The Cleveland Indians used three home runs to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Monday night.  It was a big win for the Indians as they beat one of the best teams in the league and improved their season record to 44-54.

Andy Marte and Jhonny Peralta both hit solo home runs while Casey Blake had a two run shot in the game.  Designated hitter David Dellucci got the Indians on the scoreboard first with a rbi sacrafice fly in the second inning that scored Peralta.  The Indians didn’t have any problems hitting off Angles starting pitcher Ervin Santana who took the loss and is now 11-4.

Paul Byrd pitched just enough to get the win as he only lasted 5 1/3 innings.  Byrd gave up nine hits but only allowed one run to score while striking out five and walking two batters.  Rafael Perez pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief after Byrd left the game and pitched pretty good despite giving up a solo home run to Howie Kendrick.  Masa Kobayashi picked up his sixth save of the year when he struckout the side in the ninth inning.

Let’s see if the Indians can take another game from the Angels out on the West coast as they will face off again Tuesday evening.

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It clearly wasn’t the Cleveland Indians night as they were hammered by the Detroit Tigers 9-2.  The Indians scored first in the game but the Tigers then scored nine unanswered runs to pick up the victory.  So that is what life is like after CC.  Not looking good that is what it is.

Jeremy Sowers was the starting pitcher who took the loss.  Sowers lasted 5 2/3 innings while givng up ten hits and and seven runs.  Six of those seven runs were earned and charged to Sowers who dropped to 0-5 on the season.  Sowers gave up two home runs in the game as did reliever Brian Slocum who gave up two solo home runs.  Masa Kobayashi was finally able to pitch a scoreless inning in the eighth for the Indians.

The two runs that the Indians were able to get came in the first inning when Jhonny Peralta hit a two run home run and Casey Blake scored.  That was all the offense however as the Tribe struck out ten times in the game and only had two hits.  Just a bad night all the way around the for the Indians.

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For the second straight night the Chicago White Sox finished the game with a walk off home run against the Cleveland Indians.  On Wednesday night, it was A.J. Pierzynski who hit a home run off Masa Kobayashi to win the game for the Sox.  It sucks that it happened that way because Grady Sizemore had just tied the game at 5-5 in the ninth inning for the Indians.

Kobayashi fell to 4-4 as he took the loss for the Indians.  C.C. Sabathia started the game for the Tribe and got a no decision after throwing eight innings and giving up seven hits and five runs.  Four of the five runs were earned.  Sabathia had some troubles in the game as Pierzynski and Jermaine Dye both hit home runs in the first inning but after that he settled down for the most part.

Sizemore and Jamey Carrol both had two rbi each for the Indians.  Jhonny Peralta was the other player to record an rbi in the game where the Indians struck out 11 times and left 18 runners on base.

The Indians are now off on Thursday and will start up a series with the Minnesota Twins on Friday.

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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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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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The Cleveland Indians brought out the whooping sticks on Thursday night as they hammered the Minnesota Twins 12-2.  The victory over the Twins was the second for the Indians in the three game series.  That is all you can hope for right now is that the Indians keep on winning each series.

Indians starting pitcher Aaron Laffey tossed the first six innings of the game and only gave up five hits and one run.  The one run was a solo home run in the fifth inning so he pitched a pretty good game overall.  Edward Mujica allowed one run in relief and then Masa Kobayashi finished things off in the ninth inning.

Shin-Soo Choo hit a three run home run and Grady Sizemore connected on a solo home run to provide two big hits for the Indians.  Ben Francisco also had a big game as he finished with three rbi.  Jhonny Peralta and Kelly Shoppach both had two rbi as well.  Three was a lot of production up and down the lineup and that happens when you score 12 runs in a baseball game.

Great way to finish off the series and and get ready for the San Diego Padres!

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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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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 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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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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