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Thursday, August 22, 2013 Akron Beacon Journal Ohio.com INFORMING. ENGAGING. ESSENTIAL. C5 C5 Thursday, August 22, 2013 CMY Pictured above is Charles Goddard, Contest Corner winner, and Joey Arrietta, Akron Racers Charles, along with family and friends, enjoyed an Akron Racers pre-game picnic, had a Meet and Greet and VIP seating for a recent game. Charles also threw out the rst pitch at the game.

Charles Goddard of North Canton 3011160 HELD MAY 2013 WON AN AKRON RACERS PRIZE PACK courtesy of JULY 2013 INDIANS 3, ANGELS 1 Cleveland ab bi avg. Bourn cf 4 1 3 0 1 1 .271 Swisher 1b 4 1 1 2 1 1 .243 Kipnis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .285 C.Santana 4 0 1 0 0 1 .262 Brantley lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Giambi dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .190 Aviles ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .266 Chisenhall 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Stubbs rf 2 0 0 0 2 2 .240 Totals 34 3 8 2 4 7 Los Angeles ab bi avg. Shuck lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .291 Aybar ss 4 0 0 0 1 2 .279 Hamilton dh 3 1 1 0 1 1 .229 Trumbo 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .241 Conger 3 0 2 1 1 1 .257 Calhoun rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .243 Nelson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .222 An.Romine 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .172 Bourjos cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .298 Totals 32 1 7 1 5 12 Cleveland 002 000 001 3 8 0 Los Angeles 000 001 000 1 7 0 Cleveland 8, Los Angeles 10. C.Santana (31), Giambi (8), Conger (11), Calhoun (2). Bourn (2).

Swisher (15), off Williams. Swisher 2 (43), Conger (17). Shuck. Runners left in scoring Cleveland 7 (Brantley 2, Stubbs, Kipnis 3, Swisher); Los Angeles 6 (Bourjos, An.Romine, Nelson 2, Hamilton 2). Cleveland 2 for 11; Los Angeles 1 for 10.

Runners moved Swisher, Chisenhall 2, Calhoun. Swisher. Cleveland 1 (C.Santana, C.Santana, Aviles); Los Angeles 1 (Trumbo, Aybar, D.De La Rosa). Cleveland ip er pit era Masterson 14-9 5 1 1 5 7 110 3.50 R.Hill 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 5.94 Allen 7 1 1 0 0 0 3 17 2.25 C.Perez 20-24 1 1 0 0 0 2 13 3.30 Los Angeles ip er pit era Williams 5-10 6 2 2 2 6 102 4.80 Boshers 0 0 0 1 1 13 3.60 D.De La Rosa 2 2 1 1 1 0 24 3.55 Inherited R.Hill 2-0, Boshers 2-0. Williams, D.De La Rosa 2.

Home, Mark Carlson; First, Gerry Davis; Second, Dan Iassogna; Third, Brian Knight. 2:59. 35,810 Late Tuesday INDIANS 4, ANGELS 1 (14) Cleveland ab bi avg. Bourn cf 6 1 1 0 1 3 .266 Swisher 1b 6 0 1 0 1 3 .243 Kipnis 2b 6 0 0 0 1 3 .288 C.Santana dh 5 1 1 1 2 2 .262 Y.Gomes 5 0 1 0 1 1 .297 A.Cabrera ss 5 0 1 0 1 1 .237 Brantley lf 6 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Aviles 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 a-Chisenhall ph-3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .226 Stubbs rf 5 1 1 2 1 1 .242 Totals 50 4 8 3 8 14 Los Angeles ab bi avg. Shuck lf 7 1 2 1 0 0 .295 Aybar ss 7 0 2 0 0 2 .281 Hamilton dh 5 0 1 0 2 2 .228 Trumbo 1b 6 0 2 0 1 1 .243 Calhoun rf 6 0 3 0 1 1 .239 Nelson 3b 6 0 0 0 1 4 .230 Iannetta 3 0 1 0 0 1 .212 pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Conger 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 G.Green 2b 5 0 0 0 1 4 .230 Bourjos cf 6 0 0 0 0 3 .293 Totals 54 1 12 1 6 18 Cleveland 000 000 100 000 03 4 8 1 Los Angeles 100 000 000 000 00 1 12 1 a -lined out for Aviles in the 12th.

1 -ran for Iannetta in the 7th. Kipnis (11), Blanton (2). Cleveland 12, Los Angeles 17. C.Santana (15), off C.Wilson; Stubbs (8), off Blanton; Shuck (2), off Salazar. C.Santana (54), Stubbs 2 (40), Shuck (31).

Bourn (18), Aybar (11). Runners left in scoring Cleveland 5 (Y.Gomes 2, Stubbs, A.Cabrera 2); Los Angeles 8 (Calhoun, Shuck, Nelson 2, Aybar, G.Green 2, Conger). Cleveland 0 for Los Angeles 1 for 13. Runners moved Aviles. Los Angeles 1 (C.Wilson, Trumbo).

Cleveland ip er pit era Salazar 3 1 1 2 7 75 3.52 Allen 1 0 0 1 1 25 2.29 Rzepczynski 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 J.Smith 4 0 0 0 3 25 2.54 M.Albers 2 0 0 1 1 18 3.35 R.Hill 0 0 0 0 0 4 6.00 Shaw 0 0 0 0 2 13 3.81 C.Perez 1 1 0 0 1 1 22 3.38 Carrasco 1-4 2 1 0 0 1 3 26 7.43 Los Angeles ip er pit era C.Wilson 4 1 1 3 5 113 3.30 D.De La Rosa 0 0 0 2 2 15 3.51 Frieri 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 4.33 J.Gutierrez 2 0 0 0 1 3 25 4.33 Kohn 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 3.70 Jepsen 1 1 0 0 1 1 20 4.50 Blanton 2-14 1 3 3 2 0 1 31 6.12 Inherited Allen 1-0, Rzepczynski 2-0, J.Smith 1-0, R.Hill 3-0, Shaw 3-0, D.De La Rosa 1-0. off D.De La Rosa (Kipnis). D.De La Rosa. Home, Brian Knight; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Gerry Davis; Third, Dan Iassogna. 5:17.

36,421 Beacon Journal staff report Aeros 5, SeaWolves 1 Carlos Moncrief and Tyler Holt led the offense to a 5-1 win over the SeaWolves in Erie, on Wednesday night to capture two out of three games and close a short road series. Moncrief and Holt had back-to-back hits in the second inning to give the Aeros a 2-0 lead. A solo homer in the sixth inning by Cedric Hunter, his 12th, gave Akron a 3-1 advantage. Holt started two- run ninth by leading off the inning with his third single of the game, a hit to center. Hunter and Moncrief each went 2-for-4 as the Aeros tallied nine hits.

Matt Packer pitched seven innings for the Aeros and improved to 11-8. He lowered his ERA to 3.14 by allowing just three hits and one run. Packer struck out five batters and walked four. The win snapped the left- three-game losing streak. The only run he allowed Wednesday was on a wild pitch in the fourth inning.

Relievers Trey Haley and Jose Flores each pitched one inning of one-hit, scoreless baseball. The Aeros improved to 61-68 and have won five of the last six games. Erie fell to 68-61. The Aeros will host Binghamton at 7 tonight at Canal Park to begin a four- game series. Solid pitching helps Aeros capture series MINOR LEAGUE REPORT Bishop, one of good guys, moves from early in the morning to the 6-8 p.m.

slot. Game-related programming will fill the prime-time hours until Greg Brinda, once part of The Hooligans returns to late evenings to host postgame coverage related to the Indians and Cavs. Karmazin sounded sincerely disappointed at having to had made the changes and acknowledged the animosity directed at the station online in places such as Twitter. think there are always going to be these he said. But the reality is those voices are well known in the area and respected.

going to still be hearing from them in this he added. That is highly likely. There is no restriction on any of them seeking employment in sports media locally. And there are already murmurings that they will have opportunities. Keith Williams, general manager, said that he expects that all of those affected will eventually find homes.

It appear that Good Karma has plans to replace the three with the way they shuffled their lineup. hope we continue to grow as we have since Good Karma bought the Williams said during a phone call. the that hires can be made. The real issue, however, might be whether Northeast Ohio can support two sports talk stations. Radio stations are inexplicably tight-lipped with ratings numbers, but multiple sources have confirmed to the Beacon Journal that ESPN Cleveland and WKRK-FM (92.3 The Fan) split the sports audience in the market.

The important difference: in all parts of the schedule where the stations air local programming head-to-head, except one, WKNR is getting beat. That might be due to a more powerful signal locally for The Fan, but reality. A tipping point might come eventually and only one survives. As for those affected? Only Roda, who has a son who is a senior at Ohio State, could be reached for comment. 21-year journey at WKNR was he said.

looking forward to my next George M. Thomas can be reached at Read the Sports Media blog at ohio.com/blogs/sports-media. Follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ GeorgeThomasABJ and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sports.abj. he said. we grinded our way through it.

Everybody is tired, probably on both teams. We need to win games like As in the previous night, there much offense to talk about. Maybe the pitching was that good, maybe it was fatigued hitters. Regardless, Masterson (149, 3.50 ERA) and Jerome Williams put on a pitching clinic. Masterson came out of the game after innings, having allowed just one run and five hits, striking out seven.

His problem was running up his pitch count because of the walks, or he probably would have lasted through the eighth. feels nice to be disappointed to go he said. try to get as deep as you can in He certainly in danger of being driven from the mound by the attackers, who throughout the series struggled to put consecutive hits together. They did it twice: once in the series opener and once Tuesday night. Not that the Tribe got ahead of the curve in this department.

Four times, batsmen reached consecutively on hits, but on two occasions they delivered three hits in a row. The Angels scored only four runs in the three-game set and repeatedly failed to advance runners from third with less than two out. They got their run off Masterson in the sixth, when Josh Hamilton led off with a single and scored on Hank one-out double. Masterson stopped the rally there. Williams (5-10, 4.80 ERA) faced the Tribe Aug.

11 in Cleveland and gave up four runs in innings. That was then. On Wednesday, only meaningful mistake was giving up a two-run homer to Nick Swisher in the third inning. Michael Bourn led off with a triple, and Swisher drove a ball over the wall in right to give the Tribe a 2-0 lead. take runs any way we can get Francona said, there are times when you need somebody to hit a home The Indians had other chances early against Williams, who gave up a leadoff single to Bourn and a two-out double to Carlos Santana in the first, but extricated himself from trouble.

In the second, Jason Giambi led off with a double, but again Williams dug in his heels and kept a run from scoring. After the Swisher homer, Williams retired 12 of the next 13 batters to get through the sixth. Altogether, he threw innings and allowed six hits and two walks, striking out six. Maybe one thing Tribe relievers should do is induce the players union to negotiate overtime pay. Over the course of the nine-game trip to Minnesota, Oakland and Anahem, the bullpen worked 29 innings and gave up four earned runs.

bullpen worked really hard Masterson said, they came in and did a good job Chris Perez earned his 20th save, striking out two and giving up a hit in the ninth. Cody Allen struck out the side in the eighth, also giving up a hit, and Rich Hill retired the only batter he faced, with runners on first and third and two out in the seventh. The Tribe finished its West Coast trip against the Twins, Athletics and Angels with a 6-3 record and remains games behind the Tigers, who lead the Central Division race. Sheldon Ocker can be reached at thebeaconjournal.com. Read the Indians blog at http://www.ohio.com/indians.

Follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter. and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sports.abj. GAME SUMMARIES ON DECK TODAY: Off FRIDAY: Twins at Indians Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: STO. Pitchers: Samuel Deduno (7-7, 3.82) vs.

Ubaldo Jimenez (9-7, 4.00). SATURDAY: Twins at Indians Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: STO. Pitchers: Liam Hendriks (0-1, 3.94) vs. Scott Kazmir (7-6, 4.39).

SUNDAY: Twins at Indians Time: 1:05 p.m. TV: STO. Pitchers: Mike Pelfrey (5-10, 5.19) vs. Zach McAllister (6-7, 3.59). MONDAY: Off TUESDAY: Indians at Braves Time: 7:10 p.m.

TV: STO. INDIANS Kazmir hits bump in comeback road By Sheldon Ocker Beacon Journal sports writer ANAHEIM, Scott past two starts might have the doubters preparing to gloat. In losses to the Angels and the Athletics, Kazmir gave up 10 runs and 16 hits in eight innings. So is this the beginning of the end of the noble experiment? Probably not. Kazmir has exceeded expectations, but after not pitching a full season since 2010, there was bound to be a point when he had to catch his breath.

Consequently, after revealing that Kazmir had a against the Angels two weeks ago, manager Terry Francona waited nine days before allowing him to start again. His arm felt stronger against the but his command suffered, probably because of the extra time off. That is of small concern over the long haul. 119 innings is the most thrown in three years, when he amassed 150 for the Angels. pleased with it, for Kazmir said.

year I was throwing bullpens in my backyard until December. been able to keep my velocity all this time. Last year I have any Kazmir dropped out of sight for two seasons, not because of a serious injury but because he lost his mechanics. In a way, he forgot how to pitch. He began to get the hang of his old delivery again pitching in an independent league for a few weeks, and the Tribe gave him a huge boost by signing him to a minor-league contract that gave him the right to come to major-league spring training camp.

things over and over again got my command and delivery to be more Kazmir said, citing what has helped the most. He also began to throw a new pitch this season. was focusing on developing my curve and he said. about two starts in, I started throwing a In spring training, he was so concerned about the state of his slider, he requested to pitch in a minor-league game to avoid his competitive tendency to get batters out rather than work on the pitch. slider was Kazmir said.

all it took was a change in grip. I worked on it in ahead for Kazmir and is he likely to remain in Cleveland? He can be a free agent after the season and has shown enough to be in demand. want a he said with a smile. would love to stay here. I feel like getting better and better, and I want to see what Sheldon Ocker can be reached at thebeaconjournal.com.

Past two starts bomb but derail pitcher over long haul ANAHEIM, Despite using eight relievers who combined to throw innings Tuesday night, manager Terry Francona elected not to ask for reinforcements to be flown in from Columbus for series finale with the Angels. could the manager said, when asked if the logistics would have prevented a pitcher from getting to the ballpark on time. have a hard time sending a guy down after last night. That would have sent the wrong The relief corps held the Angels scoreless, allowing nine hits. Francona was short of bullpen help Wednesday and jokingly told starter Justin Masterson to be ready for a long day.

saw him eating breakfast and told him, ready to throw 190 pitches the manager said. ALMOST READY Ryan Raburn played since Sunday because of a minor calf injury, but he should be back when the Tribe begins a homestand Friday. sure with the day off tomorrow, be Francona said. TRIVIA PURSUIT Danny Salazar has struck out 29 in 23 innings, which is the second most strikeouts by a Tribe pitcher (since 1921) in his first four career starts. Herb Score is No.

1 on that list with 40 strikeouts. Among all active pitchers, Stephen Strasburg leads with 41 in his first four starts, and Felix Hernandez is second with 30. Salazar is tied with Johnny Cueto for third place. FARM FACTS Paolo Espino (4-4, 3.83 ERA) gave up one run and six hits in five innings in 5-3 win over Norfolk. Jeremy Hermida hit his 17th home run of the year.

Erik Gonzalez had three hits and Paddy Matera had two hits and three RBI, as Carolina fell to Salem 10-9. Joe Wendle had two hits and two RBI. Luis Lugo pitched five scoreless innings, allowing two hits, in Lake 6-0 loss to Lansing. Caleb Hamrick gave up one run and three hits in six innings, but Mahoning Valley lost to Jamestown 4-2. Clint Frazier hit his fifth home run of the season and singled, as the Arizona League Indians beat the Dodgers 7-5.

Sheldon Ocker No reinforcements for Tribe relievers INDIANS NOTEBOOK Thomas Continued from Page C1 Indians Continued from Page C1 Salazar JAE Press Indians runner Michael Bourn hustles to third base on a two-out double to deep right field by Carlos Santana during the first inning against the Angels on Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif. The Indians did not score in the inning as Michael Brantley lined out. JAE Press Indians slugger Nick Swisher (center) is greeted by teammates after hitting a two- run home run in the third inning Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif..