May 14, 2008
Cleveland Indians on May 14
May 14, 2002 – BAL @ CLE – With two outs and none on in the bottom of the ninth, and the Indians trailing 5-2, Jolbert Cabrera reached on an error by Orioles third baseman Tony Batista. The Indians then strung together three hits, capped with a two-run homer by Matt Lawton, to win by a score of 6-5.
May 14, 1979 – TOR @ CLE – The only run in an old-fashioned pitchers’ duel came on Toronto second baseman Dave McKay’s throwing error in the bottom of the first. Both starting pitchers went the distance, allowing a combined eight hits. Cleveland was the victor, 1-0.
May 14, 1961 – BAL @ CLE – In the first game of a doubleheader, the only run of the game came in the bottom of the fifteenth inning, when Cleveland catcher Johnny Romano scored on an error by the Baltimore shortstop Jerry Adair.
Tonight:
Oakland A’s (23-17) – Joe Blanton (2-5, 3.82 ERA)
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Cleveland Indians (20-19) – C. C. Sabathia (2-5, 6.55 ERA)
Joe Blanton career vs. CLE – 2-4, 4.57 ERA
C. C. Sabathia career vs. OAK – 2-7, 6.84 ERA
Standings:
Cleveland – 2nd place AL Central, 0.5 back
Oakland – 2nd place AL West, 0.5 back
CLE vs OAK, 2008:
Oakland leads season series 4-3
CLE vs OAK, 2007:
Cleveland wins season series, 6-4
CLE vs OAK/KCA/PHA, all-time:
Cleveland leads series, 1001-872
Upcoming series:
May 16-18 – Cleveland at Cincinnati
May 20-22 – Cleveland at Chicago (A)
May 23-25 – Texas at Cleveland
Statistics from baseball-reference.com
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