When the Cavaliers’ brass assembled the Big Three two summers ago, they must have envisioned a game like Sunday afternoon’s playoff performance as the exact blueprint. The Wine and Gold’s three stars – LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love – combined for 81 points as Cleveland rallied past a determined Pistons squad to take […]
Indians shutout Rays 6-0
April 15, 2016 by
Led by Danny Salazar’s pitching and the long ball, the Indians won, 6-0, to claim their series with the Rays on Thursday afternoon at Tropicana Field. “Ugly loss, frustrating game, obviously,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “We didn’t do too many things well, or anything well for that matter today. Let’s bounce back. We’ve got […]
Cubs whip Reds 8-1 to earn sweep
April 15, 2016 by
Jason Hammel pitched six shutout innings and helped himself by hitting an RBI double to lead the Cubs to an 8-1 victory and series sweep of the Reds on Thursday. With the win, Chicago is 8-1 in its first nine games for the sixth time in franchise history and first time since 1969. “I like […]
Indians beat Rays 4-1
April 14, 2016 by
Carlos Carrasco likes pitching in Tropicana Field, and it showed again Wednesday night when he handcuffed Rays hitters in a 4-1 Indians win. Carrasco almost threw a no-hitter against the Rays on July 1, 2015, when Joey Butler broke it up with two outs in the ninth. The no-hit drama ended early Wednesday night when […]
Cubs whip Reds 9-2
April 14, 2016 by
Kris Bryant hit his first home run of the season and helped fuel a five-run first inning on Wednesday with a bases-loaded walk in the Cubs’ 9-2 victory over the Reds. Chicago is off to its best start since going 7-1 in 1985. The Cubs also are 7-0 this season when scoring at least four […]
Cavaliers drop regular season finale to Pistons 112-110
April 14, 2016 by
With a First Round playoff date set for the weekend, neither the Pistons nor the Cavs had any intentions of showing their cards – (or starters) – in Wednesday’s home finale. Despite the star-power, the regular season wrap-up turned out to be one of the most entertaining games of the season – with the Wine […]
Clippers smack Bats 5-1
April 13, 2016 by
And on the sixth day of the 2016 regular season, the sun finally shined on central Ohio, and it shined in more ways than one for the Clippers (2-1) en route to a 5-1 win over Louisville (0-2) on Tuesday night at Huntington Park in front of 5,008 fans. Things got off to a bumpy […]
Rays beat Indians 5-1
April 13, 2016 by
Logan Forsythe and Evan Longoria hit two-run homers in the bottom of the eighth to lead the Rays to a 5-1 win over the Indians on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. “That was a big one,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “We’ve played in plenty of close games already in the early part of the […]
Cubs rally to beat Reds 5-3
April 12, 2016 by
The Cubs got to christen their new party room Monday night. Addison Russell smacked a three-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Cubs to a 5-3 victory over the Reds in the home opener in front of 40,882 at Wrigley Field. “Once I hit the ball, I kind of knew it was gone,” […]
Cavaliers beat Hawks 109-94, clinch Eastern Conference title
April 12, 2016 by
Late last spring, the Cavaliers swept the 60-win Hawks out of the postseason to claim the Conference crown. On Monday night – with their third straight regular season win and seventh straight against Atlanta – they locked up the top spot in the east, overcoming a sluggish start and coasting to the 109-94 win. No […]
