Kluber allows two HRs, but Tribe wins

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz.

Yasiel Puig and Enrique Hernandez each homered off Indians AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber, but Cleveland beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 Sunday.

Hernandez, the Dodgers’ leadoff batter, hit Kluber’s sixth pitch of the day over the center field fence. Puig connected on Kluber’s first pitch of the fourth inning for his third homer.

“He’s a great pitcher,” said Puig, who also homered Friday night. “But then he made a mistake. The first couple of times, he got me.”

Kluber pitched 52/3 innings, yielding three hits, two runs and a walk. He struck out six. Overall this spring, he’s been taken deep four times in 122/3 innings.

“It’s probably the best I’ve felt consistently,” said the right-hander. “It’s that feeling I’ve been looking for on a consistent basis. It’s feeling I should be able to keep.”

The Indians scored one in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Carlos Santana.

They added three in the seventh. Yan Gomes hit an RBI double to left. Jesus Aguilar scored on Ryan Raburn’s groundout, and Lonnie Chisenhall had an RBI ground-rule double to right.

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Indians: Zach McAllister gets his third start in five spring appearances today against the A’s. The right-hander, who is competing for a spot as the fifth starter, has worked 10 innings, allowing five runs on 12 hits.

Dodgers: Chris Anderson, a right-hander who has pitched three innings in two appearances this spring, gets the start today against the Diamondbacks at Camelback Ranch instead of Brandon McCarthy. McCarthy opted to pitch in a minor league game.

“It’s a chance to control the ups and downs,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. “He can work on what he thinks he needs to.” McCarthy got rocked in his last outing, giving up six runs to the Cubs in four innings.