Cleveland Indians Media - 7/25/07

[TheAdmin]

CLEVELAND -- Fausto Carmona remembers it all from last season's nightmare at Fenway; the head-down walks back to the losing dugout, David Ortiz's walk-off homer and the Red Sox celebrations.

One thought, then, ruled Carmona's mind before his start against Boston on Wednesday night.

"I didn't want that to happen again," Carmona said through a translator, first-base coach Luis Rivera.

It didn't. Carmona, outpitching Boston ace Josh Beckett, carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and tossed eight scoreless innings as the Indians flipped the script from one night ago, emerging with a 1-0 victory before 29,614 at Jacobs Field.

So was it safe to say that the 23-year-old right-hander was looking forward to facing the Sox for the first time since the Tribe's short-lived experiment with Carmona as the club's closer blew up spectacularly last summer at Fenway Park?

"Si, Si," Carmona said, smiling and nodding.

The smile said it all: Hey, Boston, look at me now.
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[Mac]

Nice work, Ben.

 

[The Oi]

Those are two young studs right there.

I am REALLY happy with Gutierrez. How can you not be? The kid hits the cover off the ball, he's decently quick, and he's still young.

Meanwhile...people are RAVING about Carmona and as far as starting goes...he may as well be a rookie. He's gonna be incredible, already is. That dude's sinker moves like the top of a Pringles can thrown sidearm.