CLEVELAND (AP) -- After Reds manager Bryan Price was ejected before the first pitch, Corey Kluber threw eight effective innings and led the Cleveland Indians over Cincinnati 2-1 Saturday for their fifth straight win.The Reds lost their season-high seventh in a row.Price was tossed by umpire Jim Reynolds after the exchange of lineup cards. They got into a lengthy argument that carried on as the Indians took the field - the dispute likely stemmed from Friday night, when several Reds were upset with plate umpire Manny Gonzalez's strike zone. 
Kluber (2-5) worked around constant trouble, but recorded his third strong start in a row. He allowed nine hits, struck out seven and didn't walk a batter.Cody Allen pitched the ninth for his ninth save.Tony Cingrani (0-1) walked Roberto Perez to start the eighth. Following a force play, Jason Kipnis lined a double to left-center that scored Michael Bourn with the go-ahead run.Reds rookie right-hander Anthony DeSclafani evenly matched up with Kluber for seven innings. Making his ninth start of the season and 14th of his career, DeSclafani held Cleveland to one run and three hits in seven innings.Zack Cozart's sacrifice fly in the second gave Cincinnati the lead. DeSclafani held the Indians scoreless until the sixth when David Murphy's RBI single tied it.Kluber struck out 18 and allowed one hit against St. Louis when he recorded his first win of the season on May 13. He followed that by holding the White Sox to one run in nine innings while striking out 12 in a no-decision.He wasn't as dominant as he was in those outings as Cincinnati had at least one hit in each of the first seven innings, but Kluber held the Reds in check.DeSclafani didn't allow a hit until Carlos Santana doubled with one out in the fourth.Jay Bruce led off with a single and took third on Brayan Pena's double. Cozart's flyout to right scored Bruce.
Kluber (2-5) worked around constant trouble, but recorded his third strong start in a row. He allowed nine hits, struck out seven and didn't walk a batter.Cody Allen pitched the ninth for his ninth save.Tony Cingrani (0-1) walked Roberto Perez to start the eighth. Following a force play, Jason Kipnis lined a double to left-center that scored Michael Bourn with the go-ahead run.Reds rookie right-hander Anthony DeSclafani evenly matched up with Kluber for seven innings. Making his ninth start of the season and 14th of his career, DeSclafani held Cleveland to one run and three hits in seven innings.Zack Cozart's sacrifice fly in the second gave Cincinnati the lead. DeSclafani held the Indians scoreless until the sixth when David Murphy's RBI single tied it.Kluber struck out 18 and allowed one hit against St. Louis when he recorded his first win of the season on May 13. He followed that by holding the White Sox to one run in nine innings while striking out 12 in a no-decision.He wasn't as dominant as he was in those outings as Cincinnati had at least one hit in each of the first seven innings, but Kluber held the Reds in check.DeSclafani didn't allow a hit until Carlos Santana doubled with one out in the fourth.Jay Bruce led off with a single and took third on Brayan Pena's double. Cozart's flyout to right scored Bruce.
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