Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Cleveland Indians: Tribe Breaks Up Cecil's Pefecto, But Can't Salvage Win

5 - 3 - 10     vs. Toronto     L, 5 - 1     10 - 15

     The Indians terrible 2010 season nearly got even worse Monday night when Brett Cecil took a perfect game into the seventh inning at Progressive Field.  It appeared he had a legitimate shot because the Tribe was not even hitting the ball hard off the Blue Jays' pitcher.  However, in that seventh frame, a walk to Grady Sizemore broke up the perfecto and with a RBI single from Jhonny Peralta, the no - hitter and the shutout were both gone too.  Regardless, the Jays still beat Cleveland fairly easily.
     Mitch Talbot continued to impress with a gutsy start that saw him give up five runs, but still manage to last eight innings.  Homers off the bats of Jose Bautista, Travis Snyder, and John Buck proved to be the big blows that Talbot could not quite recover from as he lost for just the second time this season.
     Cecil was the big story of the night, and even after he lost his chance for baseball immortality, he bounced back to hurl a scoreless eighth and he finished the night with ten strikeouts while getting an impressive win.

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