Phillies get Cy Young winner Lee, OF Francisco from IndiansPHILADELPHIA — Cliff Lee is more than just a consolation prize. Kendrick drives in 5 runs, leads Lackey and Angels over Indians 9-3ANAHEIM, Calif. — Howie Kendrick homered and drove in a career-high five runs as the Los Angeles Angels beat Cleveland 9-3 Wednesday, hours after the Indians traded away reigning AL Cy Young winner Cliff Lee. Person familiar with trade tells AP Phillies acquire pitcher Cliff Lee from the IndiansPHILADELPHIA — Looking for an ace to bolster their so-so rotation, the Philadelphia Phillies acquired Cliff Lee from the Indians, who traded the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner for the second straight season. The defending World Series champion Phillies are sending Cleveland four minor league prospects for Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco, a baseball official familiar with the trade told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Person familiar with trade tells AP Phillies acquire Indians’ LeePHILADELPHIA — Looking for an ace to bolster their so-so rotation, the Philadelphia Phillies acquired Cliff Lee from the Indians, who traded the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner for the second straight season. Gary Matthews Jr.’s 3-run double in 8th pushes comeback Angels past Indians 7-6ANAHEIM, Calif. — Gary Matthews Jr. hit a tiebreaking three-run double in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels survived another meltdown by All-Star closer Brian Fuentes for their major league-leading 33rd comeback victory, 7-6 over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. Suzuki get first game-ending hit of career as Seattle knocks off Toronto 4-3SEATTLE — Ichiro Suzuki dumped an 0-2 pitch from Toronto reliever Scott Downs into center field with two outs in the ninth inning to score Rob Johnson, and the Seattle Mariners snapped their four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night. Indians’ Abreu suspended 3 games for hitting Seattle batter, manager Eric Wedge gets 1 gameANAHEIM, Calif. — Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge and pitcher Winston Abreu were suspended and fined Monday after the reliever plunked a Seattle hitter over the weekend. Cleveland rocks: Indians hit 4 homers, score a dozen to finish off sweep of SeattleSEATTLE — In three days, the Cleveland Indians may have clubbed the Seattle Mariners out of contention. Cabrera homers, Sowers pitches 7 scoreless to lead Indians past Mariners 10-3SEATTLE — Asdrubal Cabrera homered, drove in two runs and scored three times to back a strong start by Jeremy Sowers in the Cleveland Indians’ 10-3 victory over Seattle Mariners on Saturday. Rookie left-hander David Huff earns victory as Indians beat Blue Jays 5-4TORONTO — Rookie David Huff won for the first time in three starts, Shin-Soo Choo tripled home two runs and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Thursday afternoon. Suzuki’s three hits help Mariners defeat Indians 5-3CLEVELAND — Ichiro Suzuki had three hits, scored twice and made a game-saving catch to help the Seattle Mariners beat Cleveland Indians for the third straight game, 5-3 Sunday. Washburn allows 1 run in 6 2-3 innings in Mariners’ 3-1 win against IndiansCLEVELAND — Jarrod Washburn pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Franklin Gutierrez homered for a second straight night and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1 Saturday night. Shoppach hits grand slam, drives in five runs as Indians beat White Sox 10-8CHICAGO — Kelly Shoppach hit a grand slam and had a career-high five RBIs, and the Cleveland Indians built a big lead Thursday before holding on for a 10-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Pavano pitches Cleveland Indians to 5-2 victory over Oakland 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. Jose Contreras goes 8 strong innings as White Sox beat Indians 6-2 to complete series sweep
Icing on the cake: Phillips celebrates birthday by leading Reds past Indians 8-1CLEVELAND — Brandon Phillips celebrated his 28th birthday with another big game against the Cleveland Indians, leading the Cincinnati Reds to an 8-1 win over his former team Sunday. Randy Wells pitches into seventh for first win, Soto homers as Cubs beat Indians 6-2CHICAGO — Randy Wells pitched into the seventh inning for his first major-league win, Geovany Soto homered and Jake Fox drove in three runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a routine 6-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians and their fourth straight win. Cleveland rookie David Huff stops St. Louis in 7-3 victoryCLEVELAND — Shin-Soo Choo got the job done again — this time without any avian assistance. Tough-luck ace Cliff Lee goes 8 innings, finally gets run support as Indians crush Twins 10-1MINNEAPOLIS — Cliff Lee has been patiently waiting for run support. That pesky bunt by Minnesota’s Carlos Gomez wasn’t nearly enough to distract Cleveland’s reigning Cy Young Award winner. Tough-luck Lee goes 8, finally gets some help from Indians in 10-1 victory over TwinsMINNEAPOLIS — Cleveland gave Cliff Lee the run support he needed for once, and the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner cruised through eight innings to spur the ailing Indians past the Minnesota Twins 10-1 on Wednesday. Indians’ Asdrubal Cabrera put on DL with sprained shoulder, Barfield called up from Triple-AMINNEAPOLIS — The Cleveland Indians are testing the limits of their medical staff. |
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CLEVELAND — Jose Contreras got a rare road win as the right-hander, shipped to the minors earlier this season, pitched eight superb innings and the Chicago White Sox won their fifth straight, 6-2 over the lifeless Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night. Contreras (3-7) improved to 3-2 with a 2.17 ERA since being recalled from Triple-A Charlotte, a month-long demotion prompted by the 37-year-old opening the season 0-5. The right-hander, who was just 1-6 in his previous 10 road starts, had little trouble with the Indians.
