NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 2006 NASBL Date: 4/21/2006 CLEVELAND AT BOSTON Indians......... 0 0 0 1 6 1 3 111 - 23 23 0 Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 3 Win:Wasdin(2-0) Loss:Washburn(2-2) Save:Fultz(1st) Homeruns- V.Martinez(5th), T.Hafner(11th), G.Sizemore(3rd) Travis Hafner touched them all and had 4 RBI as the Cleveland Indians crushed the ice-cold Boston Red Sox 23 to 2. Hafner had a good day at the plate. He laced a one-base hit in the 4th inning, lofted a three-run bomb (his 11th of the season) in the 5th inning and delivered a base-hit scoring a run in the 9th inning. Cleveland lit up the scoreboard in the 5th inning which saw them plate 6 runs on 3 hits and the 9th inning with 11 runs on 9 hits. Offensively, Cleveland was a juggernaut. They scored in 6 separate innings. John Wasdin(2-0) picked up the victory, allowing 2 runs in 6 innings. Wasdin got help from Aaron Fultz who earned his 1st save. The loss was charged to Jarrod Washburn(2-2). He was unable to control the Cleveland offense and allowed 7 hits and 2 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings.
2006 Cleveland Indians At 2006 Boston Red Sox 4/21/2006 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG S.Podsednik LF 6 4 3 2 .378 J.Rollins SS 4 0 1 0 .243 F.Sanchez 3B 6 2 3 3 .303 B.Clark LF 4 0 0 0 .333 V.Martinez C 5 2 2 3 .358 A.Ramirez 3B 3 0 1 0 .320 C.Gomez 1B 6 2 2 3 .310 G.Jenkins RF 4 0 1 0 .254 T.Long RF 6 3 3 1 .269 R.Howard 1B 4 0 0 0 .229 N.Perez 2B 6 2 3 2 .244 C.Shelton DH 4 1 2 0 .227 T.Hafner DH 5 3 3 4 .394 D.Dejesus CF 4 1 1 1 .303 G.Sizemore CF 5 3 2 3 .215 F.Lopez 2B 4 0 1 0 .222 D.Eckstein SS 6 2 2 2 .347 J.Kendall C 2 0 0 0 .375 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 51 23 23 23 Totals 33 2 7 1 Indians......... 0 0 0 1 6 1 3 111 - 23 23 0 Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 3 Indians (16-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA J.Wasdin WIN(2-0) 6 6 2 2 0 2 0 1.56 A.Fultz SAVE(1st) 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 4 0 Red Sox (5-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA J.Washburn LOSS(2-2) 4 2/3 7 6 2 2 4 0 3.80 S.Eyre 0 2/3 3 2 1 0 2 1 6.35 H.Bell 1 1/3 3 3 3 1 1 1 20.25 D.Sanchez 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 4.91 F.Osoria 0 2/3 9 11 8 1 0 0 22.50 B.Lidge 0 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.80 Totals 9 23 23 14 6 8 3 ATTENDANCE- 33,716 DATE- Saturday, April 21st 2006 TIME- Day T- 3:27 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 9 Red Sox: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Red Sox: 0 ERRORS- R.Howard, F.Lopez, J.Kendall DOUBLES- N.Perez(7th), G.Jenkins(7th), C.Shelton(3rd), D.Dejesus(4th) TRIPLES- C.Gomez(1st) HOME RUNS- V.Martinez(5th), T.Hafner(11th), G.Sizemore(3rd) STOLEN BASES- S.Podsednik-2(16th) SACRIFICE FLIES- V.Martinez WALKS- S.Podsednik, F.Sanchez, V.Martinez, C.Gomez, T.Long, T.Hafner, J.Kendall HIT BY PITCH- G.Sizemore, A.Ramirez STRIKE OUTS- S.Podsednik, V.Martinez, N.Perez, T.Hafner, G.Sizemore-2, D.Eckstein-2, R.Howard-2, C.Shelton, F.Lopez GIDP- J.Kendall