Jamey Carroll News Archives

The next Indians manager doesn't have to be on the same word of the same sentence on the same page with the general manager.

John Danks set a single-season high in victories and did it in style on Monday night at Progressive Field during the White Sox 6-1 victory over the Indians.

The Indians led the Orioles, 6-0, through three innings today at Progressive Field.

CLEVELAND -- The Tigers beat the Indians, 11-3, Wednesday night. But the game still had a scary moment for the Tigers, a moment that transcended the pennant race with the Minnesota Twins and reached far into the future.

WHAT HAPPENED: Having already allowed two runs in the inning, Justin Verlander escaped a second-and-third, none-out jam in the third.

Shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jamey Carroll's line drive ricocheted off the hind quarters of rookie phenom Rick Porcello.

Rookie Matt LaPorta , one of the few reasons still left to watch the Indians, didn't play Wednesday because of a sore left hip.

OAKLAND: Rookies wear big-league uniforms, but they aren't fully formed major leaguers.

Jhonny Peralta's four RBI Saturday keyed Cleveland's 13-6 rout of Kansas City. Shin-Soo Choo hit a two-run homer and scored three times.

Oakland Athletics' Kurt Suzuki, right, eludes the tag from Cleveland Indians' Jamey Carroll on his way to second base after Landon Powell hit the ball in the seventh inning of their MLB game at the Oakland/Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Sept.

Nick Punto drove in two runs and Orlando Cabrera had a solo home run Tuesday in Minnesota's 5-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.

CLEVELAND: Who would have imagined that on Sept. 12, David Huff would be the Indians' winningest pitcher.

Security was tight tonight, as this squirrel found out the hard way. We're now headlong into baseball's garbage time - especially when a non-playoff team comes to town - and wins and losses don't mean a whole lot, but it was nice to see to see the individual performances that lead to tonight's blowout win.

This is the second installment in a twelve part series. Derek Shelton became the Indians hitting coach in June 2005, replacing Eddie Murray.

Peralta drove in four runs to help David Huff become Cleveland's first 10-game winner, and the Indians snapped the Kansas City Royals ' five-game winning streak with a 13-6 victory Saturday night.

CLEVELAND:Manager Eric Wedge had no second thoughts about sending Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Brantley to the plate on shallow singles to left in the ninth and 11th innings of Friday night's 2-1 12-inning loss to the Kansas City Royals.

CLEVELAND: Jamey Carroll has been one of the Indians' more valuable players the past two years, but there is no assurance he will be asked to return in 2010.

Clubhouse confidential: Jamey Carroll called the Indians together down the left field line at Progressive Field before Monday's game against Texas to tell them about Luke Holko, a 4-year-old boy who suffered a fractured skull when he was hit by a foul ball Wednesday while sitting in his father's lap at a Class A Mahoning Valley game.

Clubhouse confidential : Kate Wedge, wife of Indians manager Eric Wedge, delivered a care package to 4-year-old Luke Holko and his family at Akron Children's Hospital on Wednesday.

Reliever Joe Smith 's first season with the Indians is concluding in proper fashion.

UPDATED: 4:17 p.m. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Drum roll, please. The Indians last September call up isn't International League batting champion Jordan Brown, it's utility infielder Niuman Romero.

After clawing to within striking distance of the American League Central-leading Tigers at the beginning of the week, the Twins took another giant step backward Friday.

Got an Indians question? Send it in. Submit your question at cleveland.com/heyhoynsie, and Plain Dealer Indians beat writer Paul Hoynes will choose at least one to answer each Sunday here in the sports section.

What Luke Hochevar wants to avoid at all costs is even a hint of repeating his first start this season, which happened to be at Oakland.

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