Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:15 by shalini.bahadur
Oakland, Calif., Sept. 19: Brad Ziegler struck out Kelly Shoppach with the potential tying run on second base Friday, preserving Oakland's 2-1 victory over Cleveland.
The Athletics won their fifth in a row, taking a shutout into the ninth inning before Ziegler picked up his seventh save.
Shin-Soo Choo singled with one out in the ninth and scored on a two-out double by Matt LaPorta.
Shoppach, with a chance to send the game into extra innings, looked at a called third strike on a 1-2 pitch.
Nomar Garciaparra doubled home one of Oakland's runs in the second and Mark Ellis had an RBI single later in the inning.
Brett Anderson (10-10) struck out 10 and allowed four hits over six innings to get the victory.
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Thu, 08/06/2009 - 10:26 by preet_20
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.
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Thu, 07/30/2009 - 11:54 by surajdogra
Anaheim, Calif. July 29: Howie Kendrick hit a two-run homer and drove in five Wednesday, leading the LA Angels to a 9-3 win over Cleveland.
The homer, his sixth, gave Los Angeles a 9-1 lead with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.
Earlier, Kendrick also hit an RBI single in the first and a two-run single in the fifth.
Kendry Morales had two hits and two RBI.
Bobby Abreu had two hits and one RBI, while one run scored on Shin-Soo Choo's fifth-inning error for the Angels, who have won 10 of their last 12 games.
Winner John Lackey (7-4) surrendered one run and three hits in seven innings with four walks and eight strikeouts.
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Fri, 07/24/2009 - 03:07 by Salinder Kumar
Toronto -- Shin-Soo Choo hit a key two-run triple Thursday, helping Cleveland edge Toronto 5-4.
Soo Choo's only hit broke a 1-1 tie with one out in the top of the fifth following an error by Jose Bautista.
Ben Francisco, Victor Martinez and Chris Gimenez each had one RBI for the Indians, who mustered just six hits but won for the second time in the three-game series.
Winner David Huff (5-4) gave up four runs and eighth his in 7 2/3 innings.
Closer Kerry Wood earned his 13th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Toronto's Kevin Millar had two hits -- one a solo homer -- and two RBI.
Aaron Hill added a two-run homer for the Blue Jays.
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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:47 by preet_20
Chicago, July 8: Paul Konerko smacked three home runs Tuesday, including a grand slam in the sixth inning, to carry the Chicago White Sox past Cleveland 10-6.
The seven RBI for the game were a career best for Konerko, who has seven homers in his past 13 games.
Mark Buehrle (9-2) went seven innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and striking out three while remaining unbeaten in his last six starts.
Grady Sizemore belted two home runs for the Indians, who lost for the seventh time in their last nine games. Shin-soo Choo added a solo shot.
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Sat, 07/04/2009 - 10:20 by preet_20
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.
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Tue, 06/16/2009 - 13:46 by preet_20
Cleveland, June 15: Prince Fielder hit his first career grand slam and the Milwaukee Brewers scored six runs in the eighth inning Monday to beat Cleveland 14-12.
Fielder had a career-high six RBI and Ryan Braun had five RBI with three hits, including a two-run homer for the Brewers, who won for just the second time in their last eight games.
Milwaukee starter Dave Bush lasted just 3 1/3 innings and gave up eighth runs on six hits.
Todd Coffey (2-1) got the win after working 1 1/3 innings and Trevor Hoffman earned his 16th save of the season.
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Sat, 06/13/2009 - 14:13 by preet_20
Cleveland, June 12: Shin-Soo Choo had three hits and three RBI Friday, propelling the Cleveland Indians to a 7-3 inter-league win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Choo's first-inning RBI single produced the game's first run and his two-run single upped Cleveland's lead to 4-1 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Victor Martinez hit a two-run eighth-inning double, while Mark DeRosa and Jamey Carroll added two hits apiece for the Indians, who have won three of four.
Winner David Huff (2-2) gave up three runs and six hits in 7 1/3 innings with two walks and five strikeouts.
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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 10:41 by Anonymous
Cleveland, June 11: Shin-Soo Choo singled in Mark DeRosa from second with nobody out in the 10th inning Thursday, giving the Cleveland Indians a 4-3 victory over Kansas City.
Choo was a major factor in the Indians' two-run rally in the eighth that tied the game, and he came through with the game-winning hit off Kyle Farnsworth (1-4).
Farnsworth surrendered a leadoff single to DeRosa, walked Victor Martinez and then gave up the base hit to Choo that allowed the Indians to win their second game in the three-game series.
Choo also drove in a run with a fielder's choice grounder in the eighth and scored the tying run on a double by Jhonny Peralta.
Matt Herges (2-0) got the win by working the top of the 10th.
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