Carlos Carrasco struggles, Cleveland Indians drop series to Tigers

Carlos Carrasco’s rough outing and another lackluster day resulted in a .. loss for the Cleveland Indians Sunday.

The Cleveland Indians dropped the rubber match of a three-game with the Detroit Tigers set at Progressive Field as Detroit picked up a 7-4 victory Sunday after knocking around Indians veteran Carlos Carrasco.

Detroit opened the scoring in the top of the first as Miguel Cabrera hit a sacrifice fly to plate Victor Reyes and give the Tigers an early 1-0 lead.

That lead would fade fast as in the bottom of the first Cesar Hernandez delivered a leadoff solo home run to centerfield off Tigers rookie starter Tarik Skubal to even the score at one.

In the top of the fourth, the Tigers knocked Carrasco out of the game as Niko Goodrum lined a solo home run and Jorge Bonifacio hit a two-run shot to put Detroit on top 4-1.

Carrasco’s outing lasted just 3.1 innings in which he allowed four runs, seven hits, one walk and struck out four.

Detroit added onto their lead in the bottom of the fifth as Grayson Greiner joined Bonifacio as the second Tiger of the game to hit his first home run of the season as he hit a solo shot off Indians reliever Logan Allen to extend the lead to 5-1.

Detroit added onto their lead in the bottom of the fifth as Grayson Greiner joined Bonifacio as the second Tiger of the game to hit his first home run of the season as he hit a solo shot off Indians reliever Logan Allen to extend the lead to 5-1. Later in the inning, Cabrera ripped an RBI single pushed the lead to 6-1.

Down 7-1, the Indians bats finally came alive in the bottom of the ninth as Greg Allen slugged a three-run home run off of Detroit’s Joe Jimenez, but it would not be enough to bring the team all the way out as Jose Cisnero came on to record the save for the Tigers.

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On Deck: The Indians will open a pivotal three-game series with the first-place Minnesota Twins Monday at Progressive Field. Minnesota currently holds just a one-game lead over the Indians for first place in the central. It will be the second series between the two clubs this season as Cleveland dropped three out of four to the Twins at Target Field earlier this season. Aaron Civale will be on the mound for Cleveland fresh off his first career complete game and will match up with Minnesota right-hander Kenta Maeda. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. EST.