The Indians are anticipating David Huff making his next start after taking a liner in the head Saturday at Yankee Stadium.
UPDATED: 4:00 p.m.
NEW YORK, New York -- The Yankees used a five-run seventh inning to rally past the Indians today for a 7-3 victory at Yankee Stadium. Justin Masterson had a 3-0 lead entering the seventh, but he couldn't hold it.
A.J. Burnett (6-2) went eight innings for the victory. Tony Sipp (0-1) took the loss. In two appearances in this series, Sipp has allowed six runs in one-third of an inning. He entered the series with 15 1/3 scoreless innings.l
Masterson had one of his better starts of the season. At least he didn't take the loss. It would have been his 12th straight losing decision.
Jensen Lewis, just up from Class AAA Columbus, allowed two runs on three hits in the eighth.
Yankee comeback: Masterson, who entered the seventh with a 3-0 lead, gave up a two-run single to Derek Jeter with two out to make it 3-2. Sipp relieved and gave up a double to Curtis Granderson and a three-run Homer to Mark Teixeira to give the Yankees a 5-3 lead.
In Friday's 8-2 loss to the Yankees, Sipp allowed a slam to Robinson Cano in the seventh.
The line: Masterson allowed three runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out eight and walked one.
Go with two: The Indians stretched their lead to 3-0 with a pair of two-out runs in the seventh. A.J. Burnett hit Luis Valbuena in the left foot with two out. Valbuena stole second and scored when Jeter made an off-line throw to first on Lou Marson's grounder to the hole at short. Jason Donald followed with a triple off the right field wall to score Marson.
Crow of the Crowe: Trevor Crowe gave the Indians a 1-0 lead with an RBI single off Burnett in the third. Marson opened the inning with a single and went to second on Donald's sac-bunt. Crowe followed with a long single to left center, but was then caught attempting to steal second.
Rolling: Masterson, trying to keep his spot in the rotation, carried the 1-0 lead through six innings. He struck out seven and allowed just one walk, while showing great movement on his fastball.
Masterson pitched out of trouble in the fourth. Teixeira reached on an infield single to short -- manned by Jhonny Peralta because of an infield shift -- to start the inning. Masterson struck out Alex Rodriguez, but Cano doubled to left center as Teixeira stopped at third. Masterson ended the threat by striking out Nick Swisher and Juan Miranda.
Pregame notes:
Game 48: David Huff tried to make Alex Rodriguez laugh. He may have gotten a giggle out of A-Rod, but that was about it.
Rodriguez called Huff several hours after the Indians left-hander was struck above his left ear by a line drive off Rodriguez's bat Saturday in the third inning. Huff lay motionless for several minutes before being strapped to a backboard and driving off the field.
After the Indians rallied to beat the Yankees, 13-11, Rodriguez drove to the nearby hospital where Huff was taken, but Huff had already left to rejoin his team at Yankee Stadium.
Rodriguez got Huff's cellphone from Bart Swain, Indians director of media relations, and called him. Huff was on the team bus with parents and brother when he took the call.
"It was a good conversation," Huff told reporters, while sitting in the Indians dugout before today's game. "I was trying to get him to laugh because I knew if was an emotional situation for him. We had a couple of laughs over it."
When asked if Rodriguez was going to buy him dinner, Huff laughed and said, "I don't know. . .we'll see."
Huff said he never saw the ball.
"If I did, I would have caught it," he said.
He said he felt "nothing' after getting hit.
"I knew the side of my head hurt, but I had so much adrenaline going through me from pitching at Yankee Stadium, I honestly didn't feel anything," said Huff.
The Indians are anticipating that Huff will make his next start Thursday against Detroit, but want to monitor him for the next several days.
"It was a scary thing," said Huff. "It could have been an inch this way or that way and I wouldn't be here talking to you guys."
Lonnie Soloff, Indians head athletic trainer, said Huff went through neuropsychological tests at Yankee Stadium before today's game. It's a MLB mandate that all players go through the same tests in spring training so comparisons can be made during the season in case of injury.
"We haven't gotten the results of those tests back yet," said Soloff.
Soloff said that there has been no indication that Huff suffered a concussion. He said he will be checked "every six to eight hours for the next four to six days."
After hitting Huff, the ball went into right field on a line for an RBI double. Soloff said, in a way, that was a good thing.
"A lot of it has to do with physics and the angle of impact," said Soloff. "If the ball had dropped a few feet from David, it would have meant the ball was deadened from the blow."
Huff parents, Tom and Pat, and his brother, Tim, met Huff at the hospital. They were at the game to see him make his first-ever start at Yankee Stadium.
When Tribe trainer Rick Jameyson reached Huff on the mound, the first thing Huff told him was to call his brother.
"One of my first concerns when I went down was reaching my brother," said Huff. "I told the trainer, 'Hey, this is my brother's cellphone number. Call him. I know he's freaking out right now. I didn't say the area code and I said, 'Oh, yeah, here's the area code.'"
Tim Huff, a former college pitcher, taught David how to pitch. On Friday, they played catch down the left field line at Yankee Stadium and collected some dirt from the infield. When they were growing up, they talked about pitching at Yankee Stadium.
Huff said he slept fine Saturday night.
"But my brother didn't sleep too well," said Huff. "He was up all night."
Lineups: Indians (18-29): CF Trevor Crowe (S), RF Shin-Soo Choo (L), DH Travis Hafner (L), LF Austin Kearns (R), 1B Russell Branyan (L), 3B Jhonny Peralta (R), 2B Luis Valbuena (R), C Lou Marson (R), SS Jason Donald (R) RHP Justin Masterson (0-5, 6.13).
Yankees (29-20): SS Derek Jeter (R), CF Curtis Granderson (L), 1B Mark Teixeira (S), 3B Alex Rodriguez (R), 2B Robinson Cano (L), RF Nick Swisher (S), DH Juan Miranda (L), LF Brett Gardner (L), C Chad Moeller (R) and RHP A.J. Burnett (5-2, 3.55).
Umpires: HP Doug Eddings, 1B Dana DeMuth, 2B Kerwin Danley, 3B C.B. Bucknor. DeMuth, crew chief.
Quote of the day: "I'd like to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee," Joe DiMaggio in Baseball's Greatest Quotations by Paul Dickson.
Next: RHP Mitch Talbot (6-3, 3.73) vs. LHP Andy Pettitte (6-1, 2.62) Monday at 1:05 p.m.