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Indians Split Twin Bill
05-12-2008 11:06 pm

Cliff Lee had an unassisted triple play turned for him in Game 2 of a doubleheader with the Blue Jays on Monday night, but he couldn't get any offensive support.

Lee's nine scoreless innings went to waste, as did his bid to become the first Indians pitcher in 86 years to win his first seven starts in a season.

Rather than ride Lee's coattails to a doubleheader and four-game series sweep of the Jays, the Indians saw reliever Rafael Betancourt give up the go-ahead runs in the 10th inning of a 3-0 loss at Progressive Field.

The Tribe bats were stymied by right-hander Shaun Marcum, who limited them to two hits with no walks and five strikeouts over eight scoreless innings.

Lee, meanwhile, allowed just seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts in his nine scoreless innings of work. In the fifth, he was the beneficiary of just the 14th unassisted triple play in Major League history, when, with two on, Asdrubal Cabrera caught a Lyle Overbay liner, stepped on second to retire Kevin Mench and tagged out Marco Scutaro.

Lee handed the ball over to Betancourt, who quickly let the Jays load the bases in the 10th. Shannon Stewart drove a fly ball to deep center for a sacrifice fly, and Aaron Hill added a two-run single to center to make it 3-0.

Up until that point, the Indians had held the Jays to 31 consecutive scoreless innings, just two shy of the Jays' all-time record streak of futility, set in May 1981. But the Indians' bats were the silent ones in this loss.

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