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Kluber is an excellent example of how the Win-Loss stat is not particularly relevant in terms of how effective somebody pitched. He'll make his next start at 0-1 but could easily be 2-0 if the hitters were doing their jobs. Indians have struck out a lot so far this season. It looks like everybody is going for the fences every time up.

Sorry guys, blame it on the Reds.

They shouldn't have let Cozart get away, cheap SOBs.

And we loose !

painful

Yeah... went the distance but came back with nothing to show for it.

We not tight?

Can't be tight if you're loose.

In 2 starts, Kluber has pitched 15 innings, given up 8 or 9 hits and 4 runs and has a no decision and a loss... Thanks offense.

This team needs to get home and get some mojo going. From the beginning I didn't think it was cool to start a team on the opposite coast for their first 6 games.... but it's a long season, need more consistent bats.

The season might not be long enough for some of these guys to get their Batting average up to except able .. lol

Shawn Kemp's kids get more support than Kluber...

Home opener lineup:
1. Lindor SS
2. Kipnis 2B
3. Ramirez 3B
4. Encarnacion DH
5. Brantley LF
6. Guyer RF
7. Alonso 1B
8. Gomes C
9. Davis CF
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SP Carrasco

Yep - Brantley activated, Naquin optioned to Columbus.

Chief Wahoo gets the start too. Love it.

I'm not into baseball much but I must admit, this is kinda exciting!

Miller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cody walks the first hitter in the 9th. Jeez, I hate that.

He never fills me with confidence...

Some funky stuff goin' on with the baseball today lol

Good game Tribe!!

Strikeout, double play, ballgame.

Love it! Solid way to close it out.

*EDIT*

Oh yeah, opening day win streaks continues!

I'm happy for the fans that braved the elements for the whole game. It'll be a good time downtown tonight. High temps tomorrow are supposed to be low-to-mid 30's - yikes. Definitely not baseball weather. Sometimes (all the time) I think MLB should reduce it's schedule to 154 games and start mid-April instead of March-freaking-30th.

Just got home from the game about an hour ago. It was freezing and got colder as the game went on. It was sleeting towards the end of the game. Great time though and the bars were packed pre and post game. We got up there around 12:30pm for the pregame festivities.

The crowd went wild when they introduced Rajai Davis in the starting lineup.

*Sigh*

Bauer gives up one run .... and loses 0-1.

I keep reminding myself that some players on the team start slow .... but man .... come on. Can't we score even one run in 9 innings?

Indians made Ian Kennedy look like Max Scherzer today. There's only one guy on this team who should be looking longball when he comes to the plate, and that's Edwin. The rest of them should be looking for hard contact, but all we see is guys swinging for the fences. So tired of watching us waste great pitching.

Bauer blasts new MLB rules following 1-0 loss to Royals

CLEVELAND (AP) — Trevor Bauer felt the rules beat him before the Royals did.

Bauer allowed Lucas Duda’s homer on his first pitch in the seventh inning for the game’s only run and Ian Kennedy pitched six shutout innings, leading Kansas City to a 1-0 win over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday in frigid, football-like weather conditions.

Duda’s shot off Bauer (0-1) was one of only three hits by Kansas City and a rare highlight as the teams survived nine innings with the temperature hovering around freezing.

But afterward, Bauer complained that he didn’t have enough time to warm up following the sixth inning. In an attempt to speed up play this season, Major League Baseball has cut the time between innings from 2 minutes, 25 seconds to 2:05.

“First pitch of the inning, coming out, I tried to get loose, but with the new (Commissioner) Rob Manfred time (nonsense) we have only a certain amount of time between innings, it’s hard to get loose sometimes, especially in conditions like that. It’s not safe, but, whatever.”

Bauer said at one point plate umpire Will Little told him to speed up and he refused.

“I was like, ’Look, I’ll take the fine if I need to, but I’m not going to put myself at risk and I’m not going to put the team at risk of me having exactly what happened happen,’” Bauer said. “Throw a pitch that you’re not ready to compete on because you’re still trying to get loose and it gets hit over the fence and we lose because of it — not because of it, but it was a contributing factor.”

Bauer said the elements — temperatures were in the low 30s — made everything difficult.

“Since I don’t cheat like a lot of guys and put stuff on my hand, just grab the ball and throw it, my pitches were somewhat inconsistent,” said Bauer, who allowed only three hits in eight innings. “It’s like a cue ball. It slips out of your hand. But, it is what it is. It’s worse for the hitters. I was looking forward to it. I thought I pitched pretty well overall.”

So did Kennedy (1-0), who allowed four hits, walked none and struck out eight. The right-hander was only in trouble once, but worked out of the sixth-inning jam. Blaine Boyer and Justin Grimm pitched an inning apiece before closer Kelvin Herrera worked a perfect ninth for his second save.

The temperature for the first pitch was 34, one degree above the coldest start to a game in the 25-year history of Progressive Field. Players on both teams bundled up, with several wearing hoods under their caps to try and stay warm.

“The ball feels like it’s an ice cube when it gets thrown to you,” Kennedy said. “For me it was probably my body, trying to keep it warm. You start to get a little cold at the end of the game. Your flexibility starts to die down a little bit. That was the main thing, heat packs, anything to stay warm.”

The Indians came in with an AL-low .157 batting average and stayed as chilly at the plate as this unseasonably cold April. Cleveland hasn’t scored in 17 innings.

Limited to one hit through six innings by Bauer, the Royals got the one run they needed on Duda’s second homer, a rocket into the seats in right.

Duda jumped on Bauer’s 90 mph fastball and drove it over the wall for Kansas City’s first run since the Royals scored two in the first inning Friday. Duda has both of Kansas City’s homers this season.

CHISENHALL HURT

Indians right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall is likely headed to the disabled list with a right calf injury. He got hurt while making a running catch in the first and was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the second.

Chisenhall missed nearly two months last season with a strained right calf.

Manager Terry Francona indicated Tyler Naquin will be recalled from Triple-A Columbus. He was optioned to the minors Friday when Brantley was activated.

K FOR KENNEDY

Kennedy has struck at least one batter in each of his 271 career appearances. He’s tied with Boston’s David Price for the longest such streak among active pitchers.

STRIKE UP THE BAND

Indians DH Yonder Alonso got an early birthday present as his family and a few teammates arranged for a mariachi band to play in the clubhouse before the game. Alonso, who turns 31 on Sunday, even busted out some dance moves while being serenaded.

“They didn’t make me dance, but I just can’t help it,” Alonso said. “I’m from Miami. I’m a Cuban guy. So, it’s just kind of in the blood.”

UP NEXT

Cleveland’s Mike Clevinger is 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA in four career starts against the Royals, who will go with right-hander Jason Hammel in the series finale. Hammel went 3-2 in five starts against the Indians last season.

https://apnews.com/f947801c71e04700ae08f...edium=AP_Sports

The guys at the top of the order need to take their palte appearances to heart . You cn't waste Quality pitching starts like they have early on !

felt bad for bauer .. awful offense

Chisenhall to 10 day DL (calf strain), Naquin called back up. The engine in his car was probably still warm from the drive down to Columbus on Friday.

Chisenhall stays on the DL year in and year out .. About time team takes a look this situation !

Funny how the team goes at the plate ; when your hot , your and so on ..lol
This is not some kind of rookie team now ..

Francona: Early indications are that Chisenhall (calf strain) may need 4-6 weeks to return to MLB games.

https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/983000246660845570

Might as well get it off my chest now " for the season " .. PLAYING Baseball in Cleveland in April is STUPID !

Bauer pitched a great game yesterday. Like Kluber, I wish we could reward these games with a win. I thought Trevor might do a complete game.

Anyway, Mike Clevinger should pitch another good one today.

4-6 weeks ... must be a heckuva calf strain. Do muscle strains involve a tear in the muscle? I always thought it was somewhat less of an injury than a muscle pull.

Feel like we have a dynamite starting rotation . Not to sure about the Bullpen at this point in time .?? Allen /Miller , yep.. At the plate , it's all about vision and patience !

We are just impatient to see the train start to roll //

dang chisenhall

Let's play ball!

For those keeping score at home, today's 32° temperature is the coldest in ballpark history.

https://twitter.com/Indians/status/983029374407577600

Same type of temps here in Connecticut.

I hate this weather.

It's gonna go from 35 degrees to 80 degrees in two weeks.

I'd love to live in 50-60 degrees all year.

Although the ball players (as in The Indians) come to life when the thermometer hits 90.

Nice play!!!!!!!!!!!!!

come on o

Bottom of the 5th, down by 1, the Indians have men at 1st and 2nd with 1 out. Zimmer comes to the plate, Royals go into a defensive shift, moving Moustakis, the 3B, to the SS spot while the SS and 2B slide towards the right side. Does Zimmer lay a bunt down the 3B line? No, he swings his way into a 2 strike count and then looks at a called 3rd strike. Then, with 2 outs, Lindor comes up and the Royals use the same defensive shift. Does Lindor try to lay a bunt down the 3rd base line? No, he hits a weak grounder right into the shift for the 3rd out. Bunting is either a lost art in baseball, or these guys are too (stupidly) macho to take what they are being given by these defensive shifts. Most annoying.