Friday, March 18, 2011

Today's game: 3/18/11

Cleveland 12, Texas 6

That's a sloppy baseball.

Carrasco pitched better than his line. The homer to Elvis wasn't terrible. That was more about Andrus than Carrasco. Murphy followed with a screamer right at Choo. And the Murphy homer might as well have been put on a tee. But I think Carrasco was simply out of gas at that point. Those three hits were the only hard hit balls against Carrasco. The rest were bloops and grounders that found holes.

LaPorta had 2 strike double late and had a triple to deep center. But he still looks like he is trying to hard. He was made to look foolish in his first at bat. He got ahead in the count, and he was clearly looking to kill a fastball. The result is him flailing at a breaking ball way outside the strike zone. LaPorta needs some good results to grow his confidence.

Acta must be thinking along to lines as well. He played LaPorta for the whole game last night. LaPorta and Hannahan were the only starters to do so. Acta is playing LaPorta again today. LaPorta and Kearns are the only starters from last night in today's lineup. More on LaPorta and Hannahan.

The biggest news from the game is that Choo is okay. He got plunked in the head but was unharmed. Ttfc can't afford to lose him.

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