October 17, 2007 Indians 7, Angels 2 (Angels lead series, 3-2)

The Indians will not go down quietly, as what seemed like an insurmountable 3-0 Angels lead in games has been whittled down to 3-2. Grady Sizemore and Travis Hafner are the Cleveland stars at the plate, with Sizemore's 3 for 5 and scores 3 runs with a solo homerun and Hafter goes 3 for 4, knocking in 3 runs. C.C. Sabitha goes the distance on the mound for the Indians, allowing only 4 hits and 2 runs while striking out 8 Angels. An off-day next, then back to California for game 6 with a pitching matchup of Jake Westbrook on short rest for Cleveland and Jered Weaver for the Angels.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Los Angeles(AL) Angels At 2007 Cleveland Indians    10/17/2007
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Figgins 3B        4  0  0  0 .244     G.Sizemore CF       5  3  3  1 .273  
  O.Cabrera SS        4  1  1  0 .333     C.Blake 3B          3  2  2  1 .179  
  G.Anderson LF       4  0  1  0 .220     T.Hafner DH         4  0  3  3 .345  
  V.Guerrero DH       1  1  0  1 .258     V.Martinez C        4  0  0  1 .233  
  C.Kotchman 1B       4  0  0  0 .290     R.Garko 1B          3  0  0  0 .286  
  M.Napoli C          4  0  0  0 .172     J.Peralta SS        4  0  2  0 .281  
  H.Kendrick 2B       4  0  1  1 .273     T.Nixon LF          4  0  0  0 .200  
  R.Willits CF        2  0  1  0 .259     F.Gutierrez RF      3  1  1  1 .313  
  J.Rivera RF         3  0  0  0 .333     J.Barfield 2B       4  1  2  0 .308  
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         Totals      30  2  4  2                 Totals      34  7 13  7
 
 
Angels.......... 1 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  4  0
Indians......... 2 2 0  0 0 3  0 0    -  7 13  0
 
Angels (6-4)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Escobar LOSS(2-1)       5 2/3  13   7   7   2   7   2 127   3.86
S.Shields                 2 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  21   2.70
Totals                    8      13   7   7   2   9   2
 
Indians (5-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Sabathia WIN(2-1)       9       4   2   2   2   8   0 131   1.57
Totals                    9       4   2   2   2   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,500 DATE- Wednesday, October 17th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 5  Indians: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1  Indians: 0
DOUBLES- H.Kendrick(3rd), C.Blake(1st), T.Hafner(3rd)
HOME RUNS- G.Sizemore(1st), F.Gutierrez(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Blake
SACRIFICE FLIES- V.Guerrero
WALKS- V.Guerrero, R.Willits, C.Blake, F.Gutierrez
HIT BY PITCH- V.Guerrero, R.Garko
STRIKE OUTS- C.Figgins-3, O.Cabrera, G.Anderson-2, M.Napoli, J.Rivera,
             G.Sizemore-2, V.Martinez, R.Garko-2, J.Peralta, T.Nixon,
             F.Gutierrez, J.Barfield
GIDP- T.Nixon
 
C.C. Sabathia went 9 strong innings as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Los
Angeles(AL) Angels by a score of 7 to 2 at Jacobs Field.
 
Sabathia(2-1) looked very much in control throughout the night.  He
surrendered only 4 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings.  Cleveland totaled 13 hits
on the night.  
 
Kelvim Escobar(2-1) was given the loss.  He was touched for 13 hits and 2
walks in 5 and 2/3 innings.  'Sabathia took our guys to school' Mike Scioscia
said. 'Too bad he doesn't pitch for us - it would make my job a whole lot
easier!'

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