Indians Confidential

One night after watching Joe Borowski blow a save opp to the Angels, the Indians returned the favor Tuesday in Anaheim, as Travis Hafner bailed them out with a two-run, two-out homer in the teams 4-3 win. The team was down to their last strike in the 9th when Asdrubal Cabrera drew a walk off of losing pitcher Justin Speier. Then Hafner hit a bomb to deep right that was never in doubt, giving the team their 4th win of the season and second in their last three games.

Props also have to go to starter Jake Westbrook, who went the distance in earning his first win of the year. Jake was sailing along, and by throwing 64 of his 95 pitches for strikes he stayed ahead of the count for a majority of the night. The Angels took a 3-2 lead off of Jake with a couple of bunt hits and then a Vlad Guerrero homer in the 6th to give them the lead.

The Indians were paced by 7 hits, and took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fifth when Cabrera came through with a two-out single that scored two runs off of Angels starter Ervin Santana to make it 2-0. Cabrera had just 22 RBI in 45 games last season, already in 2008 has six RBI in 8 games. He and Hafer both had two hits for the Indians.

Today the three-game set wraps up at 3:35 as Paul Byrd will try and rebound off his poor outing Friday night in Oakland. He will take on Dustin Moseley, who’s 0-and-1 with a 9.00 ERA for the Angels.