Cleveland defeats New York, 3-0

 
Cliff Lee improves to 6-0 and lowers his ERA to 0.84 in Cleveland's victory at New York. > * Cleveland 3, at New York 0: Cliff Lee threw seven sharp innings and beat Chien-Ming Wang in a matchup of unbeaten starters. Lee (6-0) became the first Indians pitcher to win his first six starts since Greg Swindell in 1988 and lowered his major league-best earned-run average to 0.84. He has not walked a batter in 28 innings. [link]

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