TORONTO -- Carlos Carrasco struck out a season-high 14, Jason Kipnis and Rajai Davis hit solo home runs, and the Cleveland Indians matched a franchise record by winning their 13th consecutive game, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Thursday.Cleveland's streak is the longest by any team this season and the longest by the Indians since they won 13 straight in 1951. Cleveland also won 13 in a row in 1942.Indians starting pitchers are 10-0 on the streak, and Cleveland has outscored its opponents 80-26. 
Coming off a four-hit shutout victory at Detroit, Carrasco (4-2) allowed one run and three hits in 7 1/3 innings to win back-to-back starts for the first time since April 13 and 19. The right-hander was sidelined from April 25 to June 2 because of a strained left hamstring. Carrasco's career high in strikeouts is 15, set Sept. 25 at Kansas City. Against Toronto, he struck out four straight in the third and fourth innings, then fanned six straight over the sixth, seventh and eighth.Bryan Shaw replaced Carrasco after Darwin Barney ended the strikeout streak with a double. Shaw struck out pinch hitter Russell Martin, walked Ezequiel Carrera and fanned Josh Donaldson to end the inning.Cody Allen got the last three outs for his 17th save.Davis hit a leadoff shot off R.A. Dickey in the second, and Kipnis hit a one-out drive in the third.Dickey (5-9) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings. The knuckleballer has allowed six home runs in his past two starts, all of them solo shots. He is 0-6 with a 5.14 ERA in eight home starts.Donaldson provided Toronto's only offense with a two-out solo homer off Carrasco in the fourth.
Coming off a four-hit shutout victory at Detroit, Carrasco (4-2) allowed one run and three hits in 7 1/3 innings to win back-to-back starts for the first time since April 13 and 19. The right-hander was sidelined from April 25 to June 2 because of a strained left hamstring. Carrasco's career high in strikeouts is 15, set Sept. 25 at Kansas City. Against Toronto, he struck out four straight in the third and fourth innings, then fanned six straight over the sixth, seventh and eighth.Bryan Shaw replaced Carrasco after Darwin Barney ended the strikeout streak with a double. Shaw struck out pinch hitter Russell Martin, walked Ezequiel Carrera and fanned Josh Donaldson to end the inning.Cody Allen got the last three outs for his 17th save.Davis hit a leadoff shot off R.A. Dickey in the second, and Kipnis hit a one-out drive in the third.Dickey (5-9) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings. The knuckleballer has allowed six home runs in his past two starts, all of them solo shots. He is 0-6 with a 5.14 ERA in eight home starts.Donaldson provided Toronto's only offense with a two-out solo homer off Carrasco in the fourth.
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