Mariners sink Tribe 3-2

Since the Pirates were in Houston and lost,I watched the Indians,who dropped a 3-2 decision to the Seattle Mariners at Progressive Field.
Fausto Carmona (11-10) was the hard luck loser as the Cleveland defense was far from helpful.
We return to Pirate coverage tonight against the Astros as Paul Maholm faces off against blog favorite Bud Norris at 7:05.

War Chants

1) Key play of the game was pretty easy as Jason Donald kicked the hard hit but easily playable grounder by Adam Moore with two out.
The eventual winning run scored on that play in the sixth.
Simply put,Donald has to make the play.
And if he cannot,his chances of sticking in the big leagues will become very long in short order.

2) Fausto Carmona was stuck with a hard luck loss considering the boot from Donald.
When Carmona is right and he isn't always,he is a groundball pitching machine and it seems like the difference between being sharp and struggling looks to me to be about 3 MPH on the fastball....

3) Seattle could have been in good shape to cruise home to victory,but the Tribe gunned two runners down at the plate and both were with less than two outs.
Shin-Soo Choo's throwout from right field was the more visually impressive,but a relay from Trevor Crowe through Asdrubal Cabrera meant just as much.
Tough to understand two runners both in similar situations being sent home....

4) The Indians top power hitter is Choo with 14 homers,no other Indian is in double digits.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the Indians haven't had a season without a 20 homer hitter since 1983 and boy,do I remember those Indian teams-Ugh.....

5) One problem for the Indians right now is that not that they are playing young players,it is more that they are playing young players that aren't very good.
Trevor Crowe and Michael Brantley look to be 4th or 5th outfielders at best,Jason Donald looks to be maybe a utility type and Andy Marte has disappointed for years.
And that is just with the guys that played yesterday and before you look at the 4A guys like Shelley Duncan and Laynce Nix.
The Indians had better hope the next wave of prospects come through or this losing could last a while....

Photo Credit-Chuck Crow-Cleveland Plain Dealer