Game 1: Spring Has Arrived.
Tribe blow 5-run lead, top ChiSox on Blake’s 3-run double
CLEVELAND (AP) — As the inning unfolded, C.C. Sabathia felt as if he was watching a favorite movie, one with a dialogue he knows by heart and predictable ending.
“Not to sound cocky,” the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner said. “But I think everybody knew what was coming.”
Say this for the Cleveland Indians, they can do drama.
The defending AL Central champions won in familiar fashion at Progressive Field — their ballpark previously known as Jacobs Field — as Casey Blake hit a three-run double in the eighth inning Monday for a 10-8 opening win over the Chicago White Sox.
Indians Win Wild One
It didn’t snow, and Mike Hargrove didn’t emerge from the opposing dugout to put things on ice. Still, the first game played at Progressive Field this season was as crazed as the first game here last year. What’s more, this one counted.
The Indians, with Casey Blake hitting a game-winning three-run double and closer Joe Borowski inducing equal jolts of adrenaline and anguish to a sold-out crowd, beat the Chicago White Sox, 10-8, Monday to win the earliest season opener in team history.
“Now that was a nice Opening Day,” said Borowski. “You had lead swings, momentum shifts and great defensive plays on our part.”
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