After suffering a bad loss in Game One, the Cleveland Indians came back and trounced the Red Sox in a long game last night:
BOSTON (AP) — Trot Nixon was back at Fenway Park in the playoffs. This time, though, he came through for Cleveland.
The former Red Sox stalwart snapped an 11th-inning tie with a pinch-hit single, and the Indians broke loose for six more runs in a record-setting performance to beat Boston 13-6 early Sunday morning and tie the AL championship series at a game apiece.
The anticipated matchup of postseason star Curt Schilling and 19-game winner Fausto Carmona fizzled into a stalemate that lasted 5 hours, 14 minutes. It ended at 1:37 a.m. EDT, when Joe Borowski got a game-ending double play.
The best-of-seven series moves to Cleveland for Game 3, when Red Sox rookie Daisuke Matsuzaka will face Jake Westbrook.
If the Indians can win at least two of three at home, they’ve got a better than decent shot of making it to World Series.
