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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Things looked very good for the Cleveland Indians after they scored four runs in the top of the first inning but after that everything went down hill for them as they lost to the Texas Rangers 9-4.  Pretty dissapointing game as you come out of the gates and score four quick runs, but then have trouble the next eight inning and don’t score one run.  Something is wrong there if you ask me.

C.C. Sabathia took the loss and is now 3-8 on the season.  Sabathia gave up nine hits, five runs (four earned, three walks, and struckout eight batters.  Rafael Betancourt allowed three runs while only lasting 2/3 of an inning.  Edward Mujica then came in and gave up another run in 1 1/3 innings of action.  All three pitchers had trouble as you can tell.

The first inning is really all there is to blog about for the offense.  David Dellucci had a two run double while Victor Martinez had a rbi single and Jhonny Peralta had a rbi double. I really thought the Indians would get some more runs as the game went on, but Kevin Millwood figured things out and shut them down the rest of the game.

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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 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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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. 

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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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The Cleveland Indians scored in all innings except the first, sixth, and ninth as they went onto pound the Kansas City Royals 15-1 on Tuesday night.  The win improved the Indians record to 8-12 and will hopefully give them some momentum to get back to .500 soon.

Casey Blake led the Indians with six RBI.  Black finished the game going 4-4 including a grand slam in the fourth inning.  Franklin Gutierrez picked up three RBI with a bases clearing double in the eigth inning.  David Dellucci had two RBI and he also hit a solo home run.  Travis Hafner, Asdrubal Cabrera, and Jhonny Peralta all had one RBI each.  Peralta’s RBI came on a solo home run.

C.C. Sabathia finally picked up his first win on the season after he pitched six innings of four hit ball.  Sabathia did not allow a run and struckout 11 batters while walking two.  Great start for Sabathia!  Jorge Julio, Jensen Lewis, and Rafael Betancourt pitched the final three innings.  Lewis allowed one run to cross the plate but Julio and Betancourt did pretty good.

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