Old pal and reader Lundeen passes along an amusing bit from the AP game story on the Twins-Indians tilt Monday night (bold is ours). Yogi Berra couldn't have said it better himself: The Twins couldn't figure out Cleveland's young pitchers during the team's last series, but had no problems with 22-year-old Jeanmar Gomez (FSY) on Monday. Gomez, who allowed eight runs and 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings, is winless in his last six starts.
Most of the damage against Gomez (3-5) came with two outs.
"Younger guys tend to lose a little bit of focus and concentration. When you have two outs, you're three-quarters there," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "You've got to zero in, make that pitch and get out of there. It's part of the learning process for a kid like him."
Sounds like Cleveland has a math problem. Maybe that's why they win at baseball almost half the time.
