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| Kansas City tries to break out the brooms on struggling Indians |
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04/15/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Vagabond right-hander Sidney Ponson goes to the mound for the second time in 2009 today when his newest team, the Kansas City Royals, host the Cleveland Indians in the finale of a three-game set at Kauffman Stadium. A 32-year-old product of Aruba, Ponson is wearing his seventh major-league uniform with the Royals, whom he joined on March 17 when he signed a one-year contract. The 6-foot-1, 250-pounder reached the big leagues with the Baltimore Orioles in 1998 and stayed through 2003 before a |
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| Baker makes season debut for Twins versus Blue Jays |
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04/15/2009 |
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| center field wall that allowed Morneau to score all the way from first base. Getting the call for the Jays tonight will be 29-year-old right-hander Scott Richmond, who did not get a decision in his first trip to the hill last Friday. Richmond lasted just four innings to the Cleveland Indians in that one, surrendering three runs and five hits in his team's 13-7 win. Richmond has never faced the Twins. Toronto is 18-7 against Minnesota since the start of the 2006 campaign, including a 10-6 mark at the Metrodome. |
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| Indians recall Laffey |
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04/15/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Cleveland Indians recalled pitcher Aaron Laffey from Triple-A Columbus and stated that he will start Wednesday's game against the Kansas City Royals. To make room on the roster, the team, after Tuesday's game, had optioned infielder Josh Barfield, who has made on appearance this season, to Columbus. It will be the first start of the season for Laffey, who went 5-7 with a 4.23 earned run average over 16 starts with the Tribe last season. Over two years in the majors, both w |
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| Simon goes for O's in Arlington |
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04/14/2009 |
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| eared in just five games last season while battling forearm, shoulder and elbow trouble, pitching just 22 innings. McCarthy got off to a successful start on April 9 this year, allowing four hits and three runs in five innings of a 12-8 defeat of the Cleveland Indians. On Monday, Aubrey Huff went 4-for-5 and drove in three runs, while George Sherrill came in and shut the door in the ninth for his third save on the year, as Baltimore eked out a 10-9 win. Nick Markakis and Ty Wigginton both had two hits and drove i |
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| Greinke leads Royals past Indians |
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04/14/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - Zack Greinke threw five strong innings to help the Kansas City Royals take a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Indians in the opener of a three-game set. Greinke (2-0) gave up six hits and two walks with nine strikeouts for the Royals, who snapped a two-game slide. Mike Jacobs hit a solo home run while Mark Teahen, Billy Butler and Alberto Callaspo each drove in a run. Fausto Carmona (0-2) was saddled with the loss as he gave up four runs on five hits with four walks and three strike |
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| Carmona, Indians visit Royals |
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04/13/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Dominican-born right-hander Fausto Carmona will try again to reach the level he performed on in 2007 when the Cleveland Indians open a three-game series with the host Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. A 25-year-old from Santo Domingo, Carmona was 19-8 in 32 starts in 2007 before injuries limited him to just 22 starts and an 8-7 overall mark in 2008. He opened 2009 with an 8-5 loss on April 8 at Texas, allowing seven hits and six runs in five innings while walking two and striking out fo |
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| Indians pound Jays to win first of season |
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04/12/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Travis Hafner and Mark DeRosa each belted two-run homers, as the Cleveland Indians got their first win of the season by defeating the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-4. Hafner, who only had five homers in an injury-plagued 2008 season, has three already in 2009 for Cleveland, which lost its first five games of the season for the first time since 1985. DeRosa's homer was his first of the year, while Trevor Crowe added a double and two runs batted in. Anthony Reyes (1-0) pitched six innings, |
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| Indians hoping to avoid history-making skid in finale with Jays |
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04/12/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) -- Faced with the prospect of the franchise's worst start to a season in nearly a century, the Cleveland Indians take the field again this afternoon for the finale of a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Progressive Field. Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Blue Jays gives the Indians an 0-5 record for the first time since 1985, a year in which the club finished with a dreadful 60-102 record. Cleveland has not lost its first six games of a season since all the way back in 1914. Toronto, on |
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| Indians place pitcher Lewis on 15-day DL |
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04/11/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - The Cleveland Indians placed southpaw hurler Scott Lewis on the 15-day disabled list with a left elbow strain. Lewis had a 4-0 mark last September and made the Indians rotation out of spring training before starting Friday's home-opening loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. The left-hander didn't record a decision after yielding four runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and one walk over 4 1/3 frames. To take Lewis' spot on the roster, the club purchased the contract of pitcher Vi |
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| Battered Indians return home to face Blue Jays |
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04/10/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Cleveland Indians will be holding their home opener this afternoon, and it couldnt have come at a better time. Fresh off a forgettable season-opening set in Texas, the Indians return to Progressive Field for the first of three straight meetings with the Toronto Blue Jays. Cleveland lost all three of its matchups with the Rangers earlier this week and was outscored by a whopping 29-14 margin for the series. Indians pitchers combined for a woeful 10.88 earned run average over those three ga |
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