The Cleveland Indians got back on the winning track as they crushed the Detroit Tigers 11-1 on Thursday night.  The Indians hammered Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander for five runs in five innings.

Ryan Garko and Travis Hafner both hit home runs for the Indians.  Both players finished with two RBI as did Jamey Carroll.  Jason Michaels led the team however with three RBI.  Victor Martinez and Casey Blake both had one RBI.

Fausto Carmona earned his second win of the season as he tossed 6.2 innings.  Carmona gave up seven hits but only one earned run.  It was a great day for Carmona and the Indians bullpen as they just manhandled the Tigers.

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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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The Cleveland Indians couldn’t battle their way back after falling behind 5-0 after five inning against the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.  The Indians were shut down by A’s pitcher Justin Duchscherer until he had to leave the game with a bicep injury.

The Indians did make it interesting in the late innings with homeruns by Ryan Garko and Travis Hafner but it still wasn’t enough as the Indians lost 6-3.

Paul Byrd was the losing pitcher after giving up three earned runs in only 4.1 innings of play.  He clearly didn’t have his stuff working for him on Friday night.  Jorge Julio came in after Byrd, and also gave up one earned run.

The Indians are now 2-2 on the season, and will try to get about .500 with a victory over the Athletics on Saturday.

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