Final
Rodriguez, Yankees hope to sweep Indians
Aug 12, 2007 - 12:59 PM Ny Yankees (65-51) at Cleveland (65-52) 1:05 pm EDTCLEVELAND (Ticker) - Alex Rodriguez will look to continue his MVP-like campaign when the New York Yankees try to complete a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.
Rodriguez belted two home runs in Saturday's 11-2 victory over the Indians. The 32-year-old third baseman is batting .301 with 39 home runs and 114 RBI this season.
Rodriguez, who is looking to pick up his third American League MVP award, has three blasts in the first two games of this series.
Jake Westbrook (3-6, 5.00 ERA) will get the start for Cleveland and hope to shut down Rodriguez and the rest of New York's high-powered offense. The 29-year-old Westbrook has won his last two starts, surrendering just one run and seven hits over 14 innings.
The Indians, who have lost nine of their last 14 games, hold a one-half game lead over Detroit in the AL Central.
The Yankees counter with Andy Pettitte (8-7, 4.00), who has won four of his last five decisions. The 12-year veteran yielded three runs and six hits with four walks and seven strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings in a 5-4 triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.
New York, which has gone a major league-best 22-8 since the All-Star break, is tied with Seattle in the wild card race and pulled within five games of Boston in the AL East.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 12 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 11 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: NYY - ANDY PETTITTE, LUIS VIZCAINO (8TH), MARIANO RIVERA (8TH) AND
JOSE MOLINA
CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK, RAFAEL PEREZ (8TH), RAFAEL
BETANCOURT (9TH) AND VICTOR MARTINE
Aug 12 4:15 PM - AL
AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ SCORED JASON MICHAELS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F GUTIERREZ ON SECOND, C GOMEZ ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 5
CLEVELAND 3 BOTTOM, 9TH
DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: A CABRERA (.250, 1-FOR-3)
Yankees vs. GuardiansAug 12 4:08 PM - AL
AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DEREK JETER SCORED MELKY CABRERA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D JETER ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 5
CLEVELAND 2 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: B ABREU (.283, 0-FOR-3, BB)
Yankees vs. GuardiansAug 12 3:58 PM - AL
AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED ASDRUBAL CABRERA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, V MARTINEZ ON FIRST, G SIZEMORE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
CLEVELAND 2 BOTTOM, 8TH
DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.307, 1-FOR-3)
Yankees vs. GuardiansAug 12 3:36 PM - AL
AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY JASON MICHAELS SCORED VICTOR MARTINEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R GARKO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
CLEVELAND 1 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C GOMEZ (.304, 1-FOR-2)
Yankees vs. GuardiansAug 12 3:09 PM - AL
AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY MELKY CABRERA (8) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 7TH OFF JAKE WESTBROOK.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4, CLEVELAND 0
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: D JETER (.330, 0-FOR-3)
Yankees vs. GuardiansAug 12 2:52 PM - AL
AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ROBINSON CANO SCORED HIDEKI MATSUI.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R CANO ON FIRST, J GIAMBI ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 3
CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: A PHILLIPS (.286, 0-FOR-2)
Yankees vs. GuardiansAug 12 2:32 PM - AL
AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JASON GIAMBI (9) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 4TH OFF JAKE WESTBROOK SCORED HIDEKI MATSUI.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 2, CLEVELAND 0
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: R CANO (.312, 1-FOR-1)
Yankees vs. GuardiansAug 12 1:56 PM
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