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
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
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| NY Yankees | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
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 |