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	Tribe runs Cleveland clinic

Sox stuck in reverse

By Ian Browne / MLB.com

Like in his last playoff start, Daisuke Matsuzka couldn't make it out of the fifth inning as the Red Sox fell behind against the Indians. Jason Varitek ripped his first homer of the postseason, but the two-run shot in the seventh wasn't enough to rally Boston.

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Boston falls in Game 3

Varitek's two-run blast

Indians 4, Red Sox 2

Closer Joe Borowski and Victor Martinez celebrate Monday's final out in Cleveland. (Elsa/Getty Images)

View series Red Sox win series, 4-3
Game	Matchup	Day	Date	Time ET	TV
Gm 1	CLE 3 @ BOS 10	Fri	Oct. 12
Gm 2	CLE 13 @ BOS 6	Sat	Oct. 13
Gm 3	BOS 2 @ CLE 4	Mon	Oct. 15
Gm 4	BOS 3 @ CLE 7	Tue	Oct. 16
Gm 5	BOS 7 @ CLE 1	Thu	Oct. 18
Gm 6	CLE 2 @ BOS 12	Sat	Oct. 20
Gm 7	CLE 2 @ BOS 11	Sun	Oct. 21

The Jake is all Jake's

By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com

Jake Westbrook had his sinker working to perfection, shutting down the Red Sox and putting the Tribe two wins away from capturing the American League pennant. Kenny Lofton went deep in the second inning to stick Boston in an early hole at Jacobs Field.

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Lofton's two-run homer

Westbrook induces third DP

Westbrook escapes big jam

Borowski gets the save

Cabrera's RBI single

Hafner's RBI groundout

Tribe's 4-5-3 DP

Indians' Game 3 postgame comments

Garko on Game 3 win

Boston

Cleveland

October 15, 2007

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	0
Cleveland	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	4	6	1

Recap: BOS | CLE | Gameday | Red Sox stats | Indians stats

Boston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Pedroia, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.167
Youkilis, 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.364
Ortiz, DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.444
Ramirez, LF	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	.444
Lowell, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333
Drew, RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.273
Varitek, C	4	1	1	2	0	0	3	.143
Crisp, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250
Lugo, SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.182
Totals	31	2	7	2	3	4	12
BATTING 2B: Ortiz (2, Westbrook). HR: Varitek (1, 7th inning off Westbrook, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Youkilis; Ortiz 2; Ramirez; Lowell; Drew; Varitek 4; Lugo. RBI: Varitek 2 (4). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Drew. GIDP: Ortiz; Crisp; Ramirez. Team LOB: 5.

Cleveland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Sizemore, CF	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.231
Cabrera, 2B	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.333
Hafner, DH	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	.273
Martinez, C	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	.364
Garko, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	2	3	.333
Peralta, SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	.308
Lofton, LF	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	.308
Nixon, RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Gutierrez, RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100
Blake, 3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Totals	30	4	6	4	3	10	8
BATTING HR: Lofton (1, 2nd inning off Matsuzaka, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Cabrera 2; Martinez; Garko; Lofton 4; Blake. RBI: Lofton 2 (2), Cabrera (3), Hafner (2). 2-out RBI: Lofton 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Martinez; Garko. Team LOB: 5. FIELDING E: Garko (1, fielding). DP: 3 (Cabrera-Blake-Garko, Peralta-Cabrera-Garko, Peralta-Garko).

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Matsuzaka (L, 0-1)	4.2	6	4	4	2	6	1	7.71
Timlin	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Okajima	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Delcarmen	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.75

Cleveland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Westbrook (W, 1-0)	6.2	7	2	2	3	2	1	2.70
Lewis (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.40
Betancourt (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Borowski (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

WP: Matsuzaka.
Pitches-strikes: Matsuzaka 101-59, Timlin 20-11, Okajima 19-12, Delcarmen 7-6, Westbrook 104-66, Lewis 8-6, Betancourt 13-11, Borowski 17-12.
Ground outs-fly outs: Matsuzaka 6-2, Timlin 2-0, Okajima 2-2, Delcarmen 0-0, Westbrook 14-3, Lewis 0-0, Betancourt 0-2, Borowski 0-3.
Batters faced: Matsuzaka 22, Timlin 4, Okajima 5, Delcarmen 2, Westbrook 27, Lewis 1, Betancourt 3, Borowski 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Timlin 2-0, Delcarmen 1-0, Lewis 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Gorman. 1B: Paul Emmel. 2B: Gary Cederstrom. 3B: Dana DeMuth. LF: Randy Marsh. RF: Kerwin Danley.
Weather: 69 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, R to L.
T: 3:28.
Att: 44,402.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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