Solo homers and solid pitching were the order of the day for the Tribe. Choo, Brantley and Hafner all recorded solo bombs and Josh Tomlin pitched well. Chris Perez earned his 24th save.
Scoring Summary |
Bot 1st: Cleveland |
– S. Choo homered to deep right |
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Bot 2nd: Cleveland |
– M. Brantley homered to deep right |
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Top 5th: Tampa Bay |
– J. Molina grounded out to shortstop, W. Rhymes scored |
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Bot 8th: Cleveland |
– T. Hafner homered to deep right |
Batting |
3B – W Rhymes (1, J Tomlin). |
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RBI – J Molina (15). |
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Team LOB – 3. |
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Fielding |
E – E Johnson (9, field). |
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DP – 2 (J Molina-S Rodriguez, W Rhymes-E Johnson-C Pena). |
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Batting |
HR – S Choo (9, 1st inning off J Hellickson 0 on, 0 Out), T Hafner (7, 8th inning off J McGee 0 on, 1 Out), M Brantley (3, 2nd inning off J Hellickson 0 on, 1 Out). |
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RBI – S Choo (32), T Hafner (24), M Brantley (41). |
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Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – T Hafner 2, J Damon 2. |
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GIDP – M Brantley. |
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Team LOB – 6. |
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Base Running |
CS – S Choo (2, 2nd base by J Howell/J Molina), M Brantley (6, 2nd base by J Hellickson/J Molina). |
Fielding |
Outfield assists – A Cunningham. |
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Tampa Bay |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
J. Hellickson (L, 4-5) |
6.0 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1.37 |
3.41 |
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J.P. Howell |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.25 |
4.18 |
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J. McGee |
1.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.90 |
1.86 |
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Cleveland |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
J. Tomlin (W, 5-5) |
7.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1.37 |
5.45 |
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V. Pestano (H, 21) |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.85 |
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C. Perez (S, 24) |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.02 |
2.59 |
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WP – J Hellickson, J Tomlin. |
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Pitches-strikes – J Howell 14-7; J McGee 19-12; J Hellickson 107-55; J Tomlin 88-58; V Pestano 14-8; C Perez 11-6. |
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Ground balls-fly balls – J Howell 1-0; J McGee 1-2; J Hellickson 8-6; J Tomlin 9-10; V Pestano 0-1; C Perez 2-2. |
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Batters faced – J Howell 3; J McGee 4; J Hellickson 26; J Tomlin 24; V Pestano 3; C Perez 4. |
14 Comments
unstoppable
This mini winning streak has been huge. Was counting on Rangers doing some damage to the Sox but that didn’t happen. We could have quickly been 5 games back…glad we’re playing well.
While I agree about Chicago, I think we need to not worry as much about the standings at this point. There is a lot of divisional games left so we just need to keep playing well. It is a long season and I have to think that 90 wins with a winning division record should put us in it at the end.
Nice job by Tomlin. Two hits and no walks?!? Hope this version of Tomlin decides to show-up more often!
What about Youkilis for the White Sox? My goodness.
I think somebody commented on this yesterday, but man this lineup just seems so much more dangerous with Travis Hafner in it. Maybe it’s the sheer size of Pronk that strikes fear into opposing pitchers and boosts his own team’s confidence. That’s gotta be it.
3 solo HRs doesn’t have a whole lot to do with him other than his which barely got out. He still seems to be hobbling. I would either play him about 3 times per week or not expect him to last very ling.
Not just talking about yesterday, talking about all games this season with Hafner in the lineup. But if you do want to talk about yesterday, I thought a good example of how Hafner helps the lineup is the number of pitches he sees per at-bat. He wears the starter out.
Barely got out…? Um… No…
How’s hafner working out again? Bases juiced no outs. Piddly ground ball to second. We are much better with marson catching most games and rotating the DH.
Lou Marson having a career year hitting 125 OPS+ (career avg. 76)
Hafner’s OPS+ just a hair above his last 3 seasons is 135.
#SavePronk
Doesn’t matter. His defense and handling of pitchers is why he should play. Offense is a bonus, and u have to play him while he is hitting. U sit hafner every 3 days bc of injury.
Ahh yes, that one bases-loaded situation proves your point. I relent and yield and relax my position.
Oh, it was just once? Take a larger sample then and look at his season stats…or last 3 seasons. That a big enough sample?