It was an exciting end to the game on Tuesday night but the Cleveland Indians rally came up just short and the Indians lost to the San Francisco Giants by the score of 3-2.  Kelly Shoppach was up to bat with two outs in the ninth inning with two runners on base but struckout to end the game.

Rafael Betancourt ended up taking the loss after pitching 1 1/3 inning.  Masa Kobayashi also gave up a run in relief after Betancourt left the game.  Both of those runs really hurt the Indians as they were in line to win the game up until that eighth inning.

Indians starting pitcher Aaron Laffey pitched the first 6 2/3 innings of the game and didn’t do that badly.  Laffey allowed four hits and only one run in the game.  It is too bad that the bullpen blew it and he ended up with a no decision in the game.

The Indians were the first team to score in the game as Ryan Garko had a rbi single in the first inning that scored Grady Sizemore.  Dave Delluci had a rbi ground out in the ninth inning that scored the Indians second run.  It would have been awesome to see the rally happen in the ninth inning, but as we mentioned before Shoppach just couldn’t get the job done.

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Starting pitcher Paul Byrd put the Cleveland Indians in a big hole early in the game and they were not able to come back in the game as the Minnesota Twins beat the Indians by the score of 8-5.  I should say that it was a close game and the Indians almost came back, but the Twins made sure they didn’t as they scored two insurance runs in the ninth inning.

Byrd gave up six hits and six runs in only three innings of action as he started the game on the mound.  Byrd gave up one home run in the third inning as he fell to 3-6 on the season.  Scott Elarton, Rick Bauer, and Rafael Betancourt all pitched great out of the bullpen but then Joe Borowski gave up three hits and two runs in the ninth inning.  Borowski just didn’t do his job to keep the Indians in the game.

Grady Sizemore hit a three run home run in the seventh inning as he finished the game with three rbi.  Kelly Shoppach also had a solo home run as he had one rbi in the game.  And not to be left out,  Jamey Carroll had one rbi in the game.

The Indians and Twins will play once again on Thursday which will be the rubber match of the series.

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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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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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C.C. Sabathia and Joe Blanton had a nice pitching dual going on Wedneday night and good thing for the Indians that Sabathia pitched just a little bit better and the Indians won the game 2-0.

Sabathia threw a complete game while giving up five hits and not allowing a run.  Sabathia improved to 3-5 on the season with the victory.  He just dominated the A’s all night long and it was awesome to see.

The Indians hit two solo home runs to account for both of their runs in the game.  Grady Sizemore went deep in the first inning and then Ryan Garko hit a home run in the fourth inning.  Lucky for the offense that Sabathia was on top of his game since they only put up two runs.

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The Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners battled for 11 innings on Thursday night and it was the Indians coming out on top with the 3-2 victory.  The Indians gave up the lead in the ninth inning, and then had to score runs in the tenth and eleventh innings to finally beat the Mariners.

Rafael Betancourt blew the save in the ninth inning and then Masa Kobayashi pitched the final two innings of the game to pick up the win.  Starting pitcher Paul Byrd tossed 7.2 innings of four hit baseball as he got the no decision.

Asdrubal Cabrera only had one hit in the game as he went 1-4, but that one hit was the game winning hit in the eleventh inning.  Cabrera singled to right and scored Jason Michaels for the winning run.  The Indians tied the game in the tenth inning when Grady Sizemore walked with the bases loaded.  The other run for the Indians came in the fourth inning when Travis Hafner doubled to score Victor Martinez.

It was a good win for the Indians who are now 14-15 in the season and only one game away from the .500 mark.

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The Clevelend Indians swept the Kansas City Royals in a double header on Thursday.  The Indians beat the Royals by the scores of 9-6 in game one and then 2-0 in the game two.  With the two wins, the Indians are now 10-12 on the season as they try to get back to the .500 mark.

Fausto Carmona improved to 3-1 on the season as he picked up the win in the first game.  Cliff Lee improved to 4-0 on the season as he won the second game for the Indians.

In game one, Grady Sizemore connected for his second home run of the season and in game two, David Dellucci hit his third home run of the season.

The Indians will now start a series against the New York Yankees.