Give the Hawks credit; they threw everything they could at the Cavaliers. But the Wine and Gold has all the markings of a team on a mission – and on Sunday afternoon, they took one step closer to completing it, winning a 100-99 thriller to sweep Atlanta out of the postseason and improve to 8-0 […]
Indians beat Royals 5-4 to win series
May 9, 2016 by
Carlos Santana and Mike Napoli homered, and the Indians used a fifth-inning rally to pull off a 5-4 comeback win over the Royals in a Mother’s Day divisional clash on Sunday at Progressive Field. With the win, the Tribe took two of three in the series and ended its homestand with a 5-1 showing against […]
Brewers beat Reds 5-4
May 9, 2016 by
Ryan Braun, Hernan Perez and Jonathan Lucroy homered as the Brewers came from behind to beat the Reds for the second straight day, the latest a rain-delayed, 5-4 win on Mother’s Day at Great American Ball Park that featured a thrilling finish. The Reds took a 4-1 lead after four innings, but the Brewers chipped […]
Knights beat Clippers 3-2
May 6, 2016 by
After back-to-back games in which the outcome was decided long before the ninth inning, the Columbus Clippers (17-9) and Charlotte Knights (12-15) went to extra innings, and unfortunately for the Clippers, they would fall in the tenth inning by a final score of 3-2 in front of a sellout crowd of 10,315 at BB&T Ballpark […]
Indians sweep Tigers with 9-4 win, now 6-0 against Detroit
May 6, 2016 by
The Tigers have been an annual thorn in Cleveland’s side during Indians manager Terry Francona’s time at the helm. With a 9-4 victory over Detroit on Thursday night, the Tribe continued to flip the script in a rivalry that had been fairly one-sided in recent years. The Indians used a four-run outburst in the first […]
Reds beat Brewers 9-5
May 6, 2016 by
The Reds played perhaps their best game of 2016, with Alfredo Simon pitching into the eighth inning and getting plenty of offense — including home runs from Jay Bruce, Brandon Phillips and Adam Duvall — in a 9-5 win over the Brewers on Thursday. Simon gave up three earned runs and seven hits over 7 […]
Cavaliers hit record 25 three-pointers to whip Hawks 123-98
May 5, 2016 by
The Cavaliers have been deadly from beyond the arc all season, but the Wine and Gold took it to an entirely new level on Wednesday night. Ten Cavalier players – (and the team’s mascot) – were deadly from deep as the Cavaliers set an NBA record for three-pointers in a game, drilling 25 triples as […]
Clippers beat Knights 8-3
May 4, 2016 by
Where one winning streak ends, another begins. A night after the Columbus Clippers (17-8) gave up seven runs in an inning, they brought five home in the top of the fourth on their way to a 8-3 win against Charlotte (11-15) at BB&T Ballpark in front of 8,131 in attendance on Tuesday night. No team […]
Giants beat Reds 3-1
May 4, 2016 by
Jeff Samardzija pitched eight stellar innings and got picked up by another Reds bullpen stumble with two Giants runs in the top of the eighth for a 3-1 victory Tuesday. Reds reliever Caleb Cotham was close to escaping a jam when Brandon Belt was thrown out trying for second base on a single to left […]
Indians beat Tigers 7-3
May 4, 2016 by
Francisco Lindor led a rejuvenated Indians offense on Tuesday night, collecting three hits and launching a three-run home run off Detroit’s Justin Verlander to help Cleveland claim a 7-3 victory at Progressive Field. “He has a chance to be so good,” Indians manager Terry Francona said of Lindor, “because he can impact the game in […]
