Vinnie Pestano threw the pitch he wanted to throw against Justin Morneau. The only problem for Pestano and the Indians was that Justin Morneau was looking for the same pitch. With neither Cleveland nor Minnesota’s starter making it to the fifth inning, Sunday afternoon’s game was decided by the bullpens. The game featured five lead […]

September is only seven days old, but it’s already looking a lot better than August did for the Indians. Cleveland didn’t get a good outing from starter Jeanmar Gomez on Friday against the Twins. But the Tribe strung together plenty of hits and its bullpen locked down Minnesota on the way to a 7-6 series-opening […]

The Indians were defeated, 7-1, in the series finale at Comerica Park on Wednesday night, but it did not reflect how well starter Ubaldo Jimenez pitched. “If you weren’t here or [don’t] pay attention to it and see the box score, you probably don’t think it was a good game,” manager Manny Acta said. “But […]

The Indians might just be the Tigers’ Achilles’ heel this season. Entering Tuesday’s game, the Indians were 2-18 in their last 20 road games. They hadn’t won a series since taking two of three from Detroit on July 24-26. And they hadn’t won a series outside of Progressive Field since a four-game series on June […]

The Tribe went a perfect 4-for-4 in steals as they consistently put the pressure on Detroit’s pitching staff, despite no extra-base hits in the game. As a result, the Indians scratched across three runs to edge the Tigers, 3-2, at Comerica Park on Labor Day and give pitcher Corey Kluber his first Major League victory. […]

Justin Masterson has been more enigma than ace this season for the Indians. Stellar one game and searching the next, the sinkerballer has served as a symbol for Cleveland’s historic slide. That continued to be the case on Thursday afternoon. “I’m just as perplexed as anybody,” Masterson said. Masterson unraveled and the Tribe limped to […]

These are truly the dog days of summer for the Indians, and not just because Progressive Field was mostly quiet with the exception of scattered barks and yelps on Wednesday night. Those were not members of the Dawg Pound celebrating the return of another season for the Browns, but dogs accompanying their owners for the […]

The Indians will score again this season. That is about as sure as it can get in terms of predictions. For one more night, though, Cleveland’s bats went quiet and the ballclub added another loss to an August to forget. Tuesday’s was a 7-0 defeat to the A’s that marked the third loss in a […]

If it’s not one thing, it is another right now for the Indians. On Monday night, Cleveland continued its recent run of decent pitching, but the offense lagged and sent the Tribe to a 3-0 loss to the A’s in front of a sparse audience at Progressive Field. Oakland starter Brett Anderson assumed the role […]