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June 3rd, 2013
Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
Final Score: Indians 4 Yankees 7
The New York Yankees were able to
bounce back from a difficult week against the New York Mets and
Boston Red Sox on Monday with a nice 7-4 victory over the Cleveland
Indians. The win moves the Yankees to (32-25) o
n the year, and 2.5 games behind the Red Sox for first place in the AL East.
n the year, and 2.5 games behind the Red Sox for first place in the AL East.
Andy Pettitte made his return to the
rotation on Monday, but it didn’t go to smoothly for Pettitte in
the no decision. Former Yankee Nick Swisher got a nice ovation in his
return to Yankees Stadium, and got the Indians on the board in the
third inning with a RBI ground out. The rest of the damage the
Indians did to Pettitte came in the fifth inning, when Mike Aviles
hit a sac-fly scoring Drew Stubbs, and then later in the inning
Carlos Santana hit a ground-rule double scoring Michael Bourn and
Nick Swisher. The RBI double by Santana also chased Andy Pettitte
from the game, as Pettitte finished going just 4.2 innings allowing
four runs on seven hits, and three walks. Pettitte was going for his
250th win, and was spotted a three-run lead, but he was
unable to hold on to it, so he will have to wait for another attempt
at win number 250 until later in the week.
