The Indians may be a team without a closer. Joe Borowski was clocked at 82 MPH and by listening to his post game interview, he seems to have no answers. JoeBo said that he feels great pitching some days, but others he feels like he is pitching through water. Borowski must have felt like he was pitching at the bottom of Lake Erie tonight. I would have to believe he will be put on the disabled list before he pitches in the closers' roll again. Borowski will not be cut, due the respect the Indians front office has for him. Manager Eric Wedge stated that he will talk to Joe on Tuesday in regards to how he feels. Kobayashi, Julio, Lewis, Betancourt, and eventually Adam Miller all seem to be the internal candidates for the immediate future.
The game was lost unfortunately in the fifth due to our closer situation and Jake Westbrook's pitch count. The Cleveland Indians had just taken a 4-1 lead and loaded the bases with one out. Julian Tavarez came in to struck out Ryan Garko. The same Julian Tavarez who enjoyed these. The real sad part of this game was having to pinch hit for Jason Michaels in the 5th inning! Wedge's move right there sums up the state of the Indians Left Field platoon. Shockingly, Dellucci came up and struck out as well. He later played an important defensive role out in left, looking slow and showing no arm.
Most Tribe fans knew it was over in the 9th. The minute David Ortiz dropped in a single to left in front of Dellucci, we all had that sinking feeling the game was lost. Manny Ramirez may decide to hire Joe Borowski as his batting practice thrower for the Homerun Derby because he deposited an 82MPH fastball deep into the bleachers. It resembled a coed-softball league pitch.
The Indians look to avoid being 4 games under .500 with Paul Byrd facing Tim Wakefield. This matchup may produce a beer league-type score. With Betancourt pitching the last two games and JoeBo potentially done, who knows who may close today.
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