The old adage in baseball is momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher. The beauty of the game of baseball is the you can turn the page after a bad night. The season is a marathon, not a sprint. You can’t get too high or too low after one game.
Take last night for example.
The game between the Tribe and the Chicago White Sox was delayed by an hour thanks to a light rain storm. The umpires didnt want to start the game, get the pitchers all warmed up, and then have a delay. They would have been better off just calling the game for the Indians sake.
The White Sox abused Jeanmar Gomez during a six-run fourth inning which for all intents and purposes ended the game. Chicago would go on to take the final game of the series 8-1.
They got two in the first inning for the second straight night, this time thanks to an Adam Dunn homer. Interestingly in the last three games of the series, Dunn crushed a pitch in the first inning deep into the Cleveland skies. On Monday night, Michael Brantley ...
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Jeanmar Gomez,
Adam Dunn,
Michael Brantley,
Manny Acta,
Jason Donald,
Jake Peavy,
Johnny Damon,
Wade Boggs,
Casey Kotchman,
Derek Lowe,
Josh Beckett,
Alejandro De Aza
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox
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