Tribe starter Ublado Jimenez was unable to dial up a repeat performance from his last outing, instead falling into his predominant underachieving 2012 form. Ubaldo yielded 7 runs and 9 hits while walking 5 and striking out 4 as the Tribe dropped the second game of the four-game series with Boston 7-5 in Fenway. The Indians stranded 14 runners in all, including 7 in the final three innings as Carlos Santana and Michael Brantley contributed two RBI each. Despite having the tying run on second base in the ninth inning, the Indians were unable to make Boston closer Alfredo Aceves pay. Cleveland falls to 18-14 and currently sits 1.5 games ahead of Detroit in the AL Central pending the outcome of tonight’s Tigers-A’s game. Cleveland and Boston meet again for game three tomorrow night with Josh Tomlin facing Felix Doubront.
| Top 1st: Cleveland |
| – C. Santana singled to right, A. Cabrera scored, T. Hafner to third |
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| Bot 1st: Boston |
| – W. Middlebrooks doubled to left, D. Pedroia and D. Ortiz scored, A. Gonzalez to third |
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| Bot 2nd: Boston |
| – D. Pedroia doubled to shallow right, N. Punto and R. Sweeney scored |
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| Bot 5th: Boston |
| – C. Ross doubled to left, D. Nava scored |
| – R. Sweeney singled to shallow right, C. Ross scored, N. Punto to third |
| – D. Pedroia hit sacrifice fly to center, N. Punto scored |
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| Top 7th: Cleveland |
| – T. Hafner walked, J. Damon scored, J. Kipnis to third, A. Cabrera to second |
| – C. Santana safe at first on third baseman W. Middlebrooks’ fielding error, J. Kipnis scored, A. Cabrera to third, T. Hafner to second |
| – M. Brantley singled to shallow center, A. Cabrera scored, T. Hafner to third, C. Santana to second |
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| Top 9th: Cleveland |
| – M. Brantley singled to shallow center, C. Santana scored |
| Cleveland |
|
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
HR |
BB |
K |
SB |
LOB |
Season Avg |
| J. Damon lf |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
.171 |
|
| J. Kipnis 2b |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.278 |
|
| A. Cabrera ss |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
|
| T. Hafner dh |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.255 |
|
| C. Santana c |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.257 |
|
| S. Choo rf |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.240 |
|
| M. Brantley cf |
5 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
.262 |
|
| C. Kotchman 1b |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
.194 |
|
| J. Donald pr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.178 |
|
| J. Hannahan 3b |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
.305 |
|
| Totals |
39 |
5 |
12 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
|
| Batting |
| 2B – S Choo (7, C Buchholz); J Hannahan (6, C Buchholz). |
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| RBI – T Hafner (15), C Santana 2 (18), M Brantley 2 (13). |
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| 2-out RBI – C Santana, M Brantley. |
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| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – J Damon 2, T Hafner 2, M Brantley 4, C Kotchman 2. |
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| Team LOB – 14. |
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|
| Base Running |
| SB – J Donald (3, 2nd base off A Aceves/J Saltalamacchia). |
| Fielding |
| DP – 1 (A Cabrera-J Kipnis-C Kotchman). |
|
| Boston |
|
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
HR |
BB |
K |
SB |
LOB |
Season Avg |
| R. Sweeney cf |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
.353 |
|
| D. Pedroia 2b |
4 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.316 |
|
| D. Ortiz dh |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.352 |
|
| D. McDonald ph-dh |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.179 |
|
| A. Gonzalez 1b |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.295 |
|
| W. Middlebrooks 3b |
4 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
.314 |
|
| D. Nava lf |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
.400 |
|
| C. Ross rf |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.252 |
|
| J. Saltalamacchia c |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
.221 |
|
| N. Punto ss |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
.152 |
|
| M. Aviles ss |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.265 |
|
| Totals |
34 |
7 |
12 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
23 |
|
| Batting |
| 2B – D Pedroia (11, U Jimenez); A Gonzalez 2 (11, U Jimenez, T Sipp); W Middlebrooks (5, U Jimenez); D Nava (2, U Jimenez); C Ross (7, U Jimenez). |
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| SF – D Pedroia. |
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| RBI – R Sweeney (11), D Pedroia 3 (17), W Middlebrooks 2 (11), C Ross (22). |
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| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – R Sweeney 1, W Middlebrooks 3, J Saltalamacchia 3. |
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| GIDP – W Middlebrooks. |
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| Team LOB – 13. |
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|
| Base Running |
| Picked Off – A Gonzalez (2nd base, C Santana). |
| Fielding |
| E – W Middlebrooks (3, field). |
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| Outfield assists – D Nava. |
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| Cleveland |
|
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
| U. Jimenez (L, 3-3) |
4.1 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1.78 |
5.18 |
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| D. Wheeler |
1.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.59 |
4.76 |
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| T. Sipp |
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1.80 |
6.94 |
|
|
| Boston |
|
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
| C. Buchholz (W, 4-1) |
6.1 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1.97 |
8.31 |
|
| R. Hill |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.24 |
1.59 |
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| A. Miller (H, 1) |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.50 |
0.00 |
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| F. Morales (H, 7) |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.62 |
4.38 |
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| V. Padilla (H, 4) |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
5.79 |
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| A. Aceves (S, 6) |
1.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.68 |
6.59 |
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| WP – U Jimenez. |
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| HBP – A Gonzalez (by U Jimenez); S Choo (by C Buchholz). |
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| Pitches-strikes – U Jimenez 99-58; D Wheeler 37-19; T Sipp 43-22; C Buchholz 111-68; R Hill 11-4; A Miller 11-8; F Morales 11-5; V Padilla 9-6; A Aceves 29-17. |
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| Ground balls-fly balls – U Jimenez 8-5; D Wheeler 3-3; T Sipp 0-3; C Buchholz 12-9; R Hill 1-0; A Miller 1-1; F Morales 1-1; V Padilla 1-1; A Aceves 0-1. |
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| Batters faced – U Jimenez 28; D Wheeler 7; T Sipp 9; C Buchholz 30; R Hill 2; A Miller 3; F Morales 3; V Padilla 2; A Aceves 6. |
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| Game Details |
Umpires: HP–Derryl Cousins. 1B–Alan Porter. 2B–Ron Kulpa. 3B–Jim Wolf.
Weather: 64 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, in from left. |
1 Comment
How many other people said “if you’re going to bring in Wheeler you might as well leave Ubaldo out there” when Manny made the move to the pen?
Hope Raffy is back soon so Danny can be given his walking papers and we see more Hagadone.