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RebelYell · 05-16-2005, 05:04 PM

Mench's HR grounds Cleveland
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- The series began with Ryan Drese giving the Texas Rangers an opening-day victory and it ended with Kevin Mench giving Chan Ho Park all the run support he needed in a rubber-game win over the Cleveland Indians.

Stellar on opening day, Drese held Cleveland's production to a single run and the Rangers walked away with a 6-1 victory. The Indians came back with a 6-3 win behind Jake Westbrook in Wednesday's game, giving Bobby Don Southworth his first managerial victory.

Mench's three-run homer in the first spurred Texas to an 8-2 win behind Park in the finale.

"We wanted to win all three, hoped we could get two and expected to win one," said Southworth. "Their pitching did a good job on us and pitchers who are sharp at this time of the year are going to be a little ahead of the hitters.
"Give credit to their pitching."

C.C. Sabathia suffered the loss in the opener. Cliff Lee was roughed up for three innings in the 8-2 defeat.

"I saw a lot of good stuff out of C.C. and his performance doesn't worry me at all," Southworth said. "Westbrook was nails and gave us the seven innings we asked for.
"Lee was a different story. He just never got it going."

The Indians open their 2005 home campaign today against Toronto. Kevin Millwood will start and Southworth has announced that Sabathia and Westbrook will get the nod on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

"It's a quick turnaround for them, I know," Southworth said. "I don't have any reservations about starting out with a four-man rotation, though. We're going to utilize our bullpen as best we can. They combined for 12 innings in the first three games and we plan to get another 10 to 12 innings out of them against Toronto."

Chad Zerbe was perfect in his one inning of work to notch his first save of the year.

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RebelYell Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 218	Rangers take opener, go on to win series Mench's HR grounds Cleveland ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- The series began with Ryan Drese giving the Texas Rangers an opening-day victory and it ended with Kevin Mench giving Chan Ho Park all the run support he needed in a rubber-game win over the Cleveland Indians. Stellar on opening day, Drese held Cleveland's production to a single run and the Rangers walked away with a 6-1 victory. The Indians came back with a 6-3 win behind Jake Westbrook in Wednesday's game, giving Bobby Don Southworth his first managerial victory. Mench's three-run homer in the first spurred Texas to an 8-2 win behind Park in the finale. "We wanted to win all three, hoped we could get two and expected to win one," said Southworth. "Their pitching did a good job on us and pitchers who are sharp at this time of the year are going to be a little ahead of the hitters. "Give credit to their pitching." C.C. Sabathia suffered the loss in the opener. Cliff Lee was roughed up for three innings in the 8-2 defeat. "I saw a lot of good stuff out of C.C. and his performance doesn't worry me at all," Southworth said. "Westbrook was nails and gave us the seven innings we asked for. "Lee was a different story. He just never got it going." The Indians open their 2005 home campaign today against Toronto. Kevin Millwood will start and Southworth has announced that Sabathia and Westbrook will get the nod on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. "It's a quick turnaround for them, I know," Southworth said. "I don't have any reservations about starting out with a four-man rotation, though. We're going to utilize our bullpen as best we can. They combined for 12 innings in the first three games and we plan to get another 10 to 12 innings out of them against Toronto." Chad Zerbe was perfect in his one inning of work to notch his first save of the year. __________________ Cleveland Spiders -- Metleagues! Johnson League Central Division champions, (98-64) Bobby Don Southworth -- Cleveland Indians, first place American League Central Yoda55 gives it And coming soon: AUSSI -- The Australia Uranium Sports Syndication, Inc. College Baseball -- The Return of "Cobb Goes to College" interactive OOTP Baseball Last edited by RebelYell : 04-01-2006 at 12:06 AM.