Mark Buehrle opposed a young Cliff Lee in this one. Lee went six allowing three runs, while Buehrle was touched up for three solo homers and trailed 5-4 headed into the eighth. He had made just 78 pitches to that point, then was pulled after Victor Martinez, Casey Blake, and Travis Hafner all singled to load the bases. Old friend Mike Jackson was summoned, and Lou Merloni was lifted for Ben Broussard to get the platoon advantage despite having homered his last time up. Broussard hit the first pitch out to right for a grand slam, and the Indians won it 9-5.
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