stripped Sergio Rodriguez to give the Pacers possession.

NEW YORK -- After losing four of their first five games in August, the Cleveland Indians lead second-place Detroit by just two games in the AL Central.We cant keep looking over our back and see whose trying to catch us, Josh Tomlin said Friday night after a 13-7 loss to the New York Yankees. If we keep winning games, then no one can catch us.Tomlin (11-4) allowed a season-high seven earned runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings and is 3-3 in 10 outings since an 8-1 start. Starlin Castro hit a third-inning grand slam that gave the Yankees a 6-0 lead in the series opener, and Jacoby Ellsbury had his first four-hit game since May 3 last year.Cleveland held a 6 1/2-game lead at the All-Star break, but the Tigers have cut the gap by winning nine of their last 10.Were a confident group, Indians first baseman Mike Napoli said. We know we got a good team. Its a long season. You go through some good stretches. You go through some bad stretches -- just about trying to minimize them.New York had 16 hits, including at least one by every starter, and the Indians failed to retire the Yankees in order in any inning.Michael Pineda (6-10) won for the third time in four outings following a six-start winless streak, allowing four runs and six hits in six-plus innings. His ERA rose slightly to 5.17.You could look at his ERA and you try to figure out because, man, thats electric stuff, Indians manager Terry Francona said.Brian McCann hit an RBI double in the third and, with runners at second and third, Tomlin intentionally walked Chase Headley. Two pitches later, Castro sent a cutter over the right-field scoreboard for his 12th homer this season and first career slam.Tomlin has allowed 26 homers, tied for the big league lead with Kansas Citys Ian Kennedy and Chris Young, and Torontos R.A. Dickey.Too many pitches out of the plate, Tomlin said. Just didnt execute when I needed too, and then left a pitch up out of the plate to Castro and he put a good swing on it, changed the game.Chris Gimenez, a .198 hitter coming in, hit a three-run homer in the Cleveland fifth, his third home run this season.Gimenez hung in there on a breaking ball enough to kind of get us that three, at least make it interesting, Francona said.Shawn Morimando, a 23-year-old left-hander recalled before the game, made his second big league appearance and gave up four runs while getting three outs as the Yankees stretched their lead to 11-4. He walked four in a two-run sixth inning, then gave up Aaron Hicks leadoff homer and Brett Gardners stand-up triple in the seventh.He allowed two runs over 3 2/3 innings at Toronto on July 2 in his big league debut and has an 11.57 ERA.Kind of sped up, and I wasnt able to come back and execute like I was when I first came out, Morimando said. Its a learning process.STREAKINGFrancisco Mejia, a 20-year-old Indians catching prospect, doubled in the first inning for Class A Lynchburg, extending his hitting streak to 47 games. The first 22 games of the streak were for Class A Lake County.UP NEXTLHP CC Sabathia (6-8) starts for the Yankees against his first big league club after going 1-4 with a 6.85 in his last eight starts. RHP Corey Kluber (10-8), the 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner, starts for the Indians. Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Authentic . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping . The Masters champion and winner of last weeks Australian PGA has a three-round total of 14-under 199 at Royal Melbourne. 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The 76ers snapped a 44-game losing streak in October and November that dated to Nov. 22, 2013.And they can thank Embiid, the No. 3 pick of the 2014 draft who missed the last two seasons due to a broken foot but has returned as a leading Rookie of the Year candidate.I want to be the best player and every time I step on the court, I think Im the best player, Embiid said. And if the team needs me to do that kind of stuff -- I think Ive still got a long way to go -- but I can do those types of things.Embiid, on a minutes restriction, played just 25 minutes.Joel brought us home with some individual brute strength, Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said. He came in and won the game for us. Joel was the focal point at the end.Paul George had 26 points and Monta Ellis added 19 for the Pacers.After scoring nine points over a 2 1/2-minute stretch late in regulation, Embiid put the Sixers in front for good with a three-point play with 55 seconds left in overtime that made it 107-105. The Pacers turned it over on their ensuing possession and Embiid then came up big again, corralling a loose ball after he missed a jumper and then making a pair of free throws with 8.6 seconds left to put Philadelphia up four.It just feels good to finally get the chance to close a game out, which we havent been doing, Embiid said. Getting a chance to make shots in the clutch is a learning process for me and youve got to trust it.The teams completed a home-and-home after the Pacers won 122-115 in overtime in Indiana on Wednesday niight.dddddddddddd. Jeff Teague had 30 points and nine assists, and George had 28 points and eight rebounds on Wednesday.We executed in our last game down the stretch; they executed tonight, Pacers coach Nate McMillan said. Our offense wasnt sharp down the stretch. The things we need to do to win a ballgame, we didnt do.Embiid didnt play on Wednesday as he eases back into action.Hes a big man and made plays down the stretch, McMillan said.The Sixers looked like they were going to lose yet another November game after blowing five-point lead with 25.4 seconds left in regulation.But the 76ers couldnt hold on.Ellis converted a three-point play with 22 seconds left. After Philadelphia coach Brett Brown called timeout, Teague stripped Sergio Rodriguez to give the Pacers possession. George was fouled and made a pair of free throws to tie it at 100 with 2.8 seconds left.Embiids game-winning attempt in regulation went long.HELPING OUTPhiladelphias Jahlil Okafor, who had offseason knee surgery, wasnt scheduled to play on Friday night in order to rest for Saturdays game at Atlanta. But Okafor was called into action in the first half and went scoreless in two minutes.STREAK SNAPPEDThe 76ers ended a six-game losing streak to the Pacers. Indiana still has won 10 of the last 12 against Philadelphia.TIP-INSPacers: George sprained his left thumb in the first quarter but returned in the second quarter. ... G Rodney Stuckey (right hamstring strain) missed his seventh straight game.76ers: A day after visiting the 76ers at practice, Hall of Famer Allen Iverson was in attendance. ... Philadelphia Eagles running back Darren Sproles was seated in the first row under the basket.UP NEXTPacers: Host Boston on Saturday night.76ers: At Atlanta on Saturday night ' ' '