Guardians 8 - 1 Rays
Final
  for this game

Indians look to continue winning ways over Devil Rays

Aug 18, 2007 - 1:06 PM Cleveland (67-54) at Tampa Bay (46-75) 7:10 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- The Cleveland Indians look to continue the success they have enjoyed over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays when the teams continue their three-game series on Saturday.

The Indians received a strong pitching performance in Friday's 2-1 win from starter Paul Byrd, who allowed a run over six innings to his club beat the Devil Rays for the sixth straight time and 13th in 14 contests dating back to last season.

Jake Westbrook (3-7, 5.01 ERA) will look to continue that success and aim to stop his season-long struggles on the road. The sinkerballer carries a 7.01 ERA away from Jacobs Field as opposed to a 3.84 ERA at home.

After he struggled for just one win through the first four months of the season, a span of 13 starts, the righthanded Westbrook is 2-1 with a 2.14 ERA in August.

The righthander surrendered four runs and nine hits over seven frames in a 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Sunday to see his a personal two-game winning streak snapped. However, he has enjoyed some success in 11 lifetime starts against the Devil Rays, going 5-2 with a 3.89 ERA.

Jason Hammel (1-2, 6.63) will be looking for his first win in six turns as a starter. The 24-year-old was knocked around over four innings in a 9-1 loss at the Texas Rangers on Sunday, permitting five runs and seven hits.

The righthander has made just two prior appearances against the Indians, including one start, and is 0-1 with a 11.57 ERA.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 8 15 0
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK, JENSEN LEWIS (8TH), AARON FULTZ (9TH) AND
    VICTOR MARTINEZ
    TAM - JASON HAMMEL, JUAN SALAS (6TH), JON SWITZER
    (7TH), BRIAN STOKES (8TH) AND DIO

    Aug 18 10:13 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CASEY BLAKE SCORED FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ AND
    ASDRUBAL CABRERA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C BLAKE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 8
    TAMPA BAY 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.280, 2-FOR-4, HR, RBI)

    Guardians vs. RaysAug 18 9:45 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY CARLOS PENA SCORED B.J. UPTON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C PENA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 6
    TAMPA BAY 1 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.293, 0-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. RaysAug 18 9:34 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY RYAN GARKO SCORED TRAVIS HAFNER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, 0 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 6
    TAMPA BAY 0 END TOP, 7TH

    Guardians vs. RaysAug 18 9:19 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KENNY LOFTON SCORED RYAN GARKO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K LOFTON ON FIRST, J PERALTA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 5
    TAMPA BAY 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C BLAKE (.264, 0-FOR-3)

    Guardians vs. RaysAug 18 9:00 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY GRADY SIZEMORE (21) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 1
    OUT IN THE 5TH OFF JASON HAMMEL.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 4, TAMPA BAY 0
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (.304, 0-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. RaysAug 18 8:32 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY ASDRUBAL CABRERA (1) TO RIGHT WITH 2
    OUT IN THE 2ND OFF JASON HAMMEL SCORED TRAVIS HAFNER AND JHONNY
    PERALTA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3, TAMPA BAY 0
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: K LOFTON (.292, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians vs. RaysAug 18 7:36 PM

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