"There were 18,816 fans at Progressive Field on Thursday night. They managed to raise their voices to sound like 16 -- until the ninth inning.

Then it was bedlam. It was New Year's Eve at Times Square.

Travis Hafner hit a grand slam with one out in the ninth to give the Indians a 5-4 victory over Toronto. The Indians did nothing, nada, zilch for eight innings until Hafner sent a moon ball from lefty Luis Perez into the right field seats to win it.

"That's about as hard as I can hit a ball," said Hafner, who turned and shouted one second after ball met bat.

Pronk knew it was gone. So did everyone else in the ballpark. The only question was would it land on East Ninth Street?

It was the 12th grand slam of Hafner's career and the second walkoff slam of the season by the Tribe. Carlos Santana did it to the Detroit Tigers on April 29. Manny Ramirez holds the franchise record with 13 grand slams.

Hafner didn't know how many slams he'd hit until a reporter told him. The one thing he did know is that "I love the grannies."

The Indians entered the ninth trailing, 4-0. They were out on their feet. Manager Manny Acta was ready to throw in the towel.

But Travis Buck opened with a single off Frank Francisco. Matt LaPorta followed with a double and Jack Hannahan worked a walk to load the bases. Out went Francisco and in came Perez (1-2).

After the game, Perez invited reporters to talk to him and then cursed them.

Perez struck out Michael Brantley, but Asdrubal Cabrera singled home Buck to make it 4-1. Then Hafner drove Perez's first pitch high and deep into the night. "