Greg Aquino News

This is the eighth installment in a 12-part series . Part of the Tribe's failure this year can be blamed on the reality that when players were failing to perform in April and May , no one was there in Akron or Columbus to step up and provide at least temporary relief.

Milwaukee Brewers' J.J. Hardy hits a one-run sacrifice fly off Cleveland Indians pitcher Greg Aquino in the 11th inning of a baseball game Wednesday in Cleveland.

The Louisville Bats fell to the Columbus Clippers 5-3 tonight, but in doing so, clinched the International League West division title.

Brian Myrow capped an Indianapolis comeback with a game-winning two-run single in the ninth as the Indians edged the Columbus Clippers 8-7. Tagg Bozied hit a three-run homer and Erik Kratz added a solo shot for the Tribe, who trailled 7-5 entering the bottom of the ninth.

Akron second baseman Jared Goedert hit into fielder's choice with the bases loaded that scored the winning run in the Aeros' 4-3 Class AA Eastern League win Tuesday night over the Baysox in Bowie, Md.

Clubhouse confidential : Times have changed. The last time the Indians played the Royals was June 11.

Clippers first baseman Matt LaPorta went 3-for-4 with four RBI, and Tony Graffanino drove in three as host Columbus downed Buffalo, 9-6, Thursday in Class AAA International League play.

Clippers first baseman Matt LaPorta went 3-for-4 with four RBI, and Tony Graffanino drove in three as host Columbus downed Buffalo, 9-6, Thursday in Class AAA International League play.

Three Columbus pitchers combined to toss a three-hitter and the visiting Clippers beat the Pawtucket Red Sox, 3-1, in Class AAA International League play Friday.

CHICAGO: Eric Wedge doesn't get it. The manager of the Indians fails to understand why so few among the 19 pitchers who have tried to find employment in the bullpen have fallen short.

Hector Rondon put the finishing touches on a spectacular triple-A debut with the Clippers tonight in Huntington Park by pitching six no-hit innings against the Indianapolis Indians.

This picture is too reminiscent of a time that I miss for me to not use it. Browse more photos>> After an extended rain delay, the game today was finally called final with the Indians suffering yet another loss.

The Cleveland Indians have been big underachievers this year, going just 31-48 in a year when they were expected to be contenders for the AL Central title and, perhaps, even the World Series... by Nathaniel Stoltz Opinion July 01, 2009 The Cleveland Indians have been big underachievers this year, going just 31-48 in a year when they were expected ...

PITTSBURGH: Whatever the Indians see in Jose Veras, it can't have anything to do with his performances against them this year as a Yankee.

Matt Herges and the rest of the 2009 Indians bullpen have supplanted the 1988 group as "The Bullpen From Hell." They deserve a downgrade.

The names and faces keep changing in the Indians bullpen. Greg Aquino is gone and has resurfaced at Class AAA Columbus.

The Cleveland Indians traded minor league first baseman Michael Aubrey to the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday for a player to be named.

The Indians have traded minor-league first baseman Michael Aubrey to the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named.

CLEVELAND: The Indians have turned losing into an infuriating art form. A play that should be made but isn't; a usually reliable reliever who gets his lunch handed to him; another starter who doesn't have it in him to reach the late innings.

CHICAGO: Mike Gosling wears No. 20 on the back of his jersey, but he ranks 23rd on the list of pitchers who have paraded to the mound wearing Indians uniforms in 2009.