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May 17, 2008
Cleveland Indians on May 17
May 17, 2005 – CLE @ LAA – Facing Ervin Santana in his first major league appearance, the Indians’ first four batters combine for a cycle – a triple from Grady Sizemore, a double from Coco Crisp, a single from Travis Hafner, and a home run from Ben Broussard.
May 17, 1971 – CLE @ WAS – Against the first batter in the bottom of the fourth, the Indians give up an embarrassing inside-the-park home run to Senators right fielder Tommy McCraw. The pop fly to center resulted in injuries to Indians left fielder John Lowenstein, center fielder Vada Pinson, and shortstop Jack Heidemann.
May 17, 1940 – WAS @ CLE – Cleveland jumps to a 10-0 lead in the first and never looks back, taking the game 18-1.
May 17, 1925 – WAS @ CLE – Indians outfielder Tris Speaker becomes the fifth player (fourth in the modern era) to reach 3,000 hits.
Today:
Cleveland Indians (22-20) – Fausto Carmona (4-1, 2.40 ERA)
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Cincinnati Reds (19-23) – Aaron Harang (2-5, 3.32 ERA)
Fausto Carmona – Career vs. CIN – 0-0, 0.00 ERA (2 IP)
Aaron Harang – Career vs. CLE – 3-1, 2.58 ERA
Standings:
Cleveland – 1st in AL Central, 0.5 games up
Cincinnati – 6th in NL Central, 7 games behind 1st, 1 game behind 5th
May 16, 2008
Cleveland Indians on May 16
May 16, 1962 – KC @ CLE – Two outs, bottom of the 9th, runner on 3rd, trailing by one. Indians catcher John Romano faced this situation when he came to the plate. So, he did what any player would do in his shoes: He hit a home run. Cleveland pulled victory from the jaws of defeat in a 10-9 game.
May 16, 1959 – The Indians participate in the trade involving two of the greatest-named players ever. The Tribe sent Humberto Robinson to the Phillies for infielder Granny Hamner.
May 16, 1939 – CLE @ PHA – The Indians face off against the Philadelphia Athletics in the American League’s first night game. Cleveland was the victor, 8-3, in ten innings.
May 16, 1902 – The Indians sign outfielder and future Hall-of-Famer Elmer Flick. Flick would lead the league in batting average in 1905, and is one of 158 players to hit 100 triples in his career (he finished with 164, tied with George Sisler and Pie Traynor for 30th on the all-time list).
Tonight:
Cleveland Indians (22-19) – Jeremy Sowers (0-0, 5.06 ERA)
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Cincinnati Reds (18-23) – Johnny Cueto (2-4, 5.91 ERA)
Jeremy Sowers career vs. CIN: 0-2, 9.60 ERA
Johnny Cueto career vs. CLE: N/A
Standings:
Cleveland – 1st place AL Central, 1.5 up
Cincinnati – 6th place NL Central, 7.0 games behind 1st, 2.0 games behind 5th
CLE vs CIN, 2008:
0-0
CLE vs CIN, 2007:
Season series tied, 3-3
CLE vs CIN, all-time:
Cleveland leads series, 29-22
Upcoming series:
May 20-22 – Cleveland at Chicago (A)
May 23-25 – Texas at Cleveland
May 26-28 – Chicago (A) at Cleveland
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