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Game No.3: Indians @ Rangers

April 9, 2009

 

Game No. 3: Cleveland Indians (0-2) At Texas Rangers (2-0)

STARTING LINEUP

1.
Grady Sizemore
24
L
CF
 
1.
Ian Kinsler
5
R
2B

2.
Mark DeRosa
7
R
3B
2.
Michael Young
10
R
3B

3.
Victor Martinez
41
S
1B
3.
Josh Hamilton
32
L
CF

4.
Travis Hafner
48
L
DH
4.
Andruw Jones
25
R
DH

5.
Jhonny Peralta
2
R
SS
5.
Nelson Cruz
17
R
RF

6.
Ben Francisco
12
R
RF
6.
Marlon Byrd
22
L
LF

7.
Kelly Shoppach
10
R
C
7.
Chris Davis
19
L
1B

8.
Trevor Crowe
26
S
RF
8.
Taylor Teagarden
2
R
C

9.
Asdrubal Cabrera
13
S
2B
9.
Omar Vizquel
13
S
SS

STARTING PITCHERS

Carl Pavano
44
RHP

 
Brandon McCarthy
20
RHP

0-0
 
0-0
 
 

0.00 ERA
 
.0.00 ERA
 
 

0 K
 
0 K
 
 

0 walks
 
0 walks
 
 

 

The often injured Pavano is looking to start anew this season with the Cleveland Indians.
The last two seasons [...]

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4-9-09 Morning Roundup

April 9, 2009

New pitcher. Same results.
Fausto Carmona allowed six runs on six hits in five innings as the Indians stumbled to a 8-5 loss Wednesday at the hands of the Rangers.
Sheldon Ocker found the performance similar to Lee’s monday clunker. Both pitchers pitched five innings. Both pitchers allowed four runs in the second inning and both pitchers [...]

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Game No. 2 Preview: Indians@Rangers

April 8, 2009

Game No. 2:Cleveland Indians (0-1) At Texas Rangers (1-0)

STARTING LINEUP   

1.
Grady Sizemore
24
L
CF
 
1.
Ian Kinsler
2
R
2B

2.
Mark DeRosa
7
R
3B
2.
Michael Young
10
R
3B

3.
Victor Martinez
41
S
C
3.
Josh Hamilton
32
L
CF

4.
Travis Hafner
48
L
DH
4.
Hank Blalock
9
L
DH

5.
Jhonny Peralta
2
R
SS
5.
Nelson Cruz
17
R
RF

6.
Shin-Soo Choo
17
L
RF
6.
David Murphy
7
L
LF

7.
Ryan Garko
25
R
1B
7.
Chris Davis
19
L
1B

8.
Ben Francisco
12
R
LF
8.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia
21
S
C

9.
Asdrubal Cabrera
13
S
2B
9.
Elvis Andrus
1
R
SS

STARTING PITCHERS

Fausto Carmona
55
RHP

 
Vicente Padilla
44
RHP

0-0
 
0-0
 
 

0.00 ERA
 
.0.00 ERA
 
 

0 K
 
0 K
 
 

0 walks
 
0 walks
 
 

 

Carmona looked like the Fausto of old during spring training as he went 4-1 with a 2.67 ERA in 27 innings. [...]

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4-8-09 Morning Roundup

April 8, 2009

Today is another opening day as the Double A Akron Aeros are supposed to kick off its season against the Bowie Baysox 7:05 p.m. tonight at Canal Park.
Ohio.com Aeros beat reporter Stephanie Storm is getting the season started by talking to the Indian’s most-heralded prospect, Carlos Santana.
The switch-hitting catcher draws comparisons to Victor Martinez for [...]

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4-7-09 Morning Roundup

April 7, 2009

Texas Rangers ace Kevin Millwood was making his fourth consecutive opening day start since joining the Texas Rangers.
The results have never been good (0-3).
They were Monday.
Millwood pitched seven strong innings allowing just one run and five hits, all singles, to pick up the easy 9-1 win.
Millwood has been a disappointment for the Rangers. Over the [...]

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Game No.1 preview: Indians@Rangers

April 6, 2009

 

Game No. 1:
Cleveland Indians (0-0) At Texas Rangers (0-0)
2:05 p.m. (ET)
The Ballpark in Arlington
Arlington, Texas

STARTING LINEUP

1.
Grady Sizemore
24
L
CF
 
1.
Ian Kinsler
5
R
2B

2.
Mark DeRosa
 7
R
3B
2.
Michael Young
10
R
3B

3.
Victor Martinez
 41
S
1B
3.
Josh Hamilton
32
L
CF

4.
Travis Hafner
 48
L
DH
4.
Nelson Cruz
17
R
RF

5.
Jhonny Peralta
 2
R
SS
5.
Hank Blalock
9
L
DH

6.
Shin-Soo Choo
17
L
RF
6.
Marlon Byrd
22
R
LF

7.
Kelly Shoppach
 10
R
C
7.
Chris Davis
19
L
1B

8.
Ben Francisco
 12
R
LF
8.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia
21
S
C

9.
Asdrubal Cabrera
13
S
2B
9.
Elvis Andrus
1
R
SS

STARTING PITCHERS

Cliff Lee
31
LHP

 
Kevin Millwood
55
RHP

0-0
 
0-0
 
 

0.00 ERA
 
.0.00 ERA
 
 

0 K
 
0 K
 
 

0 walks
 
0 walks
 
 

The Indians ace struggled mightily during spring training as he posted a [...]

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4-3-09 Morning Roundup

April 3, 2009

Good riddance, Goodyear.
At least that’s the tone coming out of spring training. Appropriately, the Indians ended their 30-game stay by struggling mightily in a 9-8 loss to the Cubs Thursday.
This time it was Anthony Reyes turn to get roughed up. He gave up seven runs (six earned) on six hits in two innings, per [...]

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Morning Roundup

March 18, 2009

Cleveland Indians starter Cliff Lee was shelled yesterday in a Spring training game against the Rangers as he allowed nine earned runs and 11 hits in just under three innings of work.
Apparently Lee was working on the location of his fastball and threw the pitch the majority of the time.
Our own Sheldon Ocker [...]

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03-17-09 Indians-Rangers Lineups

March 17, 2009

The Indians play the Rangers today at 4:05. Here are the starting lineups:
INDIANS:
CF Grady Sizemore
2B Jamey Carroll
DH Travis Hafner
3B Jhonny Peralta
RF Ben Francisco
C Kelly Shoppach
SS Asdrubal Cabrera
LF Matt LaPorta
1B Michael Aubrey
LHP Cliff Lee
Kerry Wood, Joe Smith, Masa Kobayashi, Tony Sipp, Juan Salas, Matt Herges and Ed Mujica are all scheduled to pitch today, per Anthony [...]

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A-Rod and “Injector’s Row”

February 7, 2009

There has been a lot of reaction around baseball today as the news that New York Yankees third basemen Alex Rodriguez allegedly failed a drug test in 2003 hit the airwaves.
It should be known that Rodriguez failed a test in 2003, before Major League Baseball had its new steroid policy in place.
Anyhow, My [...]

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A-Rod a Juicer, allegedly

February 7, 2009

Maybe there is a bit more to why Joe Torre refers to New York Yankees shortstop Alex Rodriguez as A-fraud instead of his nickname A-Rod.

Sports Illustrated is reporting that Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, His MVP season with the Texas Rangers. During that season , A-Rod hit .298 with 47 homers and 118 [...]

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Vizquel now eyed by Rangers

January 17, 2009

As it turns out the report earlier in the week stating former Indian shortstop Omar Vizquel was taking his act out to San Diego was a little premature. The Padres filled that role with 2002 World Series fan favorite David Eckstein.
Meanwhile, the 1997 World Series shortstop — that diving stop in game 6 will always [...]

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Former farmhand Max Ramirez doing well

January 13, 2009

Former Indians farmhand Max Ramirez is excelling in the Texas Rangers organization. The catcher is the No. 8 prospect in the Rangers organization, according to Baseball America.
Ramirez just won Rookie of the Year in the Venezuelan Winter League on Tuesday, MLB.com reports.
The Indians acquired Ramirez from the Atlanta Braves in 2006 for relief pitcher Bob [...]

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Rangers Young will be tough to trade

January 12, 2009

Texas Rangers short stop Michael Young was recently asked to move from his position of shortstop to third base in order to make room for super prospect Elvis Andrus, who was acquired from the Atlanta Braves in the Mark Texiera trade.
How did Young respond? By asking for a trade, reports MLB.com.
Young has been an [...]

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