I won’t say tonight’s game was a must-win but I will say it was a game the Yankees should have won. The Indians were in the midst of a nine-game losing streak coming into tonight but snapped that streak by handing the Yankees their fourth loss in five games. So far this has been the road trip from hell for New York who were swept in Chicago and with a loss tomorrow could finish the trip 1-5.
Tonight, the Yankees seemed to have the bases loaded every inning and couldn’t do anything. They ended the game 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position and their lone run came on a sacrifice fly by Mark Teixeira in the sixth inning.
Hiroki Kuroda was victimized by a three-run home run in the first inning by Michael Brantley.
That’s all the Indians would need to lock up the victory. Kuroda ended up pitching a complete game allowing only four hits in the loss.
Justin Masterson struck out six Yankees en route to his 10th win of the season and Chris Perez picked up his 33rd save with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
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Yuck. I hate losses like these. Facing a sub-.500 team and Kuroda outside of 1 mistake does great, and the offense lays an egg.