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Carmona goes for win No. 9 at Nationals

Jun 22, 2007 - 12:59 PM Cleveland (42-29) at Washington (30-42) 7:05 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) - Going into the season, the Cleveland Indians figured they were set at starting pitching with C.C. Sabathia headlining a group that included solid veterans and a standout rookie form last season in Jeremy Sowers.

When injuries and ineffectiveness cut that rotation down, Fausto Carmona stepped up and claimed a seat at the table. Carmona will start on Friday when the Indians open up a series at the Washington Nationals.

The 23-year-old righthander failed as a closer last season, and expected to spend most of his time this season in the minors, but instead has become the team's No. 2 starter behind Sabathia.

Carmona (8-2, 3.12 ERA) has allowed more than three earned runs in a start just twice this season. He has improved his strikeout rate over his last four outings - averaging seven per nine innings, up from 3.3 over his first nine starts - and has issued just 20 walks in 89 2/3 innings this season.

Carmona will have an offense behind him that ranks second in the majors in runs scored and crossed the plate 26 times while taking two of three games from the Philadelphia Phillies earlier in the week.

Micah Bowie (4-2, 3.78) will be charged with keeping that offense in check for the Nationals. Bowie has yet to suffer a defeat since being moved into the rotation on May 20, going 4-0 in six starts.

Washington has dropped five of its last six games.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 x 4 12 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CLE - FAUSTO CARMONA, FERNANDO CABRERA (7TH), AARON FULTZ (8TH) AND
    VICTOR MARTINEZ
    WAS - MICAH BOWIE, LUIS AYALA (5TH), SAUL RIVERA (6TH),
    RAY KING (7TH), JESUS C

    Jun 22 10:11 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CRISTIAN GUZMAN (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF FERNANDO CABRERA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1, WASHINGTON 4
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: F LOPEZ (.238, 3-FOR-3)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 22 9:33 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BRANDON WATSON SCORED AUSTIN KEARNS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B WATSON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    WASHINGTON 3 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: S RIVERA (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 22 9:17 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    BRIAN SCHNEIDER HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING DMITRI YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A KEARNS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: B WATSON (.200, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 22 9:15 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BRANDON WATSON SCORED RYAN CHURCH.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B WATSON ON FIRST, B SCHNEIDER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    WASHINGTON 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: M BOWIE (.111, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 22 8:30 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JHONNY PERALTA SCORED CASEY BLAKE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J PERALTA ON FIRST, V MARTINEZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    WASHINGTON 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.294, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 22 7:55 PM

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