(30-21)

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NY Yankees 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 6 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 WP: J. Chamberlain (3-1) S: M. Rivera (11)  LP: G. Aquino (1-1)

(22-31)

Progressive Field~Cleveland–It was a 1 – 1 tie for four innings and Joba was throwing very economically for 6 innings and Girardi let him go out there in the 7th after a long inning on the bench. In the Top of the 7th inning the Yankees scored 4 times to give Joba a lead to work with. A lot of trouble for the Indians came on walks. They walked the bases loaded a few times and one time Nick Swisher made them pay when he hit a 2 RBI double that was almost a Grand Slam but missed it by only about a foot. The other two runs scored when A-Rod hit a dribbler to short that somehow found a way through into the outfield. Joba walked the leadoff man in the 7th got a groundout to Ramiro Pena for the first out but the runner Choo moved into scoring position. Joba reached a top speed of 98 MPH in the 7th, the hardest he’s thrown since being put into the starting rotation. Choo stole third base and the throw from Posada didn’t miss him by much. DeRosa grounded out to Jeter to score Choo which made it a 5 – 2 Yankees lead but gave the Yankees two outs in the bottom of the 7th. Joba recorded the final out of the inning on a fly ball to left fielder Melky Cabrera who recently came off an injury after he cr
ashed into the outfield wall earlier on the road trip. The Yankees have had a total of 10 walks in the game and that total is only up until the top of the 8th inning. Melky drew a walk to lead off the eight which made it 11 walks in the game given up by the tribe. Melky moved to second with no outs on a past ball that got by Shoppach who is in for the injured Victor Martinez who is the DH tonight. Pena bunted foul with two strikes for the second run of the inning trying to get Melky to third but it didn’t work. Damon fouled out to Peralta for the second out of the inning. Derek Jeter grounded out to end the inning. Carroll grounded out to Teixiera for the first out of the eighth.Shoppach grounded to short,Jeter made a 360 throw to first for out number two. The third out was lined to Teixiera by Cabrera for the third out of the inning to end Joba’s longest outing of the season. Nick Swisher stepped in to lead off the top of the ninth inning. Swisher laced a double to the gap in left center for his second consecutive double. Teixiera and Rodriguez struck out back to back for the first two outs of the ninth inning. Posada quickly down 0 – 2 worked the count back to 3 – 2 and popped out to DeRosa in left field. Mariano Rivera was called upon by Girardi to close out the game in the ninth. Mo starts the inning against Ben Francisco who ended his five game hitting streak on a come backer to Rivera. DH Victor Martinez is Mo’s next victim of the inning. Martinez is only 2 – 9 against Mo coming into this at bat. Melky drifts back and puts Martinez’s pop up away for out number two. Shin-Soo Choo steps in as Cleveland’s last hope against Mo. Choo swings out of his shoes on the first pitch 94 MPH fastball. Choo hits a baltimore chop back to Mo to end it and the Yankees finished their road trip 5 – 2 and also they have broken an MLB record of 18 games without committing an error. Mariano finishes the road trip with his eleventh save of the season. Also since the Red Sox did not play today the Yankees gained a one game lead over the SECOND place Red Sox.