Indians sweep out the O's
Miscues costly for Baltimore By Gary Washburn / MLB.com
One day after committing four errors, a miscommunication between Luis Matos and Eric Byrnes cost the Orioles the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, then two wild pitches led to a big Cleveland seventh. Bruce Chen gave up one earned run in five-plus innings.
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Indians 5, Orioles 1
Travis Hafner drove in four as the Tribe moved 12 games above .500 for the first time in 2005. (Tony Dejak/AP)
Sabathia, Hafner fuel sweep By Justice B. Hill / MLB.com
C.C. Sabathia won his fourth start in a row, completing a sweep as the Tribe climbed to within a half-game of the AL Wild Card lead after Oakland lost. Sabathia allowed three hits and one run over eight innings. Travis Hafner had three hits and knocked in four.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: August 21, 2005
Cleveland 5, Baltimore 1
Today's Boxes 8/21/05
FLA 7, LAD 1
DET 17, TOR 6
WSH 7, NYM 4
CIN 13, ARI 6
PHI 4, PIT 3
HOU 8, MIL 3
MIN 8, SEA 3
SF 4, STL 2
TB 6, TEX 3
COL 9, CHC 7
CWS 6, NYY 2
BOS 5, LAA 1
KC 5, OAK 4
ATL 6, SD 2
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Standings through 8/21/05 | Gameday | Orioles Stats | Indians Stats
Baltimore AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Roberts , 2B3 0 0 1 1 1 2 .317
Byrnes , LF4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .241
Mora , 3B3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .280
Tejada , DH4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .312
Lopez, J , C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Sosa , RF3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .223
Freire , 1B2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Matos , CF2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .294
Gomez , SS3 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286
Totals 28 1 3 1 2 6 8
BATTING TB : Byrnes; Gomez 2.RBI : Roberts (61).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Mora; Byrnes.S : Matos.GIDP : Byrnes.Team LOB : 4.BASERUNNING SB : Roberts (25, 2nd base off Sabathia/Bard).CS : Matos (7, 2nd base by Sabathia/Bard).PO : Matos (1st base by Sabathia).FIELDING E : Matos (4, fielding), Mora (11, throw).DP : (Mora-Roberts-Freire).
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Sizemore , CF3 2 1 0 0 1 1 .289
Crisp , LF3 0 0 1 0 1 5 .292
Peralta , SS3 2 0 0 1 0 1 .303
Hafner , DH4 0 3 4 0 1 0 .318
Belliard , 2B4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .285
Hernandez , 1B4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .237
Boone , 3B3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .238
Blake , RF4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .241
Bard , C3 1 2 0 1 0 1 .195
Totals 31 5 6 5 3 8 15
BATTING 2B : Hafner 2 (33, Chen, Byrdak), Bard (4, Julio).TB : Sizemore; Hafner 5; Bard 3.RBI : Hafner 4 (75), Crisp (47).2-out RBI : Hafner 3.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Belliard 2; Crisp 2; Boone; Bard.SF : Crisp.GIDP : Crisp.Team LOB : 7.BASERUNNING SB : Boone 2 (6, 2nd base off Chen/Lopez, J, 3rd base off Williams/Lopez, J).FIELDING E : Peralta (14, fielding).DP : (Peralta-Belliard-Hernandez).Pickoffs : Sabathia (Matos at 1st base).
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Chen (L, 10-7)5.0 4 2 1 2 4 0 3.95
Julio 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.42
Byrdak 0.1 1 2 2 1 1 0 3.79
Williams 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.58
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Sabathia (W, 10-9)8.0 3 1 1 2 5 0 4.76
Wickman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.02
WP : Byrdak 2.HBP : Sizemore (by Chen), Freire (by Sabathia).Pitches-strikes : Chen 98-57, Julio 12-6, Byrdak 15-8, Williams 28-17, Sabathia 107-76, Wickman 11-6.Ground outs-fly outs : Chen 6-5, Julio 1-3, Byrdak 0-1, Williams 1-0, Sabathia 11-7, Wickman 1-1.Batters faced : Chen 22, Julio 5, Byrdak 4, Williams 5, Sabathia 29, Wickman 3.Inherited runners-scored : Julio 1-0, Byrdak 1-1, Williams 1-0.Umpires : HP: Lance Barksdale. 1B: Jim Reynolds. 2B: John Hirschbeck. 3B: Wally Bell.Weather : 80 degrees, sunny.Wind : 17 mph, L to R.T : 2:37.Att : 28,025.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
