Five Things: Indians Take Game 1 As Kluber Dominates
The Indians ace made his presence felt in Game 1 and helped his team take a 1-0 series lead.
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The Indians ace made his presence felt in Game 1 and helped his team take a 1-0 series lead.
The start time for Game 2 of the World Series has been moved up by an hour because there's rain in the Cleveland weather forecast.
Corey Kluber pitched neatly into the seventh inning, Roberto Perez hit two home runs and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 Tuesday night in the World Series opener.
Eddie Robinson said the franchise he played for seems to have forgotten about him.
Kyle Schwarber has been added to the Chicago Cubs' World Series roster and could start Tuesday night's opener against the Cleveland Indians at designated hitter.
The two franchises with the longest World Series droughts will square off in the Fall Classic.
Charlie Sheen, who played Ricky 'Wild Thing' Vaughn for the Indians in the movie "Major League," had offered to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before one of this year's World Series games in Cleveland.
Josh Donaldson homered to give Toronto a long-awaited lead, and the Blue Jays finally broke through with the bats, beating the Cleveland Indians 5-1 on Tuesday to avert a sweep in the AL Championship Series.
Six relievers combined for 25 outs and 128 pitches, limiting Toronto two runs and seven hits as the Indians took a 3-0 lead in the AL Championship Series.
Cleveland has a commanding 2-0 lead over the Blue Jays in the ALCS, while Clayton Kershaw helped the Dodgers steal a game from the Cubs at Wrigley Field in the NLCS on Sunday night.
After providing so many huge hits for the Red Sox franchise, winning three World Series championships and becoming a beloved figure in Boston, it was time for Big Papi's story to end.
The Blue Jays are headed back to the ALCS. Can the Cubs and Indians close out their series' today?
Holland allowed a run and four hits with five strikeouts in six innings, the same as in his return five days earlier. The Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 2-1 on Sunday, taking three of four games in a series between division leaders.
Mitch Moreland's grand slam capped a bizarre, five-run first inning for Texas and A.J. Griffin pitched six strong innings as the Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 7-0 Saturday night.
The Indians (73-54) snapped a three-game losing streak, which had tied a season high, and pulled within a game of the Rangers (75-54) for the best record in the American League a night after losing 9-0 to Texas ace Cole Hamels.
The Rangers did not get the hit they needed to take a lead, however, and lost 5-4 in 11 innings on Yan Gomes' single off Alex Claudio, ending their four-game winning streak.
Lewis allowed two hits over six shutout innings, leading Texas over the Cleveland Indians 7-3 on Tuesday night and improving to 5-0 for the first time in his major league career.
Mazara hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning Monday night and Ian Desmond had a two-run shot in the first, as Texas beat the Cleveland Indians 9-2.
A day after being designated for assignment, Rangers catcher Chris Gimenez has been traded to the Cleveland Indians for cash considerations.
The Indians hope that the young 3B can give them another young star to pair with Francisco Lindor.
Prince Fielder hit his first spring homer and Joey Gallo hit a mammoth shot for his third as the Texas Rangers topped the Cleveland Indians 5-4 Tuesday.
Cleveland pitcher Corey Kluber continued his scoreless streak and Yan Gomes hit a home run for the second straight day in the Indians' 4-2 win over the Rangers on Monday.
Free agent slugger Mike Napoli and the Indians have finalized their one-year contract worth $7 million. The Indians are hoping that the 34-year-old can give them some pop after hitting 204 homers.
A person familiar with the deal says the Indians have an agreement with free agent first baseman Mike Napoli on a $7 million, one-year contract.
