Lowly Indians rip the lowly A's

CLEVELAND -- Shin-Soo Choo gave his high school baseball coach a fitting tribute. Choo learned before batting practice that his coach had died of cancer. Then he homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs in a 15-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night that snapped Cleveland's five-game losing streak. "I'll never forget this game," said Choo, who helped South Korea to the championship game of the World Baseball Classic in March. "If I was told before the game I would do this, I wouldn't believe it," he added. "He was almost a like a second dad." Choo had an RBI single, two-run double, three-run homer and capped his night with a solo shot, his 12th. It was Choo's second career multihomer game and the most RBIs by a Cleveland player since Grady Sizemore drove in seven Aug. 21 against Kansas City. Choo arrived early at Progressive Field to work with hitting coach Derek Shelton. He had watched three ...