Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The Yankees current homestand may not have been going great before the Indians came to town. Being swept by the Mets and losing two of three against Boston, the Yankees took advantage of having the Indians in town knowing how much they've beat up on Cleveland this season.

CC Sabathia took the mound for the Yankees looking to build on best start of the season against the Red Sox last Friday. Sabathia did just that, pitching a complete game against the Indians and striking out nine in the Yankees 6-4 win.

The Yankees jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the 1st inning after Cano rolled into 2nd when he lined a ball that hit off the glove of Michael Bourn in center field. Travis Hafner came up a couple batters later and launched a two-run homerun into the second deck of Yankee Stadium.

Brett Gardner added three more runs off of Cleveland's starter, Corey Kluber, in the 2nd. Lyle Overbay and Jayson Nix both collected base hits, then Chris Stewart singled to left, bringing home Overbay. Gardner followed with a three-run homerun well over the right field wall.

New York's offense quieted down after the 1st two innings, letting CC do his thing. Sabathia held the Indians scoreless through the first five innings, and had a perfect game going through 4.2 innings before Mike Aviles blooped a single in front of Vernon Wells in left field.

In the 6th, Cleveland broke through with a couple a runs when a couple of singles were followed up by a Jason Kipnis singled that brought home Drew Stubbs. Nick Swisher followed by grounding into a fielders choice that scored Michael Bourn, making a 6-2 game.

Cleveland tightened up the game in the 7th inning when Michael Brantley singled on a soft line drive to right field. Yan Gomes followed with a two-run homerun to left field for his 6th of the year, cutting the Yankees lead to 6-4. But that would be all the Tribe could manage.

CC gave it everything he had to finish off the Indians in the 8th and 9th innings, to capture his 1st complete game of the season. Sabathia went 9 innings, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits, while walking one and striking out 9 on 116 for 84 strikes.

The Yankees will now get on a plane and head out on their west coast road trip, in which they'll be visiting the Mariners, Athletics, and Angels. Phil Hughes gets the start in Thursday's game in Seattle. First picth is scheduled for 10:05 pm ET.

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