WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) _ John Rocker received a warm reception from Cleveland fans who have been hearing trade rumors and Keith Lockhart hit an inside-the-park homer Tuesday, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 7-6 win over the Indians.

Rocker, Atlanta's notorious closer, pitched an uneventful seventh inning as the Braves won for just the second time in their last 10 exhibition games.

The left-hander has been mentioned in trade rumors with the Indians and Montreal Expos, but he didn't want to talk about any of them after the game.

When asked about the trade talks, Rocker, suspended for the first 12 games of the season for making disparaging comments about minorities, gays and foreigners, shook his head and waved reporters toward the door of the visitors' clubhouse door.

Wally Joyner went 4-for-5 and drove in three runs for the Braves.

Kevin Millwood allowed three runs and nine hits in five innings to get the win.

Jolbert Cabrera and Kenny Lofton homered and David Justice had two RBIs for the Indians.

Many of the 6,771 fans at Chain O' Lakes Park stood and cheered when Rocker sprinted toward the mound to pitch the bottom of the seventh inning. The applause grew louder when the left-hander was introduced as the Braves' pitcher.

Before the game, Rocker had a brief discussion with Indians Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller and in between innings Rocker signed dozens of autographs for fans down the third-base line.

``I was pretty flattered he wanted to meet me,'' Rocker said of Feller. ``It was nice talking to him. That's one of the perks I guess.''

Lockhart led off the fifth against Bartolo Colon with a sinking liner to center that dropped in front of diving center fielder Lance Johnson and rolled to the wall. Lockhart managed to round the bases for his third homer this spring.

``I felt like I was running in sand,'' Lockhart said. ``I knew they were going to wave me around. Man, I was gassed.'

Indians manager Charlie Manuel had hoped to play Kenny Lofton in center field for the first time in a major league game this spring. But Lofton, who had offseason shoulder surgery, had some stiffness and batted leadoff as Cleveland's designated hitter.

Still, Lofton has played three games at DH while recovering from a torn rotator cuff and is expected to begin the season on the 25-man roster. Initially, the Indians figured Lofton would be out until the All-Star break.

Colon, who will pitch opening day in Baltimore next week, allowed five runs and five hits in 4 2-3 innings to take the loss. He walked three and struck out eight.

Notes: The Braves had four steals. ... Indians GM John Hart said he has spoken to more than 20 teams in the past few days. ``There's not a lot of action out there,'' Hart said. ``I think there's going to be some trades, but I don't know if we have any fits.'' ... Even if Lofton can't play center to start the season, Manuel said he might use him as the Indians' DH. ... Cuban defector Danys Baez, who will start the season in Cleveland's minor league system, struck out six in six innings of a minor league game.