A sultry evening on Wednesday leads to a lot of uniform changes for Indians starter Fausto Carmona.
View full sizeFausto Carmona, left, lasted just 2 2/3 sweaty innings Wednesday night against the Yankees.Clubhouse confidential: Fausto Carmona lasted only 2 2/3 innings Wednesday night against the Yankees. It was his shortest start of the season, but far from his driest.
Carmona sweated through three Indians caps and two jerseys, while allowing seven runs and 10 hits. When pitching coach Tim Belcher visited Carmona on the mound, there was so much sweat dripping off the bill of Carmona's cap that it looked like it was raining
If the Indians were hoping to entice a team to give them the mother lode for Carmona before Saturday's 4 p.m. deadline, that start didn't help.
New digs: Luis Valbuena, fresh from Class AAA Columbus, has moved into Shin-Soo Choo's old locker. Choo moved to the corner locker next to the rear exit of the clubhouse after Mike Redmond was released.
"There's a lot of hits in that locker," Choo told Valbuena as he stood in front of his old locker. "There's a .300 batting average in that locker and .320 in this locker [pointing to his own]."
Stat of the day: Josh Tomlin and Scott Lewis are the only Indians pitchers in history to allow three or fewer runs and pitch at least seven innings in their big-league debut, according to Elias Sports Bureau.