A Billy Butler doubled that scored three runs put the A’s up 5-2 in the eighth. Carlos Santana crushed a two-run home run to make it 5-4, but that’s all the Indians could do.
The loss snapped a five-game winning streak.
Saturday’s One Last Thing: Carlos Santana heating up could be the Indians’ biggest weapon in the second half of the season.
Santana has been ice cold this entire season. He draws walks, and enough so that he’ll always have at least some value in a lineup.