Carlos Santana stared down Royals pitcher Luis Mendoza, anticipating a fastball with the count full and the bases loaded in the first inning on Tuesday night. As the baseball spun from Mendoza’s fingers, the Indians catcher picked up his right foot and prepared to swing. It was a breaking ball that tailed down to the […]
Bailey’s No Hitter Leads Reds to 3-0 Win
July 3, 2013 by
Before Homer Bailey took the mound for the eighth inning on Tuesday night, it was obvious to anyone inside Great American Ball Park that something special was happening. The 27-year-old right-hander was working on a no-hitter against the Giants, and as a result, there was a buzz not found during an ordinary early-July game. But […]
Clippers Split Doubleheader with Bulls
July 2, 2013 by
Danny Salazar helped pitch Columbus past Durham as the Clippers hung on for a 2-1 win at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Clippers quickly jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Matt Carson plated a run with an RBI single in the top of the second. From there, Columbus righty Danny Salazar shut down […]
Reds Beat Giants 8-1
July 2, 2013 by
After a nightmare road trip that saw the Reds get shut out twice and lose six of eight, manager Dusty Baker’s team needed some sort of spark. On a rain-soaked Monday night at Great American Ball Park, that spark was Todd Frazier, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBIs in an 8-1 […]
Sporting KC Downs Crew 3-2
July 1, 2013 by
This time, Sporting Kansas City made the lead stand up. Only after a couple of hiccups, that is. Sporting gave up a pair of one-goal advantages early in the second half on Saturday night, but Kei Kamara’s 80th-minute tally – his second goal of the night – gave them a 3-2 win over the Columbus […]
Indians Beat White Sox 4-0, Tie Tigers for 1st Place
July 1, 2013 by
Indians right-hander Justin Masterson closed a four-game series against the White Sox in a completely different fashion than the way the weekend started. The Tribe began the set with two high-scoring contests in Friday’s lengthy doubleheader, but Masterson went the distance on Sunday, facing three batters over the minimum in a six-hit shutout at U.S. […]
Rangers Beat Reds 3-2
July 1, 2013 by
A road trip that was only eight games, but lasted 10 days over three cities, felt like an eternity to the Reds. As much could be said about the club’s entire month of June. Both the trip and the month are now over, but not before one final disappointment. A 3-2 loss to the Rangers […]
Clippers Split Doubleheader with Tides
June 28, 2013 by
Despite rain getting in the way of things, Columbus put together a solid offensive performance that buried the Tides in a 10-3 Clippers win. Columbus used a methodical approach to jump out an early lead. Jeremy Hermida started it with an RBI single in the first. RBI sacrifice flies by Matt Lawson in the second […]
Orioles Beat Indians 7-3
June 28, 2013 by
The maturation of Corey Kluber has been a highlight of this first half for the Indians. For four innings on Thursday night, the right-hander appeared poised to add another entry to his growing list of solid starts for Cleveland. The evening changed course in a hurry. Baltimore churned out five runs in a relentless fifth […]
Indians Rally in the Ninth, Beat Orioles 4-3
June 27, 2013 by
The Indians were three outs away from the kind of defeat that feels like a punch to the gut. Left-hander Scott Kazmir flirted with history in a brilliant outing, only to leave with an injury, and he watched from the dugout as the bullpen let a slim lead slip away. Thanks to a series of […]
