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	Bombers rebound in big way

No clean sweep for Tribe

By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com

Attempting to advance to the ALCS for the first time since 1998, the Indians jumped out to an early lead in Game 3, but Jake Westbrook ran out of gas, allowing six runs in five-plus innings. Trot Nixon belted a homer, but made a costly error, while Ryan Garko and Jhonny Peralta each drove in a run.

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Indians lose Game 3

Garko's RBI single

Nixon's homer

Peralta drives in Hafner

Nixon's RBI double

Yankees 8, Indians 4

Johnny Damon acknowledges the Yankee Stadium crowd after his three-run shot in the fifth. (Al Bello/Getty)

View series Indians win series, 3-1
Game	Matchup	Day	Date	Time ET	TV
Gm 1	NYY 3 @ CLE 12	Thu	Oct. 4
Gm 2	NYY 1 @ CLE 2	Fri	Oct. 5
Gm 3	CLE 4 @ NYY 8	Sun	Oct. 7
Gm 4	CLE 6 @ NYY 4	Mon	Oct. 8

Yanks rally, force Game 4

By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com

Facing elimination, the Yankees fell behind early and lost Roger Clemens to a left hamstring injury, but stormed back to send the ALDS to a Game 4. Johnny Damon's go-ahead three-run homer highlighted a four-run fifth, while rookie Phil Hughes tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings and got the win.

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Yankees win Game 3

Damon's RBI single

Cabrera's RBI single

Damon's three-run homer

Cano's RBI single

Cleveland

NY Yankees

October 7, 2007

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	1
NY Yankees	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	0	X	8	11	1

Recap: CLE | NYY | Gameday | Indians stats | Yankees stats

Cleveland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Sizemore, CF	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	.308
Cabrera, 2B	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	.154
Hafner, DH	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	.231
Martinez, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	4	.333
Garko, 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	3	.364
Peralta, SS	3	1	2	1	1	0	2	.364
Lofton, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.545
Nixon, RF	4	1	2	2	0	1	1	.500
1-Gutierrez, PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Blake, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083
Totals	36	4	9	4	3	9	16
1-Ran for Nixon in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Peralta (3, Hughes), Nixon (1, Chamberlain). HR: Nixon (1, 2nd inning off Clemens, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Sizemore; Cabrera; Martinez; Garko; Peralta 3; Lofton; Nixon 6. RBI: Garko (3), Nixon 2 (2), Peralta (1). 2-out RBI: Garko; Peralta; Nixon. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Peralta; Cabrera; Lofton; Blake 2. GIDP: Garko. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Sizemore (1, 2nd base off Clemens/Posada). FIELDING E: Nixon (1, fielding). DP: 3 (Peralta-Cabrera-Garko, Blake-Cabrera-Garko, Peralta-Garko).

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, LF	4	1	3	4	0	1	1	.308
Jeter, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.083
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200
Rodriguez, 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.200
Posada, C	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	.100
Giambi, 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
a-Mientkiewicz, PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Matsui, DH	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	.222
Cano, 2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	.273
Cabrera, CF	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	.167
Totals	32	8	11	6	3	5	13
a-Hit a sacrifice bunt for Giambi in the 6th.
BATTING 2B: Cano (1, Westbrook). HR: Damon (2, 5th inning off Westbrook, 2 on, 1 out). TB: Damon 6; Rodriguez 2; Posada; Matsui 2; Cano 3; Cabrera. RBI: Damon 4 (5), Cabrera (2), Cano (2). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Damon; Cabrera. S: Mientkiewicz. GIDP: Jeter 2; Posada. Team LOB: 4. FIELDING E: Cano (1, fielding). DP: (Jeter-Cano-Mientkiewicz).

Cleveland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Westbrook (L, 0-1)	5.0	9	6	6	0	1	1	10.80
Fultz	1.0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0.00
Lewis	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Borowski	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Clemens	2.1	4	3	3	2	1	1	11.57
Hughes (W, 1-0)	3.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	1.59
Chamberlain	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	4.91
Rivera	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00

Westbrook pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

WP: Hughes.
IBB: Matsui (by Fultz).
Pitches-strikes: Westbrook 79-48, Fultz 18-10, Lewis 16-10, Borowski 20-11, Clemens 59-33, Hughes 63-43, Chamberlain 38-23, Rivera 10-8.
Ground outs-fly outs: Westbrook 11-3, Fultz 2-0, Lewis 0-0, Borowski 0-3, Clemens 3-3, Hughes 1-6, Chamberlain 2-2, Rivera 0-1.
Batters faced: Westbrook 22, Fultz 6, Lewis 3, Borowski 5, Clemens 13, Hughes 14, Chamberlain 9, Rivera 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Fultz 1-1, Hughes 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Ron Kulpa. 1B: Fieldin Culbreth. 2B: Gerry Davis. 3B: Jim Wolf. LF: Bruce Froemming. RF: Laz Diaz.
Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, R to L.
T: 3:38.
Att: 56,358.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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