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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Yankees 6, Cleveland 5
When: 1:05 PM ET, Friday, April 17, 2009
Where: Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Tom Hallion
Attendance: 45101
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123456789RHE
Cleveland 100130000591
NY Yankees 002101110680
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Cleveland 3-8 1-2 2-6 L1
NY Yankees 6-5 1-1 5-4 W1
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the New York Yankees have a 1-1 record at home this season. The Cleveland Indians have a 2-6 record on the road.
  • NY Yankees has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Yankees have won 6 of their last 10 games.
  • Cleveland has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Indians have won 3 of their last 10 games.
  • Brian Bruney pitched 1.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 3.00. Mariano Rivera closed out the game to get the save and has 3 saves for the season. Jensen Lewis took the loss for Cleveland.
  • Derek Jeter, Johnny Damon, Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera hit homeruns for NY Yankees. Mark DeRosa had the only homerun for Cleveland.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   NY Yankees
Anthony Reyes Player Joba Chamberlain
Loss W/L Loss
5.0 IP 4.2
1 Strikeouts 4
5 Hits 6
5.40 ERA 9.64
Hitting
Cleveland   NY Yankees
Mark DeRosa Player Johnny Damon
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 1
1 HR 1
5 TB 5
.400 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 9 1 13 .281 14 9 5 5 1 1
NY Yankees 8 5 23 .242 17 5 5 6 2 0