GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: CLEVELAND (51-35) at TORONTO (42-43)

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CLEVELAND 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 14 1
TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 9 0 (BOT 8)

CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - RAFAEL BETANCOURT
TOR - BRIAN TALLET

DUE UP FOR TORONTO: H CLARK (.278, 0-FOR-2, BB)
J MCDONALD (.289, 1-FOR-3, RBI)
V WELLS (.257, 0-FOR-2, BB, HBP, RBI)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (9) VS TORONTO (4) - MID 8TH - IN PROGRESS

CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 .284
C Blake 3b 5 2 2 3 0 2 3 .279
V Martinez c 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 .328
K Shoppach c 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .341
T Hafner dh 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 .262
J Peralta ss 5 0 3 0 0 1 1 .281
R Garko 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .293
T Nixon rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .241
B Francisco lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .370
J Barfield 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .256

Totals 38 9 14 9 3 7 16

BATTING: 2B - V Martinez (23, S Marcum); T Hafner (11, S Marcum); R Garko (13,
S Marcum); J Peralta (16, S Marcum); C Blake (21, S Marcum); G Sizemore (17, B
Wolfe). HR - C Blake (14, 2nd inning off S Marcum 2 on, 2 Out), V Martinez (16,
2nd inning off S Marcum 0 on, 2 Out), G Sizemore (15, 4th inning off S Marcum 0
on, 1 Out), T Nixon (3, 5th inning off B Wolfe 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - T Hafner 2
(57), J Barfield (38), C Blake 3 (48), V Martinez (68), G Sizemore (46), T
Nixon (26). 2-out RBI - T Hafner 2, J Barfield, C Blake 3, V Martinez. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - C Blake 2, J Peralta 1, B Francisco 1, R
Garko 1. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - R Garko (3, ground ball). DP: 2 (J Barfield-J Peralta-R Garko
2).


TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
V Wells cf 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .257
R Johnson lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .250
A Rios rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .296
M Stairs 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .293
F Thomas dh 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .254
G Zaun c 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .246
A Hill 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 .265
H Clark 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 .278
J McDonald ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .289

Totals 29 4 9 4 3 5 17

BATTING: 2B - A Hill (24, F Carmona). 3B - A Rios (3, R Perez). RBI - A Hill
(48), J McDonald (12), V Wells (50), M Stairs (35). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J McDonald 1, A Hill 1. GIDP - H Clark, R Johnson. Team LOB -
9.


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CLEVELAND - 150 210 00 -- 9
TORONTO - 000 003 1 -- 4
----------------------------------------------------

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
F Carmona 5 1/3 8 3 3 3 5 0 3.85
R Perez 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.22
R Betancourt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.16

TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
S Marcum 3 1/3 9 8 8 1 2 3 3.62
B Wolfe 1 2/3 4 1 1 0 0 1 3.48
J Frasor 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 4.46
B Tallet 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.75

J Frasor pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
R Perez pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

HBP - R Johnson (by F Carmona); V Wells (by F Carmona). Pitches-strikes: F
Carmona 103-67; R Perez 11-5; R Betancourt 11-8; S Marcum 83-47; B Wolfe 43-30;
J Frasor 27-15; B Tallet 24-14. Ground balls-fly balls: F Carmona 7-4; R Perez
2-0; R Betancourt 1-2; S Marcum 1-7; B Wolfe 3-2; J Frasor 0-1; B Tallet 1-2.
Batters faced: F Carmona 28; R Perez 3; R Betancourt 3; S Marcum 20; B Wolfe 9;
J Frasor 6; B Tallet 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Larry Poncino. 1B--Bruce Dreckman. 2B--Gary Darling. 3B--Jerry
Meals.

Weather: 84 degrees, sunny. Wind: 14 mph, out to center.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">AL AT TORONTO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: F Gutierrez in right field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 9
TORONTO 4 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR TORONTO: H Clark (.278, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CLEVELAND 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 14 1
TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 9 0 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - RAFAEL BETANCOURT
TOR - BRIAN TALLET

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.293, 1-FOR-4)
F GUTIERREZ (.288, 4 HR, 9 RBI)
B FRANCISCO (.370, 0-FOR-3, BB)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (9) VS TORONTO (4) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 .284
C Blake 3b 5 2 2 3 0 2 3 .279
V Martinez c 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 .328
K Shoppach c 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .341
T Hafner dh 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 .262
J Peralta ss 5 0 3 0 0 1 1 .281
R Garko 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .293
T Nixon rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .241
F Gutierrez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288
B Francisco lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .370
J Barfield 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .256

Totals 38 9 14 9 3 7 16

BATTING: 2B - V Martinez (23, S Marcum); T Hafner (11, S Marcum); R Garko (13,
S Marcum); J Peralta (16, S Marcum); C Blake (21, S Marcum); G Sizemore (17, B
Wolfe). HR - C Blake (14, 2nd inning off S Marcum 2 on, 2 Out), V Martinez (16,
2nd inning off S Marcum 0 on, 2 Out), G Sizemore (15, 4th inning off S Marcum 0
on, 1 Out), T Nixon (3, 5th inning off B Wolfe 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - T Hafner 2
(57), J Barfield (38), C Blake 3 (48), V Martinez (68), G Sizemore (46), T
Nixon (26). 2-out RBI - T Hafner 2, J Barfield, C Blake 3, V Martinez. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - C Blake 2, J Peralta 1, B Francisco 1, R
Garko 1. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - R Garko (3, ground ball). DP: 2 (J Barfield-J Peralta-R Garko
2).


TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
V Wells cf 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 .256
R Johnson lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .250
A Rios rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .296
M Stairs 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .293
F Thomas dh 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .254
G Zaun c 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .246
A Hill 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 .265
H Clark 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .270
J McDonald ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .288

Totals 32 4 9 4 3 7 17

BATTING: 2B - A Hill (24, F Carmona). 3B - A Rios (3, R Perez). RBI - A Hill
(48), J McDonald (12), V Wells (50), M Stairs (35). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J McDonald 1, A Hill 1. GIDP - H Clark, R Johnson. Team LOB -
9.


----------------------------------------------------
CLEVELAND - 150 210 00 -- 9
TORONTO - 000 003 10 -- 4
----------------------------------------------------

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
F Carmona 5 1/3 8 3 3 3 5 0 3.85
R Perez 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.22
R Betancourt 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.13

TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
S Marcum 3 1/3 9 8 8 1 2 3 3.62
B Wolfe 1 2/3 4 1 1 0 0 1 3.48
J Frasor 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 4.46
B Tallet 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.75

J Frasor pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
R Perez pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

HBP - R Johnson (by F Carmona); V Wells (by F Carmona). Pitches-strikes: F
Carmona 103-67; R Perez 11-5; R Betancourt 25-19; S Marcum 83-47; B Wolfe
43-30; J Frasor 27-15; B Tallet 24-14. Ground balls-fly balls: F Carmona 7-4; R
Perez 2-0; R Betancourt 1-3; S Marcum 1-7; B Wolfe 3-2; J Frasor 0-1; B Tallet
1-2. Batters faced: F Carmona 28; R Perez 3; R Betancourt 6; S Marcum 20; B
Wolfe 9; J Frasor 6; B Tallet 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Larry Poncino. 1B--Bruce Dreckman. 2B--Gary Darling. 3B--Jerry
Meals.

Weather: 84 degrees, sunny. Wind: 14 mph, out to center.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">AL AT TORONTO - PITCHING CHANGE
TOR: JORDAN DEJONG (0-0, 9.00) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 4

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.293, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">AL AT TORONTO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J DeJong relieved B Tallet.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 9
TORONTO 4 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R Garko (.293, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
CLEVELAND 9
TORONTO 4 FINAL</div>

 

Martinez, Sizemore help Indians snap skid

<h3>CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 4</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- A pair of All-Stars helped the ClevelandIndians avoid their longest losing streak of the season.

Victor Martinez and Grady Sizemore each had a solo home run anda double as the Indians clubbed four homers en route to a 9-4triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon.

Cleveland entered the contest mired in a three-game skid, itsfourth such slide of the season. But the Indians pounded out 14hits Saturday to improve to 2-3 on their six-game road trip.

A reserve on the American League All-Star squad, Martinez hasbeen Cleveland's best hitter this season, leading the team inbatting average (.328), homers (16) and RBI (68).

Martinez helped get Cleveland on the board in the first inning,when he ripped a long two-out double off Toronto righthanderShaun Marcum (4-3) and scored on Travis Hafner's two-base hit.The switch-hitting catcher also belted a solo homer off Marcumto cap a five-run outburst in the second.

However, the day ended in disappointing fashion for Martinez,who suffered a bruised left knee and left the game in the fifth.The 28-year-old appeared to grimace on a foul ball during anat-bat in the fourth inning and was replaced in the bottom ofthe fifth with two outs.

Sizemore also got in the act later on, crushing a solo homer inthe fourth - his 15th of the season - and roping a double in thefifth. The All-Star center fielder is second in the AL instolen bases (24) and third in runs (73).

Casey Blake and Trot Nixon also homered while Jhonny Peraltaadded three hits for Cleveland (52-35), which climbed one-halfgame ahead of the Detroit Tigers (50-34) for first place in theCentral Division. The teams entered the day in a virtual tieatop the division standings.

The Tigers host the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night.

Cleveland provided more than enough support for starter FaustoCarmona (10-4), who worked 5 1/3 innings to win his secondstraight outing. The righthander yielded three runs, eight hitsand three walks with five strikeouts.

Thanks to Carmona's early-season exploits, the Indians have two10-game winners prior to the All-Star break for the first timesince 1956. All-Star lefthander C.C. Sabathia is 12-3.

Cleveland owned a 1-0 lead in the second when Josh Barfieldplated Ryan Garko with a one-out single to double the advantage.After Sizemore walked, Blake made it 5-0 with his 14th homer -a long blast to left field that capped an eight-pitch at-bat.

Two pitches later, Martinez crushed Marcum's 0-1 offering overthe wall in left to push the lead to 6-0.

Marcum lost for the first time in 11 starts this season,yielding season highs of eight runs and nine hits in just 3 1/3frames. The righthander walked one and struck out two whileseeing his ERA balloon from 2.86 to 3.62.

Frank Thomas had three hits for the Blue Jays, who fell to 1-4against the Indians this season.

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLEVELAND (9) AT TORONTO (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore flied out to center. C Blake struck out looking.
V Martinez doubled to deep right. T Hafner doubled to deep center, V Martinez
scored. J Peralta fouled out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1,
TORONTO 0.

CLEVELAND 2ND: R Garko doubled to deep center. T Nixon flied out to left.
B Francisco lined out to second. J Barfield singled to right center, R Garko
scored. G Sizemore walked, J Barfield to second. C Blake homered to center,
J Barfield and G Sizemore scored. V Martinez homered to left. T Hafner flied
out to right. (5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, TORONTO 0.

CLEVELAND 4TH: J Barfield grounded out to second. G Sizemore homered to
right. C Blake doubled to left. B Wolfe relieved S Marcum. V Martinez flied
out to left. T Hafner singled to center, C Blake scored. J Peralta singled
to left, T Hafner to second. R Garko grounded into fielder's choice to third,
J Peralta out at second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 8, TORONTO 0.

CLEVELAND 5TH: T Nixon homered to left. B Francisco grounded out to third.
J Barfield fouled out to first. G Sizemore doubled to center. C Blake
grounded out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 6TH: M Stairs grounded out to second. F Thomas singled to left.
G Zaun singled to left, F Thomas to second. A Hill doubled to left, F Thomas
scored, G Zaun to third. H Clark walked. J McDonald singled to right center,
G Zaun scored, A Hill to third, H Clark to second. V Wells hit by pitch,
A Hill scored, H Clark to third, J McDonald to second. R Perez relieved
F Carmona. R Johnson grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first,
V Wells out at second.(3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 3.

TORONTO 7TH: A Rios tripled to deep center. M Stairs safe at first on
error by first baseman R Garko, A Rios scored. R Betancourt relieved R Perez.
F Thomas flied out to center. G Zaun grounded out to second, M Stairs to
second. A Hill fouled out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) CLEVELAND 9,
TORONTO 4.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (9) VS TORONTO (4) - FINAL

CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 .284
C Blake 3b 5 2 2 3 0 2 3 .279
V Martinez c 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 .328
K Shoppach c 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .341
T Hafner dh 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 .262
J Peralta ss 5 0 3 0 0 1 1 .281
R Garko 1b 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 .292
T Nixon rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .241
F Gutierrez rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
B Francisco lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .357
J Barfield 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .256

Totals 41 9 14 9 3 8 16

BATTING: 2B - V Martinez (23, S Marcum); T Hafner (11, S Marcum); R Garko (13,
S Marcum); J Peralta (16, S Marcum); C Blake (21, S Marcum); G Sizemore (17, B
Wolfe). HR - C Blake (14, 2nd inning off S Marcum 2 on, 2 Out), V Martinez (16,
2nd inning off S Marcum 0 on, 2 Out), G Sizemore (15, 4th inning off S Marcum 0
on, 1 Out), T Nixon (3, 5th inning off B Wolfe 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - T Hafner 2
(57), J Barfield (38), C Blake 3 (48), V Martinez (68), G Sizemore (46), T
Nixon (26). 2-out RBI - T Hafner 2, J Barfield, C Blake 3, V Martinez. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - C Blake 2, J Peralta 1, B Francisco 1, R
Garko 1. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - R Garko (3, ground ball). DP: 2 (J Barfield-J Peralta-R Garko
2).


TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
V Wells cf 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 .256
R Johnson lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .244
A Rios rf 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 .295
M Stairs 1b 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 .292
F Thomas dh 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .254
G Zaun c 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .246
A Hill 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 .265
H Clark 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .270
J McDonald ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .288

Totals 35 4 9 4 3 8 17

BATTING: 2B - A Hill (24, F Carmona). 3B - A Rios (3, R Perez). RBI - A Hill
(48), J McDonald (12), V Wells (50), M Stairs (35). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J McDonald 1, A Hill 1. GIDP - H Clark, R Johnson. Team LOB -
9.


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CLEVELAND - 150 210 000 -- 9
TORONTO - 000 003 100 -- 4
----------------------------------------------------

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
F Carmona (W, 10-4) 5 1/3 8 3 3 3 5 0 3.85
R Perez 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.22
R Betancourt 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.13
J Borowski 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.35

TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
S Marcum (L, 4-3) 3 1/3 9 8 8 1 2 3 3.62
B Wolfe 1 2/3 4 1 1 0 0 1 3.48
J Frasor 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 4.46
B Tallet 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.75
J DeJong 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.00

J Frasor pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
R Perez pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

HBP - R Johnson (by F Carmona); V Wells (by F Carmona). Pitches-strikes: F
Carmona 103-67; R Perez 11-5; R Betancourt 25-19; J Borowski 14-10; S Marcum
83-47; B Wolfe 43-30; J Frasor 27-15; B Tallet 24-14; J DeJong 17-9. Ground
balls-fly balls: F Carmona 7-4; R Perez 2-0; R Betancourt 1-3; J Borowski 2-0;
S Marcum 1-7; B Wolfe 3-2; J Frasor 0-1; B Tallet 1-2; J DeJong 1-1. Batters
faced: F Carmona 28; R Perez 3; R Betancourt 6; J Borowski 3; S Marcum 20; B
Wolfe 9; J Frasor 6; B Tallet 6; J DeJong 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Larry Poncino. 1B--Bruce Dreckman. 2B--Gary Darling. 3B--Jerry
Meals.

T--3:29. Att--25,744.
Weather: 84 degrees, sunny. Wind: 14 mph, out to
center.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at TORONTO

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CLEVELAND 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 14 1
TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 9 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CLE - FAUSTO CARMONA, RAFAEL PEREZ (6TH), RAFAEL BETANCOURT (7TH),
JOE BOROWSKI (9TH) AND VICTOR MARTINEZ, KELLY SHOPPACH (5TH)

TOR - SHAUN MARCUM, BRIAN WOLFE (4TH), JASON FRASOR
(6TH), BRIAN TALLET (7TH), JORDAN DEJONG (9TH) AND GREGG ZAUN


WP - FAUSTO CARMONA (10-4)
LP - SHAUN MARCUM (4-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: CLE - CASEY BLAKE (14) OFF SHAUN MARCUM IN THE 2ND, 2 ON
VICTOR MARTINEZ (16) OFF SHAUN MARCUM IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
GRADY SIZEMORE (15) OFF SHAUN MARCUM IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
TROT NIXON (3) OFF BRIAN WOLFE IN THE 5TH, 0 ON

TOR - NONE


TIME: 3:29 ATT: 25,744

PROBABLES: CLE - PAUL BYRD (7-3, 4.71)
TOR - JOSH TOWERS (4-5, 5.71)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLEVELAND (9) AT TORONTO (4) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cleveland Starting Lineups -- G Sizemore CF, C Blake 3B, V Martinez C, T Hafner DH,
J Peralta SS, R Garko 1B, T Nixon RF, B Francisco LF, J Barfield 2B, F Carmona RHP.

Toronto Starting Lineups -- V Wells CF, R Johnson LF, A Rios RF, M Stairs 1B,
F Thomas DH, G Zaun C, A Hill 2B, H Clark 3B, J McDonald SS, S Marcum RHP.

Umpires -- Larry Poncino (HP), Bruce Dreckman (1B), Gary Darling (2B),
Jerry Meals (3B).

Gametime Weather: 84 degrees, Sunny, wind out to center at 14 mph.


CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore flied out to center. C Blake struck out looking.
V Martinez doubled to deep right. T Hafner doubled to deep center, V Martinez
scored. J Peralta fouled out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1,
TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 1ST: V Wells walked. R Johnson struck out swinging. A Rios struck
out swinging. M Stairs flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 1, TORONTO 0.

CLEVELAND 2ND: R Garko doubled to deep center. T Nixon flied out to left.
B Francisco lined out to second. J Barfield singled to right center, R Garko
scored. G Sizemore walked, J Barfield to second. C Blake homered to center,
J Barfield and G Sizemore scored. V Martinez homered to left. T Hafner flied
out to right. (5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 2ND: F Thomas reached on infield single to shortstop. G Zaun
walked, F Thomas to second. A Hill struck out swinging. H Clark grounded
into fielder's choice to second, G Zaun out at second, F Thomas to third.
J McDonald lined out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6,
TORONTO 0.

CLEVELAND 3RD: J Peralta doubled to left. R Garko flied out to center,
J Peralta to third. T Nixon popped out to shortstop. B Francisco struck
out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 3RD: V Wells grounded out to third. R Johnson struck out swinging.
A Rios struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, TORONTO 0.

CLEVELAND 4TH: J Barfield grounded out to second. G Sizemore homered to
right. C Blake doubled to left. B Wolfe relieved S Marcum. V Martinez flied
out to left. T Hafner singled to center, C Blake scored. J Peralta singled
to left, T Hafner to second. R Garko grounded into fielder's choice to third,
J Peralta out at second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 8, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 4TH: M Stairs popped out to shortstop. F Thomas reached on infield
single to shortstop. G Zaun singled to right center, F Thomas to second.
A Hill singled to right, F Thomas to third, G Zaun to second. H Clark grounded
into double play, second to shortstop to first, A Hill out at second. (0 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 8, TORONTO 0.

CLEVELAND 5TH: T Nixon homered to left. B Francisco grounded out to third.
J Barfield fouled out to first. G Sizemore doubled to center. C Blake
grounded out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 5TH: J McDonald grounded out to second. V Wells grounded out to
third. R Johnson hit by pitch. K Shoppach catching. A Rios flied out to
right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 0.

CLEVELAND 6TH: J Frasor relieved B Wolfe. K Shoppach struck out swinging.
T Hafner fouled out to third. J Peralta singled to right. R Garko struck
out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 6TH: M Stairs grounded out to second. F Thomas singled to left.
G Zaun singled to left, F Thomas to second. A Hill doubled to left, F Thomas
scored, G Zaun to third. H Clark walked. J McDonald singled to right center,
G Zaun scored, A Hill to third, H Clark to second. V Wells hit by pitch,
A Hill scored, H Clark to third, J McDonald to second. R Perez relieved
F Carmona. R Johnson grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first,
V Wells out at second.(3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 3.

CLEVELAND 7TH: T Nixon walked. B Francisco walked, T Nixon to second.
B Tallet relieved J Frasor. J Barfield struck out looking. G Sizemore popped
out to shortstop. C Blake struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 3.

TORONTO 7TH: A Rios tripled to deep center. M Stairs safe at first on
error by first baseman R Garko, A Rios scored. R Betancourt relieved R Perez.
F Thomas flied out to center. G Zaun grounded out to second, M Stairs to
second. A Hill fouled out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) CLEVELAND 9,
TORONTO 4.

CLEVELAND 8TH: K Shoppach lined out to second. T Hafner grounded out
to second. J Peralta struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 4.

TORONTO 8TH: F Gutierrez in right field. H Clark flied out to center.
J McDonald struck out swinging. V Wells struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 4.

CLEVELAND 9TH: J DeJong relieved B Tallet. R Garko struck out looking.
F Gutierrez grounded out to shortstop. B Francisco flied out to right.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 4.

TORONTO 9TH: J Borowski relieved R Betancourt. R Johnson grounded out to
pitcher. A Rios grounded out to shortstop. M Stairs struck out looking.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 4.</div>

 

Martinez, Sizemore help Indians snap skid

<h3>CLEVELAND 9, TORONTO 4</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- A pair of All-Stars helped the ClevelandIndians avoid their longest losing streak of the season.

Victor Martinez and Grady Sizemore each had a solo home run anda double as the Indians clubbed four homers en route to a 9-4triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon.

Cleveland entered the contest mired in a three-game skid, itsfourth such slide of the season. But the Indians pounded out 14hits Saturday to improve to 2-3 on their six-game road trip.

A reserve on the American League All-Star squad, Martinez hasbeen Cleveland's best hitter this season, leading the team inbatting average (.328), homers (16) and RBI (68).

"I've just been putting good at-bats together all season,"Martinez said. "You never can take anything for granted in thisgame, but I'm happy with my performance so far."

Martinez helped get Cleveland on the board in the first inning,when he ripped a long two-out double off Toronto righthanderShaun Marcum (4-3) and scored on Travis Hafner's two-base hit.The switch-hitting catcher also belted a solo homer off Marcumto cap a five-run outburst in the second.

However, the day ended in disappointing fashion for Martinez,who suffered a bruised left knee and left the game in the fifth.The 28-year-old appeared to grimace on a foul ball during anat-bat in the fourth inning and was replaced in the bottom ofthe fifth with two outs.

"That ball hit me right on my knee," said Martinez, who islisted as day-to-day. "I started to get tired a little bit whenI went back to catch, but it's nothing to worry about. I thinkI'll be able to play (Sunday)."

Sizemore also got in the act later on, crushing a solo homer inthe fourth - his 15th of the season - and roping a double in thefifth. The All-Star center fielder is second in the AL instolen bases (24) and third in runs (73).

"It was just one of those days where we were swinging the batswell," Sizemore said. "We got on (Toronto) early and were ableto add on (runs). We just did a good job of getting goodpitches to hit and making them count."

Casey Blake and Trot Nixon also homered while Jhonny Peraltaadded three hits for Cleveland (52-35), which climbed one-halfgame ahead of the Detroit Tigers (50-34) for first place in theCentral Division. The teams entered the day in a virtual tieatop the division standings.

The Tigers host the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night.

Cleveland provided more than enough support for starter FaustoCarmona (10-4), who worked 5 1/3 innings to win his secondstraight outing. The righthander yielded three runs, eight hitsand three walks with five strikeouts.

"I just try to work hard and do a good job every time I get outthere on the mound," Carmona said. "I just tried to keep theball down, throw sinkers and make sure (Toronto) hit the ball onthe ground."

Thanks to Carmona's early-season exploits, the Indians have two10-game winners prior to the All-Star break for the first timesince 1956. All-Star lefthander C.C. Sabathia is 12-3.

"Fausto really set the tone early for us," Cleveland managerEric Wedge said. "He was aggressive and really did a good jobof shutting (Toronto) down after we scored. I'm happy forFausto, he's really picked us up."

Cleveland owned a 1-0 lead in the second when Josh Barfieldplated Ryan Garko with a one-out single to double the advantage.After Sizemore walked, Blake made it 5-0 with his 14th homer -a long blast to left field that capped an eight-pitch at-bat.

Two pitches later, Martinez crushed Marcum's 0-1 offering overthe wall in left to push the lead to 6-0.

Marcum lost for the first time in 11 starts this season,yielding season highs of eight runs and nine hits in just 3 1/3frames. The righthander walked one and struck out two whileseeing his ERA balloon from 2.86 to 3.62.

"Cleveland's got a great lineup. They've been putting runs onthe board all year," said Marcum, who surrendered a career-highthree home runs. "I just didn't do my job today. Balls were upin the zone, I wasn't locating very well and they took advantageof it."

"Marcum's been unbelievable all year, he really has," Torontomanager John Gibbons added. "He just didn't have it today."

Frank Thomas had three hits for the Blue Jays, who fell to 1-4against the Indians this season.