It did not take the Indians very long to snap a brief, 2-game losing streak. Friday night saw the Tribe make a return to Progressive Field, and 16,346 fans enjoyed the evening immensely by gorging on $1 hot dogs and watching the home team smoke the Orioles.
In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Matt LaPorta (triple), Lou Marson (RBI single), Adam Everett (single), Michael Brantley (bunt single), Asdrubal Cabrera (2-run single), and Shin-Soo Choo (single) combined to produce 6 consecutive base-hits before a single out was recorded. Travis Hafner later added a sacrifice fly, and Cleveland was off to a great, 4-0 start.
Pronk widened the Indians' advantage in the 6th when he blasted his 3rd home run of the campaign, a solo shot to the seats in right-center field.
Trailing 5-1, Baltimore skipper Buck Showalter decided to yank his starting pitcher, Zach Britton. Britton suffered the loss after allowing 5 earned runs, 4 more than he had yielded in his 1st 2 big league starts put together.
The Tribe removed any lingering doubt with a 3-spot in the 7th. Cabrera hit yet another 2-RBI single, and Choo smacked a run-scoring double off the wall in left. A-Cab now has a league-leading 14 runs batted in.
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| Cabrera picked up 4 more RBI as the Tribe routed the Birds |
The benificiary of the offensive outburst was Justin Masterson who won his 3rd game of the young season. Masterson tossed 7 dominant frames while surrendering only 1 tally.
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