JACOBS FIELD Blanco, Pierre pummel Indians

The Cubs jumped ahead 12-4, then hung on for a four-run victory.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Henry Blanco tied a career high with four RBIs and Juan Pierre drove in three runs to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians 12-8 Monday night.
Rookie Sean Marshall (4-5) gave up four runs over five innings before a 73-minute rain delay in the top of the sixth. The left-hander earned his first road win since April 14.
The Cubs, coming off an 0-6 homestand in which they were outscored 43-17, won their fourth straight on the road. Cleveland has lost four in a row and 12 of 16 overall.
Blanco snaps tie
Blanco, facing the Indians for the first time since hitting .396 (13-for-41) against them while with Minnesota in 2004, snapped a 3-3 tie in the fourth with a three-run homer off Jason Johnson (3-8).
The veteran came in with a .218 career average but a .320 mark against Cleveland. He is expected to be the Cubs' primary catcher while starter Michael Barrett serves a 10-game suspension that began Monday.
After opening the season 2-for-39 (.051), Blanco has batted .542 (13-for-24) during a seven-game hitting streak. He's hitting .436 (17-for-39) in his career at Jacobs Field.
Ball strikes Cedeno
The Indians caught a break just before Blanco delivered. With two on and one out, Freddie Bynum's sharp grounder hit baserunner Ronny Cedeno between first and second. Bynum got credit for a hit, but Cedeno was out.
Blanco then hit a 2-2 pitch over the wall in left for a 6-3 lead.
It was the eighth homer allowed by Johnson in his last six starts. The right-hander lost his fourth straight start and is 1-7 with a 7.38 ERA in 11 starts since April 18.
Jacque Jones opened the Cubs' second by hitting an 0-1 pitch the opposite way to left for his 13th homer and a 1-0 lead.
In the third, Blanco singled and Pierre followed with an RBI triple down the first-base line. Pierre scored on a sacrifice fly by Todd Walker to make it 3-0.
Cleveland tied it with two homers in the bottom half.
With two outs, Eduardo Perez hit his eighth of the season -- all off left-handers. After Jhonny Peralta walked, Travis Hafner launched a drive into the mezzanine section in right field that has been nicknamed "Pronkville" in his honor. The 461-foot drive was his 19th of the season and major league-leading 10th off a lefty.
Peralta hit his seventh homer on a 1-0 pitch with one out in the fifth to make it 6-4.
Pierre hit a two-run single off Fernando Cabrera in the sixth and Phil Nevin added a two-run homer off Jeremy Guthrie in the seventh to make it 10-4. It was Nevin's fifth drive of the season and the 200th of his career.
Notes
Cleveland leads the all-time series between the teams, 6-3. ... The Indians have lost nine consecutive series-opening games since winning May 19 against Pittsburgh. ... Johnson gave up six runs (three earned) over five innings as his ERA went down to 5.96. ... Marshall allowed four runs and seven hits over five innings. ... John Mabry became the 22nd different DH used by the Cubs since interleague play began in 1997.