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BOSTON — Terry Francona returned to Fenway Park and found some more pleasant memories. A standing ovation. A video tribute to his time as manager of the Boston Red Sox. And, most importantly, a win for his Cleveland Indians. Drew Stubbs, Mark Reynolds and Michael Bourn combined for nine hits and eight RBIs and the [...]
CLEVELAND — In what came as little surprise Monday, Indians ace Justin Masterson was named American League Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday. Masterson (7-2, 2.83 ERA) won two starts over the week, tossing 16 scoreless innings, while striking out 20. The right-hander is the second Cleveland player to win the award [...]
CLEVELAND — It wasn’t the drama-filled frenzy they enjoyed a night earlier, but the Indians walked off with another victory Saturday afternoon at Progressive Field. After a blown save from closer Chris Perez allowed the Mariners to tie the game in the top of the ninth, Cleveland came back to score the winning run in [...]
With Mark Reynolds under a one-year contract and launching home runs on a regular basis in his debut season with the Indians, there has, not surprisingly, been talk of signing the slugger to a long-term deal. Whoaaa, horsey!!! That’s not how the Dolans do business. It took them years to spend substantial money in the [...]
PHILADELPHIA — Scott Kazmir had opposing hitters going back to the dugout talking about his fastball. He didn’t throw it quite enough. Jonathan Pettibone pitched neatly into the seventh, Kevin Frandsen and Domonic Brown hit solo homers and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2 on Tuesday night. John Mayberry Jr. had three hits [...]
CLEVELAND — One brilliant pitching performance did not deserve another for the Indians on Monday at Progressive Field. A sparkling outing from ace Justin Masterson led Cleveland to a 1-0 victory in the opening game of a doubleheader against the Yankees. The celebration was short-lived, however, as pitching presented a problem in a 7-0 loss [...]
DETROIT — On a night when it seemed the 27th out might never come for the Cleveland Indians, Chris Perez threw one last fastball to Miguel Cabrera and hoped the Detroit slugger would hit it on the ground. “He chopped it,” Perez said. “I wanted him to put something in play, but down. Luckily he [...]
DETROIT — And still heavyweight champions of the Central Division, the Dee-troit Tiiiiiiigers. The Tigers did not need Michael Buffer to validate their superiority Friday night. They did that themselves by hammering away at the Indians for a 10-4 win at Comerica Park. It wasn’t only the muscle displayed by a lineup featuring Miguel Cabrera [...]
As is often the case when he pitches, right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez was the story of the game Monday night at Progressive Field.
And thanks to another powerful performance from the offense, there was a fairy tale ending for …
CLEVELAND — An unlikely hero kept the good times — and the longest winning streak of the season — rolling for the Indians on Friday night. Center fielder Drew Stubbs doubled off Minnesota reliever Casey Fien with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, scoring Mike Aviles, to give the Tribe a 7-6 [...]
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