Covering the Corner - Red Sox 6, Indians 3 (Game 14)Cleveland Baseball: A team that's accomplished some things.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52871/Covering_The_Corner_Favicon-ICO..png2013-04-19T07:13:39-04:00http://www.coveringthecorner.com/rss/stream/40061412013-04-19T07:13:39-04:002013-04-19T07:13:39-04:00Game 14: Defeat is not an orphan
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<figcaption>Zach McAllister | Jason Miller</figcaption>
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<p>This was a team effort. </p> <p align="center"><i>April 18, 2013</i></p>
<p align="center"><i><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Red Sox</a> 6, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a> 3</i></p>
<p align="center"><i>Chapter 14:Defeat is not an orphan<br></i></p>
<p align="left">The easy way out of this recap would be to point out <span>Cord Phelps</span>' error and be done with it. Unfortunately, although Phelps' error was critical, this loss, like in baseball, was a team effort. It takes pitching, defense, and offense to lose a game, and the Indians were clicking on all cylinders there.</p>
<p align="left"><span>Zach McAllister</span> had a decent enough line (5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 HR, 7 SO, 3 BB) but made enough mistakes to torpedo his outing. I thought he got squeezed on a couple occasions, particularly with curve ball. In the fourth inning, for example, he threw a 2-2 curve to <span>Jarrod Saltalamacchia</span> on the the outside corner on the plate that was called a ball. On the next pitch he threw a four-seamer over the inside half of the plate that the Boston catcher lined over the right field fence to give Boston a 2-1 lead. But ultimately McAllister had to make a better pitch than he made; bad calls are going to happen over the course of a season, and you' shouldn't get a pass because the umpire blew a call. Boston's lineup is locked in in the respect that they aren't getting themselves out, and McAllister had to throw a lot of pitches to get through each inning; this was not an outing marred by one bad inning, but five difficult innings.</p>
<p align="left">The offense did make good use of its first couple opportunities against <span>Jon Lester</span>, in both cases bringing home a leadoff double with subsequent well-placed outs. In the second inning <span>Mark Reynolds</span> was the doubler, went to third on a <span>Ryan Raburn</span> fly out to right, and ran home on a <span>Mike Aviles</span> groundout. In the fifth it was Mike Aviles with the double, Cord Phelps with a groundout to the right side of the infield, and <span>Drew Stubbs</span> with the run-scoring groundout. Give them credit for taking advantage of those opportunities, but couldn't muster any easy offense against the Boston left-hander, and was held in check by Boston's bullpen.</p>
<p align="left">We finally come back to Cord Phelps' error. Phelps is up because both <span>Jason Kipnis</span> and <span>Michael Bourn</span> are out of the lineup. He hasn't to this point gotten much of a chance to start at the major-league level, but he's making a habit of committing key errors, and no matter how good your bat is, making errors is going to limit your further playing time. Terry Francona has raved about how Phelps played in spring training, and has talked many times about his future as a major-league player. And Phelps did play well this spring, going to Columbus mainly because he had an option left. Phelps is most likely going to become a major-league regular by his positional and batting versatility; he's a switch-hitter, and has the ability to play most positions on the infield. He's the logical successor to Mike Aviles. Having said all that, you have to make the routine plays on defense to be considered a viable player at that position, and he blew a routine play at second in the seventh inning. With one on and nobody out, <span>Shane Victorino</span> hit a grounder to second, which Phelps bobbled; with Victorino's speed, he beat the throw. That led to a three-run inning, which later became the margin of victory.</p>
<p align="left">This series the Red Sox were the better team, and it wasn't really that close. They were the better team in all phases of the game, from defense to base running, to quality of at-bats, to quality of individual pitches.</p>
https://www.coveringthecorner.com/2013/4/19/4242058/mlb-recap-game-14-boston-red-sox-6-cleveland-indians-3-defeat-is-not-an-orphanRyan2013-04-18T22:51:17-04:002013-04-18T22:51:17-04:00Final Score: Boston 6, Cleveland 3 (take two)
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<figcaption>Cord Phelps, sans baseball. | Jason Miller</figcaption>
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<p>This is the April 18th 6-3 loss, if you're confused.</p> <p>Different journey, same outcome.</p>
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<li>Tonight Zach McAllister got run through the meat grinder that is the Boston lineup. <span>David Ortiz</span> isn't there yet, but even so, it's a tough lineup to pitch to because they rarely make easy outs. McAllister ended up allowing three runs, but had to throw over 110 pitches to finish five innings. So the bullpen had to pitch another four innings. <br>
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<li>I thought on several occasions McAllister was squeezed by home plate umpire Tim Timmons. And in several cases, McAllister was burned after not getting a strike call; one example was when Jarrod Salatalamacchia lined a home run to right field after McAllister should have (in my opinion) struck out the Boston catcher. <br>
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<li>Like last night, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a> had a couple opportunities to get back in the game, the most notable in the eighth inning. <span>Nick Swisher</span> came to the plate with two outs and two on, but couldn't lay off a <span>Koji Uehara</span> changeup and struck out. <br>
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<li> <span>Cord Phelps</span>' error in the seventh turned out to be a huge turning point. Going into the inning, the Indians were only down 3-2, but after Phelps' error, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Red Sox</a> would score three crucial runs to give them a four-run lead. </li>
<li>Hopefully the road treats the Indians better than home; they finished their first homestand an abysmal 2-6.</li>
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https://www.coveringthecorner.com/2013/4/18/4241310/mlb-final-score-boston-red-sox-6-cleveland-indians-3Ryan2013-04-18T18:45:05-04:002013-04-18T18:45:05-04:00Game Thread: Red Sox @ Indians - April 18, 2013
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<div class="pane sports_data_widget current_series clearfix"> <h3>Current Series</h3> <div class="pane-body"> <h4>Red Sox lead the series 2-0</h4> <table class="zebra"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="td-first">Tue 04/16</td> <td> WP: <span>Felix Doubront</span> (1 - 0) <br> LP: <span>Ubaldo Jimenez</span> (0 - 2) <br> </td> <td class="td-last"><span>2 - 7 loss</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-first">Wed 04/17</td> <td> WP: <span>Alfredo Aceves</span> (1 - 0) <br> SV: <span>Andrew Bailey</span> <br> LP: <span>Justin Masterson</span> (3 - 1) <br> </td> <td class="td-last"><span>3 - 6 loss</span></td> </tr> <tr style="background: none;"><td style="background: none;" colspan="3"><div class="pane sports_data_widget next_game clearfix"><div class="pane-body"> <p class="game-title"><a href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Boston Red Sox</a> <span class="blog-hover-link" id="blog_icon_1358476830"><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/"><img class="sbnstar" src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/images/icons/red-star.v37b17e2.png"></a><span class="blog-hover-menu" id="blog_icon_1358476830_menu" style="display: none;"><span class="img"><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/"><img src="http://cdn1.sbnation.com/community_logos/32931/otm-sm.jpg" alt="Otm-sm"></a></span><span><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/">Over the Monster</a></span></span></span> <br> <span class="blog_link">@ <a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland Indians</a> <span class="blog-hover-link" id="blog_icon_640575705"><a href="http://www.letsgotribe.com/"><img class="sbnstar" src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/images/icons/red-star.v37b17e2.png"></a><span class="blog-hover-menu" id="blog_icon_640575705_menu" style="display: none;"><span class="img"><a href="http://www.letsgotribe.com/"><img src="http://cdn1.sbnation.com/community_logos/426/letsgotribe_m.gif" alt="Letsgotribe_m"></a></span><span><a href="http://www.letsgotribe.com/">Let's Go Tribe</a></span></span></span> </span></p> <p class="game-info"><span>Thursday, Apr 18, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT</span><br> Progressive Field</p> <p class="pitchers"><span>Jon Lester</span> vs <span>Zach McAllister</span></p> <p class="pitchers"> </p> <p class="pitchers"> </p> <p class="weather"> Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 20-25 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.</p> <div class="coverage"><div class="entry"> <h5><a href="http://www.letsgotribe.com/2013-regular-season/2013/4/18/4236660/indians-collecting-strikeouts-at-record-rate">Indians collecting strikeouts at record rate</a></h5> <p class="byline"><span class="author">posted by <a href="http://www.letsgotribe.com/authors/jason-lukehart">Jason Lukehart</a></span> <span class="time">about 6 hours ago</span></p> <p class="byline">5 comments | 0 recs</p> </div></div> <p class="foot clearfix"><span class="link-more"><span>Complete Coverage ></span></span></p> </div></div></td></tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p>Francona: Kipnis (left elbow) taking BP today; team hopeful he will be able to return to lineup Friday.</p>— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/324985266261594113">April 18, 2013</a> </blockquote>
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<p>So far, so good for Kipnis to be in the lineup tomorrow in Houston.</p>
<p><strong>Lineups: </strong></p>
<table class="sbn-data-table" border="1"><tbody> <tr class="ui-state-even ui-state-odd"> <td align="center"><strong>Cleveland</strong></td> <td align="center"><strong>Boston</strong></td> </tr> <tr class="ui-state-odd ui-state-even"> <td align="center">LF <span>Michael Brantley</span><br> </td> <td align="center">CF Jacoby Ellsbury<br> </td> </tr> <tr class="ui-state-even ui-state-odd"> <td align="center">SS Asdrubal Cabrera</td> <td align="center">RF Shane Victorino<br> </td> </tr> <tr class="ui-state-odd ui-state-even"> <td align="center">C <span>Carlos Santana</span><br> </td> <td align="center">2B <span>Dustin Pedroia</span> </td> </tr> <tr class="ui-state-even ui-state-odd"> <td align="center">RF Nick Swisher</td> <td align="center">1B <span>Mike Napoli</span> </td> </tr> <tr class="ui-state-odd ui-state-even"> <td align="center">DH Mark Reynolds<br> </td> <td align="center">LF Daniel Nava<br> </td> </tr> <tr class="ui-state-even ui-state-odd"> <td align="center">RF Ryan Raburn<br> </td> <td align="center">DH Johnny Gomes<br> </td> </tr> <tr class="ui-state-odd ui-state-even"> <td align="center">3B <span>Mike Aviles</span><br> </td> <td align="center">C <span>Jarrod Saltalamacchia</span><br> </td> </tr> <tr class="ui-state-even ui-state-odd"> <td align="center">2B <span>Cord Phelps</span><br> </td> <td align="center">SS Stephen Drew<br> </td> </tr> <tr class="ui-state-odd ui-state-even"> <td align="center">CF Drew Stubbs<br> </td> <td align="center">3B <span>Pedro Ciriaco</span><br> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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