Rattler Alums (9/19)

@Indians 6, Tigers 5:
CLE:
Asdrubal Cabrera ('05): 0-for-3
Shin-soo Choo ('02): 3-for-4, 2HR, 4RBI...Second homer was game-tying homer in the bottom of the eighth.

Need to share some of the writeup in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The really, really interesting stuff has been bolded.

Shin-Soo Choo, following the fight that saw Fausto Carmona and Victor Martinez ejected from the Indians and Sheffield and Placido Polanco from the Tigers, hit a three-run homer off lefty Casey Fossum with two out in the eighth to tie it, 5-5. It was Choo's second homer of the game and his 13th of the season.

Miguel Cabrera homered twice for the Tigers. His two-run shot in the fourth gave them a 2-1 lead. He hit another two-run drive in the seventh for a 4-2 lead. It was his 36th homer and eighth against the Tribe this season.

After Carmona retired Joyce following Cabrera's second homer, he hit Sheffield with a pitch. Sheffield, hit by Carmona for the second time this season, glared at him as he went to first base. Martinez and plate umpire Phil Cuzzi stayed between the two until Sheffield reached the bag.

With Brandon Inge at the plate, Carmona made a pickoff throw to first, drawing a shout and a gesture from Sheffield. Carmona shouted back, and Sheffield charged. Carmona, 6-4, listed at 230 pounds, threw his glove at Sheffield, 6-0, 215 pounds, and then wrapped him in a headlock, punching him several times in the head.

Asdrubal Cabrera jumped over Carmona's back trying to get at Sheffield.

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Sheffield said he watched the fight on tape to see who hit him.

"I know who they are, and they're going to have to deal with me," said Sheffield. "It was [Asdrubal] Cabrera and that skinny left-hander [Perez] out of the bullpen. We'll see how things work out from there."

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Before the game, Choo prepared for his meeting with Fossum by taking 100 sliders off the Indians ProBatter pitching machine. When Fossum threw him yet another slider in the eighth inning, he didn't miss it.

@Yankees 3, Orioles 2:
NYY:
Alex Rodriguez (Foxes, '94): 0-for-3
Damaso Marte ('96): 2/3IP, 0H, 0R

BAL:
Adam Jones ('04): 1-for-3

Red Sox 4 @Blue Jays 3:
BOS:
David Ortiz ('96): 0-for-4

White Sox 9 @Royals 4:
CWS:
Matt Thornton ('00): IP, 2H, R

@Marlins 14, Phillies 8:
PHI:
Greg Dobbs ('02): 2-for-2, HR, RBI

Padres 11 @Nationals 6 (14 innings):
SD:
Cha Seung Baek ('00): pinch hit sacrifice bunt in 14th inning

@Rockies 3, Diamondbacks 2:
COL:
Brian Fuentes ('97): IP, 2H, R, BB, 3K, Save #29