Cleveland Indians: Two - Out Lighting Strikes for the Tribe

6 - 29 - 10     vs. Toronto     W, 5 - 4     29 - 47

     Scoring with two outs is one of the best things that can happen to an offense in baseball.  Not only does it put runs on the board, but it also demoralizes the oppostion.  This was clearly evident in this game as the Indians scored four times when they were down to their final out in an inning, and those runs were critical in what proved to be a nail - biter.
     After two men had been retired in the bottom of the 1st, Carlos Santana singled and Travis Hafner doubled, setting up the first lightning strike of the evening.  Jhonny Peralta bounced a routine grounder to third, but John MacDonald made an awful throw to first that resulted in a two - run throwing error.  The Tribe had caught the contest's first break.
     Cleveland's lead increased in the 2nd as Trevor Crowe doubled and Shin - Soo Choo drove him in with a single through the right side of the infield.  Once again, all of that occurred with two outs.
     The Indians got their final two - out tally in the 5th thanks to a Hafner RBI double that came on the heels of a walk by Santana.  The Tribe had what seemed like an insurmountable lead at 4 - 0, but things were about to change.
     Fausto Carmona, who had looked unhittable in the early going, began to unravel in the 6th.  He allowed a two - run single to Adam Lind that cut Cleveland's advantage in half.  Manny Acta did get Carmona out of the game before he completely fell apart, and he wound up getting the win as a result of his six frames of three - run pitching.
     Matt LaPorta's solo bomb just to the left of center in the 6th gave the Tribe a three - run cushion, and that would loom large because the Jays were about to make their best surge of the night.
     That surge came in the 7th, and it was a primary result of bad play by the Indians.  A wild pitch allowed one run to score, and Choo dropped a routine fly to allow another runner to cross home plate.  However, Cleveland stopped the bleeding right there, and they escaped with the victory.
     Kerry Wood earned his third save in as many days.