Fausto Carmona gives up seven runs, five earned, in four innings. It was his shortest startof the season.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Indians interleague blues continue.
Fausto Carmona allowed a season-high seven runs Thursday afternoon as Philadelphia completed a three-game sweep of the Indians with a 12-3 victory at Citizens Bank Park. The Indians are 4-11 in interleague play this year and 1-5 on this nine-game trip through National League ballparks.
The Phillies scored in bunches, putting together a five-run second inning and a five-run sixth. The Indians contributed with sloppy and unfocused play.
As the Phillies were taking a 5-0 lead in the second, rookie catcher Carlos Santana committed a two-run error and center fielder Trevor Crowe thought the inning was over when he caught a sacrifice fly for the second out. Crowe, thinking the inning was, over didn't make a throw back to the infield as Joe Blanton scored the fifth and final run.
Carmona (6-6) allowed nine hits and was removed in the fifth after not recording an out. The four-inning start was his shortest of the season. Two of the seven runs he allowed were unearned.
Hector Ambriz took the fall in the sixth. He allowed five runs on four hits.
Dave Sardinha started the onslaught with a leadoff homer. It was his first in the big leagues. Placido Polanco doubled home a run. Another scored on Jayson Werth's sac-fly to right. Ambriz left with the bases loaded after walking Raul Ibanez. Jensen Lewis relieved and gave up a two-run single to Wilson Valdez, who was in big league camp with the Indians last year.
The win went Joe Blanton (3-5). He allowed three runs on six hits in 7 2/3 innings. Blanton struck out eight and didn't walk a batter.
Former Phillie Jason Donald actually put the Indians back into the game with a two-run homer in the fifth to make it a 5-2 game. But Carmona gave up two in the fifth to make it 7-5 and Ambriz collapsed in the sixth.
A brief, but furious thunderstorm delayed the game following a strikeout by Shin-Soo Choo in the eighth. Thunder, rain and lightning hit the ballpark. For a while the grounds crew couldn't keep the tarp on the field.
The delay lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes.
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel was ejected for the second time in the series against his old club. Unlike Tuesday's ejection, he did not predict this one.
When leadoff hitter Shane Victorino was called out at first for going out of the baseline to avoid Carmona's tag, Manuel argued and was ejected by umpire Greg Gibson.
The Indians scored their third run on Crowe's double in the eighth. Donald, who reached on his third straight hit, scored.