Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

MLB: Cleveland 5, Arizona 4

(Boxscore)
|
|
 
  
Published: June 28, 2011 at 12:46 AM

PHOENIX, June 28 (UPI) -- Orlando Cabrera blasted a tie-breaking home run in the ninth inning Monday, boosting the Cleveland Indians to a 5-4 interleague victory over Arizona.

The Diamondbacks had rallied for a run in the bottom of the eighth to tie the score but Cleveland came right back to the take the lead in the ninth when Cabrera launched a pitch from J.J. Putz (1-2) into the corner of the left field stands.

The blast made a winner of Rafael Perez (3-1), who struck out Miguel Montero with the potential go-ahead run standing on third to end the eighth.

Chris Perez followed in the ninth with his 19th save.

Asdrubal Cabrera socked a two-run homer and rookie Lonnie Chisenhall collected two hits and an RBI in his major league debut for Cleveland, which remained one game behind first-place Detroit in the American League Central.

Kelly Johnson smacked a game-tying RBI triple in the eighth for the Diamondbacks, who lost the first of a three-game set with the Indians.

Topics: J.J. Putz, Orlando Cabrera
Recommended Stories
© 2011 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Linsanity The Daytona 500 Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 27
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler
fark
Photoshop these sons in service
Ugly-ass coyote pups born in Golden Gate Park, increasing population to 13. Local homeless demand...
The pink wines of summer are here. Or you could just turn in your man card right now, Nancy
Glass platforms proposed for Space Needle. People will be able to look straight down to where they'll...
Texas gun range to host kids' birthday party packages. What could possibly go wrong?
Dum-dums raid snack shop, cheez-it before the cops come, but leave mounds of wrappers behind, allowing...