The rumors were swirling as Fausto Carmona delivered his 1st pitch, a fastball strike to Andres Torres, on Sunday night at San Francisco's AT&T Park. Several baseball experts were claiming that if Carmona did not pitch well, he would be removed from the Tribe's starting rotation. But Carmona, who had allowed at least 4 runs in each of his previous 8 outings, silenced the critics by yielding only 3 tallies over 6 frames of work. However, that quality start, Carmona's 1st since May 8th, simply netted him his 10th loss of the season.
Carmona's mound opponent, Madison Bumgarner, overpowered the Indians offense. Bumgarner limited the Tribe to 1 run in 7 innings, and the big left-hander struck out a career-high 11 batters.
Aided by a horrendous call, Cleveland scratched for its only run in the 6th. Following Michael Brantley's lead-off walk, Orlando Cabrera hit a grounder down the 3rd base line that was clearly foul. Due to an injury sustained by Hunter Wendelstedt, there were only 3 umpires instead of the usual 4. On this particular play, none of the 3 umps had a clear view, the ball was ruled fair, and Cabrera had himself a gift double. Moments later, Asdrubal Cabrera's tapper to shortstop plated Brantley.
Chris Stewart, the Giants catcher, produced the biggest hit of the game, a 2-out, 2-run double in the bottom of the 2nd.
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| Despite a decent start, Carmona suffered his 10th defeat |
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