| Breaking News |  | Monday, September 21st, 2009: Athletics Litsch Dominates Indians
Oakland starter Jesse Litsch really did a number on the Indians today, shutting them out 9-0 on 5 hits in a complete game victory. He issued no walks and had 9 strikeouts.
In his postgame comments, the Cleveland manager said, "We didn't have good at-bats. I don't make excuses, but when we were playing the game, our energy didn't show. That comes from either extremely good pitching or extremely lousy hitting... seeing as our team has a bunch of pretty good hitters, I have to tip my cap to Jesse... he did an outstanding job today."
In 2009, Litsch has chalked up 15 wins and 9 losses in 31 starts with 177 strikeouts in 213.1 innings and a 3.67 ERA.
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 | Thursday, September 3rd, 2009: Orioles Shut Out Indians, Patterson Winner
John Patterson allowed 5 hits while giving up no walks and collecting 10 strikeouts as Baltimore blanked Cleveland 4-0.
In the postgame interview Patterson said, "I'm trying to keep the ball down and let guys put it in play. It worked for me today."
This season Patterson has compiled a 7-5 mark with a 4.16 ERA in 12 starts.
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 | Monday, August 3rd, 2009: Best Player Award Caps Great Week
This week's Player of the Week was Ole Sheldon of the Cleveland Indians.
He bombarded American League pitching for 12 hits in 24 at-bats, 1 home run, and 9 RBIs while hitting .500 and scoring 4 runs.
Sheldon is presently hitting at a .326 pace with 20 home runs, 59 RBIs and has scored 68 times.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 80-82, .494 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 25.0 GB | | Record at home | 44-37, .543 PCT | | Record on the road | 36-45, .444 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-10, .474 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 27-30, .474 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 15-21, .417 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 65-61, .516 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 14-11, .560 PCT | | Record in May | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in June | 12-12, .500 PCT | | Record in July | 12-16, .429 PCT | | Record in August | 13-14, .481 PCT | | Record in September | 14-16, .467 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .260 - 9th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .316 - 12th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .389 - 10th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .705 - 10th in AL | | Runs Scored | 676 - 10th in AL | | Hits | 1484 - 5th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 426 - 6th in AL | | Home Runs | 141 - 8th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 426 - 11th in AL | | Strikeouts | 1250 - 7th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 0 - 14th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.84 - 6th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 3.75 - 6th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.14 - 9th in AL | | Runs allowed | 683 - 6th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1478 - 9th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .263 - 9th in AL | | BABIP | .312 - 9th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 149 - 5th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 413 - 5th in AL | | Strikeouts | 1212 - 9th in AL |
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