The only good thing you can say about yesterday’s Yankees-Indians game is, it’s over.
The two teams played an ugly marathon at Yankee Stadium, with the bottom-feeding Indians taking a 13-11 victory in front of 46,599 fans. The 4-hour, 22-minute game made glaciers look fast.
You could have seen better pitching at a Little League field down the street than at the big ballpark in The Bronx. Twelve pitchers, six for each team, combined for 402 pitches.
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The Indians are the second-worst team in the American League, but scored a season-high 13 runs — 12 with two outs, including six with Joba Chamberlain on the mound in a forgettable seventh. The Indians have scored 55 runs in six games at the new Yankee Stadium, more than any other visiting team.
The Yankees had a commanding 10-5 lead when starter CC Sabathia exited after six innings, but the bullpen suffered a complete collapse, with four pitchers combining on a six-run, five-hit meltdown in the seventh.
It is the third time in the last six home games the Yankees blew a lead of five or more runs.
“It’s a bad loss,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “There’s no doubt about it. You’ve got to believe if you’re up 10-5 going into the seventh inning that you have a good chance of winning. We didn’t do it today.”
Chamberlain had the roughest stretch of the group, entering the game with two on and two outs and a 10-6 lead, but he was hammered for four hits and a walk before recording an out.
“I’ve got to make better pitches in that situation,” said Chamberlain, who was charged with four runs. “They fought and clawed the whole game. I had to come in and get one out and I didn’t do my job.”
The loss drops the Yankees record in May to 14-13. It was another example of the team being unable to get everything going at once. When they’ve gotten good pitching, the hitting has not been there. When the bats have been smoking, the pitching cools off.
“We got off to a great start and we’ve kind of treaded water since then,” Girardi said. “It’s frustrating for us. We expect to win every day. That’s why we put the uniform on.”
Alex Rodriguez had three RBIs, and was in the middle of the scariest moment of the day when his third-inning line drive hit Indians pitcher David Huff above his left ear. Huff dropped to the mound and lay face-down for several minutes before being immobilized and removed on a stretcher. A CT scan showed no damage and he was released from New York Presbyterian Hospital shortly after the game.
Sabathia had his second straight subpar outing, but still was in line for this fifth win of the season until the Yankees relievers struck. Sabathia cruised early, sitting down the first seven batters. He lost his command after the long delay in the third inning after Huff was injured.
The Indians scored three runs off him in the fourth and he threw 31 pitches in the inning. Sabathia is winless in his last five starts, his longest stretch as a Yankee.
“It’s tough,” Sabathia said. “I feel like I kept them in the game. Every time we scored a couple of runs I would give up a run or two and keep them in the game. We scored 10 runs today while I was out there. I should have been able to shut them down and keep the game under control.”
Sabathia gave up five runs on seven hits in six innings, walking two and striking out five.
David Robertson relieved him in the seventh and hit a batter and allowed a single before exiting with a strained left back. Sergio Mitre walked the only batter he faced, then Damaso Marte came in and got the only better he faced, Russell Branyan, to fly out. That brought Chamberlain into the game.
The former phenom gave up two doubles, two singles and a walk before striking out Shin-Soo Choo to end the inning and walk off to boos.
Chad Gaudin gave up a solo shot in the eighth.
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