Pettitte fractures ankle in Yankees' 5-4 win

By Rick Freeman

Associated Press

Published: Wednesday, June 27 2012 2:26 p.m. MDT

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Cleveland Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera htis an RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in New York.

Frank Franklin II, Associated Press

Summary

Andy Pettitte broke his ankle on the same day the Yankees put CC Sabathia on the disabled list, and Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead homer to help New York beat the Cleveland Indians 5-4 Wednesday for a three-game sweep.

NEW YORK — Andy Pettitte broke his ankle on the same day the Yankees put CC Sabathia on the disabled list, and Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead homer to help New York beat the Cleveland Indians 5-4 Wednesday for a three-game sweep.

The Yankees have to face at least two starts without Sabathia and at least six weeks without Pettitte, who fractured a bone in his ankle in the fifth inning when he was hit in the leg on a line drive by Casey Kotchman.

Rafael Soriano put the first two batters on base in the ninth and walked in a run with two outs before getting Asdrubal Cabrera to fly out to left for his 17th save.

Freddy Garcia (2-2) pitched 2 2-3 hitless innings for the win.

Ubaldo Jimenez (7-6) allowed four hits, four walks and four runs in six innings while striking out seven for the Indians.

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