Rookie Cody Anderson took a bid for a perfect http://www.officialpadresshop.com/authentic-2-everth-cabrera-jersey.html game into the seventh inning in his second major league start, and the struggling Cleveland Indians snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
Anderson (1-0) didn't allow a baserunner until Grady Sizemore homered against his old team on a 1-2 pitch with one out in the seventh. Evan Longoria followed with a single before the 24-year-old right-hander settled to retire the last four batters he faced.
Anderson, who limited Tampa Bay to six hits over 7 2-3 scoreless innings in his big league debut at Progressive Field on June 21, struck out two without a walk in eight innings. He threw 100 pitches.
It was the second time in less than a week that an opposing pitcher has flirted Johnny Manziel Padres Jersey with a perfect game against the Rays. Toronto's Marco Estrada took a bid into the eighth inning on June 24 before giving up an infield single to Logan Forsythe in a game the Blue Jays eventually won 1-0 in 12 innings.
Karns also started that game for Tampa Bay, which has lost five of seven.
Cleveland manager Terry Francona held a team meeting at Tropicana Field on Monday afternoon to ''remind guys of what we stand for,'' and it didn't take the Indians long to begin putting a string of 19 consecutive scoreless innings behind them.
Kipnis doubled on the third pitch of the game and scored on Brantley's single. The Cleveland lead-off man then singled in the second, driving in Gomes for a 2-0 lead.
The rocky start for Karns came on the heels of his strongest performance of the season. The 27-year-old right-hander didn't allow a hit until the sixth inning against Toronto last Wednesday, but the Rays were unable to take advantage of the outing because Estrada was even better for the Blue Jays.
The Indians put together nine hits in six innings against http://www.officialmlbgiantsshop.com/authentic-55-tim-lincecum-jersey.html the Tampa Bay starter, but couldn't give Anderson a bigger cushion to work with because they went 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position while Karns was on the mound. The Indians pulled away late when Gomes homered off Kirby Yates and then added four more runs in the ninth - two on wild pitches.