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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Post info: By Cliff on August 15th, 2008
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The Cleveland Indians have now lost six straight games as they lost to the Chicago White Sox by the score of 3-1 on Thursday night.  With that 3-1 loss to the White Sox, the Indians were swept for the second straight series.  They were swept by the Cincinnati Reds before the White Sox series.

Aaron Laffey took the loss for the Indians even though he didn’t pitch too badly.  He pitched seven innings while allowing six hits and only two runs.  He struckout six batters and only walked one as his record dropped to 2-3 on the season.

The lone rbi for the Indians came in the third inning when Grady Sizemore doubled and scored Franklin Gutierrez.

The Indians will try to break their six game losing streak on Friday when the begin a series with the Texas Rangers.  Hopefully they can get back on track and starting winning some ballgames.

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Post info: By Cliff on May 22nd, 2008
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