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Swarms of tiny bugs descended on Jacobs Field on Saturday night, making it difficult for the Indians and Anaheim Angels to play.
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Rookies Bobby Crosby and Nick Swisher hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning against Bob Howry, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Cleveland Indians on Saturday night. The A's rallied from a four-run deficit in the final three innings to keep their AL West lead.
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The Angels weren&#39;t playing the same game as the Yankees this weekend. Not in the wide-angle sense of being a first-place team with the luxury of a comfortable lead.
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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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Minneapolis- The rest of baseball is hitting .330 against Terry Mulholland this season. The Indians do not know how that is possible.
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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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Casey Kotchman, Chone Figgins and the Los Angeles Angels made it an even messier day for the New York Yankees. Kotchman and Figgins homered, Vladimir Guerrero doubled twice and the Angels kept winning against the Yankees, battering them 10-6 Friday night.
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Jered Weaver allowed four hits in six innings to get his 12th victory and the Los Angeles Angels kept Jim Thome stuck at 499 homers Saturday night while beating the Chicago White Sox 2-1.
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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 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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Since April, they've overcome bad weather, late-inning deficits, and lingering doubts. It has been a season of comebacks for the Cleveland Indians, who pulled off their most important one yet.
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INDIANS 22, YANKEES 0---At New York, Omar Vizquel went 6-for-7 to tie the American League record for hits as Cleveland handed the Yankees the largest loss in their history last night.
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C.C. Sabathia tied for the major league lead with his 17th win, pitching his fourth complete game of the season to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 6-1 triumph over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
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The Oakland Athletics thrive on offense when Eric Chavez is hitting. He is finally beginning to feel like himself again at the plate following a frustrating month in which his troublesome forearms have hindered his swing.
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He&#39;s done just fine when the Indians have scored a lot of runs. The five-game winning streak from July 20 through Aug. 14, when the Tribe scored 60 runs, and that 22-0 victory over the Yankees on Aug. 31 come to mind.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- All of a sudden, the Indians&#39; prolific offense has been reduced to shambles. And, remember phenom left-hander Cliff Lee, who won 10 games before the All-Star break? He&#39;s seemingly forgotten how to pitch.
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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.