One of the Indians' offensive leaders

One of the Indians' offensive leaders in the game, Orlando Cabrera, offered this tribute to Carrasco: "Carlos has been incredible in his last five or six starts, when we've needed him."

The Diamondbacks were unable to mount anything approaching a sustained threat against Carrasco, who gave up a home run to Justin Upton with one out in the fourth and a leadoff homer to Stephen Drew leading off the sixth.

Carrasco had the luxury of a few runs to work with early, which hasn't happened routinely on this trip. First-inning singles by Orlando Cabrera, Asdrubal Cabrera and Carlos Santana produced a run in the first, and singles by Lou Marson, Michael Brantley, Orlando Cabrera and Asdrubal Cabrera added up to two more runs in the second.

"It was a good offensive day, but we did leave some guys on base," Acta said.
Orlando Cabrera singled three times, doubled, drove in a run and scored two; Asdrubal Cabrera doubled, singled twice and had an RBI, as the middle infielders led the attack.

But to call the offense inefficient would be an understatement. The Indians stranded 15 runners, eight in scoring position. The saving grace was a .286 average (6-for-21) with runners in scoring position.
In his past four games, Orlando Cabrera is 8-for-14 with four runs scored and two RBI, including a game-winning home run Monday night against the Diamondbacks.

"Not really, nothing is different for me," he said. "I'm just going out and trying to do what I've done my whole career. Right now, I really need to step up. We are looking for anybody to do something."
That was a reference to the team's banged up and downtrodden attack. But for one day, Cabrera and his lodge brothers could breathe easy, even if the temperature in Phoneix was 110.