CLEVELAND – Aaron Harang pitched his second career shutout and Ryan Freel had a career-high five hits to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 win over the Cleveland Indians.

It was the first time that Cleveland had been shutout by a National League team.

Harang (8-5) allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out six. The right-hander improved to 6-2 with a 1.57 ERA in eight road starts as Cincinnati won for the 10th time in its last 12 games away from home.

Freel went 5-for-5 and is hitting .418 (33-for-79) in his last 22 games.

Grady Sizemore and Ronnie Belliard each singled to open the Indians’ eighth, but Harang got Jhonny Peralta to hit into a double play and Travis Hafner to bounce back to the mound to end the threat.

Cincinnati won for only the fourth time in its last 14 games overall and improved to 2-5 in interleague play.

Manager Eric Wedge shook up the Indians’ lineup, but Cleveland still dropped the opening game of a series for the 10th straight time. Ben Broussard was benched and replaced by catcher Victor Martinez, who played first base for the first time in the majors. Rookie Kelly Shoppach was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo and started at catcher.

Cleveland has lost six of its last seven overall, all to National League teams, and is 3-7 in interleague play after going a major league-best 15-3 in 2005.

Freel opened the game with a double over the head of left fielder Todd Hollandsworth and scored when Felipe Lopez hit the next pitch from Jake Westbrook (6-4) for a double.

In the fourth, Scott Hatteberg lined a two-out double the other way to left and scored on a bloop single to right by Austin Kearns to make it 2-0.

Freel beat out an infield single for his third hit in the fifth, stole second and scored on a two-out single up the middle by Rich Aurilia.

Freel also made two great plays at third base.

In the fifth inning, he made a backhanded stop of a sharp grounder hit by Franklin Gutierrez, got up and made a strong throw to just beat the speedy outfielder at first. Then in the seventh, he made a diving catch of a liner hit by Hollandsworth.

Westbrook allowed three runs and eight hits over six innings, walking two and striking out four. The right-hander lost at home for the first time in seven starts this season.

Notes: Harang, who shutout St. Louis 1-0 on Aug. 26, 2004, is 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA in five starts against Cleveland. … Freel had two stolen bases, giving him 101 for his career. The Reds have been successful on each of their last 14 steal attempts. … Indians 3B Aaron Boone snapped an 0-for-15 streak with a seventh-inning single. … The attendance of 32,927 was Cleveland’s third-largest crowd of the season.

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