| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, August 5th, 2008: Cleveland Blanked by Red Sox
Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox shut out the Cleveland Indians 5-0, held them to 5 hits with no walks and 10 strikeouts. Schilling said, "I could throw any pitch on any count."
The Cleveland skipper called his game a jewel, saying, "The way he was pitching, it would have been tough for anyone to beat him."
To date this season Schilling is 9-6 with 22 starts and an ERA of 3.52 with 101 strikeouts in 151 innings. |
 | Friday, July 18th, 2008: Slowey Holds Indians Scoreless
"Sometimes I was smart . . . and sometimes just a little lucky." That's how Kevin Slowey of the Minnesota Twins described his shutout victory over the Cleveland Indians. Slowey blanked them 7-0 on 6 hits while striking out 6 and walking 0.
On his stats sheet this season Slowey shows a 7-6 record, 19 starts, 122.2 innings, 86 strikeouts and a 5.06 ERA.
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 | Friday, July 4th, 2008: Reds Hopper Smacks 5 Hits!
It was a parade of hits for Norris Hopper of the Cincinnati Reds...one right after another...a total of 5 for the day. He ravaged the Cleveland Indians for 5 hits in his 6 at-bats and propelled the Reds to a 13-4 victory.
"Hopper was really good and we were really bad," groaned the Indians manager. "Next time he's that hot, we'll just walk him."
N. Hopper singled in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 2nd, singled in the 3rd, tripled in the 6th, hit a three-run home run off A. Fultz in the 7th and struck out in the 8th.
So far in 2008 Hopper is hitting .365 with 4 home runs, 28 RBIs and 66 runs scored. He has 123 hits and played in 78 games.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 59-59, .500 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 8.0 GB | | Record at home | 35-27, .565 PCT | | Record on the road | 24-32, .429 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 4-4, .500 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 10-14, .417 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 25-18, .581 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 34-41, .453 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 2-8, .200 PCT | | Record in April | 15-6, .714 PCT | | Record in May | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in June | 12-15, .444 PCT | | Record in July | 13-12, .520 PCT | | Record in August | 4-13, .235 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .252 - 14th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .334 - 6th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .386 - 14th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .720 - 13th in AL | | Runs Scored | 540 - 10th in AL | | Hits | 1019 - 14th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 330 - 14th in AL | | Home Runs | 95 - 12th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 427 - 5th in AL | | Strikeouts | 912 - 11th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 37 - 13th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.02 - 4th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.35 - 6th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.19 - 2nd in AL | | Runs allowed | 523 - 4th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1122 - 10th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .270 - 10th in AL | | BABIP | .313 - 8th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 89 - 2nd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 264 - 1st in AL | | Strikeouts | 771 - 11th in AL |
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