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--1B Ryan Garko snapped an 0-for-25 hitless streak with a single in the fourth inning.
--OF David Dellucci, who has hit in five of the nine spots in the lineup at various times this season, hit in the No. 3 spot Thursday for the first time this season as manager Eric Wedge shook up the lineup in hopes of waking up the Indians' lethargic offense.
--LHP Cliff Lee has held opposing batters to a .163 on-base percentage. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that's the lowest on-base percentage against a pitcher over his first five starts of the season in 99 years -- since the White Sox's Frank Smith held opposing batters to a .159 on-base percentage in his first five starts in 1909.
BY THE NUMBERS: 0 -- Number of times an Indians player has hit for a cycle in Cleveland. Indians players have hit for a cycle seven times, all of them on the road.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I can't remember my first win in Japan, but I'll never forget my first win here was against the Yankees." -- RHP Masa Kobayashi, after winning his first major league game, with two scoreless innings of relief in a 4-3 Indians win over the Yankees on Saturday.
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