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| 921 | CLEVELAND | +120 | Ov 7.5,+110 | +125 | Ov 7.5,-125 | | 922 | MINNESOTA | -130 | Un 7.5,-130 | -135 | Un 7.5,+105 |
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| All Games | 79-73 | -0.6 | 69-79 | 4.2 | 0.253 | 0.315 | 4.1 | 0.250 | 0.309 | | Road Games | 34-43 | -7.1 | 34-41 | 4.2 | 0.249 | 0.310 | 4.1 | 0.258 | 0.320 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 56-49 | +0.8 | 52-50 | 4.4 | 0.257 | 0.320 | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.309 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1 | 3-4 | 2.7 | 0.228 | 0.274 | 3.4 | 0.246 | 0.299 | | Grass Games | 76-70 | -0.8 | 66-78 | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.313 | 4.1 | 0.250 | 0.309 | | Night Games | 50-48 | -1.6 | 47-48 | 4.3 | 0.256 | 0.312 | 4.0 | 0.252 | 0.309 | | Division | 35-34 | -3 | 33-35 | 4.3 | 0.268 | 0.328 | 4.2 | 0.254 | 0.312 |
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| All Games | 4.2 | 0.253 | 0.315 | 152 | 5232 | 1324 | 421 | 136 | 0.03 | 609 | 475 | 1122 | 97 | 1079 | 134 | 111 | | | | Road Games | 4.2 | 0.249 | 0.310 | 77 | 2707 | 673 | 214 | 68 | 0.03 | 313 | 242 | 604 | 50 | 553 | 64 | 53 | | | | Righty Starters | 4.4 | 0.257 | 0.320 | 105 | 3606 | 926 | 310 | 103 | 0.03 | 451 | 335 | 772 | 71 | 742 | 89 | 80 | | |
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| All Games | 3.15 | 1.243 | 485 | 196 | 170 | 423 | 47 | 180 | 470 | 33-21 | 36 | 20 | 64.3% | | Road Games | 3.03 | 1.278 | 243.3 | 95 | 82 | 217 | 22 | 94 | 222 | 14-10 | 15 | 8 | 65.2% |
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| All Games | 65-87 | -7.5 | 81-66 | 4.4 | 0.253 | 0.320 | 4.8 | 0.280 | 0.330 | | Home Games | 32-43 | -10 | 43-29 | 4.6 | 0.260 | 0.332 | 5.2 | 0.284 | 0.332 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 44-57 | -3.2 | 54-42 | 4.2 | 0.247 | 0.316 | 4.9 | 0.276 | 0.330 | | Past 7 Games | 3-5 | -1.3 | 5-3 | 4.1 | 0.262 | 0.310 | 5.1 | 0.285 | 0.326 | | Grass Games | 61-85 | -11.9 | 78-64 | 4.4 | 0.251 | 0.318 | 4.9 | 0.280 | 0.329 | | Night Games | 34-54 | -12.3 | 44-42 | 4.0 | 0.246 | 0.309 | 4.6 | 0.279 | 0.329 | | Division | 33-36 | +4.9 | 38-29 | 4.9 | 0.261 | 0.329 | 5.0 | 0.285 | 0.331 |
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| All Games | 4.4 | 0.253 | 0.320 | 152 | 5223 | 1320 | 447 | 121 | 0.02 | 632 | 514 | 1229 | 95 | 1104 | 110 | 90 | | | | Home Games | 4.6 | 0.260 | 0.332 | 75 | 2556 | 665 | 230 | 64 | 0.03 | 328 | 275 | 555 | 49 | 566 | 51 | 52 | | | | Righty Starters | 4.2 | 0.247 | 0.316 | 101 | 3468 | 857 | 295 | 78 | 0.02 | 405 | 352 | 813 | 61 | 743 | 72 | 54 | | |
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| All Games | 3.82 | 1.329 | 492 | 228 | 209 | 498 | 47 | 156 | 368 | 20-22 | 37 | 19 | 66.1% | | Home Games | 3.96 | 1.379 | 268.4 | 132 | 118 | 284 | 30 | 86 | 194 | 12-11 | 15 | 10 | 60% |
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| 9/5/2014 | HOUSE(L) | CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | 2-1 | W | +140 | 7 ov | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | | 9/6/2014 | KLUBER(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 3-1 | W | -155 | 7 un | U | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 9/7/2014 | CARRASCO(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | CARROLL(R) | 2-0 | W | -205 | 8 un | U | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | | 9/8/2014 | SALAZAR(R) | LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | 3-12 | L | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | | 9/9/2014 | BAUER(R) | MINNESOTA | MAY(R) | 3-4 | L | -165 | 8.5 ov | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | | 9/11/2014 | KLUBER(R) | MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | 8-2 | W | -200 | 7 un | O | 10 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | | 9/11/2014 | HOUSE(L) | MINNESOTA | NOLASCO(R) | 2-0 | W | -155 | 8 un | U | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | | 9/12/2014 | CARRASCO(R) | @ DETROIT | PRICE(L) | 2-7 | L | 145 | 7 un | O | 9 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | | 9/13/2014 | SALAZAR(R) | @ DETROIT | LOBSTEIN(L) | 4-5 | L | 100 | 8 un | O | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | | 9/14/2014 | BAUER(R) | @ DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | 4-6 | L | 130 | 8.5 un | O | 10 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | | 9/15/2014 | MCALLISTER(R) | @ HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | 1-3 | L | 110 | 8 ov | U | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | | 9/16/2014 | KLUBER(R) | @ HOUSTON | TROPEANO(R) | 4-2 | W | -170 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 2 | | 9/17/2014 | CARRASCO(R) | @ HOUSTON | OBERHOLTZER(L) | 2-0 | W | -125 | 7.5 ev | U | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | 9/18/2014 | SALAZAR(R) | @ HOUSTON | FELDMAN(R) | 2-1 | W | -135 | 8 un | U | 8 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 9/19/2014 | BAUER(R) | @ MINNESOTA | HUGHES(R) | | | 9/20/2014 | HOUSE(L) | @ MINNESOTA | MAY(R) | | | 9/21/2014 | KLUBER(R) | @ MINNESOTA | MILONE(L) | | | 9/22/2014 | CARRASCO(R) | KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | | | 9/23/2014 | SALAZAR(R) | KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | | | 9/24/2014 | BAUER(R) | KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | | | 9/26/2014 | | TAMPA BAY | | |
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| 9/5/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | 6-7 | L | +135 | 8 ev | O | 11 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 0 | | 9/6/2014 | HUGHES(R) | LA ANGELS | RASMUS(R) | 5-8 | L | -110 | 8.5 un | O | 9 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | | 9/7/2014 | DARNELL(L) | LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | 4-14 | L | +140 | 9.5 un | O | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | | 9/9/2014 | MAY(R) | @ CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | 4-3 | W | 155 | 8.5 ov | U | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 9/11/2014 | GIBSON(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 2-8 | L | 185 | 7 un | O | 8 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | | 9/11/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | @ CLEVELAND | HOUSE(L) | 0-2 | L | 145 | 8 un | U | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | | 9/13/2014 | HUGHES(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 1-5 | L | -115 | 7 un | U | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 9/13/2014 | DARNELL(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | CARROLL(R) | 6-7 | L | 110 | 9 un | O | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | | 9/14/2014 | MAY(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | NOESI(R) | 6-4 | W | 115 | 8.5 un | O | 12 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | | 9/15/2014 | SWARZAK(R) | DETROIT | SCHERZER(R) | 6-8 | L | +160 | 7.5 un | O | 10 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | | 9/16/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | DETROIT | PORCELLO(R) | 4-3 | W | +115 | 8 ev | U | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | | 9/17/2014 | GIBSON(R) | DETROIT | PRICE(L) | 8-4 | W | +155 | 7.5 un | O | 13 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | | 9/19/2014 | HUGHES(R) | CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | | | 9/20/2014 | MAY(R) | CLEVELAND | HOUSE(L) | | | 9/21/2014 | MILONE(L) | CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | | | 9/22/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | ARIZONA | COLLMENTER(R) | | | 9/23/2014 | GIBSON(R) | ARIZONA | CHAFIN(L) | | | 9/24/2014 | HUGHES(R) | ARIZONA | NUNO(L) | | | 9/25/2014 | MAY(R) | @ DETROIT | SCHERZER(R) | | | 9/26/2014 | | @ DETROIT | | |
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| |  | CLEVELAND: CLEVELAND (AP) - Jason Kipnis didn't want it to end. He had plenty of company.
After the final out ended the club's magical, turnaround season so jarringly last October, Kipnis, who made his first All-Star team in 2013 and a few of his teammates lingered in the dugout and watched as Tampa Bay's players celebrated their 4-0 win in the AL wild-card playoff game.
One and done. Hardly the finish Cleveland wanted.
And once again, the city would remain without a major sports championship, a drought approaching its 50-year anniversary.
But despite their brief postseason appearance in manager Terry Francona's first year, the Indians intend to play in October again - and again.
''We don't want it to be a fluke,'' Kipnis said. ''We don't want to be a one-trick pony. We want to be at the top and we want to stay there.''
Hoping to build off their unexpected 92-win campaign, the Indians enter 2014 confident they can not only contend this season, but go even further.
During spring training in Arizona, first baseman Nick Swisher, who also serves as the club's high-energy hype man, handed out ''Unfinished Business'' T-shirts to his teammates.
The Indians aren't satisfied.
''Last season, hopefully, was a steppingstone that we needed to get us going in the right direction,'' Swisher said. ''Last year was that amazing year to get us in the right mind frame to say, `Hey, we can do this. We are a team. And people need to start recognizing it.'''
Cleveland had to win its final 10 games just to make the playoffs. The late-season kick wouldn't have been necessary if the Indians had played more consistently, and more evenness has been a focus for Francona, who feels his club has the makings to do something special again.
''I love our team,'' said the AL's manager of the year. ''I love coming to the ballpark and watching them play. They are easy to like because they try hard. When you can show up with a group of guys and you respect the way they go about things it makes the challenging times more fulfilling. We know we can do it now. We've got to try and go do it better.''
| | MINNESOTA: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The number is staggering. In the past three years, the Minnesota Twins have lost 291 games. Ninety-nine in 2011. Ninety-six each of the last two seasons.
A team that was once viewed as a model for succeeding and competing with modest financial resources has been an afterthought for too long now. They have finished last in the AL Central twice and were fourth last season.
So the Twins shed their frugal ways in the offseason, shelling out $73 million to bring in Ricky Nolasco and Phil Hughes to bolster a lagging rotation. They also brought back manager Ron Gardenhire on a two-year deal and moved Joe Mauer from catcher to first base in an effort to protect their franchise player from injury.
''They made a statement: `We don't want to see this again. We don't want to go through this again this summer,''' Gardenhire said.
The Twins said goodbye to longtime first baseman Justin Morneau late last season when general manager Terry Ryan traded him to the Pirates in a stretch-run deal. There weren't many other changes to an offense that has struggled to score runs, but the upgrades to the rotation have given the holdovers some peace of mind that they won't have to score seven runs a game to have a chance to win.
''It's night and day to be honest with you. Terry went out and spent some money on some good arms in Nolasco and Hughes,'' second baseman Brian Dozier said. ''Hughes had a bad year last year but is an All-Star pitcher and I think moving to this park will help him a lot. I think just getting out of New York to be honest with you. ... So we needed to address our pitching staff and Terry did that, and I'm happy about it.''
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (CLEVELAND-MINNESOTA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Indians-Twins Preview* =======================
By TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer
Cleveland (79-73) at Minnesota (65-87), 8:10 p.m. EDT
Although they've put some life into their slim playoff chances with outstanding pitching, the Cleveland Indians could have a tough time getting their offense on track in Minnesota.
The resurgent Indians hope to keep shaving games off their postseason deficits as they go after their fourth straight victory Friday night against 15-game winner Phil Hughes and the Twins.
Cleveland (79-73) appeared to be all but done after a four-game losing streak dropped it 7 1/2 games behind Central-leading Detroit and six back of Kansas City for the second wild-card spot.
The Indians, however, have since won three in a row behind a pitching staff that has allowed just three runs over 31 innings. Danny Salazar and seven relievers held Houston to eight hits over 13 innings in Thursday's 2-1 victory that moved the club within five games of the Tigers and four of a wild-card spot.
"The one thing we have to worry about is ourselves," said Mike Aviles, who drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly. "We have to come out and play every game and try to win every game. Whatever happens, happens."
Cleveland is on the verge of its longest winning streak since Aug. 1-4 despite totaling 21 runs and hitting .196 with runners in scoring position over its last eight contests.
Hughes (15-10, 3.56 ERA) has been tough on the Indians, going 3-1 with a 1.67 ERA in four starts dating back to 2010.
The right-hander surrendered five runs for the first time in nearly two months Saturday, though only three were earned over seven innings in a 5-1 road loss to the Chicago White Sox.
He finished with a season-high 11 strikeouts, becoming the first Twin to fan at least 10 since Francisco Liriano in July 2012.
"I've been close a few times this year," Hughes told MLB's official website.
Hughes, who has an MLB-best 11.0 strikeout-to-walk ratio, allowed one run with eight strikeouts and no walks over seven innings in a 4-1 home win over the Indians on Aug. 21.
Cleveland's Yan Gomes has five home runs and 14 RBIs in the season series. He's also hitting .366 in 13 games in Minnesota.
Second baseman Jason Kipnis, though, is day to day after leaving Thursday's game because of right hamstring tightness.
Trevor Bauer (5-8, 4.04) did not get a decision after allowing one earned run over five innings in Sunday's 6-4 loss at Detroit.
The right-hander is 0-2 with a 5.79 ERA in three meetings with the Twins this season. He went a career high-tying eight innings versus Minnesota on Sept. 9, allowing four fourth-inning runs and four hits in a 4-3 home defeat.
Oswaldo Arcia hit a two-run home run in that contest and is 4 for 8 with three homers versus Bauer this season. Arcia is hoping to return to the lineup after missing the past three games with back stiffness.
The last-place Twins (65-87) seek their first three-game winning streak since Aug. 21-23 after they took two of three from visiting Detroit with Wednesday's 8-4 victory.
Danny Santana finished a home run short of his first cycle and is 3 for 5 with a triple and a double against Bauer. He could get the start at shortstop with Eduardo Escobar day to day with a shoulder injury.
The Twins have dropped eight of the last 12 meetings, including a split of the previous six at Target Field.
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