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| Tribe to open home series with struggling Twins |
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04/24/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Fausto Carmona likely won't receive the same kind of run support he enjoyed his last time out, but still hopes to build upon his first win of the season when the Cleveland Indians open a three-game series with the Minnesota Twins this evening at Progressive Field. After struggling with injuries last year, Carmona, a 19-game winner in 2007, was slow getting out of the gates this season, losing his first two starts while surrendering 10 runs. However, in his last time to the hill on Saturday ag |
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| Sizemore powers Indians past Royals |
MLB Baseball |
04/23/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - Grady Sizemore belted a three-run homer to cap a four-run eighth inning, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the rubber match of a three-game series at Progressive Field. The Indians trailed 2-1 heading to the eighth and Kansas City starter Gil Meche had retired 16 straight batters before Ryan Garko led off the fateful inning with a double. Things started to unravel from there for the Royals. Ben Francisco dropped a bunt down the third b |
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| Royals to wrap up trek with matinee in Cleveland |
MLB Baseball |
04/23/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The first-place Kansas City Royals will close out a six- game road trip this afternoon with the finale of a three-game series against the last-place Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field. Kansas City is tied atop the American League Central with Chicago and Detroit, while the Indians sit last in the standings. The Royals have won six of their last nine games and improved to 3-2 on the trek thanks to starting pitcher Brian Bannister, who threw six scoreless innings to lead the team to a 2-0 triump |
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| Bannister helps Royals shut out Indians |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - Brian Bannister threw six strong innings to lead the Kansas City Royals in a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians in the middle installment of a three-game set at Progressive Field. Bannister (1-0), making his first start of the season in lieu of Doug Waechter (strained elbow), gave up four hits with two walks and a strikeout to get the win. He is now 4-1 with a 1.62 ERA in six career starts against the Indians. Joakim Soria tossed a scoreless ninth to get his fifth save of th |
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| Sabathia on mound as Yankees finish first homestand at new stadium |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2009 |
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| tter over his last two outings. The high-priced left-hander earned his first win as a Yankee by tossing 7 2/3 shutout innings against Kansas City on April 11, then routinely worked out of trouble in a no-decision against one of his former teams, the Cleveland Indians, last Thursday. The 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner walked five Indians and lasted just 5 2/3 innings in Thursday's start, but limited his ex-mates to just one run before exiting. Sabathia, a native of the Bay Area, has not had much success when facin |
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| Indians hold off Royals |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - Grady Sizemore hit a three-run home run to help the Cleveland Indians take an 8-7 win over the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game set at Jacobs Field. Victor Martinez was 4-for-5 with a two-run home run while Mark DeRosa walked twice and scored three times for the Indians, who have won four of their last six games. Aaron Laffey (1-0) got the win as he gave up just one run on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts over seven innings. "Laffey did a good job |
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| Royals hoping to continue roll in Cleveland |
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04/21/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Kansas City Royals will resume a six-game road trip tonight with the opener of a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field. The Royals opened the trek by taking two of three games against the Texas Rangers, but failed in their chance for a sweep by suffering a 6-5 defeat Sunday in Arlington. Michael Young belted a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning off Royals reliever Kyle Farnsworth for the win. Mike Jacobs and David DeJesus each hit a home run for the Roy |
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| Yankees, Athletics try again to open series |
MLB Baseball |
04/21/2009 |
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| r has been an adventurous inaugural homestand at their new ballpark. The first series at the extravagant new Yankee Stadium delivered mixed results on the scoreboard for the home team, as the Bronx Bombers wound up splitting a four-game set with the Cleveland Indians that produced plenty of offense. New York had to come from behind in Sunday's finale, scoring six times in their final two at-bats to rally for a 7-3 victory that helped take the sting out of a forgettable 22-4 shellacking by the Tribe on Saturday. |
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| Greinke and Kinsler share AL weekly honor |
MLB Baseball |
04/20/2009 |
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| st the fourth player in Rangers history to accomplish the feat, and the first Major League player to finish with six hits in a nine-inning game in which he hit for a cycle. It is the first weekly award for Greinke and second for Kinsler. Other considered for the weekly award included Carlos Quentin of the Chicago White Sox; Carlos Pena of the Tampa Bay Rays; Jason Kubel of the Minnesota Twins, who also hit for a cycle this past week; Ramon Santiago of the Detroit Tigers and Mark DeRosa of the Cleveland Indians. |
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| Giambi, A's visit Yankees |
MLB Baseball |
04/20/2009 |
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| d Athletics pay a visit for a three-game series that begins tonight. The first series at the extravagant new Yankee Stadium delivered mixed results on the scoreboard for the home team, as the Bronx Bombers wound up splitting a four-game set with the Cleveland Indians that produced plenty of offense. New York had to come from behind in Sunday's finale, scoring six times in their final two at-bats to rally for a 7-3 victory that helped take the sting out of a forgettable 22-4 shellacking by the Tribe on Saturday. |
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