Cleveland Indians: Rays Ruin Talbot's Promising Outing

7 - 24 - 10     vs. Tampa Bay     L, 6 - 3     41 - 56

     Mitch Talbot had already struck out seven batters, including six in a row, and he was pitching a two - hit shutout in the 5th inning.  Then, the wheels came off, and Talbot wound up getting tagged with five earned runs, and he couldn't even finish the 6th.  Just like that, Talbot was the losing pitcher, and the Rays' 18 - game losing streak in Cleveland was over.
     The Indians' jumped out to a surprising 3 - 0 lead off of David Price, who is one of the best pitchers in all of baseball.  The walks issued by Price were the primary culprit as Trevor Crowe was issued a free pass to begin the game and he scored on Shin - Soo Choo's double, and in the 2nd, Matt LaPorta walked and came home when Shelley Duncan unloaded a homer to left field.
     Tampa Bay quickly came back and tied the game in the 5th thanks to a couple of seeing - eye singles and a three - run homer off the bat of Jason Bartlett that had to be reviewed before it was declared a long ball.
     Carlos Pena's solo shot in the 6th was the knockout punch, and the Rays went on to add a few more runs to insure that their ace got the win.