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CLEVELAND - As Michael Brantley headed toward the clubhouse door and off-season carrying his belongings in a blue duffel bag, Clevelands All-Star outfielder didnt look up at a TV showing Detroits champagne-soaked celebration of another AL Central title. Tom Nelson .This wasnt the way Brantley or the Indians thought it would end a€” shy of October.Failing to build off their wild-card appearance in 2013, the Indians completed an unfulfilling season with a 7-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.Cleveland was done in by too many errors, injuries, an inconsistent offence and sub-par years from Nick Swisher and Jason Kipnis, two highly paid players that were counted on.We came in with high expectations, outfielder David Murphy said. I joined a team that went to the playoffs last year. We had every expectation of doing that again and maybe win the division. Obviously, things didnt work out that way.Rookie Zach Walters and Carlos Santana each drove in two runs as the Indians finished 85-77, a seven-win drop from a year ago.For manager Terry Francona, the finality of his second season in Cleveland brought mixed emotions. There was disappointment tinged with some jealousy toward the teams moving on.You go 100 miles an hour, and youre with this group all day, every day, and then all of a sudden it comes to a crashing halt, and you go home, he said. I thought they did a really good job of playing right up until the end.Walters and Murphy hit solo second-inning homers off Alex Cobb (10-9) for the Indians, who failed to build on last season when they hosted Tampa Bay in the AL wild-card game.T.J. House (5-3), whose consistency gives Cleveland hope for the future, gave up Sean Rodriguezs leadoff homer in the second, but otherwise kept the ALs lowest-scoring team off the board. The Indians went 7-0 in his home starts.Despite their many issues, the Indians stayed alive in the playoff race until Friday. They may have fallen short of goals, but the Indians have posted consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 2000-01 and with a core of young players and a pitching staff anchored by Cy Young candidate Corey Kluber, theres plenty of reason for optimism.We did about what we could do, Francona said. All things considered, I think we said from the first day, you play the game the way you can and you look up at the end and you take where you are at. Thats probably where we deserve to be.Francona rested most of his starters, including Brantley, who made a late MVP push. Brantley is the first player in Cleveland history with 200 hits, 40 doubles, 20 homers and 20 steals in a season, joining Jacoby Ellsbury as the only players to hit those plateaus in the past seven years.While Brantley emerged as one of the leagues rising stars, Kipnis flattened out.After signing a $52.5 million, six-year deal before the home opener, Kipnis batted just .240 with six homers and 41 RBIs. Its a shocking drop off for the 27-year-old, an All-Star last season when he hit .284 with 17 homers and 84 RBIs.Following the game, Kipnis gave away bats as souvenirs to fans sitting behind the Indians dugout.He wasnt nearly as giving with the media.Not from me, he said, waving off reporters afterward. Nope.Murphy and Walters connected in the second to make it 2-1 against Cobb, who was the winning pitcher against Cleveland in last years wild-card game.Rodriquez gave the Rays a 1-0 lead in the second, crushing Houses first pitch for his 12th homer.TERRIFIC TWOSOMEWith Brantley getting 200 hits and Kluber striking out 269, the Indians are the first team to have a 200-hit player and pitcher with more than 250 strikeouts since Arizona (Luis Gonzalez, Randy Johnson) in 1999.EMPTY FEELINGThe Indians drew 1,437,393 fans, the second fewest since Progressive Field opened in 1994.LAST LICKS?Indians DH Jason Giambi hasnt decided whether to continue his playing career, which began with Oakland in 1995. The 43-year-old plans to go home and enjoy his family before making his next move. He said its strange to have an uncertain future.Who knows? he said. Maybe somebodys looking for a broken down 44-year-old to take a few extra hacks.(K)OUNTINGClevelands pitchers struck out eight, raising their season record to 1,450. Tampa Bay, which also passed the previous mark set by Detroit last season, finished with 1,437 strikeouts. Rip King .com) - Willie Cauley-Stein and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 12 points in the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats 70-55 victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide. Brett Brackett . The photograph shows Parker and a French comedian making a gesture known in France as a "quenelle," which critics describe as inverted Nazi salute. Parker said in a statement released through the Spurs that the photograph was taken three years ago. Parker, who was born in Belgium but raised in France, said he didnt know at the time that "it could be in any way offensive or harmful.Schedule | Groups Group A DATE HOST MATCH-UP TIME/RESULT June 6 Edmonton Canada vs. China TBA June 6 Edmonton New Zealand vs. Netherlands TBA June 11 Edmonton China vs. Netherlands TBA June 11 Edmonton Canada vs. New Zealand TBA June 15 Montreal Netherlands vs. Canada TBA June 15 Winnipeg China vs. New Zealand TBA Group B DATE HOST MATCH-UP TIME/RESULT June 7 Ottawa Germany vs. Ivory Coast TBA June 7 Ottawa Norway vs. Thailand TBA June 11 Ottawa Germany vs. Norway TBA June 11 Ottawa Ivory Coast vs. Thailand TBA June 15 Winnipeg Thailand vs. Germany TBA June 15 Moncton Ivory Coast vs. Norway TBA Group C DATE HOST MATCH-UP TIME/RESULT June 8 Vancouver Japan vs. Switzerland TBA June 8 Vancouver Cameroon vs. Ecuador TBA June 12 Vancouver Japan vs. Cameroon TBA June 12 Vancouver Switzerland vs. Ecuador TBA June 16 Winnipeg Ecuador vs. Japan TBA June 16 Edmonton Switzerland vs. Cameroon TBA Group D DATE HOST MATCH-UP TIME/RESULT June 8 Winnipeg United States vs. Australia TBA June 8 Winnipeg Sweden vs. Nigeria TBA June 12 Winnipeg United States vs. Sweden TBA June 12 Winnipeg Australia vs. Nigeria TBA June 16 Vancouver Nigeria vs. United States TBA June 16 Edmonton Australia vs. Sweden TBA Group E DATE HOST MATCH-UP TIME/RESULT June 9 Montreal Brazil vs. Anthony Simmons. Korea Republic TBA June 9 Montreal Spain vs. Costa Rica TBA June 13 Montreal Brazil vs. Spain TBA June 13 Montreal Korea Republic vs. Costa Rica TBA June 17 Moncton Costa Rica vs. Brazil TBA June 17 Ottawa Korea Republic vs. Spain TBA Group F DATE HOST MATCH-UP TIME/RESULT June 9 Moncton France vs. England TBA June 9 Moncton Colombia vs. Mexico TBA June 13 Moncton France vs. Colombia TBA June 13 Moncton England vs. Mexico TBA June 17 Ottawa Mexico vs. France TBA June 17 Montreal England vs. Colombia TBA Knockout Stage DATE (MATCH #) HOST MATCH-UP TIME/RESULT June 20 (37) Edmonton 2A vs. 2C TBA June 20 (39) Ottawa 1B vs. 3ACD TBA June 21 (40) Montreal 1F vs. 2E TBA June 21 (41) Moncton 1E vs. 2D TBA June 21 (44) Vancouver 1A vs. 3CDE TBA June 22 (38) Edmonton 1D vs. 3BEF TBA June 22 (43) Ottawa 2B vs. 2F TBA June 23 (42) Vancouver 1C vs. 3ABF TBA June 26 (QF1) Ottawa W37 vs. W38 TBA June 26 (QF2) Montreal W39 vs. W40 TBA June 27 (QF3) Edmonton W41 vs. W42 TBA June 27 (QF4) Vancouver W43 vs. W44 TBA June 30 (SF1) Montreal WQF1 vs. WQF2 TBA July 1 (SF2) Edmonton WQF3 vs. WQF4 TBA July 4 (BRONZE) Edmonton LSF1 vs. LSF2 TBA July 5 (FINAL) Vancouver WSF1 vs. WSF2 TBA ' ' '