Oliver Perez looked more like the Pirates castoff he was two years ago than a big arbitration winner yesterday. In a worrisome outing for the young left-hander so close to the regular season, Perez was blasted for four home runs by the Indians during a five-inning stint in the Mets New York Mets ' 5-2, rain-shortened loss.
Perez struck out six but walked two and gave up five earned runs, all of them courtesy of shots that left Chain of Lakes Park in a hurry. Victor Martinez went deep in the second, then Asdrubal Cabrera, Casey Blake and Ben Francisco teed off on Perez in a four-run fourth by the Tribe that turned the game into a blowout. The shots by Blake and Francisco were back-to-back. Continue
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