It took 13 innings, but Cleveland eventually evened up the series against KC with a 6-3 win. Carlos Baerga had quite the night, going 4-6 while hitting for the cycle and driving in 3. To make it even more impressive, Baerga's homerun was of the inside the park variety as he banged one off the LF wall and raced around the bases as Royal LF Vince Coleman ran into the wall in an attempt to make the play. Baerga completed hit cycle with a triple in the right-centerfield gap that drove in his team's...

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Cleveland could only muster 3 runs on 2 hits in their first game in Kansas City as they got spanked 8-3 by the Royals. KC got big days at the plate from Bob Hamelin and Gary Gaetti, with Hamelin hitting a 3-run bomb and Gaetti doubling and driving in 3 of his own. Tom Gordon went 7 in the victory, giving up just 2 hits and 3 runs while striking out 5. Billy Brewer pitched 2 innings of no-hit ball to ensure a victory for the Royals.

Paul Sorrento doubled and drove in 2 while Kenny...

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The Cleveland Indians once again put away the Chicago White Sox to sweep the series, this time with a 6-2 victory. The defining moment of the game came in the bottom of the 5th as Cleveland touched Chicago pitcher "Black Jack" McDowell for 4 runs. Paul Sorrento came up big for Cleveland with a double, triple and 2RBI. Carlos Baerga had a big day as well, with a double and two-run homerun. Dennis Martinez got the win in 5 innings of 1-run ball, and Albie Lopez gave up 1 in the last...

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The Chicago White Sox jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the 1st inning, but the Indians shut them out the rest of the game to notch the come from behind victory. Darren Jackson worked Grimsley for a walk and came around to score on a single by Julio Franco to open up the scoring. Then after a Ventura strike out, Rock Raines lined a single into center to score Joey Cora.

Cleveland tied the game up in the bottom of the 5th as Jim Thome grounded a ball through the hole to RF for a...

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Mark Clark pitched brilliantly for the Indians, shutting down The Big Hurt and Co to garner a win in his first start of the young season. Cleveland pushed across a single run in the 1st, 3rd and 5th innings to give Clark all he would need. His only trouble came in the 9th as the tiring Clark gave up a 2-out walk to Lance Johnson and a double to Mike LaValliere. Eric Plunk entered the game and took all of one pitch to induce a groundball from Ozzie Guillen and complete the shutout.
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