Game 2 Observations
April 5, 2007Well, apparently Joe Borowski got acquainted with his role of closer by watching game film of Bob Wickman. The Tribe’s 8-7 win was capped with a nerve racking 9th inning that culminated with a falling catch by Jason Michaels. The player of the day has to be Grady Sizemore, who hit a key homer in the 7th inning that helped the Indians take an 8-7. The Indians were able to do just enough offensively to overcome Jake Westbrook’s shaky five inning outing, one that wasn’t helped with the home plate umpire’s inconsistent strikezone. The bullpen was able to come through as well, pitching four innings of scoreless ball, although plagued with walks.
The main daily concern was the team’s inability to get a big hit late in the game, especially in the eighth inning. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Chicago reliever Aaron Aardsma struck out Michaels, Peralta, and Marte (I know, surprised) to end the inning. Another large concern was the amount of strikeouts today, a total of 13. For now, I’ll attribute this to the fact that it was only the second game of the season.
2-0
