May 21, 2013

Box Score: White Sox 14, Indians 7

The Indians dropped their first game without the troika of Asdrubal Cabrera, Carlos Santana, and Travis Hafner, who are all on the shelf for a variety of reasons. But it wasn’t an unimpressive lineup that led to the loss, as the Tribe’s pitchers were shelled by the White Sox. Derek Lowe’s regression came in a swift and thunderous swoop, as the sinkerballer gave up 8 earned runs in just 2.1 innings. The bat of Jason Kipnis made it a game as the Tribe offense battled back into it, but another blow-up inning by Joe Smith and two defensive miscues in the 7th put the game out of reach.

Cleveland
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
S. Choo rf 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
M. Brantley cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 .269
J. Kipnis 2b 4 2 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 .272
J. Lopez dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
C. Kotchman 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .217
J. Damon lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .153
J. Hannahan 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .276
J. Diaz ss 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .000
L. Marson c 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .121
 Totals 33 7 6 7 2 1 10 0 2
 Batting
2B - M Brantley (15, J Peavy).
HR - J Kipnis 2 (8, 3rd inning off J Peavy 1 on, 1 Out, 5th inning off J Peavy 1 on, 1 Out).
RBI - M Brantley 3 (17), J Kipnis 4 (28).
Team LOB - 1.
 Fielding
E - C Kotchman (2, field); J Diaz (1, field).
 Chi White Sox
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
A. De Aza cf 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 .280
G. Beckham 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .204
A. Dunn dh 5 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .244
P. Konerko 1b 4 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 .396
    B. Lillibridge pr-1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186
A. Rios rf 5 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 .275
A.J. Pierzynski c 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .312
D. Viciedo lf 5 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 .264
A. Ramirez ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .209
O. Hudson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .231
 Totals 42 14 17 12 2 1 9 2 15
 Batting
2B - A Dunn (10, D Lowe); P Konerko 3 (13, D Lowe, J Accardo, T Sipp); A Rios (8, J Smith); A Pierzynski (7, D Lowe).
HR - A Rios (4, 8th inning off T Sipp 1 on, 1 Out), D Viciedo (10, 3rd inning off D Lowe 1 on, 1 Out).
RBI - A De Aza (20), P Konerko 2 (29), A Rios 3 (23), A Pierzynski (32), D Viciedo 5 (23).
2-out RBI - A Pierzynski, D Viciedo 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Beckham 2, A Pierzynski 1.
Team LOB - 5.
 Base Running
SB - A Ramirez (4, 2nd base off D Lowe/L Marson), O Hudson (1, 2nd base off J Accardo/L Marson).
 Cleveland
IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA
D. Lowe (L, 6-3) 2.1 10 8 8 0 3 1 1.52 3.25
J. Accardo 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1.11 2.84
N. Hagadone 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.93 1.93
J. Smith 1.0 4 4 3 1 1 0 1.35 4.05
T. Sipp 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1.56 6.19
 Chi White Sox
IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA
J. Peavy (W, 6-1) 6.1 6 7 7 1 9 2 0.92 3.07
M. Thornton (H, 7) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.30 3.15
J. Crain 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.05 1.46
W. Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.06 6.35

  • cmm13

    That Tiger sweep now on the brink of being erased as they’ve put it to Minny past two nights.

  • mgbode

    but hey, De Aza went 0/5

    (that’s about it on the positive side today)

  • akzipper

    Another positive…the Tribe didn’t collapse until after the allstar break last year. This year they’re wasting no time! This is the beginning of the end…

  • Ritz

    Sarcasm I hope… It’s only two losses and a few players have minor injuries. This happens to every single team, including playoff teams.

  • mgbode

    not really true.  do you remember the painful June last year?

    our high water mark in the division was 7games on May 24, 2011.  hopefully, a similar situation doesn’t develop this year.

    (still better than the Wedge days of collapsing early and playing spoiler in August and September when it didn’t matter)

  • mgbode

    true.  it’s not like we’ve been tailspinning (yet) like the Atlanta Braves (and I still think they are the best team in the NL East)

  • Mark Shapiro

    “Don’t come to me for playoff tickets”