The Cleveland Indians have made a splash at the Winter Meetings out in Las Vegas! Late Wednesday night, he took part in a three team trade involving the New York Mets and the Seattle Mariners. The Indians gave up their centerfield prospect in Franklin Gutierrez as he was sent to the Mariners, but in return got infielder Luis Valbuena from the Mariners and right-handed reliever Joe Smith from the Mets.

The trade came together because of the Mets’ interest in Putz, the Mariners’ interest in Gutierrez, the regular communication between Shapiro and his good friend Minaya and the Tribe’s recent talks with Seattle regarding Putz

Look for the team to also announce a two year deal with closer Kerry Wood possibly on Thursday and if not then on Friday. All that is left for Wood to do is pass a physical in Cleveland and then sign a two year contract that is to be worth $20 million dollars. There could be a option for a third year in the contract but as of right now that is uncertain.

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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 in the game as he only lasted 5 1/3 innings. He was charged with six hits and seven runs. Carmona also walked four while striking out five in the game. He got into trouble in the sixth inning when he was pulled after only getting one out. Juan Rincon was unable to get out of the jam in the sixth inning as he was also charged with two runs. Brendan Donnelly had a terrible inning in the eighth as Adam Jones took him deep for a three run shot and then Ramon Hernandez added a two run home run that extended the Orioles lead to 14-3.

Asdrubal Cabrera got the Indians on the scoreboard in the second inning when he hit a ground rule double that scored Shin-Soo Choo. Cabrera then added a rbi single in the fourth inning as he finished the game with two rbil. The other run for the tribe came in the fifth inning when Franklin Gutierrez hit a rbi sac fly that scored Ryan Garko.

Hopefully the Indians can bounce back on Tuesday night and even up the series at one game each.

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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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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

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 scored in all innings except the first, sixth, and ninth as they went onto pound the Kansas City Royals 15-1 on Tuesday night.  The win improved the Indians record to 8-12 and will hopefully give them some momentum to get back to .500 soon.

Casey Blake led the Indians with six RBI.  Black finished the game going 4-4 including a grand slam in the fourth inning.  Franklin Gutierrez picked up three RBI with a bases clearing double in the eigth inning.  David Dellucci had two RBI and he also hit a solo home run.  Travis Hafner, Asdrubal Cabrera, and Jhonny Peralta all had one RBI each.  Peralta’s RBI came on a solo home run.

C.C. Sabathia finally picked up his first win on the season after he pitched six innings of four hit ball.  Sabathia did not allow a run and struckout 11 batters while walking two.  Great start for Sabathia!  Jorge Julio, Jensen Lewis, and Rafael Betancourt pitched the final three innings.  Lewis allowed one run to cross the plate but Julio and Betancourt did pretty good.

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The Cleveland Indians were unable to get things going again after a run batted in early in the second inning as they went onto lose to the Minnesota Twins 2-1 in 10 innings.  This loss puts Cleveland at 7-12 and their 12th loss in their last 16 games.  The tribe needs to get back on the roll before their find themselves falling farther behind in the season standings.

Paul Byrd started the game for the Indians and pitched seven innings.  Byrd allowed six hits and one earned run.  He pitched very well, he just didn’t have any run support in the no decision.  Masa Kobayashi and Rafael Perez pitched the final 2.2 innings.  Perez took the loss as he gave up a single to Justin Morneau in the 10th inning that gave the Twins the win.

Travis Hafner got his 3rd double of the year while Franklin Gutierrez was able to knock in his 5th RBI of the season for the Indians.  Other then that, there wasn’t any offense for the Indians.

With the Cleveland Indians coming off a two game losing streak in the middle of a bad losing slump all together, they will really have to come together as a team to take a chance at winning against the Royals in Kansas City on Tuesday.

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