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Major League Baseball
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Boston 14, Cleveland 2
When: 12:05 PM ET, Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - David Rackley, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Paul Emmel, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 26408

Dustin Pedroia drove in three runs and hit one of Boston’s four homers and Jon Lester pitched six shutout innings in a 14-2 road win against the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

The Red Sox set a season-high for runs in an inning when they got to Tribe starter Mitch Talbot for seven in the first. Talbot (1-1), activated off the disabled list from a strained right elbow earlier in the day, was charged with eight runs and 12 hits in three innings.

David Ortiz, Carl Crawford and Jarrod Saltalamacchia also homered for the Red Sox, who sent 12 batters to the plate in the first inning. Saltalamacchia had three RBIs and Crawford scored three runs. Pedroia, who sat out Tuesday, looked fine after aggravating his surgically-repaired right foot on Monday.

Lester (7-1) rebounded from three consecutive shaky starts to limit the Indians to three hits while striking out seven.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Boston   Cleveland
Jon Lester Player Mitch Talbot
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 3.0
7 Strikeouts 1
3 Hits 12
0.00 ERA 24.00
Hitting
Boston   Cleveland
Carl Crawford Player Shelley Duncan
4 Hits 2
2 RBI 2
1 HR 0
9 TB 2
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 20 4 38 .444 19 3 13 4 1 0
Cleveland 7 0 10 .212 9 10 2 1 0 2