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Let's see, we scored ONE run today, and ZERO last night.
The Twins starting pitchers must have been lefties, I guess?

We're up, 5-0 already!
Great to be facing a RHP after the last two nights of tough lefties!

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It is amazing to me but it seems every time we bite the bullet and pay big bucks to get a player, it seems not to work. Well, it is a long season and there is plenty of time left for E E to shine but I have to tell you, I am worried.

I've been worried since the second week of the season for various reason but mainly for the hunk of Swiss cheese he calls a bat.

We can raise the white flag pretty soon if this team doesn't figure out how to hit lefties. The word is out. I think we will be seeing a steady diet of lefties until we prove we can hit against them.

Well, this weekend, we beat up on a lefty, and couldn't do jack against the 2 righties.

loufla wrote:It is amazing to me but it seems every time we bite the bullet and pay big bucks to get a player, it seems not to work. Well, it is a long season and there is plenty of time left for E E to shine but I have to tell you, I am worried.

He is very good at GIDPs, though

Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays series preview, pitching matchups

on May 15, 2017 at 5:00 AM, updated May 15, 2017 at 11:48 AM

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Here is the preview and pitching matchups for the series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Indians that opens Monday night.

Where: Progressive Field, Monday through Wednesday.

TV/radio: SportsTime Ohio, WTAM 1100 and WMMS/FM 100.7 will carry the series.

Pitching matchups: RHP Chris Archer (3-1, 3.04) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (4-2, 1.86) on Monday at 6:10 p.m.; RHP Jake Odorizzi (2-2, 2.61) vs. RHP Danny Salazar (2-3, 5.20) on Tuesday at 6:10 p.m. and RHP Alex Cobb (3-3, 3.56) vs. RHP Josh Tomlin (2-4, 5.87) on Wednesday at 12:10 p.m.

Series: The Indians went 5-1 against the Rays last year. The Indians lead, 89-55, overall.

Monday: Carrasco, 2-0 in his last two starts, is 3-3 with a 2.47 ERA against the Rays. Colby Rasmus is hitting .300 (3-for-10) with one homer and three RBI against Carrasco.

Archer is coming off an 11-strikeout performance against Kansas City. The former Tribe farmhand is 0-5 with a 5.14 ERA in five start against his old team. Jose Ramirez is hitting .444 (4-for-9) with one homer and two RBI against Archer.

Tuesday: Salazar has allowed 23 hits and 14 earned runs in 18 2/3 innings in his last four starts. He's 2-0 with a 0.66 ERA against the Rays. The players on Tampa's roster who have faced Salazar are hitting .114 (4-for-35) against him.

Odorizzi has allowed just two earned runs in 13 innings over his last two starts. He's 0-1 with a 2.92 ERA in three starts against the Indians.

Wednesday: Tomlin is 0-1 in his last two starts, but has allowed just two earned runs with 10 strikeouts in 15 innings. He's 2-2 against the Rays and Evan Longoria is hitting .250 (3-for-12) with one homer and two RBI against him.

Cobb is 2-1 in his last three starts, allowing five earned runs in 20 1/3 innings. He's 2-2 with a 3.57 ERA in four starts against the Indians. Lonnie Chisenhall is hitting .667 (6-for-9) against him.

Team updates: The Indians, after scoring one run in 24 straight innings over a three-game stretch, scored eight runs Sunday to prevent being swept by the Twins in a three-game series. The Rays took two out of three from Boston over the weekend and are 7-7 in May.

Injuries: Rays -- RHP Brad Boxberger (right lat), LHP Xavier Cedeno (left forearm) 3B Matt Duffy (left heel), RHP Nathan Eovaldi (right elbow), RHP Kevin Gadea (right elbow), RHP Tommy Hunger (right calf), C Wilson Ramirez (right knee) and RHP Shawn Tolleson (right forearm) are on the disabled list. Indians - OF Brandon Guyer (left wrist), RHP Corey Kluber (lower back), OF Austin Jackson (left big toe) and RHP Cody Anderson (right elbow) are on the disabled list.

Next: The Indians open a three-game series against the Astros at Minute Maid Park on Friday night.

Hamilton read the stats before the game yesterday and the lefty starter just so happens to be terrible against lefties, so he loaded up on the lefties and they delivered.

Tito decides to do his job again today, and tweaks the lineup again. Switching Santana and EE. Santana to cleanup, Encarnacion to 5th. Jose Ramirez still stays at 6, for now.

Tito takes a shot at good friend and Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash.