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.

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The Cleveland Indians completed a three game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 4-2win on Thursday afternoon.  It was a big series for the Indians as they improved to 22-19 on the season.

Aaron Laffey pitched seven innings to pick up the win which was his second of the sesaon.  Laffey only gave up five hits.  He did let one run score when he had a bad throw to first base in the second inning and a runner scored.  Other then that one error, Laffey had a good game all around.

Jensen Lewis, Rafael Betancourt, and Masa Kobayashi pitched in the game out of the bullpen.  Betancourt gave up one run that was charged to him on a Kobayashi wild pitch in the ninth inning.  Luckily for the Indians, Kobayashi was able to get out of the inning as the A’s stranded two runners on base to get his second save of the season.

The four runs put up by the Indians came from four different players.  Jhonny Peralta had a solo home run, Ryan Garko had a rbi double, Ben Francisco and Travis Hafner both had rbi singles in the game.

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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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Three Cleveland Indians pitchers combined to shut out the Oakland Athletics 4-0 on Tuesday night.  It was a big win for the Indians as the improved to 20-19 on the season.

Starting pitcher Paul Byrd pitched 7 1/3 innings while only giving up five hits.  Byrd struck out seven batters and did not walk a batter.  Rafael Perez pitched 1/3 of an inning and then Masa Kobayashi pitched 1/3 of an inning as well to get the Indians out of the eighth inning and then pitched the ninth inning to finish the game.

The Indians were struck with one run going into the bottom of the eighth inning but then Ryan Garko gave the Indians some insurance runs when he hit a three run home run to extend the lead to the 4-0.  The first rbi for the Indians came from Travis Hafner who had a rbi single in the first inning

There wasn’t much offense, so it was a good thing that the pitching straff stepped up and held the A’s to zero runs.  Not the way you want to always in a game, but a win is a win the Indians will take it!

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The Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays played in two pitchers duels on Monday afternoon and night as the both teams picked up one win and one loss.  The Indians picked up a win in the first game as Fausto Carmona tossed a complete game shutout and the Indians won 3-0.

David Delluci got the Indians on the board in the first game with a rbi single in the sixth inning and then Asdrubal Cabrera had a two run home run in the seventh inning.  It was a good thing as well because the Indians only had five hits in the game.

Onto the second game, it was the Indians on the losing end of a 3-0 game once again.  The Indians only came up with three hits in the game.  No wonder why they were shutout lol.

Cliff Lee had tossed nine full inning and gave up seven hits but no runs in the game.  No runs support for him however as he took home the no decision.  Asdrubal Cabrera pitched the tenth inning and allowed all three runs as he took the loss to drop his record to 1-2.

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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

Cliff Lee improved to 6-0 on the season as he faced off against Chien-Ming Wang in a battle of the un-beatens on Wednesday night.   The Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees and Wang by the score of 3-0.

Lee threw seven innings and only allowed six hits and no runs in the game as he stayed undefeated.  Lee struckout seven batters without walking a batter.  A great preformance for Lee as he went up against a very good offense in the Yankees.

Rafael Perez and Rafael Betancourt pitched the last two innings of the game and only allowed one run.  Betancourt closed the door on the Yankees in the ninth inning as he picked up his fourth save of the season.

The Indians scored in three different innings as they got RBI from three different players.  David Dellucci, Victor Martinez, and Casey Blake all had a RBI in the game. 

Now that was a great win for the Indians!  Indians Blog

The Cleveland Indians got three runs in the eighth inning and held on to defeat the New York Yankees by the score of 5-3.

David Dellucci connected a three run home run off of Joba Chamberlain in the eighth inning to give the Indians the victory.  Talk about a huge pitch hit home run for Dellucci and especially off of Chamberlain who is usually lights out.

Delluci led the Indains with three RBI in the game.  Jhonny Peralta had the other two RBI for the Indians.  Peralta went deep for a two run shot in the fourth inning.

Rafael Perez picked up the win as he pitched in relief of Fausto Carmona.  Carmona tossed five innings and as he gave up six hits and three runs.  Rafael Betancourt earned his third save of the season for the Indians.

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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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Don’t let that 7-2 score fool you too much, the Cleveland Indians and the Seattle Mariners were tied heading into the ninth inning, but the Mariners came out and scored five runs in the inning to win the game 7-2.

Rafael Betancourt took the loss for the Indians.  Betancourt ended up giving up three of the five runs in the ninth inning.  He wasn’t the only player to suck it up out of the bullpen however as Craig Breslow gave up two runs.

Starting pitcher Fausto Carmona lasted 6.2 innings as he gave up eight hits and two runs.  Carmona did walk four batters however, so he does still need to work on his control.

David Dellucci and Travis Hafner both had one RBI each at the plate for the Indians.  Not very much offensive production for the Indians on Tuesday night.

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