Indians 7, Dodgers 2 (11 innings)

A game that started as a pitching duel ending with an offensive explosion from the Indians in the 11th inning as they deal the Dodgers their second loss in the series in extra innings.

Masa Kobayashi got the win, he's 4-3. Cory Wade took the loss, he's 0-1.

Chan Ho Park, in somewhat of a spot start, pitched excellent. He went five innings, striking out nine and giving up one run. The one run, however, came on a solo homerun given up to C.C. Sabathia in his first at bat of the year. He demolished a fastball in the 3rd inning that went sailing into the Indians bullpen to make the score 1-0. The Indians would not score again until they plated six runs in 11th inning of Cory Wade, Scott Proctor, and Ramon Troncoso.

The Dodgers offense was held in check again by a strong left handed pitcher. C.C. Sabathia struck out 10 over seven innings giving up only one run as well. His only mistake came in the 6th inning when he gave up a solo homerun to Matt Kemp to tie the score at 1-1. The Dodgers would not score again until the bottom of the 11th inning when the score was already 7-1. Russell Martin collected three hits and scored a run. James Loney had two hits, including the RBI double in the 11th inning.

The last two games were oddly similar. Both games had the Dodgers shut down by a good left handed pitcher. Both games had the Dodgers fall behind early only to tie it up and lose the game in extra innings. And both games were very winable. It was very interesting to me that had Chan Ho Park not left a hanging pitch to the pitcher Sabathia in the third inning, the Dodgers could have very well shutout the Indians and won the game 1-0. That's an unfortunate loss. The Dodgers will try to get one win out of this series when they take on Paul Byrd at 1:10 L.A. time on Sunday.