The Indians snatched a 4-3 victory yesterday out of a game that started out looking like more of the previous day's blowout. Paul Byrd started off looking like he didn't have it, spotting the A's to 3-0 lead after two. Then he found it, stifling the A's over the next 5 innings, just long enough for the Tribe to come back with 1 run in the 5th and 3 runs in the 7th on a 3-run homer from Jason Michaels.
Rafael Betancourt slammed the door on the A's in the 8th and Joe Borowski closed the door ever so gently with much drama. In the 9th, the A's got runners to second and third with only one out in the 9th before JoeBo got Shannon Stewart to pop out to second base and Mark Kotsay to fly out to center field.
Pronk? Well, he walked once and got hit by a pitch (the Pronk Plunk?). Otherwise, he grounded out and hit a screaming line drive that, by the description I heard on the radio from Tom Hamilton, nearly decapitated Joe Blanton, who made a life-saving catch based on sheer self-preservatory reaction. However, I'm basing this entirely on Hammy, and I didn't see the actual line drive, so you can take it for what it's worth, since Hammy has a wee tendency to exaggerate at times. The end result - 0 for 2. It does seem that Pronk is continuing to smoke the ball, though not all of them are finding the grass or the seats.
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