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CLEVELAND — Cal Quantrill feels privileged to face a hitter of Miguel Cabrera's stature.Quantrill kept Cabrera in the ballpark as Detroit's star slugger nears 500 home runs and shut down the rest of the Tigers for seven innings, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 6-1 victory on Friday night.
“Great player,” Quantrill said of Cabrera, who has 498 career homers. “I was pretty desperate not to be the guy that they show replays of for the next forever.” Quantrill said pitching with the lead allowed him to confidently throw inside. But he still had trouble getting pitches past Cabrera as the 38-year-old stayed alive several times by following off Quantrill's best.
Bobby Bradley hit a two-run double off Matt Manning as the Indians prevented the improved Tigers from jumping them into second place in the AL Central. However, replay showed Reyes trapped Straw's sinking RBI liner and Rosario followed with a sacrifice fly.Indians rookie third baseman Ernie Clement made a nice play behind Quantrill in the third, snagging Derek Hill's grounder behind the bag and making a long, off-balance throw across the diamond to Bradley, who helped with a stretch.
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