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The Sports Xchange
Jul 7, 2017

CLEVELAND -- Carlos Carrasco struck out 11 in seven innings and Lonnie Chisenhall and Bradley Zimmer homered as the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 11-2 on Friday night at Progressive Field.

It's the second consecutive 11-2 victory by the Indians. They beat San Diego on Thursday by the same score.

Zimmer and Francisco Lindor each had three hits, and Michael Brantley had four RBIs as the Cleveland offense erupted for the third consecutive game. The Indians have collected 44 hits in the last three games.

Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez reached a milestone when he singled in the first inning for the 2,000th hit of his career.

Carrasco (10-3) allowed two runs and nine hits with 11 strikeouts and one walk.

Detroit starter Jordan Zimmermann (5-7) gave up five runs and eight hits in three innings.

Leading 5-1, the Indians blew it open with a four-run sixth inning and two in the seventh.

Zimmer led off the sixth with a solo home run against reliever Chad Bell. Lindor added a two-run triple later in the inning and Brantley followed with an RBI single.

An RBI single by Lindor and sacrifice fly by Brantley in the seventh completed Cleveland's scoring.

The Indians broke a scoreless tie in the third inning. With one out, Jason Kipnis doubled to right field and went to third on an infield single by Lindor. He stole second and then scored along with Kipnis when Brantley pulled a double into the right field corner.

Edwin Encarnacion grounded out to send Brantley to third. Jose Ramirez reached on an infield single to short, scoring Brantley to make it 3-0. Chisenhall then hit the first pitch Zimmermann threw him into the seats in right field for his 12th home run to extend the Cleveland lead to 5-0.

In the top of the fourth, Carrasco gave up a single to Alex Avila leading off the inning. Justin Upton drew a walk, but Carrasco got Miguel Cabrera to ground into a double play.

Avila went to third on the double play and scored on a single to center by J.D. Martinez, cutting the Cleveland lead to 5-1.

Carrasco rebounded in the fifth inning by striking out the side on nine pitches.

Zimmermann was removed from the game after allowing the first two hitters to reach base in the fourth. Cleveland loaded the bases with nobody out in that inning but failed to score.

NOTES: Indians manager Terry Francona underwent a successful cardiac ablation procedure on Thursday to correct an irregular heartbeat. The procedure was done at Cleveland Clinic. Francona, who will not manage the American League All-Star team, is scheduled to rejoin the Indians on July 14. Bench coach Brad Mills will continue to serve as the acting manager. ... RHP Corey Kluber, who was selected to the AL All-Star team but will start Sunday night against the Tigers, will attend the game but not pitch on Tuesday night in Miami. . . Tigers DH Victor Martinez singled in the first inning for the 2,000th hit of his career. Ironically, Martinez's first 900 major league hits came as a member of the Indians. ... Tigers OF Justin Upton was added to the American League All-Star team. RHP Michael Fulmer, the only Tigers player selected to the AL team, will not pitch in the game because he's starting Sunday night in Cleveland.