Paul Byrd gave up three home runs in 6 2/3, and Masa Kobayashi gave up another in relief, as the New York Yankees avoided the sweep Thursday afternoon to defeat the Cleveland Indians 6-3 at Yankee Stadium.
Byrd was gliding along the first three innings of the game, having faced the Yankee minimum of nine batters, and only giving up a second inning single that was wiped out by an inning-ending double play. Things changed dramatically in the fourth inning, when Yankees' centerfielder Johnny Damon led off the inning by taking a 3-2 pitch over the right field wall. Byrd gave up a single to Derek Jeter in the next at-bat, but he seemed to right the ship a bit when he forced Bobby Abreu into a double play. The Yankees remained persistent though, as Hideki Matsui hit a two-out single, and Jason Giambi put the finishing touches on the three-run inning with a home run that curled around the right field foul poll into the upper deck. It was Giambi's sixth home run, three of which he's hit off of Byrd this season.
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Byrd was gliding along the first three innings of the game, having faced the Yankee minimum of nine batters, and only giving up a second inning single that was wiped out by an inning-ending double play. Things changed dramatically in the fourth inning, when Yankees' centerfielder Johnny Damon led off the inning by taking a 3-2 pitch over the right field wall. Byrd gave up a single to Derek Jeter in the next at-bat, but he seemed to right the ship a bit when he forced Bobby Abreu into a double play. The Yankees remained persistent though, as Hideki Matsui hit a two-out single, and Jason Giambi put the finishing touches on the three-run inning with a home run that curled around the right field foul poll into the upper deck. It was Giambi's sixth home run, three of which he's hit off of Byrd this season.
Original Story:
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