After a 9 day lay- off, the Indians travelled to Aldergrove for their first look at the L.A. Dodgers. The Indians showed some serious signs of rust and if the Burnaby game was a poor effort by the Indians this game topped that in every way. Indians came up with only 1 hit the entire night and even though the Dodger pitcher pitched well, there was no excuse for such anemic offense. Alan led off the 5th with a double and was squeezed in by Coleton to temporarily tie the game at 1 but the Dodgers would take the lead for good off losing pitcher Jacob Doyle scoring twice in the bottom of 5 and 3 more times in the 6th to win going away 6-1. The Indians are going to need to generate better at bats and generally be more patient and use the count to their advantage. Right now we are swinging at too many bad pitches in good hitting counts.
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