Series Ten - Oakland A's vs. Cleveland Indians - May 3, 4, 5

["Boobie" Gibson]

SERIES WIN: 2-1!

CLEVELAND INDIANS (21-9), (8-7) AWAY

OAKLAND ATHLETICS (16-16), (8-8) HOME



Tuesday, May 3 10:05 PM - W (4-1)

Fausto Carmona (3-3) 4.43 ERA vs. Tyson Ross (1-2) 2.38 ERA



Wednesday, May 4 10:05 PM - L (1-3)

Josh Tomlin (4-1) 2.43 ERA vs. Trevor Cahill (5-0) 1.79 ERA



Thursday, May 5 3:35 PM - W (4-3)

Jeanmar Gomez (0-1) 4.91 ERA vs. Brett Anderson (2-2) 2.77 ERA




CLEVELAND INDIANS

1. Grady Sizemore CF - .315
2. Asdrubal Cabrera SS - .270
3. Shin-Soo Choo RF - .226
4. Carlos Santana C - .202
5. Travis Hafner DH - .353
6. Orlando Cabrera 2B - .295
7. Michael Brantley LF - .308
8. Matt LaPorta 1B - .267
9. Jack Hannahan 3B - .270

OAKLAND ATHLETICS

1. Coco Crisp CF
2. David DeJesus RF
3. Conor Jackson 1B
4. Josh Willingham LF
5. Kurt Suzuki C
6. Hideki Matsui DH
7. Mark Ellis 2B
8. Kevin Kouzmanoff 3B
9. Cliff Pennington SS​

Series Sweeps: (15-0)

Series 2 vs. Boston
Series 3 vs. Seattle
Series 5 vs. Baltimore
Series 8 vs. Kansas City
Series 9 vs. Detroit

 

[Pyro]

YES images! YES!

Should be an interesting series against the Raiders. Wait, wrong team in that stadium.

 

["Boobie" Gibson]

Maximus' prediction: we get swept -- Fausto has a horrible ERA, Cahill and Anderson have great ERAs.

My prediction: we take 2 of 3 -- possibly 1 of 3. All depends on how Fausto decides he would like to pitch. Oakland's hitting this season is... well, not the best. Our hitting? The best

 

[Chris]

FUCK YEAH

SWEEP

 

[Gimme Some Mo]

Oakland has some good young pitching. Hitting... not so much. Wouldn't be surprised to see 2 or 3 low scoring close games.

 

[chrisrich91]

We'll take 1 out of 3 here...all with disappointing low offensive production from the Tribe for no apparent reason.

 

[BlueSeats626]

Oakland and LA have the top two staff ERAs in the American League, this will be a good little test.

 

[SOA]

Tribe is a .500 road team

they have hit 27HR at Progressive field and 7 on the Road

Oakland has one of the best staffs in The AL

wining 2 out of 3 from the Rangers

we are facing their 3 best pitchers - Anderson, Cahill and rookie phenom Tyler Ross

their offense is awful . they have scored the second least runs in the AL

the first two games determine the series

Fausto has never pitched well against Oakland

Gomez against Anderson doesn't seem fair

gonna be an uphill battle but our bats have been on fire I don't see a sweep

 

[Gimme Some Mo]

Tribe is a .500 road team

they have hit 27HR at Progressive field and 7 on the Road

Oakland has one of the best staffs in The AL

wining 2 out of 3 from the Rangers

we are facing their 3 best pitchers - Anderson, Cahill and rookie phenom Tyler Ross

their offense is awful . they have scored the second least runs in the AL

the first two games determine the series

Fausto has never pitched well against Oakland

Gomez against Anderson doesn't seem fair

gonna be an uphill battle but our bats have been on fire I don't see a sweep

All of that and Oakland is still only a .500 team. I am expecting/hoping for 2 out of 3 here.

Anyone hear anything about Hafner the past day or two?

 

[DougHeil]

Oh, we sweep them.

 

[Chardon]

I hate Oakland's field.

 

["Boobie" Gibson]

Oakland DOES have a dominant pitching staff, but it's nothing like Daniel Haren. I believe we can muster up more than 1 hit against these fools, with our potent lineup. All that said, if they can't hit us (which they won't) we win.

I've thought it over, we take 2 out of 3. Sweeping isn't realistic (what am I talking about? 5 sweeps out of 9 series? and we can't sweep this? BULLSHIT!) but really, it isn't. So we take 2 out of 3 then move on to the Angels and beat the shit out of them! (I see you, Jered Weaver)

It gets easier after that, thankfully, as we face Tampa, MARINERS!, White Sucks, etc.

 

["Boobie" Gibson]

Just an FYI -- Phillies and Mets are in the 13th inning. Mets win, and the Tribe has sole possession of the best record in the MLB.

Phillies win... and we are still tied. 2nd and 3rd for the Mets, 2 outs.

 

[SOA]

the Tribe having won 6 straight will be leaving with a ton of momentum and confidence

that being said I am hoping for a better than .500 road trip

 

["Boobie" Gibson]

METS JUST TOOK THE LEAD IN THE 14TH INNING.

2-1 Mets, bases loaded and 2 outs. Some bum fuck is probably coming to bat, seeing as it's the 14th m'fing inning. Oh, yeah, a RP. LOL!

Wow, what an awful swing he has. Weak tap out to the pitcher... but Mets lead it 2-1 going in to the bottom of the 14th.

Again, if the Mets hang on, your Cleveland Indians will hold the best record in baseball, folks!

EDIT: Mets win. Cleveland Indians have the best record in the entire MLB as of May 1st