Cleveland 1, Toronto 0
When: 7:07 PM ET, Friday, July 13, 2012
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
79°
Umpires:
Home -
Brian O'Nora, 1B -
Chad Fairchild, 2B -
Alfonso Marquez, 3B -
Tom Hallion
Attendance:
32308
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Blue Jays 11, Indians 9: Edwin Encarnacion and Yunel Escobar had two-run homers in an eight-run third inning that lifted host Toronto past Cleveland.
The Jays sent 13 men into the plate in the third to chase Indians starter Ubaldo Jimenez (8-8), who was torched for eight runs over 2 1/3 innings in his shortest outing of the season.
Encarnacion finished with a pair of homers while Adam Lind went 4-for-5 with four RBIs to pace the offense in support of Aaron Laffey (1-1). The veteran left-hander, making his first start against his former team, was tagged for four runs on eight hits in five innings but still earned his first victory since last September.
Down 11-4 in the eighth inning, the Indians made things interesting on two-run homers from Casey Kotchman and Michael Brantley. Travis Hafner added a pinch-hit RBI single to make it a two-run game, but Casey Janssen induced Carlos Santana to fly out to right field to end the threat.
Janssen worked a perfect ninth inning to lock down his 13th save.
Encarnacion's first multi-homer game of the season gives him 25 on the year, one shy of his career best set with Cincinnati in 2008.
Shelley Duncan also had a two-run shot while Brantley posted his third straight three-hit game for the Indians, who saw their three-game road winning streak come to an end.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Lind is hitting .340 (17-for-50) with 13 RBIs in 15 games since being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas. ... Bautista's third-inning double was his first career hit against Jimenez. Bautista entered the at-bat 0-for-12 lifetime against the Indians hurler. ... Jimenez had four walks to take the American League lead with 62. Saturday's effort moved him past Blue Jays LHP Ricky Romero (60), who issued two free passes in Friday's 1-0 series-opening loss. ... Toronto's last eight-run inning came exactly one year earlier in a 16-7 win over the New York Yankees.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cleveland
|
8 |
1 |
12 |
.250 |
15 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Toronto
|
5 |
0 |
5 |
.167 |
9 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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