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Posted by Joe Maxse May 24, 2008 00:51AM
Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer
The Indians' Grady Sizemore is tagged out at the plate in the sixth inning by Texas Rangers catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia as plate umpire Dan Iassogna looks for the baseball Friday.The Indians did a lot of things wrong Friday night at Progressive Field, but they deserved to be rewarded when matters went right.
Nope, not at all.
When you are mired in a losing streak, the baseball fates will conspire to keep it that way. That's one way to look at the Tribe's 13-9 loss to the Texas Rangers.
This latest setback -- the Tribe's seventh straight -- was summed up in the sixth inning as the Indians took their place in the recent controversy regarding home run calls.
Trying to rally from a 12-6 deficit, Ben Francisco appeared to have hit a three-run homer off Texas reliever Kameron Loe (1-0). But his drive to left field was ruled only a fair ball by third base umpire Damien Beal.
Replays showed the ball hitting a railing above the yellow line at the top of the fence before ricocheting back to the field. Francisco had to settle for a double as one run scored.
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