Indians 5, Reds 4
Pinch-hitter Ezequiel Carrera bunted home the winning run in the eighth inning in his first major league at-bat as the host Cleveland Indians rallied to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Friday night.
Shin-Soo Choo started the eighth-inning rally with a two-out triple against Bill Bray (1-1). After Carlos Santana was intentionally walked, Carrera placed a bunt down the first-base line and eluded the tag of Joey Votto as Choo scored.
Vinny Pestano (1-0) got two outs in the eighth for his first major league victory and Chris Perez shut down the Reds in the ninth for his 11th save.
The Reds took a 4-0 lead courtesy of Cleveland errors and an RBI single by Chris Heisey in the sixth, but the Indians tied it in the bottom half.
Michael Brantley singled home a run to start the uprising, which also included RBIs by Santana (walk) and Choo (hit by pitch) with the bases loaded. Shelley Duncan added a sacrifice fly.
Cincinnati starter Travis Wood retired one batter in the sixth and was responsible for all four runs in the inning. Alex White lasted three innings for Cleveland, and allowed two runs, one hit and three walks. He left with a hand injury.