WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) _ John Rocker got a mixed reaction in his third appearance of the spring and Jim Thome, Mark Whiten and Russell Branyan homered as the Cleveland Indians beat the Atlanta Braves 11-2 on Wednesday.

Rocker, suspended for the first two weeks of the season by commissioner Bud Selig for disparaging foreigners, homosexuals and minorities in a magazine interview, came in to pitch the seventh inning.

Most of the 7,946 fans at Chain of Lakes Stadium seemed to have an opinion about Rocker. The crowd booed and cheered at equal volume when Atlanta's closer was introduced.

A security guard paced back and forth near the left-field bullpen area while Rocker was warming up, but the only people to approach him were fans with cameras and a few autograph-seekers.

Rocker's performance was also uneventful. Omar Vizquel flied out to right field, Branyan looked at a called third strike from Rocker, John McDonald walked and Richie Sexson grounded out to end the inning.

Rocker's replacement, Jeff McCurry, served up three-run home runs to Whiten and Branyan in the eighth.

Thome hit his fourth home run of the spring in the second inning off left-hander Terry Mulholland.

Cleveland starter Bartolo Colon pitched 6 1/3 innings and gave up just one run on Keith Lockhart's homer in the seventh.

Roberto Alomar was 3-for-3, Sexson doubled twice and singled and David Justice had a two-run hit for the Indians.

Notes: Atlanta right-hander Rudy Seanez is day-to-day with a strained muscle in his side. Seanez should resume throwing in the next couple days. ... Cleveland's Kenny Lofton, coming back from offseason shoulder surgery, will probably either work as a designated hitter in a major-league game or as a center fielder in a minor-league game this weekend, manager Charlie Manuel said.