Cleveland Indians use pitching and power to beat Rockies, 6-2

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    "Fausto Carmona pitched three innings for the victory and Chad Huffman and Lonnie Chisenhall homered as the Indians beat Colorado, 6-2, Thursday at Goodyear Ballpark to even their Cactus League record at 3-3.

    The Rockies assisted in their demise by committing five errors and at least one mental error.

    Carmona allowed one run on three hits in his second Cactus League start. He struck out two and walked one.

    "I had a little trouble with two outs," said Carmona, dripping with sweat after running sprints in the outfield. "I don't know why that happened, but overall I felt good."

    Chris Perez pitched a scoreless fourth inning and prospect Alex White followed with two scoreless innings.

    "We liked the way Fausto and Alex threw the ball," said manager Manny Acta. "They held them down and gave our lineup an opportunity to do something and score some runs.

    "Fausto was very aggressive and very good with the first pitch strikes.""

    Read more: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/03/cleveland_indians_take_advanta.html
     

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