Giants tee off on Lee, Indians in rout

Torres, Uribe, Velez spark offense; Sanchez solid over seven

Chris Haft
MLB.com
GIANTS 10, INDIANS 3
at Scottsdale, Ariz.
Friday, March 27

Indians at the plate: Cleveland stranded a runner in scoring position in each of the first three innings before Jhonny Peralta led off the fourth inning with his third homer of the spring. Peralta also singled and scored in the sixth to lift his Cactus League average to .435.

Giants at the plate: Eugenio Velez stroked a single, double and a triple to pace the Giants to their third win in a row and ninth in their last 11 games. Andres Torres, Nate Schierholtz, Rich Aurilia and Juan Uribe each had two hits, as the Giants amassed seven extra-base hits.

Indians on the mound: Cliff Lee, the American League's reigning Cy Young Award winner, yielded eight runs (seven earned) and 12 hits in five innings, as his ERA rose to 12.42. He walked none and struck out six.

Giants on the mound: Jonathan Sanchez pitched by far his best Cactus League game, allowing two runs and seven hits in seven innings, the longest outing by a San Francisco pitcher this spring. He threw 81 pitches, including 57 for strikes, while walking none and striking out six.

Cactus League records: Indians 9-16-2; Giants 17-14

Up next: The Indians will travel to Tucson, their former Spring Training home, to face the Arizona Diamondbacks at 4:05 p.m. ET on Saturday. Left-hander Zach Jackson, who will start, and right-hander Vinnie Chulk are each expected to pitch multiple innings as they compete for the bullpen's last vacancy -- a long-relief role.

San Francisco will go to Peoria on Saturday to confront National League West rival San Diego, which will send its No. 2 pitcher, right-hander Chris Young, against Giants prospect Kevin Pucetas. That game starts at 1:05 p.m. PT.

From: MLB.com

Cleveland San Francisco 10, Cleveland 3 Today's Boxes 3/27/09 BAL 9, FLA 7 ATL 3, DET 2 HOU 6, PHI 5 BOS 11, STL 8 MIN 16, TB 2 ARI 9, LAA 3 CHC 9, CWS 4 COL 8, SEA 3 KC 4, LAD 1 TOR 4, PIT 1 NYM 4, WSH 1 NYY 4, CIN 1 MIL 7, TEX 4 SD 5, OAK 2 San Francisco March 27, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 9 2 San Francisco 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 10 15 1 Standings | Recap: CLE | SF Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Sizemore, CF 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .390 DeRosa, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .278 Betancourt, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Crowe, PH-LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .289 Martinez, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .238 Peralta, SS 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 .435 Shoppach, C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .262 Lewis, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Francisco, RF 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .311 Pinckney, 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Cabrera, 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 Gimenez, C 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .357 Barfield, LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .184 Hall, RF 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Lee, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Graffanino, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Totals 35 3 9 3 1 6 15 a-Singled for Smith in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Shoppach (2, Sanchez), DeRosa (2, Sanchez), Cabrera (5, Sanchez). 3B: Pinckney (1, Howry). HR: Peralta (3, 4th inning off Sanchez, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Sizemore; DeRosa 2; Crowe; Peralta 5; Shoppach 2; Francisco; Pinckney 3; Cabrera 2. RBI: Peralta (11), Francisco (8), Hall (1). 2-out RBI: Francisco. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Peralta; Barfield 2; Martinez; Cabrera; Shoppach. SF: Hall. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING SB: Sizemore (3, 2nd base off Sanchez/Posey, B), Francisco (4, 2nd base off Sanchez/Posey, B). FIELDING E: Cabrera (2, fielding), Barfield (3, fielding). San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Torres, CF 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 .426 Velez, LF 5 3 3 2 0 1 0 .339 Schierholtz, RF 4 3 2 2 0 1 1 .333 Bowker, RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .218 Sandoval, P, 3B 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 .448 Downs, 3B 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .303 Aurilia, 1B 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 .375 Guzman, J, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .396 Uribe, SS 4 0 2 3 0 1 2 .278 Posey, B, C 4 0 1 0 0 2 5 .346 Valdez, M, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Howry, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Affeldt, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frandsen, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .303 Sanchez, P 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 a-Holm, PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .233 Totals 38 10 15 9 2 9 19 a-Struck out for Sanchez in the 7th. BATTING 2B: Uribe 2 (6, Lee, Lee), Torres (2, Lee), Velez (4, Betancourt), Schierholtz (2, Betancourt). 3B: Velez (3, Lee). HR: Aurilia (2, 2nd inning off Lee, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Torres 3; Velez 6; Schierholtz 3; Sandoval, P; Downs; Aurilia 5; Uribe 4; Posey, B; Sanchez. RBI: Schierholtz 2 (6), Uribe 3 (12), Velez 2 (11), Sandoval, P (11), Aurilia (5). 2-out RBI: Aurilia; Uribe. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Frandsen 2; Posey, B 2; Uribe. SF: Sandoval, P; Uribe. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING E: Posey, B (1, throw). Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Lee (L, 0-3) 5.0 12 8 7 0 6 1 12.42 Betancourt 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 8.10 Smith 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.69 Lewis, J 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.25 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Sanchez (W, 1-0) 7.0 7 2 2 0 6 1 4.61 Valdez, M 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.87 Howry 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.22 Affeldt 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.84 WP: Sanchez, Valdez, M. Groundouts-flyouts: Lee 1-8, Betancourt 0-2, Smith 2-0, Lewis, J 0-2, Sanchez 8-7, Valdez, M 0-3, Howry 1-1, Affeldt 1-0. Batters faced: Lee 28, Betancourt 5, Smith 4, Lewis, J 5, Sanchez 28, Valdez, M 4, Howry 4, Affeldt 1. Inherited runners-scored: Smith 1-0, Affeldt 1-0. Umpires: HP: Mike Winters. 1B: Paul Schrieber. 2B: Brian Runge. 3B: Jake Uhlenhopp. Weather: 66 degrees, sunny. Wind: 5 mph, In from CF. T: 2:32. Att: 11,952. March 27, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner