Indians' Comeback Falls Short

CLEVELAND -- The Tribe dug themselves a hole early against the White Sox on Wednesday afternoon.  Opening Day starter Justin Masterson took the mound for the Indians in an effort to avoid a sweep by the Chicago White Sox.  Masterson gave up four runs in the first and the Sox never looked back.  The Indians answered with one run in the bottom of the first, making the score 4-1.

Masterson seemed to settle in for the next few innings surrendering only one additional run before he was relieved by Dan Wheeler.  The Tribe narrowed the gap to a one run deficit, trailing 5-4 after five innings, but it was all downhill from there.

Wheeler and Rafael Perez combined to give up five runs in the sixth inning pushing Chicago's lead to 10-4.  The final Tribe runs were scored on a two run homer by Shelley Duncan in the seventh inning.
With the loss the Indians fell to 1-4 on the season and with the win Chicago improved to 3-2.

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Game Notes:  W: J. Danks (1-1),  L: J. Masterson (0-1), POG: Travis Hafner  2-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI