CLEVELAND (AP) The Indians ended a long day at the ballpark soggy and sleepy.
Ubaldo Jimenez was chased after four innings and two rain delays crushed Cleveland's momentum Wednesday night in an 11-7 loss to the Detroit Tigers, who swept both games from the Indians and climbed within a half-game of first place in the AL Central.
The Tigers built a 9-2 lead off Jimenez (3-3) and David Huff, and the Indians got within two in the sixth only to have rain stop the game for a second time in the eighth. It didn't help that center fielder Michael Bourn knocked Miguel Cabrera's fly ball over the wall in the eighth for a two-run homer that made it 11-7.
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