4 - 16 - 10 vs. Chicago White Sox W, 6 - 2 4 - 6
Only the most optimistic of Tribe fans would have predicted a complete game gem for Mitch Talbot following his first start in an Indians' uniform last week. In that appearance, he retired the last eight batters he faced, but in the first three innings, he was nothing short of awful. Regardless, he was brilliant against the White Sox, going the distance in less than one hundred pitches, and leading Cleveland to their second consecutive victory.
In the third inning, the Tribe offense finally got on track by scoring a trio of runs after two men had been retired. Austin Kearns grounded a RBI single into left field and Luis Valbuena hit a two - run homer to right.
A critical error by Sox third baseman Mark Teahen, allowed two more runs to score in the sixth, and an Asdrubal Cabrera run - scoring double added insurance in the same frame.
Meanwhile, Talbot was dominating, allowing only the two Chicago runs, on a Paul Konerko solo home run that was absolutely crushed to left, and another on a Shin - Soo Choo fielding error in right. Talbot not only notched a W, but he outdueled White Sox ace Mark Buerhle, who was roughed up for six tallies, three earner, in six innings of work.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment