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MLB: Detroit 6, Cleveland 5

Fri, 09/25/2009 - 12:08 by shalini.bahadur

Cleveland, Sept. 24: Brandon Inge contributed the first of three straight RBI singles in a four-run fourth Thursday and Detroit survived a shaky ninth to nip Cleveland 6-5.

The Indians lost their 11th straight, falling to a team that picked up a key three-game sweep in its bid to claim a division title.

Detroit moved three games in front of idle Minnesota in the American League Central with 10 games to play. The Tigers and Twins will meet four times next week in Detroit.

Inge, Gerald Laird and Ramon Santiago had consecutive run-scoring singles in the fourth and Curtis Granderson drove in another run with a fielder's-choice grounder to give the Tigers a 4-2 lead.

MLB: Cleveland 5, Minnesota 2

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:16 by preet_20

Cleveland, Sept. 4: Jhonny Peralta's two RBI Friday keyed Cleveland's 5-2 win over Minnesota.

He drove in one run with a double in the bottom of the third inning and another with a single in the seventh.

Travis Hafner and Michael Brantley also drove in runs and one scored on Orlando Cabrera's third-inning throwing error -- one of four Twins errors.

Jamey Carroll had three of the nine hits for the Indians, who stopped their four-game losing streak.

Winner Jeremy Sowers (6-9) gave up two runs and six hits in six innings. Closer Kerry Wood earned his 18th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

MLB: Cleveland 10, Kansas City 6

Tue, 08/25/2009 - 10:43 by preet_20

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: Minnesota 10, Cleveland 1

Wed, 08/05/2009 - 12:09 by preet_20

Cleveland, Aug. 4: Carlos Gomez hit a three-run homer and Scott Baker pitched seven scoreless innings Tuesday in the Minnesota Twins' 10-1 win over Cleveland.

The Twins had 16 hits. Gomez was 3-for-4 effort and four RBI.

Baker (9-7) allowed just three hits and a walk to win for the seventh time in his last eight decisions.

Jason Kubel homered and six Twins players had multi-hit games.

Jhonny Peralta and Travis Hafner each went 2-for-4 for the Indians, who have lost two of three.

David Huff (5-6) lasted just 4 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs on 11 hits.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Cleveland 12, Seattle 3

Mon, 07/27/2009 - 12:01 by surajdogra

Seattle, July 26: Jhonny Peralta hit a grand slam Sunday in a 16-hit Cleveland Indians attack that blitzed the Seattle Mariners 12-3.

Travis Hafner, Ben Francisco and Grady Sizemore also homered for the Indians, who swept a three-game series and have won four straight overall.

Cleveland whacked 11 homers in the series, outscoring the Mariners 31-6.

Cliff Lee (7-9) pitched seven innings for the win, yielding two runs and six hits.

Franklin Gutierrez hit a two-run single and Michael Saunders drove in a run for Seattle.

Jason Vargas (3-4) was the loser, giving up six runs and seven hits before leaving in the fifth inning.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Seattle 3, Cleveland 1

Sun, 07/19/2009 - 11:45 by surajdogra

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 5, Detroit 4

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 10:25 by preet_20

Detroit, July 11: Travis Hafner had two hits and two RBI Saturday to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 5-4 win over Detroit.

Detroit's Miguel Cabrera made things interesting by hitting a two-run homer off closer Kerry Wood with no outs in the bottom of the ninth.

Hafner's two-run single erased a 2-1 deficit with two outs in the bottom of the third. Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits and one RBI, Jhonny Peralta drove in a run and Luis Valbuena added two hits for the Indians, who had lost four of five.

Winner Carl Pavano (8-7) went eight innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with no walks and six strikeouts. Pavano has two straight victories following four-game winless streak.

Wood recorded his 12th save.

MLB: Cleveland 15, Oakland 3

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.

MLB: Chicago WSox 11, Cleveland 4

Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:30 by preet_20

Cleveland, June 30: Gordon Beckham was 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and two runs Tuesday to help the Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland 11-4.

The game was called in the seventh inning because of rain.

Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer and Josh Fields a solo homer for the White Sox, who had 17 hits. Jermaine Dye was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored for Chicago, which has won four in a row.

The game was delayed three times for a total of 1 hour, 59 minutes.

Clayton Richard (3-1) four runs on four hits for the win.

Travis Hafner hit a solo homer for the Indians, who have lost four straight.

MLB: Milwaukee 14, Cleveland 12

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.