Indians inch closer to AL Central crown
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The Cleveland Indians lowered the boom, boom, boom, boom on the Detroit Tigers. Travis Hafner hit a three-run homer, and Cleveland unloaded for four homers off Justin Verlander on Tuesday night in a 7-4 victory over the Tigers, whose reign as AL champions is nearing an end.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched five solid innings, Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run home run and the Boston Red Sox led the Cleveland Indians 5-2 after seven innings in Game 7 of the AL championship series Sunday night.
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The Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels sealed American League division titles with solid pitching performances on Sunday.
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The Cleveland Indians pulled within one game of the Central lead, scoring four runs in the first inning and beating the Minnesota Twins, 7-1, last night behind home runs by Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez.
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Ben Broussard hit a two-run homer to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on a strange Sunday afternoon and send the AL Central champions to Yankee Stadium for the start of the playoffs.
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MILWAUKEE - This was more how St. Louis manager Tony La Russa envisioned winning the National League Central title. The Cardinals were given the key to the backdoor late Monday afternoon when the Chicago Cubs
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While other races around the majors seem to tighten every day, the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels have opened up some breathing room as they close in on playoff berths.
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C.C. Sabathia has relished being the ace of the Cleveland Indians this season.
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Elbow problems limited Kevin Millwood in 2004, but the Indians are gambling that their one-year deal with the pitcher lead Cleveland to a division-title shot.
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The Indians hand the Yankees their worst loss in franchise history 22-0. Coupled with Boston's win over Anaheim, New York's AL East lead has shrunk to 3 1/2 games.
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Casey Blake homered on David Riske's first pitch in the ninth inning Friday night to rally Cleveland to a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals, moving the Indians closer to an AL Central title.
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John Lackey allowed two hits in 7 1-3 innings and the Anaheim Angels moved a little closer to Oakland in the AL West with a 2-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday night.
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Brandon Phillips was finally back in the Indians clubhouse where he felt he belonged. But rather than wax poetic about the joys of returning to the big leagues
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The Los Angeles Angels and Cleveland Indians can rest their stars, set their rotations and put up the playoff bunting.
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Anaheim moved a game ahead of Oakland in the American League West race Wednesday night while New York moved within a victory of the AL East title.
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Fresh off prolonging their season at least one more day, the Red Sox will continue their quest to become the first team in baseball history to rally from a 3-0 deficit and win a series when they take on the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the AL
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(Sports Network) - The Cleveland Indians will try to stay on the winning track tonight, when they visit the Detroit Tigers for the opener of a three-game series at Comerica Park.