Morning Roundup: C. C. Shutout

Pitching Carries Tribe To First

Sarge posted 5/15/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

Shhhh…don’t tell them, but the Indians will wake up Thursday morning a half game ahead of Minnesota for first in the Central.

Pinto: A's, Marlins beat expectations in different ways

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 5/15/2008 on www.sportingnews.com

The Florida Marlins and Oakland Athletics are surprising pundits with their competitive play this se...

Indians' scoreless streak ends at 44 1-3 (AP)

Baseball Toaster found this 5/15/2008 on sports.yahoo.com

It wasn't even a bad pitch that ended the Cleveland Indians' scoreless streak. An unearned run against Aaron Laffey on his own throwing error halted the starting rotation's run of 44 1-3 consecutive shutout innings, but didn't interrupt their string ...

Solid Pitching, Just Enough Hitting For The Sweep

Sarge posted 5/15/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

The Indians beat Oakland 4-2 Thursday afternoon for a sweep of the series. The Indians also took the season series from the A’s 5-4. The streak however is dead, well sort of...

Athletics vs. Indians - Box Score - May 15, 2008

FanIQ Blog found this 5/15/2008 on scores.espn.go.com

Oakland Athletics Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG R Davis CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .281 D Barton 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .224 E Brown RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .269 F Thomas DH 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .222 J Cust LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 .243 B Crosby SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .261 J Hannahan 3B 3 0 ...