Yankees-Indians: ALDS Game 4

October 8, 2007
Cleveland Indians @ New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Cleveland leads series 2-1
Paul Byrd (0-0) vs. Chien-Ming Wang (0-1)

Starting Lineups/Batting Order
Cleveland Indians
Grady Sizemore (CF)
Asdrubal Cabrera (2B)
Travis Hafner (DH)
Victor Martinez (1B)
Jhonny Peralta (SS)
Kenny Lofton (LF)
Franklin Gutierrez (RF)
Casey Blake (3B)
Kelly Shoppach (C)
New York Yankees
Johnny Damon (LF)
Derek Jeter (SS)
Bobby Abreu (LF)
Alez Rodriguez (3B)
Jorge Posada (C)
Hideki Matsui (DH)
Robinson Cano (2B)
Melky Cabrera (CF)
Doug Mientkiewicz (1B)
a-Shelley Duncan (PH-1B)
b-Jason Giambi (PH-1B)

Pitchers
Cleveland Indians
Paul Byrd (W, 1-0): 5 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 3.60 ERA
Rafael Perez: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 1.50 ERA
Rafael Betancourt: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 SO, 0.00 ERA
Joe Borowski (S, 1): 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 SO, 1 HR, 4.50 ERA
New York Yankees
Chien-Ming Wang (L, 0-2): 1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 HR, 19.06 ERA
Mike Mussina: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 SO, 3.86 ERA
Ron Villone: 0.1 IP, 0.00 ERA
Kyle Farnsworth: 1 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0.00 ERA
Jose Veras: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
Mariano Rivera: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA

Cleveland Indians 6, New York Yankees 4
Cleveland wins series 3-1
WP: Paul Byrd (1-0)
LP: Chien-Ming Wang (0-2)
S: Joe Borowski (1)

Notable Stats
Cleveland Indians
Grady Sizemore: 2-3, 1 HR, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Travis Hafner: 1-3, 1 R, 2 BB
Victor Martinez: 2-5, 2 RBI
Jhonny Peralta: 3-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Kelly Shoppach: 2-3, 2 2B, 1 R
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter: 2-5, 1 RBI
Bobby Abreu: 2-5, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SO
Alex Rodriguez: 2-5, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 SO
Robinson Cano: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI

Summary
Some notes, and my opinion. I didn't watch it, so these are snippets of thoughts from the stats:
Yanks should not have started Wang, Mussina probably would have been a better option, and with the way the bullpen pitched last night, I would have start Mussina. A-Rod actually did something...Shoppach had an impressive postseason debut...Sizemore hit his first career postseason home run...Paul Byrd pitched well for the Tribe...that's about all.

Indians-Red Sox. Should be a good one.