Month: April 2006 (Page 9 of 17)

Tigers win pitcher’s duel

April 16, 2006 / John Blake

Chris Shelton hit a solo home run in the fourth and as it turns out, that’s all the Tigers needed to beat the Indians Sunday afternoon, 1-0. The Tribe wasted a stellar performance by Cliff Lee, who went 7 1/3 innings. Indians hitters could not solve Tiger starter Mike Maroth and only mustered up four hits the entire ballgame. They got a few chances with runners in scoring position but were unable to take advantage.

“He just kept the ball down, did a good job, made his pitches,” said Cleveland’s Grady Sizemore, who went 0-2 with a walk against Maroth. “We didn’t do a good job making adjustments, so we helped him out a little bit.”

Maroth is in the Kenny Rogers and Mark Buerhle mold. These soft-tossing lefties always seem to give Tribe hitters trouble. Offensively, the Indians like to be aggressive at the plate and adjusting to these types of pitchers has proven challenging for the Tribe.

Cleveland Indians

Buckeyes look forward to next year

April 16, 2006 / Bob

It was only a couple years ago; Ohio State�s basketball program was spinning downward and in the news for allegations and possible suspensions. Jim O�Brien had taken the Buckeyes from the final four to an embarrassing low, as the papers were loaded with infractions and bad press for the Bucks program.
Ohio State fired O�Brien and hired the �Jim Tressel of basketball� in Thad Matta. Matta is a hard working, clean cut, emotional leader that has brought this program back to its feet in record time. The last two years, the Buckeyes have been playing solid basketball and exceeding every expectation, including capturing a Big Ten Championship this season. Coach Matta�s incoming class is loaded with talent and ranked as one of the best to ever hit the Ohio State hardwood. As we head into summer, it�s nice to see this talent from other states receiving all their accolades as they head to Columbus next season. There was a time when Ohio State couldn�t touch a recruit out of Indiana; with Matta those times have changed.

OSU Basketball

Buckeye player injured

April 16, 2006 / Bob

The Ohio State football spring practices have started and the Buckeyes have their first injury. Tyson Gentry, a 20 year old walk on, was injured during a passing drill.
Gentry is listed as a punter, but had plans to try out for receiver this season. He left the field in an ambulance as he complained of losing feeling in his body.

OSU Football

Browns depth chart heading into the draft

April 16, 2006 / G

The Dayton Daily News has a helpful position-by-position analysis of the Browns roster heading into the NFL Draft. They point out correctly that the Browns are starting to look much better on paper after Phil Savage’s recent free agent moves.

Cleveland Browns

Fausto fantastic in Tribe win

April 15, 2006 / John Blake

Newly recalled Fausto Carmona didn’t appear to be a young 22-year-old making his first major league start. He showed tremendous poise and confidence on the mound, giving up only one run and five hits in six innings as the Indians beat the Tigers 7-2 Saturday afternoon. The Tribe jumped on Jeremy Bonderman early with a Travis Hafner home run in the first and scored five more runs in the fourth. The win snapped the Tribe’s three-game losing streak. Manager Eric Wedge was very impressed with Carmona’s performance.

“He was very good,” Wedge said. “He was very good in general but even beyond that, in terms of his first start, he had a power sinker working, did a good job utilizing his breaking ball as well as his changeup.”

Carmona was outstanding today in his Indians debut. He seemed to have good movement on his pitches and kept Tiger hitters off balance. It’s too bad he’ll probably be headed back to Buffalo when C.C returns.