Anyway, Sabathia allowed two runs on 7 hits, struck out two and walked two over six good innings for his 15th win. He also totally pissed me off when he hit Jason Bartlett (kind of meek and harmless... C.C. would eat him for dinner) and again when he beaned Rondell White (elderly... it's just wrong).
Torii Hunter grounded into a forceout in the fifth that scored Jason Tyner for his 94th RBI before Justin Morneau struck out swinging with men on the corners to end the inning. Then, Rondell scored on a Mike Redmond single to center in the sixth as the Minnesota Twins continued to threaten.
Morneau led off the eighth with a strikeout and after a Michael Cuddyer triple, Old Man White drove him in to get within one, but they couldn't hang on for the rally.
Something that troubles me: my Canadian Crusher went 0-for-3 last night and is batting .284 right now. Time to step it up, pal. Man, the expression on his face sums up last night's sentiment perfectly, just without the F-bombs and flung objects.
Johan Santana dropped to 0-4 in five starts this season against the Indians, the only team in the history of ever to beat him thrice in the same season. He gave up 10 hits, which matched a career-high, but managed to stick around for six innings with two K's. So not Johanesque.
Rookie infielder Asdrubal Cabrera's two-run shot off the two-time Cy Young winner paired with Victor Martinez's solo shot in the four-run first was all the Indians needed to complete the three-game sweep for their fifth straight victory and earn a 4.5-game lead in the AL Central over the second-place Detroit Tigers.
The defending ALC champs fell to a miserable 8.5 games behind Cleveland. The Twins, however, manage to hang on with every thread of hope until elimination. God, that's an ugly word.
5 comments:
Paul Byrd has won all 4 of his starts against the Twins. His fastball barely reaches 89 mph. That was the most disturbing loss of this series, Paul effing Byrd.
Haha, I love you Sooze.
Tell us how you really feel!
CC is from my hometown. It sucked when we were playing Babe Ruth as 14 year old and he was throwing 90 with movement...
yes, I grew up in the ghetto. Vallejo, CA. Other luminaries from that town include Sly and the Family Stone, E-40 and Mac Dre
Andrew - I have a great friend from Vallejo! Small world it is, eh.
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