Cleveland Indians (14-25) @ Kansas City Royals (20-18) - May 19, 2009
Cliff Lee (2-5, 3.00 ERA) vs. Brian Bannister (3-1, 1.80)
Pre-game overview and prediction:
With the way the Indians have been going and based off of their first visit to Kauffman Stadium, one would think they probably lose this game. With the run support or lack thereof that Cliff Lee has been getting, one would think they probably lose this game. That being said, I too think they lose this game. The oppositions good pitchers usually out-duel the Indians good pitchers, even though this isn’t an ace vs. ace match-up, you can argue Bannister’s numbers rival one.
The fans think Eric Wedge is on the hot seat, but also wonder if a change at this point would really do much? How much of a difference do the Dolan’s think a change would make? My thinking is that they are going to give Wedge the rest of the year, unless the Tribe goes on something like a 10 out of 11 losing streak and things become a further PR and attendance nightmare. At this point, I don’t think anything could really help the attendance, and with the Eastern Confernce Finals, and potentially NBA Finals looming around the corner, it will be interesting to see if the green seats of Progressive Field gather in numbers of 30 to 35 thousand here pretty soon. I wonder if soon they will be closing certain sections off and covering the seats with Grady Sizemore fleece blankets. Back to the game at hand, since it seems the Indians have been giving up at least seven runs a game lately, I’m gonna roll with the trend, until its proven otherwise. Royals 7, Indians 4. All four Indians runs will be scored after Cliff leaves the game propelling Lee to the reach the next phase of getting closer to needing anger management, also known as asking to be traded.
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