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Jack Cust had a career-high five RBIs, Shannon Stewart finished with four hits and the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 13-7 Wednesday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
Cust hit a three-run homer and Stewart had a two-run drive for the A’s, who finally broke out offensively. Oakland pounded Fausto Carmona (8-4) for eight [...]

News: Indians placed LHP Aaron Fultz on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 23, with a right intercostal strain.Impact: Fultz and his 1.71 ERA will be missed, but the Indians still have Rafael Perez and Jason Stanford as lefties in the pen. Fultz will be back after the break. …[more]

Kelly Shoppach swung like he knew exactly what pitch was coming.
Cleveland’s reserve catcher connected for a pinch-hit three-run homer to cap a five-run ninth inning rally and give the Cleveland Indians an 8-5 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
Shoppach caught Alan Embree (1-1) when they both played for the Red Sox three years [...]

Kelly Shoppach’s pinch-hit three-run homer capped a five-run ninth inning rally and gave the Cleveland Indians an 8-5 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
Shoppach hit a 1-0 pitch from Alan Embree (1-1) into the left-field bleachers for his fourth homer and lifted the Indians to their sixth win in nine games.
Oakland has now [...]

COLUMBUS, OH - Brent Abernathy, now in his 11th season of professional baseball, is struggling to find his old form at the plate. Known for his glove and range in the infield, Abernathy has surprised even himself by his lack of hitting and run support. Although hits have been hard to come by, the [...]

C.C. Sabathia’s pager was inundated all day with text messages from trash-talking friends back in California. They were telling him that he was going to lose to the Oakland Athletics again.
He sent them a nasty reply.
Sabathia joined Boston’s Josh Beckett as the majors’ only 11-game winners and finally beat his hometown team again, leading the [...]

C.C. Sabathia joined Boston’s Josh Beckett as the majors’ only 11-game winners and finally beat his hometown team again, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
Sabathia (11-2) allowed nine hits in his second complete game this month to improve to 2-5 in 12 career starts against the [...]

What wins: arms or bats? In his weekly preview, Dayn Perry weighs Oakland’s great staff vs. Cleveland’s potent lineup.

It may be a young man’s game, but Mike Harmon says this past week was ruled by the veterans of the league.

Four weeks ago, Kevin Hench called out 10 overperformers. See which players cooled off and which made Kevin eat his words.