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Tribe Shut-Down the Yankees
NEW YORK (TW) -- Cliff Lee went 7 innings to help shut-out Chien-Ming Wang and the New York Yankees, 3-0, Wednesday night. Lee became the 1st Tribe pitcher to win his first 6 starts since Greg Swindell in 1988 and lowered his ERA to 0.84, the best in MLB. He has allowed just 4 earned runs in 44 2/3 innings this season

Victor Martinez had a sacrifice fly in the 1st inning, Casey Blake singled in a run in the 4th and David Dellucci added an RBI single in the 5th. The Tribe also clinched their 1st winning season series against the Yankees since 1992.

TW Game Star: Cliff Lee: (6-0, 0.81 ERA) went 7.0 innings, allowing no runs, off of 6 hits, while striking-out 7.

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GameWatch:

ALCD	Team	Record	PCT	GB	STK
1	Minnesota Twins	17-15	.531	-	W 1
2	TRIBE	16-17	.485	1.5	W 2
3	Chicago White Sox	15-16	.469	2	L 1
4	Kansas City Royals	15-18	.455	2.5	W 1
5	Detroit Tigers	15-20	.429	3.5	W 1

Last Game:
@New York Yankees
Wed., May 7, 2008: W 3-0
Attendance: 50,199 (87.3% full)

Upcoming Games:

@New York Yankees
Thu., May 8, 2008, 1:05
TV: STO Radio: WTAM 1100-AM
NYY: Mike Mussina (RHP) (4-3; 4.23 ERA)
CLE: Paul Byrd (RHP) (1-2; 3.74 ERA)

Toronto Blue Jays
Fri., May 9, 2008, 7:05
TV: STO Radio: WTAM 1100-AM
TOR: Roy Halladay (RHP) (3-4; 3.00 ERA)
CLE: C.C. Sabathia (LHP) (1-5; 7.51 ERA)

Toronto Blue Jays
Sat., May 10, 2008, 7:05
TV: STO Radio: WTAM 1100-AM
TOR: Dustin McGowan (RHP) (2-2; 2.95 ERA)
CLE: Aaron Laffey (LHP) (0-2; 2.84 ERA)

TribeWatchers:

Stay tuned for an EXCLUSIVE interview with PD sports reporter, Terry Pluto, by MoneyMike after the Cavs finish their season.

We know this is a old post, but it still rings true with us, fellow Cleveland sports fans and feel it's worth another read for the 2008 season of Indians baseball ...

The Day After
The Life of a Cleveland Sports Fan
By MoneyMike
Monday, October 22, 2007

With the entire city of Cleveland walking around with a look of beaten disbelief akin to the bikers from 'A Bronx Tale' after Chazz Palmintari's thugs pounded them at gun point, I have to make the admission that I did this to you. I did this to you and I knew better ... Continue reading MoneyMike's column.

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2008 Season Tid Bits:

AL Central Record: 7-6

AL East Record: 4-4

AL West Record: 5-7

Interleague Record:0-0

Home Record: 8-11

Road Record: 8-6

Day Game Record: 4-8

Night Game Record (After 6:00pm EST): 12-9

Extra Innings Record: 1-1

Record in One Run Games: 4-3

Longest Winning Streak: 5 Games (1x Last: April 22-April 26)

Longest Losing Streak: 3 Games (4x Last: April 27-April 29)

Series Record: Won: 4 | Lost: 6 | Split: 2

Most Runs Scored in One Inning: 7 (2nd; March 31; v.White Sox)

Most Runs Scored in a Game: 15 (April 22; @Royals)

Most Hits in a Game: 17 (1x Last: April 22; @Royals)

Shut-outs: 3

Last-at-bat-wins: 3

Saves: 6

Blown Saves: 3 (Last: May 1)

Complete Games: 2 (Last: April 24, Cliff Lee)

Most walk-up tickets ever purchased at Jacobs Field: 8,754 (07.02.07)

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TW Book Partner:
Local book publishers, Gray & Company, have partnered up with TribeWatch to offer you an easy way to purchase the best books about Cleveland. A new book will be featured every month.

May's featured book: Dealing by Terry Pluto.
Format: Softcover, 240 pages.

Will the Indians get back to the playoffs in 2008? Terry wrote the book on the Indians' recent rebuilding process. Now, in the new paperback edition of his book Dealing, Terry tells how the team fell apart in 2006 and rebounded to within one game of the World Series in 2007.

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Coming in 2008 ... TWPC! (TribeWatch PodCast):
The TribeWatch Podcast is still a work in process. This is a major project that we want to get right. It will feature a summary on the past week's games along with our own comments and would be posted every Monday.

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NBA Basketball - Playoffs
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS: 2nd Round; v.Celtics; Best of 7: (0-1)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas led the Cavaliers with 22 points and 12 rebounds, but they came up short in Boston, losing by a final of 76-72 in Game 1 of the East Semis.

Game 2: @Boston | Thursday | 7:00 | TV: ESPN / FSN Ohio / WUAB

USL Soccer
CLEVELAND CITY STARS: (3-1-0-2)
The Cleveland City Stars and the Harrisburg City Islanders played to a 0-0 draw on Saturday night. It was the second draw in two weeks, and the third in five career matchups for the two teams.

AFL Football
CLEVELAND GLADIATORS: 5-4
In front of a raucous crowd of 13,721, the Gladiators posted 67 points, en route to the 67-55 win over the visiting and previously unbeaten Philadelphia Soul.

NFL Football
CLEVELAND BROWNS:
The Browns have announced the signings of 15 undrafted rookie free agents, including four defensive backs and several players who had productive careers for top-level college programs. The group of 15 is scheduled to arrive in Cleveland tomorrow. Pending the passing of physicals, they'll join the Browns' five draft picks and a group of tryout players for this weekend's rookie minicamp in Berea

AHL Hockey
LAKE ERIE MONSTERS:
Top executives and hockey operations staff met with media on Tuesday to review the first season of Monsters hockey. Quicken Loans Arena president Len Komoroski, Monsters president Kerry Bubolz, general manager David Oliver and head coach Joe Sacco talked about the success of the inaugural season

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