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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 |
MLB Baseball |
04/11/2009 |
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| 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 Vinnie Chulk from Triple-A Columbus. |
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| Marquee mound matchup highlights Jays-Indians tilt |
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04/11/2009 |
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| ) -- A pair of former American League Cy Young Award winners will go head-to-head this afternoon at Cleveland's Progressive Field, where 2008 recipient Cliff Lee and the still-winless Indians continue a three-game series against Roy Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays. Halladay, the 2003 AL Cy Young honoree, had the better initial start of the two All-Star hurlers. The workhorse right-hander limited Detroit to one run and two hits over his first six innings of Monday's 12-5 triumph over the Tigers, before tiring |
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| Indians fall to 0-4, lose rain-delayed home opener to Toronto |
MLB Baseball |
04/11/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Adam Lind hit a two-run homer, doubled twice and knocked in four as the Toronto Blue Jays scored six times in the eighth inning to hammer Cleveland, 13-7, spoiling the Indiana's home opener in a game that featured a 3-hour and 47 minute rain delay. "Of course I'm glad we got [the game] in," Jays manager Cito Gaston said in reference to the lengthy rain delay. "Adam had a great night...he continues to get better everyday." Alex Rios finished 2-for-5 with a double and four RBI, wh |
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| Battered Indians return home to face Blue Jays |
MLB Baseball |
04/10/2009 |
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| eland 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 games and allowed Texas to hit |
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| Scutaro helps Blue Jays down Tigers |
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04/09/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Marco Scutaro hit a two-run home run to help the Toronto Blue Jays take a 6-2 win over the Detroit Tigers to wrap up a four-game set. Adam Lind went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and Aaron Hill added a solo shot for the Blue Jays, who took three of four to open up the season. Ricky Romero (1-0) got the win as he gave up just two runs on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts in six innings of work in his MLB debut. "It took me a while to get started," said Romero. "It's a le |
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| Rookie arms on display in finale between Tigers and Jays |
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04/09/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Young right-hander Rick Porcello makes his major-league debut today at Rogers Centre, as the Detroit Tigers close out a four-game season-opening series with the host Toronto Blue Jays. A 20-year-old native of Morristown, N.J., Porcello was the Tigers' top pick in the 2007 draft and has never pitched above the Class A level of pro ball. He was 8-6 with a 2.66 earned run average for Lakeland of the Florida State League in 2008, allowing 116 hits and striking out 72 in 125 innings. Porcello earn |
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| Cabrera carries Tigers past Jays for season's first win |
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04/09/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Miguel Cabrera homered twice, singled and finished with four RBI to carry the Tigers to their first win of the season, a 5-1 decision over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. "Cabrera's one of those guys they don't talk about much, but he's a guy that has a chance to break some home run records if he stays healthy," Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said. Detroit, which did not register a win until its eighth game last year, was routed in the opener of the four-game set, 12-5, and |
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| Jays hoping to maintain early success against Tigers |
MLB Baseball |
04/08/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays target their first 3-0 start since 1996 this evening, when they continue their season-opening four-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Rogers Centre. Toronto battered Detroit starter Justin Verlander in a 12-5 victory to open the year, but the Blue Jays had to rally for a win on Tuesday, scoring five times in the final two frames to pull out a 5-4 win. After B.J. Ryan surrendered a game-tying solo homer to Brandon Inge in the top of the ninth, the Jays loaded the base |
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| Blue Jays attempt to outslug Tigers once again |
MLB Baseball |
04/07/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays try to start a season with consecutive wins for the first time since 2005 this evening, when they continue their four-game set with the Detroit Tigers at Rogers Centre. Toronto's bats came alive in the season opener on Monday, as Adam Lind went 4- for-5 with a home run and finished with six RBI and two runs scored, helping the Blue Jays to a 12-5 rout. Travis Snider had a solo homer while Lyle Overbay drove in a pair of runs for the Blue Jays, while Aaron Hill, Vernon We |
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