After a great spring training, Travis Buck was just so-so in April for the Indians. He was optioned to Class AAA Columbus today when right-hander Jeanmar Gomez was activated.

Chuck Crow / The Plain DealerTravis Buck was optioned to Class AAA Columbus today..

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Outfielder Travis Buck, who made the Indians opening day roster as a spring training invitee, was optioned to Class AAA Columbus today to make room for Jeanmar Gomez.

Buck had a great spring for the Tribe, but injuries to Grady Sizemore and Trevor Crowe helped him make the 25-man roster. In turn it was an injury that sent him to the Clippers.

When the Indians activated Sizemore on Sunday, they put right-hander Mitch Talbot on the disabled list with a sore right elbow. The fill Talbot's spot in the rotation, they recalled Gomez from Columbus. To make room for Gomez, Buck was demoted.

Gomez starts tonight against Kansas City's Bruce Chen.

Buck hit .241 (7-for-29) with three doubles and two RBI. He scored four runs in 10 games. 

Gomez was 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in two starts at Columbus. He struck out 11 and walked three in 12 2/3 innings for the Clippers.

Last year Gomez, 23, was 4-5 with a 4.68 ERA in 11 starts for the Indians. He struck out 34 and walked ;22 in 57 2/3 innings. He was 8-8 with a 5.20 ERA at Columbus.

Something new: Class A outfielder Jason Smit is the first winner of the Indians Minor League Player of the Week award. The award is new this year.

Smit, a converted shortstop, hit .464 (13-for-28) with eight runs, four doubles, two homers and seven RBI in seven games last week for Class A Lake County. Over 11 games, he's hitting .455 (20-for-44).

The Australian native, a right-handed hitter, is 6-0 and 185 pounds. He's 21.

Plain Dealer columnist also says the NBA playoffs have been riveting theater so far.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Welcome to today's edition of Starting Blocks TV, hosted by Branson Wright. Chuck Yarborough is out on yet another assignment, but Wright and today's guest, Plain Dealer columnist Bill Livingston, managed to do the show anyway.

Today's Starting Blocks poll is about how many wins the AL Central-leading Cleveland Indians will have on their resume by June 1. What do you think? Cast your vote now.

Livy has thoughts on that question, and on the NBA playoffs. He says the games so far have made for great theater. He also talks about why LeBron James' jersey was the top-seller in the NBA over the last year; which low seed he thinks has the best chance of pulling a first-round upset; and what the decision by Harrison Barnes to stay at North Carolina means for the Cleveland Cavaliers' draft outlook.

SBTV will return Wednesday with Plain Dealer Ohio State reporter Doug Lesmerises breaking down the Buckeyes' spring game Saturday.

"Pitching, Pitching, and more pitching. The bullpen was brilliant and we did not even use out two best BP pitchers. I give Carraasco and Acta credit for hanging in there in the 6th." - NJTribefan1

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco (59) is taken out of the game by manager Manny Acta as catcher Carlos Santana looks on during the seventh inning of a major league baseball game against the Kansas City Royals Monday, April 18, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

"Pitching, Pitching, and more pitching. The bullpen was brilliant and we did not even use out two best BP pitchers. I give Carraasco and Acta credit for hanging in there in the 6th. In the old days (2010) that is a 7 run Royal inning. CC showed some grit and earned the right to start the 7th. Great downstream confidence move by Acta."

Can the Indians stay atop the A.L. Central this summer? Will the Browns go offense or defense in next week's NFL Draft? What is Cavs GM Chris Grant thinking about for the NBA Draft? Plain Dealer columnist Terry Pluto answered those questions and more in his weekly podcast.

AP PhotoThe Indians are hot, but can they keep it up?

Can the Indians stay atop the A.L. Central this summer? Will the Browns go offense or defense in next week's NFL Draft? What is Cavs GM Chris Grant thinking about for the NBA Draft?

Plain Dealer sports columnist Terry Pluto answered those questions and more in his weekly podcast.

Among other topics discussed:

• Will Grady Sizemore stay in the leadoff position?

• When do the Indians start worrying about third base?

• Who is the leading contender for the Browns' first pick?

• If not Kyrie Irving or Derrick Williams for the Cavaliers, then who?

You can download the mp3 or listen with the player to the right.

The Buckeyes will tap into the versatility of offensive lineman Jack Mewhort.

Chuck Crow/The Plain DealerOhio State Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel.

Toledo St. John’s Jesuit grad Jack Mewhort is one of the numerous Buckeyes caught up in the constant traffic on the depth chart, writes Matt Markey of The Toledo Blade.

Markey writes that Mewhort was slated as a likely starter at guard for 2011. He was a redshirt in 2009 and a backup last season.  Mewhort has worked there, at center, and been part of the crucial auditions at left tackle.

But since Mike Adams, an All-Big Ten first-team choice last season at left tackle, will sit out the first five games due to suspension, Mewhort will get a solid shot.

“We’re moving a lot of guys around, trying different combinations and really giving everyone a lot of reps at different positions,” Ohio State’s All-American center Mike Brewster said. “Jack’s in there working hard too, and demonstrating his versatility. He’s played there [left tackle] before, so that’s plus for us.”

Doug Pearson, Mewhort’s high school coach, said:

“Jack liked playing center so we mostly kept him there, but he’s demonstrated he can handle all three line positions,” Pearson said. “Ohio State played him at all three places that first spring he was down there, so I think they’ve been keeping that flexibility in mind all along.”

New coach, new town

New OSU wide receivers' coach Stan Drayton joined the Buckeyes recently to make this his 12th job in 19 years.

Ken Gordon of The Columbus Dispatch writes how the Draytons' latest relocation seemed a bit curious to some, because Stan had been back with Florida for only a year when Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel called seeking a replacement for receivers coach Darrell Hazell, who took the head coaching job at Kent State.

Drayton had spent most of his career coaching running backs, and OSU's leading returning receiver, DeVier Posey, was facing an NCAA suspension. And he certainly would not be upgrading to a better climate.

But through all of their flitting around the country, and with two daughters to consider - Amari is 6 and Anaya is 3 - the Draytons decided there was no substitute for being close to family.

Pryor's future

Although quarterback Terrelle Pryor will sit out Ohio State's spring game Saturday because of an ankle surgery and start his senior season with a five-game suspension for violating NCAA rules, NFL talent evaluators are weighing his pro prospects, writes FoxSportsOhio.com reporter Bruce Hooley.

So, flashing forward to next year at this time, Pryor is already assured of having two check marks in the negative column when it comes to attracting an NFL suitor.

There are plenty of numbers to make a case for Pryor as an outstanding college quarterback, starting with Ohio State's 30-5 record since he stepped into the lineup the fourth game of his freshman season.

 

Golf and football

Doug Lesmerises of The Plain Dealer talks to OSU great Jack Nicklaus about football, instead of golf.

Nicklaus said he isn't close to Tressel, but does talk to him. He said he isn't privy to any inside information. But in his role as a fan with some clout, it's interesting to hear Nicklaus express what some OSU fans think, or maybe hope, is the truth.

"I can't imagine that the university didn't know what was going on," Nicklaus said. "Unless Jim, who is a terrific guy, maybe he decided to take it on his own shoulders. That could be, I don't know. I just like him a lot."

 
 

"We all know that the defense must win the first five games. So the fact that the D is so far ahead of the O in the month of April is a good sign, people. Relax. We'll be no worse than 4-1 at that point." - jleeb

View full sizeTerry Gilliam l Associated PressOSU's spring game is this Saturday in Columbus.

"We all know that the defense must win the first five games. So the fact that the D is so far ahead of the O in the month of April is a good sign, people. Relax. We'll be no worse than 4-1 at that point."

The former Tampa Bay coach also predicts Cam Newton No. 1 in the draft and favors A.J. Green over Julio Jones.

Associated PressESPN NFL analyst Jon Gruden talked to reporters via conference call today.

 CLEVELAND -- ESPN analyst, former Tampa Bay coach, noted quarterback guru and would-be Browns coaching candidate Jon Gruden was never at a lost for opinions during a conference call on Tuesday.

 Some highlights:

 * He professed his love for Browns QB Colt McCoy.

 "I'm really happy for the progress he's shown. Selfishly, I really like that guy. The one thing McCoy brought to Cleveland was playmaking. I saw him make some nice scramble plays, run to the end zone. I think he's going to be a natural in this West Coast offense. This guy can throw the ball accurately. He's tough, a leader. They don't really have a legitimate guy they feature deep (in the passing game). They're more of a possession-throwing offense. I think he's got enough arm to succeed in Cleveland and the NFL."

 * He predicted Carolina would take Auburn quarterback Cam Newton with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft and defended Newton's inability to recite an Auburn play-call for Gruden on an episode of Gruden's Quarterback Camp.

 "It's not his fault they (at Auburn) don't huddle. This is a no-huddle offense. I don't believe Auburn ever huddles. That's just the way the Tigers operate. Cam Newton will learn quickly what the call shifts, formations are. He's got to get ready right away, learning the terminology to get these plays called quickly and his guys out of the huddle and up to the line of scrimmage.

 * He favored A.J. Green over Julio Jones as the "clearcut No. 1 receiver in this draft."

 * He likes Alabama defensive tackle Marcell Dareus over Auburn's Nick Fairley.

 "I think Dareus is a different player than Fairley. He's a three-position player in a 3-4 front. He is legitimate sheer power. He is rare (with a) rare combination of explosive physical play and is well-versed under (Alabama coach) Nick Saban. Fairely is a one-gap penetrator, the premier inside pass rusher in this draft. One year of production, really. I think he's on the rise, he's getting better."

 * He responded to criticism from former Tampa Bay quarterback Shaun King, who said he won't watch Quarterback Camp because Gruden did not develop young quarterbacks with the Bucs.

 "I agree with Shaun. I wasn't totally sucessful in developing all the quarterbacks. I did fail miserably in developing Shaun King and I'm sorry he'll miss our show."

Looking for their best start in 23 years, the AL Central-leading Indians also go for their fifth straight win over the Kansas City Royals as the surprising top two teams in the division meet Tuesday night.

AP PhotoJeanmar Gomez gets his first start of the season tonight against the Royals.

Kansas City, Missouri -- The Cleveland Indians had just three winning streaks of at least five games last season. They're already in position to post their second surge of that length in 2011.

Looking for their best start in 23 years, the AL Central-leading Indians also go for their fifth straight win over the Kansas City Royals as the surprising top two teams in the division meet Tuesday night.

The Indians, who finished two games ahead of last-place Kansas City last season at 69-93, won a season-best seven straight Sept. 24-Oct. 1. Cleveland also had a 5-0 stretch and a six-game winning streak during an otherwise lackluster 2010.

Manager Manny Acta's club is in a much better spot this season, sporting an AL-best 12-4 record and leading the second-place Royals (10-6) by two games following a 7-3, 10-inning win Monday to open this series and a seven-game trip. The Indians, winners of 12 of 14 - including an eight-game run April 3-11 - need a victory for their best start since opening 14-3 in 1988.

While Cleveland is batting .326 and averaging 6.8 runs during its winning streak, its surge to the top of the standings is largely thanks to excellent starting pitching. Since allowing 17 combined runs in back-to-back losses to the Chicago White Sox to open the season, Indians starters are 9-1 with a 2.03 ERA. Only one starter (Mitch Talbot on April 6) during that stretch has pitched fewer than six innings, and none has surrendered more than three runs.

Talbot had been scheduled to start this contest, but landed on the disabled list Sunday with a right elbow strain that could sideline him three to four weeks. That gives Jeanmar Gomez an opportunity to not only make his season debut, but also to show that he deserves a longer stay in the rotation. The 23-year-old right-hander, 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in 12 2-3 innings at Triple-A Columbus, went 4-5 with a 4.68 ERA in 11 starts for Cleveland last season.

"It always helps to have experience," Acta told the Indians' official website. "But I wish he comes up and throws like he did last year when he had no experience ..."

Gomez went 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts against Kansas City last season.

The Royals will counter with Bruce Chen (2-0, 2.37) as they try to avoid a season-high third straight loss. Chen threw eight innings of one-run ball Thursday in a rain-shortened 5-1 victory over Seattle to win his sixth consecutive decision. It was the veteran left-hander's fourth career complete game and second in his last four starts.

"He was running it in on some of the right-handers and dropping his breaking stuff in to the lefties," said Mariners manager Eric Wedge. "He pitched a good ballgame."

Chen is 2-2 with a 4.94 ERA in five starts against Cleveland.

He should be careful pitching to Indians leadoff hitter Grady Sizemore, who is 5 for 9 with two doubles, a homer and two RBIs in the last two games - his first action since knee surgery last May. Sizemore is 4 for 6 with a homer off Chen.

Royals left fielder Alex Gordon had an RBI single Monday and is batting .400 (22 for 55) with one homer and 12 RBIs during a 12-game hitting streak. He has one hit in seven at-bats against Gomez.

Kansas City third baseman Wilson Betemit, 2 for 8 with two homers versus Gomez, looks to extend his career-high hitting streak to 11.

Cleveland has won nine of 12 against Kansas City.

LAKEWOOD, Ohio - St. Edward has been fined and reprimanded for two recruiting violations, the Ohio High School Athletic Association said Tuesday. The school was fined $250 and received a letter of reprimand in February.

St. Edward was fined $250 and sent a letter of reprimand following two recruiting violations, including a

LAKEWOOD, Ohio - St. Edward has been fined and reprimanded for two recruiting violations, the Ohio High School Athletic Association said Tuesday.

The school was fined $250 and received a letter of reprimand in February.

"The third part is an expectation that the instances that occurred will not happen again," OHSAA spokesperson Tim Stried said.

Stried said St. Edward last fall hosted a "meet the coaches night," which is a violation of a bylaw that prohibits initiating contact with prospective student-athletes.

St. Edward also sent out hundreds of invitations to prospective students for an open house, which is permissible. "But there were a couple student-athletes that were specifically followed up with to attend, which a violation," Stried said.

St. Edward principal Eugene Boyer said the violations resulted in a long dialogue with the OHSAA, which Boyer said led to some current referendums to possibly change recruiting bylaws.

"I thought it was a learning experience for both of us," Boyer said. "There was confusion around the bylaws and that's why the new referendums are there to clear it up." Stried said changes in bylaws often happen after instances such as this one, but he did not know if the current proposals are a direct result of conversations with St. Edward.

The OHSAA's May referendum ballot proposes changes to the definition of prospective student-athletes. One proposal would permit coaches to have contact with seventh- and eighth-grade students who are enrolled in their district or, in the case of private schools, in "a non-public school of the same type." Another bylaw proposal defines what is permissible for mass marketing of schools to prospective students.

OHSAA member principals will vote on the referendum proposals the first two weeks of May.

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I can give you lots of reasons why this won't continue -- and a few on why it might.

View full sizeCharlie Riedel / Associated PressCarlos Carrasco didn't pitch long enough to get the win in the Indians' 10-inning triumph Monday against Kansas City. But Carrasco did work into the seventh inning -- a common accomplishment for a suddenly consistent starting rotation, says Terry Pluto.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A fan asked, "Should I buy my World Series tickets yet?"

Then he laughed.

It's been like that for Tribe fans, whose team led the Central Division with a 12-4 record entering Tuesday night's game against Kansas City. It's Christmas in April.

No one expected this, not even those who bleed Wahoo red, white and blue. If anything, a repeat of last season seemed likely -- a slow start followed by a decent finish as more prospects are brought up from the minors.

But the Indians woke up Tuesday with the American League's best record. They also have won 12 of 14 since losing their first two games of the season.

I can give you lots of reasons why this won't continue. The Indians won't keep hitting .318 with runners in scoring position. They won't have a starter always pitch at least six innings, as has been the case in all but two games before Tuesday. Or a staff that always holds teams to four or fewer runs, as it has over the last 14 games.

They won't have a bullpen that converts every save and shuts down every team after the sixth inning.

But maybe ... let's think and dream a bit.

After Monday's 7-3 victory in 10 innings at Kansas City, reliever Joe Smith told Plain Dealer beat writer Paul Hoynes: "We can swing the bats a little bit. We just kept throwing up zeroes and waiting on them. They came through huge for us."

What if the pitching isn't quite this good, but it's pretty good? What of having every significant pitcher on this team between the ages of 23 and 29, which means they are all entering or in their primes -- meaning the best may still come?

What if they keep throwing strikes, catching the ball on defense and putting up zeroes?

I know. Is this is like 1988, when the Indians started at 13-4 and ended at 74-88?

But I go back to Smith's comment about "putting up zeroes." Most devoted fans know their favorite team was 35-39 after the All-Star break, a major upgrade from the 34-54 start. That team had a 3.89 ERA after the All-Star break, fourth-best in the league. The bullpen owned a sparkling 2.95 ERA in the second half, second-best in the AL.

This year's bullpen entered Tuesday night with a 2.68 ERA.

Smith joined the team last weekend, and gave up a run in his first appearance. He then told Hoynes, "After that game, the guys in the pen told me, 'You must not have gotten the memo...we don't give up runs.'"

What if the pitching that we see now is a continuation of the second half?

Here were some Tribe ERAs after the 2010 All-Star break: Chris Perez (0.63), Raffy Perez (2.40), Tony Sipp (2.81), Joe Smith (2.94), Justin Germano (3.31) and Justin Masterson (3.84).

Carlos Carrasco (3.77) started seven games at the end of the season, and pitched at least six innings each time. Josh Tomlin (6-4, 4.56) went at least five innings in all 12 of his starts. Fausto Carmona (13-14, 3.77) made the All-Star team and he had a 1.99 ERA in his final six starts.

Only Mitch Talbot (5.29) slumped after the All-Star break, and he battled injuries. He is hurt again, replaced by Jeanmar Gomez.

What if a bunch of young, talented arms are suddenly gaining confidence and growing into one of the better pitching staffs in the league, as these numbers indicate?

Then guess what? This will be one fun summer.

The Browns' 2011 schedule features the season opener at home against Cincinnati.

View full sizeJoshua Gunter / The Plain DealerJoe Haden and the Browns will play the Steelers in a prime-time game on Dec. 8 in Pittsburgh.

BEREA, Ohio -- The Browns open their season at home on Sept. 11 against the Cincinnati Bengals, and then don't see another division opponent until the rematch in Cincinnati on Nov. 27.

They play division rivals Baltimore and Pittsburgh four times in the final five games. One of those games is a Thursday night prime-time affair in Pittsburgh on Dec. 8. Another is a rare Saturday afternoon in Baltimore on Christmas Eve.

It's one of the weirdest schedules the Browns have received since returning as an expansion team in 1999.

Their bye week is early, Week 5, on Oct. 9. They have two West Coast trips in the span of 14 days -- Oct. 16 at Oakland and Oct. 30 at San Francisco. And they've got three road games in a row beginning Dec. 8.

Here's the breakdown by month:

Sept. 11, home vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m.; Sept. 18, at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m.; Sept. 25, home vs. Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m.

Oct. 2, home vs. Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m.; Oct. 9, bye week; Oct. 16, at Oakland Raiders, 4:05 p.m.; Oct. 23, home vs. Seattle Seahawks, 1 p.m.; Oct. 30, at San Francisco 49ers, 4:15 p.m.

Nov. 6, at Houston Texans, 1 p.m.; Nov. 13, home vs. St. Louis Rams, 1 p.m.; Nov. 20, home vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m.; Nov. 27, at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m.

Dec. 4, home vs. Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m.; Dec. 8 (Thursday), at Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:20 p.m.; Dec. 18, at Arizona Cardinals, 4:15 p.m.; Dec. 24 (Saturday), at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m.

Jan. 1, home vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m.

"I was really excited when we got this schedule, and in fact, I met with my coaches as a staff almost immediately afterwards," said first-year Browns coach Pat Shurmur.

"We're looking forward to opening the season at home against the Bengals, and I think it is good for our team and our fans that three of our first four games are at Cleveland Browns Stadium.

"You always get a little more fired up for prime time games, especially when it is against a division rival like the Steelers. It's important for your team to play well down the home stretch, particularly this year with five of our last six games against divisional opponents."

The cumulative record in 2010 of the Browns' 2011 opponents was 126-130. Based on those figures, their schedule is ranked 21st in terms of difficulty. But as we know, it's not whom you play in the NFL, it's when you play them.

Preseason set: The Browns finalized dates and times of their preseason games. They play Green Bay at home Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m., Detroit at home Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m., at Philadelphia on Aug. 25 at 7:30 p.m., and at Chicago, Sept. 1, at 8 p.m.

Hannahan's defense has eased concerns of fast-tracking Lonnie Chisenhall to Cleveland.

View full sizeJohn Sleezer / Kansas City StarAs the Royals' Matt Treanor learned on this bunt attempt on Monday, the Indians have found a defensive stalwart in third baseman Jack Hannahan.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Clubhouse confidential: The Indians knew Jack Hannahan was a good defensive third baseman. They didn't know he was this good.

Hannahan hasn't sustained his hot start with the bat, but he's played exceptional defense. With the Tribe off to a fast start, his defense has proved to be more important in shelving any emergency plans to fast-track Lonnie Chisenhall to Cleveland.

Last year, Indians third basemen made 27 errors, the second-most in the AL. This year, they've made one in 16 games. Hannahan has one error in 13 starts. Adam Everett made his fourth start at third on Tuesday.

Get loose: It was cold and damp Monday night at Kauffman Stadium, not exactly the kind of weather pitchers prefer to get loose in. Carlos Carrasco loved it.

"I've been pitching 91 mph to 92 mph, but Monday night I was reaching 95 mph to 96 mph," said Carrasco, who went 6 1/3 innings in the Tribe's 7-3 victory. "My arm just felt a little more loose. I've been lifting a little harder and I've been running a little more consistently between starts. Before the game I did a lot of exercises."

Stat of the day: Indians pitchers, through 16 games, have allowed the fewest hits (114) in the big leagues.

The Ohio Junior Championship, one of the most prestigious events in the state, makes a rare stop in NE Ohio this summer.

View full sizeScott Shaw / The Plain DealerRavenna's picturesque Windmill Lakes Golf Club will welcome the return of the Ohio Junior Championship in late June -- a rare visit of the amateur tournament to Northeast Ohio.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The state of junior tournament golf in Northeast Ohio grew in stature recently with the announcement that the Ohio Junior Championship, one of the most prestigious events in the state, will be played at Windmill Lakes Golf Club in Ravenna on June 28-29.

The tournament commonly referred to as the Ohio Juniors has been around since 1939 and has been won by such players as Jack Nicklaus (the only three-time winner, 1952-54), renowned amateur Frank Stranahan (1941), PGA Tour player Joe Ogilvie (1990), Ohio State coach Donnie Darr (1991) and former University of Akron coach and area teaching pro Steve Parker (1986).

Normally held at private clubs in the southern part of the state, this marks the second time the event has been played at a public course and only the fourth time since 1962 that it has been held in Northeast Ohio. Shady Hollow in Massillon was the host in 2007 and Canton Brookside was the site in 1964. The event was played at Canterbury in 1962.

The tournament, conducted by the Ohio Golf Association, is limited to 192 players in two divisions and is open to male junior golfers who have not reached their 19th birthday prior to June 29. They must also have a handicap index of 14.4 or less.

While the field is divided into two age groups (15-and-under, 16-18), the overall winner can come from either division as both age groups play from the same tees.

The addition of the Ohio Juniors gives the area four high-quality junior events, starting with the Hudson Junior Invitational (June 14-15), the Cleveland Junior Open at Red Tail in Avon (June 20-23) and the five-stop Northern Ohio Junior PGA series that starts May 21.

Off is on: The off-season in the industry is a time of change and 2011 was no different. Scott Pollack has left after 12 years as the head pro at Grantwood Golf Course in Solon to become an outside sales rep for Callaway Golf. Dan Dauk is the new head pro and director of public facilities at the Raymond Firestone Public Course in Akron after 12 years as the director of golf at Chippewa in Doylestown.

Neither man will be replaced. Grantwood assistants Cary Bonham and T.J. Tabor will assume Pollack's duties and Chippewa owner Kevin Larizza said longtime pro Don Olney and Eric McKinney will share Dauk's responsibilities.

Lending a hand: Northern Ohio Golf Charities and the Bridgestone Invitational donated $835,000 to 37 charities throughout Northeast Ohio from the proceeds from last year's tournament at Firestone Country Club. That raised total donations to more than $20 million over the past 50 years.

Among the recipients were the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the Red Cross, The First Tee, the Cleveland Foodbank and the Women's Board of Akron Children's Hospital.

Smith said in an interview published Tuesday that there were a number of things he wished he had done differently.

View full sizeMarvin Fong / The Plain DealerOhio State AD Gene Smith (right) told The Associated Press this week that mistakes were made during the March press conference announcing the reported violations of head coach Jim Tressel (center). OSU President Gordon Gee has also said his comments were inappropriate at the time.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State officials aren't blind to the fact that the often-awkward news conference on March 8 that announced the NCAA violations committed by football coach Jim Tressel didn't go as they had hoped.

In an interview with the Associated Press on Tuesday, Athletic Director Gene Smith said the news conference was supposed to include an apology from Tressel for the violations he committed by not informing his bosses about an email that told him of potential NCAA violations committed by his players, a fact he kept quiet for nine months. But the apology only came in later public appearances, after Smith spoke to Tressel about the need to apologize, as laid out as part of the punishment Ohio State suggested to the NCAA.

Smith told the AP there were a number of things he wished he had done differently.

OSU president Gordon Gee last week told the The Lantern, Ohio State's student newspaper, that he regretted joking at that news conference, when asked about whether Tressel would be fired, "I hope he doesn't fire me."

"I sometimes need to extricate my foot from my mouth," Gee told The Lantern, explaining his penchant for joking about himself. "I admit that. But I have been that way for 30 years."

Tressel was suspended for five games at the start of the 2011 season and fined $250,000 for his violations, though the NCAA continues to investigate and could add to those penalties. Smith told the AP that Ohio State's own cost for investigating the violations is expected to exceed $250,000.

The NCAA's ruling could come as early as this summer if Ohio State agrees with the findings and sanctions, or it could be carried over into 2012 if Ohio State disagrees and contests the penalties.

The Indians rallied late, but it wasn't enough to beat Kansas City on Tuesday night.

View full sizeEd Zurga / Associated PressKansas City catcher Brayan Pena shows some exultation after the Indians' Carlos Santana strikes out to end Tuesday's game with the bases loaded, sealing the Royals' 5-4 victory at Kauffman Stadium.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Indians worked their way all the way back into Tuesday night's game only to see their struggling cleanup hitter take three straight strikes without swinging the bat with two out and the bases loaded at Kauffman Stadium.

Carlos Santana sat in front of his locker with his head down after the Indians' 5-4 loss to Kansas City on a cold April night. Closer Joakim Soria, who had just walked Shin-Soo Choo with the bases loaded to make it a one-run game, threw three consecutive backdoor cut fastballs to the seemingly catatonic Santana. All he did was watch.

"All three were backdoor cutters," said Santana. "They were very good pitches. I wanted to get a good swing. But tomorrow is a new day and I've got to be positive."

Santana is in a 3-for-33 slump. He's hitting .203 (12-for-59) overall. In the Indians' 17 games this season, he's batted cleanup 16 times.

"He's a very good hitter and he was facing a good pitcher," said manager Manny Acta. "Soria made three good pitches right on the black. I think everyone wants him to swing the bat, but you also have to take your hat off sometime to the pitcher."

A lot of things happened in the ninth. Austin Kearns started the inning by reaching on an error by third baseman Wilson Betemit. After Soria, who earned his fifth save, struck out Lou Marson, left fielder Alex Gordon probably saved the game for the Royals by making a diving catch of pinch-hitter Grady Sizemore's liner. Perhaps Gordon should have thought safety first and played the ball on the bounce, but he didn't and the Royals still won.

"It was a great play by Gordon," said Acta.

Michael Brantley kept the inning going with his third hit of the night, a line drive single to center. Then Soria, showing some nerves of his own, hit Asdrubal Cabrera with a 0-2 pitch to load the bases. Choo worked the count full before walking to make it 5-4. Santana and his frozen at-bat followed.

The win went to Bruce Chen (3-0, 2.42 ERA), who held the Indians scoreless for six innings. In the seventh, Marson hit a two-run double off Chen to make it 5-2, but the Indians made their move too late.

Chen is 4-0 with a 3.29 ERA against the Indians over the last two seasons. Acta's starting lineup, counting switch-hitters, featured seven right-handers to counteract the left-hander, but it didn't work.

"It took us too long to get to Chen," said Acta. "He did a very good job against us."

Jeanmar Gomez (0-1, 10.38) took the loss. Gomez was activated before the game after winning his first two starts at Class AAA Columbus. The Indians need someone to take injured Mitch Talbot's spot in the rotation. Talbot will miss at least a month with a strained right elbow, but Gomez won't be around that long if he doesn't pitch better than he did Tuesday.

He allowed five runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out three, walked two and watched the Royals steal five bases with him on the mound.

"In the bullpen, I was down in the zone," said Gomez. "In the game I left a couple of pitches up."

Said Acta, "Gomez struggled pretty much the whole night to keep the ball down in the zone and get ahead in the count. Those guys can swing the bat. They banged the ball around pretty good."

One of the big reasons the Indians are 12-5 is the starting rotation. Gomez is the first starter who failed to go at least six innings in 12 starts. In 14 starts before Tuesday, the rotation was 9-1 with a 2.03 ERA.

The Royals knocked Gomez out in the fifth. Melky Cabrera and Gordon started the inning with consecutive doubles for a 4-0 lead. Jeff Francoeur made it 5-0 with a single over the drawn-in infield. Gomez was gone after he walked Betemit.

Kansas City took a 2-0 lead in the third. Alcides Escobar opened with a single to short. Gomez caught Escobar leaning the wrong way on a pickoff attempt, but Santana couldn't hold the ball at first. Chris Getz followed with a triple down the right field line to make it 1-0.

It was that kind of night for Santana, who was making his second start at first. Melky Cabrera delivered Getz with a grounder to second.

The veteran netminder made 37 stops to give Lake Erie a crucial 2-1 series edge in the playoff series.

View full sizeBrian Donogh /Winnipeg SunLake Erie's Julien Brouilette sends Manitoba's Garth Murray crashing into the boards during Tuesday's Game 3 of the American Hockey League first-round playoff series in Winnipeg.

Kirk Penton

Special to The Plain Dealer

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Save for one early mistake, it was a night of great saves for John Grahame.

The veteran netminder made 37 stops to give his Lake Erie Monsters a crucial 2-1 victory over the Manitoba Moose in Game 3 of their North Division semifinal at MTS Centre.

The victory, in front of 7,823 spectators, gave the Monsters a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Game 4 is slated for Thursday night at MTS Centre, and Game 5 goes Friday, also in Winnipeg.

Grahame started his second straight game ahead of Jason Bacashihua and made head coach David Quinn look like he knew what he was doing. The Moose had more than twice as many shots as the Monsters (40-19), but Grahame was on top of his game.

"How 'bout him, huh? I'm not surprised," Quinn said of Grahame's performance. "We've got two great goalies. He's played great the last two nights, and when you kill the penalties we had to tonight the goalie's gotta be good, and he was better than good. He was great."

His best stop of the night came with 8:30 left in the third. Mario Bliznak broke in alone shorthanded, but Grahame was with him every step of the way. The Moose center's attempt to slip it between the goalie's legs failed, and that was as close as the home team got to tying it up.

"That's a timely save," said Grahame, whose only blemish was Sergei Shirokov's second goal of the series 1:09 into the game. "Sometimes it's not how many saves you make; it's at what point of the game. I'll take that one every time."

David Van der Gulik and Ben Walter took care of the Lake Erie scoring, both notching their second goals of the series 2:25 apart early in the second period.

While Grahame was certainly outstanding, Lake Erie's penalty-killing unit is becoming the story of the series. The Moose were 0-for-8 with the man advantage, leaving them 0-for-15 in the series and 0-for-35 against the Monsters in seven games overall this season. The Moose had a pair of 5-on-3 advantages on Tuesday night, but they didn't generate many scoring chances on either one.

"You never want to take that many penalties and give them that many opportunities, but you gotta give credit to our PK," Grahame said. "Everyone kind of stepped up their game."

Moose head coach Claude Noel downplayed his team's struggles with the man advantage.

"No question, if you don't get the power play going you're not going to win a series," Noel said. "But that's one game. I liked the power play, other than not scoring. We were in the zone the whole time, pretty much. We moved it around good, had some chances, but you have to get it done."

Grahame said getting Game 3 is huge because the Monsters are not only halfway to a series victory, but they are back in the driver's seat after falling 3-2 in overtime on Sunday in Game 2.

"It's a great win," Grahame said. "They kind of took a little momentum back from us with the overtime game, and we wanted to come and make an impression in this game. The guys beared down."

Former Monsters netminder Tyler Weiman made 17 stops for the Moose.

Making moves: The Monsters made two roster changes for Tuesday's game, inserting forward Zach Cohen and defenseman Stefan Elliot for Steve Olesky and Luke Walker.

Elliott, a second-round draft pick of the Colorado Avalanche, was playing his first pro game.

A good sign? Grahame has been in the AHL playoffs three times before, and each time he backstopped deep runs. Grahame guided the Providence Bruins to the Calder Cup in 1999, and then he took them all the way to the league semifinals in 2000 and 2001.

Toughness personified: One of the scouts taking in Tuesday night's game was Dave Semenko of the Edmonton Oilers. Semenko amassed 1,175 penalty minutes in nine NHL seasons, most of them spent protecting Oilers teammate Wayne Gretzky.

Kirk Penton is a writer for the Winnipeg Sun.

Despite having just one player assured of going in the first three rounds, Ohio State has 11 former Buckeyes with the potential to be picked in next week's NFL Draft.

View full sizeMarvin Fong / The Plain DealerHis speed and experience playing big-time college receivers -- here knocking away a pass intended for Miami's Travis Benjamin -- may have elevated NFL scouts' opinion on OSU cornerback Chimdi Chekwa.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Chimdi Chekwa has turned heads with his speed. Now the former Ohio State cornerback is in a race to see who will be the second Buckeye taken in the NFL Draft, and on what day that pick will come.

Defensive lineman Cameron Heyward is the only Buckeye assured to go in the first three rounds during the first two days of the draft -- the first round will be conducted in primetime on Thursday, April 28, and the second and third rounds following on Friday, April 29. Heyward to the Green Bay Packers with the 32nd and final pick of the first round has become a popular mock draft choice of late.

Then should come a gap. Then a rush.

Chekwa said Tuesday that he's hoping to sneak into the second round. ESPN analyst Mel Kiper has Chekwa as the No. 81 overall pick, to Oakland in third round, with linebacker Ross Homan projected as the 85th pick to Philadelphia.

But there's also the possibility that none of the Buckeyes after Heyward will go until the fourth round. That's how ESPN's Todd McShay sees it. That means on the last day of the draft, in the final 157 picks, as many as 10 -- or 6.4 percent of Saturday's choices -- could be Buckeyes.

"There's a possibility about 10 of us going, and a very strong possibility of eight of us," Chekwa said Tuesday.

The strongest draft cases after Heyward, Chekwa and Homan, belong to (in a guess at their draft order): linebacker Brian Rolle, safety Jermale Hines; receiver Dane Sanzenbacher, cornerback Devon Torrence, offensive lineman Justin Boren, running back Brandon Saine, offensive lineman Bryant Browning and defensive lineman Dexter Larimore.

At least the top six should be drafted, while Torrence, Boren, Saine, Larimore and Browning are closer to the edge between the draft and free agency.

In the last 10 years, 67 Buckeyes have been drafted, with a high of 14 in 2004 to a low of three in 2005 and 2008. If the Buckeyes get to 10 draftees, it would be the second-largest haul of OSU players since the draft was reduced from 12 rounds in 1993.

But will that run start late on Friday in the third round or early on Saturday in the fourth round?

"Chekwa has great speed that really caught the attention of people," Pro Football Weekly Draft analyst Nolan Nawrocki said. "If you go through and look at how he played, most teams put a sixth- or seventh-round grade on him. But I think he helped himself and he could go as early as the fourth round with the way he ran. Teams are willing to roll the dice with a player who has speed like that."

Chekwa would like the dice roll to come earlier. After dislocating his wrist in the Sugar Bowl, Chekwa missed out on postseason all-star games while recovering from surgery. He was back for the NFL Combine, where his 4.4 time in the 40 tied for third among the corners.

Since then, he's had the pins removed from his wrist, been rechecked by NFL medical staff in Indianapolis and held private workouts in Columbus for five or six teams, he said. He plans to inform interested teams that his wrist has healed to the point where he's back to catching footballs during drills.

Along with his speed, he believes his experience in the varied coverages of Ohio State's defense and the understanding of coverages he showed in his team interviews will help his cause. He also knows his body position and playing the ball in the air are areas he needs to improve. NFL.com has Chekwa graded as the No. 91 player in this draft, with Homan next among the Buckeyes at 130.

"His size may hurt him a little bit," Nawrocki said of the 6-foot, 240-pound Homan. "But he could play a lot of positions, and he's got good instincts. At worst you'd be getting a good, solid core special teamer and you could be getting a little bit more depending on whether he goes to the right scheme."

That's what a lot of teams could be getting with a lot of Buckeyes, good football players with some flaws, maybe not future stars, but players worth putting on a roster.

"I'll definitely be watching to see where my teammates go," Chekwa said. "We're all in this together."

Several local runners had impressive runs Monday in the Boston Marathon.

View full sizeStew Milne / Associated PressHundreds of Ohio runners raced along the streets of Boston in Monday's marathon.

Several local runners had impressive runs Monday in the Boston Marathon.

Kam Lee of Shaker Heights was the top Ohioan, finishing 99th overall and seventh in the men's 40-44 age group division with a time of 2 hours, 31 minutes and 57 seconds.

Lee also helped the Cleveland South East Runners Club finish second among 73 men's teams in the Masters teams race with a combined time of 7:55:58. Running with Lee was Mark Godale of Aurora (2:41:40, 226th overall) and Paul Romanic of Hudson (2:42:21, 246th overall).

Barbara Broad of Pepper Pike won the women's 60-64 age-group division with a time of 3:19.1, almost seven minutes faster than the second-place finisher. Joan Ellis of Avon was seventh in the same age group in 3:36.57.

Terry McCluskey of Youngstown won the men's 60-64 division in 2:48:38 and Jeff Ubersax of Pepper Pike was sixth in the men's 55-59 division in 2:56:03.

How runners from Ohio finished in Monday's Boston Marathon:

99, Kam S Lee, Middleburg Heights, 2:31:57; 127, Matthew Folk, Perrysburg, 2:34:52; 168, Dustin A. Whitehair, Columbus, 2:38:32; 226, Mark Godale, Aurora, 2:41:40; 246, John P. Romanic, Hudson, 2:42:21; 258, Brad Miller, Toledo, 2:42:41; 26, Sarah R. Bashinski-Flament, Poland, 2:43:37; 308, Zachary M. Lewis, Cincinnati, 2:44:43; 333, Stephen Cullen, Medina, 2:45:33; 342, Gregory A Howard, Canton, 2:45:45; 351, Chris Wagner, Pickerington, 2:45:59; 374, Charles Engle, Dublin, 2:46:42; 382, Jason Barhorst, Cincinnati, 2:46:48; 435, Mitchell T Thornton, Mcdonald, 2:47:55; 443, Daniel W. Burnett, II, Loveland, 2:48:19; 456, Terry McCluskey, Vienna, 2:48:38; 37, Mandy Yates, Medina, 2:49:01; 497, Matthew A Hoppe, Medina, 2:49:25;

546, Chad W. Lutz, Stow, 2:50:04; 561, Philip W. Rader, Findlay, 2:50:24; 40, Emily Avers, Findlay, 2:50:57; 637, David Giammar, M.D., Columbus, 2:51:44; 638, Scott A Bihl, Cincinnati, 2:51:44; 673, Richard W. Dravenstott, Terrace Park, 2:52:22; 685, Brian R Phillips, Tallmadge, 2:52:36; 689, Adam J. Hehr, Cincinnati, 2:52:39; 708, Jake K. Richards, Cincinnati, 2:52:58; 58, Jennifer Theissen, Kent, 2:54:32; 880, Jay A. Smith, Powell, 2:55:10; 881, Stephen E. Quinn, Columbus, 2:55:10; 906, Mark A. Ragase, Cincinnati, 2:55:25; 961, Jeffery D Ubersax, Pepper Pike, 2:56:03; 962, Brian Devney, North Royalton, 2:56:03; 68, Beth C. Woodward, Orrville, 2:56:07; 69, Tamara L. Masters, Toledo, 2:56:07; 1006, Rob Maurer, New Phila, 2:56:41;

74, Anika S. Busby, Blue Ash, 2:57:05; 1131, Paul Schwartz, Wyoming, 2:57:52; 1164, Cory R. Okular, New Middletown, 2:58:11; 1170, Jeffrey R. Lammers, Bowling Green, 2:58:15; 1198, Alan Satterfield, Chesterland, 2:58:29; 1227, Nicholas Kienzle, Cincinnati, 2:58:41; 1250, Robert Goodnough, Cleveland Heights, 2:58:50; 1252, Lawrence H. Goodnough, Cleveland Heights, 2:58:52; 1259, Brian M. Polen, Wooster, 2:58:56; 1269, Michael P. Seiser, Athens, 2:59:01; 1276, Kevin M. Sheehan, Dayton, 2:59:02; 1297, Chris Cavanaugh, Cincinnati, 2:59:08; 1325, Ki Mixon, Beachwood, 2:59:19; 1342, Darren R. Grieves, Columbus, 2:59:27; 1375, Frank Duchossois, Solon, 2:59:40; 1406, Tyler V Cross, Cincinnati, 2:59:54;

1422, Todd E. Smith, Lovelend, 3:00:01; 1424, Tim Beard, Sylvania, 3:00:01; 1438, Cameron A. Smith, Cleveland, 3:00:08; 109, Elizabeth A. Hansen, Euclid, 3:00:46; 110, Corey M. Randall, Cincinnati, 3:00:47; 1550, Charles E. Twigg, IV, Akron, 3:01:04; 1593, Philip T. Putnam, Wyoming, 3:01:28; 1678, Scott Horns, Perrysburg, 3:02:23; 1726, Greg Dykes, Stow, 3:02:56; 1731, David Fredrick, Cleveland, 3:02:58; 1761, Nicholas J. Hanson, Hilliard, 3:03:15; 1815, Eric L Batterton D.D.S., Delaware, 3:03:41; 1832, Nathaniel Winters, Hilliard, 3:03:50; 1847, Michael Ferriman, Columbus, 3:03:58; 1868, Sean Kearney, Columbus, 3:04:08; 1874, Mark Modic, Brecksville, 3:04:09; 1891, Andrew J. Slack, Fairview Park, 3:04:19; 146, Catherine Spiess, New Albany, 3:04:20; 1913, Howard Miller, Cincinnati, 3:04:29; 1937, Matthew M. Shaheen, Brecksville, 3:04:37; 1969, Michael F. Sternasty, Akron, 3:04:48; 1971, Matt J. Fyffe, Cleveland, 3:04:48;

2004, Dave Calvert, Lewis Center, 3:05:02; 2095, Jason T. Baker, Solon, 3:05:50; 2111, Alex Hancock, Columbus, 3:05:57; 2120, Alex E. Vaughan, Columbus, 3:06:04; 2137, Brock R. Hanthorn, Cincinnati, 3:06:12; 2148, Jason Koomen, Findlay, 3:06:16; 2152, David M Gajewski, Broadview Heights, 3:06:18; 2185, Michael T. Dibartola, Columbus, 3:06:30; 2251, Chris E Mikolay, Hudson, 3:07:06; 2271, Scott D Stocker, Columbus, 3:07:12; 2354, Robert G Sudomir, Canton, 3:07:46; 2365, Andrew P Brasse, Cincinnati, 3:07:48; 2388, Ryan Gabel, Toledo, 3:08:00; 2432, James A. Lamastra, Rocky River, 3:08:19; 2436, Charles J. Boulware, Brecksville, 3:08:20; 2445, Kenneth E. Smith, Warren, 3:08:24; 2479, Kenneth A. Hagan, Avon, 3:08:33; 2525, Evan Bayles, Cincinnati, 3:08:49; 2549, Shawn M Sullivan, Orange Village, 3:08:56;

2574, Michael P. Amonett, Akron, 3:09:04; 2589, Roland Molina, Cincinnati, 3:09:06; 2590, Graig E. Kluge, Cleveland Heights, 3:09:06; 2594, Ryan Patriarca, Painesville, 3:09:09; 2616, Jeffrey Lancaster, Concord, 3:09:17; 2631, Robert Gould, Cincinnati, 3:09:22; 2675, Eric Moore, Cincinnati, 3:09:37; 2678, Constantine D Mavroudis, Bratenahl, 3:09:39; 2708, Stephen O Zeidner, Columbus, 3:09:46; 2727, Perry G. Detlor, Canfield, 3:09:54; 2733, David Black, Granville, 3:09:57; 2736, Jim Wu, Cincinnati, 3:09:58; 2773, Jim Lockwood, Jr., Harrison, 3:10:17; 2812, Bob Jasinski, Cincinnati, 3:10:37; 2817, Mark A. Hausterman, Cincinnati, 3:10:38; 2821, Ryan T Earhart, West Chester, 3:10:39; 2849, Geoffrey Hahm, Dayton, 3:10:47; 2855, Todd H. Poulson, Parma, 3:10:50; 2881, Ken Tegtmeyer, M.D., Cincinnati, 3:10:59; 2908, Gabriel P. Crow, Stow, 3:11:08; 2921, Tommy Liu, Ashland, 3:11:12; 281, Amber N Hanes, Belpre, 3:11:14; 2939, Bill Dando, Uniontown, 3:11:18; 2951, Duane E. Titus, Maineville, 3:11:23; 2967, Greg M Schimmoeller, Copley, 3:11:30;

2971, Daniel M. Haynes, Columbus, 3:11:31; 2973, Mark T. Jolin, Springboro, 3:11:31; 2983, Patrick F Edwards, Ashland, 3:11:36; 3029, Jonathan J. Zappala, Lakewood, 3:11:52; 3069, Charles Stusek, Chesterland, 3:12:05; 3111, Christopher A Roberts D.D.S., Findlay, 3:12:23; 3121, Donald J. Luscher, Barberton, 3:12:29; 3175, Craig Butler, Groveport, 3:12:50; 3196, Jeffrey L. Phillips, Montgomery, 3:12:58; 3236, Tim Wheeler, Columbus, 3:13:14; 3280, Todd Hann, Columbus, 3:13:29; 3281, Andrew Black, Canton, 3:13:29; 3292, Brian M Spellacy, Highland Hts, 3:13:32; 3329, Alexander Ormond, Fairlawn, 3:13:46; 3339, Matt Akey, Cincinnati, 3:13:54; 3376, Jeremy Paul, Cleveland, 3:14:08; 3459, Kyle B. Fahrenkamp, Hamilton, 3:14:33; 3467, Tony Harbert, Cuyahoga Falls, 3:14:35; 3468, Mark Collins, Columbus, 3:14:35; 3474, Scott C. Yakubek, Salem, 3:14:36; 3493, Blaize O'Brien, Columbus, 3:14:39; 3520, Bryon L. Shepherd, Pickerington, 3:14:48;

3604, Jason Baylor, Hudson, 3:15:21; 3623, Jason K Fremder, Cincinnati, 3:15:27; 3645, Alan Willford, Maumee, 3:15:32; 3666, Adam M. Coatney, Dayton, 3:15:40; 3671, Jed Hartings, Cincinnati, 3:15:40; 3685, Matthew S. Lautzenheiser, Louisville, 3:15:47; 3698, Robert Aguiar, Dayton, 3:15:53; 417, Jessica Van Epp, Medina, 3:16:01; 3715, Jim Mann, Concord Township, 3:16:02; 3718, Randy Hinkle, Lewis Center, 3:16:04; 421, Elizabeth Jesko, Salem, 3:16:08; 3758, Bob Kroupa, Canton, 3:16:16; 3780, Michael W. Pickens, Mason, 3:16:28; 3809, Chad King, Columbus, 3:16:38; 3810, Michael P. Barr, Bexley, 3:16:38; 3820, Erik B. Allsop, Bainbridge, 3:16:42; 3901, John L Carter, Belpre, 3:17:14; 477, Emma M. Snyder, Columbus, 3:17:21; 3931, Eric S. Hunziker, Cincinnati, 3:17:27; 3936, Michael Berish, Hudson, 3:17:28; 490, Kelley Newsad, Columbus, 3:17:31; 495, Wendy Johnson, Powell, 3:17:38; 3970, Brian Yates, Medina, 3:17:40; 496, Dianne Striebel, Dayton, 3:17:41; 4000, Ed Baier, Cincinnati, 3:17:48; 4021, Mark J. Carroll, Delaware, 3:17:57;

4031, Chris Ferrone, Cincinnati, 3:18:01; 4033, Jonathan Buonamici, Canfield, 3:18:01; 4043, Patrick L Driscoll, Fairview Park, 3:18:04; 4071, David W. Miller, Vandalia, 3:18:11; 4088, Peter E Arbogast, Marysville, 3:18:18; 4089, Steve Torok, Bethel, 3:18:19; 4109, Matthew Ridel, Maumee, 3:18:24; 4165, Dan C. Sheehan, Troy, 3:18:45; 4208, Ben J Henney, Marysville, 3:18:58; 561, Barbara M. Broad, Pepper Pike, 3:19:01; 4228, Christopher Blannin, Bexley, 3:19:02; 4273, Samual L Mishler, Kent, 3:19:20; 4327, Andrew E Jordan, Cincinnati, 3:19:37; 4345, Howard Murray, Stow, 3:19:42; 602, Susan A Purks, Dayton, 3:19:54;

4450, Brent C Rippe, Cincinnati, 3:20:13; 4469, Steve Guba, Akron, 3:20:23; 626, Julie A. Rubin, Kent, 3:20:30; 4512, Jeffrey P. White, Lewis Center, 3:20:35; 4552, Jeffrey J. Ziol, Hudson, 3:20:48; 4554, Joseph P. Shivers, Salem, 3:20:48; 644, Michele L Fiala, Athens, 3:20:55; 646, Nadine M. Gerhardstein, Highland Heights, 3:20:58; 663, Shelby J. Miller, Oxford, 3:21:19; 675, Annette Bryan, Cincinnati, 3:21:30; 4710, Ronald Freeland, Columbus, 3:21:49; 4715, Cody L. Ruminski, Salesville, 3:21:52; 4728, Joe White, Columbus, 3:21:58; 4737, Jamie S Carr, Cuyahoga Falls, 3:22:02; 4805, Scott Woodruff, Springfield, 3:22:24; 4854, Joseph S. Gaitten, Powell, 3:22:41; 4889, Douglas Higgins, Cincinnati, 3:22:52; 4905, James M Clarke, Findlay, 3:22:58; 4939, Matt Carlisle, Marietta, 3:23:10; 798, Emily Strunk, Cincinnati, 3:23:11; 4954, Bruce A. Schmidt, North Ridgeville, 3:23:17; 4958, William F. Lasby, Cleveland, 3:23:19; 4967, Robert W. Bartholomew, Perrysburg, 3:23:22; 4980, Stephen Douck, Fairlawn, 3:23:24; 4983, Vaughn Troyer, Millersburg, 3:23:25; 822, Kari Brown, Columbus, 3:23:32; 826, Kelly E. Meyer, Cincinnati, 3:23:37; 5057, David M. Halperin, Solon, 3:23:49; 5061, Raymond V. Fryan, Massillon, 3:23:50; 841, Rachel E Masters, Toledo, 3:23:51; 5085, Aaron W. Porter, Neffs, 3:23:56; 5091, Jeffrey A. Kohler, Perrysburg, 3:23:57;

5100, Ralph Barnhart, Leetonia, 3:24:00; 5104, Macgregor H Hill II, Oxford, 3:24:02; 5143, Luke F. Baum, Shaker Heights, 3:24:13; 5186, Steven A. Horenziak, Cincinnati, 3:24:24; 5206, William J Jacon, Dayton, 3:24:29; 890, Jacquelyn C. Guy, Gahanna, 3:24:34; 5228, Roger Vance, Cincinnati, 3:24:35; 5322, Craig E Swope, Findlay, 3:25:08; 5326, Terry Kenney, Leetonia, 3:25:09; 963, Meghann Smith, Kent, 3:25:30; 5387, Tracy V. Allen, West Lafayette, 3:25:31; 5434, James Sholtz, New Philadelphia, 3:25:47; 5452, Matt Pazderak, Silver Lake, 3:25:52; 5459, Darrin Bright, New Albany, 3:25:54; 1005, Kristy Kenna, Akron, 3:26:03; 1010, Rebecca L. White, Chagrin Falls, 3:26:05; 5512, David A. Wendell, Avon, 3:26:10; 1024, Erica A Leary, Powell, 3:26:13; 5540, Justin T. Landers, Liberty Twp, 3:26:19; 5569, Matthew Offerman, Cincinnati, 3:26:29; 1058, Laurie Davis, Cincinnati, 3:26:41; 1063, Kristina Zahniser, Hilliard, 3:26:47; 5634, Richard T Frantz, Columbus, 3:26:47; 5670, Ken J Davis, Dublin, 3:26:58;

5694, Israel Merkle, Uniontown, 3:27:09; 5713, John W. Lynch, Columbus, 3:27:14; 5717, John F. Reichard, Cincinnati, 3:27:15; 5761, Benjamin J. Emley, Bolivar, 3:27:28; 5773, Benjamin S. Livingston, Huber Heights, 3:27:31; 5774, Aaron M. Baker, Middletown, 3:27:32; 5822, Jim M Mcgail, Troy, 3:27:44; 5824, Mark E Krebs, Dayton, 3:27:45; 5854, Steve Lundquist, Powell, 3:27:54; 5859, George Herren, Fairfield, 3:27:55; 5878, Anthony Mercado, Middletown, 3:28:01; 1186, Kimberly A. Mcdaniel, Brunswick, 3:28:06; 5935, Bryan F Zima, Galena, 3:28:19; 5960, John Erme, Canton, 3:28:26; 5982, Andrew Dahlinghaus, Minster, 3:28:31; 1245, Tiffany Stephens, Loveland, 3:28:36; 1255, Maria C Troutman, New Albany, 3:28:43; 6041, Dave Gudat, Valley View, 3:28:51; 6058, James Miller, Hartville, 3:28:54; 1296, Jessica Fleming, Columbus, 3:29:08; 1309, Molly L. Stout, Avon Lake, 3:29:15; 1311, Julie A Mcgurer, Sunbury, 3:29:15; 6131, Steve Savage, Dayton, 3:29:17; 1314, Kelly R. Adrine, University Heights, 3:29:18; 6148, James G. Flaherty, Westerville, 3:29:22; 6157, Kerry M Nestor, Hamilton, 3:29:25; 1330, Catherine A. Lacount, Columbus, 3:29:29; 1355, Abigail Johnson, Columbus, 3:29:40; 1358, Rebecca Kist, New Albany, 3:29:43; 6224, Arnold Oliver, Millersburg, 3:29:44; 6243, George P Roulett, Columbus, 3:29:48; 1369, Amanda Kunstmann, New Albany, 3:29:50; 1391, Emily S. Long, Rock Creek, 3:29:57;

6283, Mark Witmer, Columbiana, 3:30:02; 6286, Joe Young, Perrysburg, 3:30:02; 1411, Halle Cupp, Liberty Twp, 3:30:08; 1427, Julie L. McCarthy, Columbia Station, 3:30:19; 6332, Kevin Von Busch, Rocky River, 3:30:19; 1430, Amy Craft Ahrens, Bowling Green, 3:30:20; 1443, Christy Brague, Vincent, 3:30:25; 6348, David P. Zachrich, Dublin, 3:30:26; 6349, Michael Klein, Akron, 3:30:26; 1485, Carrie A. Howard, Canton, 3:30:47; 6406, Donald Naymik, Rocky River, 3:30:48; 6427, Josh D. Russell, Lancaster, 3:30:54; 1500, Laura E Skeeles, Columbus, 3:30:55; 6441, Jon Newsom, Sylvania, 3:30:58; 6455, Joey A. Phillips, Cuyahoga Falls, 3:31:03; 1527, Sarah Lopienski, Columbus, 3:31:07; 6471, Gregory P. Heskett, Westerville, 3:31:10; 6483, Bill Burns, Columbus, 3:31:13; 6484, Brian J. Passell, Hudson, 3:31:13; 6497, Craig Melzer, Kent, 3:31:18; 6520, Charles R. Cowap, M.D., Shaker Heights, 3:31:27; 1561, Virginia C. Westerby, Springboro, 3:31:28; 6525, Jeffrey Sawicki, Hinckley, 3:31:29; 1571, Carly Goecke, Cincinnati, 3:31:35; 6552, Michael J. Maillis, Campbell, 3:31:38; 6558, Ted Friedman, Moreland Hills, 3:31:40; 1603, Susan T. Shepherd, Cincinnati, 3:31:52;

1636, Cortney A. Myer, Peninsula, 3:32:06; 1640, Kari Luehmann, Columbus, 3:32:08; 1646, Melissa M Latshaw, Dublin, 3:32:09; 6636, Terry A. Pescosolido, Columbus, 3:32:16; 6644, Michael Kunstmann, New Albany, 3:32:18; 1736, Jaime Tomko, Munroe Falls, 3:32:50; 6755, Jeff M. McKelley, Canton, 3:33:02; 1761, Jenny S. Dandenault, Springboro, 3:33:03; 6814, David Reed, Marysville, 3:33:22; 1804, Amanda B. Champa, Cuyahoga Falls, 3:33:22; 6851, Michael Burgan, Hudson, 3:33:34; 6903, Bret Treier, Akron, 3:33:52; 6932, Gary Mink, Cortland, 3:34:00; 1887, Stephanie N. Arango, Cincinnati, 3:34:05; 6949, Dave B. Boyle, Fremont, 3:34:07; 6952, Saath Koy, Canal Fulton, 3:34:08; 6970, Mark Walker, Columbus, 3:34:12; 1917, Heather L. Weingart, Shaker Heights, 3:34:19; 1927, Natalie M. Hodgman, Columbus, 3:34:23; 7012, Tim Hartlage, West Chester, 3:34:24; 7046, Ryan A. Bilsky, Solon, 3:34:33; 1953, Catherine Meier, Findlay, 3:34:34; 7052, Jonathan Ciccotelli, Medina, 3:34:35; 1971, Deirdre M. Zuercher, Rocky River, 3:34:43; 7068, James Silone, Granville, 3:34:43; 2003, Tara S. Swim, Fremont, 3:34:55; 2010, Nichole Poe, Cincinnati, 3:34:59;

7127, Timothy J. Neeld, Worthington, 3:35:00; 7133, Robert Peterson, Twinsburg, 3:35:02; 7135, Michael S. Cremean, Vermilion, 3:35:02; 2055, Hope Magnus, Uniontown, 3:35:20; 2056, Mary Patricia Pavicic, Cleveland Heights, 3:35:22; 7204, Gregory Tatusko, Canal Winchester, 3:35:36; 2132, Lisa A. Douglass, PhD., Zanesville, 3:35:59; 7263, Todd M. Hill, Grove City, 3:36:04; 7305, Joe Stimpfl, Powell, 3:36:25; 2216, Julie Bellissimo, North Canton, 3:36:29; 2237, Katherine Beaulieu, Columbus, 3:36:38; 7335, Steve E Hogan, Cincinnati, 3:36:40; 7369, David M Eddy, Tiffin, 3:36:53; 2271, Caroline Holden, Columbus, 3:36:53; 2282, Joan P Ellis, Avon, 3:36:57; 7384, Colin Cooper, Chagrin Falls, 3:37:00; 7424, Jeff S. Smith, Columbus, 3:37:15; 2329, Gina M. Chiancone, New Albany, 3:37:16; 7447, Jerry Andry, Powell, 3:37:28; 7458, Dennis Earle, Canton, 3:37:31; 2380, Erin M Brewer, Columbus, 3:37:41; 7481, Lawrence A Mino, Wadsworth, 3:37:41; 2385, Ann M Gruenbacher, Fairfield, 3:37:42; 2421, Erin C Walshkirkman, Powell, 3:37:55; 2432, Emily A. Laube, Columbus, 3:37:59;

7538, Jeff Hogan, Dublin, 3:38:01; 7544, Mark E Schenk, Dayton, 3:38:05; 7557, Dan Bright, Lancaster, 3:38:12; 7558, Mark Cecil, Canton, 3:38:12; 2470, Kristen M. Koroscil, Fairborn, 3:38:18; 2473, Annette M. Bauer, D.D.S., Springfield, 3:38:20; 2478, Milica A. Kuester, Shaker Heights, 3:38:20; 7593, David M. Ribar, Hilliard, 3:38:27; 2554, Robin Delnoce, West Chester, 3:38:44; 7656, Mark Komanecky, Cincinnati, 3:38:51; 7676, Dan Koppmann, Dayton, 3:38:57; 2585, Brenda S. Chang, PhD., Pepper Pike, 3:38:58; 7691, Dan Fulkerson, Cincinnati, 3:39:05; 2613, Shelley L Lambert, Dublin, 3:39:13; 7750, Michael Juppe, Hudson, 3:39:26; 7753, Mark A Barton, Greenville, 3:39:28; 2669, Meredith V. Hill, Lakewood, 3:39:35; 7819, Rick Shine, Louisville, 3:39:50; 2716, Hannah Haynes, Fairborn, 3:39:53; 2718, Jessica E. Nenadov, Norton, 3:39:54; 2748, Virginia Pledger, Middletown, 3:40:07; 2780, Teresa M Poliquin, Delaware, 3:40:20; 2788, Sarah Kessler, Cincinnati, 3:40:23; 7903, Patrick T. Helgerman, Pataskala, 3:40:34; 2839, Ashley Clark, Dublin, 3:40:43; 2854, Lauren E. Mathot, Beaver Creek, 3:40:48; 2856, Alessa T Velez, Hamilton, 3:40:49; 7952, Scott R. Berliner, M.D., New Albany, 3:40:52;

2881, Kelly Cropp, Lexington, 3:41:01; 7982, Larry R. Kracker, Fairlawn, 3:41:06; 7984, Gary B Moneysmith, Zanesville, 3:41:11; 2908, Diana M Furey, Malvern, 3:41:14; 2947, Heather V. Bang, Shaker Heights, 3:41:31; 8033, Jack Mcdaniel, Brunswick, 3:41:42; 8036, Steve Forbes, Shaker Heights, 3:41:42; 2978, Suzie M. Hazel, Lewis Center, 3:41:44; 8046, Tim Corbey, Toledo, 3:41:47; 2983, Angelique Faul, Cincinnati, 3:41:48; 8057, Albert L. King, Ashland, 3:41:51; 2996, Barbara Grant, Westerville, 3:41:53; 2998, Loren Finnerty, University Heights, 3:41:55; 8077, Matthew A. Morrison, Loveland, 3:42:00; 8088, Adam Hasse, Cincinnati, 3:42:10; 8100, Daniel Zaas, Columbus, 3:42:12; 8104, Mike L. Barga, Canal Winchester, 3:42:14; 3042, Katharine A Kirschner, Dublin, 3:42:16; 8108, Jared J. Ellerbrock, Gahanna, 3:42:17; 8121, David M Lieberman, Columbus, 3:42:25; 3085, Amy M. Morrisey, Lima, 3:42:33; 8152, Mark D. Deckard, Findlay, 3:42:34; 8162, Thomas J. Morledge, M.D., Chardon, 3:42:38; 3097, Tina Mohn, Columbus, 3:42:39; 8228, Larry E. Rutledge, Dellroy, 3:43:10; 3190, Tracy B. Shell, Chagrin Falls, 3:43:15; 3200, Dana S. Sorge, Lakewood, 3:43:17; 8265, John P. Kolesar, Fremont, 3:43:28; 3243, Crystal D. Barton, Greenville, 3:43:33; 3287, Darcy L. Lallathin, Larue, 3:43:48; 8311, Jeffrey O. Galvin, Westlake, 3:43:49;

8348, Jim P. Murphy, Jr., Cincinnati, 3:44:03; 8361, Nicholas A. Roger, New Albany, 3:44:08; 8365, Gideon Oswitch, Kent, 3:44:09; 8402, Stephen Godale, Aurora, 3:44:21; 3390, Chantell M. Wirz, Akron, 3:44:32; 3423, Diana L. Morris, Mogadore, 3:44:40; 8437, Curtis L Cornett Esq, Cincinnati, 3:44:41; 8444, Brian Rhodes, Mount Orab, 3:44:45; 3447, Stephanie M. Woodruff, Morrow, 3:44:48; 3495, Angela Ridgel, Lakewood, 3:45:09; 8517, John Mack, Mentor, 3:45:17; 3571, Carol Knez, Concord, 3:45:34; 3576, Michelle L Wensink, Deshler, 3:45:36; 3578, Karen L. Williams, Dublin, 3:45:36; 3580, Nicole Leonetti, Mentor, 3:45:36; 3605, Mary P. Mchugh, Worthington, 3:45:45; 3640, Christa N. Petryszyn, Middleburg Heights, 3:45:57; 3643, Susan Guzior, Loveland, 3:45:58; 8625, Stephan Kremer, Cuyahoga Falls, 3:46:08; 3682, Liz Vega, Bay Village, 3:46:09; 3748, Lynne White, Olmsted Falls, 3:46:37; 3773, Sara J Cahill, Columbus, 3:46:45; 8721, Paul J. Schumacher, Cleveland, 3:46:53;

8743, Tom W. Bauer, M.D., Moreland Hills, 3:47:08; 3870, Teri Myers, Lancaster, 3:47:22; 3884, Gina Gentile, Kettering, 3:47:28; 3916, Meredith Barrett, New Albany, 3:47:41; 3935, Michele A. Fortuna, Highland Hts, 3:47:47; 3936, Catherine O'Donnell, Columbus, 3:47:47; 3944, Mandie A. Mccarthy, Garfield Heights, 3:47:51; 8838, Mike Shaughnessy, Mayfield Heights, 3:47:52; 3957, Debbie Albers, Beavercreek, 3:47:54; 8846, Paul J. Sweeney, Euclid, 3:47:54; 3994, Penny A. Hainer, Cuyahoga Falls, 3:48:11; 4004, Nancy Dadas, Columbus, 3:48:15; 8896, Tom Hayes, Avon, 3:48:20; 8914, Rob Wilkins, Loudonville, 3:48:28; 8918, Marvin Fair, Canfield, 3:48:30; 8920, Steven A. Lewis, Cincinnati, 3:48:30; 4071, Valerie R Arbie-Mcclelland, Shaker Heights, 3:48:44; 4078, Michelle A. Cook, Columbus, 3:48:47; 4111, Allison Carson, Solon, 3:48:58; 8985, Frank Donahue, Lewisburg, 3:49:02; 4145, Jill Peters, Liberty Twp, 3:49:08; 4150, Karyn Seeger, Cleveland, 3:49:10; 4152, Tammy K. Gallo, Dublin, 3:49:11; 9010, Steven Wagner, Akron, 3:49:15; 9020, John K Leighton, Newark, 3:49:18; 4186, Laurie Marbaugh, Columbus, 3:49:23; 4199, Jane A. Timmins, Niles, 3:49:27; 9050, Scott Euype, Lakewood, 3:49:30; 4251, Erin Gaugler, Concord, 3:49:45; 9102, Brett S Himes, Shaker Heights, 3:49:52; 9118, Klein Thomas, Hilliard, 3:49:58;

4329, Rachelle D Strobel, Columbus, 3:50:18; 4355, Barbara A. Horrigan, Shaker Heights, 3:50:25; 4361, Jennifer M. McCann, Dublin, 3:50:27; 9255, Ron Bauman, West Alexandria, 3:51:05; 4478, Robin McCann, Cuyahoga Falls, 3:51:10; 9272, James J. Chaney, Fairlawn, 3:51:18; 9317, Tom Bond, Columbus, 3:51:39; 4547, Elizabeth Heier, Aurora, 3:51:40; 4550, Susan C. Luria, Shaker Heights, 3:51:41; 4588, Merry Leone, Cincinnati, 3:51:55; 4601, Michelle L Hamm, New Albany, 3:51:57; 4613, Tricia Marmer, Loveland, 3:52:00; 4664, Kim M. Wilson, Strongsville, 3:52:16; 4673, Jennifer Tucker, Dublin, 3:52:19; 4687, Karen Mckeehan, Cleveland Heights, 3:52:25; 4697, Michelle Norris, Columbus, 3:52:27; 4719, Mary C. Besl, Cincinnati, 3:52:33; 4728, M. Catherine Harbert, Cuyahoga Falls, 3:52:37; 4783, Jane E Anderson, Medina, 3:53:00;

4799, Elizabeth Snyder, Cleveland Heights, 3:53:05; 4811, Cara Bishop, Lewis Center, 3:53:09; 4831, Cassie Mcconville, Painesville, 3:53:20; 9525, Michael Zetwick, Dublin, 3:53:28; 4894, Julie Wagner, Columbus, 3:53:41; 9571, Thomas Bieniosek, Litchfield, 3:53:50; 4919, Christine T. Schoenholz, Avon Lake, 3:53:50; 4922, Kelly Albertson, Massillon, 3:53:51; 9579, Michael J. Willets, New Carlilse, 3:53:53; 4929, Amanda Nanney, Cincinnati, 3:53:54; 9591, Russell W. Gill, Hilliard, 3:53:58; 9600, Joseph M. Newton, West Chester, 3:54:03; 9602, David D. Romberger, Toledo, 3:54:05; 4987, Jen Horenziak, Montgomery, 3:54:18; 9624, Paul Benedict, Gahanna, 3:54:18; 5020, Lisa Nemtz, Hubbard, 3:54:35; 5060, Sarah Gearhart, Cleveland, 3:54:47; 5061, Melodie R Pullen, Marysville, 3:54:48; 9680, Timothy Minnis, Cleveland Heights, 3:54:48; 5070, Molly Harr, Gahanna, 3:54:53; 5072, Shawna R Hartsaugh, Circleville, 3:54:54; 9689, Kenneth R. Kozek, Dublin, 3:54:55;

9718, Dan Kovijanich, Avon Lake, 3:55:06; 9719, Jerry Mcmenemy, Powell, 3:55:07; 5174, Helen Garen, Fairborn, 3:55:27; 9758, Brian Haigis, Loveland, 3:55:27; 5208, Roxanne Hanna, Springboro, 3:55:36; 5219, Christine M Hoyer, Bexley, 3:55:40; 5236, Lisa M Helmstetter, Beavercreek, 3:55:46; 5239, Jessica A. Meeker, Maumee, 3:55:47; 5251, Joann D. Cummans, New Albany, 3:55:50; 5273, Frankie Denmeade, Streetsboro, 3:55:57; 9836, Nicholas J Kelly, Hudson, 3:56:07; 5298, Kathleen Fussinger, Cincinnati, 3:56:07; 5304, Becky L. Mincheff, Oregon, 3:56:07; 5343, Heidi A Debenedictis, Dublin, 3:56:20; 9869, Mark Tichinel, Pepper Pike, 3:56:23; 5387, Carmen Fontana, Chagrin Falls, 3:56:39; 5395, Beth A Czekalski, Dublin, 3:56:40; 5401, Stephanie Barnes, Akron, 3:56:42; 9925, Ashley P Valentine, West Chester, 3:56:48; 5422, Patricia J. Latham, Dayton, 3:56:51; 5425, Karen H Robinson, Loveland, 3:56:53; 5461, Amy C. Alt-Coan, M.D., Bellevue, 3:57:04; 9981, Gary F Kirby, Brunswick, 3:57:14; 5522, Colleen Girten, Cincinnati, 3:57:28;

5614, Moira Fair, Canfield, 3:58:02; 10069, Douglas B. Gansl, Columbus, 3:58:02; 5620, Barb J. Cymanski, Hiram, 3:58:04; 10091, Jeff Raber, West Chester, 3:58:13; 10100, William H. Fischer, Vermilion, 3:58:20; 5655, Lecia Holley, Loveland, 3:58:21; 5672, Diane S. Dix, Cincinnati, 3:58:31; 5681, Nina L. Bell, Dublin, 3:58:35; 5685, Maureen M. Glasper, Shaker Heights, 3:58:36; 10152, Nathan Hall, Liberty Township, 3:58:39; 10163, David G. Conrad, Cincinnati, 3:58:45; 10168, Richard C. Barton, Greenville, 3:58:49; 5715, Tracy R. Ames, Wilmington, 3:58:50; 5731, Sarah J. Haynes, Fairborn, 3:58:56; 10211, Dominic N Morber, Akron, 3:59:08; 5762, Janet Lehr, Ostrander, 3:59:08; 5820, Joyce A. Byler, Canton, 3:59:29; 5830, Vicki E. Miller, Canton, 3:59:32; 5865, Kimberly A. Gorsek, Medina, 3:59:49;

10316, Scott Whipple, Orient, 4:00:01; 5925, Amy K. Stanford, Akron, 4:00:09; 10325, Jeff Domsic, Cincinnati, 4:00:10; 5946, Erin K. Sykes, Athens, 4:00:15; 5948, Starshine E Blackford, Columbus, 4:00:16; 10356, Marvin J. Lopez, M.D., Terrace Park, 4:00:34; 10377, Jose G Ibarra, New Albany, 4:00:50; 10378, Randal B. Sharpe, Mentor, 4:00:52; 6019, Nora A. Dashley, Cincinnati, 4:00:53; 10386, Jim Miller, Grandview Heights, 4:00:57; 10389, Kent D Buehrer, Maumee, 4:00:58; 6049, Janet M. Stephan, Columbus, 4:01:04; 6062, Ellen K. Potts, Akron, 4:01:10; 10432, John P. Hammond, Aurora, 4:01:25; 10438, Kevin J Murphy, Perry, 4:01:29; 6103, Emilie S. Larosa, Cincinnati, 4:01:33; 6111, Jean Schmidt, Loveland, 4:01:36; 6112, Joan Owen, Cincinnati, 4:01:36; 6121, Abigail I. Marchisio, Uniontown, 4:01:40; 10452, Matthew L. Miller, Tiffin, 4:01:40; 10462, Dave Wallingford, Bellevue, 4:01:46; 6143, Maureen E. Kubicek, Port Clinton, 4:01:53;

10493, Kevin Ford, Columbus, 4:02:12; 6184, Susan Groome, Maineville, 4:02:14; 6202, Maureen M. Knotts, Gahanna, 4:02:22; 6213, Zia Snyder, Akron, 4:02:29; 6232, Alison Curfman, Cleveland, 4:02:41; 10550, Rob Simon, Maumee, 4:03:01; 10571, Kevin C. Cartier, Fairview Park, 4:03:18; 6360, Ashton N Shanower, Columbus, 4:03:57; 10641, Daniel Caruso, Rootstown, 4:04:14; 6406, Melissa L. Kandel, Louisville, 4:04:27; 10695, Kirk L. Phillips, Columbus, 4:05:04; 6565, Laura A. Lewis, Boardman, 4:06:13; 6582, Tracy A. Finn, Stow, 4:06:26; 6584, Jennifer Lukas-Earl, Dublin, 4:06:27; 6596, Loretta T Harland, Peninsula, 4:06:31; 6622, Shawna A. Rockwood, Loveland, 4:06:45; 6629, Deborah Alderton, Dayton, 4:06:49; 10811, John Hughes, Lewis Center, 4:06:52; 6649, Mary Ann Murphy, Columbus, 4:07:01; 10838, Carl F. Brun, PhD., Dayton, 4:07:11; 6672, Marie Sanoba, Maple Heights, 4:07:13; 10845, Darris Blackford, Columbus, 4:07:17; 6693, Angela Welch, Sagamore Hills, 4:07:25; 6727, Susan E Vogt, Loveland, 4:07:45; 6729, Kristina Tomlan, Shadyside, 4:07:46; 6743, Jessica G Pickana, Twinsburg, 4:07:58;

6759, Stephanie Eslich, North Canton, 4:08:10; 10905, Richard M. Bednarski, Galena, 4:08:20; 6868, Brenda Herron, Marysville, 4:09:14; 6869, Elizabeth Hilton, Cincinnati, 4:09:15; 6876, Jennifer H. Clarke, Shaker Heights, 4:09:20; 6882, Karen M Spade, Cincinnati, 4:09:24; 6898, Bridget Duggan, Cincinnati, 4:09:39; 11018, Patrick J. Grubbe, Lewis Center, 4:10:08; 11031, Ronald F. Kuczma, Hudson, 4:10:26; 11049, Steven Hegemier, Columbus, 4:10:41; 11063, Ken Bess, Oregon, 4:10:54; 7001, Christine Anderson, Cleveland, 4:10:55; 7007, Amy A Witzigreuter, Lakewood, 4:10:59; 7013, Andrea B. Thomas, Shaker Heights, 4:11:03; 7033, Joy Harlor, Cleveland, 4:11:12; 11093, Peter Mckenna, Cincinnati, 4:11:17; 11100, Gary Daignault, Rocky River, 4:11:23; 11103, James Miller, Findlay, 4:11:24; 7072, Marcia L. Faller, Chardon, 4:11:33; 7073, Kellie Johnson, N Canton, 4:11:34; 11118, John R. Meckstroth, North Bend, 4:11:37;

11144, Stephen M. Begezda, D.D.S., Poland, 4:12:00; 7137, Vicci Jaffe, Columbus, 4:12:09; 11160, David E. Mikesell, New Madison, 4:12:16; 11217, Andrew J Steckl, Cincinnati, 4:13:05; 11224, Walter Schaller, Dayton, 4:13:10; 7270, Bernadette E. Warnecke, Findlay, 4:13:30; 7308, Amy F Schlenker, Wapakoneta, 4:14:00; 7316, Mary M Hogan, Cincinnati, 4:14:03; 7390, Mindy Sanford, New Albany, 4:14:52; 11333, Nathan R. Van Sickle, Powell, 4:14:59; 11335, Kevin Murray, Dublin, 4:15:01; 11345, George R. Smith, Dublin, 4:15:07; 7414, Brigid Dipaolo, Silver Lake, 4:15:09; 7418, Margaret L. Zanin, Akron, 4:15:11; 11374, Pat J. Dooley, Cleveland, 4:15:28; 7445, Leslie Moore, Dayton, 4:15:31; 11412, Lee M Luiso, Loveland, 4:16:04; 7505, Amie Bracken, Cincinnati, 4:16:18; 7526, Lisa J Welch, New Philadelphia, 4:16:28; 11438, John T. Ayers, Leetonia, 4:16:33; 11504, Thomas W. Cummins, Cincinnati, 4:17:46; 7656, Donna Serdinak, Akron, 4:18:14; 7676, Liz Arcaro, Hilliard, 4:18:26;

11621, Tim I. Maglione, Columbus, 4:19:40; 7765, Tami Lewis, Rootstown, 4:19:44; 7766, Judy A. Mink, Cortland, 4:19:44; 7787, Dawn Nabors, Akron, 4:20:03; 11656, Randy Metzger, Shaker Heights, 4:20:13; 11674, Daniel Mason, Hilliard, 4:20:26; 7814, Rachel Power, Wooster, 4:20:28; 11696, William P Henry, Canton, 4:20:50; 7850, Monika J Morber, Akron, 4:21:15; 11723, Frank C. Lombardo, Middlefield, 4:21:18; 11820, John P. Davis, Kinsman, 4:23:09; 11897, Glenn M. Marina, Hudson, 4:24:49; 8102, Megan E. Sullivan, Fairfield Twp, 4:24:54; 8108, Danette Lane, Chagrin Falls, 4:25:03; 8112, Mary Jenkins, Huntsville, 4:25:10; 8113, Rebecca A. Steiner, Medina, 4:25:10; 11920, Randy L. Rich, Stow, 4:25:18; 8155, Kristin C. Shine, Louisville, 4:25:43; 8168, Judy M. Smith, Columbus, 4:25:56; 11977, Eric Bray, Akron, 4:26:18; 12051, Michael T. Glenn, Ed.D., Cincinnati, 4:27:47; 8296, Gina R. Warnke, Oak Harbor, 4:28:03; 12073, James Barnhart, Louisville, 4:28:04; 12075, David K. Meisenhelter, Massillon, 4:28:05; 12097, Thomas E. Silva, Maumee, 4:28:32; 12109, Greg Lammeier, Cincinnati, 4:28:43; 8356, Shirley A. Sampson, Hamilton, 4:29:16;

8391, Rachael K. Stafford, Bay Village, 4:30:09; 8460, Debbie Brooks, Cincinnati, 4:31:26; 8521, Rebecca Johnson, Akron, 4:32:43; 8528, Kathy S Barton, Greenville, 4:32:50; 8547, Sandra L. Hershner, Lexington, 4:33:14; 12331, James C. Cochran, Jr., Bellaire, 4:33:32; 12343, Mark E. Paul, Akron, 4:33:52; 12345, John J. Plough, Ravenna, 4:33:54; 12367, John F. Bradosky, Centerville, 4:34:30; 12369, James R Cooper, Granville, 4:34:33; 8617, Jan Sonneberger, Edon, 4:34:42; 8635, Cynthia A. Kurty, Canfield, 4:35:10; 8667, Tana Kirkbride, Cincinnati, 4:36:04; 8668, Lisa Berliner, New Albany, 4:36:05; 12435, Paul Wise, Reynoldsburg, 4:36:10; 8693, Debra D. Gorman, Dayton, 4:36:43;

8750, Jane R. Mays, Cincinnati, 4:38:05; 12516, James L. Leporte, Solon, 4:38:28; 8781, Trudy Gehring, Louisville, 4:38:50; 8784, Kathy M. Patterson, Louisville, 4:38:53; 8800, Molly Mcelfresh, Cincinnati, 4:39:22; 8812, Megan Anello, Cincinnati, 4:39:46; 8829, Rachel Rawson, Shaker Heights, 4:40:22; 8830, Kathleen A. Firlotte, Medina, 4:40:23; 8841, Marie B. O'Reilly, Cincinnati, 4:40:35; 8882, Holly Bowser, Austinburg, 4:41:43; 8930, Jennifer H. Black, Loveland, 4:43:40; 12710, Robert C. Moore, Cincinnati, 4:44:06; 12754, Thomas M. Illert, Bexley, 4:45:24; 12842, Tim Warren, Bay Village, 4:48:33; 9120, Wanda M Krebs, Dayton, 4:49:24; 12859, Wayne A. Wheeler, Loveland, 4:49:24; 9167, Tami Black, Granville, 4:51:34; 9169, Denise O. Baker, Girard, 4:51:42; 12940, Jerry F. O'Hara, Jr., Willoughby, 4:51:43; 12960, Edward P. O'Reilly, Maumee, 4:52:25; 12978, Brian R Stalder, Strongsville, 4:53:18; 9259, Crista Owens, Middle Point, 4:55:14; 13040, Matthew T. Owens, Middle Point, 4:55:15;

9294, Kathy L. Nagy, Avon, 4:56:24; 9349, Colleen C. Moran, Sagamore Hills, 4:58:12; 9359, Laura J. Mimura, Avon Lake, 4:58:25; 13162, Dennis L. Bahnsen, Port Clinton, 4:59:19; 13257, Andrew R. Morse, Hudson, 5:04:24; 9487, Elaine M Haverstraw, Cincinnati, 5:04:58; 9529, Michelle V. Ice, Kent, 5:07:18; 13455, Troy B. Rambo, Grandview Ht., 5:18:12; 13458, Robert D. Lewis, Boardman, 5:18:21; 13480, Sean P. Sproul, Columbus, 5:20:01; 13575, Michael J Kennedy, Bellefontaine, 5:28:20; 13582, Timothy C. Earlenbaugh, Worthington, 5:29:03; 9862, Michelle A. Kosterich, Dublin, 5:33:49; 13691, Tommy D. Dishman, Cincinnati, 5:42:43.

What should the Indians do about Carlos Santana? Where should Grady Sizemore hit? Plain Dealer Indians beat writer Paul Hoynes answered those questions and more in his weekly podcast.

View full sizeChuck Crow | The Plain DealerGrady Sizemore was all smiles upon his return to the Indians lineup on Sunday afternoon.

What should the Indians do about Carlos Santana? Where should Grady Sizemore hit?

Plain Dealer Indians beat writer Paul Hoynes answered those questions and more in his weekly podcast.

Among other topics discussed:

• Do you think this team can continue winning like they have been to start the year?

• If this team is still in contention in July, will ownership be willing to increase the payroll via trade?

• How much are the pitchers in the bullpen feeding off of each other right now?

• What happened with Mitch Talbot's injury? Why did it take so long to hear about it?

You can download the mp3 or listen with the player to the right.

Carlos Santana's three-pitch, no-swing strikeout is a bitter lesson, but could pay dividends in the end.

View full sizeAssociated PressRoyals catcher Brayan Pena is celebrating Indian Carlos Santana's game-ending, three-pitch strikeout Tuesday night in Kansas City. Santana, well, isn't.

Carlos Santana sat in front of his locker with his head down after the Indians' 5-4 loss to Kansas City on a cold April night. Closer Joakim Soria, who had just walked Shin-Soo Choo with the bases loaded to make it a one-run game, threw three consecutive backdoor cut fastballs to the seemingly catatonic Santana. All he did was watch.

"All three were backdoor cutters," said Santana. "They were very good pitches. I wanted to get a good swing. But tomorrow is a new day and I've got to be positive."