5 - 15 - 10 at Baltimore W, 8 - 2 14 - 20
When Mitch Talbot left his start against the Orioles after eight innings and having only allowed two runs, he assumed he would be the tough - luck losing pitcher that happened to be on the wrong end of a great pitcher's duel. However, by the end of the night, Talbot was the winning pitcher in a lopsided game thanks to an eight - run ninth inning by the Indians' offense.
The O's took that slim lead to the game's final frame on the strength of two Luke Scott solo home runs to left field.
Trevor Crowe led off the ninth by popping out, and it appeared as if Cleveland was headed to another frustrating loss, but then the hits started coming, and they kept coming. Asdrubal Cabrera singled to right and Mark Grudzielanek drew a key walk. All of the sudden, the Tribe had the tying runs on base, and there was still only the one out. Shin - Soo Choo followed with a liner to right that scored Cabrera and moved Grudzielanek up ninety feet. That set up the biggest blow of the inning, a three - run blast off the bat of Austin Kearns that gave the Indians the lead for good. Unbelievably, the rally was barely half over. After Travis Hafner walked and Jhonny Peralta stroked a single, Mike Redmond found the gap in right - center for a two - out, two - run double that busted the contest wide open. Crowe, making his 2010 debut, made it a laugher by launching a two - run bomb to right to cap off the frame.
Tony Sipp got the game's final three outs, and the Tribe had an incredible victory.
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