Talk about an up and down game for the Cleveland Indians and all of their fans.  After going ahead in the top of the 10th inning with a Casey Blake home run, Joe Borowski blew the game as he gave up a solo home run to Alexei Ramirez and then a rbi single to Orlando Cabrera and the Chicago White Sox beat the Indians 3-2.  Very frustrating way to end what was an exciting game.

Cliff Lee pitched eight innings while only giving up six hits and one run.  Ramirez had a rbi sac fly in the second inning off of Lee for the White Sox only run in the game until the 10th inning when all hell broke loose.

Kelly Shoppach got the Indians on the scoreboard with a solo home run in the sixth inning.  The only other run for the Indians came in the top of the 10th inning when Casey Blake hit a home run off of White Sox relief pitcher Matt Thornton.

The Indians will now have to win on Wednesday to avoid the three game sweep to their rivals in the central division.

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Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Jeremy Sowers only lasted three innings as he gave up eight runs on Monday night.  Sowers put the Indians in a big hole against the Chicago White Sox and they went on to lose the game by the score of 9-7.  Your starting pitcher has to pitch better than that to give your team a chance in the game.

Tom Mastny gave up one run while pitching three innings of relief.  Edward Mujica and Joe Borowski both threw scoreless innings in the game.

The Indians did make things interesting in the ninth inning as they scored three runs but still lost the game by two runs.  Jhonny Peralta led the Indians with a solo home run and three total rbi in the game.  Shin-Soo Choo had two rbi, Jamey Carroll and David Dellucci both chipped in with one rbi each.

I do like the Indians chances on Tuesday night however.  Cliff Lee will take the mound against the White Sox starter John Danks.

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Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Cliff Lee really stepped up on Thursday night when the Indians really needed him to.  Lee tossed eighth inning and struck out 11 Giants batters while only give up four runs to get the victory.  With the win, the Indians were able to avoid the three game sweep by the Giants.

Lee is now 11-1 on the season with a 2.34 era!  Lee was dominating on Thursday night as he rarely made a mistake.  The only one to score off of him came in the fourth inning when Rich Auruilia had a rbi single.  Other then that, Lee was on top of his game!

Joe Borowski pitched the ninth inning to pick up his sixth save of the season.

It was the Jamey Carroll and Jhonny Peralta show at the plate for the Indians.  Carroll went 2-3 with two rbi while Peralta went 1-4 with two rbi.  One thing that was bad as far as the Indians offense was that they never scored another run after the fourth inning.  It was like the Giants were always hanging around and with one rally cold have tied or taken the lead.  The Indians didn’t take advantage of all the runners on base as they stranded 16 of them in the game.

The Indians will now play a big weekend series with the Cincinnati Reds.  The Reds are struggling right now so hopefully the Tribe can take two of three or even sweep the Reds!

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The San Francisco Giants have the Cleveland Indians number as they once again beat the Indians.  The Indians lost 4-1 and have now dropped the first two games of the three game series with the Giants.  The Indians will now have to win on Thursday to avoid an embaressing three game sweep in the series.

Jeremy Sowers pitched seven inning but gave up nine hits and three runs.  Five walks really hurt Sowers in the game and also a home run that he gave up.  Sowers is now 0-3 on the season.  When will Sowers get in the win column? Maybe we should run some sort of contest!

Rafael Betancourt served up a solo home run in the eighth inning as he pitched one inning in the game.  It was an insurance run that you never want to see the opposing team get as it makes it that much tougher for your team to come back in the game.  Joe Borowski got an inning of action in the ninth inning and pitched a scoreless inning.

Shin-Soo Choo had a rbi single in the seventh inning that scored Kelly Shoppach.  That was the only run for the Indians in the game.  It is hard to score runs when you only have six hits in the game and did not hit a home run.

So will the Indians avoid the three game sweep on Thursday against the Giants?  I’ll have to take the home town Indians in that bet.  What do you think leave us a comment!

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The Cleveland Indians finished up a very dissapointing series with the Colorado Rockies with a 6-3 loss.  The loss on Thursday was the third straight loss to the Rockies and the Indians are sure glad to get out of the Rocky Mountains.  The Indians hitters never really got going at Coors Field.  Maybe they were just trying to hit home runs all the time, but they sure struggled all series long.  The Indians pitchers sure didn’t have any problems giving up runs either however.

On Thursday night it was Jeremy Sowers taking the loss and dropping to 0-2 on the season.  Sowers pitched six innings and gave up ten hits and four runs.  Jeff Baker hit a solo home run off of Sowers in the sixth inning.  Other then that the other three runs were all scored on singles.

Masa Kobayashi had a rough outing as he gave up a pair of two run singles in the seventh inning and allowed two more runs to score.  Those two runs were pretty big as they were two insurance runs for the Rockies.  Joe Borowski came in and pitched a scoreless ninth inning to hold the Rockies at six runs.

Ben Francisco hit a two run home run in the first inning but then the Indians didn’t score again until the sixth inning when Casey Blake hit a solo home run.  Now that is why I wonder if the Indians batters were swinging for the fences the entire series.  They know how Coors Field plays, and I think they were all going up there to hit a home run, instead they were either striking out or flying out.  Shorten those swings and just get some singles and doubles boys.

The left right away out of Denver and flew to Los Angeles where they will begin a three game weekend series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.  Let’s see if the Indians can turn things around and get some wins out in L.A.

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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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Casey Blake cracked two home runs and finished with seven rbi as the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers on Monday night by the score of 13-9.  It seemed like the teams were playing home run derby out there as both teams combined for six home runs in the game.

Besides Blake’s huge night, Ben Francisco had a two run home run and finished the game with three rbi.  David Dellucci also added a two run home run in the eighth inning and Asdrubal Cabrera had a rbi double in the third inning.  That is a lot of production up and down the lineup for the Indians.

Masa Kobayashi pitched 1 2/3 innings to get the victory for the Indians.  Kobayashi did give up one run in but still picked up his third win of the season.  Rafael Perez and Joe Borowski pitched the final  2 1/3 innings to finish up the game.

Starting pitcher, Aaron Laffey was roughed up in only five innings of action.  Laffey gave up 11 hits and eight runs as he was hit very hard all night long.

In the end however, it was a good win for the Indians.  Indians Blog

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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It was a back and forth game against the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.  The Indians battled back in the top of the 9th inning to take a 4-2 lead before Torii Hunter hit a grandslam to give the Angels the lead.  Hunter had given the Angels the lead in the bottom of the 8th inning with a solo homerun as well.

You have to give the Indians credit for scoring three runs in the top of the 9th inning off of Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez.  Victor Martinez doubled Asdrubal Cabrera and then Jhonny Peralta doubled that scored David Dellucci.  Casey Blake then singled and scored Ryan Garko.

Those three runs were not enough however as Hunter hit a walk off granslam off of Joe Borowski who picked up the loss.  Bad time to blow a save for Borowski…

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