The Indians' Sunday afternoon can best be described as disastrous.
Grady Sizemore suffered yet another knee injury, and the Tribe watched an early lead morph into an ugly defeat.
The top of the 1st inning was a mixed bag for the Indians. After 2 quick outs, Travis Hafner and Carlos Santana hit back-to-back solo jacks. Santana's homer actually carried over the right field foul pole and out of Camden Yards. Sizemore then poked a double down the left field line, but he awkwardly rounded 1st base and barely reached 2nd. Sizemore was forced to exit the game due to a right knee contusion. This is Grady's 3rd knee injury of the past 2 seasons. Sizemore, who is listed a day-to-day, was replaced by Ezequiel Carrera, and Carrera scored moments later on Travis Buck's RBI single.
Jeanmar Gomez, starting for the injured Mitch Talbot, failed to hold that 3-0 cushion. Gomez allowed 5 runs in 5 1/3 frames as he struggled to command his sinking fastball. Gomez frequently left his sinker up in the strike zone, and the Orioles capitalized. Adam Jones, Robert Andino, and Nick Markakis all hit home runs off of Gomez.
Against the Cleveland bullpen, Baltimore added 3 insurance runs, including a pair at the expense of Joe Smith. Those 2 tallies were the 1st earned runs that Smith had allowed since May 8th, a span of 26 innings.
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| The Indians stranded 11 base runners as they dropped the series finale |
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