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Tribe winning streak stopped at 8
ST. PETERSBURG -- Jorge Sosa did what nobody had done in over a week when he beat the Cleveland Indians.

Sosa outdueled Indians rookie Fausto Carmona and the Devil Rays avoided becoming the third consecutive team to be swept in a three-game series by Cleveland with a 6-5 victory.

Cleveland had its eight-game winning streak halted in Sunday's finale. The loss spoiled a 3-for-5 day at the plate by Ben Broussard. The left-handed hitting first baseman had a double, a triple and knocked in three of the Tribe's five runs.

Cleveland won the opener, 4-3, as Jake Westbrook pitched 5 2/3 innings and turned his fate to the Indians' surprisingly impressive bullpen. Travis Hafner belted his second home run of the season.

In the second game, another early Cleveland call-up, Denny Stark, was strong over the last four innings and the Indians banged out a 9-7 triumph. Ronnie Belliard went 3-for-5 and finished the game with a league-leading .463 batting average.

"We were tearing it up this weekend," Indians manager Bobby Don Southworth said. "This is the best we've hit the ball so far and I hope it continues."

Southworth went on to heap credit on his coaching staff, which includes Hall-of-Famer Eddie Murray and pitching coach Woody Terrell.

"Eddie's got the bats clicking and Woody's hitting all the right buttons with the pitching staff right now. We've had to run some guys up and down between [Cleveland] and Buffalo, but we feel pretty good about how everything has gone so far."

Carmona, called up when Cliff Lee was sent down for a short rehabilitation stint, kept Tampa Bay from a big inning through the first five frames. A late Indians comeback, however, fell short.

Yet, the Indians were able to keep the heat on Minnesota for first place in the American League's Central Division. Cleveland will attempt to keep up the hot pace in Oakland.

Kevin Millwood is scheduled to start Monday's game and a well-rested C.C. Sabathia is slated to throw Tuesday.