Cleveland Indians: Indians Can't Hold Leads and Lose it on Rollins' Homer

6 - 23 - 10     at Philadelphia     L, 7 - 6     26 - 43

     Finding new ways to lose has been the theme of this 2010 season for the Indians, and against the Phillies, they were defeated because they could not hold on to a quartet of leads.  Jimmy Rollins' walk - off homer in the bottom of the 9th sealed the Tribe's fate.
     Cleveland grabbed their first advantage in the 1st when Shin - Soo Choo hammered a two - run dinger into the right field's upper deck.
     The Phils came right back to tie it thanks to a double play in the bottom of the 1st, and a Jayson Werth solo home run in the 2nd.
     Carlos Santana put the Indians back on top in the 3rd with his sacrifice fly, but Philadelphia was not done yet; not by a long shot.
     Raul Ibanez's two run double in the 4th gave Philly the lead, and it forced the Tribe to try their hand at making a rally.
     Cleveland did just that in the 5th as they got another two - run belt from Choo, this one clearing the fence in deep left - center.
     However, Philadelphia tied the contest at 5 on Brian Schneider's first homer of the season, a solo job to right in the 7th.
     Santana's RBI fielder's choice in the 9th could have been the game winner had the Phillies not had one final comeback left in them.
     Kerry Wood came on for the bottom of the 9th, attempting to save just his sixth game of the campaign.  Walking Schneider to start the inning was not good for Wood, and it only got worse from there.  A weak groundout off the bat of former - Indian Ben Franciso, put the tying run in scoring position with only one out.  Rollins wasn't thinking RBI single, though, as he smoked a fastball just inside the right field foul pole for a game - winner.
     This was the Indians' fourth consecutive loss.