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 Shin-Soo Choo both hit two run home runs to lead the Indians at the plate. Shoppach also added another rbi with a single that scored Choo. Grady Sizemore had another good game as he had a two run single to finish with two rbi. Jhonny Peralta and Ryan Garko finished up the scoring with an rbi each.

On the mound, Fausto Carmona tossed six innings and allowed seven hits and four runs.  Fausto threw the ball well enough to pick up the win and improve to 7-5. Rafael Perez gave up a run and then Rafael Betancourt and Jensen Lewis finished things up in the eighth and ninth innings. Lewis did have some problems however as he allowed two runs on a Magglio Ordonez home run.

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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 Indians!

Besides Franklin’s solo home run, the Indians got two solo home runs from Grady Sizemore who finished the game with two rbi. Ryan Garko also added a rbi single in the fourth inning for the Indians offense. There wasn’t much offense and it would have been nice had there been some runners on base with the three solo home runs being hit.

Brendan Donnelly picked up the win after throwing a scoreless ninth inning. Jensen Lewis recorded his seventh save of the year by throwing a scoreless inning in the tenth inning. Zach Jackson started the game and pitched 6 1/3 innings while giving up seven hits and three runs to get the no decision. Jackson gave up two home runs while striking out six batters.

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Once again it was the Cleveland Indians having no problems with the visiting Kansas City Royals. The Indians jumped out to an early lead and never looked back as they beat the Royals 10-3. With the win on Thursday afternoon, the Indians finished up a three game sweep of the Royals.

Grady Sizemore had a huge day as he went 4-5 with seven rbi! Sizemore had a three run home run, three run triple, and a rbi single in the game. Talk about production with the bases loaded by Sizemore! Shin-Soo Choo added a two run home run and Jhonny Peralta added a solo home run to finish out the Indians scoring.

Cliff Lee improved to 18-2 on the season as he shut down the Royals offense for seven innings. Lee gave up six hits and three runs while striking out seven batters. Rafael Betancourt and Brendan Donnelly pitched the final two innings of the game to keep the Royals at three runs.

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Five runs in the eighth inning helped the Cleveland Indians come from behind and defeat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Wednesday night. Two home runs in the eighth really jacked up the tribe as they went onto win for the second time in the series. They will now be going for the three game series on Thursday afternoon.

Franklin Gutierrez hammered a three run shot in the eighth inning while Kelly Shoppach hit a solo home run. The fifth run of the big eighth inning came when Ryan Garko singled and Jhonny Peralta scored. Peralta and Shoppach also added home runs earlier in the game.

Zach Jackson ended up with a no decision after threw the first seven innings of the game. Jackson allowed seven hits and four runs while walking one and striking out four. It was too bad The Indians wouldn’t have scored more runs earlier in the game for Jackson to get the win. Juan Rincon who pitched the eighth inning ended up with the win and Jensen Lewis picked up the save which was his fourth save of the season.

The game will be an early one on Thursday and we will have a blog recap during the afternoon so check back! Indians Baseball Blog

It was a big offensive night for the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles as the two teams combined to score 17 runs and pound out 30 hits. The Bad news for the Tribe was the Orioles used a eight run eighth inning to win the game. The Indians did score three runs in the final inning to make things interesting but they just could’t come out of the big hole completely and the Orioles won 11-6

Rafael Perez took the loss as he was charged with three hits and four runs while not recording an out. Edward Mujica also gave up three hits and four runs in the eighth inning as he couldn’t stop the bleeding. Indians starting pitcher Zach Jackson gave up eight hits and three runs over five innings as he got the no decision.

Shin-Soo Choo led the Tribe at the plate with two rbi as he had a two run double in the first inning. Franklin Gutierrez, Kelly Shoppach, Ryan Garko, and Asdrubal Cabrera all helped out with one rbi each but it wasn’t even close to being enough.

The Indians now have a tough weekend ahead of them as they have to play the Los Angeles Angels. I don’t see good things happening in this series.

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The Cleveland Indians were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night by the score of 8-5.  It was a bad loss for the Tigers as they fell to 46-59.  The Indians can’t throw in the towel yet and they need to keep going out there and competing at a high level.

On Tuesday night it was Matt Ginter who took the loss after only pitching four innings.  It was a bad start by Ginter as he gave up eight hits and four runs.  Ginter is now 1-2 on the season for the Tribe.  Juan Rincon allowed two runs as well did Rafael Betancourt.  Bad night but those three Indian pitchers.

David Dellucci, Jhonny Peralta, Shin-Soo Choo, and Ryan Garko all had one rbi each for the Tribe.  The other run was when Grady Sizemore scored on a wild pitch in the ninth inning.  The offense wasn’t bad, the pitching staff just gave up too many rns.

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The Cleveland Indians dropped their game on Wednesday to the Los Angeles Angels by the score of 14-10.  In a high scoring game, the Angels were able to come out on top and take two out of three games against the Indians.  I blogged after the Indians took the first game of the series that I hoped they would win atleast one more but that sure didn’t happen.

The Indians sent Aaron Laffey out to start the game but he didn’t throw that good at all.  Laffey gave up 12 hits and eight runs in only four innings of action to take the loss.  Laffey was hit early and hard in the game and was never able to settle down.

The Indians bullpen wasn’t able to stop the bleeding as Tom Mastny gave up three hits and four runs and Jensen Lewis gave up four more hits and two runs.  Just a bad outing by the Indians pitching staff in the game.

Ryan Garko hit a two run home run and finished the game with four rbi to lead the Tribe at the plate.  Grady Sizemore stayed hot as he his his 25th home run of the season as well.  Shin-Soo Choo recorded two rbi while David Dellucci, Jhonny Peralta, Andy Marte, Sal Fasano, and Sizemore all finished the game with one rbi each.

All the blame has to go on the pitching straff in this game.  Anytime your offense puts ten runs up on the scoreboard you should be on the winning side of the game.  Indians Baseball Blog

The Cleveland Indians were trying to beat the Los Angeles Angels for the second straight game but they were unable to do so.  The Indians fell just short on Tuesday night by the score of 3-2.  All of the scoring came in the first five innings an then bullpens took over and stopped the scoring.

Matt Ginter took the loss for the Tribe and is now 1-1.  Ginter didn’t throw the ball too badly as he pitched six innings.  He allowed seven hits and three runs with one of those hits being a solo home run that proved to be the game winner in the 5th inning.

Rafael Betancourt and Juan Rincon pitched the 7th and 8th innings and did not have any problems.

Grady Sizemore got the Indians on the plate in the first inning with a solo home run that he hit off of Jered Weaver.  Franklin Gutierrez had the Indians second and final run of the game on a rbi triple that scored Kelly Shoppach in the 2nd inning.  The bats were held to those two runs as they did not score again the in the final seven innings of the game.

The Tribe can still win the series on the road if they can beat the Halos on Wednesday afternoon.

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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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