Indians 3, Athletics 1
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Right-hander Carlos Carrasco pitched his fifth career complete game, and first baseman Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 3-1 victory against the Oakland A's on Thursday night at the O.co Coliseum.
Carrasco (11-8) allowed just two hits, matching his career best for a complete game. He struck out seven, raising his season total to 140, and walked one.
Carrasco gave up a run and two hits in the first inning then blanked the A's on no hits over the next eight frames. Carrasco won his fourth straight road start and improved to 7-2 away from Progressive Field.
A's right-hander Chris Bassitt (0-4) gave up three runs on six hits over seven innings, striking out six and walking one. Bassitt gave up all three runs in the first then pitched six straight shutout innings. In his past five starts he's allowed a combined 10 runs over 29 innings with zero wins.
Shortstop Francisco Lindor went 2-for-3, stole a base and scored a run for the Indians.
A's right fielder Josh Reddick went 1-for-4 with an RBI double, and center fielder Billy Burns went 1-for-4, stole a base and scored a run.
After the first inning, Carrasco allowed just two base runners, one on an error and the other on a walk. Neither runner got past first base.
The Indians struck for three runs against Bassitt in the top of the first inning. Lindor hit an infield single with one out and left fielder Michael Brantley sliced an opposite field double to left. The ball ricocheted off the wall just beyond the bullpen and bounced past left fielder Sam Fuld for an error as Lindor raced home.
Santana made it 3-0 with a two-run shot over the center field fence, his 12th home run of the season.
The A's answered with a run in the bottom of the first. Center fielder Billy Burns led off with an infield single, stole second and scored on right fielder Josh Reddick's one-out double down the right field line.
NOTES: Indians OF Brandon Moss was traded to St. Louis for highly touted minor league LHP Rob Kaminsky. The Indians acquired Moss from Oakland in an offseason trade. He leads Cleveland in home runs (15) and ranks second in RBIs (50) but is batting just .217 and has struck out 106 times. ... The Indians called up OF/INF Lonnie Chisenhall from Triple-A Columbus and started at designated hitter. ... A's LHP Sean Doolittle (strained left shoulder) threw a bullpen session for the first time since returning to the disabled list on May 28, one day after experiencing a setback in his season debut. "It went really, really well," Doolittle said. "Very good. I felt great." ... A's DH Billy Butler, who entered the game batting .214 in July, batted seventh in the order for the first time this season. He has hit fourth 67 times, fifth 20 times and sixth four times.