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When: 1:05 p.m.
Where: Yankee Stadium.
TV/radio: SportsTime Ohio, TBS; WTAM AM/1100.
Pitchers: Carl Pavano (0-2, 16.71 ERA) vs. A.J. Burnett (2-0, 2.70).
New York - Fourteen runs, 13 hits and slam No. 2 to boot. Now that's an inning.
"I don't think I've ever been part of something like that," said Indians outfielder Ben Francisco.
Not many people have, especially if they're wearing pinstripes.
Asdrubal Cabrera hit a grand slam and drove in five runs in a 14-run second inning Saturday as the Indians scored another 20-something victory over the Yankees. This time the final score was 22-4, which isn't as bad as the Tribe's 22-0 victory in the Bronx on Aug. 31, 2004 - the worst loss in Yankees history - but it will leave a mark.
The Yankees have won 26 World Championships to the Indians' two. They've dominated the regular-season series, with more than 1,000 victories over the Indians .
The Tribe, however, has certainly had its moments.
They are the only team to score 22 runs against the Yankees at home. They've done it twice.
The second inning Saturday represented the most runs and hits ever allowed by the Yankees in one inning.
"It was fun," said Shin-Soo Choo, who started the party with a three-run homer to left off Chien-Ming Wang.
The half-inning lasted 37 minutes. Wang (0-3, 34.50) and reliever Anthony Claggett, making his big-league debut, needed 69 pitches to get three outs.
"No one cared how long the inning was," Indians third baseman Mark DeRosa said. "When you're getting hits and scoring runs, you'll stay at the park all day."
The Indians sent 17 men to the plate. At one point nine straight Indians reached base. Seven of their 13 hits came with two strikes. Eight of the 13 hits, including three homers, went for extra bases.
Every Indian in the lineup scored at least one run in the inning.
It started with Travis Hafner's 30-foot dribbler down the third base line. It ended with consecutive homers by Cabrera and Grady Sizemore. Cabrera hit a 3-1 pitch down the right-field line for his first career slam. Sizemore, whose slam highlighted the Indians' nine-run seventh inning Thursday that ruined the Yankees' home opener, hit a 2-2 pitch into the seats in right.
"The biggest part of the inning is that seven of our hits came with two strikes," said hitting coach Derek Shelton. "We were able to extend their pitchers and have longer at-bats."
Peralta followed Hafner's infield single with a single to left. Choo hit a low outside pitch from Wang and drove it over the left-field fence for a 3-2 lead.
Ryan Garko popped out, but Francisco doubled and scored on Cabrera's single. Then came a Sizemore double, a two-run double by DeRosa and an RBI single by Victor Martinez to knock Wang out of the game.
Hafner doubled for his second hit of the inning. Ditto for Peralta, whose double scored two runs. While all that was going on, Garko was worried about making two outs in the inning.
"Some funny stuff goes on during an inning like that," DeRosa said. "I told Garko not to worry. I've made two outs in the same inning before."
After Choo walked, Garko singled. Claggett struck out Francisco, but Cabrera got him with the slam.
"Asdrubal just missed the first pitch," Francisco said. "We were all in the dugout and jumped up, but he pulled it foul."
Claggett gave it to him again at 3-1 and Cabrera drove it into the right-field seats.
The 14-run second tied the Indians' franchise record. The last time they scored 14 runs in an inning was June 18, 1950, against the Philadelphia A's. They did it in the first inning.
The Indians finished with 25 hits. Cabrera and DeRosa had four each. DeRosa had six RBI.
The Yankees beat the Indians , 6-5, Friday with five solo home runs. The Indians hit six Saturday; three came with the bases empty. DeRosa hit a three-run homer in the fifth followed by Martinez's solo homer. Hafner added a solo homer in the eighth.
Fausto Carmona (1-2, 7.88) started and gave up a two-run homer to Mark Teixeira in the first. It looked like he was in for another hard day before the 14-run second fell into his lap.
When asked if he'd like to have
that many runs every start, Carmona laughed and said, "Come on man, you know I would."
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: phoynes@plaind.com, 216-999-5158
Box
Second inning by the numbers
14
Runs, including at least one by each batter.
13
Hits, out of 14 fair balls hit.
27
Total bases, including five doubles and three homers.
.261
Season batting average at start of inning.
.283
Season batting average after inning.
69
Pitches faced, including 27 balls and 10 called strikes.
32
Swings taken, including six misses and 12 foul balls.
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