Tribe at Rays

• Mulva

  

  I will never miss Derek Shelton being our hitting coach.
  
  Chance for first road sweep of the year, I believe.
• TBone14

  

  So close. What a great start for CC. Kluber's turn tomorrow.
• BRF

  

  Great win, though.
• Laley23

  

  Man, Carrasco was awesome. I was all poised, with an 0-2 count and 2 outs in the 9th, to tell my grand-kids I listened to Tom Hamilton call Carlos Carrasco's no-hitter from the first pitch to the last from Bora Bora. Damn.
  
  Still, nice to see some offense to go along with this picthing!
• TBone14

  

  This squad looks like a different bunch the last 3 games since Tito called that meeting. Hopefully it is here to stay and not another apparition.
  
  I will say this...look at how easy our starters can make it look when they get runs early and can pitch with a lead.
• Footwedge

  What a shame. Hindsight is 20-20, but I thought his 0-2 pitch was way too fat. His change up and curve were unhittable. Why not try to make him chase? In this disastrous season, a no-no would have picked the team up.
  
  Going to Pittsburgh to watch the game on Saturday...the first ball game I've seen.
• Mulva

  

  Footwedge;1738424 wrote:the first ball game I've seen.

  That seems about right.
• BR1986FB

  If they can even get a fraction of this offense (consistently) to go with the pitching, they will be dangerous.
• HitsRus

  

  Footwedge;1738424 wrote:What a shame. Hindsight is 20-20, but I thought his 0-2 pitch was way too fat. His change up and curve were unhittable. Why not try to make him chase? In this disastrous season, a no-no would have picked the team up.
  
  Going to Pittsburgh to watch the game on Saturday...the first ball game I've seen.

  Well, he was at 128 pitches. I thought he was outta gas when he hit that batter. I couldn't beleive he was able to get a strike out for out #2.
• HitsRus

  

  There will be no run at a no hitter or perfect game today by Kluber....but the Tribe does lead the Rays 4-2 in the 5th.
• BR1986FB

  Winner, winner chicken dinner ! Aviles 10th inning HR wins it, 5-4. And a four game sweep of the Rays!
• thavoice

  Footwedge;1738424 wrote:What a shame. Hindsight is 20-20, but I thought his 0-2 pitch was way too fat. His change up and curve were unhittable. Why not try to make him chase? In this disastrous season, a no-no would have picked the team up.
  
  Going to Pittsburgh to watch the game on Saturday...the first ball game I've seen.

  Cannot find a video to it but I have always been an advocate that ANY pitch in ANY situation can be the right pitch if located properly.
  As we know...even the best placed pitch can result in a hit, and even a cockshot pitch can be swung on and missed. That is the great, and terrible, thing about baseball!
  
  To get that close...man that has to suck!
  
  I recall as a kid when Mario Soto lost his no hit bid, AND a shutout, with 2 outs in the 9th on a HR. I want to say it even hit the foul pole but I am not sure
• BRF

  

  WTF! Negative psych worked!
• Footwedge

  Mulva;1738472 wrote:That seems about right.

  Slapping knees with your outstanding humor.
• HitsRus

  

  Baltimore must be loving us. They enter last weekend battling the Rays for the top spot in the East. We lay down for them, then turn around and sweep the Rays....on top of that, they took our football team, too!
• BRF

  

  And I will happily start the next thread.