ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — John Jaso and the Tampa Bay Rays may have got a break on an 11th inning call and took advantage of it en route to a 4-3 win.

The Indians simply got a break they didn’t need when shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera left in the first with a broken left forearm.

The infielder was hurt when he dove for a Hank Blalock grounder up the middle and Jhonny Peralta, who also was attempting to make a play, tum­bled into him. Cabrera was on the first base side of second, while third baseman Peralta was positioned at short as part of a defensive shift.

On the game-winning play in the 11th, Jason Bartlett laid down a sacrifice bunt to drive in the winning run. Jaso hit a one-out infield single against Jamey Wright (1-2) and went to third on Gabe Kapler’s hit-and­run single to right.

“I was hustling down to first base and seeing if something good would come out of it,” said Jaso, who was called safe on a close play. “Luckily it paid off.”

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Indians manager Manny Acta left the dugout to argue with first base umpire Jerry Layne about Jaso’s hit.

“He had the runner beating the throw, which I thought was absurb,” Acta said. “I hate to see the human element being taken out of the game, but I see why so many people ask about instant replay about every­thing. We played so hard and that guy had no business being on base.”

Bartlett placed the bunt on the first base side of the mound that Wright fielded and was forced to make a desperation toss from his glove hand toward the plate that went over catcher Mike Redmond’s head.

“A tough loss for our team, a tough loss for me,” Wright said.

Andy Sonnanstine (1-0), the sixth Tampa Bay reliever, struck out two during a perfect 11th, helping the Rays improve to a major leaguebest 27-11.

Trevor Crowe, filling in for injured center fielder Grady Sizemore, put the Indians up 3-2 with an RBI single in the sixth. The Rays pulled even at 3 on Blalock’s two-out, runscoring single off reliever Chris Perez in the eighth.

Crowe just missed making a diving catch on Blalock’s game-tying hit.

“When I was in the air I felt it go in clean and I never felt it pop out,” Crowe said. “When I went to look, the ball was rolling on the side.”

Tampa Bay took a 2-0 lead in the first when Carl Crawford had an RBI triple and later scored on Evan Longoria’s single. Longoria has driven 18 runs in his last 18 games.

Peralta pulled the Indians within 2-1 on second-inning run-scoring single. Luis Valbuena tied it at 2 with an RBI single in the fourth.

Fausto Carmoma allowed two runs and five hits over 6 2/ 3

innings for the Indians. The right-hander allowed just one baserunner — a fourth-inning walk to B.J. Upton — from the second through the sixth.

Tampa Bay’s Jeff Niemann gave up three runs and 10 hits in six-plus innings.

“I was lucky I had the team pick me up,” Niemann said.

Cleveland loaded the bases with two outs in the third, but failed to score when Russell Branyan popped out. The Indians also hit into double plays during the fourth and the fifth.