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| Lee leads Tribe in finale vs. Royals |
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08/21/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - MLB earned run average leader Cliff Lee will take the hill today, when the Cleveland Indians host the Kansas City Royals in the finale of a three-game series at Progressive Field. Lee, who has won his last six decisions to pull within one of his career best of 18, has posted a 2.43 ERA through 170 2/3 innings of work thus far in 2008, continuing a remarkable turnaround after a mediocre 5-8 mark in just 20 outings in 2007. The southpaw won 18 games in 2005 while posting a 3.79 ERA in 202 innin |
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| Gutierrez, Tribe rally to down Royals |
MLB Baseball |
08/20/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Franklin Gutierrez's three-run home run sparked a five-run eighth and the Cleveland Indians battled back to top the Kansas City Royals, 8-5, in the second of three meetings between the clubs. Kelly Shoppach added a pair of solo home runs while Jhonny Peralta launched a two-run blast for the Indians, who have won four of their last five. Zach Jackson, in his second start with Cleveland since being traded from the Brewers in the CC Sabathia deal, served up five runs -- four earned |
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| Royals' Hochevar lands on DL |
MLB Baseball |
08/20/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Luke Hochevar was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a bruised rib cage. Hochevar left Tuesday's 9-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians with tightness in his right side. He felt the pain during his sixth-inning warmup pitches and left the game for good. He had an MRI on Wednesday and was taken for X-rays later in the afternoon, but results were not available. The first overall pick in the 2006 draft allowed four runs on seven hits to |
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| Royals starter Hochevar leaves games |
MLB Baseball |
08/19/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Luke Hochevar left Tuesday's 9-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians with tightness in his right ribcage. Hochevar hurled five innings but did not return for the sixth. The first overall pick in the 2006 draft allowed four runs on seven hits to fall to 6-12 on the year. Leo Nunez came on in relief and surrendered a game-changing three-run homer to Grady Sizemore in his inning of work. Hochevar is listed as day-to-day. |
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| Royals, Indians start three-game series in Cleveland |
MLB Baseball |
08/19/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-handed reclamation project Anthony Reyes makes his third start in an American League uniform tonight when the Cleveland Indians host the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game series at Progressive Field. Reyes, who made 17 starts for the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals in 2006, tumbled to 2-14 in 22 appearances for the Cardinals last season and had made just 10 trips from the bullpen this year before being dealt to Cleveland late last month. He pitched 6 1/3 strong |
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| Sabathia continues to roll as Brewers bury Astros |
MLB Baseball |
08/19/2008 |
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| erformance on the mound and Ray Durham drove in three runs, as the Milwaukee Brewers bested the Houston Astros, 9-3, in the opener of a three-game series from Miller Park. Sabathia (8-0) notched his fifth complete game since he was acquired from the Cleveland Indians on July 7, allowing three runs -- two earned -- on 11 hits with nine strikeouts. Sabathia has won a career-high 11 straight decisions since June 10 and improved to 14-8 with a 2.99 earned run average in 27 overall starts this season. Sabathia helped |
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| Sabathia aims to stay perfect with Milwaukee in opener vs. Astros |
MLB Baseball |
08/18/2008 |
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| f starting pitcher CC Sabathia has paid dividends and the big left-hander will try to stay perfect in a Brewers uniform tonight in the opener of a three-game series versus the Houston Astros at Miller Park. Sabathia was dealt to the Brewers from the Cleveland Indians in early July with hopes of leading Milwaukee to the postseason. In eight starts so far for the NL Wild Card-leading Brewers, Sabathia is 7-0 with four complete games, two of which have been shutouts, and a 1.55 earned run average. The former first- |
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| Boston hopes to get untracked in Baltimore |
MLB Baseball |
08/18/2008 |
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| y against Texas, as he allowed three runs and seven hits in 7 1/3 innings to run his record to 11-4 to go along with a 3.25 earned run average. Baltimore will counter with righty Jeremy Guthrie, who has won his last four starts. Guthrie defeated the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday, holding them to a run and four hits in seven innings. Guthrie, who is 10-8 with a 3.18 ERA on the season, has surrendered just four runs over his winning streak in 29 1/3 frames. He lost to Lester and the Red Sox back in that June meet |
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| Rays hold off Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
08/17/2008 |
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| a homer to right, making it 7-1. Texas got a run back in the fifth as Metcalf led off with a homer, making it a 7-2 game. Game Notes Tampa, which leads the AL East by 4 1/2 games over the Boston Red Sox, hasn't lost a series since being swept by the Cleveland Indians heading into the All- Star break...Kazmir had posted just one win since June 27 and failed to make it past the fifth inning in his last four starts prior to Sunday's triumph...Tampa Bay won six of its nine meetings with Texas this season and is 11-5 |
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| Tribe edge Halos |
MLB Baseball |
08/17/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Franklin Gutierrez was 3-for-3 and added a two-run single, as the Cleveland Indians managed a 4-3 victory over the LA Angels of Anaheim in the rubber match of a three-game set. The series loss for the Angels was the club's first to an American League team since they were swept by Tampa Bay from May 9-11, as the AL-West front-runners went 16-0-4 in their next 20 sets. Jeremy Sowers (2-6) picked up his first home victory since August 25, 2006, giving up three runs -- two earned -- |
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