Indians 3, Red Sox 1
Josh Tomlin threw seven strong innings to lead the host Cleveland Indians to a 3-1 victory over the winless Boston Red Sox Tuesday night.
Tomlin (1-0) allowed three hits and one run while fanning three. Tony Sipp worked a scoreless eighth and Chris Perez worked around a walk and a hit in the ninth for his first save.
Boston took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
But the Indians (2-2) took the lead for good in the fourth inning on RBI singles by Orlando Cabrera and Jack Hannahan against loser Josh Beckett (0-1), who allowed three runs on five hits while walking four in five innings.
Cleveland made it 3-1 in the fifth when Carlos Santana’s sacrifice fly scored Cabrera, who opened the inning with a double.
Newcomers Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez each went 0-for-4 for Boston. The last time the Red Sox started a season with four straight losses was in 1996 when it lost the first five games of the season. Boston has scored just two runs in the last 20 innings.