Indians Confidential

WHAT A NIGHT: CF GRADY SIZEMORE went 3 for 4 w/4RS, a walk, steal and 2 homers last night in Chicago…It was his 4th two-homer game of the year and the 5th of his career…He leads the league with 21 HR and is vying to become the first Indians hitter since ALBERT BELLE (50) in 1995 to do so.

HISTORICAL PLAYER: CF GRADY SIZEMORE now sits at 99 career home runs and 99 career steals and is about to become just the 2nd player in Indians franchise history to hit 100HR and steal 100 bases as an Indian…JOE CARTER (151HR, 126SB) is the only other Indians player to accomplish the feat (1984-89)…Grady currently leads the team in on-base & slugging %, OPS, games, at bats, runs, hits, total bases, triples, homers, walks, steals and extra base hits…He has 9HR in his last 20G & has 13HR in his last 31G… Among AL leaders, Sizemore is 1st in HR (21), 3rd in TB (174), T4th in BB (49), T7th in RS (55), 8th in SB (20) & 7th in slugging % (.534)…He is the only 20HR/20SB player in the AL to date.

TV SWITCH: The following games have been switched on the television schedule… On Saturday, July 5th STO will televise that night’s contest from Minnesota & on Saturday, July 12th vs. Tampa Bay, WKYC will air the 7:05 PM tilt from Progressive Field

HODGES ON OLYMPIC WATCH LIST: Akron 3B WES HODGES has been selected to play in the Futures Game in Yankee Stadium on July 13 for Team USA and is one of 60 players currently being considered for the 24-man United States Olympic Team that will be selected on July 16th…The Olympics begin in Beijing, China on August 9th…Hodges is hitting .307 (94-306) with 15 2B, 9HR & 64 RBI in 82 games this year for Akron…He leads the Eastern League in RBI and is 2nd in hits.

RUNDLES AN ALL-STAR: LHP RICH RUNDLES is the lone representative for the AAA Buffalo Bisons in the Triple A All-Star Game…He is 5-4 this year w/a 3.48 ERA in 32 games (33.2IP, 26H, 13ER, 20BB, 39K).

CHISENHALL SETTLING IN: 2008 First Round pick INF LONNIE CHISENHALL has hit in 6 straight games and over his last 5 contests is 11 for 20 (.550) w/2 2B, 1HR & 4RBI to raise his average to .286 (16-56, 5RBI, 13G) on the season at A Mahoning Valley.

TOREGAS BOMBS: CA WYATT TOREGAS hit 3 homers for Akron last night at Erie (Aeros hit 7 for the game)…He entered the contest with 4 homers on the entire season.

Fri., July 4 at Minnesota (7:10PM ET, WTAM/IRN, STO)

RHP Paul Byrd (3-9, 5.26) vs. RHP Livan Hernandez (8-5, 5.22)

Sat., July 5 at Minnesota (7:10PM ET, WTAM/IRN, STO)

LHP Aaron Laffey (4-5, 3.24) vs. RHP Kevin Slowey (5-6, 3.47)

Sun., July 6 at Minnesota (2:10PM ET, WTAM/IRN, STO)

LHP Cliff Lee (11-1, 2.34) vs. LHP Glen Perkins (4-2, 4.31)