The Tribe mustered a mere 5 hits and left the bases loaded in the 7th (after loading them with nobody out). Jimenez pitched well, but not well enough as Jared Weaver baffled Tribe hitters. Carlos Santana was 1 for 3 in his return to the line-up.
Scoring Summary |
Top 5th: LA Angels |
– E. Aybar hit sacrifice fly to deep center, H. Kendrick scored |
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Top 7th: LA Angels |
– H. Kendrick homered to deep left center |
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Top 8th: LA Angels |
– A. Callaspo walked, E. Aybar scored, A. Pujols to third, M. Trout to second |
Batting |
2B – K Morales (10, U Jimenez). |
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HR – H Kendrick (5, 7th inning off U Jimenez 0 on, 1 Out). |
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SF – E Aybar. |
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RBI – E Aybar (21), A Callaspo (24), H Kendrick (30). |
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2-out RBI – A Callaspo. |
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Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – M Trumbo 2, A Callaspo 1, H Kendrick 2. |
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Team LOB – 7. |
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Base Running |
SB – A Pujols (5, 2nd base off U Jimenez/C Santana), H Kendrick (5, 2nd base off U Jimenez/C Santana). |
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CS – E Aybar (2, 2nd base by U Jimenez/C Santana), A Callaspo (1, 2nd base by U Jimenez/C Santana). |
Fielding |
DP – 2 (H Kendrick-E Aybar-A Pujols, E Aybar-H Kendrick-A Pujols). |
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Batting |
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – J Kipnis 1, S Duncan 2. |
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GIDP – A Cabrera, J Hannahan. |
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Team LOB – 6. |
LA Angels |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
J. Weaver (W, 9-1) |
7.0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0.94 |
2.13 |
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S. Downs (S, 7) |
2.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.96 |
0.32 |
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Cleveland |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
U. Jimenez (L, 7-7) |
7.2 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1.54 |
4.59 |
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J. Smith |
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.22 |
3.31 |
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11 Comments
Heeeeere offense, offense, offense! Where’d you run off to?
if you’re going to get shutout, then at least get shutout to a guy like Weaver
Exactly. Guys a stud. A lot of hard-hit outs. It happens.
(re-post) We have so few major league baseball players.
Damon, Kotchman, and Duncan just put up 3 of the worst at bats imaginable with bases loaded and nobody out.
That’s the difference between pros and not pros. Ubaldo pitches great. He hits a batter…that batter proceeds to steal, get moved over, and score on a sac fly.
The Indians load the bases with nobody out and can’t execute anything. That’s why no one comes to the ballpark, Chris.
Agree with Jack. That 7th inning epitomized the season- bases loaded and our DH, 1st baseman, and LF outfielder can’t collectively do a darn thing. Pathetic. The fact that management still has not done crap to address these GLARING areas of need despite the team somehow staying within sniffing distance of the division lead is beyond frustrating as a true fan. The Indians will never win the WS with this ownership.
Well said. I like how some posters are saying things like “hey it was Weaver, we need to accept that we’ll lose because he is just sooo good.”
In all fairness, the headline is “Indians lose to Weaver,” which isn’t that surprising. But, yes, to these points, they need to execute with bases loaded and no outs if we are to take them seriously as contenders. I didn’t watch the game, so I’m glad someone pointed out the “bases loaded ineptitude” item, or else I would have accepted the Weaver angle.
just to bring this over to this thread to I suppose:
Robinson Cano was in the same situation (bases loaded 0 outs) on Sunday and hit a meek grounder to Peavy who completed the double-play at HP ->1B.
it’s a long season and stuff like that happens. it’s baseball.
to re-respond:
Not even in the realm of comparable. That was in the bottom of the 1st. Cano also went on to hit the game-winning bomb.
But (more importantly), you’re mistaking my frustration with a single, isolated event. I’m saying that this (3 batters failing to execute anything close to professional ABs) in a row, is simply a microcosm of the Indian’s issues as a team–namely, that they do not have enough professional baseball players who can execute winning plays in key situations with any degree of consistency.
Robinson Cano (despite struggling some with RISP this year) is a great hitter and very rarely puts up terrible ABs. Johnny Damon and Shelly Duncan are NOT professional baseball players but see regular ABs for this team.
I for one can’t just say…’eh, long season.’ It’s not like this is the first time, or these other players happen to be perennial all-stars/HR derby champs. Bringing up a Cano GIDP is irrelevant. Why should that reasonably quell my frustration?
over and over and over again? pattern recognition folks…
obviously it is frustrating, no doubt. i hate that we don’t have guys in the minors better who can take their place. perhaps weglarz, neal, or jordan in a year or so, but noone right now.
but, the situation happens, which was my point.
also, I think Shelley Duncan gets unfairly maligned. he’s not great, but he’s not terrible either. He’s got a fairly consistent MLB track record of between 100-125OPS+ w/ a cruddy BA but some power to make up for it. he is not a terrible guy to have in the bottom third of the order or as a 4th OFer.
Damon is really the issue. if he was doing anything similar to what he has done each of the last 3-4 years, then we wouldn’t be complaining nearly as much. as it is, he is having his worst professional season in his career.