The Indians offense had scored a total of two runs in Kevin Millwood’s last four starts, dropping the right-hander to 3-9 on the year. But Sunday, the bats came alive for Millwood in a 6-3 win over the Mariners. Victor Martinez hit a big three-run homer in the seventh to put the Indians up by four while Jhonny Peralta, batting third again, knocked in his 41st run of the year. Millwood, meanwhile, improved to 4-9 by allowing an earned run on three hits in 7.2 innings, striking out five. The victory gave the Indians a 2-1 series win over Seattle, with a west-coast swing up next.
Author: JEC (Page 14 of 46)
Whenever the Royals come to town, you’re hoping for a sweep but at least the Indians avoided losing the series by beating KC 10-1 Thursday afternoon. Jake Westbrook earned his seventh win of the year by allowing one unearned run in seven innings while Jhonny Peralta, Casey Blake and Victor Martinez each homered in the victory.
Up next for the Indians, currently at 49-47 and four games behind the Twins in the Wild Card race, are the Mariners, who come to town for a three-game series beginning tonight at 7:05.
The Plain Dealer is reporting that Lithuanian point guard Sarunas Jasikevicius is expected to be the next free agent to agree to terms with the Cavaliers. Contract details weren’t reported but the PD says the deal with the 6-4 Jasikevicius could be announced in a few days. Stay tuned.
Okay, now I’m really excited. All the talk recently has been about which point guard the Cavs were going to spend their remaining cap room on, but instead the team has apparently decided that power forward Donyell Marshall is a better fit. Cleveland.com is reporting that the 6-9 Marshall has agreed to a four-year deal worth between $20 and $25 million. What makes this such a great signing? First, Marshall is a tough rebounder who pulled down nearly 10 boards a night for Chicago and Toronto in 2003 and 2004. Second, he’s a solid defender, averaging a block and a steal per game throughout his 10-year career. But the best thing is that Marshall can flat out shoot, hitting better than 40% of his three-point attempts the last three years and shooting 35% from beyond the arch over his career. He’ll instantly bring a defensive presence down low while also providing the Cavs with another potent scorer and, most importantly, a lethal three-point threat. Think the term “lethal” may be an overstatement? Marshall drained 12 of 19 three-point attempts (that’s not a typo — a DOZEN three-pointers) in a March 13th game against Philly last year and, despite not being a starter for the Raptors, Marshall ranked 13th in the NBA with 151 made three-pointers and 11th in the league with a .416 percentage from downtown. Yeah, this guy can shoot, plus he still managed nearly seven boards and a steal and a block a night despite only starting two games for the Raptors and playing 25 minutes per contest.
Of course, what this means for the Cavaliers’ vacant starting point guard slot remains to be seen, but we can expect to see Drew Gooden shipped out of town soon, most likely for a point guard. I would’ve liked to have seen Sarunas Jasikevicius in Cleveland next year but Marshall is a great fit as well. Plus, maybe Ferry can still figure out a way to fit Jasekevicius in once he unloads Gooden. We’ll see.
The Indians traded Jody Gerut to the Cubs Monday for outfielder Jason Dubois, who spent most of the season in Chicago before getting sent down to Triple-A Iowa earlier this month. I’m not sure what this trade accomplishes for the Indians, other than the fact that Dubois is a righty and Gerut a lefty. Neither player has played particularly well this year, though Dubois had seven homers in 142 at-bats for the Cubs while Gerut had just one dinger in 135 at-bats. Still, if you’re thinking this is the “right-handed power bat” Mark Shapiro has been talking about getting, think again. Dubois will be nothing more than a right-handed stick off the bench and should also see time in place of Casey Blake, who has been awful all year.
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