Todd Ritchie was perfect through four and a third, staked two a 3-0 lead against Danys Baez that included a homer by long-time Indian Sandy Alomar. But the roof caved in during the fifth, and then the floor collapsed, and Ritchie was swallowed by the depths of the earth. The trouble started with Jose Valentin’s throwing error, but after Ricky Gutierrez doubled, Ritchie fanned Russel Branyan for the second out and was close to escaping with limited damage. Einar Diaz walked, Chris Magruder singled in a run, Matt Lawton walked to load the bases, Omar Vizquel drove in two with a single, another run came home when Ray Durham mishandled what would have been a force out at second, and then Jim Thome hit a three run homer. Ritchie coaxed a Travis Fryman flyout, but he had coughed up eight runs on 44 pitches in the frame.
Baez would wind up allowing four runs over six innings, walking three and striking out six, and the Indians bullpen finished up with three innings, with one hit and six strikeouts.
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