Broussard's big bat sparks Tribe

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ben Broussard had his shoes painted silver -- and his bat turned to pure gold.
Broussard hit two home runs and had a career-high five RBIs, and Brian Anderson earned his third straight win as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox 12-5 Friday night.
"This definitely was a topper at the major league level for me," said Broussard, who also had a single and double for his first four-hit game, as well as his first multihomer game.
"Actually, what did it was I let Casey Blake paint my shoes gray," Broussard said.
Blake, two lockers over, shouted out, "Silver!"
"Oh yeah, silver," Broussard said. "Casey said he painted the white spots on his shoes gray, uh silver, last week and he went 5-for-5. I don't think I'm superstitious, but when things go well ..."
Added Blake with a hearty laugh: "It had nothing to do with his ability tonight."
Career day at the plate
Broussard opened Cleveland's scoring with his seventh homer, a shot over the wall in right-center off Dan Wright (0-4) that brought the Indians within 2-1 in the second inning.
He hit a two-run shot to center in the seventh to make it 10-5.
"My grandfather was here watching me for the first time in a pro game," Broussard said. "He and my uncle came up from Houston and to tell you the truth, he would have been excited even if I went 0-for-5."
Anderson (7-6) allowed five runs -- two earned -- and seven hits over five innings to improve to 4-0 in his last six starts. The left-hander walked one and struck out three.
"I will not complain about this one," Anderson said. "I've been the beneficiary of some good offense the last couple times out."
Wright allowed five earned runs and four hits over 21/3 innings, his shortest outing in 11 starts this season. He was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte after the game and left-hander Mike Porzio was recalled.
Streaking Indians
The Indians opened a four-game series by winning for the sixth time in eight games to move within three games of third-place Chicago in the AL Central. The White Sox lost their fourth in a row and have dropped six of seven since winning nine of 12.
"We still have a shot because this is a wide-open division and that includes the Indians," White Sox manager Jerry Manuel said. "We know we can play good baseball, but we are not doing it right now."
Tim Laker hit his third homer for Cleveland, a two-run shot into the bleachers in left-center in the fifth for an 8-5 lead. Shane Spencer hit a two-run homer, his sixth, to make it 12-5 in the eighth.
The White Sox, who scored just three runs while being swept in a three-game series in Detroit, took a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
Paul Konerko, batting .127 (10-for-79) over his previous 30 games, doubled in one run and a sacrifice fly by Joe Crede made it 2-0.
The Indians went ahead 6-2 with a five-run third inning that featured three walks, two hits and one error.