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Carmona, Indians aim for fourth straight win, face Athletics

Sep 21, 2007 - 1:57 PM Oakland (74-80) at Cleveland (90-62) 7:05 pm EDT

CLEVELAND (Ticker) - Fausto Carmona and the Cleveland Indians can smell it.

Carmona and the Indians aim for their fourth straight win when the club opens a three-game series vs. the Oakland Athletics on Friday.

With a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday, the Indians completed a three-game sweep and dropped their magic number to clinch the American League Central to three games. It would be the first division crown since 2001 for Cleveland.

Carmona (17-8, 3.07 ERA) will be looking for his fourth straight victory.

The 23-year-old Dominican, who leads the American League in ERA and is 7-4 since the All-Star break, was magnificent in his last outing, holding the Royals to only three hits in eight innings while striking out nine in 6-0 win on Saturday.

However, the young righthander was shelled in his last start vs. Oakland, surrendering eight runs and seven hits before leaving without recording an out in the second inning of a 13-7 home loss back on June 27.

The Athletics counter with Joe Blanton (14-9, 3.78), who seeks his fourth straight win.

The big righthander, who is 6-1 in nine outings since August 4, will be trying to win four straight starts for the second time in his four-year career. The 26-year-old last won four in a row from June 15-29, 2005.

Oakland, which has dropped four straight contests, will be looking to avoid losing five straight for the third time this season.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 0
    CLEVELAND 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 x 4 10 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: OAK - JOE BLANTON, JERRY BLEVINS (6TH), RUDDY LUGO (8TH) AND KURT
    SUZUKI
    CLE - FAUSTO CARMONA, RAFAEL PEREZ (7TH), JENSEN LEWIS
    (7TH), RAFAEL BETANCOURT (8TH), JOE

    Sep 21 9:55 PM
  • 35
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    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Athletics vs. GuardiansSep 21 9:46 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JACK CUST (25) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF RAFAEL PEREZ SCORED DARIC BARTON.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 3, CLEVELAND 4
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D JOHNSON (.235, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Athletics vs. GuardiansSep 21 9:16 PM


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    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ASDRUBAL CABRERA SCORED KENNY LOFTON.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, G SIZEMORE ON FIRST, F GUTIERREZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1
    CLEVELAND 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: T HAFNER (.252, 1-FOR-3)

    Athletics vs. GuardiansSep 21 9:03 PM


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    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JHONNY PERALTA (21) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF JOE BLANTON.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1, CLEVELAND 3
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: K LOFTON (.298, 1-FOR-2)

    Athletics vs. GuardiansSep 21 8:54 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN GARKO (20) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    6TH OFF JOE BLANTON.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1, CLEVELAND 2
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.271, 1-FOR-1, BB)

    Athletics vs. GuardiansSep 21 8:53 PM


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    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED ASDRUBAL CABRERA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, V MARTINEZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1
    CLEVELAND 1 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.292, 0-FOR-1)

    Athletics vs. GuardiansSep 21 8:05 PM


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    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KURT SUZUKI SCORED JACK HANNAHAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K SUZUKI ON FIRST, M SCUTARO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1
    CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J DAVANON (.233, 0 HR, 5 RBI)

    Athletics vs. GuardiansSep 21 7:27 PM

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