The drought is over.
Courtesy of their 8-2 victory on Friday night, the Indians claimed the Ohio Lottery Ohio Cup, given annually to the winner of the Cleveland-Cincinnati season series, for the 1st time since its inception in 2008.
Speaking of droughts, Justin Masterson halted a streak of 11 consecutive winless starts. Masterson allowed only 1 run in 8 dominant innings, and his offense finally gave him some support.
Grady Sizemore lofted a solo home run over the center field wall in the 2nd to kick-start the hit parade.
In the 3rd, Asdrubal Cabrera crushed a 2-out, 2-run homer deep into the left field bleachers, and Carlos Santana's solo shot made it back-to-back jacks.
A 4-spot in the 5th capped the Tribe's offensive explosion. Following singles off the bats of Michael Brantley and Orlando Cabrera, respectively, Cleveland produced 3 straight 2-out RBI hits. Santana grounded a RBI single past the diving 3rd baseman Scott Rolen, Sizemore drilled a RBI double to right, and Travis Buck shot a 2-run single into left. Unfortunately, Buck tweaked his hamstring on the play and was forced to exit the game. The extent of the injury will not be determined until tomorrow.
Bronson Arroyo allowed all 8 tallies in his 4 2/3 frames of ineffective work. Arroyo has now served up 24 gopher balls this season.
Brandon Phillips, a former Indian, was the only Red who showed any sign of life as he hit 2 solo bombs.
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| Sizemore watches the flight of his 2nd inning homer |
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