http://www.indianshomeplate.com A blog about Cleveland Indians Baseball Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:37:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What a turnaround in the last year for starting pitcher Cliff Lee! It was announced on Thursday afternoon that Lee had been chosen as the 2008 American League Cy Young winner after receiving 24 of 28 first-place votes and 132 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Lee ... http://www.indianshomeplate.com/cliff-lee-wins-the-2008-american-league-cy-young/ The Cleveland Indians played the Boston Red Sox tough but they fell just short on Wednesday night. A Mark Kotsay rbi double in the eighth inning provided the Red Sox with the winning run as they went onto beat the Indians by the score of 5-4. Rafael Perez was the losing ... http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-fall-to-the-red-sox-5-4/ The Cleveland Indians picked up a very nice win on Monday night as they beat the Boston Red Sox by the score of 4-3. The win was big for the Indians as the Red Sox are in the playoff race and are out there battling for every win that they ... http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-dont-give-up-as-they-beat-the-red-sox/ The Cleveland Indians got two rbi's each from Jhonny Peralta and Shin-Soo Choo as they beat the Minnesota Twins by the score of 6-4. The Indians are playing spoilers right now against the Twins as they just can't get over the hump and catch the Chicago White Sox. Victor Martinez and ... http://www.indianshomeplate.com/peralta-and-choo-lead-the-indians-past-the-twins/ The Cleveland Indians picked up a 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night. Great win for the Indians as they had ten hits compared to the Twins five hits. The tribe sure put a damper on the night for the Twins as the White Sox lost and they ... http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-hold-off-the-twins-3-1/ The Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles kicked off a series on Monday night and things did not go good for the Indians. They tribe's pitcher just had problems all night long with keeping the ball down and the Orioles batters made them pay with four home runs. Fausto Carmona got rocked ... http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-are-crushed-by-the-orioles-14-3/ The Cleveland Indians were attempting to sweep the Chicago White Sox in a three game series but they came up short on Wednesday afternoon as they lost 4-2. The pitching wasn't too bad in the game, the Indians offense just couldn't get anything going against White Sox starting pitcher Javier ... http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-fall-4-2-to-the-white-sox-to-finish-up-series/ Hello all Indians fans, just wanted to let you know that we will be taking Monday off as we spend time with our friends and family to celebrate Labor Day. We hope that you are able to enjoy the day and even catch a game or two on tv! Hope everyone ... http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-blog-will-be-back-on-wednesday/ The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night by the score of 9-7 as they finished off the Tigers in the three game series. The Indians didn't have any problems finishing up the sweep as they scored in five different innings and outhit the Tigers 13-9. Kelly Shoppach and ... http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-hold-off-the-tigers-for-9-7-win/ The Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers played extra innings on Monday night and it was the Indians coming out on top with a 4-3 victory in ten innings of action. Franklin Gutierrez hit a solo home run off of Gary Glover for the game winning run. Great win for the ... http://www.indianshomeplate.com/indians-get-by-the-tigers-4-3-in-10-innings/