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Carrasco's Strong Pitching Leads Cleveland Shutout Of Yankees

Last updated on Tuesday, June 14, 2011

(NEW YORK, NY) - Carlos Carrasco threw seven shutout innings as the Cleveland Indians snapped their four-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

Carrasco allowed five hits and struck out seven to move to 6-3.

Three Cleveland relievers threw three hitless innings with Carlos Perez striking out the side in the ninth to get his 16th save.

Asdrubal Cabrera drove home the game's lone run with an RBI single in the fourth to thwart the Yankees' effort to sweep the four-game series.

New York's Derek Jeter went 1-3 and is six hits shy of 3,000 for his career.

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