It was the last spectacular victory for the Indians, who crowded Santana at home plate after the lawn of Venezuelan baseball player led a 3-1 off Joaquin Benoit (0-1) on the wall right-field.
Chris Perez (1-1) has launched a sleeve perfect for victory as Cleveland twice overcame three-run deficit for their fourth consecutive overall victory and their fourth consecutive hand loss Tigers. The Indians remained unbeaten at Progressive field since April 2 - their longest streak at home since won 13 in a row in 1996.
Jack Hannahan designated to the middle of the rally start and was replaced by Adam Everett of alternate runner. Grady Sizemore then lined a 2-1 to right field for a single send Everett to the third.
Asdrubal Cabrera, whose two-run in the seventh homer had tied the score, was intentionally walked, but Benoit returned to strike Shin - Soo Choo on three heights prior to Santana.
He gave Cleveland 17 wins in April, the most by the franchise in 111 years in the AL.
Matt LaPorta hit a solo homer off starter Tigers Max Scherzer equal to 5 in the seventh. Land after that Manager Jim Leyland visited the mound, Cabrera led his fifth homer into the right field seats. LaPorta's Homer was his fourth.
Scherzer, seeking to become the first pitcher of Detroit with five victories before May 1 since Frank Tanana in 1988, had a shutout of two-hit up two breaks in the sixth.
Cleveland quickly loaded the bases on a single by Cabrera and walks to Choo and Santana. Shelley Duncan, in the range for the Indians in the 3-2 and DH Travis Hafner, based on one of the two-run between third and short.
Hafner missed his second straight game with a painful right ankle. The left-handed slugger is frapper.342 with four homers in 21 games this year and is 6 to 10 with a homer and three RBI career against Scherzer.
Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer off starter Indians Johnsmi Gomez in the first. It was his sixth and any first by a strait pounding through the waves in six games.
Cabrera had two hits and flies twice deep Center that he continued to pound Cleveland tongue. Since joining the Tigers in 2008, it is frappant.332 with 14 Homer and 47 points in 53 games against Cleveland.
Alex Avila put Detroit ahead 3-0 with a sacrifice in the fourth fly.
After that the Indians rallied in the sixth, the Tigers restored their three-run lead in the seventh on a single RBI by Jhonny Peralta and another bag fly by Avila.
Gomez allowed three runs and 10 strike over 5 2-3 rounds, removing four without a walk. The he made his early based third since recalled to Columbus on April 19, when it Mitch Talbot entered on the list of persons with disabilities with a painful elbow.
NOTES: Manager Manny Acta said that the team expects the results of the MRI on Hafner reviews. ... Tigers FC Austin Jackson went from 2 to 5. It was his last 54 7. ... Detroit RF Magglio Ordonez was 4 for 27 (. 148) before a single in the fifth round. ... Alex White RHP came to Cleveland Friday, but be officially called Columbus 2007 until tomorrow to make its debut in major league as the holder of the Indians. ... Cleveland assigned RHP Adam Miller to the class A Kinston in extended spring training. A choice of first round sandwich in 2003, Miller was not launched in a game since May 20, 2008, at Buffalo based due to a series of surgeries on his right long finger.
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