After back to back extra inning affairs to open up the season with the Tribe falling in disgusting fashion, the Indians squeaked by with a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Today the birthday boy came through, as now 26-year-old catcher Carlos Santana belted his first 2 home runs of the season to account for 3 of the Tribe's runs. The W was also marked by 7 solid innings by veteran Derek Lowe, giving up no earned runs, and a gutsy effort by recently inconsistent closer Chris Perez to seal the deal. The Jays left 2 men on in the 9th. Following a rare Asdrubal Cabrera error, Toronto slugger Jose Bautista sent an infield blooper into the glove of Cabrera to send the few thousand left in the crowd home happy.
This hard fought W puts the Tribe at 1-2 on the season, just as they started out last year preceding an 8 game win streak. The Tribe will continue this early home stand tomorrow as Josh Tomlin will take the mound against the Chicago White Sox (1-2). The Tribe will look to spark some April magic once again after what all fans would agree was an overall disappointing first series.
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