--3B Casey Blake continues to be the Indians' best clutch hitter, belting a two-run double, triggering a six-run seventh-inning rally Friday night. Blake, who hit .190 with runners in scoring position last year, is hitting .429 with runners in scoring position this year.
--OF Ben Francisco is 3-for-6 with three RBIs as a pinch hitter, including a two-run pinch hit double Friday night. --LHP Cliff Lee has not walked a batter in his last 28 consecutive innings, and his 101 consecutive batters without a walk is the longest active streak in the majors.
--DH Travis Hafner had two hits Friday, just his second multi-hit game since April 24.
--RHP Rafael Betancourt is 4-for-5 in save opportunities since taking over at closer when RHP Joe Borowski went on the disabled list on April 15.
BY THE NUMBERS: .163 -- Opposing batters' on-base percentage vs. LHP Cliff Lee in the month of April. It's the lowest opponents' on-base percentage over a pitcher's first five starts to a season in 99 years, since Frank Smith of the White Sox had an opponents' on-base percentage of .159 in 1909.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "The last thing I want is for him to go up there trying to hit home runs." -- Manager Eric Wedge, on C Victor Martinez, who despite leading the league in hitting did not hit a home run in the Indians' first 30 games of the season.
