The Indians switched up their lineup on Monday night in an effort to get Nick Swisher hot at the plate. For one night, the strategy worked. The only problem was that the rest of Cleveland’s batting order went cold. In the opener of a three-game series with the Mariners, the Tribe could not solve right-hander […]
Reds Whip Giants 11-0
July 23, 2013 by
With Monday’s 11-0 drubbing of the Giants, Cincinnati has won five of its last six contests in San Francisco, including the first pair of games of the 2012 National League Division Series. They’ve outscored the Giants 25-3 while going 4-0 against the club that eventually knocked them out of the playoffs last October. The Reds […]
U.S. Men Smack El Salvador 5-1
July 22, 2013 by
The U.S. Men’s National Team advanced to the semifinal of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 5-1 victory against El Salvador as defender Clarence Goodson, midfielders Joe Corona and Mix Diskerud and forwards Eddie Johnson and Landon Donovan scored for the Americans in front of a huge crowd at M&T Bank Stadium. With the […]
Crew Falls to Revolution in Stoppage Time
July 22, 2013 by
In a game that both the Columbus Crew and New England Revolution needed to win to keep pace with the Eastern Conference playoff contenders, neither team could muster a single goal in front of 19,323 fans in Columbus Crew Stadium until a stoppage time winner from Jose Goncalves earned the win for New England. Diego […]
Iron Pigs Beat Clippers 2-1
July 22, 2013 by
Columbus saw their seven game winning streak snapped as they fell to Lehigh Valley 2-1 at Coca-Cola Park. The Clippers drew first blood on the scoreboard with a Chun Chen sacrifice fly in the top of the first. The Pigs then tallied two runs in the bottom of the third on RBI doubles by Cesar […]
Indians Beat Twins 7-1
July 22, 2013 by
Indians center fielder Drew Stubbs sprinted in and left his feet, doing all he could to try to snare the fly ball off Brian Dozier’s bat in the seventh inning. Stubbs slammed to the ground and the baseball dropped to the grass just in front of his glove. “It was just a matter of inches,” […]
Pirates Beat Reds 3-2
July 22, 2013 by
It’s the kind of late-inning decision managers will get second-guessed on within milliseconds of making it. When is the right time to take out the starting pitcher? Reds manager Dusty Baker already knew the questions would flow like Niagara Falls following Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the Pirates. The circumstances were right out of the textbook […]
Clippers Beat Iron Pigs 3-2
July 19, 2013 by
Zach McAllister pitched beautifully in rehab appearance for Columbus as the Clippers began the second half of International League play with a close 3-2 win over the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Columbus got on the board first with when Ezequiel Carrera drove home Roberto Perez with an RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the […]
U.S. Men Beat Costa Rica, Break Record for Consecutive Wins
July 17, 2013 by
The U.S. Men’s National Team clinched first place in Group C of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 victory against Costa Rica at Rentschler Field. Midfielder Brek Shea, a late substitute who came on in the 77th minute, scored his first international goal off a breakaway with eight minutes left in regulation time. […]
U.S. Men Down Cuba 4-1, Advance in Gold Cup
July 15, 2013 by
After going down a goal in the first half, the U.S. Men’s National Team scored four consecutive goals to defeat Cuba 4-1 and seal its spot in the quarterfinals of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Landon Donovan, Joe Corona and Chris Wondolowski, with two, provided the scoring touch for the Americans at Rio Tinto Stadium. […]
