Tribe shut out again; scoreless streak at 19

CLEVELAND (AP) — Edwin Jackson and two Detroit Tigers relievers extended Cleveland’s scoreless streak to 19 innings with a 4-0 win over the Indians on Saturday night.

The Indians have not scored since the eighth inning of a 13-3 loss Thursday in Boston. Cleveland got only two hits Friday night off Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander in a 1-0 loss.

Jackson (2-2) struck out seven and allowed only five hits and one walk over seven innings.

Joel Zumaya and Fernando Rodney each worked one inning to complete the seven-hit shutout.

Cleveland starter Fausto Carmona (1-4) gave up two runs and four hits over 62‚Ñ3 innings, walking six and striking out four.

The Indians have dropped six of their last eight overall.

Jackson bounced back from his worst start of the season, when he allowed five runs and seven hits in six innings Monday in a 7-2 loss to Minnesota.

Carmona matched Jackson until walking Curtis Granderson and Jeff Larish to start the seventh. Brandon Inge bunted the runners to second and third and Granderson scored on Gerald Laird’s groundout to shortstop to break up a scoreless game.

Ramon Santiago then hit sharp grounder between Carmona’s legs and into center field to score Larish from third to make it 2-0.

The Indians went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and are hitting only .239 (73-for-305) this season in that situation.

The Indians put the first two men on base in the bottom of the seventh, but David Dellucci twice failed to put down a sacrifice bunt. After fouling off two attempts, he lined into a double play. Third baseman Inge caught the ball and Choo, who had strayed off second, was easily doubled off.

Cleveland reliever Rafael Betancourt yielded three hits and two runs in the eighth. Larish had an RBI triple and scored on Inge’s single off the left-field wall to make it 4-0.

The Indians’ bullpen now has a 6.68 ERA, second-worst in the AL.

Carmona fell to 6-3 in his career against the Tigers. He lost for the first time against them at Progressive Field, where he is now 3-1 against Detroit.

Notes

Indians CF Grady Sizemore’s sixth-inning single snapped an 0-for-11 streak and 3-for-26 (.115) slump. He then was caught stealing for the fifth time in 10 attempts. A year ago, Sizemore went 38-for-43 in steal tries. ... Granderson went 1-for-1 with two walks off Carmona, improving his career average against the right-hander to .444 (12-for-27). ... Switch-hitting Santiago started at short in place of Adam Everett as Tigers manager Jim Leyland tried to get a few more left-handed hitters into the lineup against Carmona. ... Tigers OF Magglio Ordonez, in a 7-for-52 (.135) slump, got the night off. ... Indians SS Jhonny Peralta, in an 8-for-63 (.127) slump, didn’t play.