jimenez said. "I'm thinking more about how to pitch a hitter. I can concentrate on what pitch to throw in what count."
When the 29-year old left-hander won 46 games, including 19 in 2010, with the Colorado Rockies, he was throwing at 100 mph. Now after two so-so years in Cleveland, he doesn't even think about it.
"So many people worry about velocity. Now all I worry about is getting the hitters out."
Also, the Indians released Daisuke Matsuzaka from his minor league contract, but they are expected to re-sign him to a new deal that could become official as early as Sunday night.
The Japanese right-hander will likely begin the season with the Indians' Triple-A team in Columbus.
The Indians had until Tuesday before Matsuzaka would have been owed a $100,000 payment under baseball's collective bargaining agreement.
Matsuzaka allowed two runs and 10 hits in eight innings covering four spring outings.
First-year Indians manager Terry Francona is the beneficiary of Jimenez's improvement.
"The progression continues," Francona said. "He got out to the point where he could have kept pitching, but we wanted to get Cody (Allen) in the game so we told him he was going to face two hitters then finish up in the pen.
"He continues to build. It was a tremendous outing. He built endurance. He pounded the strike zone. He continues to work on his delivery and the results are showing for itself. When he's right even when they square the ball up, he's always got the chance to throw a double play when he's right."
He gave up four hits, including back-to-back doubles to Anthony Rizzo and Alfonso Soriano in fourth inning. He struck out three and walked one, leaving the game trailing 1-0.
Chris Rusin, who will start the season at Triple-A Iowa, shut down the Indians in 5 1-3 innings. The left-hander allowed singles by Mike Aviles and Nick Swisher. He walked three and struck out three.
The Cubs' fourth pick in the 2009 draft out of the University of Kentucky, struggled with his command.
"He got through it," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "He didn't have much command. Rusin was effectively wild. He made pitches when he had to.
"He has good movement and a cutter that can get outs. He got off the hook a little bit with them swinging out of the strike zone, especially in that first inning. He wasn't as sharp as he's been this spring that's for sure but he got away with it."
Michael Bowden pitched a scoreless 1 2-3 innings for Chicago. Casey Coleman gave up two runs in two-thirds of an inning and Jensen Lewis allowed a run in the ninth.
Aviles hit a two-run single off Coleman in the eighth.
NOTES: Indians SS Asdrubal Cabrera was removed from the lineup with spasms in his back after batting practice. ... RHP Chris Perez will pitch in an A game on Tuesday. Perez, recovering from a right shoulder strain, pitched in a minor league game on Saturday. He has been out since Feb. 26. ... OF Matt Carson suffered forehead lacerations and cervical strain after running into the right-field wall against Seattle. X-rays were negative. ... Cubs SS Starlin Castro celebrated his 23rd birthday Sunday. ... RHP Carlos Marmol has not allowed a run in his past seven outings, covering 6 2/3 innings
March 24, 2013
GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) - Ubaldo Jimenez can now focus on getting hitters out instead of how to throw.
Jimenez, using a new delivery this spring, allowed three runs in seven innings of the Cleveland Indians' 4-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
Jimenez didn't realize it until midseason last year that he was hesitating before delivering the ball to the plate. He's worked on it all spring and is confident he has found a solution.
"I don't even have to think about my mechanics," Jimenez said. "I'm thinking more about how to pitch a hitter. I can concentrate on what pitch to throw in what count."
When the 29-year old left-hander won 46 games, including 19 in 2010, with the Colorado Rockies, he was throwing at 100 mph. Now after two so-so years in Cleveland, he doesn't even think about it.
"So many people worry about velocity. Now all I worry about is getting the hitters out."
Also, the Indians released Daisuke Matsuzaka from his minor league contract, but they are expected to re-sign him to a new deal that could become official as early as Sunday night.
The Japanese right-hander will likely begin the season with the Indians' Triple-A team in Columbus.
The Indians had until Tuesday before Matsuzaka would have been owed a $100,000 payment under baseball's collective bargaining agreement.
Matsuzaka allowed two runs and 10 hits in eight innings covering four spring outings.
First-year Indians manager Terry Francona is the beneficiary of Jimenez's improvement.
"The progression continues," Francona said. "He got out to the point where he could have kept pitching, but we wanted to get Cody (Allen) in the game so we told him he was going to face two hitters then finish up in the pen.
"He continues to build. It was a tremendous outing. He built endurance. He pounded the strike zone. He continues to work on his delivery and the results are showing for itself. When he's right even when they square the ball up, he's always got the chance to throw a double play when he's right."
He gave up four hits, including back-to-back doubles to Anthony Rizzo and Alfonso Soriano in fourth inning. He struck out three and walked one, leaving the game trailing 1-0.
Chris Rusin, who will start the season at Triple-A Iowa, shut down the Indians in 5 1-3 innings. The left-hander allowed singles by Mike Aviles and Nick Swisher. He walked three and struck out three.
The Cubs' fourth pick in the 2009 draft out of the University of Kentucky, struggled with his command.
"He got through it," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "He didn't have much command. Rusin was effectively wild. He made pitches when he had to.
"He has good movement and a cutter that can get outs. He got off the hook a little bit with them swinging out of the strike zone, especially in that first inning. He wasn't as sharp as he's been this spring that's for sure but he got away with it."
Michael Bowden pitched a scoreless 1 2-3 innings for Chicago. Casey Coleman gave up two runs in two-thirds of an inning and Jensen Lewis allowed a run in the ninth.
Aviles hit a two-run single off Coleman in the eighth.
NOTES: Indians SS Asdrubal Cabrera was removed from the lineup with spasms in his back after batting practice. ... RHP Chris Perez will pitch in an A game on Tuesday. Perez, recovering from a right shoulder strain, pitched in a minor league game on Saturday. He has been out since Feb. 26. ... OF Matt Carson suffered forehead lacerations and cervical strain after running into the right-field wall against Seattle. X-rays were negative. ... Cubs SS Starlin Castro celebrated his 23rd birthday Sunday. ... RHP Carlos Marmol has not allowed a run in his past seven outings, covering 6 2/3 innings
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10408Shapiro should be sequestered for presiding when this team moved to Goodyear. Sheldon Ocker had an article today about the lame location on the fringe of civilization for Tribe Spring Training and no one showing up to watch them play. I went to the middle of the frickin' remote desert west of Phoenix to scope out the site Mark lorded over for selection and I provided pictures clearly displaying it was in the middle of nowhere as construction was in preparation.seagull wrote:Tribe could be slapped by MLB for the lineup they sent to Peoria yesterday. The regulars must have had a golf outing. Spring Training games are supposed to have at least 4 Major League starters. The 9000+ paying customers(suckers) got to see a kiddie parade and an old geezer(Giambi).
Can the regular season start soon enough?
Wake up Rusty, this franchise is under "The Curse of Mark Shapiro."
If this team is over .500 when April ends, I'll grab the bandwagon again.
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10409Myers' meltdown triggers embarrassing Tribe loss
By Sheldon Ocker Published: March 26, 2013
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.: Brett Myers has pitched poorly all spring, but never in his first four starts was he so rudely treated as he was Monday night, when the Rockies pummeled him 10 runs, 14 hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings.
Not surprisingly, the Indians lost 18-4 at Salt River Fields.
Myers is being counted on to eat innings and keep the Tribe in games, but that has hardly been his pattern during exhibition season.
In five starts, Myers has allowed 33 hits, three home runs and nine walks in only 16 innings for an 11.25 ERA. And his ballooning ERA wasn’t solely the result of his troubled outing against Colorado. He came into the game with a 7.11 ERA.
Myers got through the first inning without allowing a run, but in the second he faced 12 batters, giving up seven runs and eight hits, including Chris Nelson’s three-run homer.
When he retired only one of the first four batters in the fourth, manager Terry Francona went to the bullpen for David Huff, who fared no better than Myers. In 1 2/3 innings, Huff was rocked for six hits and three runs. He also let in three that were charged to Myers.
The Rockies’ onslaught continued when Rich Hill relieved Huff and gave up four runs on two hits and two walks in two-thirds of an inning.
Spring training numbers don’t count for much and evaluating a pitcher on his performances in exhibition games is a dangerous practice. But assuming Myers is trying to get people out rather than merely polish his pitches, optimism among Tribe baseball officials can’t be high right now.
Offensively, Michael Bourn doubled twice and scored; Mark Reynolds doubled, singled and drove in a run; Michael Brantley and Lonnie Chisenhall each had two hits, and Drew Stubbs doubled, scored and had an RBI on a ground out.
By Sheldon Ocker Published: March 26, 2013
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.: Brett Myers has pitched poorly all spring, but never in his first four starts was he so rudely treated as he was Monday night, when the Rockies pummeled him 10 runs, 14 hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings.
Not surprisingly, the Indians lost 18-4 at Salt River Fields.
Myers is being counted on to eat innings and keep the Tribe in games, but that has hardly been his pattern during exhibition season.
In five starts, Myers has allowed 33 hits, three home runs and nine walks in only 16 innings for an 11.25 ERA. And his ballooning ERA wasn’t solely the result of his troubled outing against Colorado. He came into the game with a 7.11 ERA.
Myers got through the first inning without allowing a run, but in the second he faced 12 batters, giving up seven runs and eight hits, including Chris Nelson’s three-run homer.
When he retired only one of the first four batters in the fourth, manager Terry Francona went to the bullpen for David Huff, who fared no better than Myers. In 1 2/3 innings, Huff was rocked for six hits and three runs. He also let in three that were charged to Myers.
The Rockies’ onslaught continued when Rich Hill relieved Huff and gave up four runs on two hits and two walks in two-thirds of an inning.
Spring training numbers don’t count for much and evaluating a pitcher on his performances in exhibition games is a dangerous practice. But assuming Myers is trying to get people out rather than merely polish his pitches, optimism among Tribe baseball officials can’t be high right now.
Offensively, Michael Bourn doubled twice and scored; Mark Reynolds doubled, singled and drove in a run; Michael Brantley and Lonnie Chisenhall each had two hits, and Drew Stubbs doubled, scored and had an RBI on a ground out.
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10410Hey Tito....check and see if they're drinking beer and eating chicken in the dugout.Francona said he is not concerned about Myers' miserable spring.
"I don't think his numbers are alarming," said Francona. "I don't think they mean anything. As long as he's healthy, which he is, he's shown us glimpses of what he'll do. I think we're all confident he'll be consistent.