Cleveland 8, Baltimore 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, July 14, 2011
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B -
Bob Davidson, 2B -
Brian Knight, 3B -
Chris Conroy
Attendance:
22780
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The visiting Cleveland Indians drilled two first-inning homers and handed the Baltimore Orioles their eighth straight loss with an 8-4 decision on Thursday.
Cleveland snapped its own three-game skid by defeating the Orioles for the fifth straight time and 10th in 13 outings.
All-Star shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera belted his 15th homer of the season and Carlos Santana followed with a two-run blast against Jeremy Guthrie (3-13). Justin Masterson (8-6) went six innings for the win, allowing four runs on eight hits.
Cabrera entered the series with a .359 career average against the Orioles, then went 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Travis Hafner reached base four times for the Indians.
Baltimore opened its 10-game homestand without manager Buck Showalter, who was suspended one game by Major League Baseball for his part in last Friday’s bench-clearing brawl in Boston. Bench coach John Russell replaced Showalter.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Cleveland
|
11 |
2 |
19 |
.306 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
Baltimore
|
8 |
0 |
12 |
.229 |
13 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |