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Nixon looking forward to new series after virus By Sheldon Ocker Beacon Journal sportswriter ST. PETERSBURG, Players afford to submit to extensive therapy after a loss, even if the defeat has beenex- cruciatingly painful. The 8-6 loss to the New York Yankees Thursday qualifies as the bitterest kind of setback, considering that the Tribe had a four-run lead going into the ninth inning and Joe Borowski failed to hold it. So how does the teamget back on track mentally? like my high school coach used to tell TrotNix- on said. sun will come up tomorrow.

coming here to start a new With 162-game season, players become accus- tomed to shaking offdisap- pointment, inasmuch as the best teams usually lose 60 games or more. you sit there and dwellon something like that, it will consume Nixon said. that does is take away from this series. All losses are difficult, but you have to put them behind you. loss is a loss.

You are not going to go undefeated in baseball. You have to learn to turn the In addition to being on the losing side three times in New York, Nixon spent much of the time flat on his back with a virus. feel a lot better he said. was just really tired yesterday morning. On Wednes- day, I was so wiped out, I hardly got out of bed.

the Grand exactly the greatest place to get sick. not like you can go outside for some fresh air. What you get is to suck on some exhaust Nixon lost six pounds during his day and a half illness. tried to eat a little Wednesday he said. some crackers.

I hadno A virus also swept through the Tampa Bay clubhouse earlier this week. One observer said that 23 players and some coaches were ill to one degree oran- other. Vote early, often All-Star Game balloting has begun on the Internet (indi- ans.com), where online voters can fill out their ballots up to25 times. Northeast Ohio fans also will be able to vote for their favorite players at Jacobs Field andat Indians Team Shops beginning Wednesday. Cleveland players on the ballot: Victor Hafner, Josh Barfield, Casey Blake, Jhonny Dellucci, Grady Sizemore and Trot Nixon.

Be careful Manager Eric Wedge want Martinez(strained quad) to be running withreckless abandon just yet. think Victor is still alittle the manager said. Almost grass The Devil Rays have replaced theirseven-year-old field turf with new andup- graded field turf, which simulates a grass field. heard anything from the players about it Wedge said. sure there will be some commentary on The old surface was beginning to look shoddy on television and ground balls were traveling faster than desirable.

Farm facts Sean Smith workedfive scoreless innings, giving up three hits, but Triple-A Buffalo lost a 3-1 decision to Toledo. Franklin Gutierrez raised his average to .296 with adouble and single. Ramirez homered and Stephen Head doubled and drove in four runs, as Kinston beat Myrtle Beach 8-3 in Class A. Whitney lifted his averageto .349 with two singles, but Lake County lost 9-5 to Hagerstown in Class A. Sheldon Ocker can be reached at Indians Borowski admits night thoughts of meltdown ontinued from Page C1 and mouseg a A nd how does theI ndians closer feel about getting back on the horse one night after a disastrous performance? was kind of joking before the game that it would be aone run save Borowski said.

always works out that way. When I got up this morning, it was daytime ouc a on C.C. Sabathia who delivered seven strong innings, said he wanted Borowski back on the mound Friday night. shook it off five minutes after the Sabathia said. was trying to pitch to get him the a Bu tB orowskiadmitted that it took more than five minutes to banish failure from his mind.

not easy tod said. a tnight I was thinking about it. on the road, my family not there. not like I can go home and the kidsare jumping on me. I fall asleep right away, but eventually I did.

It bothered me, but I let it I nasmuch as the Tribe is hardly knocking the coveroff the ball (29 runs in the past nine games is incumbent on its base runners to avoid blunders. nfortunately afnerran himself into an out in thef i when it appeared the Indians would score more than one run. ith one out, one runhome nDavid ellucci second double of the night, and Hafner on first with an intentionalwalk ictorM artinezshanked a hard ground ball that struck the bag at first for a single. elluccipulled safely into third but Hafner rounded the bag atsecond seemingly bent on joining him. Unfortunately one runner can occupy a base at a time, andH afner was tagged out easily.

soon as he hit it, I thought it was down the line for a dou- afner who did not see the ball bounce off the base. had my head down, but you a abathiai s4-f hati has pitched effectively in all his starts proof of whichi sa2. 25 ERA ntilF ridaynight had won each time he stepped onthe mound ut this time he incurred ano decision through no fault of his own. The problematic inning was the seventh, which began with Delmon oung ssin gle and a mis hit bunt that was popped to Marte at third. aybe one bad play deserves another tthe next one make it two were committed by the defense ionerN avarrostarted the trouble by slapping a routine double play ball toJ oshB arfield at second.

In Barfield shaste to force oung at second, his throw pull- dMike Rouse off the bag, but ouse completed the playby getting the runner at first. It i like a big deal at that moment, but itsoon would balloon into a crisispoint A fterS abathia hit Jonny omes oung took off on a mission to steal third with B.J. Upton at the plate ictorM artinez had thrown out two runners in three attempts in the game, heaved the ball high over arte head into left field, and Young scored the third and tying run. abathiagave up two earned runs seven hits and one walk while striking out eight. heldonO cker can be reached at socker thebeaconjournal com obinson gets perfect game eniorB rittneyR obinson pitched the second perfect game in Kent State softball history Friday afternoon.

obinson also hit a three- run homer to give the Golden lashesa n8-0 win and a split of the doubleheader with visiting esternM ichigan eF lashes lost the first game 3-1. obinson(1 0-8)struck out nine of the 15 batters she faced in the five inninggame was shortened because KSU had an eight run lead after the top of the fifth. KSU (2 2-1 5, 8-2 Mid- A mericanC onference )scored five times in the second, including obinson shomer Th eF lashes added three runs in the bottom of the third as senior second baseman essicaK ramb hit an RBI single and junior shortstop Jessica oocheck( edina )followed with a two run single to right. eggieS titz tossed the school other perfect game in the second game of a doubleheader on April 4, 1983. In Friday first game, freshman KSU pitcher Kylie eynolds lost but did strike out 13 in seven innings.

Her strikeout total this season is 202 making her the second pitcher in KSU history to surpass 200 in a season. obinson did it last season with 423 strikeouts. entS tate hosts Northern I llinoisa t2p.m. today Staff report BGSU shuts out Zips on 5 hits in baseball owlingG reenpitcher ylerJ ohnson held the niversityo fAkron to a season low five hits as the host alcons(1 6-2 0Mi d- A mericanC onference )topped the Zips 3-0 on Friday was the first time the Zips (1 6-1 2,37) have been shut out this season ame 2 of the three- game series is at 1 p.m. today Staff report Oden Conley, Cook have till June 18 to back out ontinued from Page C1 ments and hopes the success of players such as den with theteam trip to the national championship game, will lure talented recruits.

onestly kind of a goal of mine to have a player selected as high as Greg is going to attasaid i si sasitua tion where egot to handle it and continue to A fter getting a late startat hioS tate because of a wrist injury the 19 year oldO denlived up to his billing as atwo time national high school player of the year, leading the Buckeyes in scoring (1 5.7)and rebounding (9.6) and topping the Bi gTen in shooting percentage (.6 1 6). not remembered for what he did here, I would besad dened by Matta said. he6-1 Conley who many believed was just a throw-i nfor recruiting den ended upsetting an Ohio State record with 238 assists while handlingthe ball almost all the time against high pressuredefenses is assist to turnoverratio was among the best in the nation at 2.7 only 86 turnovers in 39 games a little more than two per game. Th eonly knock onC onleyis his outside shooting.H emade just 30 percent of his 3 pointers although he was a 52 percent shooter from the field mostly on layups afterscissoring through defenses trying to double teamOd n. i shas been an extremely exciting and challengingprocess for Conley said in thestate ment released byO hioS tate is my lifelong dream to playin the NBA.

ook got off to a fast start for the Buckeyes but wilted down the stretch.H ewas averaging more than 15 points a game midway throughJ anuary before finishing at9.8. After leading Ohio tatein scoring seven times in its first 15 games, he failed to do it again over the uckeyes last 24 starts ook started just one game for the uckeyes but the 6-6 swingman was their second leadingrebounder he deadline for players to make themselves available for the drafti sApril 29. They can work out for NBA teams and gauge interest as long as they do not have an agent and have until June 18 to withdraw their names from the draft pool. Conley and Cook still could retain their Ohio State eligibility atthat point edraft is June 28. ofgren boosts Aeros by striking out seven A eros4, Phillies 1 A three run fourth inning and a solid startb yChuck Lofgren propelled the visiting Aeros to awin rianB arton opened the scoring with a solo home run.

onathanV anE veryf with a triple and scored on a double by Pa tOsborn who also scored odneyC hoyF oo had three singles for the Aeros and Barton finished with two hits. ofgren(2-1) pitched five innings one earned run and striking out seven to get the win arianoG omezstruck out three in the ninth for the save. Staff report Thomas FSN has personnel to keep covering team ontinued from Page C1 partnership to serve the channel and the Browns very well. iberatoreagreed etwo of us can certainly co exist almost an advantage to have both of Do not expect FSN to abandon coverage of the Browns or back down against this new competitor ith a roster of local sports talent that includes ichaelR eghi sL evineand more recently, football guru endallL ewis they certainly possess the personnel to continue covering the team. And being under the Fox family sports umbrella could very well aid the channel.

eB rowns are an integral part of the Cleveland sports landscape arguing that Liverani said. are the dominant regional sports network in this region and the state of hio We will continue to cover them with the same award winning production qualities that leveland sports fans have come to expect and find anywhere eorgeM. Thomas can be reached at sportswriterabj sbcglobal netR ead his blog at www ohiomm com blogs sportsblitz www.Oh i o.c mA kronB eaconJ ournal aturday pril2 1,2007 C5 INDIANS BOX SCORE AEROS REPORT SCOTT AUDETTE A ssociatedP ress C.C. Sabathia shown in the first inning, pitched seven innings and gave up two earned runs seven hits and one walk while striking out eight.H edid not get the decision and remains 3-0 this season. ON DECK TODAY I ndiansa tDevil Rays Ti 7:1 0p.m.

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