Satan's Luau

TOP 1: Lee going for CLE -- Jeter lines to center ... a great sliding catch by Sizemore, one down -- Cano flies the first pitch to the track in center, two away -- Sheffield grounds to short ... Peralta makes a backhand stop and makes the play on time to retire the side

BOT 1: Mussina going for NY -- Sizemore goes down looking, one down -- Crisp also goes down looking, two gone -- full count to Peralta, the payoff ... low, he draws a two out walk -- Martinez goes down swinging to end the inning ... Mussina strikes out the side

TOP 2: ARod pops to first, one down -- Matsui blasts one to the rightfield corner .... in with a double -- Giambi rips one down the rightfield line, one run scores ... and Giambi in with a double -- Yankees lead, 1-0

Posada blasts one out to left center ... GONE!!, a towering two run shot -- the score is now NY 3-0

Tino flies to left, two away -- Bernie grounds to third to end the rally

BOT 2: Liefer goes down swinging, one down -- Belliard grounds to second, two away -- A.B.Boone grounds to the left of the mound, Muss pounces on it ... and releases an AIRMAILED ball off his back foot over first ... ABB to second on the throwing error -- Broussard goes down swinging to end the inning

TOP 3: Jeter smashes a shot off the scoreboard in left ... he hustles in with a leadoff double -- Cano pops to third, one down -- runner at second for Sheffield, he lines a single through and into center, runner to third on the hit

Runners at the corners for ARod, hits a sacfly to the track in left center scoring a run -- Yankees now lead, 4-0

Runner at first for Matsui, he flies to center to end the rally

BOT 3: Full count to Blake, the payoff ... outside, he draws a leadoff walk -- Sizemore grounds to first into a 363 double play, two gone -- Crisp rips one past Tino and down the line in right for a two out double -- on the 0-1 to Peralta, Crisp goes ... and steals third -- Peralta grounds to third to end the inning

TOP 4: Full count to Giambi, the payoff ... high, he draws a leadoff walk -- Posada grounds to third into a 543 double play, two down -- Tino grounds to the left of the mound, Lee rushes to glove it and doesn't get it, a two out infield single -- Bernie grounds to short to retire the side

BOT 4: Martinez grounds to short ... the throw pulls Tino, who tags the runner to make the play, one down -- Liefer goes down swinging, two away -- Belliard bloops a two out single to right center -- A.B.Boone loops to short, the force is made at second to end the inning

TOP 5: Jeter draws a leadoff walk -- Cano bunts foul for a third strike, one down -- runner at first for Sheffield, he goes down swinging, two away -- ARod loops a single into center, runners now first and second -- Matsui pops to right center to retire the side

BOT 5: Broussard blasts the 0-2 to right for a leadoff solo shot -- the score is now NY 4-1

Blake lines a shot to left to the wall ... he hustles in with a double -- runner at second for Sizemore, he goes down swinging, one down -- Crisp blasts one to deep right center off the wall, one run scores -- the Yankee lead is halved, 4-2

Runner at second for Peralta, he flies to center, two away -- full count to Martinez, the payoff ... low, he draws a two out walk, runners now first and second

Liefer lines a single up the middle and into center, another run scores -- the score is now NY 4-3

Full count to Belliard, the payoff ... outside, he draws a walk and the bases are loaded -- ABB hits a flare to right, two runs will score -- Tribe have erased the Yankees lead in this half inning, 5-4

The Tribe has batted around ... up for the second time this inning Broussard, he loops a single to right, another run scores -- Indians extend to 6-4

That will be all for Mussina, Torre calls for Sturtze -- Blake grounds to short to end the avalanche

TOP 6: Giambi goes down swinging, he is tagged and put out, one down -- Posada pops to right, two away -- Tino goes down swinging to retire the side

BOT 6: Sturtze continues for NY -- Sizemore grounds to first, one down -- full count to Crisp, the payoff ... he flies to center, two away -- Peralta goes down swinging to end the inning ... and loses the bat into the stands in the process

TOP 7: Lee continues for CLE, Howry warms -- Bernie goes down swinging on a foultip, one away -- Jeter grounds to third, two away -- Cano grounds a two out single through to left

Wedge out to get Lee, Lee had some shaky innings early but settled in -- Howry now pitching for CLE -- Sheffield is jammed, has his bat broken, and flares softly to the mound to Howry, who puts him down to retire the side

The Yankees appear to have folded up the tents, as they have played the last two innings fairly flat.

Seventh Inning Stench, Indians lead, 6-4

BOT 7: Sturtze continues for NY -- Martinez grounds a leadoff single through to left, past the diving Cano -- Liefer grounds a single up the middle, runners now first and second -- Belliard grounds to second, the force is made at second, one down ... the throw by Jeter is away from Tino, one run scores on the throwing error -- Tribe now leads, 7-4

Runners now at second for A.B.Boone, he draws a walk after working it full -- that will be all for Sturtze, Torre will call for Franklin

Runners first and second for for Broussard, one down, he grounds to second, the force is made at second, two away -- runners now at the corners, two gone for Blake, he goes down swinging to end the rally

TOP 8: Howry continues for CLE -- As has been a disturbing pattern of late, ARod down looking on a tough pitch to take, one down -- now begins the ever-endearing chant that speculates on Yankee suction

Matsui grounds to short ... the play at first, Matsui safe with an infield single (video was out, the replay: he was out) -- Wedge making a pitching change, the new pitcher is Sauerbeck for CLE

Runner at first for Giambi, he goes down looking (replay: looked low, oh well), two away -- Posada also goes down looking to retire the side

It's over ... when the bats don't come off the shoulders, it's over

BOT 8: Franklin continues for NY -- full count to Sizemore, he draws a walk -- Wickman warms for Tribe, Felix Rodriguez warms for NY -- Crisp pops foul ... Posada makes the catch, one down -- Peralta pops to second ... Cano having difficulty, and DROPS IT ... he throws to second to get the lead runner, two away

Martinez draws a walk, runners now first and second -- Liefer goes down swinging to end the inning

TOP 9: Wickman in to close -- Tino goes down swinging, one down -- Bernie flies to right, two away -- Jeter grounds to short ... and makes the final out for the second night in a row, the game is over

FINAL: Indians win, 7-4

Fool's Gold.

Pitching = big problem.

56UP 49DOWN ... two straight losses