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Sabathia, Indians shut out Twins

Posted on Wednesday 24 May 2006

Looks like C.C Sabathia is finally becoming the ace the Indians have been searching for. Sabathia threw his second straight complete game as the Tribe blanked the Twins 11-0 Wednesday afternoon. Casey Blake homered twice and Victor Martinez had three hits and two RBI. The Tribe scored eight runs between the sixth and eighth innings as they split the short two game series with Minnesota.

“It just seems like he’s not even trying out there,” Blake said. “It’s like he’s playing with the hitters and doing whatever he wants to do.”

Every time C.C takes the mound now it seems like the Tribe are going to win the ballgame and that’s the way it should be with an ace.

John Blake @ 6:17 pm
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Morneau’s sac fly loses it for Tribe in extra innings

Posted on Wednesday 24 May 2006

Justin Morneau delivered a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning off Tribe reliever Guillermo Mota as the Twins beat the Indians 6-5 Tuesday night. Cliff Lee and the Indians fell behind 4-0 early but with the help of a Grady Sizemore double and an Eduardo Perez two-run homer, they took a 5-4 lead. The lead quickly vanished, however, as the Twins tied it up in bottom of the 6th. Lee gave up five runs in as many innings and the Indians touched up Johan Santana for four runs in seven innings.

Cabrera, Sauerbeck, and Betancourt did a great job shutting out the Twins in four innings of relief work for the Tribe. However, Mota struggled again as he had another rough appearance. Mota walked Torii Hunter in the 10th and it came back to haunt him.

John Blake @ 12:13 am
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