Yankees-Indians: ALDS Game 3

October 7, 2004
Cleveland Indians @ New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Cleveland leads series 2-0
Jake Westbrook vs. Roger Clemens

Starting Lineups/Batting Order
Cleveland Indians
Grady Sizemore (CF)
Asdrubal Cabrera (2B)
Travis Hafner (DH)
Victor Martinez (C)
Ryan Garko (1B)
Jhonny Peralta (SS)
Kenny Lofton (LF)
Trot Nixon (RF)
Casey Blake (3B)
New York Yankees
Johnny Damon (LF)
Derek Jeter (SS)
Bobby Abreu (LF)
Alex Rodriguez (3B)
Jorge Posada (C)
Jason Giambi (1B)
Hideki Matsui (DH)
Robinson Cano (2B)
Melky Cabrera (CF)

Pitchers
Cleveland Indians
Jake Westbrook (L, 0-1): 5 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 SO, 1 HR, 10.80 ERA
Aaron Fultz: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
Jensen Lewis: 1 IP, 3 SO, 0.00 ERA
Joe Borowski: 1 IP, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA
New York Yankees
Roger Clemens: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 11.57 ERA
Phil Hughes (W, 1-0): 3.2 IP, 2 H, 4 SO, 0.00 ERA
Joba Chamberlain: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 4.91 ERA
Mariano Rivera: 1 IP, 2 SO, 0.00 ERA

New York Yankees 8, Cleveland Indians 4
Cleveland leads series 2-1
WP: Phil Hughes (1-0)
LP: Jake Westbrook (0-1)

Notable Stats
Cleveland Indians
Jhonny Peralta: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
Trot Nixon: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 SO
New York Yankees
Johnny Damon: 3-4, 1 HR, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 SO
Alex Rodriguez: 2-4, 1 R
Hideki Matsui: 2-2, 2 BB, 3 R
Robinson Cano: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI

Summary
Again, I didn't see this one. The Yanks dominated Westbrook...probably the Rocket's last start...A-Rod had two hits...good game from Matsui...not much else to say since the Indians just won Game 4...

Game 4
Cleveland Indians @ New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Paul Byrd (0-0) vs. Chien-Ming Wang (0-1)