2007 League Division Series - Cleveland Indians over New York Yankees (3-1)

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2007 League Division Series (3-1): Cleveland Indians (96-66) over New York Yankees (94-68)

WS: BOS-COL / ALCS: BOS-CLE / NLCS: COL-ARI / Div. Series: BOS-LAA / CLE-NYY / ARI-CHC / COL-PHI
2006 ALDS2 / 2008 ALDS2

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 4, 2007 at Jacobs Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0     3  5  0
    Cleveland Indians            3  0  1    0  5  2    0  1  x    12 14  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Wang, Ohlendorf (5), Veras (6), Hughes (7)
              CLE - Sabathia, Perez (6), Lewis (8), Betancourt (9)

               WP - CC Sabathia
	       LP - Chien-Ming Wang
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Cano, Damon
              CLE - Cabrera, Garko, Hafner, Martinez

  ATTENDANCE: 44,608

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 5, 2007 at Jacobs Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     1  3  0
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1     2  9  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pettitte, Chamberlain (7), Rivera (9), Vizcaino (11)
              CLE - Carmona, Perez (10)

               WP - Rafael Perez
	       LP - Luis Vizcaino
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Cabrera
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 44,732

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            1  1  1    0  0  0    0  1  0     4  9  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  1    0  4  3    0  0  x     8 11  1

    PITCHERS: CLE - Westbrook, Fultz (6), Lewis (7), Borowski (8)
              NYY - Clemens, Hughes (3), Chamberlain (7), Rivera (9)

               WP - Phil Hughes
	       LP - Jake Westbrook
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Nixon
              NYY - Damon

  ATTENDANCE: 56,358

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 8, 2007 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            2  2  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     6 13  0
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    0  0  1    1  0  1     4 12  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Byrd, Perez (6), Betancourt (8), Borowski (9)
              NYY - Wang, Mussina (2), Villone (6), Farnsworth (7), Veras (8), Rivera (8)

               WP - Paul Byrd
	       LP - Chien-Ming Wang
             SAVE - Joe Borowski

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Sizemore
              NYY - Abreu, Cano, Rodriguez

  ATTENDANCE: 56,315

Series Batting Stats

Cleveland Indians Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Rafael Betancourt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	68	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Casey Blake	4	17	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	5	.118	.118	.176	.294	0	0	156	588	81	159	18	78	4	.270	.776
Joe Borowski	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Byrd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Asdrubal Cabrera	4	17	3	3	0	0	1	2	1	4	.176	.222	.353	.575	0	0	45	159	30	45	3	22	0	.283	.775
Aaron Fultz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Garko	3	11	3	4	0	0	1	3	1	1	.364	.500	.636	1.136	0	0	138	484	62	140	21	61	0	.289	.842
Franklin Gutierrez	4	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	100	271	41	72	13	36	8	.266	.790
Travis Hafner	4	16	4	4	0	0	1	2	5	3	.250	.429	.438	.866	0	0	152	545	80	145	24	100	1	.266	.837
Roberto Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jensen Lewis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Lofton	4	16	2	6	1	0	0	4	2	1	.375	.444	.438	.882	1	1	*136	490	86	145	7	38	23	.296	.781
Victor Martinez	4	17	2	6	1	0	1	4	1	3	.353	.421	.588	1.009	0	0	147	562	78	169	25	114	0	.301	.879
Jason Michaels	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	105	267	43	72	7	39	3	.270	.721
Trot Nixon	1	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	0	0	99	307	30	77	3	31	0	.251	.677
Jhonny Peralta	4	15	2	7	3	0	0	2	4	3	.467	.579	.667	1.246	1	0	152	574	87	155	21	72	4	.270	.771
Rafael Perez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
CC Sabathia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	3	0	2	0	0	0	.667	1.333
Kelly Shoppach	1	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.750	1.333	2.083	0	0	59	161	26	42	7	30	0	.261	.782
Grady Sizemore	4	16	3	6	0	1	1	1	4	4	.375	.524	.688	1.211	1	1	162	628	118	174	24	78	33	.277	.852
Jake Westbrook	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	52	143	24	45	10	1	6	22	20	30	.315	.417	.524	.941	3	2	162	5604	811	1504	178		72	.268	.771

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Bobby Abreu	4	15	1	4	1	0	1	2	2	3	.267	.353	.533	.886	1	0	158	605	123	171	16	101	25	.283	.814
Melky Cabrera	4	16	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	.188	.188	.375	.563	0	0	150	545	66	149	8	73	13	.273	.718
Robinson Cano	4	15	3	5	1	0	2	3	1	1	.333	.375	.800	1.175	0	1	160	617	93	189	19	97	4	.306	.841
Joba Chamberlain	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Clemens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000
Johnny Damon	4	18	2	5	0	0	2	5	1	5	.278	.316	.611	.927	0	0	141	533	93	144	12	63	27	.270	.747
Shelley Duncan	3	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	34	74	16	19	7	17	0	.257	.883
Kyle Farnsworth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Giambi	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	83	254	31	60	14	39	1	.236	.790
Phil Hughes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Jeter	4	17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	.176	.176	.176	.353	0	0	156	639	102	206	12	73	15	.322	.840
Hideki Matsui	4	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	.182	.438	.182	.619	0	0	143	547	100	156	25	103	4	.285	.855
Doug Mientkiewicz	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	72	166	26	46	5	24	0	.277	.789
Mike Mussina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333
Ross Ohlendorf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Pettitte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jorge Posada	4	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	.133	.235	.200	.435	0	0	144	506	91	171	20	90	2	.338	.970
Mariano Rivera	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	67	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Rodriguez	4	15	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	6	.267	.353	.467	.820	0	0	158	583	143	183	54	156	24	.314	1.067
Bronson Sardinha	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	10	9	6	3	0	2	0	.333	.750
Jose Veras	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Villone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Vizcaino	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	77	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Chien-Ming Wang	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	61	136	16	31	3	0	7	14	14	28	.228	.300	.404	.704	1	1	162	5717	968	1656	201		123	.290	.829

Cleveland Indians Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Rafael Betancourt	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	3	0.500	68	0	1.47	5	1	3	79.1	51	9	80	0.756
Joe Borowski	2	0	4.50	0	0	1	0	2.0	1	1	2	1	1.500	69	0	5.07	4	5	45	65.2	77	17	58	1.431
Paul Byrd	1	1	3.60	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	2	2	2	2.000	31	31	4.59	15	8	0	192.1	239	28	88	1.388
Aaron Fultz	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	1	1	3.000	49	0	2.92	4	3	0	37.0	31	18	28	1.324
Roberto Hernandez	1	1	1.00	0	0	0	0	9.0	3	1	2	5	0.556	32	32	3.06	19	8	0	215.0	199	61	137	1.209
Jensen Lewis	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	0.000	26	0	2.15	1	1	0	29.1	26	10	34	1.227
Rafael Perez	3	0	1.50	1	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	6	0.667	44	0	1.78	1	2	1	60.2	41	15	62	0.923
CC Sabathia	1	1	5.40	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	6	5	2.000	34	34	3.21	19	7	0	241.0	238	37	209	1.141
Jake Westbrook	1	1	10.80	0	1	0	0	5.0	9	6	0	1	1.800	25	25	4.32	6	9	0	152.0	159	55	93	1.408
Totals	14	4	3.41	3	1	1	0	37.0	31	14	14	28	1.216	162	162	4.049	96	66		1462.2	1519	410	1047	1.319

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Joba Chamberlain	2	0	4.91	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	3	4	1.636	19	0	0.38	2	0	1	24.0	12	6	34	0.750
Roger Clemens	1	1	11.57	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	3	2	1	2.571	18	17	4.18	6	6	0	99.0	99	31	68	1.313
Kyle Farnsworth	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	2	1.000	64	0	4.80	2	1	0	60.0	60	27	48	1.450
Phil Hughes	2	0	1.59	1	0	0	0	5.2	3	1	0	6	0.529	13	13	4.46	5	3	0	72.2	64	29	58	1.280
Mike Mussina	1	0	3.86	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	4	3	1.714	28	27	5.15	11	10	0	152.0	188	35	91	1.467
Ross Ohlendorf	1	0	27.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	1	0	5.000	6	0	2.84	0	0	0	6.1	5	2	9	1.105
Andy Pettitte	1	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	0	2	5	1.421	36	34	4.05	15	9	0	215.1	238	69	141	1.426
Mariano Rivera	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.2	2	0	1	6	0.643	67	0	3.15	3	4	30	71.1	68	12	74	1.121
Jose Veras	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	1	1	3.000	9	0	5.79	0	0	2	9.1	6	7	7	1.393
Ron Villone	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.000	37	0	4.25	0	0	0	42.1	36	18	25	1.276
Luis Vizcaino	1	0	13.50	0	1	0	0	0.2	2	1	2	0	6.000	77	0	4.30	8	2	0	75.1	66	43	62	1.447
Chien-Ming Wang	2	2	19.06	0	2	0	0	5.2	14	12	4	2	3.176	30	30	3.70	19	7	0	199.1	199	59	104	1.294
Totals	18	4	5.89	1	3	0	0	36.2	45	24	20	30	1.773	162	162	4.492	94	68		1450.2	1498	578	1009	1.431

WS: BOS-COL / ALCS: BOS-CLE / NLCS: COL-ARI / Div. Series: BOS-LAA / CLE-NYY / ARI-CHC / COL-PHI
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