Sat Feb 11 2012
Associated Press
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Fausto Carmona showed good command while pitching three scoreless innings Friday. Joe Smith wasn’t so sharp.
Carmona allowed just one hit during his impressive outing but the Cleveland Indians blew a three-run lead in the ninth against a Los Angeles Angels split-squad.
The Indians failed to score in their half of the ninth and the game ended in a 7-7 tie.
Smith surrendered a two-run homer to Michael Ryan and a tying RBI single to Ryan Mount in the ninth, setting up unbeaten Cleveland (5-0) for its second straight tie.
“It’s spring training, so we left him in to see what he could do against a lefty (Ryan),” Acta said of the sidearming Smith, a right-handed specialist. “In the regular season, the closer is in there and we’d have some lefties available.”
Carmona struck out one in his first outing this spring. The right-hander, a 19-game winner in 2007, is seeking to bounce back from a poor 2009 during which he went 5-12 and was sent back to the minors for two months.
“He threw strikes and used all his pitches,” Acta said. “That’s what we want to see.
“We’ve stressed first-pitch strikes to the entire staff. We showed them actual numbers how the league does when guys throw first-pitch strikes.”
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