MLB Game of the Day: Indians vs. White Sox

The game was set to be an interesting one, but seemingly one-sided, as the sliding White Sox did battle against the Cleveland Indians, whose incredible first half of the season puts them in prime position to lay claim to a pennant. Yet the dominant Indians were rendered seemingly helpless after getting on the board twice in the first inning, as the ChiSox took a swipe at the lead, scoring four runs to make the score 4-2 in the fifth and sixth innings. Trot Nixon put together an answer for Cleveland, with a base hit that scored a run. Yet in the ninth inning with the score 4-3 and the bases loaded, a wild pitch hit the batter, walking a run to home plate to give the White Sox a 5-3 lead with only half an inning of play to go. The fate of the game for the Indians would lie in the hands of pinch hitter Ryan Garko, who drove the game into extra innings with his double home run, tying the game 5-5. Two more innings of play remained until Ryan Garko would step up to the plate once again, and Garko would seal the game with a base hit single, that allowed Jason Michaels to score, giving the Cleveland Indians yet another win 6-5. The Cleveland Indians this season have won 15 games at the final swing of the bat, figuring into the incredulous 28 wins that they have claimed in comeback fashion.