| SEASON | CAREER |
| W6 | 34 |
| L8 | 46 |
| G19 | 164 |
| IP121.2 | 730.0 |
| BB48 | 280 |
| SO98 | 579 |
| SEASON | CAREER |
| W4 | 21 |
| L6 | 16 |
| G16 | 55 |
| IP93.0 | 318.0 |
| BB39 | 119 |
| SO61 | 211 |
Coming off one of his better starts of the season, Justin Masterson is probably itching to get the ball again. Unfortunately for the Cleveland Indians starter, the mound he will be pitching from and the opponent he will be facing have not been kind to him.
Masterson looks for his first victory in six appearances at Tropicana Field when the Indians continue a four-game series Wednesday night with the Tampa Bay Rays , who have pounded the right-hander throughout his career.
In his last start before the All-Star break, Masterson (6-8, 4.14 ERA) allowed eight runs and nine hits over 4 1-3 innings in a 10-3 home loss to the Rays on July 6.
It appeared the time off helped Masterson, as he gave up five hits over seven innings of a 1-0 victory at Toronto on Friday.
"I don't think I thought about baseball at all," he said. "I maybe caught a hair of some of the All-Star festivities but it was just nice to relax, just sit back and kind of do your own thing. I had a nice date night with my wife, ate at a little Italian restaurant. It was cool."
What hasn't been cool for Masterson is the way Tampa Bay has treated him over the years. The loss two weeks ago dropped him to 1-7 with a 7.69 ERA in 12 appearances - eight starts - against the Rays, and he's 0-4 with an 8.46 ERA at Tropicana Field.
"I probably should have just thrown left-handed," Masterson said after losing his seventh straight decision against the Rays.
Most of Tampa Bay's regulars are hitting well over .300 against Masterson, with B.J. Upton and Luke Scott leading the way. Upton is 6 for 13 with a home run and two doubles, while Scott is 8 for 19 with a homer and three doubles.
If that strong hitting continues, Jeremy Hellickson (4-6, 3.48) would be the beneficiary for the Rays, and the right-hander could sure use some run support.
Hellickson lost his sixth straight decision Friday, allowing three runs and five hits while walking four over six-plus innings in a 3-1 defeat to Boston.
He's 0-6 with a 4.26 ERA in his last eight starts, losing 3-1 in Cleveland on July 5 after giving up two runs and five hits with four walks over six innings.
The Rays (47-44) have totaled four runs in the last three games Hellickson has started.
"We just have to figure out a way to score four runs on a night he gives up three," manager Joe Maddon said. "That's what it all comes to."
Hellickson, the 2011 AL rookie of the year, is 1-1 with a 1.38 ERA in two career starts against the Indians. He's held All-Star shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera to one hit in five at-bats, and designated hitter Travis Hafner is hitless in three at-bats against him.
Cleveland (46-44) won for the third time in its last 13 games at Tampa Bay in the series opener Monday before the Rays bounced back with a 4-2 victory Tuesday.
Carlos Pena hit a two-run homer and Scott had an RBI triple as Tampa Bay jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning lead.
Cabrera singled for his only hit in four trips to the plate, leaving him 2 for 29 with 12 strikeouts over his last seven games.
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| HITTERS | AB | AVG | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | OBP | OPS | SLG |
| Michael Brantley | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | 3 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .666 | .333 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .000 |
| Johnny Damon | 3 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .666 | .333 |
| Lou Marson | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Carlos Santana | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .000 |
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| HITTERS | AB | AVG | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | OBP | OPS | SLG |
| Reid Brignac | 11 | .364 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .364 | 1.091 | .727 |
| Elliot Johnson | 3 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .666 | .333 |
| Matt Joyce | 10 | .300 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .417 | .817 | .400 |
| Evan Longoria | 21 | .333 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | .391 | .915 | .524 |
| Jose Molina | 6 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .619 | .333 |
| Carlos Pena | 15 | .267 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .353 | 1.153 | .800 |
| Will Rhymes | 11 | .455 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1.045 | .545 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .000 |
| Luke Scott | 16 | .438 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .471 | 1.096 | .625 |
| B.J. Upton | 11 | .455 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 1.409 | .909 |
| Ben Zobrist | 10 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .350 | .100 |
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| Date | Player | Status | Injury |
| June 30, 2012 | Lonnie Chisenhall | 15-Day DL | Fractured right ulna - out 4-6 weeks |
| June 29, 2012 | Lonnie Chisenhall | Day-to-Day | Fractured right ulna - out 4-6 weeks |
| June 05, 2012 | Jose Lopez | Day-to-Day | Sore lower back |
| May 27, 2012 | Jack Hannahan | 15-Day DL | Strained left calf |
| May 27, 2012 | Jack Hannahan | 15-Day DL | Strained left calf |
| May 26, 2012 | Carlos Santana | 7-Day DL | Concussion |
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| Date | Player | Status | Injury |
| July 02, 2012 | Hideki Matsui | Day-to-Day | Left game - left hamstring tightness |
| June 30, 2012 | Jeremy Hellickson | Day-to-Day | Left game - bruised right shin |
| June 29, 2012 | David Price | Day-to-Day | Left game - lower back tightness |
| June 20, 2012 | Matt Joyce | 15-Day DL | Strained left oblique |
| June 20, 2012 | Matt Joyce | 15-Day DL | Strained left oblique |
| June 17, 2012 | Matt Joyce | Day-to-Day | Flu |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Carlos Santana found his power stroke again at an opportune time.
Santana hit a three-run homer during a five-run seventh inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied for a 10-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.
Shin-Soo Choo and Asdrubal Cabrera hit two-out singles off Kyle Farnsworth (0-2) before Jason Kipnis ' RBI single against Jake McGee tied it at 4. After Michael Brantley had a run-scoring single, Santana extended the lead to 8-4 with his first homer since May 15.
"It means a lot to him because I know that's been weighing on him, especially the power drought that he's had," Cleveland manager Manny Acta said. "It's hard on those guys. He must be feeling a lot better."
Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon was ejected by home plate umpire Dan Iassogna after Kipnis' game-tying hit for arguing balls and strikes. He thought the umpire missed a two-strike pitch on Kipnis.
"Dan Iassogna is a very good umpire ... he absolutely blew that call and that's a very big play in tonight's game," Maddon said.
Kipnis and Santana added run-scoring singles in ninth as the Indians went ahead 10-5.
"We're so much better an offensive club when Santana is contributing," Acta said.
Cleveland starter Justin Masterson left trailing 4-3 and with the bases loaded in the fifth, but was bailed out when Esmil Rogers (1-0) entered and got two quick outs.
"That was a very big win for us, especially the way things started," Acta said. "Rogers did a fantastic job. He's the one who pretty much saved the day. He gave us an opportunity to comeback."
Rogers struck out three and walked one over 1 2-3 scoreless innings.
Santana walked and Casey Kotchman was hit by a pitch, and both scored on Jack Hannahan 's two-out double in the fifth. Choo cut the deficit to 4-3 with an RBI single.
"It really came down pretty much to one play, when we hit Kotch with that pitch and then all of a sudden hang a changeup to Hannahan and then Choo's ground ball up the middle that we could have caught or at least knocked down," Maddon said. "All those moments should not have occurred just by making a better pitch against Kotch."
The Rays took a 2-0 lead in the second on Elliot Johnson 's RBI single and a sacrifice fly by B.J. Upton. Luke Scott hit an RBI single and Desmond Jennings had a run-scoring bunt hit that made it 4-0 during the third.
Johnson had a seventh-inning RBI infield single. Jennings drove in a run during the ninth with a grounder.
Scott had four hits, and is 12-for-29 in seven games against Cleveland since the weekend before the All-Star break. In his last 12 games against all other teams, the Tampa Bay designated hitter is hitless in 38 at-bats.
Masterson went 4 1-3 innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. Tampa Bay's Jeremy Hellickson gave up three runs and five hits over six innings.
"It was a crazy game," Masterson said. "The boys battled. A lot goes to the bullpen for going in there and keeping it right where it was. Two-run rallies. Just making it happen."
Masterson walked a career-high seven.
Notes: Rays 3B Evan Longoria , out since May 1 with a partially torn left hamstring, will accompany the team for a nine-game trip that starts Tuesday. "We haven't even put a potential date on going out and doing the rehab (assignment), but he's feeling less strained on different movements, which is a good thing," Maddon said. ... Cleveland LHP Rafael Perez (strained left lat) pitched a scoreless inning for Triple-A Columbus.
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