A rare thing happened today. A pitcher other than Cliff Lee pitched and WON the game. The pitcher, David Huff, had one of the best outings a pitcher besides Lee had all year. He went 7.2 innings with 8 hits, 4ER, and 4 k's. Sure he let the Jays come within 1 when he gave up a homerun to Millar in the eighth but he did great. And do did the bullpen. Joe Smith came in and did his job by getting the last out in the eighth. Then came in Kerry Wood. He had to shut down the Jays lineup with only a 1 run lead. After he hit the first batter Rios in the head things weren't looking good. Then Rios stole second putting the tying run in scoring position. Wood then shut down the Jays. He got 2 quick flyouts leaving him only 1 batter away from his 13th save. The Jays brought in Overbay to face Wood. He threw nothing but fastballs the whole at bat. During the at bat Rios stole third but Gimenez, who made his first career start at catcher, knew the runner didn't matter. Wood struck out Overbay looking giving the Indians the win in a close game, something that doesn't happen very often.
Another unusual thing happened today. The Tribe drove in guys in scoring position to give their pitcher some runs. They had bases loaded no outs in the 4th and only got one run but it's better than no runs. Then in the fifth thanks to an error by Bautista the Tribe had runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out. Choo took advantage of the oppurtunity hitting a triple driving in the 2 runners. Martinez then brought in Choo giving the Tribe a 4-1 lead. After the Jays made it 4-3 Gimenez got an RBI groundout in the 6th to make it 5-3. Thats all the Indians would need to win the game. Sizemore also got a hit today after going 0-18 after the All Star break. He is now a much better 1-19.
Keywords: Solid Win 5-4
