Kendrick's bunt single in 9th helps Angels win

Howie Kendrick's bunt single with two outs in the ninth inning drove in the winning run, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3 Wednesday.

Torii Hunter hit a tying, three-run homer in the sixth, then legged out a double leading off the ninth against Joe Smith (0-1).

Hideki Matsui was intentionally walked and reliever Rafael Perez got Kendry Morales to ground into a double play, moving Hunter to third. After an intentional walk to Juan Rivera, Kendrick surprised reliever Chris Perez and everyone else with a push bunt to the right of the mound.

Angels closer Brian Fuentes (1-1) got the win with a scoreless ninth, retiring Asdrubal Cabrera on a flyball and Grady Sizemore on a groundout with runners at the corners.

Indians starter Jake Westbrook allowed three runs and four hits over six innings. The 32-year-old right-hander is still looking for his first victory since undergoing Tommy John surgery on June 12, 2008, and sitting out the entire 2009 season. He is 0-2 with a 5.53 ERA in five starts this year.

Hunter, who came in 10-for-41 lifetime against Westbrook with no home runs, hit his second homer of the season. He connected after a one-out single by Erick Aybar and a walk to Bobby Abreu.

Westbrook retired his first 11 batters before giving up a two-out single in the fourth to Hunter — one of only two players in the Angels' starting lineup who faced him on Apr. 8, 2008 at Anaheim, when he got his last victory in the majors with a complete-game 4-3 decision over Ervin Santana.

Santana allowed three runs and six hits over 6 2-3 innings and struck out eight. He remains 0-6 lifetime against the Indians with a 5.71 ERA in eight career starts — including a 13-4 loss at Cleveland in his major league debut back in 2005, when he gave up a triple, double, single and home run to his first four batters.

Austin Kearns, who homered and drove in five runs during the Indians' 9-2 win Tuesday night, led off the second inning with a double for his 10th hit in a span of 20 at-bats. He advanced Travis Hafner's groundout and scored the game's first run on Jhonny Peralta's sacrifice fly.

Indians No. 9 hitter Lou Marson doubled off the top of the 18-foot wall in right-center leading off the Indians' two-run sixth. Manager Manny Acta came out to ask the umpires to look a replay to determine whether it was a home run, but the call by second base ump Paul Schrieber stood following a short trip to the video room.

Marson scored on an RBI single by Sizemore that snapped an 0-for-13 drought. Shin-Soo Choo beat out a bad-hop single before Santana walked Kearns and hit Hafner on the foot with an 0-2 pitch with the bases loaded to give the Indians a 3-0 lead.

Angels manager Mike Scioscia was ejected by third base umpire Rob Drake in the second inning. Drake ruled on an appeal that Matsui's bat had inadvertently crossed the plane of home plate as he skipped out of the way of an 0-1 pitch at his feet and tried to brace his fall with his left hand.

NOTES: The Angels played the first of five scheduled home games with a starting time of 4 p.m. PDT. ... Kearns finished the Indians' 3-6 road trip at 12 for 29 with two homers and nine RBIs.