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Indians power past D-Backs

INDIANS (11-11-2) 7, DIAMONDBACKS (9-20) 3

HITS: Extra outfielder candidate Travis Buck had a big day at the plate with two home runs and three RBIs in a 2-for-3 performance. … Asdrubal Cabrera went 2-for-4 with an RBI and his third homer of the spring. … Three of the candidates for three openings in the bullpen — Jess Todd, Frank Herrmann and Vinnie Pestano — all worked scoreless innings. Pestano struck out two of the three hitters he faced in the ninth.

MISSES: Matt LaPorta went 0-for-2 with a strikeout, as his exhibition average dipped to .174 (8-for-46) in 16 games. … Orlando Cabrera was hitless in four trips to the plate.

BACK OUT THERE: Grady Sizemore made his first appearance in center field. He played three innings and made one catch on a shallow fly ball in the third.

MY CARMONA: Indians ace Fausto Carmona made his sixth start. The right-hander allowed three runs on nine hits and struck out four over six innings. He surrendered a two-run homer to Kelly Johnson in the fifth.

MANAGER’S MOMENT: “I thought Fausto threw the ball well again,” Acta said. “He’s got one more outing and then were going to let him loose on opening day.”

ATTENDANCE: 11,794 at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick




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