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CLEVELAND (AP) — Nick Swisher was having a bad day. One swing changed it.

It began Thursday morning when he got stuck in traffic on his way to Progressive Field for the Indians' 12:05 p.m. game against the Los Angeles Angels, turning a short trip into a 45-minute drive.

Things didn't get any better once the game started as he was hitless with three strikeouts in his first four times up.

Swisher's afternoon took a dramatic turn when his two-out grand slam off Ernesto Frieri in the 10th inning gave Cleveland a 5-3 win.

"One at-bat can turn a whole day around," he said.

Several players and coaches ran into the late-morning traffic jam, which was the talk of the clubhouse before the game.

"I almost called in saying I would be late," Swisher said. "I was freaking out."

Swisher belted a 1-2 pitch into the right-field seats to cap an improbable comeback after Albert Pujols' two-run single put the Angels ahead in the top of the inning.

Swisher threw his arms in the air when the ball cleared the wall and was mobbed by his teammates when he reached home plate.

"When I first hit it, I said, all right, that's a double," he said. "The next thing you know, it went out. I flipped my bat. I was going crazy."

Pujols' single with two outs gave the Angels a 3-1 lead, but the Indians responded off rookie Cam Bedrosian (0-1).

Michael Bourn drew a leadoff walk and took third on Jason Kipnis' one-out double. Carlos Santana walked to load the bases and Frieri replaced Bedrosian.

David Murphy flied out before Swisher, who heard boos from the crowd earlier in the game, delivered.

"That's what happens being a baseball player," he said. "You've got to go out there, fighting, grinding, scrapping and know good things are going to happen."

Swisher's blast was the ninth walk-off grand slam in the history of Progressive Field, which opened in 1994. It was also the Indians' sixth walk-off win this season.

"I've never hit a walk-off grand slam," Swisher said. "I'm giddy. I love being in those spots because it can only go two ways — either you're the goat or you're the hero."

Frieri, who allowed four runs without retiring a batter in the ninth inning Saturday against Atlanta, blew his third save chance in 14 opportunities.

"I gotta make my pitches," he said. "It stinks because we played a really good game and it's too bad for it to end like that. We deserved to win. Today I missed a pitch again and I got hurt. It cost us the win."

Swisher, who has struggled most of the season and is batting .200, was on the disabled list for two weeks with a knee injury before being activated last week. His 11th-inning home run gave the Indians a win in Boston on Sunday, but he's 3 for 24 since returning.

"He hasn't gotten a lot of hits since coming off the DL, but the ones he's gotten have been huge," Indians manager Terry Francona said.

Kyle Crockett (1-0) retired the final hitter in the 10th for his first major league win.

Pujols slapped a 3-2 pitch from Scott Atchison through the open right side of the infield to put the Angels ahead. The Indians were playing the slugger to pull with Kipnis near the bag at second base, but Pujols foiled that strategy.

"You've got to take something away, fortunately we were able to come back and win the game," Francona said of the shift. "We'd do it again, but it was hard to see that ball go through the infield."

Justin Masterson and C.J. Wilson both allowed one run in seven innings as neither pitcher was affected by Wednesday night's rainout, which pushed their scheduled start back a day.

Masterson's wild pitch put Los Angeles ahead in the second, but Bourn tied it with an RBI groundout in the third.

Masterson held the Angels to four hits, walked three and hit a batter. Wilson allowed three hits, walked four and struck out six.

Mike Trout, who extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a 10th-inning double, also walked twice and has reached base in 36 of his past 37 games. He's batting .407 (35 for 86) in his past 23 games.

Francona said left fielder Michael Brantley (concussion) could take batting practice Friday with the plan of playing Saturday. Brantley sustained the concussion while trying to break up a double play Monday.

NOTES: The teams will make up Wednesday's rainout on a mutual day off at Progressive Field, with July 28 being the most likely possibility. The Angels begin a series in Baltimore the following day while the Indians start a homestand the next day. ... Angels LHP Tyler Skaggs (strained right hamstring) expected to throw a simulated game Friday. ... The Angels return home for six games, beginning Friday against Texas. RHP Garrett Richards (6-2) will pitch the opener. ... The Indians host Detroit on Friday in the opener of a three-game series. RHP Corey Kluber (6-4) is the scheduled starter.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City's Revel Casino Hotel warned its staff Thursday that it will shut down this summer if a buyer can't be found in bankruptcy court.

In warning letters given to employees and obtained by The Associated Press, Revel said it is seeking a buyer for the struggling $2.4 billion casino, but can't guarantee one will be found. If not, employees could be terminated as soon as Aug. 18, Revel said in the letter.

"If Revel is unable to complete such a sale promptly, Revel expects to close its entire facility," the letters read. The company also said it plans to stay open while it searches for a buyer.

Shortly after distributing the letters, Revel filed a Chapter 11 petition in federal bankruptcy court, its second in as many years. Revel said it hopes to find a buyer quickly.

"We will work to reach an agreement with a new owner who will help ensure Revel's long-term financial stability and who shares our commitment to providing Revel's guests and players an exceptional experience," said Scott Kreeger, Revel's president and chief operating officer.

He said the casino has obtained a $125 million loan from one of its existing financiers so it can operate during its stay in bankruptcy court.

A judge in Camden will hear Revel's so-called first-day motions Friday, including requests to continue normal operations, pay employees and bills while under Chapter 11 protection.

Revel said the Aug. 18 date mentioned in the letter is not a deadline for a potential closure; rather it fulfills a legal requirement to give workers at least 60 days' notice of a potential layoff.

It could not be determined how much Revel might sell for in a bankruptcy auction, but it is sure to be a steep discount. Wall Street analysts and some casino executives said last month that $300 million was too high a price. A union that has been at odds with Revel since before it opened pegged its value in April at $25 million to $73 million, based on public filings.

Bob McDevitt, president of Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union, which won a representation election at Revel two weeks ago, pledged cooperation in the fight to save its workers' jobs.

"A sale of Revel to a buyer who wants to keep the property open and retain the employees is the best thing for the workers, for Atlantic City and for Revel, and Local 54 is committed to working with all parties to save the jobs," he said.

For much of the past year, Revel has sought a buyer for the property, which has remained eighth out of Atlantic City's 11 casinos in terms of the amount of money won from gamblers. But it also kept the option of a second bankruptcy filing as potential buyers expressed interest but failed to pursue a deal.

The casino is owned by investors who gained control of it during bankruptcy last year, swapping debt for equity in the property. The transaction wiped out 82 percent of Revel's $1.5 billion in debt.

But even with that breathing room, Revel continued to struggle. It acknowledged mistakes in marketing and operations, launching a massive campaign to try to win back patrons. But that backfired when a "You Can't Lose" promotion offering to refund slot losses angered many customers who thought their losses would be refunded in cash. Instead, they were gradually credited to a Revel account, with restrictions on when the credits could be used.

Since then, it opened a pool club and guest service on its beach, lowered the price of some restaurant items, booked free entertainment acts in a lounge and opened a new players' club.

All this occurred against a backdrop of increasing competition from casinos in neighboring states; four new casinos will soon open in New York. Atlantic City's casino revenue fell from a high of $5.2 billion in 2006 to $2.86 billion last year.

Revel has never been profitable since it opened in 2012. It posted a gross operating loss of $21.7 million in the first quarter this year. For all of 2013, it lost $130 million, up from the $110 million it lost during the nine months it was open in 2012.

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Wayne Parry can be reached at http://twitter.com/WayneParryAC

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NEW YORK (AP) — Gerry Goffin, a prolific and multi-dimensional lyricist who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Up on the Roof" and "The Loco-Motion," died early Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 75.

His wife, Michelle Goffin, confirmed his death.

Goffin, who married King in 1959 while they were in their teens, penned more than 50 top 40 hits, including "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees, "Crying in the Rain" by the Everly Brothers, "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "On Broadway" for the Drifters and "Take Good Care of My Baby" by Bobby Vee. Goffin was able to pen jokey lyrics or achingly sad ones, and he did it for solo artists and multiple voices.

King and Goffin divorced in 1968, but Goffin kept writing hits, including "Savin' All My Love for You" for Whitney Houston. Goffin and King were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three years later.

King said in a statement that Goffin was her "first love" and had a "profound impact" on her life.

"Gerry was a good man with a dynamic force, whose words and creative influence will resonate for generations to come," King said. "His words expressed what so many people were feeling but didn't know how to say."

The Goffin-King love affair is the subject of the Tony Award-nominated musical "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" on Broadway. King, while backing the project and with one of their daughters acting as a producer, had avoided seeing it for months because it dredged up sad memories. She finally sat through it in April.

The musical shows the two composing their songs at Aldon Music, the Brill Building publishing company in Manhattan that also employed Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield and Carole Bayer Sager. The show ends just as King is enjoying fame for her groundbreaking solo album "Tapestry." Though it also alleges Goffin's womanizing and mental instability were causes of the breakup, he happily attended the opening of the musical. A spokeswoman for the show said the cast would dedicate Thursday night's performance to Goffin.

After his divorce from King, Goffin garnered an Academy Award nomination with Michael Masser for the theme to the 1975 film "Mahogany" for Diana Ross. He also earned a Golden Globe nomination for "So Sad the Song" in 1977 from the film "Pipe Dreams."

Goffin was born in Brooklyn in 1939 and was working as an assistant chemist when he met King at Queens College.

"She was interested in writing rock 'n' roll, and I was interested in writing this Broadway play," Goffin told Vanity Fair in 2001. "So we had an agreement where she would write (music) to the play if I would write (lyrics) to some of her rock 'n' roll melodies. And eventually it came to be a boy-and-girl relationship. Eventually I began to lose heart in my play, and we stuck to writing rock 'n' roll."

A whirlwind romance led to a marriage and their first hit, when she was only 17 and he was 20, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" for the Shirelles, which a pregnant King helped write while suffering morning sickness.

Both quit their day jobs to focus on music, and other songs followed, including "Up on the Roof" for the Drifters, "One Fine Day" for the Chiffons and "Chains," which was later covered by the Beatles. Goffin also collaborated with another Aldon composer, Barry Mann, on the hit "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp Bomp)." King and Goffin wrote "The Loco-Motion," which eventually was sung by their one-time baby sitter Little Eva.

Goffin continued co-writing songs, including "I've Got to Use My Imagination" recorded by Gladys Knight and the Pips, and "It's Not the Spotlight," recorded by Rod Stewart. In the 1980s and '90s, he co-wrote "Tonight I Celebrate My Love," a duet recorded by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack, "Miss You Like Crazy" sung by Natalie Cole" and the Whitney Houston mega-hit "Savin' All My Love for You."

He is survived by his five children and his wife.

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