Indians Come to the Dome

[catman]

Tonight, it appears that Scott Baker had his "A" game going. He threw a complete game, 2-hit shutout of the Indians. Asdrubal Cabrera doubled and Johnny Peralta singled to give the Indians their only baserunners.
Baker struck out 5 in the game and only threw 94 pitches to finish the game.

[catman]

Tomorrow, David Huff faces Anthony Swarzak.
Sunday, its Aaron Laffey v. Nick Blackburn.
I hope Baker's start gives the rest of the staff a kick in the pants. He has pitched very well lately.

[catman]

Huff did not pitch particularly well today, but Swarzak did not pitch well at all. The Indians won 7-3 today.

[catman]

Blackburn pitched 2 very good innings today and the Twins scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 2nd. Unfortunately, the Indians hit 3 homers in the 3rd and scored 6 before Blackburn left the game. Crain came in to get the last 2 outs in the 3rd inning, which he did after walking Shoppach and having Cabrera make an error on Valbuena's grounder.
Blacky's line -- 2.1 IP, 6 hits, 6 runs (all earned), no walks, 2 K's. Disappointing to say the least.

[catman]

Indians win 7-4, with the Twins scoring their last run in the bottom of the 9th off Wood.
A 2-4 homestand is not what a team that wants to contend needs.

[henks]

This team has lost 4 series in a row...all against divisional opponents.

[catman]

If Justin Morneau gets out of his slump, the team will be fine. Until then, they will continue to struggle. Since the All Star break, Justin is 28/107 with 7 homers and 24 driven in.