2-1 vs. Detroit

Casey Blake homered late in Wednesday's game to help tie up a victory and push the Indians to 2 better than .500 - for the first time this season. Jake Westbrook will start us off tonight against KC and attempt to further our winning push to 3 over .500. Westbrook is throwing a 3.10 ERA (8-5) for the season, with a 1-0, 0.00 record vs. KC this season, 2-1 1.09 lifetime against the Royals. Not bad. Hope you all can catch the game!

GO TRIBE!!!

Indians sweep Royals

In 4 commanding performances, the Indians swept the Royals over the weekend. Now we're back at the Jake tonight to host the Tigers.

Cliff Lee is scheduled to pitch - here's what MLB.com has to say:

All Cliff Lee might want to say about his last outing is this: "Forget about it."

That would be wise, because Lee had nothing good to remember in a outing that earned him his second loss of the season. Everything Lee threw the White Sox hit, and they hit those pitches hard.

But the 25-year-old Lee has shown the ability to bounce back from adversity, and he should be ready and able to produce the kind of outing that has been his signature this season. That means he should be throwing strikes early and often.

The Indians could use that type of effort from Lee, because a win would move the Tribe two games over .500 for the first time this season.

Lee will have to hold his own against Ivan Rodriguez, a perennial powerhouse hitter deserving of a pitcher's respect. Good luck out there tonight, Lee!

GO INDIANS!!!

Since the All-Star Game...

Split a series w/ the Mariners and we're up 1 against the Angels in a 2-gamer to be finished tonight. Jake Westbrook will make his first start tonight against Anaheim with the Tribe looking for a sweep to finish up 6 days on the west coast.

Victor Martinez (C)was honored as the AL Player of the Week (only the 2nd time this season for Martinez), batting .500 with four home runs and eight RBIs in four games. Not too shabby...way to go Vic!

2-1 Over Oakland

Congrats, Indians!!!

Cleveland took home the series 2-1 (5-4, 7-16, 4-1) against the Oakland Athletics to head into the All-Star break. That puts us at the middle of AL Central with .483. Room for improvement, but no complaints from me about wins.

Be sure to catch the All-Star game today as 5 Indians represent Cleveland and the American League: Sabathia, Westbrook, Martinez, Belliard, and Lawton are all on the AL lineup. Thanks for representing us so well, gentlemen! Good luck tonight!!!

We'll head to Seattle Thursday for a weekend 4-gamer against the Mariners. I think we can take this series easy, get some wins under our belt, and improve our record a bit.

GO INDIANS!!!

Tough loss this afternoon

Well, 0-10 to finish a 1-3 series is a disappointment. Texas is a great team, and Oakland ain't bad either. We're gonna have to turn up the heat in order to defeat Oakland.

Westbrook is scheduled to pitch against Saarloos of the A's. It's unclear if this is an edge or not - Saarloos' numbers are better, but then he's only thrown one game this season. The Rangers killed us on hits, so that will have to be a focal point.

Gotta run before my supervisor comes back!
Good Luck Against the A's, Cleveland!!!

Hello, Cleveland!

And hello, world! This is my first attempt at the new blogging trend, so bear with me. This blog is (as you may have noticed) dedicated to my favorite baseball team, the Cleveland Indians. It seemed like a natural thing to blog about, so here I am ;-).

I'll be posting regularly with important Indians news and my thoughts on games, etc. Thanks for visiting my little corner!

GO INDIANS!!!