Times wires
Saturday, April 30, 2011
CLEVELAND — Orlando Cabrera lined an RBI single in the 13th inning that gave the Indians their 12th straight home win, 3-2 over the Tigers on Saturday night.
A day after Carlos Santana hit a winning grand slam in the ninth, Cleveland extended its best home streak since a 13-game stretch in 1996.
The Indians won their fifth in a row and finished with their best April record ever at 18-8. Detroit lost its fifth straight.
Michael Brantley singled sharply to open the Cleveland 13th and went to second on Brayan Villareal's wild pickoff throw. Asdrubal Cabrera put down a sacrifice that was fielded by catcher Alex Avila, but third baseman Brandon Inge also came in and nobody was covering the bag.
Avila threw to first for the out, then Tigers manager Jim Leyland ordered intentional walks to Shin-Soo Choo and Santana to load the bases. Cabrera singled to deep center on the first pitch he saw.