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Josh Barfield made two errors on one play to help Minnesota score the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Twins rallied to beat C.C. Sabathia and the Cleveland Indians 4-1 Sunday.
Sabathia (13-6), coming off a hard-luck 1-0 loss to Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka on Tuesday, tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, but lost […]

Their T-shirts, in the school colors of purple and white, carried the words “We will always remember.”
Members of the Bluffton University baseball team were honored by the Cleveland Indians on Saturday at Jacobs Field. Five players from the Ohio college were killed in a March bus accident.
Coach James Grandey, athletic director Phillip Talavinia and 25 […]

After Johan Santana took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning, the Minnesota Twins had to rally for a victory.
Brian Buscher hit a go-ahead groundout in the ninth inning, after Torii Hunter’s leadoff double, and the Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 3-2 on Saturday night.
Hunter doubled off Joe Borowski (2-4) to start the inning and […]

After Johan Santana took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning, the Minnesota Twins had to rally for a victory.
Brian Buscher hit a go-ahead groundout in the ninth inning, after Torii Hunter’s leadoff double, and the Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 3-2 on Saturday night.
Hunter doubled off Joe Borowski (2-4) to start the inning and […]

Kenny Lofton’s homecoming ended with strawberry pie smeared across his smiling face.
His return couldn’t have been any sweeter.
“It tasted pretty good,” he said. “I might have to get some more of those.”
Jhonny Peralta homered twice and Lofton began his third go-round with Cleveland by getting three hits and playing left field for the first time […]

Jhonny Peralta homered twice and Kenny Lofton began his third go-round with Cleveland by getting three hits and playing left field for the first time as the Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 10-4 on Friday night.
Peralta hit a three-homer in the third off Boof Bonser (5-7) and added a two-run shot in the sixth when […]

Cliff Lee must start over for the Cleveland Indians.
Booed off the mound after being rocked for the fourth straight start on Thursday, Lee was sent back to the minor leagues on Friday, a surprising demotion for the left-hander who won 18 games two years ago.
“It’s not easy for us to do and not an easy […]

Of the 11 uniforms Kenny Lofton has worn during a 17-year odyssey around the majors, there’s only one he never wanted to take off.
He’s wearing it once more.
Lofton returned for his third stint with Cleveland - and another playoff run - on Friday as the Texas Rangers traded the 40-year-old outfielder to the Indians for […]

Indians starter Cliff Lee has been sent back to the minor leagues, a surprising demotion for Cleveland’s left-hander who lost his fourth straight start on Thursday night.
Lee, who signed a three-year, $14 million contract extension last season, dropped to 5-8 with a 6.38 ERA following a 14-9 loss to the Boston Red Sox in the […]

Kenny Lofton returned for his third stint with Cleveland - and another playoff run - on Friday as the Texas Rangers traded the 40-year-old outfielder to the Indians for minor league catcher Max Ramirez.
Lofton was expected to arrive in Cleveland and be in the lineup for their series opener against the Minnesota Twins.
The Indians entered […]