CLE @ NYA

Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees, October 8, 2007

On October 8, 2007, the Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 6-4 at Yankee Stadium I in the Division Series. Retrosheet records a crowd of 56,315, a running time of 243 minutes, and a night start for this game. The weather notes give 87 degrees, cloudy skies, and a 2 mph wind. The line score has the Cleveland Indians crossing the plate in the first, second, and fourth; the first brought 2 runs. The New York Yankees scored single runs in the second, sixth, seventh, and ninth innings. Hits were 13 for the Cleveland Indians and 12 for the New York Yankees, with 0 and 0 errors. The win went to Paul Byrd, allowing 2 earned runs on 8 hits in 5.0 innings. Chien-Ming Wang took the loss after 1.0 innings and 4 runs. Joe Borowski earned the save. The Cleveland Indians' pitching table lists Rafael Betancourt, Joe Borowski, Paul Byrd, and Rafael Perez. The New York Yankees used Kyle Farnsworth, Mike Mussina, Mariano Rivera, Jose Veras, and Ron Villone on the mound. The Cleveland Indians' top hitter was Jhonny Peralta, 3 for 4 and 1 RBI. Victor Martinez drove in 2 for the Cleveland Indians. Grady Sizemore also homered for the Cleveland Indians. Alex Rodriguez led the New York Yankees at the plate: 2 for 5, 1 home run, and 1 RBI. Bobby Abreu and Robinson Cano also homered for the New York Yankees. The home-plate umpire was Fieldin Culbreth.