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OAKLAND, Calif. -- A well-rested Carlos Carrasco and one big swing from Carlos Santana was all it took to get the Indians off to a good start on their road trip.Its a combination manager Terry Francona expects to be a big part of Clevelands postseason push.Carrasco and Andrew Miller combined on a four-hitter, Santana homered in the eighth inning and the Indians beat the Oakland Athletics 1-0 on Monday night.Right now I feel fresh, said Carrasco, who spent more than five weeks on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring. Its going to be really important that I get back on the same level everyone else is. These last five, six weeks are going to be important for us.Carrasco (9-6) was masterful while limiting the As to four hits over eight innings. The right-hander had nine strikeouts, retired the side in order five times and allowed only one runner to reach second base.Carrasco has had at least eight strikeouts in his last four starts, the longest active streak in the majors.He was terrific, Francona said. Everybody else probably has 40 more innings than him but you can tell his tank is not anywhere close to empty.Miller struck out the side in the ninth for his 11th save.Neither team did much offensively until Santanas one-out home run off reliever Ryan Dull (5-4), his 27th of the season to match a career high.I hit a fastball, Santana said. He tried to throw middle away and the fastball stayed in the middle.As starter Andrew Triggs matched Carrasco in his fourth career start but did not factor in the decision. Triggs allowed three hits over six scoreless innings and matched his career high of six strikeouts.Oakland is 1-21 when Triggs pitches this season, including 0-4 in four starts. Triggs is 0-1 with a 4.38 ERA.You feel for him because hes such a good soldier about going up and down and appreciates the opportunity he gets, As manager Bob Melvin said. You cant help but pull for a guy whos a great team guy and he performed. Hes performing even better in the rotation right now.The loss dropped the As a season-high 19 games under .500 at 53-72. Its the teams worst record after 125 games since 1997.Earlier in the day, Oakland announced it had fined Danny Valencia and Billy Butler after they engaged in a clubhouse fight last week.OH SO CLOSEOakland missed a chance to end the shutout when Coco Crisp was thrown out at third trying to extend a double in the sixth. That was costly, as the As next two batters reached base on a single and an error.Its probably one of those where if they call him safe they dont overturn it either way, Francona said.STREAK OVERJose Ramirez went hitless in four at-bats, ending his streak of successfully reaching base at 27 games. It was the longest active streak in the majors.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: Yan Gomes (separated right shoulder) played catch from 105 feet before the game and is taking batting practice in the cage. The team is hopeful the catcher can return before the end of the regular season and confident hell be available for the postseason if the Indians make it that far.Athletics: Butler was placed on the seven-day concussion list. Valencia struck out looking as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. ... Shortstop Marcus Semien was not with the team after leaving to be with his wife for their birth of their child. It marked only the fourth game this season that Semien hasnt been in the starting lineup. ... Infielder Arismendy Alcantara was called up from Triple-A Nashville.UP NEXTIndians: RHP Danny Salazar (11-4) faces Oakland on Tuesday in his second start since coming off the disabled list. 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You want to get off to a good start. I feel like if I had holed one of those first two, it might have been a different story of the day. You get a little momentum and you get it going.Instead, it kept sliding in the wrong direction.His 8-foot par putt on the 13th never had a chance. His 5-foot birdie putt on the 17th never got to the hole.He believes he is driving the ball as well as ever, which goes a long way at Baltusrol. His irons felt good, except for a few loose ones.Just when I get on the green, its a different story, he said.McIlroy was nine shots behind after one round, and that doesnt bode well. In his four victories in the majors, he was never more than one shot behind. The only major he won with any round over par was a 75 in the wind at Kiawah Island four years ago in the PGA Championship.I havent won this tournament from this position before, so Ill need a low one tomorrow, McIlroy said. I think first and foremost, I have to play a good round to get into the weekend tomorrow. Thats the first objective, and then go frrom there.ddddddddddddThis is the second major this year that McIlroy has put himself well behind after the opening round. He never recovered at Oakmont, missing the cut in the U.S. Open.Making it even more pressing is that he is on the verge of going a second straight year without a major. Putting has been a problem all year, dating to February when he decided to switch to a cross-handed grip as he prepared for the Masters.This time, he felt he simply was tricked by poa annua greens that look faster than they really are.Im struggling with the pace, he said. I think you saw out there, there was a couple of putts from quite a short distance that I left short. Thats the thing that sort of surprised me all week. They look much quicker than they are. They look much quicker than they putt. ... So I just need to be a little bit more aggressive, a little bit more free flowing with my stroke. Because when I did hit a couple by, I was able to hole the ones coming back.Thursday was no time to practice. The heat was oppressive and drained everyone of energy. McIlroy decided to head back to his house and rest. He returned Thursday evening with coach Michael Bannon and putted for more than an hour.Even as he left Baltusrol, he was confronted with a score on his card that he didnt see coming. Given the chances he had, he figured something around par would have been the worst he could post. Instead, only three tour players had a worse score among the morning wave.And that card didnt have any birdies on it.I cant remember the last time I went without a birdie, he said. `Ill stay as patient as I can and as hard as I can and hopefully turn it around. ' ' '