Cleveland Indians: Westbrook Dominates as Tribe Takes Series

5 - 16 - 10     at Baltimore     W, 5 - 1     15 - 20

     In his last start, Jake Westbrook picked up his first win in over two years, and in the series finale at Camden Yards, he added a complete game to his comeback story.
     Grady Sizemore saved Westbrook a couple of runs in the first inning by making a sensational diving catch in deep right - center field, and Jake never looked back after that.  He wound up going the distance, striking out eight, and the only run he gave up was on a Luke Scott solo homer with two down in the ninth that kept the Indians' ace from the shutout.
     Cleveland's offense started out slow, but picked up speed as the contest progressed.  Sizmore got a huge two - out RBI single in the third that would not have driven in a run if Lou Marson would not have run through a stop sign from third base coach Steve Smith.  Matt LaPorta contributed a two - run homer to center in the fifth, and Russell Branyan removed all doubt with his dinger in the ninth that also plated a pair.
     Even though Westbrook pitched remarkably well, he did not have a whole lot of competition as Baltimore was forced to send former NBA player, Mark Hendrickson, to the mound in an emergency start.
     One sour note for the Indians was that Sizemore bruised his knee sliding into second base in the third inning, and he is expected to miss a couple of games.