Mets left-hander Steven Matz turned in seven brilliant innings, outdueling Indians ace Corey Kluber, and looking more like the National League Rookie of the Year contender he is expected to be this season, in a 6-0 win over the Indians on Sunday. The victory helped New York take two of three in this Interleague set […]
Cardinals beat Reds 4-3
April 18, 2016 by
Eric Fryer’s two-out RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the Cardinals to a 4-3 victory over the Reds on Sunday afternoon and gave them two of three in the series. Cincinnati will return home having lost five of its six games on the road trip. When the Cardinals summoned Aledmys Diaz […]
Cavaliers down Pistons 106-101 in playoff opener
April 18, 2016 by
When the Cavaliers’ brass assembled the Big Three two summers ago, they must have envisioned a game like Sunday afternoon’s playoff performance as the exact blueprint. The Wine and Gold’s three stars – LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love – combined for 81 points as Cleveland rallied past a determined Pistons squad to take […]
Indians shutout Rays 6-0
April 15, 2016 by
Led by Danny Salazar’s pitching and the long ball, the Indians won, 6-0, to claim their series with the Rays on Thursday afternoon at Tropicana Field. “Ugly loss, frustrating game, obviously,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “We didn’t do too many things well, or anything well for that matter today. Let’s bounce back. We’ve got […]
Cubs whip Reds 8-1 to earn sweep
April 15, 2016 by
Jason Hammel pitched six shutout innings and helped himself by hitting an RBI double to lead the Cubs to an 8-1 victory and series sweep of the Reds on Thursday. With the win, Chicago is 8-1 in its first nine games for the sixth time in franchise history and first time since 1969. “I like […]
Indians beat Rays 4-1
April 14, 2016 by
Carlos Carrasco likes pitching in Tropicana Field, and it showed again Wednesday night when he handcuffed Rays hitters in a 4-1 Indians win. Carrasco almost threw a no-hitter against the Rays on July 1, 2015, when Joey Butler broke it up with two outs in the ninth. The no-hit drama ended early Wednesday night when […]
Cubs whip Reds 9-2
April 14, 2016 by
Kris Bryant hit his first home run of the season and helped fuel a five-run first inning on Wednesday with a bases-loaded walk in the Cubs’ 9-2 victory over the Reds. Chicago is off to its best start since going 7-1 in 1985. The Cubs also are 7-0 this season when scoring at least four […]
Cavaliers drop regular season finale to Pistons 112-110
April 14, 2016 by
With a First Round playoff date set for the weekend, neither the Pistons nor the Cavs had any intentions of showing their cards – (or starters) – in Wednesday’s home finale. Despite the star-power, the regular season wrap-up turned out to be one of the most entertaining games of the season – with the Wine […]
Clippers smack Bats 5-1
April 13, 2016 by
And on the sixth day of the 2016 regular season, the sun finally shined on central Ohio, and it shined in more ways than one for the Clippers (2-1) en route to a 5-1 win over Louisville (0-2) on Tuesday night at Huntington Park in front of 5,008 fans. Things got off to a bumpy […]
Rays beat Indians 5-1
April 13, 2016 by
Logan Forsythe and Evan Longoria hit two-run homers in the bottom of the eighth to lead the Rays to a 5-1 win over the Indians on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. “That was a big one,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “We’ve played in plenty of close games already in the early part of the […]
