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Indians 9, A’s 8: Tribe offense carries day

INDIANS (6-9-2) 9, A’S (7-10) 8

HITS: The Indians got multi-hit games from four players — Travis Hafner, Orlando Cabrera, Shelley Duncan and Jack Hannahan. Hafner led Cleveland with three hits (two doubles) and combined with Duncan and Hannahan to drive in seven of the nine runs. … Reliever Tony Sipp wiggled out of a jam in the ninth inning to earn his second save of the spring. … Reliever Chad Durbin worked a scoreless inning and struck out two of the three batters he faced.

MISSES: Indians starter Justin Masterson allowed five runs on seven hits over four innings with his exhibition ERA rising to 6.00. … Jeanmar Gomez hurt his bid to land the fifth spot in the rotation by allowing three runs on three hits and two walks in 2 2/3 innings. The right-hander surrendered a pair of home runs to Oakland’s Chris Carter, who belted the first pitch of Gomez’s outing over the wall and off the scoreboard in left-center.

MANAGER’S MOMENT: “We did a lot of good things offensively,” Acta said. “That was the ballgame. Just about everybody contributed.”

ATTENDANCE: 2,850 at Goodyear Ballpark.




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