Indians, Lee Get Roughed Up in Opener

The only good news about todays Indians game is there is 161 games left for the season.

Last years Cy Young Award winner just wasn’t what people expected today. Lee is coming off a bad spring training and today, Cliff Lee stuggled and I think struggled is a nice term. My question for Eric Wedge is, why did he leave Lee in after he was hit by a ball off the bat of Hank Blalock in the pitching arm? I know that Lee said he was fine, but honestly, its game 1 of the season. Was it really that important to keep him in and have him possibly do more damage than just a bruise on the arm? Did Eric Wedge forget that they just put Jamey Carroll on the DL because he was hit in the hand and he told them that he was FINE?

Not only did Lee’s pitching “struggle”, so did the Indians hitting.  The Rangers out hit the Indians 15-5. Even though the Indians got 5 hits, its a good sign that Hafner was one of those guy got a hit.

Maybe I’m being a little to hard on the Indians. It is only the 1st game and there is 161 games for them to win. But honestly, it is WAY to early for Wedge to be coaching poorly, the Indians not to be hitting and the pitching to be bad. Even the bullpen couldn’t come in and keep the Rangers quiet. Lets just hope after their day off tomorrow they will be able to treat Wednesday as a brand new day.

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