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Indians 11, Tigers 5
CLEVELAND (AP) -Travis Hafner homered and drove in four runs, Victor Martinez finished with three RBIs and the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers to improve baseball’s best home mark to 18-4.
The Indians won despite a rough outing by ace C.C. Sabathia (8-1), who allowed five runs and 10 hits in 7 1-3 innings. Sabathia, 5-0 at Jacobs Field, moved into a tie for the major league lead in wins.
Hafner hit a two-run drive in the first inning and Martinez’s two-run homer capped a four-run fifth off Justin Verlander (5-2) as Cleveland improved to 4-0 against the defending AL champion Tigers.
Verlander gave up seven runs and eight hits over five-plus innings for Detroit, which lost for the sixth time in seven games and dropped 3 1/2 games behind Cleveland in the AL Central. The right-hander hit three batters with pitches, walked three, uncorked two wild pitches and struck out six.
Tigers designated hitter Gary Sheffield was ejected in the top of the fifth by plate umpire Greg Gibson after arguing a called strike, then breaking his bat on a groundout and angrily throwing the piece of wood still in his hands.
Blue Jays 2, White Sox 0
TORONTO (AP) – Roy Halladay picked up his 100th career victory in his return from the disabled list, and Frank Thomas hit a homer to help the Toronto Blue Jays send the Chicago White Sox to their fifth-straight loss.
The game lasted just 1 hour, 50 minutes, and was the second quickest in the majors this season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Seattle beat the Athletics 2-0 on April 25 in Oakland in 1 hour, 47 minutes.
Jeremy Accardo pitched the ninth for his sixth save in seven opportunities.
Thomas’ homer was his 495th, and 243rd as a designated hitter, tying him with Edgar Martinez for the most career home runs by a DH.
Aaron Hill also homered for Toronto.
Mark Buehrle (2-2) was the hard-luck loser, giving up the two home runs in his second complete game of the season. He struck out six and walked none.
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