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Published on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Wedge expects better
from slumping batters
CLEVELAND: Manager Eric Wedge was considerably less angry in talking about his faltering offense late Tuesday afternoon.
After Monday night's 3-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in the second game of a doubleheader, Wedge was agitated in talking about his hitters.
Asked if he had spoken to them about the previous night, Wedge said, ''You have different conversations with different individuals, but a lot of it is understood. There's a fine line. It's a long season, but there has to be a sense of urgency with each pitch and each at-bat.
''I just know these guys are better than what we're seeing, so we're going to get through this.''
OOPS — After Asdrubal Cabrera executed his unassisted triple play Monday night, he ran off the field and never thought to keep the ball. Worse, he flipped it to a fan near the dugout.
At that instant he realized what he had done, but it was too late. ''As soon as he did it, he thought, 'Oh no,' '' first-base coach Luis Rivera said.
Wedge noted that as soon as Lyle Overbay hit the line drive that started the triple play, ''Luis started yelling, 'Triple play, triple play.' ''
LINEUP SHUFFLE — Wedge tinkered with the lineup again Tuesday night, moving Jhonny Peralta into the second spot and moving Travis Hafner from sixth to fifth.
The strategy worked in the first inning, when Hafner singled to score David Dellucci from second.
The RBI lifted Hafner past Andre Thornton and into first place as the all-time RBI leader among Tribe designated hitters.
ROTATION ROYALTY — In addition to starting Tuesday night's game as the No. 1 rotation in the American League (3.16 ERA), Elias Sports Bureau determined that Tribe starters achieved a rare feat in Monday's doubleheader by throwing 18 scoreless innings.
The last team's starters to do that were the Boston Red Sox's against the Blue Jays on Sept. 5, 1977. No Tribe starters had done it since Sept. 30, 1964, when Luis Tiant and Sam McDowell blanked the Red Sox.
FARM FACTS — Nicholas Weglarz hit his fourth home run of the season in Kinston's 3-1 win over Wilmington in Class A. Carlos Rivero singled and drove in two runs. . . . Ryan Miller (6-0, 1.15 ERA) gave up one run, two hits and three walks in six innings as Lake County beat West Virginia 4-2 in Class A. Matthew Brown had two hits and one RBI, raising his average to .310.
— Sheldon Ocker
Wedge expects better
from slumping batters
CLEVELAND: Manager Eric Wedge was considerably less angry in talking about his faltering offense late Tuesday afternoon.
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