Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians live streaming baseball audio video feed webcast online coverage espn 360 gamecast mlb april 16, 2011. Game Review: With the season less than three weeks old, it's clear these aren't the same Cleveland Indians that failed to reach the 70-win mark each of the last two years.
Cleveland (9-4) is off to its best 13-game start since going 11-2 in 2002 following an 8-2 win in the series opener Friday night. Justin Masterson was sharp through seven innings, and Asdrubal Cabrera drove in a season high-tying four runs.
"This is fun," said Masterson after yielding a run and four hits.
Fun is something that has been missing from the Indians over the last two seasons as they averaged 67 wins.
1:05 PM ET, April 16, 2011
Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Cabrera was one of five Indians with two hits, helping raise the team's home batting average to .280 -- 31 points higher than in 2010.
Josh Tomlin (2-0, 2.63 ERA) will next take the mound and try to continue Cleveland's surge at Progressive Field.
On Sunday in Seattle, the right-hander was given an early six-run lead, and allowed three with three hits in 6 2/3 innings as the Indians won 6-4. Tomlin threw 104 pitches -- the second-highest total of his career -- while extending his club record of pitching at least five innings in all 14 starts since being called up from the minors last July.
"My main goal is to go as deep as I can and give us a chance every time I go out there," Tomlin said. "If that record, I don't know what it is to be honest with you, if it keeps going then I'm fine with that."
He lasted five innings in his only start versus Baltimore, giving up a career-high 10 hits and the taking the loss in a 3-1 defeat Aug. 11.
Luke Scott -- second on the Orioles with 72 RBIs last season -- drove in his first of 2011 on Friday, and Brian Roberts and Derrek Lee each added two hits as Baltimore (6-6) dropped its fifth in a row after a 6-1 start.
The Orioles have been outscored 37-12 during the skid, but manager Buck Showalter didn't seem too worried.
"We're going to be a good offensive team. It's an area of concern when you are losing, but I think we're about ready to start scoring some runs," he said.
His starting pitchers have also fared poorly. Rookie Zach Britton, who was tagged for five runs in six innings, saw his ERA rise from 0.66 to 2.75, and he's not the only starter to contribute to the O's woes -- they've posted a 9.00 ERA during the slide while failing to get past the sixth inning in any game.
Baltimore hopes Jeremy Guthrie (1-1, 0.64) can stop that trend Saturday.
The right-hander scattered three hits over eight scoreless innings in his season debut April 1 in a 4-1 win over Tampa Bay, but missed his next start with a high fever that sent him into a hospital.
He returned Saturday against Texas and yielded only a solo homer to Adrian Beltre among four hits over six innings of a 3-0 loss.
One of Guthrie's career high 11 wins last season came against Cleveland, and it was a gem. He gave up a run and two hits with a walk and five strikeouts over eight innings in Baltimore's 8-1 rout on May 14.
The surging Indians go for their sixth straight home victory Saturday when they continue a three-game set with the Baltimore Orioles, who are trying to avoid falling below .500 after a stunning start.Orioles 0
(6-6, 3-3 away)
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(9-4, 5-2 home)
Cleveland (9-4) is off to its best 13-game start since going 11-2 in 2002 following an 8-2 win in the series opener Friday night. Justin Masterson was sharp through seven innings, and Asdrubal Cabrera drove in a season high-tying four runs.
"This is fun," said Masterson after yielding a run and four hits.
Fun is something that has been missing from the Indians over the last two seasons as they averaged 67 wins.
1:05 PM ET, April 16, 2011
Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Josh Tomlin (2-0, 2.63 ERA) will next take the mound and try to continue Cleveland's surge at Progressive Field.
On Sunday in Seattle, the right-hander was given an early six-run lead, and allowed three with three hits in 6 2/3 innings as the Indians won 6-4. Tomlin threw 104 pitches -- the second-highest total of his career -- while extending his club record of pitching at least five innings in all 14 starts since being called up from the minors last July.
"My main goal is to go as deep as I can and give us a chance every time I go out there," Tomlin said. "If that record, I don't know what it is to be honest with you, if it keeps going then I'm fine with that."
He lasted five innings in his only start versus Baltimore, giving up a career-high 10 hits and the taking the loss in a 3-1 defeat Aug. 11.
Luke Scott -- second on the Orioles with 72 RBIs last season -- drove in his first of 2011 on Friday, and Brian Roberts and Derrek Lee each added two hits as Baltimore (6-6) dropped its fifth in a row after a 6-1 start.
The Orioles have been outscored 37-12 during the skid, but manager Buck Showalter didn't seem too worried.
"We're going to be a good offensive team. It's an area of concern when you are losing, but I think we're about ready to start scoring some runs," he said.
His starting pitchers have also fared poorly. Rookie Zach Britton, who was tagged for five runs in six innings, saw his ERA rise from 0.66 to 2.75, and he's not the only starter to contribute to the O's woes -- they've posted a 9.00 ERA during the slide while failing to get past the sixth inning in any game.
Baltimore hopes Jeremy Guthrie (1-1, 0.64) can stop that trend Saturday.
The right-hander scattered three hits over eight scoreless innings in his season debut April 1 in a 4-1 win over Tampa Bay, but missed his next start with a high fever that sent him into a hospital.
He returned Saturday against Texas and yielded only a solo homer to Adrian Beltre among four hits over six innings of a 3-0 loss.
One of Guthrie's career high 11 wins last season came against Cleveland, and it was a gem. He gave up a run and two hits with a walk and five strikeouts over eight innings in Baltimore's 8-1 rout on May 14.
