The Indians were playing well at the start of the 2011 season under first-year manager Manny Acta. After losing their first two contests to the White Sox, the Indians had won six in a row heading into this Sunday series finale at Safeco Field. They jumped all over Erik Bedard, plating six in his four innings of work, including homers from Asdrubal Cabrera and Jack Hannahan. After Bedard got the hook, David Pauley, Jamey Wright, and Brandon League combined to toss five nearly perfect relief innings, an eighth inning single by Orlando Cabrera the only blemish.
Josh Tomlin held Seattle to just one run over six frames, but things got dicey in the seventh when Ryan Langerhans clubbed a two-run homer and Michael Saunders greeted reliever Chad Durbin with a solo shot. After Durbin surrendered a single to once-and-future-and-future Indian Chris Gimenez, Rafael Perez, Tony Sipp, and Chris Perez combined to retire the last seven Mariner batters and give the Tribe a seven game winning streak.
No comments:
Post a Comment