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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 9, Detroit 5
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, April 29, 2011
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 51°
Umpires: Home - Mike DiMuro, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - Jim Reynolds
Attendance: 15568

Carlos Santana hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Cleveland Indians rallied to defeat the Detroit Tigers 9-5 on Friday night for their 11th consecutive victory at home.

Asdrubal Cabrera smacked a two-run home run and Shelley Duncan had two hits and two RBIs to help the Indians extend their winning streak to four games.

Cleveland erased a pair of three-run deficits before Santana connected off Joaquin Benoit (0-1) to send the Tigers to their fourth consecutive defeat overall and ninth straight loss at Progressive Field.

Chris Perez (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth and Matt LaPorta added a solo homer for the Indians.

Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and Alex Avila went 2-for-2 with a pair of sacrifice flies for the Detroit, which held leads of 3-0 and 5-2.

Detroit starter Matt Scherzer allowed five runs on six hits and five walks in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out seven. Indians starter Jeanmar Gomez was tagged for three runs on 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Cleveland
Max Scherzer Player Jeanmar Gomez
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.2 IP 5.2
7 Strikeouts 4
6 Hits 10
6.75 ERA 4.76
Hitting
Detroit   Cleveland
Alex Avila Player Asdrubal Cabrera
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 2
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
1.000 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Detroit 13 1 19 .333 22 8 5 1 0 0
Cleveland 11 3 20 .324 14 9 9 6 1 2