AL: NY YANKEES at CLEVELAND <div class="pre">AL FINAL 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - NY YANKEES 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 11 R H E -- -- - - - NY YANKEES 0 0 1 3 0 CLEVELAND 0 1 2 9 1 (FINAL 11) BATTERIES: NYY - ANDY PETTITTE, JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (7TH), MARIANO RIVERA (9TH), LUIS VIZCAINO (11TH) AND JORGE POSADA CLE - FAUSTO CARMONA, RAFAEL PEREZ (10TH) AND VICTOR MARTINEZ WP - RAFAEL PEREZ (1-0) LP - LUIS VIZCAINO (0-1) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: NYY - MELKY CABRERA (1) OFF FAUSTO CARMONA IN THE 3RD, 0 ON CLE - NONE TIME: 4:23 ATT: 44,732 PROBABLES: CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK (NR) NYY - ROGER CLEMENS (NR)</div>
Re: AL: NY YANKEES (0-1) at CLEVELAND (1-0) Yankees lose.</p> Our offense really knows how to suck when we need them.</p>
AL: NY YANKEES at CLEVELAND <div class="pre">NY YANKEES (1) VS CLEVELAND (2) - FINAL IN 11 INNINGS NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Damon lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .111 B Sardinha lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D Jeter ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .125 B Abreu rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 A Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 H Matsui dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 J Posada c 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 R Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 M Cabrera cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .125 D Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-S Duncan ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 35 1 3 1 2 6 8 a-grounded to shortstop for D Mientkiewicz in the 11th. BATTING: HR - M Cabrera (1, 3rd inning off F Carmona 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - M Cabrera (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1, H Matsui 1. GIDP - J Posada, R Cano. Team LOB - 3. BASERUNNING: SB - B Abreu (1, 2nd base off F Carmona/V Martinez). FIELDING: Outfield assists - M Cabrera (J Peralta at Home). PB - J Posada. DP: 1 (R Cano-D Jeter-D Mientkiewicz). CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg G Sizemore cf 4 1 2 0 2 1 1 .375 A Cabrera 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .125 T Hafner dh 6 0 2 1 0 2 2 .300 V Martinez c 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .375 R Garko 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .429 J Peralta ss 4 0 1 0 1 3 6 .250 K Lofton lf 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 .714 J Michaels rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 a-F Gutierrez ph-rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 .200 C Blake 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 Totals 35 2 9 1 7 10 22 a-struck out swinging for J Michaels in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - J Michaels (1, A Pettitte); J Peralta (2, A Pettitte). 3B - G Sizemore (1, A Pettitte). S - J Michaels , C Blake , A Cabrera 2. RBI - T Hafner (2). 2-out RBI - T Hafner. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - V Martinez 1, C Blake 1, J Peralta 4, A Cabrera 1. GIDP - A Cabrera. Team LOB - 14. BASERUNNING: SB - J Peralta (1, 2nd base off A Pettitte/J Posada). CS - K Lofton (1, 3rd base by A Pettitte). FIELDING: E - A Cabrera (1, ground ball). DP: 2 (A Cabrera-J Peralta-R Garko, J Peralta-R Garko). ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES - 001 000 000 00 -- 1 CLEVELAND - 000 000 010 01 -- 2 Two outs when winning run scored. ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era A Pettitte 6 1/3 7 0 0 2 5 0 0.00 J Chamberlain (B, 1) 1 2/3 0 1 1 2 2 0 5.40 M Rivera 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.00 L Vizcaino (L, 0-1) 2/3 2 1 1 2 0 0 13.50 CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era F Carmona 9 3 1 1 2 5 1 1.00 R Perez (W, 1-0) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 WP - J Chamberlain 2. IBB - V Martinez (by M Rivera), G Sizemore (by L Vizcaino). HBP - V Martinez (by J Chamberlain); R Garko (by M Rivera). Pitches-strikes: A Pettitte 92-58; J Chamberlain 25-12; M Rivera 38-23; L Vizcaino 25-11; F Carmona 113-77; R Perez 23-17. Ground balls-fly balls: A Pettitte 9-3; J Chamberlain 1-2; M Rivera 2-2; L Vizcaino 1-1; F Carmona 18-4; R Perez 1-4. Batters faced: A Pettitte 25; J Chamberlain 8; M Rivera 9; L Vizcaino 6; F Carmona 31; R Perez 6. UMPIRES: HP--Laz Diaz. 1B--Ron Kulpa. 2B--Fieldin Culbreth. 3B--Gerry Davis. LF--Jim Wolf. RF--Bruce Froemming. T--4:23. Att--44,732. Weather: 81 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, in from center.</div>
AL: NY YANKEES at CLEVELAND <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NY YANKEES (1) AT CLEVELAND (2) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NY YANKEES 3RD: R Cano grounded out to second. M Cabrera homered to right. D Mientkiewicz flied out to center. J Damon grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. CLEVELAND 8TH: G Sizemore walked. G Sizemore to second on wild pitch by J Chamberlain. A Cabrera sacrificed to pitcher, G Sizemore to third. T Hafner lined out to first. G Sizemore scored on J Chamberlain's wild pitch. V Martinez hit by pitch. R Garko walked, V Martinez to second. J Peralta struck out looking. (1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 1. CLEVELAND 11TH: S Duncan at first base. L Vizcaino relieved M Rivera. K Lofton walked. F Gutierrez singled to left, K Lofton to second. C Blake sacrificed to catcher, K Lofton to third, F Gutierrez to second. B Sardinha in left field. G Sizemore intentionally walked. A Cabrera popped out to first. T Hafner singled to right center, K Lofton scored. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 2.</div>
Re: AL: NY YANKEES (0-1) at CLEVELAND (1-0) The bottom of the 8th inning of this game was unforgettable.</p> </p>
AL: NY YANKEES at CLEVELAND <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NY YANKEES (1) AT CLEVELAND (2) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ny Yankees Starting Lineups -- J Damon LF, D Jeter SS, B Abreu RF, A Rodriguez 3B, H Matsui DH, J Posada C, R Cano 2B, M Cabrera CF, D Mientkiewicz 1B, A Pettitte LHP. Cleveland Starting Lineups -- G Sizemore CF, A Cabrera 2B, T Hafner DH, V Martinez C, R Garko 1B, J Peralta SS, K Lofton LF, J Michaels RF, C Blake 3B, F Carmona RHP. Umpires -- Laz Diaz (HP), Ron Kulpa (1B), Fieldin Culbreth (2B), Gerry Davis (3B), Jim Wolf (LF), Bruce Froemming (RF). Gametime Weather: 81 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind in from center at 7 mph. NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon flied out to left. D Jeter struck out swinging. B Abreu grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, CLEVELAND 0. CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore singled to center. A Cabrera grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, G Sizemore out at second. T Hafner struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, CLEVELAND 0. NY YANKEES 2ND: A Rodriguez popped out to second. H Matsui walked. J Posada grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, H Matsui out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, CLEVELAND 0. CLEVELAND 2ND: V Martinez fouled out to catcher. R Garko grounded out to shortstop. J Peralta walked. J Peralta stole second. K Lofton singled to left center, J Peralta thrown out at home. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, CLEVELAND 0. NY YANKEES 3RD: R Cano grounded out to second. M Cabrera homered to right. D Mientkiewicz flied out to center. J Damon grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. CLEVELAND 3RD: J Michaels doubled to right. C Blake grounded out to second, J Michaels to third. G Sizemore grounded out to first. A Cabrera struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. NY YANKEES 4TH: D Jeter singled to center. B Abreu grounded out to first, D Jeter to second. A Rodriguez struck out swinging. H Matsui grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. CLEVELAND 4TH: T Hafner singled to center. V Martinez grounded out to pitcher, T Hafner to second. R Garko grounded out to shortstop. J Peralta struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. NY YANKEES 5TH: J Posada walked. R Cano grounded into double play, shortstop to first, J Posada out at second. M Cabrera grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. CLEVELAND 5TH: K Lofton singled to right. J Michaels sacrificed to catcher, K Lofton to second. C Blake flied out to left. K Lofton caught stealing third, pitcher to third.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. NY YANKEES 6TH: D Mientkiewicz grounded out to first. J Damon grounded out to pitcher. D Jeter grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. CLEVELAND 6TH: G Sizemore tripled to right. A Cabrera grounded out to pitcher. T Hafner struck out swinging. V Martinez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. NY YANKEES 7TH: B Abreu safe at first on error by second baseman A Cabrera. A Rodriguez struck out swinging. H Matsui grounded into fielder's choice to first, B Abreu out at second. J Posada lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. CLEVELAND 7TH: R Garko fouled out to first. J Peralta doubled to deep center. K Lofton walked. J Chamberlain relieved A Pettitte. F Gutierrez hit for J Michaels. F Gutierrez struck out swinging. C Blake flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. NY YANKEES 8TH: F Gutierrez in right field. R Cano grounded out to pitcher. M Cabrera grounded out to pitcher. D Mientkiewicz grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 0. CLEVELAND 8TH: G Sizemore walked. G Sizemore to second on wild pitch by J Chamberlain. A Cabrera sacrificed to pitcher, G Sizemore to third. T Hafner lined out to first. G Sizemore scored on J Chamberlain's wild pitch. V Martinez hit by pitch. R Garko walked, V Martinez to second. J Peralta struck out looking. (1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 1. NY YANKEES 9TH: J Damon grounded out to second. D Jeter struck out swinging. B Abreu reached on infield single to shortstop. B Abreu stole second. A Rodriguez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 1. CLEVELAND 9TH: M Rivera relieved J Chamberlain. K Lofton flied out to center. F Gutierrez struck out swinging. C Blake flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 1. NY YANKEES 10TH: R Perez relieved F Carmona. H Matsui popped out to third. J Posada lined out to right. R Cano popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 1. CLEVELAND 10TH: G Sizemore struck out swinging, G Sizemore safe at first on passed ball by J Posada. A Cabrera sacrificed to pitcher, G Sizemore to second. T Hafner grounded out to second, G Sizemore to third. V Martinez intentionally walked. R Garko hit by pitch, V Martinez to second. J Peralta struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 1. NY YANKEES 11TH: M Cabrera flied out to right. S Duncan hit for D Mientkiewicz. S Duncan grounded out to shortstop. J Damon struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 1. CLEVELAND 11TH: S Duncan at first base. L Vizcaino relieved M Rivera. K Lofton walked. F Gutierrez singled to left, K Lofton to second. C Blake sacrificed to catcher, K Lofton to third, F Gutierrez to second. B Sardinha in left field. G Sizemore intentionally walked. A Cabrera popped out to first. T Hafner singled to right center, K Lofton scored. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CLEVELAND 2.</div>
Hafner's RBI single in 11th gives Indians 2-0 lead against Yankees <h3>CLEVELAND 2, NY YANKEES 1 (11 INNINGS)</h3>CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Andy Pettitte and Fausto Carmona put onquite a performance, but Travis Hafner stole their thunder atbuggy Jacobs Field. Hafner lined a two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the11th inning as the Cleveland Indians took a commandingtwo-games-to-none lead in their American League Division Seriesagainst the New York Yankees with a 2-1 triumph on Friday. Cleveland will go for the sweep Sunday at Yankee Stadium in NewYork. After the Indians finally pushed across a run without a hit totie the game at 1-1 in the eighth and left the bases loaded inthe 10th against Mariano Rivera, Kenny Lofton drew a four-pitchleadoff walk in the 11th against Luis Vizcaino (0-1), who wasmaking his second career postseason appearance and had allowednine runs in his last eight innings. After failing on two sacrifice attempts, Franklin Gutierrezgrounded a single to left field on a 1-2 pitch and Casey Blakeadvanced both with a sacrifice in front of the plate. Grady Sizemore was walked intentionally and rookie AsdrubalCabrera popped out to first base, setting the stage for Hafner,who lined a 3-2 fastball into right-center for the Indians'second hit in 18 at-bats with runners in scoring position. Hafner jumped into the air immediately after his swing and theIndians mobbed Lofton at home plate. Rafael Perez (1-0), who pitched two scoreless innings for thesecond straight day, was the winner. The Indians could not hit all night with runners in scoringposition, but they didn't need to as they tied the game ineighth without getting a hit. Prior that frame, Jacobs Field was infested by bugs, which wasan obvious distraction to all the players. The insects, which were sticking to Yankees reliever JobaChamberlain's face and neck, may have bothered the focus of theflamethrower, who walked Sizemore on four pitches to start theinning. After a sacrifice by Cabrera, Sizemore advanced to third on awild pitch and Hafner lined a rope that first baseman DougMientkiewicz, who was playing in on the grass, caught right infront of his face before falling to his knees. But after a first-pitch ball to Victor Martinez, Chamberlainuncorked a low and inside breaking ball that got past JorgePosada, and Sizemore just beat the throw home after it took anopportunistic bounce off the backstop back to the catcher. Chamberlain then hit Martinez and walked Ryan Garko beforestriking out Peralta to avoid further damage. Lost in all the late-inning fireworks were the outstandingperformances by Pettitte and Carmona, who quieted down two ofthe top offenses in the majors. While Pettitte was in trouble from just about the time he tookthe mound, Carmona dominated the Yankees with the exception of athird-inning homer by Melky Cabrera. The 23-year-old sinkerballer, who was 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA inSeptember and pitching on eight days' rest, showed no signs ofnerves in his first postseason start. He pitched nine inningsand held the Yankees' potent attack to only three hits and two<div class="pre">walks while striking out five, including AL MVP candidate Alex</div>Rodriguez three times. Carmona allowed just one runner to advance to second base afterthe fourth inning, striking out Rodriguez with Bobby Abreu onsecond and two outs in the ninth. Rodriguez, who entered the series with just four hits in hislast 48 postseason at-bats, went 0-for-4 Friday and is hitlessin six at-bats in the series. Pettitte was in trouble most of the night as he allowed abaserunner in every inning. But the veteran lefthander did notallow the Indians to push across a run, leaving in the seventhwith a 1-0 lead and a chance to tie John Smoltz for the mostcareer playoff wins at 35. In the sixth, Pettitte wiggled out of his biggest jam. Sizemoregrounded a triple down the first base line, but Pettitte gotAsdrubal Cabrera on a comebacker and struck out Hafner andMartinez on a total of seven pitches. Pettitte got some luck and help in the seventh after yielding aone-out double off the top of the 19-foot wall in left-center byJhonny Peralta. If the ball had been hit two feet higher ortwo feet to the right, the game would have been tied. After Pettitte walked Lofton on four pitches, Chamberlainentered. The outstanding rookie struck out Gutierrez on threepitches and retired Blake on a fly ball to right. Pettitte allowed a leadoff singles in the first, fourth andfifth innings and a leadoff double in the third. In the second,Peralta drew a two-out walk and stole second but was thrown outat the plate by Melky Cabrera after a single to center byLofton.
Hafner's RBI single in 11th gives Indians 2-0 lead against Yankees <h3>CLEVELAND 2, NY YANKEES 1 (11 INNINGS)</h3>CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Andy Pettitte and Fausto Carmona put onquite a performance, but Travis Hafner stole their thunder atbuggy Jacobs Field. Hafner lined a two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the11th inning as the Cleveland Indians took a commandingtwo-games-to-none lead in their American League Division Seriesagainst the New York Yankees with a 2-1 triumph on Friday. Cleveland will go for the sweep Sunday at Yankee Stadium in NewYork. "We'll fly into New York tonight, let the guys blow off a littlesteam, work out tomorrow and play hard on Sunday," Clevelandmanager Eric Wedge said. "That's what we have been doing allseason. Tommorrow, we will be focusing on Sunday, not Monday." After the Indians finally pushed across a run without a hit totie the game at 1-1 in the eighth, when the players wereattacked by bugs, and left the bases loaded in the 10th againstMariano Rivera, Kenny Lofton drew a four-pitch leadoff walk inthe 11th against Luis Vizcaino (0-1), who was making his secondcareer postseason appearance and had allowed nine runs in hislast eight innings. After failing on two sacrifice attempts, Franklin Gutierrezgrounded a single to left field on a 1-2 pitch and Casey Blakeadvanced both with a sacrifice in front of the plate. Grady Sizemore was walked intentionally and rookie AsdrubalCabrera popped out to first base, setting the stage for Hafner,who lined a 3-2 fastball into right-center for the Indians'second hit in 18 at-bats with runners in scoring position. Hafner, who lined out to first with a runner on third in theeighth, jumped into the air immediately after his swing and theIndians mobbed Lofton at home plate. "I had come up a few other times (with runners on) and had twopunchouts and hit one on the screws to first," Hafner said. "Ijust said, 'I hope I get up again.' It was a great situation tohit, bases loaded, and I got a 3-2 changeup, stayed back andput a good swing on it. "Great to come through, but it was just great to win the game,that was the most important thing." Rafael Perez (1-0), who pitched two scoreless innings for thesecond straight day, was the winner. The Indians could not hit all night with runners in scoringposition, but they didn't need to as they tied the game ineighth without getting a hit. Prior that frame, Jacobs Field was infested by bugs, which wasan obvious distraction to all the players. "We've seen (the bugs) happen before," Wedge said. "We hadplenty of OFF going around. It wasn't as bad in the dugout." The insects, which were sticking to Yankees reliever JobaChamberlain's face and neck, may have bothered the focus of theflamethrower, who walked Sizemore on four pitches to start theinning. After a sacrifice by Cabrera, Sizemore advanced to third on awild pitch and Hafner lined a rope that first baseman DougMientkiewicz, who was playing in on the grass, caught right infront of his face before falling to his knees. But after a first-pitch ball to Victor Martinez, Chamberlainuncorked a low and inside breaking ball that got past JorgePosada, and Sizemore just beat the throw home after it took anopportunistic bounce off the backstop back to the catcher. Chamberlain then hit Martinez and walked Ryan Garko beforestriking out Peralta to avoid further damage. Lost in all the late-inning fireworks were the outstandingperformances by Pettitte and Carmona, who quieted down two ofthe top offenses in the majors. While Pettitte was in trouble from just about the time he tookthe mound, Carmona dominated the Yankees with the exception of athird-inning homer by Melky Cabrera. The 23-year-old sinkerballer, who was 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA inSeptember and pitching on eight days' rest, showed no signs ofnerves in his first postseason start. He pitched nine inningsand held the Yankees' potent attack to only three hits and two<div class="pre">walks while striking out five, including AL MVP candidate Alex</div>Rodriguez three times. "Especially with us being down most of the game, it's a littlemore impressive," Wedge said of Carmona's performance. "All theway to the last pitch out there, just outstanding by Fausto." Carmona allowed just one runner to advance to second base afterthe fourth inning, striking out Rodriguez with Bobby Abreu onsecond and two outs in the ninth. Rodriguez, who entered the series with just four hits in hislast 48 postseason at-bats, went 0-for-4 Friday and is hitlessin six at-bats in the series. Pettitte was in trouble most of the night as he allowed abaserunner in every inning. But the veteran lefthander did notallow the Indians to push across a run, leaving in the seventhwith a 1-0 lead and a chance to tie John Smoltz for the mostcareer playoff wins at 35. In the sixth, Pettitte wiggled out of his biggest jam. Sizemoregrounded a triple down the first base line, but Pettitte gotAsdrubal Cabrera on a comebacker and struck out Hafner andMartinez on a total of seven pitches. Pettitte got some luck and help in the seventh after yielding aone-out double off the top of the 19-foot wall in left-center byJhonny Peralta. If the ball had been hit two feet higher ortwo feet to the right, the game would have been tied. After Pettitte walked Lofton on four pitches, Chamberlainentered. The outstanding rookie struck out Gutierrez on threepitches and retired Blake on a fly ball to right. Pettitte allowed a leadoff singles in the first, fourth andfifth innings and a leadoff double in the third. In the second,Peralta drew a two-out walk and stole second but was thrown outat the plate by Melky Cabrera after a single to center byLofton.
Hafner's RBI single in 11th gives Indians 2-0 lead against Yankees <h3>CLEVELAND 2, NY YANKEES 1 (11 INNINGS)</h3>CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Andy Pettitte and Fausto Carmona put onquite a performance, but Travis Hafner stole their thunder atbuggy Jacobs Field. Hafner lined a two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the11th inning as the Cleveland Indians took a commandingtwo-games-to-none lead in their American League Division Seriesagainst the New York Yankees with a 2-1 triumph on Friday. Cleveland will go for the sweep Sunday at Yankee Stadium in NewYork. "We'll fly into New York tonight, let the guys blow off a littlesteam, work out tomorrow and play hard on Sunday," Clevelandmanager Eric Wedge said. "That's what we have been doing allseason. Tomorrow, we will be focusing on Sunday, not Monday." On the other side of the diamond, the mission is simple. "We have to win a game," Yankees captain Derek Jeter saidflatly. After the Indians finally pushed across a run without a hit totie the game at 1-1 in the eighth, when the players wereattacked by bugs, and left the bases loaded in the 10th againstMariano Rivera, Kenny Lofton drew a four-pitch leadoff walk inthe 11th against Luis Vizcaino (0-1), who was making his secondcareer postseason appearance and had allowed nine runs in hislast eight innings. After failing on two sacrifice attempts, Franklin Gutierrezgrounded a single to left field on a 1-2 pitch and Casey Blakeadvanced both with a sacrifice in front of the plate. Grady Sizemore was walked intentionally and rookie AsdrubalCabrera popped out to first base, setting the stage for Hafner,who lined a 3-2 fastball into right-center for the Indians'second hit in 18 at-bats with runners in scoring position. "It's a funny game," Wedge said. "But you have got to keepyourself in position to win the ball game with one swing of thebat. I'm not talking about a home run or double, when it is thattype of game." Hafner, who lined out to first with a runner on third in theeighth, jumped into the air immediately after his swing and theIndians mobbed Lofton at home plate. "I had come up a few other times (with runners on) and had twopunchouts and hit one on the screws to first," Hafner said. "Ijust said, 'I hope I get up again.' It was a great situation tohit, bases loaded, and I got a 3-2 changeup, stayed back andput a good swing on it. "Great to come through, but it was just great to win the game,that was the most important thing." Rafael Perez (1-0), who pitched two scoreless innings for thesecond straight day, was the winner. The Indians could not hit all night with runners in scoringposition, but they didn't need to as they tied the game ineighth without getting a hit. Prior that frame, Jacobs Field was infested by bugs, which wasan obvious distraction to all the players. "We've seen (the bugs) happen before," Wedge said. "We hadplenty of OFF going around. It wasn't as bad in the dugout." The insects, which were sticking to Yankees reliever JobaChamberlain's face and neck, may have bothered the focus of theflamethrower, who walked Sizemore on four pitches to start theinning. "Bugs are bugs," Chamberlain said. "You can look at a millionthings, but we are in the loss column because I didn't do myjob." After a sacrifice by Cabrera, Sizemore advanced to thirdon a wild pitch and Hafner lined a rope that first baseman DougMientkiewicz, who was playing in on the grass, caught right infront of his face before falling to his knees. But after a first-pitch ball to Victor Martinez, Chamberlainuncorked a low and inside breaking ball that got past JorgePosada, and Sizemore just beat the throw home after it took anopportunistic bounce off the backstop back to the catcher. Chamberlain then hit Martinez and walked Ryan Garko beforestriking out Peralta to avoid further damage. "It was really tough out there," Posada said. "They come out ofnowhere. They were even worse on the mound." Lost in all the late-inning fireworks were the outstandingperformances by Pettitte and Carmona, who quieted down two ofthe top offenses in the majors. While Pettitte was in trouble from just about the time he tookthe mound, Carmona dominated the Yankees with the exception of athird-inning homer by Melky Cabrera. The 23-year-old sinkerballer, who was 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA inSeptember and pitching on eight days' rest, showed no signs ofnerves in his first postseason start. He pitched nine inningsand held the Yankees' potent attack to only three hits and two<div class="pre">walks while striking out five, including AL MVP candidate Alex</div>Rodriguez three times. "Going back through the whole year, the way I've been pitching,I was thinking when I was on the mound like it was just anothergame," Carmona said through a translator. "I didn't put anypressure like it was a playoff. I just continued pitching theway I had been pitching the whole year." "Carmona was pretty nasty," Jeter said. "He wasn't fun to face.He pitched well." Carmona allowed just one runner to advance to second base afterthe fourth inning, striking out Rodriguez with Bobby Abreu onsecond and two outs in the ninth. "I was excited with the situation," Rodriguez said. "I thought Iwas the right man for the right spot." Rodriguez, who entered the series with just four hits in hislast 48 postseason at-bats, went 0-for-4 Friday and is hitlessin six at-bats in the series. "I am pressing, but I have to swing at strikes," Rodriguez said. Pettitte was in trouble most of the night as he allowed abaserunner in every inning. But the veteran lefthander did notallow the Indians to push across a run, leaving in the seventhwith a 1-0 lead and a chance to tie John Smoltz for the mostcareer playoff wins at 35. "About as courageous a game he has had," Yankees manager JoeTorre said. "I said, 'One run is going to have to be enough itlooks like.' Because Carmona was so dominant." In the sixth,Pettitte wiggled out of his biggest jam. Sizemore grounded atriple down the first base line, but Pettitte got AsdrubalCabrera on a comebacker and struck out Hafner and Martinez on atotal of seven pitches. "I was able to bear down and make some crucial pitches when Ihad to," Pettitte said. Pettitte got some luck and help in theseventh after yielding a one-out double off the top of the19-foot wall in left-center by Jhonny Peralta. If the ball hadbeen hit two feet higher or two feet to the right, the gamewould have been tied. "That's the first ball I've ever hit there in this ballpark andI was surprised," Peralta said. "But there is nothing you cando. We had so many chances and you start to wonder, but we keptgoing and won the game. It is a very big win." After Pettitte walked Lofton on four pitches, Chamberlain entered. Theoutstanding rookie struck out Gutierrez on three pitches andretired Blake on a fly ball to right. "I was in an awful lot oftrouble," Pettitte said. "I was able to make the pitches when Ihad to get out of it, but I was in trouble almost every inning." Pettitte allowed a leadoff singles in the first, fourth andfifth innings and a leadoff double in the third. In the second,Peralta drew a two-out walk and stole second but was thrown outat the plate by Melky Cabrera after a single to center byLofton.
Hafner's RBI single in 11th gives Indians 2-0 lead against Yankees <h3>CLEVELAND 2, NY YANKEES 1 (11 INNINGS)</h3>CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Andy Pettitte and Fausto Carmona put onquite a performance, but Travis Hafner stole their thunder atbuggy Jacobs Field. Hafner lined a two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the11th inning as the Cleveland Indians took a commandingtwo-games-to-none lead in their American League Division Seriesagainst the New York Yankees with a 2-1 triumph on Friday. Cleveland will go for the sweep Sunday at Yankee Stadium in NewYork. "We'll fly into New York tonight, let the guys blow off a littlesteam, work out tomorrow and play hard on Sunday," Clevelandmanager Eric Wedge said. "That's what we have been doing allseason. Tomorrow, we will be focusing on Sunday, not Monday." On the other side of the diamond, the mission is simple. "We have to win a game," Yankees captain Derek Jeter saidflatly. After the Indians finally pushed across a run without a hit totie the game at 1-1 in the eighth, when the players wereattacked by bugs, and left the bases loaded in the 10th againstMariano Rivera, Kenny Lofton drew a four-pitch leadoff walk inthe 11th against Luis Vizcaino (0-1), who was making his secondcareer postseason appearance and had allowed nine runs in hislast eight innings. After failing on two sacrifice attempts, Franklin Gutierrezgrounded a single to left field on a 1-2 pitch and Casey Blakeadvanced both with a sacrifice in front of the plate. Grady Sizemore was walked intentionally and rookie AsdrubalCabrera popped out to first base, setting the stage for Hafner,who lined a 3-2 fastball into right-center for the Indians'second hit in 18 at-bats with runners in scoring position. "It's a funny game," Wedge said. "But you have got to keepyourself in position to win the ball game with one swing of thebat. I'm not talking about a home run or double, when it is thattype of game." Hafner, who lined out to first with a runner on third in theeighth, jumped into the air immediately after his swing and theIndians mobbed Lofton at home plate. "I had come up a few other times (with runners on) and had twopunchouts and hit one on the screws to first," Hafner said. "Ijust said, 'I hope I get up again.' It was a great situation tohit, bases loaded, and I got a 3-2 changeup, stayed back andput a good swing on it. "Great to come through, but it was just great to win the game,that was the most important thing." Rafael Perez (1-0), who pitched two scoreless innings for thesecond straight day, was the winner. The Indians could not hit all night with runners in scoringposition, but they didn't need to as they tied the game ineighth without getting a hit. Prior that frame, Jacobs Field was infested by bugs, which wasan obvious distraction to all the players. "We've seen (the bugs) happen before," Wedge said. "We hadplenty of OFF going around. It wasn't as bad in the dugout." The insects, which were sticking to Yankees reliever JobaChamberlain's face and neck, may have bothered the focus of theflamethrower, who walked Sizemore on four pitches to start theinning. "Bugs are bugs," Chamberlain said. "You can look at a millionthings, but we are in the loss column because I didn't do myjob." After a sacrifice by Cabrera, Sizemore advanced to third on awild pitch and Hafner lined a rope that first baseman DougMientkiewicz, who was playing in on the grass, caught right infront of his face before falling to his knees. But after a first-pitch ball to Victor Martinez, Chamberlainuncorked a low and inside breaking ball that got past JorgePosada, and Sizemore just beat the throw home after it took anopportunistic bounce off the backstop back to the catcher. Chamberlain then hit Martinez and walked Ryan Garko beforestriking out Peralta to avoid further damage. "It was really tough out there," Posada said. "They come out ofnowhere. They were even worse on the mound." Lost in all the late-inning fireworks were the outstandingperformances by Pettitte and Carmona, who quieted down two ofthe top offenses in the majors. While Pettitte was in trouble from just about the time he tookthe mound, Carmona dominated the Yankees with the exception of athird-inning homer by Melky Cabrera. The 23-year-old sinkerballer, who was 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA inSeptember and pitching on eight days' rest, showed no signs ofnerves in his first postseason start. He pitched nine inningsand held the Yankees' potent attack to only three hits and two<div class="pre">walks while striking out five, including AL MVP candidate Alex</div>Rodriguez three times. "Going back through the whole year, the way I've been pitching,I was thinking when I was on the mound like it was just anothergame," Carmona said through a translator. "I didn't put anypressure like it was a playoff. I just continued pitching theway I had been pitching the whole year." "Carmona was pretty nasty," Jeter said. "He wasn't fun to face.He pitched well." Carmona allowed just one runner to advance to second base afterthe fourth inning, striking out Rodriguez with Bobby Abreu onsecond and two outs in the ninth. "I was excited with the situation," Rodriguez said. "I thought Iwas the right man for the right spot." Rodriguez, who entered the series with just four hits in hislast 48 postseason at-bats, went 0-for-4 Friday and is hitlessin six at-bats in the series. "I am pressing, but I have to swing at strikes," Rodriguez said. Pettitte was in trouble most of the night as he allowed abaserunner in every inning. But the veteran lefthander did notallow the Indians to push across a run, leaving in the seventhwith a 1-0 lead and a chance to tie John Smoltz for the mostcareer playoff wins at 35. "About as courageous a game he has had," Yankees manager JoeTorre said. "I said, 'One run is going to have to be enough itlooks like.' Because Carmona was so dominant." In the sixth,Pettitte wiggled out of his biggest jam. Sizemore grounded atriple down the first base line, but Pettitte got AsdrubalCabrera on a comebacker and struck out Hafner and Martinez on atotal of seven pitches. "I was able to bear down and make some crucial pitches when Ihad to," Pettitte said. Pettitte got some luck and help in theseventh after yielding a one-out double off the top of the19-foot wall in left-center by Jhonny Peralta. If the ball hadbeen hit two feet higher or two feet to the right, the gamewould have been tied. "That's the first ball I've ever hit there in this ballpark andI was surprised," Peralta said. "But there is nothing you cando. We had so many chances and you start to wonder, but we keptgoing and won the game. It is a very big win." After Pettitte walked Lofton on four pitches, Chamberlainentered. The outstanding rookie struck out Gutierrez on threepitches and retired Blake on a fly ball to right. "I was in anawful lot of trouble," Pettitte said. "I was able to make thepitches when I had to get out of it, but I was in trouble almostevery inning." Pettitte allowed a leadoff singles in the first, fourth andfifth innings and a leadoff double in the third. In the second,Peralta drew a two-out walk and stole second but was thrown outat the plate by Melky Cabrera after a single to center byLofton.
