The Cleveland Steamers put on a hitting display in the first two innings of today's game, taking a 13-0 lead by the time the first inning and a half was over.
They started out by scoring three runs in the first off of Monarch starter Thomas Cohen on a walk and five hits, including a double by Monte Goss. But the Steamers were just getting started. After retiring the Seattle hitters 1-2-3, the Cleveland bats went to work again.
The inning started with Nathaneal Burton reached first on Thomas Cohen's throwing error. Next Goss singled, followed by a single by John Grondin and a throwing error by Seattle RF David Kerry. With an additional run in and runners on 2nd and 3rd with no one out, Thomas Cohen seemed to settle down. He got the next two batters to strike out (one swinging and one looking). But after that, he went into meltdown mode. Samuel Santos singled, bringing in both runners. That made the score 6-0.
At that point, the Seattle manager sent Thomas Cohen to the showers and brought in southpaw Ernesto Amell. Facing SS William Midkiff, he gave up a single. C Chet Daily then walked on four pitches to load the bases. Next up was pitcher Ernest Gerth, who hit a 3-2 pitch deep to left field for a double which scored all three runners. The score now stood at 9-0.
Having batted around, Burton came up again, this time reaching on a walk. Amell then threw a wild pitch, sending the runners to 2nd and 3rd. Goss singled scoring Gerth, making the score 10-0. Grondin hit a single scoring Burton for the eleventh run and the eighth of the inning.
Seattle then brought in Joshua Stoker, a 20-year-old lefty. Stoker's first pitch to Ronald Aikin went wild, moving the runners to 2nd and 3rd. Aiken then hit a single bringing home the two runners. Tyler Thomas then hit a single, bringing up Samuel Santos who grounded out to first to finally end the inning. 10 runs, 9 hits, two walks and two errors left Seattle thirteen runs in the hole.
Seattle managed to score a run in the third on two hits, but Cleveland responded with a solo home run by John Grondin in the fourth to make the score 14-1.
But Seattle didn't give up. They managed to string together three hits, two walks and a sac fly in the sixth to put a three-spot up on the board. And in the ninth, they did not go down without a fight. A double, two walks and a groundout put another run on the board. That was followed up by a three run homer by Eugene Alustiza, making the score 14-8. But that's all Seattle had as Pio Ramirez came in to retire Dong Lutz to end the game. But the efforts of the Seattle batters at least changed the game from a 13-0 laugher to a semi-respectable 14-8 loss.
Game 3 on Monday night.
Zev
Holy cow! That's one hell of a beat down. When Cleveland comes to life they're not screwing around.
ReplyDeleteHeck of a thing when you can score 8 runs and never seriously be in the game.
I think this probably breaks the streak of Seattle quality starts this postseason at seven. We might have to go to the tape to be sure though.
ReplyDeleteDespite the ugly nature of this loss, it's just one game. Besides, it means Cleveland's streak of winning every other game is intact. If that holds up, Seattle will prevail in seven.
One helluva game. Did not expect the bats to explode like that, and I hope that my pitching can actually show up for game 3 and I can win another one. I am happy that I got one win. We have to take it one game at a time and see if we can pull this thing out!!!
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