Orlando Cabrera jacked a 2-out, 9th inning homer, Lonnie Chisenhall made his major league debut, and the Indians slipped past the Diamondbacks to begin an interleague series between a pair of surprising teams.
Arizona, the National League West's 2nd place club, rallied to tie the game off of Vinnie Pestano in the bottom of the 8th. Kelly Johnson's RBI triple evened the score at 4, but Pestano and Chris Perez were able to strand Johnson at 3rd base.
The momentum had shifted toward the Tribe.
J.J. Putz, the D-backs closer, was given the task of holding the Cleveland bats silent in the top of the 9th. Putz did complete the 9th, but he was unable to silence Cabrera. The veteran 2nd baseman, who had been inserted for defensive purposes in the 7th, lofted a solo home run into the 1st row of the left field bleachers.
Perez returned and finished off the Diamondbacks in the last of the 9th to earn the win.
The dramatic victory put the Indians' frustrating weekend at AT&T Park in the proverbial rear-view mirror, and Chisenhall also gave the team a glimpse of the future. The highly-touted prospect started at 3rd base and collected 2 base-hits, a double and a single. The single, which occurred in the 6th, plated the Tribe's 4th tally.
Asdrubal Cabrera continued his magical season as he launched a 2-run shot in the 1st.
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| Asdrubal scores on a close play at the plate |
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