Where are all the hits?

Bauer only gave up 2 hits, but he walked 7 in 5 innings, and one of the hits was a 2-run homer.
Indians have 4 hits, but no runs off Ty Cobb.

That call at 2nd proves that the umpire is corrupt. He was paid to make sure the Rays win!

Marson got injured on a play at the plate, and we were forced to use Santana, who had been DH. So the pitchers have to bat.

It's tough to win games when you score ZERO runs! Tribe is shut out for the 2nd night in a row, 6-0.

J.R. wrote:It's tough to win games when you score ZERO runs! Tribe is shut out for the 2nd night in a row, 6-0.

And we have 18 strikeouts in the last two games.

But...we HAVE just played indoors to date. We might have a team that sees the ball best without a roof.

And tomorrow is Sunday. You have noted their lack of runs on that day. Although this is a new team, we are going against their #1 starter, and Cy Young award winner.

J.R. wrote:And tomorrow is Sunday. You have noted their lack of runs on that day. Although this is a new team, we are going against their #1 starter, and Cy Young award winner.

I know where all the strip clubs are in Tampa, at least the main general area not far from where The Yankees play in The Spring. I wandered into one one of the clubs once, thirsty for a brew after a game, after I missed you guys in person in Winter Haven in Spring Training at the turn of the millenium.

Four or five girls after I realized the Tampa place did not have a license to sell beer or liquor, I decided it was time to leave.


Hopefully after 18 strikeouts in the last two games, Francona will inspire his guys to be cool about the strip clubs and evening entertainment on a Saturday Night in Tampa and show up and play their top baseball tomorrow.

Francona could always offer cold beer in the locker room for team effort after avoiding the strippers and hookers and groupies of the night before.....

Reynolds with a 3-run homer, and we are up 4-0, bottom of the 3rd!

10-0, Tribe in the 7th! Reynolds and Chiz with homers!

So are they trying to score enough runs to make up for the last 2 days? I'm not listening, but I have the ESPN updates coming to my phone.

Woulda been a great game to watch.

Santana makes it 13-0 with yet another homer! He is 5-5 today!

3-3 is a very nice start as we say good bye to artificial turf for the season.....

Cleveland Indians end slump, pound Rays, 13-0, behind 17 hits

By Paul Hoynes, The Plain Dealer

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Baseball is such a strange game.

The Indians were set to be sliced, diced and swept at Tropicana Field. They were shut out in consecutive games Friday and Saturday with the daunting task Sunday of facing David Price. Besides being the reigning American League Cy Young winner, the Indians had never beaten Price in six previous meetings.

Final score: Indians 13, Rays 0.

The Indians, held scoreless for 20 consecutive innings through the first inning Sunday, ripped Price for eight runs on 10 hits in five innings. In six prior starts, Price held the Indians to seven earned runs in 38 1/3 innings. In three starts at the Trop, he'd never allowed an earned run against them.

The Tribe finished with five homers, two by Mark Reynolds and one each by Lonnie Chisenhall, Michael Bourn and Carlos Santana. In a career performance, Santana went 5-for-5 with two singles and two doubles to go along with his second homer of the season.

Reynolds and Chisenhall each hit a three-run homer off Price, 20-5 last year. Reynolds has four hits against Price lifetime, three of them homers. Reynolds leads the Indians with four homers through the first six games of the season.

The victory gave the Indians a 3-3 record on their season-opening trip through Toronto and St. Petersburg. They took two out of three from the Blue Jays and one out of three from the Rays.

It was opposite day at the Trop.

Justin Masterson (2-0), to be polite, has been terrible against the Rays. He came into the game with a 1-7 lifetime record against them. Last year he gave up 12 runs on 16 hits in 8 2/3 innings against manager Joe Maddon's club.

On Sunday, he looked like the Cy Young winner. After a two-out blip in the first inning where he loaded the bases, Masterson was in control. Following Ben Zobrist's two-out single in the third, Masterson retired the last 13 Rays he faced.

Masterson threw seven scoreless innings, striking out eight, walking three and allowing three walks. Masterson started the trip by throwing 70 pitches in the first three innings against Toronto in the season opener on Tuesday. On Sunday, he needed just 97 pitches to go seven, throwing 63 percent (61-of-97) of his pitches for strikes.

The Indians ended their scoreless-inning streak in the second when Drew Stubbs singled with two out to score Mike Aviles for a 1-0 lead. They made it 4-0 on Reynolds three-run homer over the center field fence in the third as he hammered an 0-1 pitch.

In the fifth, Chisenhall hit a three-run homer to right off Price for a 8-0 lead. Bourn homered in the eighth and Santana in the ninth.

The last time the Indians hit five homers in a game was April 26, 2011 against Kansas City.

Reynolds added his second homer of the game to start the seventh off Kyle Farnsworth. He drove it off the facing of the upper deck above the left field bleachers. Santana followed with a double and Aviles singled him home.

In the ninth, Reynolds doubled and scored on Santana's line-drive homer to right.

Prior to the start of the game, Tom Hamilton was giving the info of Masterson has been horrible against the Rays, his only win was a relief appearance with Boston. His e.r.a. was like 11.something & David Price has been virtually untouchable. He continued, but with baseball, Masterson will probably shut down the Rays & Price will get rocked. (paraphrasing from 4+ hours ago).