Following Saturday's game in which the Tribe used 6 relievers, the Indians desperately needed Mitch Talbot's Sunday afternoon start to include both quality and length.
Instead, it was poor and brief.
Talbot allowed 6 runs in 4 innings of work, and Manny Acta once again turned to his bullpen sooner than he would have liked. Talbot's rough outing netted the young right-hander his 5th loss of the season.
A 2-run blast off the bat of Shelley Duncan in the top of the 2nd gave Talbot and the Indians an early 2-nil advantage.
But Talbot began to unravel in the home half of the frame.
The Reds eventually scored 7 unanswered runs to secure a lead that was threatened but never relinquished. Solo homers by Chris Heisey and Edgar Renteria bookended the offensive flurry.
Cleveland slowly crawled back to within striking distance as Grady Sizemore hit a 2-out, 2-run single in the 6th. Travis Hafner added a pinch-hit RBI single in the 7th, but the Indians were unable to climb any closer.
Mike Leake hurled 6 frames, yielding 4 tallies, to notch the victory.
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| Asdrubal Cabrera (above) and Chris Perez were selected to the All-Star team on Sunday |
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