Indians break 11-game losing streak with 4-2 win over OriolesSeptember 25th, 2009 Indians beat Orioles to break losing streak, 4-2CLEVELAND — Fausto Carmona pitched six strong innings and the Cleveland Indians ended their 11-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night. The Indians improved to 4-19 in September and avoided tying the franchise record of 12 straight losses set in 1931.
Athletics 11, Indians 4September 20th, 2009 Athletics 11, Indians 4
Cleveland Oaklandab r h biab r h biBrantly cf 4 0 3 0 Kenndy 3b5 1 3 3JCarrll 2b 3 1 0 0 RDavis cf5 2 2 1AMarte ph 1 0 0 0 RSwny rf5 0 2 2ACarer ss 5 0 2 1 KSuzuk c4 1 0 0Choo rf 3 1 0 1 Cust dh4 1 2 0JhPerlt 3b 3 1 0 0 EPtrsn pr-dh0 1 0 0Hafner dh 4 0 1 1 Carson ph-dh1 0 1 1LaPort 1b 4 0 1 0 M.Ellis 2b5 1 1 0Crowe lf 4 0 1 1 DBartn 1b2 0 1 1Toregs c 3 1 0 0 Hairstn lf3 2 2 1Pnngtn ss4 2 1 1Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals38 11 15 10
Cleveland 000 101 101— 4Oakland 050 004 11x—11E_Gosling (1), Crowe (3), K.Suzuki (4). LOB_Cleveland 9, Oakland 7.
Government calls for South Africa athletics chief to be fired over lies about Semenya testsSeptember 20th, 2009 Athletics chief under fire for gender test liesJOHANNESBURG — South Africa's government has called for the country's top athletics official to be fired for lying about gender tests done on Caster Semenya. Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene admitted he lied when denying gender tests had been done in the country on the women's 800-meter world champion, but said he did so to protect the 18-year-old's privacy.
Athletics 8, Indians 4September 19th, 2009 Athletics 8, Indians 4
Cleveland Oaklandab r h biab r h biBrantly cf 3 0 0 0 RDavis cf5 0 1 0JCarrll 2b 5 0 2 1 M.Ellis 2b4 2 1 1ACarer ss 4 0 1 0 KSuzuk c4 3 3 1Choo rf 4 1 1 0 Grcprr dh5 1 2 0JhPerlt 3b 4 1 0 0 Hairstn lf5 1 1 1Hafner dh 5 0 0 0 Crosby 3b4 0 2 2LaPort 1b 4 1 2 0 DBartn 1b3 1 2 0Shppch c 4 1 1 1 Carson rf4 0 2 0Crowe lf 4 0 2 1 Pnngtn ss4 0 2 2Totals 37 4 9 3 Totals38 8 16 7
Cleveland 000 300 010—4Oakland 420 110 00x—8E_Brantley (1), Crosby (8). DP_Cleveland 2.
Athletics 2, Indians 1September 18th, 2009 Athletics 2, Indians 1
Cleveland Oaklandab r h biab r h biBrantly cf 4 0 2 0 RDavis cf3 1 2 0JCarrll 2b 4 0 0 0 KSuzuk c3 1 1 0Choo rf 3 1 1 0 Hairstn lf4 0 0 0JhPerlt 3b 4 0 0 0 Grcprr dh4 0 2 1LaPort 1b 4 0 1 1 Crosby 3b3 0 0 0Shppch dh 4 0 2 0 M.Ellis 2b3 0 2 1Marson c 3 0 0 0 DBartn 1b3 0 0 0Crowe lf 3 0 0 0 Carson rf3 0 0 0NRomr ss 2 0 0 0 Pnngtn ss3 0 0 0ACarer ph 1 0 0 0Valuen ss 0 0 0 0Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals29 2 7 2
Cleveland 000 000 001—1Oakland 002 000 00x—2DP_Cleveland 1. LOB_Cleveland 5, Oakland 5.
Athletics 6, Yankees 4July 25th, 2009 Athletics 6, Yankees 4DP_Oakland 1. LOB_Oakland 4, New York 6.
White Sox 5, Indians 1July 9th, 2009 White Sox 5, Indians 1DP_Chicago 2. LOB_Cleveland 4, Chicago 6.
Athletics 5, Indians 2July 5th, 2009 Athletics 5, Indians 2
Cleveland Oaklandab r h biab r h biBrantly cf 5 0 1 1 Kenndy 3b5 2 2 1JCarrll 2b 4 0 0 0 RDavis cf4 0 1 0Choo rf 2 0 1 0 RSwny lf-rf2 1 0 1JhPerlt 3b 3 0 0 0 KSuzuk c3 1 1 3Hafner dh 3 0 0 0 Powell dh4 0 0 0LaPort 1b 3 0 0 0 Cust rf2 0 1 0Valuen ss 4 0 0 0 Hairstn lf1 0 0 0Marson c 4 1 3 0 M.Ellis 2b4 0 1 0Crowe lf 4 1 1 1 DBartn 1b3 0 0 0Pnngtn ss2 1 1 0Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals30 5 7 5
Cleveland 000 020 000—2Oakland 104 000 00x—5LOB_Cleveland 8, Oakland 8. 2B_Marson (2), Kennedy 2 (25).
GM Mark Shapiro says manager Eric Wedge's job is safe for remainder of seasonJuly 5th, 2009 Indians' GM Shapiro says Wedge's job is safeCLEVELAND — Eric Wedge's job is safe for the rest of the season. Cleveland general manager Mark Shapiro said Sunday that the manager and his coaching staff would remain in their jobs with the last-place Indians.
Indians 15, Athletics 3July 4th, 2009 Indians 15, Athletics 3E_Crosby 2 (7), Jh.Peralta (8), A.Cabrera (4). DP_Oakland 1, Cleveland 2.
Indians 5, Pirates 4June 24th, 2009 Indians 5, Pirates 4LOB_Cleveland 6, Pittsburgh 9. 2B_Moss (14), Ja.Wilson 2 (16).
Padres 4, Athletics 1June 22nd, 2009 Padres 4, Athletics 1DP_Oakland 1. LOB_Oakland 2, San Diego 4.
Indians 3, Cardinals 0June 15th, 2009 Indians 3, Cardinals 0LOB_St. Louis 5, Cleveland 2.
Athletics 3, Orioles 0June 8th, 2009 Athletics 3, Orioles 0E_Kennedy (6). LOB_Baltimore 7, Oakland 4.
White Sox 6, Athletics 2June 2nd, 2009 White Sox 6, Athletics 2E_Kennedy (4). LOB_Oakland 6, Chicago 7.