Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 8, Baltimore 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, July 14, 2011
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B - Bob Davidson, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Chris Conroy
Attendance: 22780

The visiting Cleveland Indians drilled two first-inning homers and handed the Baltimore Orioles their eighth straight loss with an 8-4 decision on Thursday.

Cleveland snapped its own three-game skid by defeating the Orioles for the fifth straight time and 10th in 13 outings.

All-Star shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera belted his 15th homer of the season and Carlos Santana followed with a two-run blast against Jeremy Guthrie (3-13). Justin Masterson (8-6) went six innings for the win, allowing four runs on eight hits.

Cabrera entered the series with a .359 career average against the Orioles, then went 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Travis Hafner reached base four times for the Indians.

Baltimore opened its 10-game homestand without manager Buck Showalter, who was suspended one game by Major League Baseball for his part in last Friday’s bench-clearing brawl in Boston. Bench coach John Russell replaced Showalter.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Baltimore
Justin Masterson Player Jeremy Guthrie
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.0
8 Strikeouts 2
8 Hits 5
6.00 ERA 10.80
Hitting
Cleveland   Baltimore
Travis Hafner Player Craig Tatum
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 11 2 19 .306 12 8 8 4 1 0
Baltimore 8 0 12 .229 13 13 4 2 0 0