Hafner locking in as Indians beat Tigers
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Travis Hafner is starting to hit again, and that makes the Cleveland Indians' offense even more dangerous. Hafner homered and drove in four runs, Victor Martinez finished with three RBIs and the Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 11-5 Thursday night to improve baseball's best home record to 18-4.
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Paul Byrd pitched a four-hit shutout, and Cleveland beat the Chicago White Sox 7-0 Saturday night for the Indians' eighth straight win. Byrd (14-5) has won his last four starts and seven of his last eight decisions. It was his fifth career shutout.
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Travis Hafner's first-inning,  bases-clearing triple started the Cleveland Indians on their  way to a record 22-0 thrashing of the New York Yankees in  American League action Tuesday.
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Ryan Garko hit a three-run homer in the first inning and Casey Blake had a solo shot in the fifth to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 5-3 win and a three-game sweep of the Tigers last night in Detroit.
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Casey Blake put Cleveland ahead with a two-run single in an eight-run sixth inning and the Indians beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-6 Wednesday night.
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If they're not careful, the Detroit Tigers are going to get caught by their tails. Rookie Joe Inglett's two-run triple off Justin Verlander highlighted Cleveland's six-run fifth inning that sent the Indians to an 8-5 win Saturday night over the Tigers, who have lost four straight and maybe their stranglehold on the AL Central.
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Fausto Carmona dominated the Texas Rangers for eight innings. He really got to sweat watching the ninth. The Cleveland Indians right-hander allowed three hits and didn't give up a run Friday night before he was lifted after 105 pitches with a 3-0 lead. Closer Joe Borowski gave up two runs and two hits and overcame two errors by his teammates before striking out Brad Wilkerson with the bases loaded to earn a shaky save in the Indians' 3-2 victory.
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The Detroit Tigers might be putting it together just in time to keep their postseason hopes alive. Curtis Granderson's homer put him in elite company and Justin Verlander gave up one run over eight innings as Detroit beat the Seattle Mariners 6-1 Friday night for its first three-game winning streak in nearly two months.
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Justin Verlander didn't look like a rookie in the thick of a pennant race. Despite their recent struggles, the Detroit Tigers kept their cool, too. Having lost 19 of their last 28 games, the Tigers reached this critical four-game series at Minnesota with a chance to fall out of sole possession of first place in the AL Central for the first time since May 20. But that won't happen this weekend, thanks to the rookie right-hander.
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The Chicago White Sox won a game they needed. They're hoping they didn't lose a key player in the process. Jim Thome limped off the field in the second inning with a hamstring injury in a 7-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.
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Justin Verlander earned his 18th win, Marcus Thames homered twice and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-2 on Sunday to help their dwindling playoff chances.
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The Tigers became the first team in 115 years to score at least five runs in the opening inning of three straight games, holding on for a 9-7 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.
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Mike Maroth pitched 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball Monday to help the Detroit Tigers to post a 3-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
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The Cleveland Indians eked out a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday, improving their home record to 20-6 on the back of C.C. Sabathia's ninth win of the season.
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Victor Martinez went 5-for-6 and Jhonny Peralta and Travis Hafner each hit two of Cleveland&#039;s six home runs, powering the Indians to a 19-1 rout of New York on Tuesday night to spoil Yankees owner George Steinbrenner&#039;s 76th birthday.
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Carlos Guillen hit two solo homers, including the game-winner leading off the ninth inning, to lift the Tigers to a 3-2 win over Texas Rangers last night in Detroit.
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In the end, it turned out to be a good night for the Cleveland Indians. They stretched their winning streak to four games, and then they got some good news from the trainer's room when they learned that slugger Travis Hafner didn't break his right hand, as had been feared.