The 2012 Cleveland Indians lost for the 94th time on Wednesday night, looking lifeless in a 9-0 rout. So, the season ends as it began, with a disappointing loss. Way back in Game #1, it was Chris Perez's blown save and an extra inning loss. On October 3, it was the same team that we saw suffer through one of the worst months in franchise history in August and create a place in the record books as the first team to lose 90 or more games in a season three times in a four-year span. Was that Shin-Soo Choo's final home game? Did Travis Hafner take his last at bat in an Indians uniform? Was that Sandy Alomar Jr.'s last game as manager? Those are the questions following Game 162.

The Indians never really had a chance in this game, trailing 2-0 after the second and 7-0 after the fifth. They didn't get a runner to third base until the eighth and managed just five hits. The White Sox did the majority of their damage with the long ball. In the second, Dayan Viciedo, who walked all of 28 times this season, drew his sixth walk against Indians pitching. Dan Johnson followed with a two-run bomb to right field to put the White Sox ahead.

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Ehhh the big guy still has it after all?

October 2nd, 2012

Chicago White Sox - 3

Cleveland Indians - 4

W: Chris Seddon (1-1) L: Matt Thornton (4-10)

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It wasn't some sort of heroic comeback, but it was a comeback none-the-less. You would probably feel demoralized if you went into the bottom of the ninth inning having just given up two runs to the opposing team in a tie game.

Enough reason to pack it up and pack it in. All you've mustered is a Shin-Soo Choo solo home run, what could possibly happen for you to tie this thing up with a pair of runs? Jake Peavy is still on the mound, going for the complete game. Pitching like Jake Peavy does. 

Which is well.

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For eight innings, the Indians and White Sox looked like two teams with no interest in being at the ballpark. One day after being eliminated from playoff contention, the White Sox had to suit up and play. The Indians, who eliminated themselves in late July when they started an 11-game losing streak, have been forced to play out the string through a brutal August and a lackluster September.  In the ninth inning, however, things got very interesting as the teams exchanged two-run home runs. It took 12 innings, but the Indians came out on top 4-3.

Through the first three innings, neither pitcher had allowed a run and White Sox starter Jake Peavy had gone nine up, nine down. Shin-Soo Choo kept history from happening with a leadoff home run in the fourth inning. It was Choo's 16th homer and his first since August 18 in Oakland. That would be the only hit for the Indians until the ninth inning.

Meanwhile, Justin Masterson, who has had a very up and down season, including some strange home/road splits and several starts allowing seven or more runs, was putting up zeroes until the sixth. To that point, Masterson had allowed just two hits, both singles. In the sixth, Dewayne Wise doubled with one out and Orlando Hudson subsequently singled to drive him home. Masterson finished that inning without further damage and that was the end of his 2012 season. Masterson went six innings, allowing one run on four hits, with one walk and five strikeouts. He ends the season 11-15 with a 4.93 ERA.

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You know, after smashing the ever-loving daylights out of the Royals on Sunday, there was a little sense of hope. A sense of hope that made you think things are a little better around these parts than you would have thought.

October 1st, 2012

Chicago White Sox - 11

Cleveland Indians - 0

W: Hector Santiago (4-1) L: Corey Kluber (2-5)

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So how do you feel after an 11-0 drubbing at the hands of the White Sox in which the offense could muster just two hits?

Okay, that was a little mean, but what can I say? How much can I really talk about a game like this? How much can I really muster at this point in the season about games like this one.

Hey, Hector Santiago went out there a week after, looking rather ordinary, and was little bit more than that. In fact, he was lights out. I mean, you have to be on your game to allow three base runners and strike out 10. 

There's your game. Santiago good, it doesn't matter what the Indians pitching did.

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