Santana Homers, Carrasco Pitches Cleveland Indians Over Oakland Athletics
OAKLAND (AP) -- Carlos Carrasco and Andrew Miller combined on a four-hitter, Carlos Santana homered in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Indians beat the Oakland Athletics 1-0 on Monday night.
Carrasco (9-6) was masterful while limiting the A's to four hits over eight innings. The right-hander had nine strikeouts, retired the side in order five times and allowed only one runner to reach second base.
Carrasco has had at least eight strikeouts in his last four starts, the longest active streak in the majors.
Miller struck out the side in the ninth for his 11th save.
Neither team did much offensively until Santana's one-out home run off reliever Ryan Dull (5-4), his 27th of the season.
Starter Andrew Triggs matched Carrasco in his fourth career start but did not factor in the decision. Triggs allowed three hits over six scoreless innings and matched his career high of six strikeouts.
Oakland is 1-21 when Triggs pitches this season, including 0-4 in four starts.
The loss dropped the A's a season-high 19 games under .500 at 53-72. It's the team's worst record after 125 games since 1997.
Earlier in the day, Oakland announced it had fined Danny Valencia and Billy Butler after they engaged in a clubhouse fight last week.
Jose Ramirez went hitless in four at-bats, ending his streak of successfully reaching base at 27 games. It was the longest active streak in the majors.