Carmona gets 18th win as Indians top A's
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Fausto Carmona won his 18th game, Ryan Garko and Jhonny Peralta hit back-to-back homers and Cleveland beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 Friday night to lower their magic number to two for clinching their first AL Central title since 2001.
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The Cleveland Indians pounded out an 11-5 home win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday to extend their lead at the top of the AL Central.
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Troy Glaus drove in three runs to back a strong outing by John Lackey, and the Anaheim Angels beat Oakland 6-2 Sunday to pull within one game of the AL West-leading Athletics with a week to play.
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C.C. Sabathia joined Boston's Josh Beckett as the majors' only 11-game winners and finally beat his hometown team again, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
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Marco Scutaro drove in the winning run in the 12th inning with a single and the Oakland Athletics reduced their magic number to win the AL West to two with a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
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ANAHEIM, California -- The Anaheim Angels are keeping it close in the AL West. Garret Anderson hit a tie-breaking double in the eighth inning, Darin Erstad had a three-run homer and the Angels beat Oakland
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Mike Mussina shuts down Oakland as the Yankees beat the A's, 2-1, on Friday for their first win in a week.
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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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The Cleveland Indians scored three runs in the 10th inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Thursday and increase their lead in the American League Central.
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Victor Martinez, Josh Barfield, and Jason Michaels drove in two runs apiece to help the Cleveland Indians beat the Rangers, 8-3, last night in Arlington, Texas.
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CLEVELAND - Coco Crisp caused more commotion than a runaway squirrel, diving headfirst for a go-ahead bunt single in the eighth inning that sent Cleveland over the New York Yankees 4-3 Wednesday night, ending the Indians' nine-game losing streak.    The Indians rallied for two runs in the eighth, providing an entertaining end to the 30,605 fans who spent much of the evening cheering for a squirrel...
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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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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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Rookie Asdrubal Cabrera hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the seventh inning and Fausto Carmona pitched seven solid innings to lead the Cleveland Indians to a rain-delayed 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
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Garret Anderson and Orlando Cabrera hit two-run homers, Maicer Izturis had a career-high four hits, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 10-5 Monday night for their season-high seventh straight win.
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Casey Blake homeres in the 11th inning Tuesday night to give Cleveland a 5-4 victory over the Tigers, the Indians' sixth straight win.
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Rookie Justin Verlander outpitched C.C. Sabathia, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 4-1 Wednesday to continue their domination of the AL Central.