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Travis Hafner Drives in Winning Run in Bottom of 11th as Cleveland Takes 2-0 Lead Over Yankees
Travis Hafner drove in the game-winning run with a single on a 3-2 count in the bottom of the 11th to lift the Cleveland Indians past the New York Yankees 2-1 and now hold a commanding 2-0 lead in their best-of-five playoff series.
Both starters looked brilliant as Andy Pettitte tossed 6 1/3 innings of six hit ball without allowing a run while Fausto Carmona threw nine innings of three hit ball and allowing just one run, a third inning homer to Melky Cabrera.
It was the Cabrera blast that gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead as Pettitte continued to keep the Indians off the board but when manager Joe Torre turned the ball over to Joba Chamberlain it looked like the rookie felt the pressure. After getting the final two outs in the seventh Chamberlain ran into problems in the eighth as he walked Grady Sizemore to start the inning. Sizemore moved up to second on a wild pitch and then advanced to third on a sacrifice from Asdrubal Cabrera. Chamberlain was able to strike out Hafner but then threw another wild pitch that Sizemore scored on to tie the game at 1-1.
It was another slow night with the bats for the Yankees who have managed just eight hits in the first two games. Alex Rodriguez is once again hearing it about his failure to produce in the post-season as he is now hitless in six at-bats, he struck out three times in Friday night’s game. Derek Jeter is struggling a s well as he is now 1-8 in the series.
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