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Thursday, 22 September 2011 08:50

Omar Vizquel Wants One More Year

Omar Vizquel wants to return for a 24th season in the major leagues.

The 44-year-old shortstop said Wednesday that he still loves the game, believes he can continue to perform at a good level andintends to play for some team.

In 58 games as a utility infielder for the Chicago White Sox, the three-time All-Star and 11-time Gold Glove winner is hitting .251.

Vizquel said climbing up the all-time leaderboard in various categories is not as important to him as being able to contributeto a team with postseason hopes.

Vizquel, who spent 10 years in the prime of his career in Cleveland from 1994 through 2003, entered the day with 2,841 hits.

That's 45th all-time, one in back of Ivan Rodriguez and seven behind Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson.


(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Published in Indians
Wednesday, 21 September 2011 08:38

Indians And White Sox Split Day-Night DH

Alexei Ramirez's seventh-inning single broke the game's final tie and led Chicago to a 5-4 win over the Cleveland Indians last night, giving the White Sox a split of theday-night doubleheader.

Asdrubal Cabrera's solo home run and six strong innings from Fausto Carmona gave Cleveland a 4-3 win in the first game. Travis Hafner and Kosuke Fukudome also homered in Game One. Chris Perez earned save number 35 in the opener.

The teams, who were eliminated from the AL Central race last week when Detroit clinched the division, are battling for second place. The Indians lead the White Sox by 1.5 games.

Matt Thornton (2-5) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the win in the second game and Chris Sale went the final 1 2-3 innings for his seventh save.

Cleveland took a 4-3 lead into the seventh before Chicago rallied against rookie reliever Zach Putnam (0-1). The Indians scored all of their runs in the fourth inning.

The teams continue their series tonight at Progressive Field. Ubaldo Jimenez takes the mound for the Indians against Mark Buhrle for the White Sox.



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