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09/01/2009 11:22 PM EDT
Three HRs lift Tigers past Indians, 8-5
DETROIT 8, CLEVELAND 5

DETROIT(AP) -- This time, the Detroit Tigers' hitters bailed out
Edwin Jackson.

Placido Polanco and Carlos Guillen homered on successive pitches
and Brandon Inge also went deep, lifting Detroit to an 8-5 win
over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.

Aubrey Huff, who has slumped since being acquired from Baltimore
Aug. 17, added three RBIs for the Tigers, who won their second
straight.

Jackson (11-6) allowed four runs on nine hits in five innings,
walking two and striking out six.

He has received poor run support for most of the year.

"It was nice to see Edwin get one," Detroit manager Jim Leyland.
"He's been so good for us this year. He wasn't really sharp
tonight and didn't have real good stuff, except for the fourth
(when he retired the side in order)."

Jackson wanted to do better with the unusual run support.

"Just enough to get a win," he said. "I'm disappointed. You want
to go deep into the game when they get runs for you like that."

Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth for his 30th save in 31
chances. He's the fourth Tigers closer to reach 30 saves in a
season. He joins John Hiller, Guillermo Hernandez and Todd
Jones.

Other members of the Tigers' bullpen also shined as Zach Miner,
Bobby Seay and Brandon Lyon combined to allow a run and a hit in
three innings.

"All we're trying to do is get big outs at the right time and
get where we want to be," Seay said.

Andy Marte homered for Cleveland.

Carlos Carrasco (0-1), making his major league debut, gave up
six runs on nine hits in three innings, walking three and
striking out three.

"My biggest problem was my fastball. It was all over the place,"
he said. "My other pitches were working, the slider and the
change, just not the fastball."

Carrasco, who was obtained from Philadelphia in the Cliff Lee
deal, allowed all three home runs after being recalled from
Triple-A Columbus.

"He probably had the first-time jitters and we thought three
innings were enough," Indians manager Eric Wedge said. "He did
work hard to get through those three."

Cleveland took a 1-0 lead in the first on Shin-Soo Choo's RBI
single. It scored Asdrubal Cabrera, who hit a double.

But Detroit bounced back with four in its half. Polanco and
Guillen - who has three home runs in the last two games - each
hit his ninth homer on back-to-back pitches, Huff singled in a
run and Gerald Laird had a two-out RBI double.

"We just kind of caught him by surprise and got real aggressive
with him," Leyland said.

Inge's two-run homer in the third made it 6-1. Huff's two-out,
two-run double in the fourth made it 8-1.

"I've been here a couple of weeks. It's nice to be able to
contribute," Huff said.

The Indians got three in the fifth to pull to 8-4. Grady
Sizemore doubled in two and the other run scored when Guillen
was charged with an error in left after catching Choo's short
fly. He dropped it as he began to throw, which allowed Sizemore
- who was heading back to third - to score.

Marte's leadoff homer in the sixth off of Zach Miner made it
8-5. It was Marte's fourth home run.

NOTES: Detroit recalled RHP Jeremy Bonderman from his injury
rehab assignment (shoulder soreness after surgery) at Triple-A
Toledo and activated him from the disabled list. Bonderman, who
had been on the 15-day DL, was 0-3 with a 5.79 ERA in 11 relief
appearances in Toledo. ... The Tigers also recalled RHP Eddie
Bonine, RHP Casey Fien, C Dusty Ryan, OF Wilkin Ramirez from the
Mud Hens and purchased the contract of SS Brent Dlugach from
Toledo. ... Cleveland purchased the contracts of OF Michael
Brantley and RHP Jose Veras from Triple-A Columbus. Brantley was
also in the string lineup in LF and batting ninth. He singled in
his second at bat, in the fifth, for his first career hit. ...
Leyland wasn't sad to see Jim Thome traded from the White Sox to
the Dodgers. "I paid for his flight out there," Leyland said.
Thome has 60 career home runs against Detroit.

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