ATLANTA, June 20 (UPI) -- Jason Davis pitched seven innings and hit a home run Sunday as the Cleveland Indians posted a 5-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
Davis (2-5) won for the first time in nine outings, allowing both runs and four hits with six strikeouts and two walks. He has just three wins in his last 26 starts, dating to July 1, 2003.
The 24-year-old righthander was given a 2-0 lead before taking the mound on RBI singles by Victor Martinez and Casey Blake, but he got into the act in the second with his first career hit -- a solo homer.
The last Indians pitcher to homer was Dwight Gooden on June 11, 1999 at Cincinnati.
Travis Hafner made it 4-0 with a run-scoring single in the third before Atlanta got on the board in the sixth on back-to-back homers by J.D. Drew and Chipper Jones.
