Maybe the best news in the sports world over the weekend was that, although it took 5+ hours that the Cleveland Indians were able to get out of Boston with a 1-1 split out of the first two games!
I don't think it was until about 1:15AM on Sunday morning that it really started to look pretty for the Tribe. After struggling through the first 9 innings Cleveland's mediocre pitching matching Boston's mediocre pitching and both offenses having sub par nights, the Tribe's bats finally came to life! It was the monster shot, that was only held in the park because of the lamp post off the top of the Green Monster in right field, off the bat of Franklin Gutierrez, that would allow most of the City of Cleveland to finally go to sleep! I know even I felt okay about going to bed knowing the Borowski would have to recommended run support for him to enter the game!
The series now turns back to Cleveland and although the momentum and history appear to be in the Tribe's favor it is still either teams series to claim. It will be up to Westbrook on Monday night and Byrd on Tuesday night to keep the bats of those pesky RedSox at bay. If Westbrook and Byrd can each give us five strong innings then I am confident our bullpen will carry us the rest of the way!
At this point it looks like we will turn to C.C. Sabathia for our game 5 starter. Although, he has yet to be the C.C. that should win the American League Cy Young award, I don't believe that there is any way that a pitcher of his caliber will have three bad starts in a row. That and his numbers at home, along with the rest of the team, are much better then when they are one the road.
A split for Cleveland was a small victory in itself! Now they need to take at least 2 at home to turn back to Bean town only having to win one! Tribe Time Now!
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