Green hit hard as Indians beat Yankees, 10-2

It traveled an estimated 462 feet into the left-field bleachers at the bottom of the scoreboard. NY was 2-5 against the Indians previous year, the five losses being the Yankees’ most in a season to Cleveland since 2000, when they were also 5-5.

NY won the first game of the series 5-4 in Cleveland on Thursday. The left-hander allowed two runs in 1 2/3 innings.

While Napoli shrugged it off, the reaction among his teammates was far more animated. “It was fun to watch”, Francona said.

“I think you could probably say it in one word: Inconsistent, ” Girardi said before the game in defining the club’s first half.

In the third, Mike Napoli hit one of the longest home runs in Progressive Field history.

The Indians’ offensive performance – five runs on 11 hits – was good enough for a win.

Teheran (3-8) allowed five runs and nine hits over six innings after missing his last start with an infection in his right thigh.

Some interesting facts regarding the streak: On June 2, when DiMaggio extended the streak to 19 games against Cleveland, Gehrig died. Kipnis then went back-to-back with Santana by slugging his 13th of the season, marking the first time the Indians began a game with back-to-back homers since Kosuke Fukudome and Kipnis did so on September 22, 2011. After staying on the ground, Gregorius motioned that it hit his right shoulder – not his face – and stayed in the game.

“The break is coming at a really good time for us”, Francona said. “It was nice to spread it out”.

Napoli’s fifth-inning single gave him three RBI while Kipnis homered again in the seventh. I’m nearly positive that viewing this game probably falls under the category of things I shouldn’t be doing because it was pretty infuriating in the late innings.

“To go out there and get four runs in the first inning is a nice cushion but they poured it on and didn’t really stop”, he said. Francisco Lindor, Danny Salazar, and former Cy Young victor Corey Kluber will all be heading to San Diego next week to partake in this year’s Midsummer Classic. “We jumped out a bunch of games and allowed our pitchers to do what they do, to settle in, get ahead of guys and just pound the zone and make that an emphasis when they have a lead”.

Yankees: 1B Mark Teixeira (sore right knee) returned to the lineup after not playing Saturday.

The Yankees are 3-5 on their current 10-game road trip that will take them into the All-Star break.

Carlos Beltran, still nursing a sore hamstring, was 1 for 4 as the designated hitter while Alex Rodriguez didn’t play for the third straight game.

The crowd of 34,045 was the Indians’ third sellout and second of their seven-game homestand. The team is expecting near-sellouts Saturday and Sunday. They’ve come from behind against the top pitching staff in the American League, leaned heavily on their overpowering relief pitchers, and given themselves a fighting chance to avoid a losing record at the All-Star break.

Despite being backed by five runs over the first five innings off Yankees starter CC Sabathia, the right-hander didn’t make it out of the sixth, allowing six earned runs on eight hits and two walks. He’s 5-6 with a 3.48 ERA in 14 starts.