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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
The Indians are now 19-7 since the All-Star break.....Upated standings...
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tsteele316
Mr. Such and Such
both the red and white sox must be feeling the heat right now. both boston and the yanks have a tough stretch coming up. neither team has consistent enough pitching. i can see one of the two hitting the skids. i would prefer it to be the yanks, but, i'll take either.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
Tribe lost last night to the Tigers...4-3.....fell 1.5 back in the wildcard race...:(
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>September 4, 2005
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<SMALL>AP - Sep 4, 5:40 pm EDT</SMALL>
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Shannon Stewart drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning single and Mike Redmond delivered a three-run double in the seventh, leading the Twins to a 7-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.
The Twins won the final two games of the three-game series between AL Central rivals. Cleveland is two games behind the New York Yankees in the wild-card race, while Minnesota is five back.
``We're battling, and we got some big hits,'' manager Ron Gardenhire said. ``Our fans saw a pretty fired-up bunch of guys out there today.''
Redmond's hit off the glove of right fielder Casey Blake broke open a game that included four lead changes through the first six innings, the last coming when Stewart's single to right-center scored two runs and put Minnesota ahead 4-3. Jesse Crain (10-4) pitched 1 2-3 innings for the win, taking over for rookie Scott Baker in the sixth inning. Joe Nathan pitched the ninth, allowing Ben Broussard's homer, for his 35th save.
starter Jake Westbrook (13-14) gave up 10 hits for the third time in four games and blew two leads to snap a three-game win streak.
Blake took the blame for missing Redmond's double, saying he ``didn't think (Redmond) could get one over my head.''
``I was guarding against the ball in front of me instead of over my head,'' Blake said. ``The way it hit my glove, I thought I caught it, but it hit the top of my glove or the front or something.''
The Indians lost back-to-back games for the first time since Aug. 14. After losing 3-2 thanks to a pair of errors in the ninth inning on Saturday, the Indians could blame a handful of defensive miscues in this one, too.
The Twins scored a run on Victor Martinez's errant pickoff attempt in the third inning, and set up another one when Lew Ford advanced to second on Aaron Boone's throwing error in the fourth. Ford also doubled over the head of center fielder Grady Sizemore in the eighth inning and later scored.
``The defense has been pretty consistent, but we've had a rough stretch the past couple of days,'' Indians manager Eric Wedge said. ``When that happens, it's tough to win ballgames.''
Baker gave up a home run off the right-field upper deck facing to Travis Hafner in the second inning. He shut the Indians out from there until the sixth, when they chased him and scored twice to take a 3-2 lead.
``You try to pitch the same way, whether you get one or two runs or whether you get seven,'' Baker said. ``I was fortunate the offense came through today.''
He lasted 5 1-3 innings, and the 73 pitches he threw were the fewest of his four major league starts, but Baker came out with a no-decision thanks to an uncharacteristic showing from the Twins' offense.
``The kid pitched OK,'' Gardenhire said. ``He gave us a chance to win.''
<SMALL>Notes</SMALL> With his second-inning shot, Hafner has now hit home runs in back-to-back games six times this year. ... Jhonny Peralta went 0-for-3 with a walk, extending his slump to 0-for-16. ... Twins third baseman Michael Cuddyer missed Sunday's game with sore ribs and a sore hand stemming from his diving catch in Minnesota's 3-2 win on Saturday. Manager Ron Gardenhire said Cuddyer is still doubtful for Monday's game against Texas. ... Ford, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, improved his lifetime average against Westbrook to .454. ... Redmond went 2-for-4 and is hitting .500 over his last seven games.
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>September 4, 2005
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<SMALL>AP - Sep 4, 5:40 pm EDT</SMALL>
More Photos</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- In a game they needed to win, the Minnesota Twins delivered an offensive performance their pitchers wish they saw more of.
Shannon Stewart drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning single and Mike Redmond delivered a three-run double in the seventh, leading the Twins to a 7-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.
The Twins won the final two games of the three-game series between AL Central rivals. Cleveland is two games behind the New York Yankees in the wild-card race, while Minnesota is five back.
``We're battling, and we got some big hits,'' manager Ron Gardenhire said. ``Our fans saw a pretty fired-up bunch of guys out there today.''
Redmond's hit off the glove of right fielder Casey Blake broke open a game that included four lead changes through the first six innings, the last coming when Stewart's single to right-center scored two runs and put Minnesota ahead 4-3. Jesse Crain (10-4) pitched 1 2-3 innings for the win, taking over for rookie Scott Baker in the sixth inning. Joe Nathan pitched the ninth, allowing Ben Broussard's homer, for his 35th save.
starter Jake Westbrook (13-14) gave up 10 hits for the third time in four games and blew two leads to snap a three-game win streak.
Blake took the blame for missing Redmond's double, saying he ``didn't think (Redmond) could get one over my head.''
``I was guarding against the ball in front of me instead of over my head,'' Blake said. ``The way it hit my glove, I thought I caught it, but it hit the top of my glove or the front or something.''
The Indians lost back-to-back games for the first time since Aug. 14. After losing 3-2 thanks to a pair of errors in the ninth inning on Saturday, the Indians could blame a handful of defensive miscues in this one, too.
The Twins scored a run on Victor Martinez's errant pickoff attempt in the third inning, and set up another one when Lew Ford advanced to second on Aaron Boone's throwing error in the fourth. Ford also doubled over the head of center fielder Grady Sizemore in the eighth inning and later scored.
``The defense has been pretty consistent, but we've had a rough stretch the past couple of days,'' Indians manager Eric Wedge said. ``When that happens, it's tough to win ballgames.''
Baker gave up a home run off the right-field upper deck facing to Travis Hafner in the second inning. He shut the Indians out from there until the sixth, when they chased him and scored twice to take a 3-2 lead.
``You try to pitch the same way, whether you get one or two runs or whether you get seven,'' Baker said. ``I was fortunate the offense came through today.''
He lasted 5 1-3 innings, and the 73 pitches he threw were the fewest of his four major league starts, but Baker came out with a no-decision thanks to an uncharacteristic showing from the Twins' offense.
``The kid pitched OK,'' Gardenhire said. ``He gave us a chance to win.''
<SMALL>Notes</SMALL> With his second-inning shot, Hafner has now hit home runs in back-to-back games six times this year. ... Jhonny Peralta went 0-for-3 with a walk, extending his slump to 0-for-16. ... Twins third baseman Michael Cuddyer missed Sunday's game with sore ribs and a sore hand stemming from his diving catch in Minnesota's 3-2 win on Saturday. Manager Ron Gardenhire said Cuddyer is still doubtful for Monday's game against Texas. ... Ford, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, improved his lifetime average against Westbrook to .454. ... Redmond went 2-for-4 and is hitting .500 over his last seven games.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
With the win last night....the Tribe moved to within 1/2 game of the wildcard lead...
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Well... the good news is, the Twins are pretty much done. Their offense is not too good at this point, so... To me the game tonight is key... beat them in thei sgame and its going to be quite a blow... need to hit them early and often.
I'm glad that we're Finally even with the Yanks in the Loss Column... as we get down to the end, that's key... to me this is a vitual tie at this point. Yanks have Boston for three.... big series. Oakland has Texas at home.. Ugh... Angles (who are still very much a part of this equation) at at Chicago... Rooting for the Sox here, I really think its to the Indians advantage in at least that last 3 game series for the Sox to have it wrapped up (thus using expanded Roster pitchers to get tehir rotation set for the playoffs, etc... ) and I'd like, psychologically, for the A's and Angels to worry about beating each other instead of what the Yankees and Indians are doing.
I'm glad that we're Finally even with the Yanks in the Loss Column... as we get down to the end, that's key... to me this is a vitual tie at this point. Yanks have Boston for three.... big series. Oakland has Texas at home.. Ugh... Angles (who are still very much a part of this equation) at at Chicago... Rooting for the Sox here, I really think its to the Indians advantage in at least that last 3 game series for the Sox to have it wrapped up (thus using expanded Roster pitchers to get tehir rotation set for the playoffs, etc... ) and I'd like, psychologically, for the A's and Angels to worry about beating each other instead of what the Yankees and Indians are doing.
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exhawg
Mirror Guy
The Tribe is so close to the W Sox now that I have to root for them to keep losing so we have a shot to take the Central. Hopefully they can beat the A's like they did the Twins this weekend. As soon as they beat Santana on Friday I knew it was going to be a good weekend. I would have to think that no team out there wants to play the Indians right now.
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