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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Kelly Shoppach hit a three-run homer, David Huff pitched eight innings and the Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore 9-0 on Sunday to extend the Orioles' skid to 10 games.

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·          Do we really need to see more of Ben Francisco and Kelly Shoppach?  I understand Shoppach catches Cliff Lee, but why doesn’t Victor Martinez catch the rest of the time?  As for Francisco, if you’re not Andy Sonnanstine, he can’t hit you.

The lowest ranked players who have seen significant playing time for Cleveland are OF Ben Francisco (-0.5), Kelly Shoppach (-0.9), and Grady Sizemore (0.3).  Sizemore has his elbow injury as a reason for his struggles, and if that has been a problem since spring training, it could explain hi...

·          Speaking of Valbuena, he does show some pop with the bat.  He has 9 extra base hits in 74 at bats.  Compare that to Travis Hafner (11 extra base hits in 78 at bats), Ryan Garko (10 in 132 at bats) and Kelly Shoppach (10 in 113 at bats).  Victor Martinez leads the team with 27 power hits.

Jhonny Peralta (25K’s/8 walks), Kelly Shoppach (16 K’s/ 1 walk), and Ben Francisco (16K’s/6 walks) are huge offenders.  Especially since Shoppach and Francisco have just 39 and 58 at bats, respectively. The best thing the Indians have going for them is the AL Central Division, where in sp...

ABOUT THE TRIBE . . . The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - While the Indians ponder how to divide the catching duties between Victor Martinez and Kelly Shoppach, they are considering this: Shoppach will catch Cliff ...

The Cleveland Indians do not like the salary arbitration process.  They haven’t been involved since the early 90’s when Jerry Browne took the team through the process.  They avoided going there again this off-season by inking catcher Kelly Shoppach to a one-year deal.  It appears this mig...

By James Pete Behind him is Victor Martinez, who I have to think that the Indians are starting to want to play first base to help with the injury bug. A lot will depend on what the Indians do with Kelly Shoppach down the road, since he appears to be our best trade chip. Wedge even went on to acknowledge that:

By Ron Vallo Others - Grady Sizemore, Casey Blake and Jhonny Peralta - are performing at about expected levels . Kelly Shoppach is not exactly ripping it up, but he is hitting about .250 with a little bit power in his first full-time role, which are typical starting-catcher numbers.

By James Pete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CLEVELAND 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 0 Minnesota 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 4 X 12 15 0 W: Livan Hernanadez (9-5), L: Paul Byrd (3-10) HR: CHI–HR - Nick Punto (1), Delmon Young (3) ; CLE–Ben Francisco (7), Kelly Shoppach (7) The Minnesota Twins scored early and often against Indians starter Paul Byrd, as the...

By James Pete Byrd was off, the defense was off, and so was the offense. A’s pitcher, Justin Duchscherer was rolling through five innings, having given up only 2 hits up to that point. In the sixth inning, Cleveland led off with two singles off of Duchscherer by Kelly Shoppach and Grady Sizemore. Duchscher...

By James Pete Cleveland flies out to Oakland today to face off against the Oakland A’s tomorrow night in California. Paul Byrd faces off against former reliever Justin Duchscherer. The only question remains whether or not Victor Martinez starts, or will Kelly Shoppach get one more nod before VMart ret...

By James Pete Kelly Shoppach and Jhonny Peralta led off the inning with singles. After two outs, Franklin Gutierrez walked, loading the bases for Blake. He promptly ripped a 1-2 pitch off the wall in left for a double to score three runs, and give the Indians a 10-7 lead, which would ultimately turn in to a 1...

By Matthew Cerrone According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pirates declined to trade OF Jason Bay and C Ronny Paulino to the Indians for OF Franklin Gutierrez, LHP Cliff Lee, C Kelly Shoppach and a minor leaguer, because ‘the value for Bay was not enough.’

Huntington confims deal to send Bay to Indians dead  PA - The Pirates explored a deal that would have swapped Bay and catcher Ronny Paulino for Indians outfielder Franklin Gutierrez, catcher Kelly Shoppach and one ... Bucs, Tribe end Bay trade talks MLB.com