Cleveland Indians: Blue Jays Stun Tribe After Being Down to Final Strike

5 - 5 - 10     vs. Toronto     L, 5 - 4     10 - 17

     Chris Perez and the Indians were one strike away from defeating the Toronto Blue Jays and avoiding a sweep when a funny thing happened - the Tribe couldn't record an out.  Fred Lewis started the rally with a two - strike double down the left field line.  That's when things really started to go down hill as the next batter, Aaron Hill, hit a ground - ball through the legs of Luis Valbuena, scoring Lewis and putting the tying run on base.  That error enabled Adam Lind, one of the Jays' best power hitters, to come the plate.  Perez left a fastball up in the zone, and Lind blasted a go - ahead homer over the wall in left.  Just like that Toronto had regained the lead.  Cleveland failed to score in the bottom of the ninth, and the Indians had suffered a heartbreaker.
     Early on, everything went the Tribe's way as Grady Sizemore hit a game - tying RBI double in the second, and Travis Hafner launched a solo home run to right center in the third.  With that, the Indians had the lead, and even though the Jays came back to tie it in the fifth, Mike Redmond's run - scoring single an inning later restored Cleveland's slim advantage.
     Valbuena delivered an insurance run in the eighth on a RBI double into the left field corner, giving the Tribe what appeared to be a comfortable lead.  But then came the ninth, and the Indians losing streak was extended to four.
    Due to the collapse in the game's final frame, Fausto Carmona's solid outing was wasted.