COORS FIELD Tribe drops third straight

Cleveland scored just eight runs in the three-game sweep.
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado Rockies starter Jason Jennings could barely control his anger. He was hitting his spots on the outside corner, but plate umpire Dale Scott wouldn't call them strikes.
It took a while for Jennings to calm down and use Scott's strike zone to his advantage.
With Cleveland's hitter laying off the outside pitches, Jennings started working inside to get groundball outs. The strategy worked as Jennings allowed just four hits in seven innings in Colorado's 7-4 victory over the Indians on Thursday.
Jennings in control
"I wasn't getting the pitches that I wanted. They were close, but I have to work around his zone," said Jennings, who won for the first time since May 10 against Florida. "It worked out to my advantage late in the game because those pitches I wasn't getting away, they were laying off of. That opened up the inside corner and I was able to get a lot of ground balls."
Jennings (4-5) didn't allow a hit until Jody Gerut led off the fourth inning with a homer, then John McDonald put Cleveland up 2-1 with a bloop double to left that landed just in front of a sliding Jay Payton.
The Indians got two more runs in the fifth on a slow roller and a wild pitch, but Jennings breezed through the sixth and seventh after the Rockies scored four runs in the fifth to take a 7-4 lead.
Cleveland had won five straight headed into the series, but managed just eight runs in three straight losses at Colorado's hitter-friendly park.
The Indians had just four hits -- none after the fifth inning -- and are 6-15 in interleague games in two seasons as they head to Arizona for a three-game set.
"Our guys didn't do a very good job offensively here these three days," Indians manager Eric Wedge said. "I think that we got away from some of the things that were helping us be successful here of late."
Sabatha struggles
Indians starter C.C. Sabathia (4-3) was on a roll until he rolled off the mound in the fifth inning.
With his team leading 4-3, Sabathia opened the fifth inning by walking Payton, then was called for a balk after catching his cleats on the dirt and falling to the ground. The crowd jeered as the ball squirted from his hand and trickled to the edge of the mound. The tumble seemed to unnerve Sabathia.
He walked Todd Helton on the next pitch, and Walker made it 5-4 with a slow-rolling single up the middle. Chris Stynes followed with a run-scoring triple and Bobby Estalella made it 7-4 with a sacrifice fly off Terry Mulholland.
Sabathia allowed seven runs -- six earned -- on nine hits in 41/3 innings to end a four-game winning streak.