Cleveland Indians Baseball Blog » Ryan Garko http://www.indianshomeplate.com A blog about Cleveland Indians Baseball Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:57:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Indians are crushed by the Orioles 14-3 http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-crushed-by-the-orioles-14-3/ http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-crushed-by-the-orioles-14-3/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:13:58 +0000 TribeMember http://www.indianshomeplate.com/?p=70 The Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles kicked off a series on Monday night and things did not go good for the Indians. They tribe’s pitcher just had problems all night long with keeping the ball down and the Orioles batters made them pay with four home runs.

Fausto Carmona got rocked in the game as he only lasted 5 1/3 innings. He was charged with six hits and seven runs. Carmona also walked four while striking out five in the game. He got into trouble in the sixth inning when he was pulled after only getting one out. Juan Rincon was unable to get out of the jam in the sixth inning as he was also charged with two runs. Brendan Donnelly had a terrible inning in the eighth as Adam Jones took him deep for a three run shot and then Ramon Hernandez added a two run home run that extended the Orioles lead to 14-3.

Asdrubal Cabrera got the Indians on the scoreboard in the second inning when he hit a ground rule double that scored Shin-Soo Choo. Cabrera then added a rbi single in the fourth inning as he finished the game with two rbil. The other run for the tribe came in the fifth inning when Franklin Gutierrez hit a rbi sac fly that scored Ryan Garko.

Hopefully the Indians can bounce back on Tuesday night and even up the series at one game each.

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]]> http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-crushed-by-the-orioles-14-3/feed/ 0 Indians get by the Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-get-by-the-tigers-4-3-in-10-innings/ http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-get-by-the-tigers-4-3-in-10-innings/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:27:36 +0000 TribeMember http://www.indianshomeplate.com/?p=65 The Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers played extra innings on Monday night and it was the Indians coming out on top with a 4-3 victory in ten innings of action. Franklin Gutierrez hit a solo home run off of Gary Glover for the game winning run. Great win for the Indians!

Besides Franklin’s solo home run, the Indians got two solo home runs from Grady Sizemore who finished the game with two rbi. Ryan Garko also added a rbi single in the fourth inning for the Indians offense. There wasn’t much offense and it would have been nice had there been some runners on base with the three solo home runs being hit.

Brendan Donnelly picked up the win after throwing a scoreless ninth inning. Jensen Lewis recorded his seventh save of the year by throwing a scoreless inning in the tenth inning. Zach Jackson started the game and pitched 6 1/3 innings while giving up seven hits and three runs to get the no decision. Jackson gave up two home runs while striking out six batters.

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]]> http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-get-by-the-tigers-4-3-in-10-innings/feed/ 8 Five runs in the eighth help Indians beat Royals 8-5 http://www.indianshomeplate.com/five-runs-in-the-eighth-help-indians-beat-royals-8-5/ http://www.indianshomeplate.com/five-runs-in-the-eighth-help-indians-beat-royals-8-5/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:05:22 +0000 TribeMember http://www.indianshomeplate.com/?p=63 Five runs in the eighth inning helped the Cleveland Indians come from behind and defeat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Wednesday night. Two home runs in the eighth really jacked up the tribe as they went onto win for the second time in the series. They will now be going for the three game series on Thursday afternoon.

Franklin Gutierrez hammered a three run shot in the eighth inning while Kelly Shoppach hit a solo home run. The fifth run of the big eighth inning came when Ryan Garko singled and Jhonny Peralta scored. Peralta and Shoppach also added home runs earlier in the game.

Zach Jackson ended up with a no decision after threw the first seven innings of the game. Jackson allowed seven hits and four runs while walking one and striking out four. It was too bad The Indians wouldn’t have scored more runs earlier in the game for Jackson to get the win. Juan Rincon who pitched the eighth inning ended up with the win and Jensen Lewis picked up the save which was his fourth save of the season.

The game will be an early one on Thursday and we will have a blog recap during the afternoon so check back! Indians Baseball Blog

]]> http://www.indianshomeplate.com/five-runs-in-the-eighth-help-indians-beat-royals-8-5/feed/ 0 Indians fall short against the Orioles 11-6 http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-fall-short-against-the-orioles-11-6/ http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-fall-short-against-the-orioles-11-6/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:58:54 +0000 TribeMember http://www.indianshomeplate.com/?p=61 It was a big offensive night for the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles as the two teams combined to score 17 runs and pound out 30 hits. The Bad news for the Tribe was the Orioles used a eight run eighth inning to win the game. The Indians did score three runs in the final inning to make things interesting but they just could’t come out of the big hole completely and the Orioles won 11-6

Rafael Perez took the loss as he was charged with three hits and four runs while not recording an out. Edward Mujica also gave up three hits and four runs in the eighth inning as he couldn’t stop the bleeding. Indians starting pitcher Zach Jackson gave up eight hits and three runs over five innings as he got the no decision.

Shin-Soo Choo led the Tribe at the plate with two rbi as he had a two run double in the first inning. Franklin Gutierrez, Kelly Shoppach, Ryan Garko, and Asdrubal Cabrera all helped out with one rbi each but it wasn’t even close to being enough.

The Indians now have a tough weekend ahead of them as they have to play the Los Angeles Angels. I don’t see good things happening in this series.

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]]> http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-fall-short-against-the-orioles-11-6/feed/ 0 Indians are defeated by the Tigers 8-5 http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-defeated-by-the-tigers-8-5/ http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-defeated-by-the-tigers-8-5/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:04:50 +0000 TribeMember http://www.indianshomeplate.com/?p=59 The Cleveland Indians were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night by the score of 8-5.  It was a bad loss for the Tigers as they fell to 46-59.  The Indians can’t throw in the towel yet and they need to keep going out there and competing at a high level.

On Tuesday night it was Matt Ginter who took the loss after only pitching four innings.  It was a bad start by Ginter as he gave up eight hits and four runs.  Ginter is now 1-2 on the season for the Tribe.  Juan Rincon allowed two runs as well did Rafael Betancourt.  Bad night but those three Indian pitchers.

David Dellucci, Jhonny Peralta, Shin-Soo Choo, and Ryan Garko all had one rbi each for the Tribe.  The other run was when Grady Sizemore scored on a wild pitch in the ninth inning.  The offense wasn’t bad, the pitching staff just gave up too many rns.

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]]> http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-defeated-by-the-tigers-8-5/feed/ 0 Indians lost high scoring game to the Angels 14-10 http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-lost-high-scoring-game-to-the-angels-14-10/ http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-lost-high-scoring-game-to-the-angels-14-10/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:52:48 +0000 TribeMember http://www.indianshomeplate.com/?p=58 The Cleveland Indians dropped their game on Wednesday to the Los Angeles Angels by the score of 14-10.  In a high scoring game, the Angels were able to come out on top and take two out of three games against the Indians.  I blogged after the Indians took the first game of the series that I hoped they would win atleast one more but that sure didn’t happen.

The Indians sent Aaron Laffey out to start the game but he didn’t throw that good at all.  Laffey gave up 12 hits and eight runs in only four innings of action to take the loss.  Laffey was hit early and hard in the game and was never able to settle down.

The Indians bullpen wasn’t able to stop the bleeding as Tom Mastny gave up three hits and four runs and Jensen Lewis gave up four more hits and two runs.  Just a bad outing by the Indians pitching staff in the game.

Ryan Garko hit a two run home run and finished the game with four rbi to lead the Tribe at the plate.  Grady Sizemore stayed hot as he his his 25th home run of the season as well.  Shin-Soo Choo recorded two rbi while David Dellucci, Jhonny Peralta, Andy Marte, Sal Fasano, and Sizemore all finished the game with one rbi each.

All the blame has to go on the pitching straff in this game.  Anytime your offense puts ten runs up on the scoreboard you should be on the winning side of the game.  Indians Baseball Blog

]]> http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-lost-high-scoring-game-to-the-angels-14-10/feed/ 0 Indians rally but come one run shot as they lose 3-2 to the Giants http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-rally-but-come-one-run-shot-as-they-lose-3-2-to-the-giants/ http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-rally-but-come-one-run-shot-as-they-lose-3-2-to-the-giants/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:18:59 +0000 TribeMember http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-rally-but-come-one-run-shot-as-they-lose-3-2-to-the-giants/ It was an exciting end to the game on Tuesday night but the Cleveland Indians rally came up just short and the Indians lost to the San Francisco Giants by the score of 3-2.  Kelly Shoppach was up to bat with two outs in the ninth inning with two runners on base but struckout to end the game.

Rafael Betancourt ended up taking the loss after pitching 1 1/3 inning.  Masa Kobayashi also gave up a run in relief after Betancourt left the game.  Both of those runs really hurt the Indians as they were in line to win the game up until that eighth inning.

Indians starting pitcher Aaron Laffey pitched the first 6 2/3 innings of the game and didn’t do that badly.  Laffey allowed four hits and only one run in the game.  It is too bad that the bullpen blew it and he ended up with a no decision in the game.

The Indians were the first team to score in the game as Ryan Garko had a rbi single in the first inning that scored Grady Sizemore.  Dave Delluci had a rbi ground out in the ninth inning that scored the Indians second run.  It would have been awesome to see the rally happen in the ninth inning, but as we mentioned before Shoppach just couldn’t get the job done.

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]]> http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-rally-but-come-one-run-shot-as-they-lose-3-2-to-the-giants/feed/ 0 Indians are hammered 10-2 in Denver http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-hammered-10-2-in-denver/ http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-hammered-10-2-in-denver/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:06:57 +0000 TribeMember http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-hammered-10-2-in-denver/ The Cleveland Indians and all sorts of problems on Tuesday night as they were hammered by the Colorado Rockies 10-2.  The Indians bats were silent for most of the game as they only put two runs up on the scoreboard against three different Rockies pitchers.  So much for that thin air and the long balls at Coors Field.

Greg Reynolds shut the Indians bats down for the most part.  The Indians got a rbi in the fifth inning off a Casey Blake sacrafice fly and then a another rbi on a sacrafice fly in the eighth inning off the bat of Ryan Garko.  That was all the Tribe could get going which wasn’t much.

Paul Byrd was only able to pitch four innings before he was taken out of the game.  Byrd gave up nine hits and five runs in his four innings of action to take the loss.  He is now 3-7 on the year with a 5.21 era.  Scott Elarton pitched the next two innings and gave up four hits and two runs.  Once Elarton was removed from the game it was Rick Bauer giving up four hits and three runs over two innings of action.  As you can tell, the Indians pitching staff was just as bad as the offense was.

Hopefully things will turn around on Wendesday for the Indians and they can pick up a win in Denver against the Rockies.

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]]> http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-hammered-10-2-in-denver/feed/ 0 Cliff Lee wins 10th game as Indians pound the Tigers 8-2 http://www.indianshomeplate.com/cliff-lee-wins-10th-game-as-indians-pound-the-tigers-8-2/ http://www.indianshomeplate.com/cliff-lee-wins-10th-game-as-indians-pound-the-tigers-8-2/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:44:20 +0000 TribeMember http://www.indianshomeplate.com/cliff-lee-wins-10th-game-as-indians-pound-the-tigers-8-2/ The game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers was over after the first two innings when the Indians were already up 8-0.  The Indians ended up going on to beat the Tigers by the score of 8-2.  The teams had to wait things out with a 57 minute rain delay in the game but then, the game was more less over on the scoreboard.

Cliff Lee won his 10th game of the season to improve his record to 10-1.  Lee came back out in the fifth inning after the rain delay to finish his five innings so he could record the win.  He allowed six hits and two runs in his five innings of action.

Rafael Perez pitched two scoreless innings of relief while Rafael Betancourt and Masa Kobayashi pitched one scoreless inning each.  Good job by the three relief pitchers.

Ryan Garko hit a three run home run in the first inning and then was hit by a pitch in the second inning with the bases loaded as he led the Indians at the plate with four rbi.  Kelly Shoppach also hit a home run in the game as he hit a two run shot in the second inning to finish with two rbi.  Jhonny Peralta and Shin-Soo Choo chipped in with one rbi each as well.

The Indians will now start a three game series against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

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]]> http://www.indianshomeplate.com/cliff-lee-wins-10th-game-as-indians-pound-the-tigers-8-2/feed/ 0 Indians get doubled up 12-7 as the Rangers win Tuesday night http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-get-doubled-up-12-6-as-the-rangers-win-tuesday-night/ http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-get-doubled-up-12-6-as-the-rangers-win-tuesday-night/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:57:31 +0000 TribeMember http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-get-doubled-up-12-6-as-the-rangers-win-tuesday-night/ The Cleveland Indians scored seven runs on Tuesday night but the bad news was that the Texas Rangers actually scored 12 runs.  The Indians made things interesting in the seventh and eighth innings but then the Rangers answered back with three runs of their own in the eighth inning.

Tom Mastny was absolutely rocked as he only lasted 1 1/3 innings as he gave up six hits and five runs.  Mastny gave up two home runs in the game as he pitcher terribly.

The Indians bullpen wasn’t much better however.  Jensen Lewis, Edward Mujica, and Rafael Perez, all gave up two runs each in the game.  Scott Elarton also gave up one run.  Just a bad performance by everyone that pitched for the Indians.

Shin-Soo Choo had a two run double in the seventh inning and then a solo home run in the ninth inning to lead the Indians with three rbi at the plate.  Ben Francisco, Ryan Garko, and Jhonny Peralta all helped out with one rbi each but it wasn’t enough for the Indians.

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