The Rays are 2-6 on the current homestand and have been shut out in five of the losses, scoring eight runs in their last eight games. Meanwhile, the Indians' offense hardly roared, but they managed to provide enough runs to get the job done.
Jay Bruce's RBI double in the first off Rays starter Chris Archer staked the Indians to a 1-0 lead. Francisco Lindor scored on an Archer wild pitch in the third, and Bruce singled home another off Archer in the sixth to build a 3-0 lead.
Archer brought into the game a streak of 15 starts in which he'd gone at least six innings.