SB Nation Cleveland - Tribe Looks To Make It Two Straight In Steel Cityhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48841/cleveland-fave.png2010-06-19T12:18:24-05:00http://cleveland.sbnation.com/rss/stream/12899402010-06-19T12:18:24-05:002010-06-19T12:18:24-05:00Tribe Looks To Make It Two Straight In Steel City
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<p>(Sports Network) - Right-hander <span>Jeff Karstens</span> makes another attempt to stop the misery in Pittsburgh tonight, when the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/PIT">Pirates</a> host the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/CLE">Cleveland Indians</a> in the second of three interleague games at PNC Park.</p>
<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/PIT">Pirates</a> enter the night having lost 12 straight games, including Friday's opener by a 4-3 ledger after Cleveland's <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/34040/Carlos_Santana">Carlos Santana</a> had two hits and knocked in what proved to be the game-winning run in a four-run seventh.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/31527/Jason_Donald">Jason Donald</a> added two hits, an RBI and a run scored for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/CLE">Indians</a>, who had lost their last four games after winning four in a row. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/875/Anderson_Hernandez">Anderson Hernandez</a> also had two hits, while <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/31819/Trevor_Crowe">Trevor Crowe</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/113/Shin_Soo_Choo">Shin-Soo Choo</a> each knocked in a run.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/117/Fausto_Carmona">Fausto Carmona</a> (6-5) exceeded his 2009 win total after allowing three runs on five hits and a walk while fanning seven in six-plus innings. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/4317/Kerry_Wood">Kerry Wood</a> worked a perfect ninth for his fifth save.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/515/Ryan_Church">Ryan Church</a> hit a three-run double to account for all of Pittsburgh's offense. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/32580/Neil_Walker">Neil Walker</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/740/Garrett_Jones">Garrett Jones</a> each had a pair of hits in defeat.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/396/Paul_Maholm">Paul Maholm</a> (4-5) lasted 6 2/3 innings and yielded four runs on seven hits and a pair of walks with five strikeouts.</p>
<p>The Pirates have not won since June 5.</p>
<p>Karstens, who's made six starts in 12 appearances this season, is winless since a 2-0 defeat of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/STL">St. Louis Cardinals</a> on May 8.</p>
<p>In that game, he tossed six innings and allowed three hits with four strikeouts.</p>
<p>He got a no-decision in his most recent start on June 13, allowing six hits and two runs in seven innings of Pittsburgh's 4-3 loss at Detroit.</p>
<p>Karstens, who tossed 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief in his lone meeting with the Indians, is 1-0 with a 3.57 ERA in five home appearances - two starts.</p>
<p>Cleveland counters with lefty <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/69024/David_Huff">David Huff</a>, who tossed eight scoreless innings in defeating the Pirates in his lone career matchup against them.</p>
<p>Now 25 years old, Huff earned the third victory of his major-league career on June 23, 2009 at Pittsburgh, striking out two and allowing four hits in a game the Indians won, 5-4.</p>
<p>He went on to win 11 times as a rookie, but has struggled to just two wins in 12 starts this season, the last coming May 23 against Cincinnati.</p>
<p>He allowed six hits and six runs in 5 2/3 innings of his most recent outing, a 9-4 loss to Washington on June 13.</p>
<p>Huff is 0-5 in seven road starts in 2010, with a 7.29 ERA.</p>
<p>Pittsburgh took two of three from the Indians last season.</p>
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