Asdrubal Cabrera

Indian's Cabrera on DL with broken arm

St. Petersburg, Fla. -- The Cleveland Indians said Tuesday they put Asdrubal Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list after the shortstop broke his left arm in a game the night before.

Cabrera was hurt when Tampa Bay Rays designated hitter Hank Blalock sent a ground ball up the middle and the shortstop collided with third baseman Jhonny Peralta while diving to make the play. Peralta's knee appeared to hit Cabrera's left arm.

Cabrera will likely consult with doctors in the coming days to determine surgery is required repair the injury.

The 24-year-old infielder is hitting .287 as the team's lead-off hitter this season.

Indians' Cabrera on DL with broken arm

St. Petersburg, Fla. -- The Cleveland Indians said Tuesday they put Asdrubal Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list after the shortstop broke his left arm in a game the night before.

Cabrera was hurt when Tampa Bay Rays designated hitter Hank Blalock sent a ground ball up the middle and the shortstop collided with third baseman Jhonny Peralta while diving to make the play. Peralta's knee appeared to hit Cabrera's left arm.

Cabrera will likely consult with doctors in the coming days to determine surgery is required repair the injury.

The 24-year-old infielder is hitting .287 as the team's lead-off hitter this season.

MLB: Detroit 3, Cleveland 1

Cleveland, Sept. 22: Edwin Jackson pitched seven shutout innings Tuesday to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 3-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

Jackson (13-7) allowed seven hits and three walks for the Tigers, who moved three games ahead of Minnesota in the AL Central. Ryan Raburn homered and Magglio Ordonez finished 3-for-3 in the victory.

Asdrubal Cabrera scored the only run for Cleveland, which has lost nine consecutive games and 13 of its last 14.

Aaron Laffey (7-7) suffered the loss despite allowing only one run on seven hits and three walks in 6 2/3 innings.

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MLB: Texas 10, Cleveland 5

Cleveland, Sept. 9: Chris Davis had a three-run home run and four RBI Tuesday to lead the Texas Rangers to a 10-5 win and a doubleheader sweep over Cleveland.

Davis had three hits as part of an 18- hit attack for the Rangers, who trail the first-place Los Angeles Angels by 3 1/2 games in the AL West, and pulled within two games of Boston in the AL wild-card chase. The Angels beat Seattle 3-2 in 10 innings Tuesday.

Marlon Byrd and Ian Kinsler also had three hits for Texas -- which put together 31 hits in two games against the Indians. The Rangers won the opener 11-9.

In the nightcap, Texas scored four runs in the second inning and went ahead 7-0 in the fourth on an RBI single by Andruw Jones.

MLB: Cleveland 10, Kansas City 6

Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 24: Luis Valbuena gave Cleveland the lead with a three-run homer in the eighth Monday and the Indians pulled away late to defeat Kansas City 10-6.

Cleveland has won three in a row, one short of its longest streak of the season. Kansas City dropped its fifth straight.

The Indians faced a 5-4 deficit going into the eighth but they quickly got to reliever Joakim Soria (3-2).

Jhonny Peralta reached on a one-out single and Travis Hafner delivered an infield hit. Valbuena then hit a 1-1 pitch out to right for his eighth homer of the season.

After Kansas City got a run back in the bottom of the eighth, Cleveland tacked on three more in the ninth -- two of the runs scoring on a double by Asdrubal Cabrera.

MLB: Cleveland 11, LA Angels 3

Cleveland, Aug. 20: Matt LaPorta and Asdrubal Cabrera each had two-run doubles in a seven-run sixth inning Thursday in Cleveland's 11-3 rout of the Los Angeles Angels.

The Indians' 16 hits cooled off the division-leading Angels, who had won their previous five games.

Justin Materson (4-4) threw 6 1/3 shutout innings, but he and the Indians were locked in a 1-1 deadlock before Cleveland produced its big inning. Masterson, acquired from Boston before the trade deadline, won his first game for Cleveland in his third start with his new team.

Los Angeles starter John Lackey (8-6) gave up five of the seven runs in the sixth while retiring only one batter.

MLB: Los Angeles Angels 5, Cleveland 4

Cleveland, Aug. 18: Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter combined for five of the Angels' 13 hits Tuesday to lead Los Angeles to a 5-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.

The two Angels had both missed significant time with injuries, but Guerrero was 3-for-5 with a run scored and Hunter 2-for-5 for LA, which improved to 26-8 since July 10.

Trevor Bell (1-0) got his first major league win in his second-ever start, holding Cleveland to three runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Brian Fuentes earned his 35th save of the season.

Every player in the Angels' starting lineup Tuesday now has a batting average of at least .300.

Asdrubal Cabrera had four hits and an RBI for the Indians, who have lost four of six. Jhonny Peralta added two hits and two RBI.

MLB: Cleveland 8, Minnesota 1

Cleveland, Aug. 5: Aaron Laffey allowed just one unearned run in the longest outing of his career Wednesday, boosting the Cleveland Indians to an 8-1 victory over Minnesota.

Laffey (5-3), who is in his third major league season, and was making his 34th career start, went eight innings while giving up six hits. He struck out five and walked one in bringing the Indians their eighth win in 12 games.

The Twins slipped 3 ½ games behind division-leading Detroit in the American League Central.

Cleveland built a 4-1 lead through 5 ½ innings and then broke the game open in the sixth with four runs.

Grady Sizemore, Asdrubal Cabrera and Shin-Soo Choo all had RBI doubles in the sixth.

MLB: Seattle 3, Cleveland 1

Cleveland, July 18: Franklin Gutierrez hit his second homer in as many games Saturday to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 3-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

Gutierrez's two-run blow enabled the Mariners to win for the fifth time in their last seven games. Russell Branyan added a sacrifice fly for Seattle's other run.

Jarrod Washburn (7-6) earned his first road win since his first start of the season by allowing one run on eight hits 6 2/3 innings. The left-hander has given up just two runs in his last three starts, covering 22 2/3 innings.

David Aardsma earned his 21st save of the season.

Jamey Carroll had two hits and an RBI and Asdrubal Cabrera, Victor Martinez and Travis Hafner each had two hits in the loss.

MLB: Cleveland 15, Oakland 3

Cleveland, July 3: Shin-Soo Choo put on a one-man show Friday with two home runs, seven RBI and four runs scored in leading the Cleveland Indians to a 15-3 bashing of Oakland.

Choo had four of Cleveland's 15 hits, allowing the Indians to halt a five-game losing streak. It was only their third win in 16 games.

Cleveland overcame an early two-run deficit and took the lead with a three-run third, during which Choo had an RBI single. Choo doubled home two more during a four-run fourth, and then hit a three-run homer in the fifth and a solo shot in the seventh.

He also stole a base, his 13th in 13 tries this season.

Travis Hafner added a solo home run for the Indians and Asdrubal Cabrera had three RBI.

MLB: Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 6

Cincinnati -- Asdrubal Cabrera drove in three runs Saturday, including the game-winner, helping the Cleveland Indians edge the Cincinnati Reds 7-6.

He knocked in the winning run with a one-out RBI ground out in the eighth inning.

Mark DeRosa knocked in four with a two-run homer in the second and a two-run single in the fifth as the Indians won for the third time in their last four
games.

The winner was reliever Luis Vizcaino (1-1) and closer Kerry Wood earned his seventh save.

Cincinnati's Joey Votto hit two homers and knocked in four runs.
One of two hits for Ramon Hernandez was a two-run homer in the second.

David Weathers (0-1) was tagged with the loss as the Reds fell for the sixth time in eight outings.