Indians 13, Rangers 9
Casey Blake hit two home runs and doubled on Monday. (David Pellerin/AP)
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
Ben Francisco hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning that put the Indians ahead for good on a night in which Aaron Laffey had his worst outing of the season and Casey Blake homered twice and drove in seven runs. David Dellucci tacked on a two-run homer in the eighth.
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Cleveland
(26-31)
Won 1
Cleveland 13, Texas 9
Today's Boxes 6/2/08
ATL 7, FLA 5
BAL 6, BOS 3
PHI 5, CIN 4
MIN 6, NYY 5
MIL 4, ARI 3
PIT 5, STL 4
CHC 7, SD 6
OAK 3, DET 2
LAA 4, SEA 2
LAD 8, COL 2
SF 10, NYM 2
Texas
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Lost 2
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Standings thru 6/2/08  | Recap: CLE | TEX  | Gameday  | Indians stats  | Rangers stats
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Sizemore , CF4 0 0 0 2 2 2 .254
Francisco , LF5 1 2 3 1 0 2 .309
Martinez , C5 1 1 0 1 2 5 .289
Garko , 1B6 2 2 0 0 1 2 .234
Peralta , SS6 2 3 0 0 1 2 .242
Dellucci , DH5 2 2 2 1 1 5 .229
Blake , 3B5 2 3 7 0 0 1 .236
Choo , RF2 2 1 0 3 0 0 .200
Gutierrez , RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247
Cabrera , 2B4 1 2 1 1 1 3 .195
Totals 42 13 16 13 9 8 22
BATTING 2B : Dellucci (8, Mathis), Cabrera (7, Mathis), Blake (12, Mathis), Peralta (9, Benoit).HR : Blake 2 (6, 2nd inning off Mathis, 1 on, 0 out; 3rd inning off Mathis, 1 on, 2 out), Francisco (3, 7th inning off Benoit, 1 on, 2 out), Dellucci (6, 8th inning off Benoit, 1 on, 1 out).TB : Francisco 5; Martinez; Garko 2; Peralta 4; Dellucci 6; Blake 10; Choo; Cabrera 3.RBI : Blake 7 (36), Cabrera (14), Francisco 3 (15), Dellucci 2 (19).2-out RBI : Blake 5; Cabrera; Francisco 3.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Peralta; Martinez 3; Sizemore; Cabrera.GIDP : Dellucci.Team LOB : 11. FIELDING DP : 2 (Peralta-Cabrera-Garko 2).
Texas AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Kinsler , 2B5 1 3 0 0 1 0 .305
Young , SS5 2 3 1 0 0 1 .296
Hamilton , RF4 2 2 2 1 2 1 .331
Bradley , DH3 1 0 0 1 2 3 .317
Murphy , LF5 1 1 0 0 0 8 .280
Byrd , CF4 1 2 4 1 0 0 .217
Shelton , 1B3 1 2 1 1 1 0 .235
a-Catalanotto , PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Saltalamacchia , C5 0 2 1 0 1 2 .246
Metcalf , 3B4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000
Totals 39 9 15 9 4 8 18
a-Grounded out for Shelton in the 9th.
BATTING 2B : Shelton (5, Laffey), Kinsler (15, Laffey).HR : Hamilton (16, 3rd inning off Laffey, 1 on, 1 out), Byrd (2, 5th inning off Laffey, 3 on, 1 out).TB : Kinsler 4; Young 3; Hamilton 5; Murphy; Byrd 5; Shelton 3; Saltalamacchia 2.RBI : Saltalamacchia (12), Hamilton 2 (65), Young (26), Byrd 4 (8), Shelton (8).2-out RBI : Shelton.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Murphy 3; Saltalamacchia.GIDP : Metcalf 2.Team LOB : 8. BASERUNNING CS : Byrd (1, 2nd base by Laffey/Martinez). FIELDING DP : (Kinsler-Young-Shelton).
WP : Benoit.HBP : Bradley (by Laffey).Pitches-strikes : Laffey 88-49, Kobayashi 33-23, Perez 29-19, Borowski 10-7, Mathis 100-58, Tejeda 46-26, Guardado 11-8, Benoit 43-17, Wilson 24-14.Ground outs-fly outs : Laffey 8-4, Kobayashi 2-0, Perez 1-0, Borowski 2-1, Mathis 4-3, Tejeda 2-4, Guardado 0-1, Benoit 0-2, Wilson 2-1.Batters faced : Laffey 26, Kobayashi 7, Perez 8, Borowski 3, Mathis 25, Tejeda 9, Guardado 3, Benoit 10, Wilson 4.Inherited runners-scored : Perez 2-1, Tejeda 1-0, Benoit 1-1, Wilson 3-0.Umpires : HP: Fieldin Culbreth. 1B: Jim Reynolds. 2B: Tim Timmons. 3B: Gary Cederstrom.Weather : 92 degrees, clear.Wind : 16 mph, In from RF.T : 3:41.Att : 17,247.
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