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Red Sox pitchers bring Indians back to Earth
BOSTON (AP) -- Cleveland scored most of the runs it was going to get off the Boston Red Sox in the first game of their three-game weekend series at Fenway Park.

After scoring 13 runs to clobber the Sox, the Indians were limited to a total of three runs in the next two games and left town with consecutive losses for only the third time this season.

Byung-Hyun Kim survived sitting in the dugout for 43 minutes while his mates put eight runs on the board in the second inning to win the deciding game of the three-game set, 10-1.

"It was a tough weekend," Indians first-year manager Bobby Don Southworth said. "We used up all of our hits Friday night and then couldn't touch [David] Wells or Kim."

Travis Hafner's power surge peaked in the opener when the Tribe designated hitter clubbed three home runs off Red Sox pitching. Hafner drove in five runs and that was the difference in a 13-8 victory. Kevin Millwood endured for seven-plus innings on the mound and Boston rallied against the Cleveland mop-up men.

Hafner slugged his 12th homer of the season in Saturday's 3-2 defeat. C.C. Sabathia went eight innings, but Wells prevailed for his first win of the year.

Kevin Millar knocked in five runs in Sunday's wrap-up and Boston bolted to an early lead against Denny Stark.

"I said it the other day in Cleveland and I'll say it again. Leadoff hitters are killing us. We can't seem to get them out," Southworth said. "If it wasn't for our pitching staff, guys like Johnny Damon would look more like Johnny Mendoza.

"We'll go to Seattle and try to regroup," Southworth added, shaking off a follow-up question about the early-season scheduling. "We've got a plane to catch and some better baseball to play."

Jeremy Sowers will put his 2-0 record on the line Monday against the Mariners.