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MLB: Cleveland 5, New York Yankees 3

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Published: July 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM

CLEVELAND, July 6 (UPI) -- Justin Masterson worked eight shutout innings Wednesday and the Cleveland Indians survived a shaky ninth to down the New York Yankees 5-3.

New York shortstop Derek Jeter had a double in three at-bats, moving him to 2,997 hits for his 17-year career. It was his third hit since coming off the disabled list Monday.

Masterson (7-6) gave up only three hits and struck out six in helping the Indians capture the three-game series. They also downed the Yankees in the series opener Monday.

Vinnie Pestano came on to start the ninth for Cleveland but gave up a run on two singles and a double and was quickly replaced by Chris Perez. New York managed two more runs on a pair of groundouts to clear the bases before Perez collected his 21st save by striking out Brett Gardner to end the game.

The first homer in Lonnie Chisenhall's major league career gave Cleveland a 3-0 lead in the seventh and the Indians added what turned out to be critical runs in the eighth on a bases-loaded walk drawn by Carlos Santana and a sacrifice fly by Grady Sizemore.

Chisenhall, called up from Class AAA Columbus last week, was playing in his seventh big league game.

The contest marked the return to the mound for New York's Phil Hughes, who had not started since April 14 due to shoulder inflammation. Hughes (0-2) took the loss, giving up two runs on six hits while throwing 87 pitches in five innings.

Topics: Chris Perez, Derek Jeter, Justin Masterson
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