Cleveland Indians

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer The loss ensured that the Indians will lose the coveted Ohio Cup against its intrastate rival Cincinnati, which swept Cleveland at the Great American Ball Park (May 16-18) and evened this series with the rubber match set for today. ...

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By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer Phillips batted .391 (9-for-23) with a home run and seven RBI in six games against the Indians this year. He’s hit .348 (24-for-69) with four homers and 14 RBI against Cleveland since leaving town prior to 2006. Phillips could have been ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer The loss gave last-place Cincinnati its fifth win in six games against the reeling Indians, who lost for the eighth time in 12 games to remain in a last-place tie with Kansas City in the Central Division. Cleveland entered Sunday ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER Staff Writer CLEVELAND — The Indians have set a new timeline for disabled starting pitcher Fausto Carmona (left hip strain), but little has changed with designated hitter Travis Hafner and his ailing right shoulder. ...

By Russ Kunkler Editor’s note: The Indians and Giants game was not complete at presstime. By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER Staff Writer CLEVELAND — Indians manager Eric Wedge is choosing to look at the silver lining of his team’s last-place standing. ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer The loss, Cleveland’s seventh in the last nine games, dropped the Indians into last place in the Central Division for the first time this season. The Giants won for just the third time in 11 games. It is the first time ever that the ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER Staff Writer CLEVELAND — Eric Wedge marveled at the perfectly-executed squeeze play Omar Vizquel and the Giants pulled off to score a needed insurance run in the ninth inning of a 3-2 victory over the Indians on ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer Unfortunately for those 29024 people at Cleveland’s home park, their beloved former shortstop, an 11-time Gold Glove Award winner, wasn’t in town to re-join the Indians. Instead, he was back in the city he starred in from 1994-04, ...

By Brian Dulik | Staff Writer Though Vizquel made a point to frequently refer to his ex-Cleveland and current San Francisco teammates, there was no denying the evening — and the ongoing three-game series — is all about him. Indians manager Eric Wedge admitted as ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER Staff Writer CLEVELAND — The speculation that the fourth-place Indians will begin selling off players — namely, CC Sabathia — has not been a distraction to his team, according to manager Eric Wedge. ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer Only now, with the Indians in fourth place in the Central Division and unofficially out of the race, has Cleveland’s offense begun to show a pulse, and only on an inconsistent basis. Thanks for the assistance when it counted, fellas. ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer CLEVELAND — Right around the time Travis Hafner, the Indians’ top run producer over the past three seasons, went on the disabled list in late May, Cleveland’s flat-lining offense began to show a pulse. When the team’s top hitter, ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer CLEVELAND — The Indians were hoping that disabled designated hitter Travis Hafner would begin a minor league rehab assignment sometime during their upcoming six-game interleague swing to Colorado and Los Angeles. Not anymore. ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer With Sabathia nearly flawless and his hitters giving Maddux a rude reception in just his second regular season start in Cleveland, the Indians won their second straight series, turning back the Padres 7-3 in the rubber match of a ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer CLEVELAND — Victor Martinez underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow Friday at the Cleveland Clinic. Now, he begins the road to recovery, while the Indians start hoping their All-Star catcher will return to the lineup before ...

By Chris Assenheimer | Staff Writer By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER Staff Writer CLEVELAND — Things went from bad to worse for the Indians on the injury front Thursday. Already with a number of key players sidelined, Cleveland added two more, placing all-star catcher Victor Martinez ...

By Scott Petrak | Staff Writer In 1959, Rocky Colavito hit four home runs against the Orioles in Baltimore, and in 1966, Sonny Siebert pitched a no-hitter against Washington at Municipal Stadium. Colavito, a member of the team’s Hall of Fame, is the only Cleveland ...