Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Indians hand Orioles 8th straight loss, 8-4

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Cleveland Indians couldn't have scripted a better start to the second half of the season.

Asdrubal Cabrera and Carlos Santana homered in the first inning and the Indians beat Baltimore 8-4 on Thursday night to extend the Orioles' losing streak to eight games.

The victory moved the Indians into first place in the AL Central, percentage points ahead of idle Detroit. Cleveland lost three straight against Toronto before the All-Star break to fall out of first for the first time since June 28.

"For us it was important because we finished the first half with three bad games against the Blue Jays," manager Manny Acta said. "We needed to get out there and …

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