September 30: Indians 5, White Sox 1 (Game 1)
Fausto Carmona entered this game 3-12 with a 6.81 ERA, and it certainly looked like he was in for a rough day when Scott Podsednik and Gordon Beckham led off with singles.
Carmona then retired the next three hitters and cruised through seven innings, leaving Carlos Torres to look the part of a AAAA pitcher by himself.
Torres struggled with his control at times, walking four batters over six innings. But it was more a matter of the Indians seizing every opportunity. Whenever they put multiple runners on base, multiple runners would score, and the Tribe often used unglamorous measures (productive outs, sac flies) to do it.
The Sox had nothing against Carmona with the exception of a Dewayne Wise RBI triple that scored Dewayne Wise. They were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position, so on the rare occasion that they mounted a threat, they couldn’t cash it in.
Wise also provided the nicest moment on defense, throwing out Matt LaPorta from right field for a double play. Ramon Castro, playing in place of Tyler Flowers, who suffered a bruised elbow after getting plunked, made a nice catch on the short hop to make the tag.
Record: 76-82 | Box score | Play-by-play
