GAME THREAD: AL: TAMPA BAY (33-44) at CLEVELAND (46-32)

AL: TAMPA BAY (33-44) at CLEVELAND (46-32)

<h3>Jackson goes for second win</h3>

<div class="pre">Tampa Bay (33-44) at Cleveland (46-32) 7:05 pm EDT</div>

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (Ticker) - It has been a difficult two years for</div>young Edwin Jackson, who had gone 21 months since his last majorleague win before beating the Los Angeles Dodgers last Sunday.

Jackson (1-8, 7.39 ERA) will be trying to win two starts in arow for the first time in his career when he takes the mound forthe Tampa Bay Devil Rays against the Cleveland Indians onFriday at Jacobs Field.

Jackson was a highly-touted prospect in the Dodgers systembefore he failed chances at big-league success in threedifferent seasons. He was traded to Tampa Bay prior to the 2006season, and worked almost exclusively out of the bullpen lastseason.

The 23-year-old righthander was moved into the rotationfor the current campaign, and had dropped his first eightdecisions before Sunday's victory made him a winner for thefirst time since September 26, 2005, when he was with LosAngeles.

The Indians will counter with Jake Westbrook (1-3, 7.08). Theveteran sinkerballer will be making his second start sincecoming off the disabled list with a strained abdominal muscle.

Westbrook held the Washington Nationals to three runs and sevenhits in seven innings last Sunday, but took the loss asCleveland dropped a 3-1 decision.

The Indians took three of four from the Oakland Athletics thisweek.

The Devil Rays were swept in four games at home against theChicago White Sox.

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY AT CLEVELAND -- LINEUPS

TAMPA BAY CLEVELAND
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Akinori Iwamura 3B .300 3 12 Grady Sizemore CF .281 13 37
Brendan Harris SS .317 8 33 Casey Blake 3B .274 11 39
Carl Crawford LF .289 6 49 Victor Martinez C .318 14 62
Greg Norton DH .234 2 6 Travis Hafner DH .257 12 51
Carlos Pena 1B .286 17 45 Jhonny Peralta SS .279 13 45
Ty Wigginton 2B .269 13 40 Ryan Garko 1B .292 9 29
Delmon Young CF .278 9 43 Trot Nixon RF .237 2 25
Jonny Gomes RF .267 6 16 Josh Barfield 2B .266 2 36
Dioner Navarro C .184 1 11 Ben Francisco LF .000 0 0

Edwin Jackson RHP (1-8, 7.39) Jake Westbrook RHP (1-3, 7.08)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND
WARMUPS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON (1-8, 7.39)
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK (1-3, 7.08)

UMPIRES: HP - CHRIS GUCCIONE
1B - TIM TIMMONS
2B - CHUCK MERIWETHER
3B - ALFONSO MARQUEZ

WEATHER: 73 Degrees, partly cloudy
WIND: 10 mph, in from right</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND
STARTING BATS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON AND DIONER NAVARRO
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK AND VICTOR MARTINEZ

DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.300, 3 HR, 12 RBI)
B HARRIS (.317, 8 HR, 33 RBI)
C CRAWFORD (.289, 6 HR, 49 RBI)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 0 2 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.281, 13 HR, 37 RBI)
C BLAKE (.274, 11 HR, 39 RBI)
V MARTINEZ (.318, 14 HR, 62 RBI)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (0) VS CLEVELAND (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .305
B Harris ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .320
C Crawford lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .288
G Norton dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .234
C Pena 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .285
T Wigginton 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .268
D Young cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
J Gomes rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
D Navarro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184

Totals 5 0 2 0 1 2 8

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Wigginton 2. Team LOB - 3.



CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281
C Blake 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
V Martinez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
T Hafner dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
R Garko 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292
T Nixon rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
J Barfield 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
B Francisco lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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TAMPA BAY - 0 -- 0
CLEVELAND - -- 0
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TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
E Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.39

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
J Westbrook 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 6.88

Pitches-strikes: J Westbrook 24-15. Ground balls-fly balls: J Westbrook 0-1.
Batters faced: J Westbrook 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--Chuck Meriwether.
3B--Alfonso Marquez.

Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND
CONFIRMED STARTERS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 0 2 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 1 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK

DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.278, 9 HR, 43 RBI)
J GOMES (.267, 6 HR, 16 RBI)
D NAVARRO (.184, 1 HR, 11 RBI)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (0) VS CLEVELAND (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .305
B Harris ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .320
C Crawford lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .288
G Norton dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .234
C Pena 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .285
T Wigginton 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .268
D Young cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
J Gomes rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
D Navarro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184

Totals 5 0 2 0 1 2 8

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Wigginton 2. Team LOB - 3.



CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
C Blake 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .277
V Martinez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .316
T Hafner dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
R Garko 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292
T Nixon rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
J Barfield 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
B Francisco lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 4 0 1 0 0 1 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.


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TAMPA BAY - 0 -- 0
CLEVELAND - 0 -- 0
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TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
E Jackson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.27

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
J Westbrook 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 6.88

Pitches-strikes: E Jackson 15-11; J Westbrook 24-15. Ground balls-fly balls:
E Jackson 0-2; J Westbrook 0-1. Batters faced: E Jackson 4; J Westbrook 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--Chuck Meriwether.
3B--Alfonso Marquez.

Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY BRENDAN HARRIS SCORED DIONER NAVARRO.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B HARRIS ON FIRST, A IWAMURA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 2ND

DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C CRAWFORD (.288, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 1 1 4 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 1 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.279, 13 HR, 45 RBI)
R GARKO (.292, 9 HR, 29 RBI)
T NIXON (.237, 2 HR, 25 RBI)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (1) VS CLEVELAND (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .305
B Harris ss 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .323
C Crawford lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .288
G Norton dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .234
C Pena 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .285
T Wigginton 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .268
D Young cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
J Gomes rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
D Navarro c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .188

Totals 10 1 4 1 2 2 10

BATTING: RBI - B Harris (34). 2-out RBI - B Harris. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - T Wigginton 2, C Crawford 1. Team LOB - 5.


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
C Blake 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .277
V Martinez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .316
T Hafner dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
R Garko 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292
T Nixon rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
J Barfield 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
B Francisco lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 4 0 1 0 0 1 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.


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TAMPA BAY - 01 -- 1
CLEVELAND - 0 -- 0
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TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
E Jackson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.27

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
J Westbrook 2 4 1 1 2 2 0 6.94

Pitches-strikes: E Jackson 15-11; J Westbrook 41-25. Ground balls-fly balls:
E Jackson 0-2; J Westbrook 3-1. Batters faced: E Jackson 4; J Westbrook 12.

UMPIRES: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--Chuck Meriwether.
3B--Alfonso Marquez.

Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 1 1 4 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 3 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK

DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: G NORTON (.234, 0-FOR-0, BB)
C PENA (.285, 0-FOR-1)
T WIGGINTON (.268, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (1) VS CLEVELAND (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .305
B Harris ss 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .323
C Crawford lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .288
G Norton dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .234
C Pena 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .285
T Wigginton 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .268
D Young cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
J Gomes rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
D Navarro c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .188

Totals 10 1 4 1 2 2 10

BATTING: RBI - B Harris (34). 2-out RBI - B Harris. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - T Wigginton 2, C Crawford 1. Team LOB - 5.


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
C Blake 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .277
V Martinez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .316
T Hafner dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256
J Peralta ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .282
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .290
T Nixon rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .240
J Barfield 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .265
B Francisco lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000

Totals 9 0 3 0 0 1 7

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Francisco 1. Team LOB - 3.



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TAMPA BAY - 01 -- 1
CLEVELAND - 00 -- 0
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TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
E Jackson 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 7.16

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
J Westbrook 2 4 1 1 2 2 0 6.94

Pitches-strikes: E Jackson 31-22; J Westbrook 41-25. Ground balls-fly balls:
E Jackson 1-4; J Westbrook 3-1. Batters faced: E Jackson 9; J Westbrook 12.

UMPIRES: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--Chuck Meriwether.
3B--Alfonso Marquez.

Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 1 4 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 3 0 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.280, 0-FOR-1)
C BLAKE (.277, 1-FOR-1)
V MARTINEZ (.316, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (1) VS CLEVELAND (0) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .305
B Harris ss 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .323
C Crawford lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .288
G Norton dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231
C Pena 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .284
T Wigginton 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .268
D Young cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
J Gomes rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
D Navarro c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .188

Totals 13 1 4 1 2 4 10

BATTING: RBI - B Harris (34). 2-out RBI - B Harris. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - T Wigginton 2, C Crawford 1. Team LOB - 5.


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
C Blake 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .277
V Martinez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .316
T Hafner dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256
J Peralta ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .282
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .290
T Nixon rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .240
J Barfield 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .265
B Francisco lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000

Totals 9 0 3 0 0 1 7

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Francisco 1. Team LOB - 3.



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TAMPA BAY - 010 -- 1
CLEVELAND - 00 -- 0
----------------------------------------------------

TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
E Jackson 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 7.16

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
J Westbrook 3 4 1 1 2 4 0 6.75

Pitches-strikes: E Jackson 31-22; J Westbrook 56-35. Ground balls-fly balls:
E Jackson 1-4; J Westbrook 3-2. Batters faced: E Jackson 9; J Westbrook 15.

UMPIRES: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--Chuck Meriwether.
3B--Alfonso Marquez.

Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
CLEVELAND 1 BOTTOM, 3RD

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: T HAFNER (.256, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 1 4 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 1 1 4 0 (TOP 4)

CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK

DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.277, 0-FOR-1)
J GOMES (.265, 0-FOR-1)
D NAVARRO (.188, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (1) VS CLEVELAND (1) - END 3RD - IN PROGRESS

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .305
B Harris ss 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .323
C Crawford lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .288
G Norton dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231
C Pena 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .284
T Wigginton 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .268
D Young cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
J Gomes rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
D Navarro c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .188

Totals 13 1 4 1 2 4 10

BATTING: RBI - B Harris (34). 2-out RBI - B Harris. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - T Wigginton 2, C Crawford 1. Team LOB - 5.


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .280
C Blake 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
V Martinez c 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .315
T Hafner dh 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .259
J Peralta ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .281
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .290
T Nixon rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .240
J Barfield 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .265
B Francisco lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000

Totals 13 1 4 1 1 1 8

BATTING: RBI - V Martinez (63). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
Francisco 1. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - G Sizemore (23, 2nd base off E Jackson/D Navarro).


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TAMPA BAY - 010 -- 1
CLEVELAND - 001 -- 1
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TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
E Jackson 3 4 1 1 1 1 0 7.19

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
J Westbrook 3 4 1 1 2 4 0 6.75

Pitches-strikes: E Jackson 48-31; J Westbrook 56-35. Ground balls-fly balls:
E Jackson 4-4; J Westbrook 3-2. Batters faced: E Jackson 14; J Westbrook 15.

UMPIRES: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--Chuck Meriwether.
3B--Alfonso Marquez.

Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 1 1 4 0 (BOT 4)

CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.290, 0-FOR-1)
T NIXON (.240, 1-FOR-1)
J BARFIELD (.265, 0-FOR-1)</div>