This was the second game of the 2011 season for the two teams, which is most interesting to me because Carlos Carrasco got the start for the Indians. Carrasco would of course not really emerge as a good major league starter until late in the season in 2014 (or 2015 if you prefer a full-season performance to make that determination), but the Tribe’s rotation to open 2011 was Fausto Carmona, Carrasco, Justin Masterson (who would emerge as the #1 starter), Josh Tomlin (still a candidate for the rotation in 2016), and Mitch Talbot. Carrasco, surrended five runs in the first two frames then settled in, but was somewhat surprisingly sent out to work the seventh after allowing a sixth run in the sixth.
You also might note the presence of Chris Sale, then working out of the ChiSox pen, mowing down all five Indians he faced, including Ks of lefties Shin-Soo Choo and Travis Hafner. Orlando Cabrera was batting sixth at second base and also fanned.
Looking at the scoresheet I don’t see any new notations or flourishes jumping out, but sometimes I add those as the season goes on and of course minor ones don’t necessarily manifest in each game.
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