After starting the second half with a lousy road trip, the Tribe returned to Progressive Field and swept a solid Rangers ballclub. Starter Ubaldo Jimenez continued the rotation’s recent roll with eight shutout innings on Sunday, as Cleveland won, 6-0, for its fourth victory in a row. A day after All-Star Justin Masterson threw 7 […]
Indians Whip Mariners 10-1
July 25, 2013 by
Scott Kazmir saw Indians manager Terry Francona coming from the other side of the dugout. The customary outing-ending handshake was inevitable, so the pitcher headed down the steps and ran into the tunnel. Kazmir did not want to come out of Wednesday’s game. “I was just playing with him,” Kazmir said with a smile. Kazmir […]
Mariners Beat Indians 4-3
July 24, 2013 by
Zach McAllister returned to the mound for the Indians on Tuesday night and got an up-close look at what has been ailing the ballclub throughout this road trip. The defense was shaky in spots and the offense sputtered late, complicating the pitcher’s comeback. It was a combination that led to a 4-3 loss to the […]
Mariners Beat Indians 2-1
July 23, 2013 by
The Indians switched up their lineup on Monday night in an effort to get Nick Swisher hot at the plate. For one night, the strategy worked. The only problem was that the rest of Cleveland’s batting order went cold. In the opener of a three-game series with the Mariners, the Tribe could not solve right-hander […]
Indians Beat Twins 7-1
July 22, 2013 by
Indians center fielder Drew Stubbs sprinted in and left his feet, doing all he could to try to snare the fly ball off Brian Dozier’s bat in the seventh inning. Stubbs slammed to the ground and the baseball dropped to the grass just in front of his glove. “It was just a matter of inches,” […]
Indians Sweep Royals with 6-4 Win
July 15, 2013 by
With the way the Indians are playing, they’d probably prefer to skip the All-Star break and continue on their victory trail. After Sunday’s 6-4 win over the Kansas City Royals, the Tribe has taken two straight series, winning four straight games and five of their last six. Cleveland cruises into the four-day break at 51-44 […]
Indians Beat Blue Jays 4-2 on Salazar Debut
July 12, 2013 by
All afternoon, Danny Salazar wound up and pitched as if this outing was like any other. Of course, Salazar had completed the throwing motion countless times in his life. But this time, he did so over and over again during his Major League debut, a start that Salazar opened in captivating fashion, as the 23-year-old […]
Blue Jays Beat Indians 5-4
July 11, 2013 by
Joe Smith knew he didn’t have his best stuff on Wednesday night. Still, the Indians reliever thought he could get one out. That proved to be a tough task for Smith, who entered in the ninth inning of a tie game with two outs and a man on first. The right-hander gave up a single […]
Indians Beat Blue Jays 3-0
July 10, 2013 by
After the Indians dropped three out of four meetings with Detroit at Progressive Field, they needed a solid all-around performance in Tuesday’s series opener against Toronto. That’s exactly what they got, with starter Ubaldo Jimenez leading the way. Though it wasn’t always pretty, Jimenez’s six-inning scoreless outing set the tone in a quick 3-0 win […]
Tigers Beat Indians 4-2
July 9, 2013 by
There are nights when small things make a big difference. Maybe it’s a tactical decision that doesn’t work out as planned, a two-out walk that leads to the decisive run or a patch of wet grass that leads to a stumble. On Monday, for the Indians, it was all of the above. “It was just […]
