Austin Kearns, Carlos Santana lead Cleveland Indians to 6-3 win over New York Yankees – MLB Update
Austin Kearns and Carlos Santana each launched homers, as the Cleveland Indians overpowered the New York Yankees 6-3 to grab series-opener of the three-game series, at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Monday, July 4.
After the Yankees’ right-fielder Nick Swisher, broke the scoreless tie with his two-run line drive to deep centre-field in the top of the seventh inning, the Indians’ Shelley Duncan reduced it to 2-1 with an RBI single and Austin Kearns took it to 4-2 in
the bottom of the seventh inning. With two-bases loaded, Kearns entered the plate and launched a 361-feet long grand slam, his third in the season.
The Yankees’ Curtis Granderson hammered a 400-feet long one-run home-run to reduce it to 4-3 in the top of the eighth inning. Carlos Santana, the Cleveland Indians’ catcher, splashed a 371-feet long two-run homer to put the lead into a 6-3 irrefutable position
and closer Chris Perez tossed a perfect ninth inning to take his team into their 45th win of the season.
Josh Tomlin allowed two runs on three hits with one walk and struck-out five batters over seven innings to earn his tenth win of the season. With this game, Tomlin has became the third ever player in the history of the baseball to pitch at least five innings
in all of his first 29 starts. Oscar Jones is leading the list with 51 consecutive starts in 1903-04 followed by George Winter’s 37 games in 1901-02.
Tony Sipp tossed just seven pitches to hold his 17 games while Vinnie Pestano gave away a one-run homer after throwing ten strikes of his overall 15 pitches.
The Yankees’ starter Allan Jones Burnett did not allow a run in his first six starts but after his team gained two runs lead, he went wrong and gave away costly four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. His four runs not only cost him his seventh loss
but also sent the Yankees to their 33rd loss of the season. Besides these runs, he allowed four walks and one home-run, as he also managed to strike-out six batters.
Closer Cory Wade became loose and scattered two runs on two hits including one homer in the eighth inning.
Jeter, who made his come-back after 15-days on the disabled list, could not get any hit. However, his face did not reflect any sign of stress.
"I felt fine, no problems, no issues," Jeter said. "I was nervous at the beginning, almost like it was Opening Day again. It was just nerves. Three weeks is definitely a long time to be out. I felt better as the game went on."
Before this game, the Yankees have also dropped in the rubber game of the three-game series against the New York Mets on July 3. However, the club now has chance to make their come back in the next game, as their pitcher Carsten Charles Sabathia, who has
won 11 games in this season with just four losses, will open the next game on July 5.
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