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Laffey takes hill for division-leading Indians

Sep 4, 2007 - 1:06 PM Cleveland (79-58) at Minnesota (69-69) 8:10 pm EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) - The Cleveland Indians look to further distance themselves from the defending American League Central Division champion Minnesota Twins on Tuesday.

C.C. Sabathia threw eight strong innings and Ryan Garko homered as Cleveland posted a 5-0 victory in the series opener.

The Twins trail the Indians by 10 1/2 games, the same margin they were back of the Chicago White Sox on August 7 before rallying to win the division last season.

Rookie Aaron Laffey (2-1, 5.01 ERA) looks to do his part to make sure there is no miraculous rally this season. Laffey made his major-league debut against the Twins on August 14, allowing three runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 3-2 loss.

Laffey will try and help the Cleveland beat Minnesota for the 13 time in 17 meetings.

Cleveland, which has won nine of its last 10 leads the Detroit Tigers (73-64) by six games in the AL Central.

Minnesota, which has lost six of eight, sends its own rookie to the mound in the form of Kevin Slowey (3-0, 5.84). The righthander is making his first start since allowing five runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings of a 3-2 loss to the New York Yankees on July 5.






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    Guardians vs. TwinsSep 5 12:32 AM


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    FINAL 11
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
    MINNESOTA 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
    10 11 R H E
    -- -- - - -
    CLEVELAND 0 2 7 12 1
    MINNESOTA 0 0 5 13 1 (FINAL 11)

    BATTERIES: CLE

    Sep 4 11:58 PM
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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND RULE DOUBLE BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED GRADY
    SIZEMORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, V MARTINEZ ON SECOND, A CABRERA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 7
    MINNESOTA 5 TOP, 11TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.298, 1-FOR-5)

    Guardians vs. TwinsSep 4 11:50 PM


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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY TRAVIS HAFNER SCORED FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A CABRERA ON FIRST, G SIZEMORE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 6
    MINNESOTA 5 TOP, 11TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (.302, 1-FOR-4, HBP)

    Guardians vs. TwinsSep 4 11:47 PM
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    Guardians vs. TwinsSep 4 11:23 PM


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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY TRAVIS HAFNER (21) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 9TH OFF JOE NATHAN SCORED ASDRUBAL CABRERA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 5, MINNESOTA 5
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (.303, 1-FOR-3, HBP)

    Guardians vs. TwinsSep 4 10:59 PM
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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KENNY LOFTON SCORED JHONNY PERALTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K LOFTON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    MINNESOTA 5 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: F GUTIERREZ (.272, 0-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. TwinsSep 4 9:59 PM


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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY LUIS RODRIGUEZ SCORED JASON KUBEL.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, L RODRIGUEZ ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    MINNESOTA 5 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: A CASILLA (.248, 0-FOR-1, SAC)

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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JUSTIN MORNEAU SCORED LUIS RODRIGUEZ, JASON
    BARTLETT AND TORII HUNTER.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    MINNESOTA 4 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: M CUDDYER (.276, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians vs. TwinsSep 4 9:10 PM


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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JASON KUBEL SCORED RONDELL WHITE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J KUBEL ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    MINNESOTA 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: C HEINTZ (.231, 0 HR, 5 RBI)

    Guardians vs. TwinsSep 4 8:47 PM


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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY LUIS RODRIGUEZ ALLOWED KENNY LOFTON TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F GUTIERREZ ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    MINNESOTA 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C BLAKE (.263, 15 HR, 66 RBI)

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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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    CLEVELAND 1 1 2 0
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - AARON LAFFEY
    MIN - KEVIN SLOWEY

    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: A CASILLA (.250, 0 HR, 9 RBI)
    J BARTLETT (.275, 5 HR, 40 RBI)
    T HUNTER (.291, 27 HR, 96 RB

    Guardians vs. TwinsSep 4 8:19 PM
  • bones I think the writer of this preview mailed this one in. Somehow a 3-0 pitcher recorded a loss in which he allowed more runs than the other team scored.

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