Indians tie club record with 8 steals, rout Angels 13-3

Indians manager Terry Francona said following the game that Santana was doing better but would be monitored for concussion symptoms.

Manager Mike Scioscia said catcher Geovany Soto had little opportunity to throw out any of the runners. The Angels didn’t get a hit against Clevinger until Andrelton Simmons two-out infield single in the sixth.

Los Angeles has lost eight in a row, its longest losing streak since 1999. The Indians outscored the Angels 27-7 in winning the first two contests of the four-game series.Carlos Carrasco (8-6) survived a rocky first three innings, then settled down to pitch seven innings to get the win.

Shoemaker gave up four straight two-out hits in the first inning, putting the Angels immediately in a 3-0 deficit. Ramirez was 3 for 5 with a home run – extending his hitting streak to 16 games – and Kipnis was 4 for 5 for the AL Central leaders. The 34-year-old Napoli, who began his career with the Angels, is batting.337 with 19 homers and 43 RBIs against them since being traded to Toronto prior to the 2011 season. Gimenez went to third on a bunt single by Michael Martinez, and then scored on a throwing error by third baseman Yunel Escobar on Martinez’s bunt, giving Cleveland a 4-1 lead.

Skaggs, making his fourth start of the season, took the blame for the steals.

“It’s a mixture of a lot of things, all of them my fault”, he said.

“This loss is on me today”, Skaggs said. “His pitches – I don’t know the locations they were in – but it seemed like Kip was getting some good pitches to hit”. “We took our walks and hit some balls hard, but Clevinger had good stuff”. His throw to first almost hit Martinez and ended up in right field, allowing Gimenez to score and make it 4-1. Ramirez, Kipnis and Lindor each drove in two runs.

Francisco Lindor had three hits and former Angels farmhand Mike Clevinger took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and won his first major league game as the Cleveland Indians beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 on Saturday night at Progressive Field. Hall of Fame right-hander Walter Johnson pitched in relief, allowing one run in the final five innings.

Santana was standing behind the railing on the top step of the dugout when he was struck by teammate Francisco Lindor’s foul in the fifth inning Thursday night.

Pestano, who had been a dependable reliever in previous years but was on the decline, pitched just 21 1/3 innings for the Angels.

Indians: RHP Trevor Bauer tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings in his last start, a 3-1 win at Washington on August 9.

The series continues Saturday at 7:10 p.m., with Mike Clevinger (0-1) facing Matt Shoemaker (6-12).