GAME THREAD: AL: CLEVELAND (66-54) at TAMPA BAY (46-74)

AL: CLEVELAND at TAMPA BAY

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AL
CLEVELAND 2
TAMPA BAY 1 FINAL</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TAMPA BAY

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CLEVELAND (2) AT TAMPA BAY (1) - HOW THEY SCORED
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CLEVELAND 1ST: K Lofton flied out to left. C Blake grounded out to
shortstop. G Sizemore doubled to right. V Martinez walked. R Garko singled
to right, G Sizemore scored, V Martinez to third. J Peralta grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, R Garko out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 1, TAMPA BAY 0.

CLEVELAND 2ND: F Gutierrez tripled to deep center. K Shoppach grounded out
to third. A Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, F Gutierrez scored. K Lofton
singled to center. C Blake walked, K Lofton to second. G Sizemore walked,
K Lofton to third, C Blake to second. V Martinez grounded out to first. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 0.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Paul singled to center. A Iwamura singled to left, J Paul
to second. C Crawford singled to right, J Paul scored, A Iwamura to second.
B Upton lined into double play, center to second, A Iwamura doubled off second.
C Pena flied out to left. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TAMPA BAY

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CLEVELAND (2) AT TAMPA BAY (1) - EVENT LOG
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Cleveland Starting Lineups -- K Lofton LF, C Blake 3B, G Sizemore CF,
V Martinez 1B, R Garko DH, J Peralta SS, F Gutierrez RF, K Shoppach C,
A Cabrera 2B, P Byrd RHP.

Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, B Upton CF,
C Pena 1B, D Young RF, B Harris 2B, G Norton DH, B Zobrist SS, J Paul C,
E Jackson RHP.

Umpires -- Phil Cuzzi (HP), Tom Hallion (1B), Jerry Crawford (2B),
James Hoye (3B).

Gametime Weather: INDOORS.


CLEVELAND 1ST: K Lofton flied out to left. C Blake grounded out to
shortstop. G Sizemore doubled to right. V Martinez walked. R Garko singled
to right, G Sizemore scored, V Martinez to third. J Peralta grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, R Garko out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 1, TAMPA BAY 0.

TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura flied out to right. C Crawford singled to center.
B Upton struck out looking. C Crawford stole second, C Crawford safe at third
on throwing error by catcher K Shoppach. C Pena flied out to left. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 1 Error) CLEVELAND 1, TAMPA BAY 0.

CLEVELAND 2ND: F Gutierrez tripled to deep center. K Shoppach grounded out
to third. A Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, F Gutierrez scored. K Lofton
singled to center. C Blake walked, K Lofton to second. G Sizemore walked,
K Lofton to third, C Blake to second. V Martinez grounded out to first. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 0.

TAMPA BAY 2ND: D Young doubled to left. B Harris grounded out to third.
G Norton grounded out to second, D Young to third. B Zobrist walked. J Paul
fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 0.

CLEVELAND 3RD: R Garko walked. J Peralta lined out to center. F Gutierrez
struck out swinging. K Shoppach struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 0.

TAMPA BAY 3RD: A Iwamura struck out swinging. C Crawford flied out to
center. B Upton struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2,
TAMPA BAY 0.

CLEVELAND 4TH: A Cabrera flied out to center. K Lofton flied out to left.
C Blake singled to center. G Sizemore flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 0.

TAMPA BAY 4TH: C Pena singled to right. D Young singled to center, C Pena
to third. B Harris popped out to second. G Norton struck out swinging.
B Zobrist popped out to third. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2,
TAMPA BAY 0.

CLEVELAND 5TH: V Martinez singled to center. R Garko struck out swinging.
J Peralta walked, V Martinez to second. F Gutierrez popped out to second.
K Shoppach struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 0.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Paul singled to center. A Iwamura singled to left, J Paul
to second. C Crawford singled to right, J Paul scored, A Iwamura to second.
B Upton lined into double play, center to second, A Iwamura doubled off second.
C Pena flied out to left. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1.

CLEVELAND 6TH: A Cabrera grounded out to third. K Lofton flied out to
left. C Blake doubled to left. G Sizemore flied out to center. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: D Young lined out to center. B Harris flied out to center.
G Norton singled to right. B Zobrist struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1.

CLEVELAND 7TH: S Dohmann relieved E Jackson. V Martinez doubled to left.
R Garko lined out to third. J Peralta singled to left, V Martinez to third.
T Hafner hit for F Gutierrez. T Hafner flied out to right, V Martinez thrown out
at home. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: J Michaels in right field. R Perez relieved P Byrd. J Paul
struck out swinging. A Iwamura singled to right. C Crawford grounded into
double play, second to shortstop to first, A Iwamura out at second.(0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1.

CLEVELAND 8TH: K Shoppach struck out swinging. A Cabrera lined out to
first. K Lofton reached on infield single to shortstop. C Blake flied out to
left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1.

TAMPA BAY 8TH: B Upton singled to center. C Pena popped out to shortstop.
R Betancourt relieved R Perez. D Young flied out to right. B Harris flied out
to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1.

CLEVELAND 9TH: J Salas relieved S Dohmann. G Sizemore grounded out to
first. V Martinez singled to right. R Garko flied out to left. J Peralta
singled to center, V Martinez to second. J Michaels flied out to right.
(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1.

TAMPA BAY 9TH: J Borowski relieved R Betancourt. G Norton singled to left
center. J Gomes hit for B Zobrist. J Gomes grounded out to third, G Norton to
second. J Wilson hit for J Paul. J Wilson struck out looking. A Iwamura flied
out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1.</div>

 

Byrd continues strong road showing as Indians down Rays

<h3>CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- Coming off a roughhomestand, the Cleveland Indians found the perfect solution toreturn to their winning ways: a visit to Florida.


Paul Byrd pitched six strong innings leading the Indians to a2-1 victory against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.


The Indians came to Tampa Bay having lost four of their lastfive games at home to fall out of first place in the AmericanLeague Central, but Byrd (11-5) was up to the task to get histeam back on track, improving to 5-2 with a 2.77 ERA on theroad.


"It was a total team effort," Byrd said. "When you win, it's agreat feeling. Our team has been through some adversity and hasdone a great job."


Until Carl Crawford's RBI single in the fifth, the 36-year-oldByrd had not allowed a run on the road in 13 innings aftertossing a shutout against the Twins at the Metrodome in his lastroad start on August 6. Byrd, who leads the majors in fewestwalks per nine innings, walked only one and struck out five,permitting one run and eight hits over six innings.

Closer Joe Borowski followed Rafael Perez and Rafael Betancourt,who tossed two scoreless frames, in the ninth to post his 34thsave in 38 chances.


"We hit the ball and got a lot of people on base," Clevelandmanager Eric Wedge said. "We have to do a better job with guysin scoring position and we have to use the whole field. We'refinding ways to win the ballgames."


Ryan Garko and Asdrubal Cabrera accounted for Cleveland's tworuns as the Indians' won their sixth consecutive game againstTampa Bay.


Edwin Jackson (3-12) continued to pitch better than his record,but still suffered the loss after yielding two runs and sevenhits in six innings.


"All you can worry about is what you have control of," Jacksonsaid of Tampa Bay's lack of offense. "And that's throwing theball over the plate. It's one of those days you have to digdeep."


In his last 21 innings coming into the contest, the righthanderhad allowed only two earned runs and in six of his 12 losses,the Devil Rays have scored one run or less. Crawford had twohits for the Devil Rays, who is 13-35 since June 25.

"Situational hitting is hurting us," Tampa Bay manager JoeMaddon said. "I hope to see improvement. The ball just seemsto be dying on us. It borders on being a mortal sin to wastepitching like that."