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[Vinsane]

First time I've checked in on this, very nice work here Vinsane.

I'm following.

Glad to have you aboard Woy, thanks for following.

Nice wins0r, Thames murdered tu

Nice win, lots of two baggers for you

Thames destroyed me in that game, I got lucky.

And the doubles were crazy, a lot of hits went in the gaps.

I notice I gave up a lot of doubles against the blue jays as well. Wonder why that is. Hmm, nice win.

Shit happens? Thanks Mike.

Nice win, that was a big series for you.

No doubt, I thought they'd at least get one on me. Have during every other series.

nice win but almost threw it away

Yeah, Wood was shaky at the start of the season. He started 0-2, since then though he's been money. Hopefully he doesn't fall apart late, need him for the playoffs.

woah close ass win

Keep it up bro

Thanks Archer.

Yo, this franchise is "V"insane! Keep up the great work. I loved your "around the league" and "monthly recaps"! This is so in depth and an outstanding read!

lol, thanks man. I try to give a little something as my outside opinion of the goings-on of the season. You'll get more updates like that with a playoff tracker, something to give during the final eight weeks of the season.

 

[LC AAU]

Woody with another save . Nice win.

 

[Vinsane]

Series Preview:

(44-61)

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(64-41)

Cleveland lead the Season Series 4-2.​

Divsion Standings:

AL Central|W|L|PCT|GB
Indians |64|41|.610|--
Tigers |56|48|.539|7.5
White Sox|56|51|.523|9.0
Royals |49|56|.467|15.0
Twins |44|61|.419|20.0

Probable Starters:

Game 1:

F. Liriano (8-8, 4.71 ERA)

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F. Carmona (12-2, 3.35 ERA)

Game 2:

S. Baker (6-8, 3.90 ERA)

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C. Lee (9-4, 4.40 ERA)

Game 3:

K. Slowey (4-11, 6.21 ERA)

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J. Wesbtrook (8-1, 3.40 ERA)

Key Bank's "Keys to Succes"

1.) Good Pitching - The Tribe go to their top of the rotation for this one. The 1-3 spots need to finish well on the season heading into the playoffs. It starts with this series against the Minny Twinnies.

2.) Defense - The Tribe need to play mistake free baseball, they did this in the Tigers series and it paid off with a series sweep. With the Twins this season the Tribe have been unable to complete a sweep. Any mistakes made and they could be looking at a series loss against the last place in the Central Twins.

3.) Small Ball - The Indians need to play well with base hits and base running, something they've been shaky with as of late. It hasn't hurt them up until this point, there is no reason to think they're invincible though.​

 

[T.Dot]

I would say this series is key but the Twinkies are 20 games behind you :rofl:
Just try and take 2 of 3, shouldnt be too hard

 

[Vinsane]

Wood Blows, DeRosa Saves!

Mark DeRosa gets this base hit to win the game for the Tribe.

Teams|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|R|H|E
Minnesota |0|0|0|0|0|1|2|0|1|4|9|2
Cleveland |2|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|5|13|0

AP - Cleveland, OH - It was a wild one from the start. The Indians got two runs early off of base hits. Cleveland has been one of the best in the majors, scoring without homers this season. They tacked on a run in the second to go up 3-0. Fausto Carmona pitched well for six solid innings without surrendering a run. It was his work in the seventh though that hurt him as the Twins were able to tie the game at 3.

In the bottom of the seventh it was the Minnesota Twins error that scored the run when Grady Sizemore was caught in a rundown and the throw to third went high and into the stands. Vinnie Chulk came on in the eighth to provide the Tribe with a set-up man and kept the Twins from scoring. In the bottom of the eighth Craig Breslow came on for the Twins and was able to hold the Indians to four runs.

In the ninth, things got weird. Kerry Wood who has been one of the most dominate closers this season got two quick outs before giving up a hit to the gap in right field. That pushed the runner to second. A base hit later and Josh Willingham tried with all his might to get the final out at the plate, the tag missed the runner by inches and the Twins tied it at 4. Wood was able to get the final out to pop out to center.

Starting off the bottom of the ninth, Josh Willingham was able to get on base with a base hit. Ryan Garko then came on and dropped down a bunt to advance the runner to second. First baseman Justin Morneau was not on the same page as Craig Breslow and allowed Garko to get on base with his bunt attempt when the ball got Morneau off the plate and Breslow was unable to cover first.

DeRosa came on with the intention to advance both runners with zero outs. On a double steal DeRosa failed to make contact with the ball and catcher Joe Mauer gunned down Josh Willingham at third, Garko however, advanced to second. On the very next pitch Mark DeRosa redeemed himself with a base hit that allowed Garko to score, and the Indians to get the walk off base hit.

Lineup:

CF Span 2-4 | 1K
DH Buscher 0-4 | 1K
C Mauer 1-4 |
1B Morneau 0-4 | 1K
3B Crede 0-2 |
3B Villa 1-2 |
LF Young 2-4 |
PR-LF Gomez 0-0 |
RF Cuddyer 2-4 | 1K
2B Harris 1-3 |
SS Punto 0-3 | 1K

Batting:

2B: J. Villa (1), D. Young (20)
RBI: D. Span (21), D. Young 2 (41), M. Cuddyer (36)
GIDP: J. Mauer, B. Buscher

Fielding:

E: N. Punto 2 (12)

Pitching:

Liriano | 6.0IP | 10H | 4R | 1ER | 1SO | 4.54 ERA |
Breslow (L, 4-2) | 2.1IP | 3H | 1R | 1ER | 1SO | 3.17 ERA |

Lineup:

CF Sizemore 1-4 | 1K
2B Cabrera 3-4 |
RF Francisco 1-4 | 1K
C Martinez 0-4 |
1B Johnson 2-4 |
LF Willingham 3-4 |
1B Garko 1-4 |
3B DeRosa 2-4 |
SS Peralta 0-2 |

Batting:

2B: N. Johnson (28), M. DeRosa (41), G. Sizemore (13), J. Willingham (26)
RBI: A. Cabrera (30), M. DeRosa (62), J. Willingham (54)

CS: J. Willingham (1)

Pitching:

Carmona | 7.1IP | 3R | 3ER | 3SO | 3.37 ERA |
Chulk (H, 6) | 0.2IP | 2SO | 3.67 ERA |
Wood (W, 1-2) | 1.0IP | 2H | 1R | 1ER | 2.83 ERA |

Player of the Game:

M. DeRosa

2 for 4 - Double, RBI

Next Game:
August 5th, 2009

(44-62)

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(65-41)​

 

[Vinsane]

Woody Scared Again!

Victor Martinez congratulates Kerry Wood on his 39th save of the year.

Teams|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|R|H|E
Minnesota |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|10|2
Cleveland |0|1|0|0|1|0|1|0|X|3|7|0

AP - Cleveland, OH - The Twins and Indians continue to play competitive baseball. Some looked at this match up and seen an easy series for the Indians. So far the Tribe have had to claw for every run they've gotten this series. And also had to put up with the scary thought that maybe, just maybe. Kerry Wood is not the most dominate closer in baseball this season? Wood delivered to his doubters.

"I blew a save the last game, but picked up a win". Said Wood. "Your telling me that I failed with winning? Yeah I didn't get the save but thanks to Mark we still won the ball game. I've blown two saves this season, just two. I've had two losses and the rest of the time I've been perfect. I slipped up once and the media jumped me? That doesn't make sense. "

Wood is right, so far this season he's been a leading candidate for Rolaids "Reliever of the Year" award. His 39 saves on the season can give light on that subject. It was hard going for Kerry Wood early on as the season started 3-7 for the Tribe. Since then the Indians have been considered the best team and baseball, and when your responsible for keeping your team on top 39 times, don't you deserve a little more respect?

"I'm not going to sweat it." continued Wood. "I'm back on track, again. We won, again. Nothing more needs to be said other than 'bring on the post-season' we're ready, we're amped up for the final two months that we've got coming up. We're excited, so should everyone else be."

Lineup:

CF Gomez 0-4 | 2K
LF Young 3-4 | 1K
PR-LF Span 0-0 |
C Mauer 1-4 | 1K
1B Morneau 1-4 | 1K
3B Crede 3-4 | 1K
RF Cuddyer 1-4 |
DH Redmond 1-4 | 1K
SS Harris 0-4 | 1K
2B Punto 0-0 |
2B Buscher 0-3 | 2K

Batting:

2B: D. Young 2 (22), M. Cuddyer (20)
3B: J. Crede
RBI:
GIDP: M. Cuddyer

Fielding:

E: B. Harris 2 (9)

Pitching:

Slowey (L, 4-12) | 8.0IP | 7H | 3R | 2ER | 3SO | 5.94 ERA |

Lineup:

CF Sizemore 1-4 | 1K
2B Cabrera 1-4 |
RF Francisco 1-4 | 1K
C Martinez 2-4 |
1B Johnson 0-4 |
LF Willingham 1-4 |
1B Garko 1-3 |
3B DeRosa 0-3 | 1K
SS Peralta 0-3 |

Batting:

3B: A. Cabrera (6)
HR: G. Sizemore (7)
RBI: M. DeRosa (63), G. Sizemore (29)

Pitching:

Lee | 6.0IP | 8H | 2R | 2ER | 4SO | 4.34 ERA |
Betancourt (W, 3-2) | 2.0IP | 1H | 3SO | 5.23 ERA |
Wood (S, 39) | 1.0IP | 1H | 3SO | 2.76 ERA |

Player of the Game:

K. Wood

1.0 Innings 1 Hit 3 Strikeouts

Next Game:
August 6th, 2009

(44-63)

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(66-41)​

 

[mfbmike]

Think you'll break the saves record with Wood? He's killin it.

 

[Vinsane]

Back, to Back, to Back!

Ryan Garko watches his homer fly out of the park.

Teams|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|R|H|E
Minnesota |1|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|4|10|1
Cleveland |5|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|X|6|13|1

AP - Cleveland, OH - Just like the series sweep, the Indians picked up back to back to back home runs. It was a spectacle to see as the Indians 5,6 and 7 batters went yard. One right after another. First Nick Johnson blasted a three run shot to left center. Next? Ryan Garko sent on to center field. Then, Josh Willingham covered the left field by hitting his homer onto the home run porch.

"It was a sight to see, that's for sure." Commented teammate Grady Sizemore. "We were down 1-0 coming into the bottom of the first and these three all hit homers and we're up 5-1. That carried us through the rest of the game." The Indians did pick up an insurance run in the seventh and Kerry Wood appeared for the third time in the series, this time picking up another save, his fortieth of the year.

The Tribe continue to dominate the AL Central, they've won six straight against the AL Central, both sweeping the Tigers and the Twins at home. They travel to Chicago for their next three before returning home to Cleveland to host the Texas Rangers. The White Sox have been battling the Tigers for second place in the division and are looking to end the Indians winning streak and continue their climb back to the top of the divison. It would be quiet the turn around for Chicago who has struggled a lot during late July and early August.

Lineup:

RF Span 2-5 | 2K
DH Buscher 1-4 |
C Mauer 1-4 |
1B Morneau 1-4 | 1K
3B Crede 0-4 |
LF Young 0-4 | 3K
2B Cuddyer 1-4 | 1K
SS Harris 1-4 | 1K
CF Gomez 3-3 |
PH Redmond 0-1 |

Batting:

2B: D. Span (14), J. Morneau (21), C. Gomez (10)
RBI: D. Span (22), J. Mauer (44), J. Crede (68), B. Buscher (23)
GIDP: J. Crede, B. Harris

Fielding:

E: D. Young (7)

Base Running:

SB: D. Span (25), C. Gomez (14)

Pitching:

Baker (L, 6-9) | 5.0IP | 8H | 5R | 5ER | 1SO | 4.10 ERA |
Guerrier | 3.0IP | 5H | 1R | 1ER | 3SO | 2.79 ERA |

Lineup:

CF Sizemore 1-4 | 1K
2B Cabrera 1-4 |
RF Francisco 1-4 |
C Martinez 4-4 |
1B Johnson 2-4 |
LF Willingham 2-4 | 1K
1B Garko 1-4 | 1K
3B DeRosa 0-3 | 1K
SS Peralta 1-3 |

Batting:

2B: V. Martinez (25), B. Francisco (35)
HR: N. Johnson (14), R. Garko (8), J. Willingham (10)
RBI: A. Cabrera (31), V. Martinez (58), N. Johnson 2 (61), R. Garko (45), J. Willingham (55)
GIDP: N. Johnson

Fielding:

E: J. Peralta (10)

Pitching:

Westbrook (W, 9-1) | 6.0IP | 7H | 3R | 2ER | 4SO | 3.38 ERA |
Perez (H, 8) | 2.0IP | 3H | 1R | 1ER | 1SO | 3.61 ERA |
Wood (S, 40) | 1.0IP | 3SO | 2.70 ERA |

Player of the Game:

N. Johnson

2 for 4 - HR, 2 RBI

Next Game:
August 7th, 2009

(57-53)

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(67-41)​

 

[Vinsane]

Series Preview:

(67-41)

@

(57-53)

Cleveland lead the Season Series 8-4.​

Divsion Standings:

AL Central|W|L|PCT|GB
Indians |67|41|.620|--
Tigers |57|50|.533|9.5
White Sox|57|53|.518|11.0
Royals |51|57|.472|16.0
Twins |44|64|.407|23.0

Probable Starters:

Game 1:

A. Laffey (9-7, 3.63 ERA)

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M. Buehrle (9-10, 4.43 ERA)

Game 2:

Z. Jackson (2-1, 3.68 ERA)

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J. Danks (10-6, 4.18 ERA)

Game 3:

F. Carmona (12-2, 3.35 ERA)

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J. Contreras (8-7, 3.79 ERA)

Key Bank's "Keys to Succes"

1.) Good Pitching - Anytime the Tribe have lost to the White Sox it's been behind terrible pitching outings. If they can get their starters to the sixth, even seventh inning it would a great outcome for the Tribe in this series.

2.) Continue to Lead - The Indians are not in danger of losing their lead, since beating the White Sox before the All Star break the Indians have been threatend once, since then they've started to run away with the division.

3.) Defense - The Indians need to play mistake free baseball. The White Sox could jump on their mistakes and turn this series around quick.​

 

[Vinsane]

I would say this series is key but the Twinkies are 20 games behind you :rofl:
Just try and take 2 of 3, shouldnt be too hard

Turned out that it was closer than I thought it would be, still able to get the series sweep.

nice comeback win

Thanks, been getting a lot of them here recently. Team is hot and doesn't like losing, lol.

Think you'll break the saves record with Wood? He's killin it.

Wood needs 23 saves to tie with 54 games left. So I would need at least half the games to be decided within 3 runs or less, and winning those games. It will be tough but it's not out of reach yet. I'd like to see it happen, Wood was one of my favorite pitchers in baseball especially when he was with Chicago. I just like his fastball, none like it.

 

[goDawgs1433]

Nice sweep of the Twins! Looks like you're closing in on the division, and with the way you're playing right now, I doubt anyone catches you. Keep it up against Chicago.

 

[Yawkey Way]

vinsane is the new deliverer of win. Congrats man, keep up the astounding work.

 

[mfbmike]

http://www.virtualsportsnetwork.com/featured-franchise-vinsanes-indians/#more-2172

Congrats Vinsane. Well deserved.

 

[Vinsane]

Nice sweep of the Twins! Looks like you're closing in on the division, and with the way you're playing right now, I doubt anyone catches you. Keep it up against Chicago.

Still awhile to go, I could get surprised. I lost a bunch of games there at the end of July, hopefully I can maintain this lead.

Congrats on featured chise.

vinsane is the new deliverer of win. Congrats man, keep up the astounding work.

This is pretty damn awesome man.

Keep up the consistency and fantastic updates!

http://www.virtualsportsnetwork.com/featured-franchise-vinsanes-indians/#more-2172

Congrats Vinsane. Well deserved.

Thanks to everyone, I don't contribute much to this site other than arguments, a couple burns, and some luls. This however, is something positive I do contribute to the site. Thanks goes to everyone in the chising community. A lot of other chises deserve this award that's for sure, I'm glad I was considered and chosen. Thank you.

 

[LC AAU]

Much deserved for Featured chise, nice job .

 

[Archer]

Thanks to everyone, I don't contribute much to this site other than arguments, a couple burns, and some luls. This however, is something positive I do contribute to the site. Thanks goes to everyone in the chising community. A lot of other chises deserve this award that's for sure, I'm glad I was considered and chosen. Thank you.

You are also the only Browns fan i know on here . Tough life to live

 

[DJ Rhude]

Catching up to this kind of late, but seems I caught the tribe right in the middle of contention..... you've done a nice job getting games done....nice reporting as well, I'll be keeping up from this point on

 

[Vinsane]

Much deserved for Featured chise, nice job .

Thanks LC!

You are also the only Browns fan i know on here . Tough life to live

It's true, I'm not the only one though. Virix and xfl2001fan are Browns fans as well.

congrats man

Thanks GSW!

Catching up to this kind of late, but seems I caught the tribe right in the middle of contention..... you've done a nice job getting games done....nice reporting as well, I'll be keeping up from this point on

Yeah, your coming in at a good time. Glad to have you aboard too.

 

[Vinsane]

Sox Rally!

Pierzynkski's two run homer got the White Sox in it.

Teams|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|R|H|E
Cleveland |0|0|2|0|0|0|1|0|0|3|11|0
Chicago |0|0|0|0|2|0|0|3|X|5|8|0

AP - Chicago, IL - The White Sox were able to put the first L on the Tribe in the month of August. A 5-3 win in Chicago was the result of their game one match-up. The Tribe led early off a two run shot from Grady Sizemore in the third.

A.J. Pierzynski got the White Sox back in it in the bottom of the fifth with a two run shot of his own to pull the game tied. In the seventh on a passed ball Ryan Garko was able to get a triple and later scored. The Indians took the 3-2 lead into the bottom of the eighth when the White Sox answered back. After a triple and a squeeze play the White Sox tied it at three. Then a two run shot from Fields put the game out of reach for the Indians.

Bobby Jenks came on to close out the game and seal the victory for the White Sox with his twenty-seventh save of the season. Indians' pitcher Joe Smith was given the loss pulling his season record to 3-4. The Tribe have struggled on the road versus the White Sox and will look to get back into the swing of things with Zach Jackson appearing on the mound for them in game 2.

Lineup:

CF Sizemore 2-4 |
2B Carroll 1-4 |
RF Pena 1-4 | 2K
C Martinez 0-4 |
1B Johnson 2-4 |
LF Willingham 2-4 |
1B Garko 2-4 |
3B DeRosa 0-3 |
SS Peralta 1-3 |

Batting:

2B: W. Pena (18)
3B: R. Garko (2)
HR: G. Sizemore (8)
RBI: R. Garko (46), G. Sizemore 2 (31)
GIDP: R. Garko, M. DeRosa, J. Willingham

Base Running:

CS: G. Sizemore (6)

Pitching:

Laffey | 6.0IP | 5H | 2R | 2ER | 3SO | 3.60 ERA |
Smith (L, 3-4) | 2.0IP | 3H | 3R | 3ER | 1SO | 4.01 ERA |

Lineup:

CF Owens 0-4 |
C Pierzynski 1-4 | 1K
RF Dye 1-4 | 1K
LF Quentin 0-4 | 1K
DH Thome 1-3 | 1K
1B Korerko 1-3 |
3B Fields 2-3 |
SS Betemit 1-3 |
2B Getz 1-3 |

Batting:

3B: W. Betemit (1)
HR: A. Pierzynski (12), J. Fields (17)
RBI: A. Pierzynski 2 (42), J. Fields 2 (51), C. Getz (32)

Pitching:

Buehrle | 6.1IP | 9H | 3R | 3ER | 2SO | 4.43 ERA |
MacDougal (W, 2-1) | 1.2IP | 1H | 1.38 ERA |
Jenks (S, 27) | 1.0IP | 1H | 1.63 ERA |

Player of the Game:

J. Fields

2 for 3 - HR, 2 RBI

Next Game:
August 8th, 2009

(67-42)

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(58-53)​

 

[Archer]

Dissapointing result .... They look like a decent side though