Thoughts on our first win

We won our first game!  This has great significance as it gives us a little momentum heading into the home opener.  Here are some first-win thoughts:

Civale looked strong after giving up the HRs, following on the solid work done by Beiber and Plesac.   Even though it is a meaningless stat because all runs count, these three combined for 2 runs allowed in 16 innings AFTER the first inning.   

Probably the biggest thing of this game, for me, is how solide Cal Quantrill looked.   Do not sleep on this guy as the closer before this year is out.   Clase throwing 100+ with a workable slider is also exciting.  

It was nice to see that our guys did what we all hoped they would do, hitting-wise.   Rosario drove in runs. Reyes hit a HR.  Luplow hit a LHP hard.   Chang produced offensively like he hinted at in ST II last year and the first half of this spring...and did it without hitting a HR.  Even Austin Hedges showed that he has a (faint) pulse at the plate with a HR.  And we didn't score all of our runs on HRs.   We had some timely hitting, too.  Every starter scored a run, guys hit balls hard.   And we did it without Cesar Hernandez getting a hit!

These are all positive signs.   There are things that should qualify our enthusiasm but I don't know that those are relevant, really, going into the home opener.

Now on to the home opener.   This season can still go way north or way south of mediocre this year.   Time will tell but, in the meantime, we can enjoy this win and look forward to the most exciting day in Indians baseball (until we win a WS)...opening day every year!