Indians bash Rays
ST. PETERSBURG (AP) – Victor Martinez had four hits and drove in four runs, raising his batting average to .400 and helping the Cleveland Indians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 11-7 Thursday night.
Shin-Soo Choo and Asdrubal Cabrera also had four hits apiece, with Choo driving in three runs in support of right-hander Fausto Carmona.
Martinez hit a two-run double off James Shields (3-4) in the fifth, an RBI double off Joe Nelson in the sixth and a run-scoring single off Grant Balfour in the eighth.
Choo’s career-best, four-hit night included an RBI double off Shields and a two-run homer off Nelson that made it 9-0 in the sixth.
Despite the big lead, Carmona couldn’t make it through the sixth, when Tampa Bay scored six times as Willy Aybar and Gabe Gross drove in runs and Ben Zobrist hit a three-run homer off Matt Herges.