Morning Rundown: Tribe's Late Rally Can't Carry Long Enough in 5-3 Loss

Of course the focus in that inning was the fact that it was Alex Rios who hit the big triple off Perez and because of what happened last week, everyone is calling it "revenge."

Hey, maybe it is, and if that's the case people want to use, great, he got his revenge. Can we move on from it? Both Rios and Perez didn't acknowledge it.

And as fans, maybe we should acknowledge the fact that the Indians were in this one despite a big performance from John Danks, who was throwing zeros until that eighth inning. His line doesn't look as good thanks to Chris Sale coming in and not being able to get him out of that jam. Sale's first save opportunity (in the eighth inning?!) since being moved from the starters role didn't pan out so well as the Indians pushed the three runs across in the eighth to tie it.

Other than the seventh inning, the Indians didn't have many big opportunities to get some runs in. In the third, Kotchman led off with a double and moved to third on Hannahan's groundout, but nothing amounted from that. Then of course in the seventh another leadoff double, this time by Santana and a wild pitch got him to third with no outs. Shelley Duncan walked though and after a shallow pop out to center by Choo, Brantley lined into a double play.

Two key opportunities distinguished by not having the right luck. It happens.

The Indians finally broke through in the eighth, showing that sometimes even the unfortunate luck can't hold back the fight. The Indians did have an opportunity with one out and Cabrera on second and Santana on first after his RBI single to do more damage, but a Duncan strikeout and another Choo fly out ended that and pretty much the Indians best chance to win the game. Some noise in he ninth, but after the White Sox took the lead, the Indians went quietly in the tenth.

The whole reason the Indians were in this game despite Danks performance? A shaky Justin Masterson battled not having his best stuff and some wildness to go six innings and give up just the two runs he gave up in the first inning. They were production runs too, having scored off groundouts and the White Sox just playing good ball and getting their runners in the right spots.

But Masterson from second inning on was better than Masterson in the first, that's for sure.

I think Masterson is still working through some things. I'm not as worried about him as I was a few weeks ago when he was looking like a different pitcher. I guess the good thing is that he's not yet pitching like we know he can and that the best is just yet to come. But if he can give the Indians performances like these while he struggles through some things, six innings, two runs, I think you take it and wait patiently for the really good Masterson to arrive.

All the starting pitchers need to do is give this team a chance, because they've been in just about every single game this year. In fact, I can't really remember a lopsided score this year not in favor of the Tribe. Seriously, I think they've virtually been in every game in some fashion, whether it be how they played or just the score. Their biggest loss is a six-run loss to Kansas City, 8-2 on April 25th, but that was the one that the Royals scored some real late runs.

This is a team that fights. In light of Josh Hamilton's big night in Texas and the O's getting pounded, this team has not been pounded like that yet. It speaks to not just their talent that they are good enough to be in all these games, but it also speaks to their fight, their swagger, and their attitude.

So yes, this team is going to lose some games, but at least in their loss they make things interesting and to this date, have not really been in a position where the game has simply just been a wash.

"There's more confidence in me," McAllister said on Monday. "I think last year was a big learning experience for me and it definitely helped me out for this start."