Justin Masterson Sruggles As Indians Lose To The Reds

Written By Larry M. Glicken "LG"

It was the battle of Ohio's opening day starters yesterday in Cactus league play. For the Indians Justin Masterson took the mound and he struggled getting pounded for six runs over the 1-1/3 innings he pitched.

Masterson didn't look like the Masterson we knew from last season, he gave up five hits three walks and only had one strike out. Hey it is only spring training and Masterson just may need some time to warm up (we hope).

The Indians were trailing 8-4 when Carlos Santana came to the plate and hit a three runs shot over the fence in left center field. It is good to see Santana hit one to the opposite field. Michael Brantley open the game with a triple and Asdrubal Cabrera drove in the first run when he grounded out to short. Derek Lowe made his Indians debut and pitched two scoreless innings.

Tony Sipp came in for relief in the fifth and struggled giving up  2 runs. Manny Acta may have like the way the Indians were swinging their bats but wasn't at all happy with the 12-7 loss to the Reds and the Tribe overall performance. Hey good thing it is only MLB Cactus league play.

Larry Glicken is the owner of www.clevelandsports360.com and the host of the Cleveland Sports 360 Show, an online streaming sports video show at www.streamingsportstalk.com