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CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians show no sign of letting up their dominance of the Detroit Tigers.Cleveland remained perfect in 11 games against Detroit this season with a 12-1 victory Tuesday night.The Indians have outscored the Tigers 77-24 in the season series. Cleveland leads Detroit by 7 1/2 games in the AL Central.Indians manager Terry Francona hasnt spent much time analyzing his teams eye-popping numbers against the Tigers.Once we process yesterday we move on, let alone a month ago or week ago, he said. You play the next game and try to win. If you do it good enough people start asking those kind of questions.Lonnie Chisenhall was 4 for 5 with three RBI while Carlos Santana and Tyler Naquin homered. Carlos Carrasco (5-2) allowed one run in six innings for Cleveland, which has won 13 straight at home.Francisco Lindor, named as a reserve to the AL All-Star team, had an RBI double and turned in two outstanding defensive plays for Cleveland.Weve been focused against everybody, weve just had a little more success against them, he said.Detroit manager Brad Ausmus believes theres a simple reason for his teams problems against Cleveland.Theres nothing baffling, he said. Its not like we havent played good baseball. Theyve just played better.Anibal Sanchez (5-9), who replaced the injured Jordan Zimmermann, allowed seven runs in 4 1/3 innings.Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was ejected in the sixth after grounding out. Cabrera, thinking the ball hit off his leg, never left the batters box and was called out at first. He was ejected when the umpires didnt reverse the call.Chisenhall had an RBI double in the fourth and run-scoring singles in the fifth and eighth. Naquin hit a leadoff homer in the sixth while Santana homered to begin the eighth, his team-leading 19th.Lindors first gem came with runners on first and second in the fifth. Second baseman Jason Kipnis fielded Jose Iglesias one-out grounder and threw to second for the force. Lindor whirled and threw to third where Jose Ramirez tagged Steven Moya.As soon as the ball was hit I felt Moya starting to run, Lindor said. I didnt see him but as soon as I felt that I wasnt going to throw to first base.Lindor robbed Justin Upton of a hit in the sixth with a diving stop deep in the hole and a strong throw to first.Carrasco held Detroit to three hits and didnt allow a run until the sixth inning. The right-hander threw a four-hit shutout at Detroit on June 25 and struck out a season-high 14 against Toronto on Thursday.Sanchez was named the starter when Zimmermann was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday with a strained neck.Cabrera was also named as a reserve to the All-Star Game. He was hitless in three at-bats before being ejected.Tigers third baseman Nick Castellanos, who homered Monday, was scratched because of flu-like symptoms.TAKING HIS CUTSIndians OF Michael Brantley took batting practice Tuesday for the first time since being sidelined again May 14. He had surgery for a torn right labrum in November and began the season on the DL. He returned to the DL after playing in 11 games.Im 100 percent healthy right now, he said. I bounce back great every day and am almost unrestricted in baseball activity.TRAINERS ROOMTigers: Zimmermann will visit a specialist about his neck injury. ... LHP Daniel Norris (strained right oblique) was placed on the 15-day DL on Tuesday.UP NEXTTigers: Rookie RHP Michael Fulmer (8-2, 2.17 ERA) has allowed one run or less in each of his last eight starts in which hes 6-1 with a 0.53 ERA.Indians: RHP Josh Tomlin (9-1, 3.21 ERA) has won all three starts against the Tigers this season. 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Every day Im flooded with messages from Indians all over the world telling me they are supporting me. India lost to Australia 3-2 in their opening game of the Four Nations Tournament despite Rupinder Pal Singhs brace in Melbourne on Wednesday.All five goals of the match came from penalty corners, with Rupinder opening the scoring for India in the 21st minute. It was cancelled out in the 24th minute by Jeremy Hayward, who scored again in the 36th to give Australia the lead. Trend Mitton then scored in the 43rd minute to extend the hosts lead. Rupinders second came in the 53rd minute, but Australia did enough to hold on to the win and go to the top of the table with three points.With Malaysia drawing 1-1 with New Zealand in the earlier game, the result leaves India at the bottom of the table.?Indias next match is against Malaysia on Thursday.India started the brighter of the two, but failed to capitalize on early chances with Satbir Singh missing a good chance nine minutes into the first quarter.India broke the deadlock five minutes into the secondd.dddddddddddd The Australia goalkeeper made two good saves from successive penalty corners, but was helpless on Indias third attempt with Rupinder Singhs powerful drag-flick finding the net to make it 1-0.While India took three attempts to score from a penalty corner, Australia needed just one. Jeremy Hayward leveled with a powerful drag-flick 10 minutes into the second quarter.Hayward got his second of the game 13 minutes into the third quarter. Akash Chikte denied Hayward a hat-trick with a reflex save, but the rebound was slotted in by Trent Mitton as the hosts made it 3-1 in the 43rd minute.Chikte kept Indias hopes alive with a brilliant save eight minutes from time. It almost paid-off too, with Rupinder pulling one back minutes later from a penalty corner. However, Australia defended well to hold on to the win. ' ' '