Wednesday night was a long one.

At the end of three innings, the Indians were up 8-1.  Cliff Lee was on the hill, going for his 15^th win of the season leading the league with wins and ERA.  No way the Indians lose this one is there?  Final score Detroit 14 – Cleveland 12 after 13 hard fought innings. 

That’s going to leave a mark.

It took five hours and thirteen minutes for this game to be settled.  On a night when Detroit catcher Pudge Rodrigez got traded to the Yankees for reliever Kyle Farnsworth, the Indians could not close the deal and lost for the second straight night to the Detoit Tigers.

Grady Sizemore hit is 26^th home run of the season.  Ben Francisco notched his 9^th and 10^th home runs of the season.  Miguel Cabrera and Brandon Inge homered for Detroit in a game that offense was not a problem for either squad. 

All told, the evening ended with 42 hits : 22 for Detroit and 19 for the Indians.  Kelly Shoppach went 5-for-6 with three RBI’s, leading the way for Cleveland.  Curtis Granderson was 5-for-7 with two RBI’s for Detroit.

Both teams used seven pitchers apiece.  Casey Fossum got the win for Detroit.  Juan Rincon took the loss. 

The Indians loaded the bases in three of the last five innings, and could not win it.

Bummer.

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