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Cleveland Indians @ Chicago White Sox


Game 1

Starters:
CLE: C. C. Sabathia
CHI: Javier Vazquez

It’s the start of a new season! Just smell that fresh pine tar. Apparently Sabathia didn’t smell it and was still in off-season mode as he only went three and two-thirds while giving up 5 earned, walking 1 and K-ing 3. Despite some quality relief, the Chi Sox exploding for 5 in the fourth, us only driving in 4 despite 13 hits and a MJ error (uh oh) all lead to an Indian’s defeat. Vazquez gets the win Jenks gets the save and Dye gets his first homer of the year. Great way to start the season guys, with a road loss.

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland Indians	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	13	1
Chicago White Sox	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	X	6	11	0

Cleveland Indians @ Chicago White Sox

Game 2

Starters:
CLE: Fausto Carmona
CHI: Mark Buehrle

A much better offensive game for us. Every starter had a hit except for Casey Blake, but he walk twice so it’s all good. Mark Buehrle went six, but got ranged up for six runs also. We really put this game to bed when V-Mart went deep off Buehrle for a two run shot in the seventh on route to a three run inning. The homer was he first of the season and the first home run hit by the Indians in the new campaign. Faust had a soild outing going seven, striking out 2, walking 5 (Geez) and giving up only two. First win for Cleveland. YAYY!

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland Indians	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	8	16	0
Chicago White Sox	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	10	0

Cleveland Indians @ Chicago White Sox

Game 3


Starters:
CLE: Dontrelle Willis
CHI: Jose Contreras

It’s the rubber match at US Cellular Field and it did not look good early, as we were down by 1 in the first and 2 runs in the second. The D-train could only carry us one and a third innings and gave up 6 runs. Our bullpen stopped the bleeding as McBride pitched two scoreless innings. But we took the lead in the fifth when V-Mart, once again, hit a three-run big blast (Second). After that our bullpen took over and shut out the White Sox. Or at least that’s what would happen if we live in a perfect world. Langone came out of the pen and managed to cough up the lead and get the lead to the opponent in consecutive innings. Our offense was blanked out by the White Sox bullpen in the last four innings and we lost. *sigh* Jermaine Dye had a four RBI game and Grady Sizemore hit his first of the season.

Thursday, April 5th, 2007
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland Indians	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	13	1
Chicago White Sox	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	X	9	16	0

Seattle Mariners @ Cleveland Indians


Game 1


Starters:
CLE: Scott Olsen
SEA: Horacio Ramirez


Today’s our home opener as we welcome the Mariners to Jacob’s field. A sold out house saw 43436 fans enter the gate and they were treated to a pitching duo between the starters. Travis Hafner got us on the board in the bottom of the fourth with a solo shot (Numeral Uno of the season). Raul Ibanez was not impressed and said “whatever you can do, I can do better”. So he promptly went out in the top of the fifth and hit a two-run shot (also first) giving the Mariners the lead. In the bottom of the seventh Mike Jacobs came on to bat, and perhaps feeling the magic of the ballpark with the same name as him, was able tie the game and give us the lead in one swing of the bat (you guessed it, first of the season as well). Its crazy how two-run shots work! Langone had a much better outing from the pen and Betancourt got his second save. Ramirez when eight in a losing cause and our starter went six and a third. All runs scored came via the big fly. Indians are now back at .500!

Friday, April 6th, 2007
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle Mariners	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
Cleveland Indians	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	3	7	1

Seattle Mariners @ Cleveland Indians

Game 2


Starters:
CLE: C. C. Sabathia
SEA: Felix Hernandez

Today we faced one of my favourite pitchers, King Felix. And he proved why he is so good by going six and a third giving up no runs and striking out 8. Seattle drew first blood in the seventh as “The good” Adam Jones doubled and scored on a Jose Lopez ground ball fielder’s choice. The problem is that it is the only scoring that would be done tonight as we did not manage a run despite seven hits. We hit into the dreaded DPs twice with men in scoring position, had men on the corners with no out and did not convert, in the process wasting a soild seven innings from our ace.

Saturday, April 7th, 2007
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle Mariners	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0
Cleveland Indians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0

Seattle Mariners @ Cleveland Indians

Game 3

Starters:
CLE: Tim Hudson
SEA: Brendon Morrow


The game started very shaky for Tim Hudson as he gave up a single to Ichiro Suzuki to start off the game and a double to Ben Broussard to score Ichiro from first. In our half of the second inning, Casey Blake retook the lead on his first homer of the season, a three-run shot, and gave the lead back to the tribe. Timmy was not impressed by Casey’s effort and believed the offense could do better, so he promptly went out the next inning and gave up the two-run lead on a RBI single and groundout. Thankfully, the offense could do better as they explode for 8 runs in the fourth, capped of by a solo bomb by D&D, a bases clearing double by Casey Blake and three RBI base on balls (What!?). That will be all the scoring done in this game, as Cleveland takes the rubber match in this series. Timmy got his first win going 7 strong giving 10 hits and 3 earned, Casey had a big day getting 6 RBIs and C. C. is wondering where was this offense when he was pitching.

Sunday, April 8th, 2007
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle Mariners	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	0
Cleveland Indians	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	X	11	11	0

Around the Major League:

Colorado Rockies signed 28-year old starting pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim to a four-year $31,120,000 contract extension.

The New York Yankees gave their closer Mariano Rivera a two-year deal paying him 6,190,000 a season. A great deal for New York considering Mo is the best closer the game has ever seen.

The other New York team, Mets, gave their setup man 28-year old Aaron Heilman a 1-year 3,130,000 deal to stay a Met.

Minnesota Twins also locked their closer, 32-year old Joe Nathan, the next four years for 8,970,000 per season.

Jeremy Bonderman Blanked the Jays 6-0.

Adam LaRoche had three homers against Cincinnati in a 4-3 loss. (Jeez, the pirates just can’t win)

Both Joe Mauer and Garrett Anderson had 5 hit games.

Brewers Ace Ben Sheets is out 1-2 weeks with Dead Arm Syndrome.

Phillies Ace Cole Hamels is DTD with a tender elbow.