Lou Marson News

The 2009 season is mercifully over for our boys. We are sick of it. The only reason to think about the 2009 season anymore is to try to figure out what it tells us about the future.

The Red Sox lead the Indians, 3-0, tonight after six innings at Fenway Park. No problem: Boston left-hander Jon Lester, knocked out of his most recent start when the Yankees' Melky Cabrera hit him in the leg with a line drive in the third inning, held the Indians scoreless on two hits through six innings.

The Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox split their doubleheader on Wednesday.

CLEVELAND: History will have to wait. The 2009 Indians soundly rejected the chance to enter the hallowed pages of the record book, proclaiming with a victory over the Baltimore Orioles: ''We don't need no stinkin' losing streak.'' The number of consecutive Tribe defeats had reached 11 going into the game, one less than the franchise record, set in ...

Lou Marson drove in two runs Wednesday, leading the Cleveland Indians in a 5-1 win over the Chicago White Sox in the first game of a doubleheader.

Eric Wedge says "young at-bats" have hurt the team in their September swoon. Some fans don't like the comment, but Hoynsie says there's nothing wrong with a little honesty.

Some say he's Lou MAR-son. Others insist he's Lou Mar-SOHN. Lou Marson , a rookie catcher for the Tribe, is not partial.

SportsTime Ohio; WKYC Channel 3; WTAM AM/1100 PD file Jeremy Sowers hopes to do better tonight than in his last outing, when he didn't get past the second inning.

The Indians led the Orioles, 3-2, through six innings tonight at Progressive Field.

Clubhouse confidential: A table in the Indians' clubhouse held dozens of boxes of baseballs in the process of being autographed on Wednesday.

The A's brought some of their mojo home after their best road trip of the year. They picked up Thursday night at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum against Cleveland where they left off Wednesday at Arlington, Texas, against the Rangers.

UPDATED: 1:55 a.m. OAKLAND, Calif. -- What do Justin Masterson and Clayton Mortensen have in common? They were acquired before the July 31 trading deadline by rebuilding/payroll-dumping teams in exchange for big-time hitters on their way to contenders.

Benny Looper said the Phillies had no idea Jason Knapp needed surgery when they traded him to the Indians.

The Indians lead the Twins, 2-0, tonight after three innings at the Metrodome. First blast: Trevor Crowe hit his first big-league homer in the third inning.

Right-hander Jason Knapp will undergo surgery on his right shoulder Tuesday in New York to remove loose bodies that caused the Indians to put him on the disabled list at Class A Lake County.

The Indians told Jordan Brown why they didn't call him up to the big leagues in September.

Sometimes September callups have a way of energizing a lost season. "I got energized a few months back," manager Eric Wedge joked.

Lou Marson's reunion with Carlos Carrasco and debut with the Indians was rained out Monday night at Progressive Field, but the story line should stay in place with the game being made up Tuesday as part of a doubleheader against Texas, starting at 5:05 p.m. Carrasco will face Tommy Hunter in the first game.

The Indians have promoted catcher Lou Marson from Class AAA Columbus. Marson, acquired from Philadelphia on July 29 in the Cliff Lee trade, becomes the 31st member of the Major League roster.

Still working himself into a bullpen option role for 2010, although will likely face the rule 5 draft this offseason.