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It didn't look good for while.
Jon Lester had made just one mistake (a HR to
Alfonso Soriano) and was trailing again, 1-0. Then, the guy we said shouldn't be hitting lead-off—
Jonny Gomes—went yard to even the score. Old friends next had an encounter—when
Grady Sizemore smacked a three-run HR off former Tribe teammate
CC Sabathia. That was pretty much all she wrote in
the 4-2 win, as Lester survived through 6 2/3, giving up just two runs (the last thanks to another blown umpire call) and six hits. The lasting story out of this game may be whether closer
Koji Uehara 's "shoulder stiffness" is serious or not.
Edward "HighWire" Mujica pitched a perfect ninth in Uehara's absence for the save.
