The Yankees hit Josh Tomlin early, often and hard Monday night on the way to a 7-1 victory over the Indians at Yankee Stadium.
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The Indians are on a cold streak. On the field and in the front office.
On the field Monday night at Yankee Stadium, they lost 7-1 to New York. It was their third straight loss, matching their longest losing streak of the season. They have scored three runs in those three games.
When the Indians were assembled in spring training, GM Chris Antonetti and manager Manny Acta took a chance. They constructed a lineup of primarily left-handed hitters figuring they'd have an advantage because most starters in the American League are right-handed. It was a decision that left them vulnerable against left-handers, but they were willing to live with it.
Houston left-handers Dallas Keuchel and J.A. Happ beat them Saturday and Sunday at Minute Maid Park. Monday, however, Acta used an all left-handed lineup against Yankee right-hander Hiroki Kuroda. All Kuroda did was hold them to one run on five hits in seven plus innings.
When you work the numbers, when you play the odds, sometimes they just don't calculate.
Who knows what would have happened if Josh Tomlin (3-5, 5.70) had pitched better. As it was, Tomlin proved once again showed that he can do without Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees ripped him for six runs on six hits in three innings. He threw 80 pitches and it seemed like the Yankees hit everyone of them hard.
Robinson Cano hit a two-run double in the first after Curtis Granderson walked and Mark Teixeira singled off the right field wall.
Dewayne Wise hit a two-run homer in the second to make it 4-0. It was Wise's first homer of the season and the first of three Tomlin allowed.
In the third, Cano and Nick Swisher hit consecutive homers for a 6-0 lead. Tomlin has allowed 11 homers this season.
In two starts at Yankee Stadium, Tomlin is 0-2 with a 13.50 ERA. He's allowed 18 hits and 12 runs in eight innings.
The Indians scored their only run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Jason Kipnis. Lonnie Chisenhall hit a leadoff single and went to third on Shin-Soo Choo's double. Clay Rapada replaced Kuroda (7-7, 3.40) and Asdrubal Cabrera greeted him with a liner to right, but Swisher made a nice lunging catch.
Kipnis followed with a sacrifice fly to right.
Kuroda allowed one run on five hits in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked two. It was his first career appearance against the Indians.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/06/new_york_yankees_hand_clevelan.html
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