Starting Five: A 'Major League' Downer For Tribe

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.

You Oughta Know ...
That the Indians had a night to forget on a day they honored a movie about their days as lovable losers. The Brewers and famed announced Bob Uecker were in town for a memorable night in which Uecker's team was on the right end of a few big homers.

The Indians led 8-3 in the fifth and 12-7 in the eighth before the Brewers scored seven runs to win, including four on Prince Fielder's first career grand slam. Fielder's big blast was set up by three consecutive Indians walks, which Uecker must have called by saying "Ball Four. Ball Eight. Ball 12."

"Overall, it was a very bad night on the mound," Indians manager Eric Wedge said. "We continually got ourselves in bad situations. They kept coming, and we kept making it tougher on ourselves."

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From The Trainers' Room ...
Angels slugger Vladimir Guerrero is getting closer to being able to play the outfield. Guerrero, who missed time earlier this season with a strained right pectoral muscle, began his throwing program on Monday. Guerrero, who has been limited to DH duties since returning May 25, could be ready to play the outfield by the end of next week.

Numbers Game ...
Giants outfielder Andres Torres hit a homer into McCovey Cove, the first "splash hit" of the season at AT&T Park. It was the 48th time a player has hit a ball into the San Francisco Bay inlet that is over the right-field fence. Barry Bonds hit 35 of them.

In Their Own Words ...
"We definitely have a brush fire of control going through this staff. It's a problem, no doubt. We've got a strikeout staff that should trust their stuff more than they do." -- Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, on the team's struggling pitching staff.

Advance Scouting...
Astros catcher Pudge Rodriguez will tie Carlton Fisk's record for games played in the big leagues as a catcher, fittingly in a game against the Rangers (8:05 PM ET), the team with which Rodriguez began his career. It will be Rodriguez's 2,226th game behind the plate.