Tuesday, November 23, 2021

#222---CLE @ TB, 5/15/2009


 

Grady Sizemore led off the game with a homer, and the Indians added another tally in the first and three in the third (Eric Wedge thought it should have been at least four – he was run arguing with that Mark DeRosa had scored rather than been gunned out at the plate to end the inning). Shin-Soo Choo added a two-run shot in the fourth, and it was 7-0 Cleveland.

Tampa Bay starting coming back against Anthony Reyes, scoring three in the fourth and two in the fifth. In the seventh they cut it to 7-6 on a Jensen Lewis wild pitch. Ben Zobrist homered off Rafael Betancourt to tie it leading off the eighth. Meanwhile, the Rays bullpen (including Troy Percival) was shutting the Indians down, yielding just one hit and two walks over 5 2/3 innings. In the bottom of the ninth, BJ Upton walked off Luis Vizcaino with a homer to left. From 7-0 Cleveland to 8-7 Tampa Bay, the worst Indians collapse I can remember watching off the top of my head.

Tampa ran wild on Victor Martinez in this one – BJ Upton and Carl Crawford each swiped two bags, Ben Zobrist one, and while Aki Iwamura was caught stealing, they also benefited from two wild pitches.

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