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Indians win one, lose one

BREWERS (16-9-1) 7, INDIANS (13-12-2) 4 HITS: Travis Hafner hit his first home run of the spring, a solo shot off Cameron Loe in the eighth inning. … Closer Chris Perez retired the side in order with one strikeout in the ninth. … Asdrubal Cabrera, Orlando Cabrera and Michael Brantley all had multihit games. MISSES: Mitch Talbot returned to his disappointing early exhibition season performance in his sixth start. The right-hander allowed a whopping seven runs and 14 hits (two home runs) over six innings. … Shin-Soo Choo struck out in all four of his plate appearances. ATTENDANCE: 4,775 at Maryvale Baseball Park (Maryvale, Ariz.) INDIANS (13-11-2) 7, GIANTS (18-10) 1 HITS: Left-hander David Huff worked his best outing of the spring by far. He tossed five shutout innings and allowed just three hits and struck out two. … Third baseman Jack Hannahan, catcher Luke Carlin and right fielder Chad Huffman all had multihit games for Cleveland. Huffman drove in four runs with a double and his third home run. Carlin his his first homer. … Jeanmar Gomez followed Huff and allowed just a run on three hits and a walk. He struck out six. MISSES: Left fielder Austin Kearns went 0-for-4 and struck out twice. … First baseman Matt LaPorta went 0-for-3 with a strikeout, as his exhibition average dipped to .163 (8-for-49) in 17 games. ATTENDANCE: 10,292 at Scottsdale Stadium (Scottsdale, Ariz.)



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