The Cleveland Indians came up just short against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday as they lost 6-5.  The Indians had runners on third and second with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning but they were unable to score a run to force extra rinnings.

Rafael Betancourt (1-3) ended up with the loss as he pitched the seventh and eighth innings for the Indians.  Indians starting pitcher Jake Westbrook only lasted five innings as he gave up five hits and three runs in the game.  No the usual performance that Indians fans are used to seeing out of Westbrook.

Jhonny Peralta led the Indians at the plate as he hit his 11th home run and had two rbi in the game.  Victor Martinez and David Dellucci also had one rbi each in the game for the Indians.

The Indians will now be off on Thursday before starting up a weekend series with the Kansas City Royals.  The Indians need to have a very good road trip if they want to get back towards the top of the pack in the American League Central Division.

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The Cleveland Indians have placed starting pitcher Jake Westbrook on the 15 day disabled list.  The move is retroactive back to April 20th.  A left intercostal strain is the cause for Westbook’s trop to the disabled list.

Aaron Laffey or Jeremy Sowers would be the most likely to be called up to take Westbook’s spot on the roster.

The Indians have also recalled outfielder Ben Francisco from Triple-A Buffalo.

The Cleveland Indians dominated the Boston Red Sox for the first six innings of Monday nights game but the finaly three innings belonged to the Red Sox as they came from behind to beat the Indians by the score of 6-4.  The Red Sox scored five runs in the final three innings to leave the Indians thinking what the hell just happened.

Joe Borowski pitched .2 innings and allowed three earned runs to take the loss for the Indians.  Jake Westbrook had started the game and pitched 6.1 innings allowing seven hits and two runs (only one run was earned).  Westbrook did strikeout five batters but also walked three batters.

Travis Hafner had two RBI to lead the Indians at the plate.  Victor Martinez and Ryan Garko both chipped in with one RBI each.

Hopefully the Indians will learn from this, and learn how to close out some ballgames in the future.

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Travis Hafner hit a two-run homerun in the top of the 9th inning and Jake Westbrook shut down the Los Angeles Angeles as the Cleveland Indians won 4-3 on Tuesday night.  The Indians were down when Hafner took Justin Speier deep with two outs in the 9th inning.

Westbrook rned his first complete game since 2006, giving up six hits over eight innings, striking out four and walking zero.  It was Westbrook’s first win of the 2008 season.

Besides Hafner’s two RBI’s, Asdrubal Cabrera drove in two runs with a single in the 5th inning that scored David Dellucci and Casey Blake.

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