Indians Win in Ten, Lee gets no-decision after Borowski blown save.
Posted June 21st, 2008 by Dave Wiley
Up bfour in the bottom, the Indians give up two pair in the eighth and ninth, sending the contest into extra frames, but win 6-4.
On a night when Cliff Lee when seven and a third strong, gave up one run on six hits, and had a 4-1 lead, almost everyone in the Cleveland bullpen let him down and he ends up with his second no decision in a row after win possibilities late into both his last starts.
Masa Kobayashi saved the Tribe, but not Lee, by closing down the Dodgers in the bottom of the tenth after Cleveland scored a pair to go back on top 6-4. Joe Borowski gets the default win after a blown save.
Clayton Kershaw gave up four runs on four hits through five, and the trio of Proctor, Troncoso and Wade shut the Indians offense down, while the Dodger offense mounted a comeback. Takashi Saito gave up the winning two in the top of the tenth, taking the loss.
Kelly Shoppach put the Indians on the board with a home-run to left in the third after Casey Blake reached first on an infield single and went to second on a throwing error. That made it 2-0.
Cleveland irked out another run in the top of the fourth. Shin-Soo Choo walked on four pitches and Casey Blake doubled, but was out at third trying to stretch it into a triple. In the meantime, Choo came around to score prior to the out, making it 3-0 Tribe.
They added another in the top of the sixth, a run scored on lead-off walk. Jamey Carroll was the recipient this time, as was Francisco. Proctor almost got the Dodgers out of the two-on no-out jam by striking out Garko and Choo, but Jhonny Peralta delivered a big two-out single, scoring Carroll and putting the Indians up 4-0.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Dodgers finally got to Lee, well sort of. After getting Pierre to ground-out, Lee gave up a single to Kemp. Rafael Betancourt came on in relief of Lee, giving up a double to Jeff Kent and scoring Kemp. That was the one lone run charged to Lee on the evening. Perez relieved Betancourt, and he gave up a single to Loney, scoring Kent, but struck out LaRoche and Ethier, making it 4-2 Tribe.
In the ninth, the Dodgers would tie it up. Job Borowski came on, giving up a single to Berroa and a double to Martin. With runners on second and third and nobody out, Browoski struck out a pinch-hitting DeWitt. Peirre then pulled off an infield single that scored Berroa, and he promptly stole second. With the potential winning run in scoring position, Borowski got Kent to ground out to short, but that scored Martin and blew Lee’s win. Worse, the Indians were on the cusp of losing. Loney was intentionally walked, loading the bases for LaRoche. He flied out to end the inning.
In the top of the tenth, the Dodgers put Saito on the mound and he promptly walked Carroll.. Francisco singled, as did Garko, loading up the bases for the Indians. Gutierrez hit a grounder that the Dodgers brought home, getting Carrroll out at the plate, and picking off Francisco from third on a bad base-running blunder. Peralta delivered a two out double, scoring Garko and Gutierrez, and staking the Indians to a 6-4 lead. That would be it for the Indians.
Masa Kobayash game in for the Tribe, getting two quick groundouts before surrendering a single to Martin. He went to second after being ignored at first, but DeWitt grounded out to short, ending the game.
This was the Indians first win in four chances after being swept by Colorado. The Minnesota Twins also won, with the rest of the AL Central losing.
These two repeat the 10:05 start, C.C. Sabathia goes up against Chan Ho Park.
