Cleveland Indians hurler Jake Westbrook is 6-6 with a 4.74 ERA and 68 strikeouts in 119.2 innings.
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Reid Brignac liked his defense even more than his three-run homer. So did Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon. Brignac staked Wade Davis to a 3-1 lead with one swing, then made a diving stop to help the right-hander remain unbeaten in July as the Rays beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2 Sunday. "I was at the right place at the right time," Brignac said of taking away at least one run and possibly two…
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Joe Maddon celebrated quietly in his office with a postgame light beer. It would have been understandable if he was spraying champagne. After nearly five years and 18 straight losses, the Tampa Bay Rays finally won in Cleveland. "It had to happen at some point," said Maddon, the Rays' bespectacled manager.
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Eugenio Velez of the San Francisco Giants sat helpless. Pat Burrell smoked a foul line drive toward the Giants…
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Big League Stew goes through the quad and into the gymnasium to look at some of the hottest players in baseball…
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The streak got soggy. It wasn't washed away. Fausto Carmona allowed one hit — an infield single — in five dominant innings as the Cleveland Indians extended their inexplicable home winning streak over Tampa Bay to 18 straight, beating the Rays 3-1 on a rain-soaked Friday night in a game called in the bottom of the seventh.
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The Cleveland Indians have activated outfielder Shin-Soo Choo from the disabled list. Choo has been sidelined since spraining his right thumb on July 3, an injury that cost Cleveland's best player a spot on the AL's All-Star team. Choo, batting .286 with 13 homers, 43 RBIs and 12 steals, is in the starting lineup batting third for Friday's series opener against Tampa Bay.
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St. Louis and Philadelphia are vying for Roy Oswalt, but every team in contention is trying to bolster their staffs.
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The Cleveland Indians have activated infielder Asdrubal Cabrera from the 60-day disabled list. Manager Manny Acta says Tuesday's move was necessary because Michael Brantley and Austin Kearns are nursing minor injuries that kept them out of the lineup against the Minnesota Twins. Cabrera broke his left forearm on May 17 against Tampa Bay after colliding with third baseman Jhonny Peralta.
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Francisco Liriano is staying positive while most of the Minnesota Twins' rotation continues to struggle. He just wants to keep going. "We've been struggling a little bit, but we have to keep playing," he said. "We can pitch a little bit better, but I think we're going to be all right." Liriano was more than all right on Wednesday, pitching seven innings as the Twins…
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