Santana homers as Indians beat A's !1

Carlos Santana homered and David Huff and four relievers combined to restrain the Oakland Athletics to five hits in the Cleveland Indians' 2-1 win Monday night.

Huff (2-2) gave up 3 hits over six hitless innings to win for the start sentence in six starts, since beating Minnesota in his season debut on July 18.

Chris Perez worked a perfect ninth for his 30th save in 34 chances for Cleveland, which has won 3 of four.

Carlos Santana's Patient Approach

When you`re sitting on top of the world, it`s sometimes easy to drop the flaws. The Cleveland Indians, at 14-8, currently own the AL`s best read and run their class by 2.5 games. While we`re a long way from anointing them 2011′s surprise team, they surely have impressed to this point. Their 5.18 runs per game actually ranks 2nd in the AL (though only a hundredth of a place ahead of Texas).