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Rosen Blasts Eighth Homer As Indians Beat Yanks 72 72NEW NEW YORK N Yf May 7 UP Big Mike Garcia was rapped for 12 hits but bore down effectively in the pinches today as the Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees for the second day in a row 72 before 12644 fans fansCleveland Cleveland which played doormat in 10 out of 11 games at Yankee Stadium last season got rid of Vic Raschi an old nemesis by amassing eight hits and five runs in the first five innings One was Al Rosens eighth home run of the season in the third inning inningThe The Indians jumped on Raschi for two runs in the first inning With one out Bobby Avila singled stole second and scored on Al Rosens single to center Rosen went to third on Luke Easters single to left and came home on an out ¬ field fly by Dale Mitchell MitchellRaschis Raschis wildness set up another Cleve ¬ land tally in the fourth inning The big Yankee righthander who has been knocked out of the box in five out of five starts this season started the inning by hitting Birdie Tebbetts with a pitch After Teb ¬ betts advanced to second on Garcias sac ¬ rifice he scored on the second of three hits by Avila Backtoback doubles by Easter and Mitchell in the fifth made it 51CLEVELAND 51 CLEVELAND 201 110 002 7 11 2 NEW YORK 001 010 000 2 12 0 0Garcie Garcie 32 and Tebbetts Raschi Mc ¬ Donald 6 Shallock 9 and Berra Home Run Rosen 8th Losing pitcher Raschi 23
