No Bulls in the Pen

Once again, the Indians come from ahead to lose to the Red Sox, this time 5-3

The Good:

• Age and Treachery went 6 innings, striking out 6 and giving up 1 run, leaving with the lead. If Age and Treachery can keep the Tribe in games, they have a shot at turning this thing around
• Victor Martinez went 3/5 with 2 RBI
• Manny Ramirez got plunked
• Franklin Gutierrez stole two bases
• After squandering the lead they came back to tie the game.

The Bad:

• The Indians' bullpen squandered the lead left to them by Age and Treachery
• Jorge Julio walked 2 to start his stint relieving Age and Treachery. Both scored.
• Jensen Lewis pitched well in getting out of a bases loaded jam in the 8th, and then looked good striking out Jed Lowrie to start the 9th. Emboldened by striking out Jed Lowrie, he tried throwing the same pitch, in the same place, to Jason Veritek. The first two times, Veritek could not hit it. The third time he parked it in the left field bleachers for the winning run.
• Franklin Gutierrez was picked off second base.

The Ugly:

• The Indians' ability to get clutch hits has turned up missing.
• Jason Michaels is now batting .097 on the year. Last night, Jed Lowrie, in his major league debut, went 1 for 3 and drove in three runs. In this one game, Lowrie has now passed Jason Michaels total RBI output for the season.
• The Indians' record on this homestand: 1-4
• The Motor City Kitties won for the second day in a row, running their record to 4-10, 1 game behind the Indians. Guess who's coming to town tonight, as the battle for the AL Central basement commences for real?

Andy Marte Watch:

Actually, with a knuckleballer going against the Tribe, this is probably a good thing.