Yankees 4, Indians 2
CLEVELAND -- The New York Yankees scored three runs in the second inning off Ubaldo Jimenez and added a home run by Curtis Granderson in the sixth to beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2 Sunday.
New York won two of the three games of the weekend series.
Right-hander Freddy Garcia started for New York, was in and out of trouble for most of his 4 2/3 innings, but was unable to complete the fifth inning and qualify for the win, which was given to reliever Boone Logan (5-2).
Garcia allowed two runs on four hits with six strikeouts and two walks.
The loss went to Jimenez, who threw 100 pitches in five innings, giving up three runs on eight hits as his record fell to 9-13.
In the first inning, Garcia gave up a leadoff single and stolen base to Jason Kipnis. But with a runner at second and no outs, Garcia was able to prevent Cleveland from scoring.
Jack Hannahan led off the Cleveland third inning with a double, and that was followed by an error by Yankee second baseman Robinson Cano, putting runners at second and third with one out. But again Garcia was able to pitch out of trouble without Cleveland scoring.
The Yankees scored all the runs they needed in the second inning.
Eric Chavez led off the inning with a single, and Raul Ibanez walked. Ichiro Suzuki's single scored Chavez with the first run of the inning, and a sacrifice bunt by Chris Stewart moved the runners to second and third.
Ibanez scored on a groundout by Derek Jeter, and Suzuki scored on a two-out single by Nick Swisher to make it 3-0.
Cleveland scored two runs with a two-out rally, knocking Garcia out of the game in the fifth inning. With two outs and nobody on base, Kipnis doubled and Garcia hit Asdrubal Cabrera with a pitch. Shin-Soo Choo walked to load the bases.
Carlos Santana then singled up the middle to score Kipnis and Cabrera, cutting the New York lead to 3-2.
Santana's hit knocked Garcia out of the game. He was replaced by Logan.
The Yankees extended their lead to 4-2 when Granderson, leading off the sixth inning, homered off reliever Tony Sipp. It's the 33rd homer of the year and 200th homer of his career for Granderson.
Alfonso Soriano pitched the last 1 1/3 innings for the Yankees to pick up his 33rd save.
Notes: Swisher, who was born in Ohio and played at Ohio State University, had a big series in his home state. Swisher was 7-for-11 with two doubles, a home run and 3 RBIs. . . Granderson's home run Sunday gives the Yankees eight players on their roster with at least 200 career home runs: Granderson, Swisher, Jeter, Mark Teixeira, Chavez, Ibanez, Andruw Jones, and Alex Rodriguez. . . Kipnis had three stolen bases Sunday, bringing his team-leading total to 26. The three steals are a season high for an Indians player. . . On Monday against Oakland, Roberto Hernandez, formerly known as Fausto Carmona, will make his third start since rejoining the Indians after serving a three-week suspension from Major League Baseball as a result of his arrest for identity theft in the Dominican Republic in the off-season. Hernandez went 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA in his first two starts.
