Indians-Dodgers: Cleveland Beats Los Angeles 6-4 in 10 Innings

Up by four in the bottom of the eighth, the Indians gave up two pair in the eighth and ninth, sending the contest into extra frames, but won 6-4.

On a night when Cliff Lee went seven and a third strong, gave up one run on six hits, and had a 4-1 lead, almost everyone in the Cleveland bullpen let him down. He ended up with his second no-decision in a row.

Masa Kobayashi saved the Tribe (but not Lee) by closing down the Dodgers in the bottom of the 10th after Cleveland scored a pair to go back on top 6-4.  Joe Borowski got the default win after a blown save.

Clayton Kershaw gave up four runs on four hits through five, and the trio of Proctor, Troncoso and Wade shut the Indians' offense down while the Dodgers mounted a comeback.  Takashi Saito gave up the winning two in the top of the 10th, taking the loss.

Kelly Shoppach put the Indians on the board with a home run to left in the third after Casey Blake reached first on an infield single. That made it 2-0. 

Cleveland eked out another run in the top of the fourth.  Shin-Soo Choo walked on four pitches and Casey Blake doubled, but was out at third trying to stretch it into a triple.  In the meantime, Choo came around to score prior to the out, making it 3-0 Tribe.

The Indians added another in the top of the sixth. Jamey Carroll and Ben Francisco walked.  Proctor almost got the Dodgers out of the jam by striking out Garko and Choo, but Jhonny Peralta delivered a big two-out single, scoring Carroll and putting the Indians up 4-0.

In the bottom of the eighth, the Dodgers finally got to Lee, sort of.  After getting Pierre to ground out, Lee gave up a single to Kemp.  Rafael Betancourt came on in relief of Lee, giving up a double to Jeff Kent, scoring Kemp. 

That was the one lone run charged to Lee on the evening.  Perez relieved Betancourt, and he gave up a single to Loney, scoring Kent, but struck out LaRoche and Ethier, making it 4-2 Tribe.

In the ninth, the Dodgers tied it up.  Joe Borowski came on, giving up a single to Berroa and a double to Martin.  With runners on second and third and nobody out, Borwoski struck out a pinch-hitting DeWitt. 

Pierre then pulled off an infield single that scored Berroa, and he promptly stole second.  With the potential winning run in scoring position, Borowski got Kent to ground out to short, but that scored Martin and blew Lee’s win.

Worse, the Indians were on the cusp of losing.  Loney was intentionally walked, loading the bases for LaRoche. He flied out to end the inning.

In the top of the 10th, the Dodgers put Saito on the mound and he promptly walked Carroll.  Francisco singled, as did Garko, loading up the bases for the Indians.

Gutierrez hit a grounder that the Dodgers brought home, getting Carroll out at the plate, and picking off Francisco from third on a bad baserunning blunder.  Peralta delivered a two-out double, scoring Garko and Gutierrez, and staking the Indians to a 6-4 lead.  That would be it for the Indians.

Masa Kobayashi came in for the Tribe, getting two quick groundouts before surrendering a single to Martin.  He went to second after being ignored at first, but DeWitt grounded out to short, ending the game.

This was the Indians' first win in four chances after being swept by Colorado.  The Minnesota Twins also won, with the rest of the AL Central losing.

These two teams will repeat the 10:05 start, as C.C. Sabathia goes up against Chan Ho Park.