Indians Confidential

You have to give the Indians some credit for fighting it out against maybe the best pitcher in the American League in 2009 – the Royals Zack Greinke. Thursday night the Indians fell behind Greinke, who came into the game with a 1.55 ERA, 3-1, but put up a fight, tied the game in the 8th, then won it in the 10th 4-3.

The win means a 27-35 mark, which again puts them ahead of the Royals in the AL Central, and means that they now are suddenly in striking distance of the White Sox and Twins, and with another couple of wins on this homestand, could start to make things interesting in the divsion.

Thursday they scrapped in that 8th, and again took advantage of the fact KC’s defense is pretty bad. A double error on KC in the inning really opened the door for the Tribe, who pushed two runs across to tie the game at three.

The winning rally in 10th with seagulls circling the ball park again came as Mark DeRosa singled, Victor Martinez walked, and then Shin-Soo Choo hit a ball that some say hit a bird to center to score the winning run.

The win goes to Matt Herges, who continues to do a good job out of the pen. He moves to 2-0. Jeremy Sowers started and went 5 innings, allowing two runs on 6 hits with a walk and two strikeouts. Greg Aquino allowed a run in three innings, and then Kerry Wood pitched a scoreless 9th to keep the game tied.

The Tribe stays home to start a three-game series with the St.Louis Cardinals on Friday night.