David Price crushes Cleveland Indians’ for 5-0 victory for Tampa Bay Rays – MLB Update
David Price overwhelmed the Cleveland Indians’ hitters and contributed to 5-0 victory for Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg on Friday, May 27.
While Price crushed the Indians’ offence, Casey Kotchman and Sam Fuld charged the Rays’ hitting squad to win an emphatic victory.
Friday’s game kicked off with Price pitching for Tampa Bay. Dominant as the Indians’ offence has traditionally been, Price was unplayable. Disallowing the Indians’ hitters to go offensively against him, Price succeeded in pitching scoreless innings.
Kotchman hit the first homer of the game, earning two-runs. Josh Tomlin was an easy target for Fuld who struck the second homer of the inning and the game as a whole, to pile up the Rays’ lead to 4-0.
Tomlin gave up five hits in the second inning that not only cost the starting pitcher himself but the Indians as well. The latter half of the game was, beyond any shadow of doubt, a solo show. Price marched on with all swiftness to contain the Indians’ offence.
As the velocity of his pace increased, rather than a predictable decrease owing to a considerable majority of the pitches being the fastballs, Price maintained the 4-0 lead successfully. When he finished his magical spell in the seventh inning, his team
lead was intact.
However, the dominant role was definitely that of Price whom even the Indians’ manager could not help praising. "We couldn't do anything against him," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "He was overpowering."
Acta did not stop short of writing a eulogy for Price. "He can pitch any way he wants to do," Acta said. "The last game he pitched against us, he threw 92 percent of pitches fastballs. He dominated us. And today he mixed all pitches in and same result."
Matt Joyce singled to right on Chad Durbin’s fastball and earned the fifth run for Tampa Bay, strengthening the hold of his team on the game.
Both Joe Peralta and Adam Russell pitched shut-out eighth and ninth innings to pave another 5-0 victory for the Rays.
It will be interesting to see how the Tampa Bay Rays carry their winning momentum into their next match-up. The Cleveland Indians put in a decent performance, but it was not enough to contain the powerful offence of the Rays and Price.
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