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Indians forced to move home series to Miller Park

Apr 10, 2007 - 1:32 PM LA Angels (5-2) at Cleveland (2-1) 7:05 pm EDT

MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- The Cleveland Indians will not get a big crowd for their home opener. That's because it will be staged in Milwaukee.

After having their entire four-game series against Seattle postponed due to inclement weather, the Indians were forced to move their three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to Milwaukee since Miller Park has a retractable roof.

The last time Major League Baseball moved a series because of poor weather conditions was in September 2004, when Florida had to play Montreal in Chicago due to Hurricane Ivan.

Cleveland ace C.C. Sabathia (1-0, 4.50 ERA) finally will take the mound after a seven-day layoff. The lefthander picked up a win on April 2, allowing three runs in six innings against the Chicago White Sox.

The Angels will counter with Ervin Santana (1-0, 2.57). The 24-year-old righthander picked up a win in his first start last Wednesday against Texas, surrendering two runs and four hits in seven innings of a 5-3 victory.

Santana has struggled in two career starts against Cleveland, allowing seven runs in just 4 1/3 innings.

Anaheim split a four-game series with Oakland last weekend, dropping Sunday's contest, 2-1.

Vladimir Guerrero of the Angels was named co-AL Player of the Week along with New York's Alex Rodriguez after going 11-for-25 with three homers.