CLEVELAND (AP) — Mitch Moreland hit a fifth-inning home run, Drew Pomeranz and three relievers bested Corey Kluber, and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 6-1.
Moreland homered to right on a 1-0 pitch from Kluber, who allowed two runs over 7 2/3 innings.
Mookie Betts’ RBI single with two outs in the eighth ended the night for Cleveland’s ace, who allowed four hits and struck out 12.
The Indians’ lead in the AL Central stays at 4 ½ games over Minnesota after the Twins absorbed a 4-3 loss to the White Sox.
Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis is on the disabled list again with a strained right hamstring. Kipnis returned recently after missing a month but was removed from Tuesday night’s game against Boston.
He grounded out in the first inning and was replaced by a pinch hitter in the third.
Kipnis joins a list of injured Indians players that seems to grow by the day.