Jason Kipinis hit a solo shot in the 1st off of David Phelps. That was all the Cleveland Indians needed to take game one of today's double-bill with the Yankees at Progressive Field. The lone run gave the Tribe a 1-0 victory. Justin Masterson got a CGSO, going all 9 innings giving up just 4 hits, walking 3 and fanning 9 Yankee batters. Kipinis, Swisher, Cabrera, Brantley and Stubbs combined for 5 hits in the game. Justin got into a bit of a jam in the 2rd when the bases were loaded, but pitched his way out of it. With 2 outs, Chris Nelson singled on a grounder to 3rd. Masterson walked Corban Joseph, sending Nelson to 2nd. Chris Stewart singles to short to load the bases. Masterson stayed calm and struck out Alberto Gozalez to end the inning and the Yankee threat. The Indians are still in 1st place in the AL Central at 21-15. The Yanks are first in the AL East at 23-14.
Game 2 is about to start. Trevor Bauer (1-1 2.7 ERA) will start for the Indians, his last outing was 5 inning 1 hit, 6 walk, 5 K effort on May 1st against the Phillies. The Indians won 6-0. Vidal Nuno (0-0 0.0 ERA) will start for New York. he pitched 3 innings against the Astros on April 29th giving up 4 hits and striking out 2. The Yankees won 7-4. The Indians are on a 3 game win streak and are 8-2 over the last 10 games. The Yankees just lost the last game and are 6-4 over the last 10. The Tribe goes to Philadelphia for 2 games tomorrow and Wednesday. They get some well deserved rest on Thursday before playing 4 in Seattle. The Yankees go home for 6 straight against the Mariners and Blue Jays, then travel to Baltimore for 3 games with the Orioles. They won't see any time off until May 23rd. I expect to see lots of rotation of the Yankee starters in game 2 this afternoon.
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