Byrd extends scoreless streak in win

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Blue Collar teams are winning the right way
Published 5/14/2008 by Deaner (noreply@blogger.com) at Blue Collar Baseball
Pitching, Defense, and Timely hitting: Cleveland Indians. The Tribes starting pitchers have been dominant, pitching 34 consecutive scoreless innings (Tom Hamilton said 39 on the radio broadcast last night but I'll take Anthony Castrovince's word for it, since I can link to it.) Cliff Lee and Fausto Carmona rank #1 and #4 respectively in AL ERA. Lee's 0.67 ERA is amazing while Carmona's 2.40 ERA isn't too shabby. Carmona pitched a complete game shutout in game 1 of Monday's double header. Lee followed by pitching 9 scoreless innings of his own in the nightcap only to see the bullpen give the game away. Asdrubal Cabrera has been amazing in the field making diving ...

Tribe Sweep & Off To The Nati
Published 5/15/2008 by JHH (noreply@blogger.com) at Forest City Fanatics
As you may have heard, the consecutive scoreless streak by the Tribe is over at forty four and a third innings. However, the Tribe did win today's day game 4-2 over the Oakland A's. Aaron Laffey picked up the win having pitched seven innings without giving up a run but did have an error that resulted in an unearned run, kind of. The highlight of this series has to be the amazing pitching, especially from the starters. Following the back-to-back nine-inning shutouts from Lee and Carmona, from the last series with Toronto, Paul Byrd had his finest performance of the year going seven and a third and striking out seven without giving up a run in a 4-0 Tribe win. The gem of ...