Los Angeles Angels 6 Cleveland Indians 7 (April 10, 2007)
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With poor weather in Cleveland such that the entire Seattle - Cleveland series was canceled, the Angels - Indians series was moved to Milwaukee. While this was considered neutral ground, the Tribe behind C.C. Sabathia (2-0) took advantage of a poor outing by Ervin Santana (1-1) to jump to a 7-3 lead by the 5th. The Angels mounted a comeback, but saw it die as Kelly Shoppach threw out Erick Aybar to end the ninth.
| April 10, 2007 | R | H | E | LOB |
| Los Angeles Angels (5-3) | 6 | 14 | 0 | 9 |
| Cleveland Indians (3-1) | 7 | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| WP: C.C. Sabathia (2-0) LP: Ervin Santana (1-1) SV: Joe Borowski (2) | ||||
| HR: Cle - Shoppach (1), Blake (1); LAA - none RBI: Cle - Shoppach 2(2), Blake (2), Marte 3(5), Peralta (5) ; LAA - Izturis 3(6), Cabrera 2(2), Kotchman (4) SB: Cle- Sizemore 3(3); LAA - none | ||||
After unexpectedly having an extra 4 days of rest, Sabathia showed that he was still in fighting shape, going 7 innings giving up 3 runs (2 earned) on 10 hits and 2 walks while striking out 7. He lowered his ERA to 2.77. Santana on the other hand struggled in his first road outing of the year, going only 4.1 innings, giving up 6 runs on 7 hits and 4 walks. He managed to strick out 2, but gave up 2 home runs raising his ERA to 6.35.
The first home run came off of Kelly Shoppach's bat in his first AB of the season. He took a 2-2 pitch over the right-center wall in the second. The second homer came in the 3rd, when Casey Blake launched a solo shot. Other Indian offensive highlights include a 2-4 night by third baseman Andy Marte who knocked in 3 with 2 doubles. David Dellucci and Travis Hafner both went 2-4 on the night, but Hafner struck out twice in the effort.
On the Angels side, Howie Kendrick was on fire, going 4-4 with 3 runs, but he was left holding the bat in the 9th as Aybar was caught stealing 2nd. Garret Anderson also had a good night going 3-5 with a run scored. The Angels mounted a comeback in the 8th, down 3-7, when Maicer Izturis picked up his 2nd hit of the night, driving in 2 to make it 5-7. Casey Kotchman made it a 1-run game in the ninth knocking in Anderson with a single off of Clevland closer Joe Borowski.
Up next, these two teams play again Wednesday in Milwaukee.
Date
April 11, 2007
