Power-Hitting Yankees Resort to Short Ball to Beat Indians As the pop fly faded into foul territory, Dewayne Wise braced himself for a leap of faith. He stuck his black Rawlings 12 ¾-inch glove into the air and plunged over the left-field railing into Section 129. He closed his eyes. When Wise, the Yankees" left fielder, emerged from the blurry mob of raised hands and backslaps from the fans, he heard the third-base umpire Mike DiMuro affirm what he only hoped was true: the Indians batter, Jack Hannahan was out; Wise had caught the ball. Except he hadn't. "I guess he was confident I had made the catch," Wise said. But truthfully, the ball popped out. That play, which ended the top of the seventh inning with a Cleveland runner stranded on third base, did not flip any immediate consequences in the Yankees" 6-4 win at the Stadium Tuesday. At the time, the Indians trailed 4-0; a foul ball only would have extended Hannahan's at bat. The serial effects of such plays during the course of a game can only be hypothesized. The Indians notched four runs in the ninth to make the game interesting. Wise and the Yankees acknowledged they had snuck away with one. "Stuff like that happens - they're not perfect," Wise said of the umpires. "But he said, "Out," right away and what was I supposed to do? Run back to left field? Said DiMuro: "I believed the ball was in his glove when he came out of the stands." Wise's effort was big for the starter Phil Hughes, who rebounded from a rough hiccup against the Atlanta Braves last week to shut down the Indians, allowing no runs and six hits in eight innings. "When you do have a bad one, you try to put up a real good one after that," Hughes said. That's big. I try to use this one as a steppingstone and get on a roll again. He worked out of a jam in the third, allowing back-to-back singles to begin the inning but inducing a double-play ball and a fly out to end the threat. Again, in the sixth, Hughes wiggled out of a situation with two runners on by striking out Jason Kipnis and Carlos Santana, the No. 3 and 4 hitters, respectively. The Indians were 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position. "It ends up those runs might've meant something, if you look at the game now," Joe Girardi said. It's really impressive what he did. For most of the game, it seemed like the Yankees might cruise to victory without the benefit of a home run. That's happened only once this season. Alex Rodriguez, with a solo home run to left field in the seventh, eliminated that notion. In building a 4-0 lead, the Yankees went a rarer route: manufacturing a two-out rally in the second. With two runners on base, Chris Stewart, the starting catcher for a third game in a row in place of the injured Russell Martin, lined an R.B.I. single off the diving third baseman Jack Hannahan's glove. Two batters later, down 1-2 in the count, Curtis Granderson dropped a two-run single into center field. Rodriguez's shot and Mark Teixeira's sacrifice fly in the eighth proved crucial, as the Indians charged back for four runs - including a three-run homer by Jose Lopez - off reliever Cory Wade in the ninth. Closer Rafael Soriano had to come in to earn the save. A save, too, could be given to Wise. Indians Manager Manny Acta stayed composed when asked about the play after the game. "That's a play where you don't know what happens until you see the replay, so no one could argue that," Acta said. What can he do? He can't see the guy picking up the ball over there. Wise played coy as he jogged into the dugout with the center fielder Granderson after the play. It wasn't until teammates saw a replay that he finally admitted it: he never had the ball. What DiMuro never asked to see had been a dark, empty glove. Said Wise: "I just got up, put my head down and ran off the field." Russell Martin was held out of the lineup with a stiff lower back. Martin said his back feels fine and expects to play Wednesday. ... Manager Joe Girardi said outfielder Brett Gardner (elbow) will go to Tampa, Fla., next week and begin taking dry swings. Girardi said Gardner was unlikely to return by the All-Star break. Gardner was transferred to the 60-day disabled list Tuesday. ...The left-handed reliever Pedro Feliciano threw a bullpen session in Tampa, Fla. Feliciano last pitched in 2010; he had rotator cuff surgery in September.