Indians will evaluate David Huff's bullpen to see if he's ready to start Thursday against Detroit.
View full sizeCleveland Indians' Mitch Talbot delivers a pitch during the first inning of today's game against the New York Yankees in New York.
UPDATED: 4:21 p.m.
NEW YORK -- The Yankees scored nine runs in the seventh and eighth innings today to humble the Indians, 11-2, at Yankee Stadium.
The Indians lost three games in the four-game set. Their only victory came on the wings a miraculous seven-run seventh innings on Saturday.
The Yankees finished with a season high 18 hits today.
Slammed again: Alex Rodriguez hit a grand slam as the Yankees scored six runs in the seventh to take a 8-1 lead. Robinson Cano followed Rodriguez with a solo homer. It was Rodriguez's 20th career slam. He trails Manny Ramirez with 28 and Lou Gehrig with 23 on the all-time list.
It was the second slam the Yankees hit against the Indians in this series. Cano slammed Tony Sipp on Friday.
Rafael Perez and Chris Perez combined to give up five runs in the seventh without recording a out. That's a hard thing to do, but the Perez boys made it look easy.
The line: Mitch Talbot, trailing 2-1 at the start of the seventh, allowed three runs on nine hits in 6 1/3 innings. Andy Pettitte allowed one run on four hits in seven innings. He struck out five.
Tiebreaker: Brett Gardner gave the Yankees a 2-1 lead with a with a two-out single in the fourth. Nick Swisher opened with a double, but Mitch Talbot retired the next two batters.
Gardner, hitting ninth, lined a 3-2 pitch into center. He was then erased on an attempted steal of second as catcher Lou Marson threw a strike to second. Marson has thrown out 33 percent (11-for-33) of the runners to challenge him.
Strike early: The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the first on Alex Rodriguez's RBI single off Talbot in the first. Curtis Granderson, who reachd on a double, scored.
Century mark: Jhonny Peralta tied the score, 1-1, with a leadoff homer to right off Andy Pettitte. It was the 100th of Peralta's career, but onl his fourth this year. It was Peralta's third career homer off Pettitte.
Game 49: David Huff threw a bullpen before today’s game in anticipation of starting Thursda y against Detroit at Comerica Park.
“The bullpen is the first step in determining if David will start,” said manager Mann Acta, who had not received a report on Huff’s pen.
On Saturday Huff was hit above the left ear by an Alex Rodriguez line drive in the third inning. He was strapped to a stretcher, carted off the field and taken to a nearb y hospital for a CAT-scan. So far Huff, with the exception of a bump on his head, has shown no ill effects. According to head athletic trainer Lonnie Soloff, Huff has been monitored every six or eight hours since the incident for signs of a concussion.
It appeared Huff went through his full bullpen. Pitching coach Tim Belcher and Soloff watched.
“If we know the day before he’s scheduled to pitch, we’ll have enough time to put him out there,” said Acta.
New hats: Indians will wear white baseball caps with a red, white and blue C on the front in honor of Memorial Day. They’ll wear the same hats on July 4 and Sept. 11.
Lineups: Indians (18-30): CF Trevor Crowe (L), 2B Mark Grudzielanek (R), LF Austin Kearns (R), DH Travis Hafner (L), 3B Jhonny Peralta (R), RF Shelley Duncan (R), 1B Matt LaPorta (R), C Lou Marson (R), SS Jason Donald (R) and RHP Mitch Talbot (6-3, 3.73).
Yankees (30-20): 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), C Francisco Cervlli (R), LF Brett Gardner (L) and Andy Pettitte (6-1, 2.63).
Umpires: H Dana DeMuth, 1B Kerwin Danley, 2B C.B.Bucknor, 3B Doug Eddings. DeMuth, crew chief.
Next: RHP Jake Westbrook (2-3, 4.78) vs. RHP Jeremy Bonderman (2-2, 3.78) Tuesday at Comerica Park at 7:05 p.m.