Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 19484
Catcher Carlos Santana doubled and homered in his second major-league game and Fausto Carmona pitched a complete game in the Cleveland Indians’ 7-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday.
Santana, one of baseball’s top prospects, doubled home a pair of runs in the second inning and homered in the fifth in his sixth career at-bat. It was all the run support Carmona needed as the Indians earned their fourth straight victory.
Carmona (5-5) pitched his second complete game this season, limiting the Nationals to three hits while striking out seven. He did not walk a batter.
Russell Branyan hit his eighth homer of the season in the eighth inning off Nationals starter J.D. Martin (0-2), who was drafted and developed by the Indians. Martin endured his toughest start of the season, allowing six earned runs in 7 2-3 innings.
The Indians will try for the sweep on Sunday as Washington’s Stephen Strasburg makes his second major league start.
| Washington | Cleveland | |
| J.D. Martin | Player | Fausto Carmona |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 7.2 | IP | 9.0 |
| 3 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 9 | Hits | 3 |
| 7.04 | ERA | 1.00 |
| Washington | Cleveland | |
| Ryan Zimmerman | Player | Russell Branyan |
| 1 | Hits | 3 |
| 1 | RBI | 1 |
| 1 | HR | 1 |
| 4 | TB | 6 |
| .333 | Avg | .750 |
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Washington | 3 | 1 | 6 | .107 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 9 | 2 | 17 | .290 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |