ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rookie Cody Anderson took a bid for a perfect game into the seventh inning in his second major-league start, and the struggling Cleveland Indians snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
Anderson (1-0) didn’t allow a baserunner until Grady Sizemore, a graduate of Cascade High School in Everett, homered against his old team on a 1-2 pitch with one out in the seventh. Evan Longoria followed with a single before the 24-year-old right-hander settled down and retired the last four batters he faced.
Sizemore, playing in his second game since joining the Rays, trimmed Cleveland’s lead to 2-1 with his first home run since last Sept. 3 for Philadelphia. A three-time All-Star early in his career with the Indians, Sizemore had three hits in his Tampa Bay debut on Sunday.
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