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 game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers was over after the first two innings when the Indians were already up 8-0.  The Indians ended up going on to beat the Tigers by the score of 8-2.  The teams had to wait things out with a 57 minute rain delay in the game but then, the game was more less over on the scoreboard.

Cliff Lee won his 10th game of the season to improve his record to 10-1.  Lee came back out in the fifth inning after the rain delay to finish his five innings so he could record the win.  He allowed six hits and two runs in his five innings of action.

Rafael Perez pitched two scoreless innings of relief while Rafael Betancourt and Masa Kobayashi pitched one scoreless inning each.  Good job by the three relief pitchers.

Ryan Garko hit a three run home run in the first inning and then was hit by a pitch in the second inning with the bases loaded as he led the Indians at the plate with four rbi.  Kelly Shoppach also hit a home run in the game as he hit a two run shot in the second inning to finish with two rbi.  Jhonny Peralta and Shin-Soo Choo chipped in with one rbi each as well.

The Indians will now start a three game series against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

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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

The Cleveland Indians lost to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday afternoon by the score of 9-4.  The Angels connected on four homeruns that scored all nine of their runs, and the Indians were not able to come back and score enough runs to make it a competitive game.

Starting pitcher Paul Byrd got rocked in his three innings.  Byrd gave up five hits and six earned runs including three homeruns.  If he would have kept the ball in the park, he would have fared a lot better.

The Indians bullpen gave up three more runs with two of them being earned.

Jhonny Peralta and Kelly Shoppach hit homeruns for the Indians.  Peralta hit a solo shot in the 6th inning and Shoppach hit a two run shot in the 6th inning as well.

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