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Fantasy Draft Cleveland Indians - Opening Day

Posted on May 5, 2016 at 11:21 PM.

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THE PLAIN DEALER

CLEVELAND, OH - Opening Day. It signifies perhaps the one day a year that the Cleveland sports community sheds its usual pessimistic outlook in favor of another. At the very least, it is indifferent; to the longest drought of any city in American sports, and the many troubles that plague one of America's hardest working cities. The 156 season dry spell spreading across all sports is deemed largely irrelevant as the most tortured fans in American sport ritualistically pour into Progressive Field, for a tradition that has largely been a part of the heart of Clevelanders for more than a century. Before there were was basketball, football, or even the drought, there was baseball. And that hasn't and won't ever change.

The new-look Indians did the city proud, at least for a day. Led by a strong outing by ace Chris Archer, the Tribe were able to pull out a 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox in a low-scoring affair. Archer went 6 innings, striking out nine and allowing only 2 walks and one earned run. It was certainly a promising club debut for the young stud, who while effective, did struggle with efficiency throwing almost 100 pitches. The Indians were led offensively by 1st round pick Nolan Arenado, who launched a line drive homerun over the left field wall in the bottom of the first to kick off the new season in style. Joe Panik and Starling Marte also added RBIs to cap off an otherwise pedestrian offensive performance. The Red Sox struggled at the plate, though RF George Springer played well, driving in the team's sole run and collecting two of the team's three hits. The teams will take a day off tomorrow, after which the three game series will continue. The Indians will begin their first road trip on Friday in Chicago to take on the White Sox.

Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians
Apr 4, 2016	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (0-1)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Cleveland (1-0)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	6	1
W: Chris Archer (1-0) L: Masahiro Tanaka (0-1) S: Dellin Betances (1)