Pavano leads Indians to 5-4 win over Tigers

September 30th, 2009 Tigers beat Twins; move closer to AL Central titleDETROIT — Magglio Ordonez hit a three-run double and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Wednesday night to move closer to the AL Central title. Eddie Bonine pitched five effective innings after getting off to a rough start for Detroit, which increased its lead to three games over the Twins.

September 24th, 2009 Verlander strikes out 11, Tigers sweep TribeCLEVELAND — Justin Verlander pitched the Detroit Tigers closer to a division title and pushed the Cleveland Indians within one loss of matching a franchise record for futility with a 6-5 win on Thursday night. Verlander struck out 11 in seven innings and Carlos Guillen had three hits and an RBI as the Tigers handed Cleveland its 11th straight loss.

September 4th, 2009 Sowers, Brantley lead Indians past Twins, 5-2CLEVELAND — Jeremy Sowers pitched six strong innings, rookie Michael Brantley had two hits and his first career RBI, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Friday night. The second-place Twins came in five games behind Detroit in the AL Central and committed a season-high four errors.

August 9th, 2009 Pavano, Twins dominate Tigers in 11-0 winDETROIT —Carl Pavano allowed only five hits over seven innings in his Minnesota debut, Denard Span went 5-for-5 and Joe Mauer homered and drove in three runs to lift the Twins to a 11-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night. Jose Mijares and Glen Perkins completed the combined six-hit shutout with an inning each for third-place Minnesota, which moved to within 4½ games of first place Detroit in the A.L.

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August 8th, 2009 Shoppach's two homers lift Indians over White SoxCHICAGO — Kelly Shoppach hit a two-run homer and added a solo shot, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. The Indians won despite grounding into six double plays, tying an American League record for the 14th time.

August 7th, 2009 Twins acquire pitcher Carl Pavano from IndiansDETROIT — Craving help for their starting rotation, the Minnesota Twins have turned to Carl Pavano. The Twins agreed Friday to send the Cleveland Indians a player to be identified later in exchange for Pavano, a one-time All-Star whose career derailed in New York during four injury-ruined seasons with the Yankees.

August 2nd, 2009 Pavano pitches Indians to 11-1 win over TigersCLEVELAND — Carl Pavano tossed eight sharp innings and the Cleveland Indians routed the Detroit Tigers 11-1 on Sunday to win their weekend series against the AL Central leaders. Asdrubal Cabrera and Grady Sizemore each hit a two-run homer off Armando Galarraga (5-10) as Cleveland totaled 13 hits and won for the seventh time in 10 games.

August 1st, 2009 Indians recall Fausto CarmonaCLEVELAND — Fausto Carmona is back pitching for the Cleveland Indians. Sent to the lower minor leagues earlier this season to work on his mechanics, Carmona, a 19-game winner in 2007, was recalled from Triple-A Columbus to start Friday's series opener against the first-place Detroit Tigers.

July 11th, 2009 Jackson leads Tigers past Indians 5-1DETROIT — All-Star Edwin Jackson pitched seven strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat Cliff Lee and the Cleveland Indians 5-1 on Friday night. Marcus Thames hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning for Detroit, which has won three straight.

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July 5th, 2009 Pavano pitches Indians to 5-2 win over AthleticsCLEVELAND — Carl Pavano earned his first win in five starts, helping the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night. Ben Francisco and Grady Sizemore hit homers off Vin Mazzaro (2-4) for Cleveland, which won consecutive games for the first time since June 11-12.

June 25th, 2009 Pirates rough up Pavano, beat Indians 10-6PITTSBURGH — Carl Pavano didn't give his offense a chance to turn another big ninth inning during the Indians-Pirates interleague series into a potentially huge comeback. Zach Duke allowed one run in six innings, Adam LaRoche drove in three runs and the Pirates didn't wait to get into Cleveland's slumping bullpen to start scoring, roughing up the struggling Pavano during a 10-6 victory over the Indians on Wednesday night.

June 16th, 2009 Brewers 14, Indians 12E_Braun (2), Shoppach (2). DP_Cleveland 1.

June 11th, 2009 Meche fans 11 as Royals defeat Indians 9-0CLEVELAND — Gil Meche tied a career high with 11 strikeouts over seven innings and the Kansas City Royals hit three home runs in a 9-0 win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night. Alberto Callaspo had a career-high four hits including his first career grand slam for Kansas City.