Central Happenings for May 4

[Steve Bielawski]

The Indians beat the Rangers, 6-3, to remain atop the division. Shin-Soo Choo hit a two-run homer in the second, and Jack Hannahan hit a solo shot in the third. In the seventh, Johnny Damon hit a two-run triple. Jeanmar Gomez was the winner, Colby Lewis was the loser, and Carlos Perez picked up the save.

The Twins beat the Mariners, 3-2. The Twins got all thre of their runs in the seventh inning; two scored on fielder's choice plays, and the third scored on an infield single. (A double and two walks had loaded the bases before the runs scored.) Carl Pavano got the win, Matt Capps got the save, and Tom Wilmhelmsen was tagged with the loss.

The Yankees beat the Royals, 6-2. Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter hoemred. CC Sabathia picked up his fourth win of the season, while Bruce Chen took his fourth loss.

Tomorrow, there will be a Battle Of The Dereks in Cleveland as Derek Lowe of the Indians (4-1, 2.27, 1.42 WHIP) goes against Derek Holland of the Rangers (2-2, 5.13, 1.26 WHIP). Oh, and both of them are left-handed Dereks. In Seattle, Jason Marquis (2-0, 6.25, 1.50 WHIP) drew the short straw and will take on Felix Hernandez (2-1, 2.25, 1.04 WHIP). The Royals will bring Filipe Paulino (career numbers: 10-31, 5.28, 1.54 WHIP) off the D.L. and send him to oppose Hiroki Kuroda (2-3, 3.69, 1.29 WHIP) and the Yankees.

And in Detroit, Gavin Floyd (2-3, 3.13, 0.95 WHIP) will go to the mound against Max Scherzer (1-3, 7.77, 2.05 WHIP). Mr. Scherzer has been working with pitching coach Jeff Jones on his mechanics, trying to correct a flaw. Tomorrow, we shall see the test of this. The game starts at 1:05 E.D.T.



Cleveland Indians 14-10 .583 - 3 wins 6-4
Detroit Tigers 13-12 .520 1 1/2 1 win 3-7
Chicago White Sox 12-14 .462 3 3 losses 2-8
Kansas City Royals 8-17 .320 6 1/2 1 loss 5-5
Minnesota Twins 7-18 .280 7 1/2 1 win 2-8

[Steve Bielawski]

--- On Sat, 5/5/12, Steve Bielawski <stevebi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> And in Detroit, Gavin Floyd (2-3, 3.13, 0.95 WHIP) will go
> to the mound against Max Scherzer (1-3, 7.77, 2.05
> WHIP).  Mr. Scherzer has been working with pitching
> coach Jeff Jones on his mechanics, trying to correct a
> flaw.  Tomorrow, we shall see the test of this. 
> The game starts at 1:05 E.D.T.

The game will begin at 4:05, and will be a Fox regional telecast. I am sorry for my error in the original.

One additional tidbit: Doug Fister will be activated and will start on Monday. I am very glad that he is this far along in his recovery. I just hope that he can get reasonably deep into the game, as Mr. Smyly did last night. I hope that Mr. Below will get a chance in the rotation sometime soon, though not because one of the rotation regulars is underperforming.