Too Much To Overcome, Indians Fall To The Empire.
Pavano left scratching his head, shelled by his former team.
Teams|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|R|H|E
New York
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Cleveland
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AP - Cleveland, OH - The Yankees finished the series the only way they knew how, hitting the crap out of the ball. The Yanks have been embarrassed by this Cleveland ball club for five games, tonight the Yankees didn't want to make it six. "They were hitting the ball well, we wern't until late." Said Carl Pavano, who had his worst outing of the year. "Nothing was going right, control was off, my stuff wasn't hitting the spots and they were hitting it out of the park."
The Indians made a sad attempt at the rally in the ninth and even forced the Yankees to bring out Mariano Rivera for the save. It started with Wily Mo Pena who blasted his second shot of the season, after that the bats woke up for a two out rally to push four runs across the plate, until Rivera came in and Francisco grounded out and the Yankees got the final out, and pushed the season series to 5-3, in favor of the Indians.
"You know, when you think about it." Said Eric Wedge. "We did what we were supposed to do, split this series with an amazing ball club, they're loaded with All-Star talent. We're still on pace with them and the AL Central. We just need a break out month and we'll lead the Central, the Tigers had one, the White Sox had one, now it's our turn I think. We'll turn this around in June." Hopefully Wedge is right, because the start so far hasn't been good.
The Indians get a couple of AL Central opponents to start off June, on the road versus the Minny Twins, and the White Sox of Chicago. This month inter-league play dominates, the Indians will have to do well on the road if they want that AL Central lead and hope that the Tigers and White Sox slip up over the next month leading to the All-Star break, in July. Six weeks away from the All-Star game and the Indians are ready to put this series behind them and make a move.
Lineup:
SS Jeter 1-5 | 1K
LF Damon 3-5 |
3B Rodriguez 2-5 |
1B Teixeira 1-5 | 1K
RF Nady 2-5 |
DH Matsui 4-5 |
2B Cano 1-5 | 1K
CF Cabrera 3-4 |
C Molina 2-4 |
Batting:
2B: J. Damon 2 (13), A. Rodriguez (9), H. Matsui (12), X. Nady (5), R. Cano (14), M. Cabrera (11).
3B: X. Nady (2)
HR: J. Damon (6), H. Matsui (10), M. Cabrera (1)
RBI: J. Damon (26), M. Teixeira (43), A. Rodriguez (47), H. Matsui (31), R. Cano (26), M. Cabrera 3 (10)
GIDP: R. Cano, M. Cabrera
Pitching:
Burnett (W, 4-3) | 8.0IP | 8H | 2R | 2ER | 4SO | 2.91 ERA |
Marte | 0.2IP | 5H | 3R | 3ER | 3.63 ERA |
Rivera (S, 18) | 0.1IP | 1.20 ERA |
Lineup:
CF Francisco 1-5 | 1K
RF Pena 2-4 |
2B Cabrera 1-4 | 1K
C Martinez 0-4 |
LF Willingham 1-4 | 1K
1B Johnson 3-4 |
3B Carroll 1-4 |
1B Garko 3-4 |
SS Peralta 1-4 | 1K
Batting:
2B:
J. Willingham (13), N. Johnson (8), B. Francisco (11)
HR:
W. Pena (2)
RBI:
N. Johnson (23), J. Peralta (32), W. Pena (5), J. Carroll (18)
GIDP:
V. Martinez, J. Peralta, J. Carroll
Pitching:
Pavano (L, 2-2) | 4.0IP | 11H | 5R | 5ER | 1SO | 5.37 ERA |
Meloan | 5.0IP | 8H | 4R | 4ER | 2SO | 3.94 ERA |
Player of the Game:
J. Damon
3 for 5 - HR, 2 Doubles
Next Game:
June 2nd, 2009
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