Fausto Carmona remained well-grounded and bounced back from his worst start of the season. Carmona (7-6), getting groundball outs with a sharp sinker and slider, pitched into the seventh inning and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Tuesday night. "Fausto threw the ball very well and got a lot of first-pitch strikes," manager Manny Acta said after the right-hander…

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CLEVELAND – Fausto Carmona remained well-grounded and bounced back from his worst start of the season.

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CLEVELAND – Travis Hafner has added a new dimension to his game. His legs.

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Breaking ball? Gone. Changeup? Gone, too. A pair of fastballs? Shin-Soo Choo clobbered those just as well. The outfielder provided Cleveland's few bright moments in an intrastate series that won't be remembered for much else. Choo homered twice off Bronson Arroyo — the second time he's done it this season — and the Indians ended their seven-game losing streak on Sunday, beating the…

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Jamie Moyer gave up his record-breaking 506th home run but was sharp otherwise, and the Philadelphia Phillies took advantage of Toronto's troubles to beat the Blue Jays 11-2 Sunday. Moyer only mistake was a two-run homer by Vernon Wells in the third inning. Moyer passed former Phillies Hall of Famer Robin Roberts for the most homers allowed in a career.

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Acknowledging that their season is lost, the last-place Cleveland Indians traded Russell Branyan back to Seattle for a couple of prospects and put their youth movement in fast-forward by bringing up first baseman Matt LaPorta. LaPorta, acquired from Milwaukee in the trade for C.C. Sabathia two years ago, was in the starting lineup Sunday for the final game of an interleague series against the…

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Russell Branyan is returning to Seattle. The Mariners acquired the slugging first baseman from the Cleveland…

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The only thing different about the surging Cincinnati Reds was their headgear. Drew Stubbs drove in four runs with a homer and a single Friday night, powering the NL's top-hitting lineup to its fourth straight victory, 10-3 over the Cleveland Indians. "We'll ride this out as long as we can," said Stubbs, who matched his career high for RBIs.

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Police charged three minor-league Cleveland Indians players, one of them the son of Houston Astros manager Brad Mills, after a fight at a nightclub earlier this month left a man with rib and lung injuries. Akron Aeros first baseman Beau Mills, Aeros outfielder Jerad Head and Columbus Clippers pitcher Josh Tomlin were charged with felonious assault in a criminal complaint Tuesday.

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