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19368Salazar entered the game in 9th while "Wild Thing" played over sound system. He choose it or some Indians employee showing bad taste?
Goody struck out the side in the 8th. He still has not allowed a run in over 20 innings now.
Goody struck out the side in the 8th. He still has not allowed a run in over 20 innings now.
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19369I think we set a record in this series, we may have struck out 59 batters, that is almost 15 a game. Records only go back so far but they were saying it just might be an all time record.
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19370I couldn't believe it, but Hammy said that Salazar had requested it.Hillbilly wrote:Salazar entered the game in 9th while "Wild Thing" played over sound system. He choose it or some Indians employee showing bad taste?
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19371Beautiful day for a ball game! Many thanks to the Bad News Bears for handing us the victory today.
My record goes to 2-1. Next up: The Dodgers on 6/15
My record goes to 2-1. Next up: The Dodgers on 6/15
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19373Watched most of the game from section 142:
Frank Robinson asking my advice about his lineup:
Where I ended up sitting for the last few innings:
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19374Well I just watched a replay of (most of) the game. Good grief, what a mess! Almost felt sorry for the A's. Almost.
Feeling sorry for myself, it looks as if the rearrangements in the NY-Penn league mean the Scrappers won't be coming to Vermont any more.
Feeling sorry for myself, it looks as if the rearrangements in the NY-Penn league mean the Scrappers won't be coming to Vermont any more.
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19376Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals series preview, pitching matchups
KANSAS CITY -- Here is a preview and pitching matchups for the Indians’ three-game series against the Royals starting Friday night.
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Friday through Sunday.
TV/radio: SportsTime Ohio, WTAM 1100 and WMMS/FM 100.7 will carry the series.
Pitching matchups: RHP Josh Tomlin (3-6, 5.79) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (6-3, 2.39) Friday at 8:15 p.m.; RHP Carlos Carrasco (5-2, 2.59) vs. RHP Jason Hammel (1-7, 6.18) Saturday at 2:15 p.m. and RHP Trevor Bauer (5-4, 6.00) vs. LHP Eric Skoglund (1-0, 0.00) Sunday at 2:15 p.m.
Series: The Indians are 3-3 against the Royals this season. The Indians lead, 349-321, overall.
Player to watch: Trevor Bauer
Bauer, who will face the Royals on Sunday, is 3-0 with a 4.13 ERA in his last four starts. In those starts, he has 36 strikeouts in 24 innings. On Tuesday night against the A's, Bauer struck out a career-high 14 in seven innings.
He has not faced the Royals this year. Bauer is 1-2 against them with a 3.56 ERA in seven starts in his career.
Player to watch: Michael Brantley
Brantley, after hitting .308 (24-for-78) with five homers and 17 RBI in April, hit .293 (27-for-92) with no homers and five RBI in May. While his production has dropped, Brantley is still getting on base. He’s hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games with seven RBI.
Against the Royals this year, Brantley is hitting .333 (8-for-24) with two RBI. On Thursday, he started June by driving in two runs. Last year Brantley was limited to 11 games because of a right shoulder problem.
Eric Skoglund
Player to watch: Eric Skoglund
On Wednesday the Indians lost to Oakland’s 6-5 left-hander, Sean Manaea. On Sunday they’ll be facing another tall lefty in 6-7 Eric Skoglund. He’ll be making his second big league start for Kansas City after replacing injured Danny Duffy and throwing 6 1/3 scoreless inning against the Tigers on Tuesday to win his big league debut, 1-0.
The Indians are 9-11 against left-handed starters this season.
Team updates: The Indians are coming off a 4-4 homestand. In their last five games, the rotation went 4-1 with a 2.27 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 35 2/3 innings. Corey Kluber added a flourish to those numbers Thursday as he came off the disabled list and threw six scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts in a 8-0 win over Oakland.
Overall, Indians pitchers struck out a franchise record 59 batters in the four-game series against the A's.
The Royals, who took two out of three during the Indians just completed homestand, have lost three of their last four games. They are 4-4 in their last eight games.
KANSAS CITY -- Here is a preview and pitching matchups for the Indians’ three-game series against the Royals starting Friday night.
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Friday through Sunday.
TV/radio: SportsTime Ohio, WTAM 1100 and WMMS/FM 100.7 will carry the series.
Pitching matchups: RHP Josh Tomlin (3-6, 5.79) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (6-3, 2.39) Friday at 8:15 p.m.; RHP Carlos Carrasco (5-2, 2.59) vs. RHP Jason Hammel (1-7, 6.18) Saturday at 2:15 p.m. and RHP Trevor Bauer (5-4, 6.00) vs. LHP Eric Skoglund (1-0, 0.00) Sunday at 2:15 p.m.
Series: The Indians are 3-3 against the Royals this season. The Indians lead, 349-321, overall.
Player to watch: Trevor Bauer
Bauer, who will face the Royals on Sunday, is 3-0 with a 4.13 ERA in his last four starts. In those starts, he has 36 strikeouts in 24 innings. On Tuesday night against the A's, Bauer struck out a career-high 14 in seven innings.
He has not faced the Royals this year. Bauer is 1-2 against them with a 3.56 ERA in seven starts in his career.
Player to watch: Michael Brantley
Brantley, after hitting .308 (24-for-78) with five homers and 17 RBI in April, hit .293 (27-for-92) with no homers and five RBI in May. While his production has dropped, Brantley is still getting on base. He’s hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games with seven RBI.
Against the Royals this year, Brantley is hitting .333 (8-for-24) with two RBI. On Thursday, he started June by driving in two runs. Last year Brantley was limited to 11 games because of a right shoulder problem.
Eric Skoglund
Player to watch: Eric Skoglund
On Wednesday the Indians lost to Oakland’s 6-5 left-hander, Sean Manaea. On Sunday they’ll be facing another tall lefty in 6-7 Eric Skoglund. He’ll be making his second big league start for Kansas City after replacing injured Danny Duffy and throwing 6 1/3 scoreless inning against the Tigers on Tuesday to win his big league debut, 1-0.
The Indians are 9-11 against left-handed starters this season.
Team updates: The Indians are coming off a 4-4 homestand. In their last five games, the rotation went 4-1 with a 2.27 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 35 2/3 innings. Corey Kluber added a flourish to those numbers Thursday as he came off the disabled list and threw six scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts in a 8-0 win over Oakland.
Overall, Indians pitchers struck out a franchise record 59 batters in the four-game series against the A's.
The Royals, who took two out of three during the Indians just completed homestand, have lost three of their last four games. They are 4-4 in their last eight games.
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19378Hey seagull--just been real busy with work. Haven't had much time to follow baseball--obviously something is wrong with my life!