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Indians Come From Behind To Knock Off Red Sox

Last updated on Tuesday, May 24, 2011

(CLEVELAND, OH) - The Cleveland Indians scored twice in the bottom of the eighth inning to record a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Boston Red Sox.

Boston took a 1-0 lead in the third on dustin Pedroia's RBI single before the Indians tied it in the fourth when Asdrubal Cabrera homered of Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz.

Boston jumped back into the lead in the fifth when Carl Crawford hit a solo shot off Cleveland starter Justin Masterson.

The score remained 2-1 Boston until the eighth when Michael Brantley's RBI single tied it and Cabrera won it with a double off the left-centerfield wall to score Brantley from second base.

The win was Cleveland's third in a row and ran the Indians' record to 8-0 in one-run games this season.

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