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WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Wayne Gretzky will make a rare return to the ice Saturday to play alongside other former Edmonton Oilers greats against Winnipeg Jets alumni as part of the Heritage Classic weekend.I mean, I skate once a year. I just really never find the energy, the enthusiasm to grab my equipment and say, Oh, Im going to play pickup hockey, Gretzky said Friday. I think when you play in the National Hockey League -- you play with the best players and against the best players -- its hard to go play Friday night hockey.Golf is more Gretzkys game now, and he has left his competitive drive behind him, for the most part.Its not going to change my life if I shoot 81 or 96, so I really just truly have fun now, Gretzky said.The outdoor alumni game is the second for Gretzky. He laced up for a similar Heritage Classic matchup in 2003 between former Oilers and Montreal Canadiens.Hes playing again because the game raises money for charities. Its also a chance to see some of his former teammates from the Oilers dynasty of the 1980s -- Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey and more.And facing the Jets -- longtime rivals in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League -- is special. The Oilers repeatedly pounded the Jets in the playoffs in the 1980s, but Gretzky said they were always tough opponents.The games and the series were closer than the scores would indicate, he said. We had a Hall of Fame goaltender and an almost-Hall of Hame goaltender, and those guys played really well here all the time, but those teams were evenly matched.Dale Hawerchuk, the Jets captain during the Oilers dynasty era who is leading the Jets alumni team Saturday, remembers facing a powerhouse every time the former Smythe Division rivals met.The challenge to beat the Edmonton Oilers was incredible ... and we beat them a few times, we just couldnt get through them in the playoffs, Hawerchuk said. 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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.dddddddddddd. 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. ' ' '