Second Thoughts Game #66: Nationals 1, Indians 2
In the immortal words of Lou Brown from Major League, “We won a game yesterday. If we win today, it's called "two in a row". And if we win again tomorrow, it's called a "winning streak"...It has happened before!”
Well, here we are. The Indians are coming off their third win in a row and are on that elusive winning streak after squeaking past Gio...
Indians kickoff homestand with 2-1 walkoff win
Cleveland, OH -- Jason Kipnis hit a run-scoring fielder's choice in the bottom of the ninth that plated Drew Stubbs from third as the Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Nationals in the opener of a three-game series, 2-1.
With the win, the Indians have now won three games in a row after losing eight in a row. The Tribe pitching staff has allowed two runs or fewer in all...
6/14 Recap: Nationals 1 - Indians 2
Player of the Game
Justin Masterson was dominant again and struck out 10 batters in seven innings. He allowed just two singles during his time in the game and a single run. It is his team leading 7th Player of the Game (tied with Jason Kipnis), but just his first since May 19th.
Feathers Up
The Indians were able to take advantage of off days and move Justin Masterson...
Orbiting Cleveland: The pleasant surprise of Corey Kluber
Sometimes help can come from the places that you least expect. Cleveland Indians right-hander Corey Kluber is proof of that.
It's been a rough couple of weeks for the Cleveland Indians. The team recently endured a 4-16 stretch, and they also watched their American League Central lead plummet to a 4 ½ game deficit.
During that awful, atrocious 20-game stretch, there were numerous...
Indians are happy to be home
The Cleveland Indians may be thrilled to return home.
Justin Masterson may be the most relieved.
Coming off a lackluster road trip, the Indians hope Masterson can continue his home dominance in Friday night's series opener with the Washington Nationals.
Cleveland (32-33) opened a nine-game road trip by losing seven in a row before finding some solace in winning the last two,...
2013 Blind Resume: Starting Pitcher, Part 2
Yesterday I looked at two starting pitchers who had very similar numbers. Because there are so many pitchers, I’m doing it again and comparing two more starters today. As usual, see if you can guess the identities of the players before they are revealed later in the article.(Stats are as of Thursday, June 13; ADPs are from Mock Draft Central; % Owned are from Yahoo!)While these...
Nationals-Indians Preview
The Cleveland Indians may be thrilled to return home.
Justin Masterson may be the most relieved.
Coming off a lackluster road trip, the Indians hope Masterson can continue his home dominance in Friday night's series opener with the Washington Nationals.
Cleveland (32-33) opened a nine-game road trip by losing seven in a row before finding some solace in winning the last two...
Series Preview: Nationals at Indians 6/14-16
The Indians finally won a series in Texas and will move on to face the Washington Nationals, the last team in their difficult stretch of nine straight series against teams above .500. During the stretch the Indians went 6-16 including two sweeps by Detroit, one by the Yankees and one by Cincinnati. The series against the Nationals will be a rarity for the Tribe. They haven't...
Second Thoughts Game #62: Tigers 4, Indians 1
Player of the Game: Jose Alvarez (6 innings 3 hits 0 ER 1 BB / 7 SO)
The Leadoff
Make it seven.
The Indians would fall to their division rival Detroit Tigers on Sunday 4-1, as the Motor City Kitties completed the three game sweep of the Tribe. Making his Major League debut, Tigers left-hander Jose Alvarez limited Cleveland to just one run over six innings of work for his first big...
Schedule might provide Indians some relief
DETROIT -- The Cleveland Indians say their recent slide is not a collapse, but it might be a calamity.
Sunday brought another loss to Detroit, giving the Tigers a three-game sweep and sending the Indians off to Texas with seven losses in a row and 15 in the last 19 games.
With this one, though, there was insult involved.
Don Kelly, whose batting average was .188 as he stood at the...
Indians drop seventh in a row
DETROIT — Jose Alvarez struck out seven batters in his major league debut and the Cleveland offense mustered just one run as the Detroit Tigers beat the Indians 4-1.
The Indians have now lost 7 games in a row, their longest losing streak of the season. They trail the Tigers by five and a half games in the American League Central and are two games below .500.
Detroit threatened...
MLB Game Picks - Sunday: June 9, 2013
Saturday was a brutal day of picking. If you have been following along, you have seen that extra inning games kill me. They hardly ever turn out with the team I picked winning the game. Three games yesterday took an incredible 49 innings to decide the outcomes and all three ended with the picked team losing. That is amazing.
But as bad as I feel, think of poor Shaun Marcum. The...
IBI Digest: 6/1/13 - 6/8/13
The MLB draft -- the busiest days of the year for Indians Baseball Insider -- once again crashed the site. A blessing and a curse -- you guys really do love us, though we are sad that the site went down during a big moment -- IBI will continue to update you on all the new players, as well as keeping you knowledgeable on the players already in the system.
Here are all of the pieces...
Trend Spotting: Exploring Justin Masterson
The humble hurler that is Justin Masterson has seen a return to his 2011 performance so far this season, which raises a few different questions, each equally important.
The first question being is this Justin Masterson the one who we will see for the next three to five years? Was 2012 just an outlier, a blip, or reason for concern? What do the answers to the aforementioned questions...
Kid seems kinda thrilled about catching Mark Teixeira’s grand slam (video)
In his fourth game since returning to the lineup after an extended stint on the disabled list, Mark Teixeira connected on an offering from Cleveland Indians starter Justin Masterson, barely depositing a grand slam in the right field seats to give the New York Yankees a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning [...]The post Kid seems kinda thrilled about catching Mark Teixeira’s...
Asdrubal injured; Masterson roughed up in 7-4 loss in New York
This one wasn’t pretty.
There are really two stories coming out of Cleveland’s 7-4 loss against the Yankees. The biggest will likely be the sprained quad suffered by Asdrubal Cabrera running to first in the fifth inning.
Asdrubal has been nursing a sore right quad for weeks, choosing to try and play through the discomfort. Half-way down the line in the fifth, Cabrera stumbled...
Q&A: Mickey Callaway, Indians Pitching Coach
Mickey Callaway might be the MVP of the 2013 Cleveland Indians. The “P” in the acronym doesn’t stand for player — Callaway is the team’s pitching coach — but you get the point.
The Indians came into the campaign with a pitching staff full of question marks. The majority of prognosticators panned the clubs’ chances of competing in the American League Central for that...
Start/Sit: Monday’s (6/3) Probable Starters
There are only nine games today and there aren’t any major aces on the hill, but there are still some good pitching options. Remember, these recommendations are for 10-12 team mixed leagues and bold=start.Justin Masterson, CLE @ Andy Pettitte, NYY — Masterson has a 2.84 ERA and a 10.9 K/9 over his last three starts. Cleveland’s offense is a tough opponent, and I wouldn’t...
Indians, Yankees both look to end slumps
It's quite simple to pinpoint reasons for the New York Yankees' recent struggles -- their lineup is failing to score runs and the pitching staff is having a difficult time preventing them.
Getting Andy Pettitte back could help solve one of those problems.
The 40-year-old comes off the disabled list to face the visiting Cleveland Indians as the Yankees look to avoid an eighth...
Indians 5 Reds 2: The Great Giambino to the rescue!
Your Cleveland Indians, losers of five straight and seven of eight, arrived back in Cleveland in dire need of a pick me up. “We needed to get a victory because we’ve been playing good baseball without much to show for it,” said last night’s starter Justin Masterson. The Big Nasty was the perfect pitcher to take the mound to attempt to end the skid. This is his job as the...
Second Thoughts Game #52: Indians 5, Reds 2
Pre-Game Commentary
This Indians entered this game really struggling. They’d lost five straight for the second time this season and in the midst of a tough stretch of games that included two more games against a Cincinnati Reds team that has been as hot as the Indians are cold. The good news is that ace Justin Masterson would be taking the hill to try and stop the losing streak...
Indians win over Reds 5-2, grab much needed victory
Sometimes there’s really is no place like home.
After an ugly six-game road trip that saw the Indians drop five of their last six, Cleveland got a much needed win Wednesday night in Tribe Town, defeating Cincinnati 5-2. The victory ends the Tribe’s five game losing streak, moving the team just 1.5 games in back of the first place Detroit Tigers in the American League Central...
Giambi, Masterson help end Indians losing streak
CLEVELAND -- This was the kind of night the Indians had in mind when they signed the aged veteran who had interviewed to be Colordao's manager.Smart, veteran presence still some pop in his bat understanding of the game (as the Rockies showed) ... the ability to hit right-handers. So with the Indians returning home on a five-game losing streak, manager Terry Francona did not...
5/29 Recap: Reds 2 - Indians 5
Player of the Game
With the three run home run that put the game away, Jason Giambi wins his second Player of the Game of 2013. Giambi also doubled earlier in the game for a POG score of 6.01. He barely edged out starting pitcher Justin Masterson who played well, but only pitched six innings.
Feathers Up
Through the first three innings a pair of solo home runs kept the...
Reds-Indians Preview
Justin Masterson has often pitched like an ace this season, and now the Cleveland Indians need him to stop a season high-tying losing streak that began with his last outing.
Looking to bounce back from a rough start, Masterson tries to end his team's five-game skid when their series with the red-hot Cincinnati Reds shifts to Progressive Field for two contests Wednesday night...
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