DETROIT _ The bullpen faltered during the day before Carlos Carrasco dominated at night as the Indians split a doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers on Saturday at Comerica Park.
After falling 7-4 in the first game, which was a makeup of a game postponed on May 4, the Indians won the second game 4-1 under the lights.
Carlos Carrasco rebounded from a poor outing his last time out, allowing just one run on four hits and striking out seven in seven innings. Carrasco was hit hard by the Texas Rangers earlier this week for eight earned runs in 31/3 innings, although the Indians came back to win that game 15-9.
Tigers starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann cruised through the first five innings, but in the fifth he threw behind Carlos Santana, which led to some angry words and nearly a benches-clearing incident. The Indians on Saturday hit three Tigers batters _ James McCann twice, Jose Iglesias _ potentially sparking the heated moment.
After Zimmermann and Santana traded words in the fifth, the Indians finally got him to in the sixth. Roberto Perez and Jason Kipnis opened the inning with a single and a double, respectively, and Perez scored on a groundout by Michael Brantley to tie it 1-1. Edwin Encarnacion then gave the Indians a 2-1 lead with a single.
That led to the major blow _ a two-run home run by Jose Ramirez that cleared the bullpen in right field. It was Ramirez's 13th home run this season, as he builds his case to be included onto the American League All-Star team.
Cody Allen pitched a scoreless eighth before Andrew Miller earned his second save of the season in the ninth, which included a diving catch by Bradley Zimmer to rob Mikie Mahtook of extra bases. It was Zimmer's second highlight-reel catch of the day, both coming against Mahtook.
