Cleveland Indians: Mets Finish Sweep of Tribe

6 - 17 - 10     vs. New York Mets     L, 6 - 4     25 - 40

     This three - game series between the Tribe and the Mets was a clinic on how to aggresively play baseball, and the Indians were the miserable students.  New York ran Cleveland ragged all week long in an easy sweep for the Amazins.
     The game was pretty much over after the 1st inning as the Mets scored three times off of Jake Westbrook.  A pair of RBI singles from Ike Davis and Henry Blanco sandwiched around a Jeff Francouer sacrifice fly, drove home the trio of tallies.
     The Tribe did cut the deficit to one with single runs in the 2nd and 3rd, but New York wasn't about to be denied their seventh straight victory.  If you are interested, a Jhonny Peralta RBI single and a Ruben Tejada fielding error provided the scoring that was mentioned above.
     The Mets restored their three - run lead in the 4th.  They used a walk, a sac bunt, a double, a fielder's choice, and a single to put two more runs on the board.  It was just one more instance of how New York can play small ball with the best of 'em.
      A pair of Travis Hafner RBI groundouts pulled Cleveland within one at 5 - 4, and it appeared as if the Indians had a fighting chance with the contest going into the 8th.  However, after there were two outs, Tejada blooped a single to center, and Jose Reyes drilled a ball into the right - center gap for a triple that scored Tejada.  Showing the hustle that has made him a superstar, Reyes never slowed down on the play and slid head - first into third base just ahead of the throw.
     The Indians went quietly in the final two frames as they lost their fourth in a row.
     Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (6 IP, 3R, 2ER) took the win, Westbrook (7IP, 5ER), the loss, and Francisco Rodriguez (1IP, 0ER), the save.