Cleveland's right-hander had his second consecutive good six-inning outing, allowing a run and four hits with a walk and two strikeouts in the Indians' 7-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on tonight.
Casey Blake had a two-run triple and Travis Hafner drove in two runs for the Indians. Grady Sizemore had a double and triple, and Ryan Garko also had two hits and an RBI.
Carmona, who was 19-8 last season with a 3.08 ERA, second best in the AL, is scheduled to start Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox in Cleveland's second game.
In his last start, he gave up six hits and two earned runs in six innings in a 3-3 tie against Detroit.
The Braves run came in the third on a single and stolen base by Mark Kotsay, who scored on a two-out single by Kelly Johnson.
Atlanta starter Jair Jurrjens left after giving up a leadoff walk to Victor Martinez to open the fourth. He allowed two runs and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts.
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