Indians fall before record low crowd

CLEVELAND (AP) — Nelson Cruz hit his AL-leading sixth home run and fill-in starter Colby Lewis tied a career high with 10 strikeouts Wednesday night as the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2.

The crowd of 10,071 was the lowest at Progressive Field since the ballpark opened in 1994.

Lewis (2-0) allowed two runs over 5 1-3 innings. He started in place of C.J. Wilson, who came down with food poisoning on Tuesday. Lewis made 37 pitches in the first inning, but got out of a bases-loaded jam and didn’t allow a hit until the third. He gave up three hits and four walks overall. Neftali Feliz worked 1 1-3 innings for his second save.

Cruz’s solo shot in the third inning made it 4-0 off Justin Masterson (0-1).

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