Daily Archives: April 18, 2021

Monsters take down Americans 6-3

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The Cleveland Monsters were victorious again, coming away with a 6-3 win over the visiting Rochester Americans at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

There was a five-game winning streak on the line, including three in a row over Rochester for the Cleveland Monsters. Cleveland was more than up to challenge as they won their sixth straight game with a 6-3 win over the visiting Americans.

The Monsters held a slim 3-2 lead last the game headed into the 3rd and final period. Cleveland was being dominated in the shots on goal department (21-13), but still managed to be ahead. Ensuring that they would not let this game slip away, the Monsters were able to add three more goals in the period en route to their three-goal victory.

There are two key statistics that stick out from this game. The fact that Cleveland was better on the power play and only having two penalties in the entire game. Cleveland was able to capitalize on 1 of 2 chances while Rochester failed to score on their lone opportunity. As far as penalties go, Tristan Mullin was called for roughing in the 1st and Tyler Sikura got hit with a high-sticking call in the 3rd.

Matiss Kivlenieks got the start in goal and was able to save 28 0f 31 shots on goal. Rochester fired shot after shot at Kivlenieks and he was able to do just enough to put the Monsters in position to win.

Scoring notes

Luke Moncada scored his first goal of the season with assists from Dillon Simpson (5) and Liam Foudy (8) in the 1st period.

Cleveland took the lead in the 2nd on a goal from Tyler Angle, his sixth of the season. Wyatt Newpower and Cliff Pu each got their fourth assist of the season.

Zach Jordan made it a 3-1 Monsters lead 14:02 into the second. It was Jordan’s fourth goal on the year with Trsitan Mullin registering his first assist.

Early in the 3rd Tyler Sikura netted a power play goal, his ninth of the campaign to make it 4-1. It was assists from Carson Meyer (8) and Adam Helewka (7) on the goal.

Thomas Schemitsch scored his second goal of the season with 13:28 into the final period. It was the second assist of the game for Foudy and the fifth on the year for Tyler Angle.

With less than a minute to play Wyatt Newpower scored an empty netter to seal the game. It was the second goal of the year for Newpower.

The Monsters begin a road trip to Grand Rapids to take on the Griffins Tuesday.

Cavaliers come up short in 106-96 loss to Bulls

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The second half proved to be an issue for the Cleveland Cavaliers yet again as they lost to the visiting Chicago Bulls.

Sometimes it is like clockwork. The Cleveland Cavaliers can be competitive in a game, maybe even winning. Then the second half starts and the game gets away from them. That is just what happened on Saturday as they came up short in the second half to the Chicago Bulls in a 10-point loss.

The Cavaliers had a slight two-point lead at the half which Chicago took and ran with. At one point Chicago was up by 15 points in the 3rd quarter. The Cavs were able to stage a comeback of shorts, trailing 96-93 with 3:23 left to play. Unfortunately for Cleveland, Chicago went on a 10-3 to close the game.

10+ misses for SexLand

Yes, Collin Sexton and Darius Garland each scored 22 points in the loss, but they missed 12 shots each. The fact of the matter is that this has been an issue all season long. Often times one or both players will be one of the Cavaliers higher scorers, but it comes with a high volume of missed shots.

There is a positive for Garland in this performance as he finished with a game-high 12 assists while limiting his turnovers to only 2. The same does not apply for Sexton as his 2 assists compared to his 5 turnovers are not great to see. Sexton frequently turns the ball over as he has 4+ turnovers in 16 of 47 games this season. There are times when Sexton does limit the turnovers with 1 or less in 16 games as well, but they are usually sandwiched in-between his high-turnover games.

Other Cavaliers starters

The good news is that all five the Cavaliers starters scored in double-digits. The bad news is that there was not a single bench player who did. Isaac Okoro ended up with 13 points on a 5-7 (2-4 3PT) shooting night. Kevin Love and Jarrett Allen both finished with 11 rebounds, with Love scoring 14 and Allen 10.

The Cavaliers will travel to Detroit to face the Pistons Monday at 7:00 P.M.

Shane Bieber strikes out 13 to stop skid

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The Cleveland Baseball Club ace stepped up when he was needed most by striking out 13 batters in a much needed 6-3 win

After losing Saturday under some less than desirable circumstances, the Cleveland Baseball Club needed a win in the worst way. Enter Shane Bieber. Bieber was absolutely dominant as he mowed down batter after batter for the Cleveland Baseball Club. Shane Bieber was so good in fact that he tied Nolan Ryan for the most strikeouts by a pitcher in their first four appearances.

Whenever a player is mentioned in the same breath as Nolan Ryan that is some elite company and that is Shane Bieber. This was not the only notable accomplishment for Bieber in the game. By striking out 10+ in his fourth straight game, Shane Bieber is the first pitcher with 10+ strikeouts in his first four starts since 1893.

One more fun fact for Shane Bieber in his dominant start. Bieber’s 8 games with 10 or more strikeouts is the most in baseball since the start of the 2020 campaign.

How about some offense?

In order for the start from Shane Bieber to matter, the offense was going to have to do their part. Good news, it did. The Cleveland bats were able to launch three home runs in the contest to give Bieber the run support he needed. Jose Ramirez struck in the 1st inning.

Roberto Perez would club a three-run shot in the 4th to extend Cleveland’s lead to four.

In the 7th it was Jordan Luplow’s turn as he hit a two-run shot to give Cleveland a few insurance runs.

With the 6-3 win in Cincinnati, Cleveland stopped a two-game losing skid and was able to get back over .500 on the year. Monday is an off day as they will return to action at home when they host the Chicago White Sox.