--Thanks to the struggles of their starting pitcher, the Indians are almost always behind early in games. They have been out-scored 14-5 in the first inning of their 17 games thus far.
--RHP Adam Miller, once the organization's top pitching prospect, is expected to undergo career-threatening surgery next week on the middle finger of his pitching hand. It will be the second surgery in less than a year on the finger, which has ligament and tendon damage. --OF Grady Sizemore's RBI single in the third inning Friday accounted for the Indians' only run. After leading the American League in runs scored for most of the first two weeks of the season, the Indians' offense has stalled. They have scored a total of six runs in the last three games.
--LHP Jeremy Sowers, who failed in his bid to win a spot in the rotation during spring training, is off to a solid start at Class AAA Columbus. In his first two starts, Sowers is 0-1 but with a 1.64 ERA, with 12 strikeouts and two walks in 11 innings.
--LHP Aaron Laffey on Tuesday night became the first pitcher in 39 years to get the opposing team to ground into double plays in five consecutive innings. The last pitcher to do that was Detroit's Les Cain, vs. Minnesota, on May 6, 1970. The Indians turned six double plays in Tuesday's game, equaling the club record and major league record.
BY THE NUMBERS: 8 -- Extra-base hits the Indians had, a major league record, in the second inning April 18. They scored 14 runs in the inning and won 22-4.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "We did a good job of not missing pitches." -- Manager Eric Wedge, after the Indians beat the Yankees 22-4.
