Vinnie Pestano wore the look of a pitcher who had just experienced a critical loss in a postseason race. The Indians have long been out of that discussion, but that did not make what took place against the White Sox on Monday night hurt any less. Little has gone right for Cleveland over the past […]

Scoring 15 runs in a baseball game is an impressive feat, and it seems even more impressive when a team scores them all in the game’s final four innings. That’s exactly what the Indians did in Sunday’s series finale against the Royals, scoring a season-high 15 times — highlighted by a two-homer, five-RBI day for […]

If there is anything left to play for this season beyond pride for the Indians, it is finding a way to avoid finishing the year in the American League Central cellar. That will require outplaying the Twins over the next two weeks. On Thursday, the Tribe took a step in that direction, claiming a 4-3 […]

The Indians have had a revolving door in left field all season. It was a primary issue that went unsolved over the offseason and Cleveland has paid a price, cycling through a variety of players in search of an answer. The one that got away came back to bite the Tribe on Wednesday night. Twins […]

There is a kind of numbness that can set in after a team accepts the fact that its season has spiraled beyond the point of being salvaged. For the Indians, the pain has been so deep that each loss still feels like a sucker punch. “It still stings the same,” Indians setup man Vinnie Pestano […]

On Sunday, Lonnie Chisenhall’s sweet swing offered precisely that to his team and to this city, which has witnessed a two-month stumble down the standings. Chisenhall’s bases-loaded single off Tigers closer Jose Valverde in the ninth inning propelled the Tribe to a 7-6 walk-off victory and an on-field party. “It’s about time we did that,” […]

On Thursday night, Zach McAllister pitched well for the Tribe, holding a potent Rangers lineup at bay over six innings. It was a solid bounceback outing during a recent rough patch for the rookie, but it took more than his performance for Cleveland to pull off a 5-4 victory to avoid a sweep in Texas. […]

A glance around Rangers Ballpark shows just how far the Indians are from truly being an American League contender. Pennants flying from flagpoles high atop the stadium. Seats packed. All-Stars filling the bench in the home dugout. This is what Cleveland — the team, its fans, the city — wants to experience again. On Wednesday […]

Indians general manager Chris Antonetti leaned against a golf cart outside the visitors’ clubhouse on Tuesday afternoon, explaining that his presence in Texas was not an impromptu visit, but rather a trip planned well in advance. When the trip was booked, it is safe to assume Antonetti had not planned on watching his ballclub play […]

For whatever reason, the Indians’ offense just doesn’t seem to show up very often when Justin Masterson takes the mound. He entered Monday’s start against the Twins receiving an average of 3.48 runs of support per nine innings pitched — the American League’s lowest figure and the sixth-lowest in the Majors. Monday night was no […]