Cleveland 6, Toronto 3
When: 7:07 PM ET, Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Ted Barrett, 1B -
Tim McClelland, 2B -
D.J. Reyburn, 3B -
Marvin Hudson
Attendance:
14556
By SportsDirect Inc.
Carlos Santana halted a prolonged slump with three hits and a pair of RBIs and Mitch Talbot pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning as the visiting Cleveland Indians cruised past the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Santana, who came into the game mired in a 4-for-30 slump, hit a third-inning sacrifice fly and added a run-scoring double in the fifth off Jays hurler Brandon Morrow (2-3), who has yet to win at home this season.
It was Santana's first multi-hit game since May 17 and his first multi-RBI game of the month.
Talbot (2-1) took care of the rest, allowing a run on six hits over 6 1/3 innings for his second road victory in as many outings this season. He has surrendered just one run in 14 1/3 innings away from Cleveland.
Indians third baseman Jack Hannahan helped out on defense, spearing a Jayson Nix liner in the third and robbing Jose Bautista of a sure base hit to finish the inning.
Yunel Escobar belted a solo home run while Bautista and Juan Rivera added run-scoring singles in defeat. Bautista led the way with three hits while Escobar finished 2-for-2 with three walks to extend his hitting streak to 12 games, equaling his career high set in 2008.
Morrow stumbled through his five-inning stint, charged with six runs on nine hits while striking out nine. He's now 0-3 with a 6.18 ERA in five starts at the Rogers Centre.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cleveland
|
12 |
0 |
20 |
.324 |
18 |
12 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Toronto
|
10 |
1 |
13 |
.278 |
19 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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