Cleveland Indians use triples by Matt LaPorta and Shin-Soo Choo to beat Texas, 12-6

Shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera has doubled, homered and driven in three runs for the Indians.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Indians tripled their way to a 12-6 victory over Texas on Friday night at Goodyear Ballpark.

Shin-Soo Choo's three-run triple to right center off Mark Loew in the seventh inning gave the Tribe an 11-5 lead. In the fifth,  Matt LaPorta hit a two-run triple for a 6-5 lead.

Choo tripled home LaPorta, Jack Hannahan and Lou Marson. LaPorta tripled home Travis Hafner and Orlando Cabrera. The Indians ended the night with 10, including two each by Asdrubal Cabrera, Choo, LaPorta and Hannahan. 

David Murphy's long homer to right center off Carlos Carrasco gave the Rangers a 5-4 lead in the top of the fifth. It was the second homer Carrasco allowed in the game. He was removed after walking Nelson Cruz following the homer.

Carrasco allowed five runs, three earned, on seven hits in 4 1/3 messy innings. He faced 22 batters, nine over the minimum.   

Asdrubal Cabrera, with the fans chanting his first name, hit a two-out homer off Matt Harrison to pull the Indians into a 4-4 tie in the fourth.  In the second, Cabrera, with his cheering section in full voice, hit a two-run double past third for a 3-2 lead.

Cabrera was thrown out trying to stretch the double into a triple and it cost the Tribe a run when Shin-Soo Choo followed with a double.

Texas took a 1-0 lead when Elvis Andrus homered off Carrasco in the first. The Indians tied it in the bottom of the inning when Michael Brantley scored on an error by third baseman Chris Davis.

Chad Tracy's RBI single gave Texas a 2-1 lead in the second. Cabrera's double erased that, but Texas reclaimed the lead with two runs in the third on singles by Nelson Cruz and Yorvit Torrealba.

Harrison was just as messy as Carrasco. He allowed four runs on four hits in four innings. He walked three, threw two wild pitches and hit a batter. 

The Tribe bullpen was much effective than Carrasco. Josh Judy, who earned the victory, Rafael Perez, Justin Germano, Chad Durbin and Tony Sipp combined to allow two runs over the last five innings.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/03/post_82.html

Obama administration Financial crisis Gabriel Agbonlahor Steve Coogan Petrol prices Russia