Cleveland/Boston Game Three Semi Live Blog

October 15, 2007

Boston (1-1) at Cleveland (1-1), Game Three
American League Championship Series

Boy, the Cleveland announcers are really excitable. Westbrook struck out Pedroia to open the game, and they made it sound like he had discovered the cure for cancer. Then, after a walk, he got a double play and they had kittens over it.

Bases loaded on a walk, a single, an error in the second for Boston, nobody out, Varitek up. A nice, quality extra base hit would do nicely here.

Fly out to left, not deep enough. 1 out.

Crisp up. GIDP. DAMMIT.

We may regret this inning later. Bases loaded, nobody out, you gotta score. You just have to.

Sounds like the umpire (Brian Gorman) has a nice, big zone, because Dice K is getting called strikes.

Sounds like Kenny Lofton just smacked a two run homer.

DAMMIT DAMMIT.

2-0 Tribe.

I think we can hit Westbrook, but we better get started.

These Indians might be just too damn good to beat.

I fell asleep, but apparently it was old friend Trot Nixon who got the hit to beat us Saturday night. Typical Nixon. I always liked him-a real Pete Reiser/Hal McRae/Butch Hobson type. 110%, all the time.

I have to admit, the Cleveland announcer just got pretty excited on a stop by Lugo, to end the inning, too. After 2, 2-0 Cleveland.

DAMMIT.

Now it’s two on, two out for Cleveland. 3-2 to Victor Martinez. Sounds like another Dice K start-lots of pitches, lots of baserunners.

Sigh.

SWING AND A MISS ON A SLIDER! Way to go, Dice Man. Nicely done, sir.

I just wish this guy would trust his stuff. I wonder if it’s a Japanese thing-maybe the strike zone is bigger there, or maybe the code of honor is to never give into the hitter. I have to keep remembering this guy is only 27.

Top 4th , JD Drew up, runner on 2nd, 2 out. Time to bring home the bacon, big guy. You haven’t earned a red cent this year, time to pony up.

Groundout, 3-1. Jerk.

Double Sigh.

Bottom 5, 2 on, 1 out. Dice Man in trouble again. Asdrubal Cabrera, the only Asdrubal in major league history, up.

Base hit, run scores, 3-0 Cleveland.

TRIPLE DAMMIT.

Hafner up.

Fielder’s choice RBI groundout, 4-0 Tribe.

Well, beats a three run homer.

Cheap-ass base hit from Martinez, and Matsuzaka is done.

And so is the game.

Fucking Indians.