Cleveland Indians: Bullpen Coughs up Lead in Seventh

5 - 30 - 10     at New York Yankees     L, 7 - 3     18 - 30

     In order to eke out a win in game two of their series against the Yankees, the Indians had to force a lot of innings out of their bullpen, and that came back to haunt them the following day.  The Tribe took a 3 - 0 lead into the bottom of the seventh, but the pen imploded, and New York came back to win.
     Cleveland took their early advantage behind stellar pitching from the beleagured Justin Masterson, and by producing big hits in the clutch.  In the third, Lou Marson led off by singling and he was sacrificed to second base by Jason Donald.  That enabled Marson to score on Trevor Crowe's flair single to left - center field.  The Indians were able to pick up their other two tallies in the seventh.  With two outs, Luis Valbuena was hit by a pitch and then he proceeded to steal second.  That was critical because Valbuena was then able to score on a rare Derek Jeter throwing error.  Jason Donald followed with a RBI triple off the wall in deep right, and it appeared as if the Tribe had enough offense to win.
     In the last of the seventh, though, Masterson ran out of gas.  However, he was one strike away from getting out of the frame, but he served up a pitch that Jeter lined into center for a two - run single.  Tony Sipp was summoned to relieve Masterson, and he wound up allowing a double and a three - run, go -ahead homer off the bat of Mark Teixeira. 
     The Bronx Bombers would go on to add two more runs, and A.J. Burnett took the win for the home team.