Series Split, But Indians Get the Better of the Yankees
April 19th, 2009 at 11:14 pm by Displaced Cleveland Fan
Just looking at the wins & losses, the Indians and Yankees looked like they came out even in the four-game series the two teams just wrapped up. That may be true, but here are three reasons why the Tribe had the better series:
#1 - The Yankees’ first game in their brand new $1.5 billion stadium was an 8-run loss. Not only that, but Cleveland’s reigning Cy Young award winner Cliff Lee got the win. Former Indian and 2007 Cy Young award winner CC Sabathia, despite a new $161 million contract, could not beat his former team. He didn’t pitch bad. But he had to give it up to the bullpen which blew the game by allowing a 9-run 7th inning.
#2 - In the third game of the series, the Yankees gave up more runs in the 2nd inning than they had in any inning. Ever. The Indians scored 14 runs in the 2nd inning on their way to a 22-4 win.
#3 - Over the four games in the series, the Indians outscored the Yankees 40-19.
Cleveland is now sitting at 4-9 and is just 3.5 games back from first place in the Central Division. The Tribe begins a 3-game series with the first place Royals (how weird does that sound?) on Tuesday.
Tags: baseball, CC Sabathia, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, New York Yankees
