Tribe-KC Postponed; Sowers Gets the Call to Start Saturday
Mother Nature had her say on Wednesday, as the game between the Indians and Royals in KC was rained out. The two teams will play a double-header in Kansas City starting on Thursday at 6:10pm. The original pitching matchups for both games are slated to be the same.
In other news, Jake Westbrook’s scheduled start in the rotation on Saturday afternoon vs the Yankess will be taken by Jeremy Sowers. Eric Wedge announced on Wednesday that Sowers will be called up from Triple-A Buffalo for the game, despite the fact he’s 0-2 with a 3.18 ERA in Buffalo. The other pitcher that was up for the start is left Aaron Laffey, who is 3-1 in Triple-A. “We had different reasons that we looked at for choosing Jeremy,” Wedge said, “but we would have been comfortable choosing either one of those guys.”
Last season as a starter for the Indians Sowers was not very good, going 1-6 record and 6.93 ERA in 12 starts before a June demotion to Buffalo.
Matt has covered Major League Baseball and the "other two" Pro teams in Cleveland since 1994. He has been on the beat of the Indians in full-time mode since 1996, working for various raido and print networks around the country.
