I got nothing for an intro today.
[BEST OUTING FOR WESTBROOK YET]
It may have not ended pretty, but Jake Westbrook had his best outing of the year in my opinion. The last thing Westbrook has to finish off is actually finishing off and he admitted that.
"I felt good; I felt strong," Westbrook said. That's kind of been the theme for me this year, its just a matter of finishing out strong. I battled the whole ballgame and then I kind of just gave it away there in the sixth."
"I have to do a better job of focusing and keeping the ball down," Westbrook said. "I haven't been able to finish off my outings. Hopefully that will come as my arm gets stronger throughout the season. Right now, it's just frustrating for me."
Perhaps its arm strength, not used to going that deep into games and he gets tired? Marson said that his stuff is there, he just needs to build up the strength to be able to finish strong.
[ACTA NOT MAKING EXCUSES, BUT PREACHES STRONG WILL]
"Before today's game, we were second in the league in defense. I don't think any of these guys are taking the offense to the field," said manager Manny Acta. "I'm not going to make any excuses for my guys. Our defense has been huge for us in winning seven games."
"We're fighting through this," Acta said. "We're not the only team that is struggling offensively. Certainly I don't want to compare our team to anybody else, but it's tough, and we have to keep fighting until some of the guys come to life."
You definitely have to be disappointed in the three errors, but I'd rather commit ten errors and have only one impact the game than commit three or four and have all of them directly impact the game. As for the offense, it was yet another disappointment after a game in which they appeared to have busted out, putting us right back in that slump.
It goes back to what Manny Acta said the other day, another pitcher can put you right back into another slump. This is just a slowly starting offense, maybe we have to realize that. Jhonny Peralta is a horrendous April hitter, Grady Sizemore isn't really hitting, and the the young hitters at the bottom of the lineup have been spotty, if not horrible.
Yesterday, there was no excuses. Acta is going to say they hit the balls hard when they committed outs with runners on, and they did, but you can't use that as an excuse as to why you didn't score a single run yesterday. You can use that as a reason to believe this offense is right around the corner, but you can't say "Well we had those hard hit balls, they just didn't fall."
Too many opportunities. If there was a couple, I'd say, fine. But they had four double plays in the first four innings. Then you get picked off later. No excuses.
[RANDOM RUNDOWN]
Kerry Wood has suffered a don't call it a setback setback. Because he's ahead of schedule, Wood nor the Indians are willing to say what happened Friday was a "setback" to his rehab process. But Wood wasn't pleased with the results of his session on Friday in Oakland. He'll play catch on Saturday and see how he feels when he wakes up, but Wood said he expected to be sharp and ready to go, but he wasn't.
They'll make a decision today, their three options: Another simulated game, rehab, or rest. Rest would obviously be the least desirable of the choices.
The Indians will not be benching Jhonny Peralta for Andy Marte any time soon.
"Jhonny Peralta is our third baseman," Acta said. "It's tough to reach that point when this guy has the track record that he has. There is a reason why this guy was signed to the deal he was signed. There is a reason why this guy, even in a so-called down year last year, drove in 83 runs."
Acta said he's earned the right to not have to make a commitment to him. He is the guy because of track record and as painful as it is, I'd have to agree. He may be off to a horrendous start, but this is par for the course with Peralta. All we can really do wait until he's no longer on this team at some point.
Fausto Carmona will be on the mound today for the Indians and Acta credits Carmona's turnaround to his better grasp on control. Acta and his staff told Carmona in the offseason that he isn't a strikeout pitcher and it looks as if it's taking.
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[BEST OUTING FOR WESTBROOK YET]
It may have not ended pretty, but Jake Westbrook had his best outing of the year in my opinion. The last thing Westbrook has to finish off is actually finishing off and he admitted that.
"I felt good; I felt strong," Westbrook said. That's kind of been the theme for me this year, its just a matter of finishing out strong. I battled the whole ballgame and then I kind of just gave it away there in the sixth."
"I have to do a better job of focusing and keeping the ball down," Westbrook said. "I haven't been able to finish off my outings. Hopefully that will come as my arm gets stronger throughout the season. Right now, it's just frustrating for me."
Perhaps its arm strength, not used to going that deep into games and he gets tired? Marson said that his stuff is there, he just needs to build up the strength to be able to finish strong.
[ACTA NOT MAKING EXCUSES, BUT PREACHES STRONG WILL]
"Before today's game, we were second in the league in defense. I don't think any of these guys are taking the offense to the field," said manager Manny Acta. "I'm not going to make any excuses for my guys. Our defense has been huge for us in winning seven games."
"We're fighting through this," Acta said. "We're not the only team that is struggling offensively. Certainly I don't want to compare our team to anybody else, but it's tough, and we have to keep fighting until some of the guys come to life."
You definitely have to be disappointed in the three errors, but I'd rather commit ten errors and have only one impact the game than commit three or four and have all of them directly impact the game. As for the offense, it was yet another disappointment after a game in which they appeared to have busted out, putting us right back in that slump.
It goes back to what Manny Acta said the other day, another pitcher can put you right back into another slump. This is just a slowly starting offense, maybe we have to realize that. Jhonny Peralta is a horrendous April hitter, Grady Sizemore isn't really hitting, and the the young hitters at the bottom of the lineup have been spotty, if not horrible.
Yesterday, there was no excuses. Acta is going to say they hit the balls hard when they committed outs with runners on, and they did, but you can't use that as an excuse as to why you didn't score a single run yesterday. You can use that as a reason to believe this offense is right around the corner, but you can't say "Well we had those hard hit balls, they just didn't fall."
Too many opportunities. If there was a couple, I'd say, fine. But they had four double plays in the first four innings. Then you get picked off later. No excuses.
[RANDOM RUNDOWN]
Kerry Wood has suffered a don't call it a setback setback. Because he's ahead of schedule, Wood nor the Indians are willing to say what happened Friday was a "setback" to his rehab process. But Wood wasn't pleased with the results of his session on Friday in Oakland. He'll play catch on Saturday and see how he feels when he wakes up, but Wood said he expected to be sharp and ready to go, but he wasn't.
They'll make a decision today, their three options: Another simulated game, rehab, or rest. Rest would obviously be the least desirable of the choices.
The Indians will not be benching Jhonny Peralta for Andy Marte any time soon.
"Jhonny Peralta is our third baseman," Acta said. "It's tough to reach that point when this guy has the track record that he has. There is a reason why this guy was signed to the deal he was signed. There is a reason why this guy, even in a so-called down year last year, drove in 83 runs."
Acta said he's earned the right to not have to make a commitment to him. He is the guy because of track record and as painful as it is, I'd have to agree. He may be off to a horrendous start, but this is par for the course with Peralta. All we can really do wait until he's no longer on this team at some point.
Fausto Carmona will be on the mound today for the Indians and Acta credits Carmona's turnaround to his better grasp on control. Acta and his staff told Carmona in the offseason that he isn't a strikeout pitcher and it looks as if it's taking.
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