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Indians tired but tied after marathon win
Monday, 15 October 2007 - 2:50pm
The Indians were tired, for sure. But tied in the ALCS, too.
With a record-setting, seven-run rally in the 11th inning of Game 2, the Indians—despite getting next-to-no help from their top two pitchers inside unforgiving Fenway Park—beat the Red Sox 13-6 in the wee hours of Sunday morning to even their best-of-seven series at one game apiece.
At 1:37 a.m. (ET), a five-hour, 14-minute Boston baseball marathon ended after more than 400 pitches, momentum swings, and enough spine-tingling October moments to shiver even die-hard Red Sox fan Stephen King.
“It was draining, emotionally and physically,” said Indians’ first baseman Ryan Garko, sporting a face full of stubble and the same dress clothes he wore on the flight to Cleveland.
“To be sitting here on an off day, down 2-0, would have been tough,” he added.
Instead, the Indians felt relieved, and perhaps a little lucky, as they prepare to host Game 3 tonight—the first of three-straight at Jacobs Field, which hasn’t hosted an ALCS game since 1998.
Cleveland will start Jake Westbrook against Boston rookie Daisuke Matsuzaka, who lasted just 4 2/3 innings in his playoff debut against the L.A. Angeles in the first round.
The Red Sox, well, at least the few sleep-deprived ones who skipped afternoon naps and wandered over from the hotel to attend an optional workout at the “Jake,” offered some perspective on the defeat.
“It’s just a loss,” rookie second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. “I know we went into extra innings and they scored a bunch there. We lost the game.
“It’s 1-1 in the series. We still have the same mind-set,” he stressed. “Just because we lost the game, nobody’s hitting the panic button.”
Maybe not anyone in the Boston clubhouse. But back in Newton, Wakefield, and Lowell, Mass., precincts inside Red Sox Nation may be a little alarmed.
This was the type of game the Red Sox usually win in October.
In fact, it was the first time Boston had lost an extra-inning game in the post-season after going 7-0-1 (a 1912 World Series game ended in a tie) in its previous eight.
CLEVELAND (AP)—Equally exhausted and exhilarated, the Cleveland Indians stumbled home looking for their post-season pillows.
Sleep was at a premium yesterday after a late, late night out in nippy New England.
With a record-setting, seven-run rally in the 11th inning of Game 2, the Indians—despite getting next-to-no help from their top two pitchers inside unforgiving Fenway Park—beat the Red Sox 13-6 in the wee hours of Sunday morning to even their best-of-seven series at one game apiece.
At 1:37 a.m. (ET), a five-hour, 14-minute Boston baseball marathon ended after more than 400 pitches, momentum swings, and enough spine-tingling October moments to shiver even die-hard Red Sox fan Stephen King.
“It was draining, emotionally and physically,” said Indians’ first baseman Ryan Garko, sporting a face full of stubble and the same dress clothes he wore on the flight to Cleveland.
“To be sitting here on an off day, down 2-0, would have been tough,” he added.
Instead, the Indians felt relieved, and perhaps a little lucky, as they prepare to host Game 3 tonight—the first of three-straight at Jacobs Field, which hasn’t hosted an ALCS game since 1998.
Cleveland will start Jake Westbrook against Boston rookie Daisuke Matsuzaka, who lasted just 4 2/3 innings in his playoff debut against the L.A. Angeles in the first round.
The Red Sox, well, at least the few sleep-deprived ones who skipped afternoon naps and wandered over from the hotel to attend an optional workout at the “Jake,” offered some perspective on the defeat.
“It’s just a loss,” rookie second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. “I know we went into extra innings and they scored a bunch there. We lost the game.
“It’s 1-1 in the series. We still have the same mind-set,” he stressed. “Just because we lost the game, nobody’s hitting the panic button.”
Maybe not anyone in the Boston clubhouse. But back in Newton, Wakefield, and Lowell, Mass., precincts inside Red Sox Nation may be a little alarmed.
This was the type of game the Red Sox usually win in October.
In fact, it was the first time Boston had lost an extra-inning game in the post-season after going 7-0-1 (a 1912 World Series game ended in a tie) in its previous eight.
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