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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 7, Washington 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, June 11, 2010
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 22041
Austin Kearns homered twice and had four RBIs against his former team to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 7-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.

Kearns hit a three-run homer in the first and a solo shot in the fourth. Both came off Luis Atilano (5-3), who also gave up a solo home run to Travis Hafner in the sixth.

Jake Westbrook (4-3) gave up Adam Dunn's RBI double in the first, but kept the Nationals from scoring again until the eighth. The right-hander allowed two runs in 7 1/3 innings.

Cleveland’s top prospect Carlos Santana was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in his major league debut. The catcher was called up from Triple-A Columbus on Friday.

Kearns suffered through injury-plagued seasons with Washington the last two years and signed a minor-league contract with the Indians in January. His first-inning home run capped a three-run inning and gave Cleveland the lead for good.

Kearns' homer in the fourth gave Cleveland a 4-1 lead. Hafner's homer put the Indians up by four runs before Trevor Crowe added a two-run double.

Chris Perez pitched the final 1 2/3 innings for his sixth save.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   Cleveland
Luis Atilano Player Jake Westbrook
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 7.1
2 Strikeouts 5
7 Hits 7
5.40 ERA 2.45
Hitting
Washington   Cleveland
Adam Dunn Player Travis Hafner
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 1
3 TB 6
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 7 0 9 .226 11 5 2 4 1 1
Cleveland 9 3 20 .273 16 3 7 3 0 1