The Cleveland Indians used three home runs to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Monday night.  It was a big win for the Indians as they beat one of the best teams in the league and improved their season record to 44-54.

Andy Marte and Jhonny Peralta both hit solo home runs while Casey Blake had a two run shot in the game.  Designated hitter David Dellucci got the Indians on the scoreboard first with a rbi sacrafice fly in the second inning that scored Peralta.  The Indians didn’t have any problems hitting off Angles starting pitcher Ervin Santana who took the loss and is now 11-4.

Paul Byrd pitched just enough to get the win as he only lasted 5 1/3 innings.  Byrd gave up nine hits but only allowed one run to score while striking out five and walking two batters.  Rafael Perez pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief after Byrd left the game and pitched pretty good despite giving up a solo home run to Howie Kendrick.  Masa Kobayashi picked up his sixth save of the year when he struckout the side in the ninth inning.

Let’s see if the Indians can take another game from the Angels out on the West coast as they will face off again Tuesday evening.

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The Cleveland Indians used a five run fifth inning and a seven run eighth to their advantage as they beat the Tampa Bay Rays 13-2 on Thursday night.  That is exactly the way you want to start off a four game series against the Rays who are in first place in the East Divsion.

The Indians had 14 hits and and scored 13 runs off of those 14 nine hits.  Three home runs really helped out that is for sure.  David Dellucci and Ben Francisco both hit two-run bombs while Shin-Soo Choo and Casey Blake both had solo home runs.  Dellucci, Francisco, and Blake weren’t done however as Francisco added a two run single and Delluci and Blake both one run single in the ninth inning. Jamey Carroll added rbi ground out in the game while Johnny Peralta also had a rbi single.

Aaron Laffey pitched six innings to improve to 5-5 on the season.  Laffey gave up four hits and two runs in his six innings of action.  Rafael Perez pitched the seventh and eighth innings before he turned things over to who finished off the Rays to end the game.  Juan Rincon pitched the ninth inning and loaded the bases full before finally getting out of the jam and ending the game.

The Indians will be looking to go up 2-0 in the series when they send Cliff Lee to the mound on Friday.

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The Cleveland Indians were up 6-0 but wasted that big lead and ended up losing to the Detroit Tigers on a walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.  Talk about a terrible way to end a game after being up 6-0.

Jensen Lewis gave up a two run home run to Miguel Cabrera in the bottom of the ninth as the Tigers went on to win.  Lewis is now 0-3 after taking the loss.  Paul Byrd got the start on the mound for the Tigers and pitched six innings while allowing nine hits and three runs.  Rafael Betancourt gave up a home run in the seventh inning and was charged with three runs.  Bad outing by those three Indians pitchers.

Grady Sizemore had rbi singles in the second and fourth innings to lead the Indians at the plate with two rbi.  Jhonny Peralta, Jamey Carrol, Casey Blake, and Shin-Soo Choo all finished up with one rbi apeace in the game.

The Indians will now start up a series with the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.  Indians Blog

It clearly wasn’t the Cleveland Indians night as they were hammered by the Detroit Tigers 9-2.  The Indians scored first in the game but the Tigers then scored nine unanswered runs to pick up the victory.  So that is what life is like after CC.  Not looking good that is what it is.

Jeremy Sowers was the starting pitcher who took the loss.  Sowers lasted 5 2/3 innings while givng up ten hits and and seven runs.  Six of those seven runs were earned and charged to Sowers who dropped to 0-5 on the season.  Sowers gave up two home runs in the game as did reliever Brian Slocum who gave up two solo home runs.  Masa Kobayashi was finally able to pitch a scoreless inning in the eighth for the Indians.

The two runs that the Indians were able to get came in the first inning when Jhonny Peralta hit a two run home run and Casey Blake scored.  That was all the offense however as the Tribe struck out ten times in the game and only had two hits.  Just a bad night all the way around the for the Indians.

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Talk about an up and down game for the Cleveland Indians and all of their fans.  After going ahead in the top of the 10th inning with a Casey Blake home run, Joe Borowski blew the game as he gave up a solo home run to Alexei Ramirez and then a rbi single to Orlando Cabrera and the Chicago White Sox beat the Indians 3-2.  Very frustrating way to end what was an exciting game.

Cliff Lee pitched eight innings while only giving up six hits and one run.  Ramirez had a rbi sac fly in the second inning off of Lee for the White Sox only run in the game until the 10th inning when all hell broke loose.

Kelly Shoppach got the Indians on the scoreboard with a solo home run in the sixth inning.  The only other run for the Indians came in the top of the 10th inning when Casey Blake hit a home run off of White Sox relief pitcher Matt Thornton.

The Indians will now have to win on Wednesday to avoid the three game sweep to their rivals in the central division.

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The Cleveland Indians finished up a very dissapointing series with the Colorado Rockies with a 6-3 loss.  The loss on Thursday was the third straight loss to the Rockies and the Indians are sure glad to get out of the Rocky Mountains.  The Indians hitters never really got going at Coors Field.  Maybe they were just trying to hit home runs all the time, but they sure struggled all series long.  The Indians pitchers sure didn’t have any problems giving up runs either however.

On Thursday night it was Jeremy Sowers taking the loss and dropping to 0-2 on the season.  Sowers pitched six innings and gave up ten hits and four runs.  Jeff Baker hit a solo home run off of Sowers in the sixth inning.  Other then that the other three runs were all scored on singles.

Masa Kobayashi had a rough outing as he gave up a pair of two run singles in the seventh inning and allowed two more runs to score.  Those two runs were pretty big as they were two insurance runs for the Rockies.  Joe Borowski came in and pitched a scoreless ninth inning to hold the Rockies at six runs.

Ben Francisco hit a two run home run in the first inning but then the Indians didn’t score again until the sixth inning when Casey Blake hit a solo home run.  Now that is why I wonder if the Indians batters were swinging for the fences the entire series.  They know how Coors Field plays, and I think they were all going up there to hit a home run, instead they were either striking out or flying out.  Shorten those swings and just get some singles and doubles boys.

The left right away out of Denver and flew to Los Angeles where they will begin a three game weekend series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.  Let’s see if the Indians can turn things around and get some wins out in L.A.

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The Cleveland Indians and all sorts of problems on Tuesday night as they were hammered by the Colorado Rockies 10-2.  The Indians bats were silent for most of the game as they only put two runs up on the scoreboard against three different Rockies pitchers.  So much for that thin air and the long balls at Coors Field.

Greg Reynolds shut the Indians bats down for the most part.  The Indians got a rbi in the fifth inning off a Casey Blake sacrafice fly and then a another rbi on a sacrafice fly in the eighth inning off the bat of Ryan Garko.  That was all the Tribe could get going which wasn’t much.

Paul Byrd was only able to pitch four innings before he was taken out of the game.  Byrd gave up nine hits and five runs in his four innings of action to take the loss.  He is now 3-7 on the year with a 5.21 era.  Scott Elarton pitched the next two innings and gave up four hits and two runs.  Once Elarton was removed from the game it was Rick Bauer giving up four hits and three runs over two innings of action.  As you can tell, the Indians pitching staff was just as bad as the offense was.

Hopefully things will turn around on Wendesday for the Indians and they can pick up a win in Denver against the Rockies.

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Casey Blake cracked two home runs and finished with seven rbi as the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers on Monday night by the score of 13-9.  It seemed like the teams were playing home run derby out there as both teams combined for six home runs in the game.

Besides Blake’s huge night, Ben Francisco had a two run home run and finished the game with three rbi.  David Dellucci also added a two run home run in the eighth inning and Asdrubal Cabrera had a rbi double in the third inning.  That is a lot of production up and down the lineup for the Indians.

Masa Kobayashi pitched 1 2/3 innings to get the victory for the Indians.  Kobayashi did give up one run in but still picked up his third win of the season.  Rafael Perez and Joe Borowski pitched the final  2 1/3 innings to finish up the game.

Starting pitcher, Aaron Laffey was roughed up in only five innings of action.  Laffey gave up 11 hits and eight runs as he was hit very hard all night long.

In the end however, it was a good win for the Indians.  Indians Blog

It was a nice pitching duel heading into the game as C.C. Sabathia and Jose Contreras were facing off.  Too bad for the Indians, Contreras pitched better then Sabathia and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Indians by the score of 4-1.

Sabathia pitched seven innings and gave up seven hits and two runs to to take the loss.  C.C. gave up two solo home runs in the game to account for the two runs scored against him.  Sabathia is now a disappointing 3-6 on the season and needs to get things turned around in a hurry.

Jensen Lewis tossed the eighth inning and allowed two more runs to cross the plate for the White Sox.

Grady Sizemore had the only rbi for the Indians when he grounded out to first in the third inning.  Casey Blake scored on the play however.

Will the Indians bounce back on Wednesday when they face off with the White Sox again?  Leave us a comment and let us know!

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The Cleveland Indians lost to the New York Yankees by the score of 6-3 on Thursday inning.  The Yankees clubbed four home runs off the Indians pitchers in the win.

Paul Byrd fell to 1-3 on the season as he took the loss for the Indians.  Byrd pitched 6 1/3 innings but gave up eight hits and five runs including three of the Yankees four home runs.  Masa Kobayashi gave up the other home run which was a solo shot.

Casey Blake had two of the Indians three rbi while Kelly Shoppach had the other two rbi.

All in all it was a good series for the Indians as they took two out of three games against the Yankees.  Indians Blog