JACOBS FIELD Crisp stars in 10-6 win

He hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs against Detroit.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- When Coco Crisp was told he might start, he postponed his pregame workout. He lifted the Cleveland Indians instead.
Crisp, a late replacement in Cleveland's lineup Tuesday night, hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs to help the Indians outlast the Detroit Tigers 10-6.
His playing time recently cut with the arrival of heralded rookie Grady Sizemore, Crisp only started in left field and at leadoff when Travis Hafner was scratched with a sprained neck and Matt Lawton moved to designated hitter.
"If things work out, then someday maybe I'll be a starter," Crisp said, shrugging his shoulders. "That's the way it's been my whole life. You have to hang in there."
Crisp hit his first career grand slam in the second inning off Gary Knotts (5-6) and added an RBI single in the fifth, giving the Indians an 8-4 lead.
Leaping catch
The speedy outfielder went 3-for-5, scored twice and also saved at least one run in the second with a leaping catch against the left-field wall, scaling it like Spider-Man.
"I was going to throw out my web, but my web shooter was gone," he said, smiling. "So I had to jump for it. That's a 63-inch vertical jump right there."
C.C. Sabathia (7-5) struggled through six innings for just his second win in six starts, and his 50th career victory. The All-Star left-hander allowed five runs and six hits with three walks while improving to 8-2 in 13 career starts against Detroit.
"I'll give myself a B-minus," said Sabathia, overly critical of his outing. "It's only not an F because we scored all those runs."
Broussard also homers
Ben Broussard homered for the Indians (51-50), who moved back over .500 for the second time this season.
Rondell White hit a three-run homer and Bobby Higginson had three RBIs for Detroit.
On a night he expected to watch from the bench, Crisp became the game's biggest star instead. He wasted little time in making his presence felt, too.
With a runner at first and two outs in the second, Nook Logan hit a drive to deep left that Crisp snared by perfectly timing his jump against the padded wall.
"I thought the ball was gone at first," Tigers manager Alan Trammell said. "He's very athletic and has great speed. He timed it just right."
Crisp, who has been overshadowed by Sizemore and had to share playing time with Alex Escobar earlier this year, then capped Cleveland's five-run second off Knotts with his slam into the Tigers' bullpen.
Casey Blake doubled with one out and went to third on Jody Gerut's infield single. Tigers catcher Ivan Rodriguez, thinking Gerut was stealing second, threw wildly into center field on ball four to Ronnie Belliard, and Blake scored.
Ends 0-for-15 slump
Sizemore was hit by a pitch, loading the bases for Crisp, who snapped an 0-for-15 slump with his seventh homer -- and the third grand slam by the Indians this season -- to make it 5-1.
"I didn't know how they categorize him," Trammell said of Crisp, "but he's a starter in my book."
The Tigers got right back in it in the third, though, when White followed a two-out single and walk by connecting for his 14th homer to make it 5-4.
However, Broussard put the Indians back up by two in the bottom of the inning with his seventh homer, and Cleveland went ahead 7-4 when Sizemore walked with the bases loaded, chasing Knotts.
Crisp came up again with the bases loaded, but this time hit into an inning-ending double play.
Knotts was tagged for seven runs and seven hits in 21/3 innings, losing for the fourth time in five starts.
"They have a great lineup," he said. "It goes back to not executing the pitches. That's kind of the way it was tonight."
Blake hit an RBI single in the seventh, putting Cleveland ahead 9-5.