CLEVELAND, April 12 (UPI) -- Bobby Crosby hit a three-run homer and Daric Barton drove in two runs Saturday, boosting the Oakland Athletics to a 7-3 win over Cleveland.
The Athletics won their fifth straight thanks to a four-run seventh inning and solid pitching from Lenny DiNardo.
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DiNardo (1-0), making his first start of the season, gave up two runs on six hits in five-plus innings.
Cleveland has lost four out of five.
The setback went to Fausto Carmona (1-1), who was charged with three runs on only two hits in 3 1/3 innings. Carmona, however, walked eight.
Crosby's homer highlighted the Oakland seventh and gave the Athletics a 7-2 cushion.
