Friday, May 19, 2006

InTERleague Play

We open up against the Indians tonight in a great matchup of young lefties, Zach Duke and CC Sabathia (it seems like CC has been around forever but he's not even 26 yet). Sabathia has been great since his return from the DL while Duke has been only about adequate this year, pitching just badly enough to lose his last two starts to the Nats and Marlins (which, when you think about it, is pretty damn bad). I don't see lineups up yet, but I'm terrified what Tracy is going to do with an extra spot to play his favorite guys in (I'll be shocked to see Doumit DH, he's still "hurt"). And despite the rivalries between cities and the great pitching matchup, I can't help but think most of Cleveland will be focused elsewhere tonight.

UPDATE (7:27)- Duke serves up a leadoff homer to Grady Sizemore, than Jeromy Burnitz misplays a flyball at the fence off the bat of Victor Martinez that should've been the third out, but instead lead to two extra runs scoring. The GameCast says it was Bautista, but trust me, it was Burnitz. The runs show up as earned, but they shouldn't.