On Tuesday night at Chase Field, the Indians and Diamondbacks exchanged leads and several clutch hits as the contest neared its climax. But, unfortunately for the Tribe, the D-backs had the last at-bat and, consequently, the last laugh.
Tony Sipp immediately encountered trouble in the bottom of the 9th when he walked the lead-off man, Ryan Roberts. Sipp then completely forgot about Roberts, and the speedy 3rd baseman easily stole both 2nd and 3rd. Sipp was able to record 2 outs before Wily Mo Pena stepped to the plate and brought the evening's proceedings to an abrupt halt. Pena turned on a hanging slider and drilled it over the left field wall. Sipp walked dejectedly off the mound, while the Diamondbacks celebrated their walk-off victory.
Pena's heroics were made possible by an Indians rally in the top of the 9th. Facing J.J. Putz, Orlando Cabrera worked a walk, and Carlos Santana launched a game-tying, 2-run homer inside the right field foul pole.
After 4 1/2 innings of play, the Tribe enjoyed a 2-0 advantage, but the D-backs scored 4 unanswered runs to shift the momentum.
Overshadowed by the defeat was the fact that Josh Tomlin had 1 of his best games at the major league level. Tomlin allowed only 2 tallies in 7 frames of work, and he collected 2 base-hits, a bunt single and a RBI single.
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| A scene the Indians did not want to see |
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