Indians use seven-run 11th to even series with Red Sox

BOSTON -- Trot Nixon was back at Fenway Park in the playoffs. This time, though, he came through for Cleveland.

The former Red Sox stalwart snapped an 11th-inning tie with a pinch-hit single, and the Indians broke loose for six more runs in a record-setting performance to beat Boston 13-6 early Sunday morning and tie the AL championship series at a game apiece.

The anticipated matchup of postseason star Curt Schilling and 19-game winner Fausto Carmona fizzled into a stalemate that lasted 5 hours, 14 minutes. It ended at 12:37 a.m. CDT, when Joe Borowski got a game-ending double play.

The best-of-seven series moves to Cleveland for Game 3 tonight, when Red Sox rookie Daisuke Matsuzaka will face Jake Westbrook.

Manny Ramirez set a record with his 23rd postseason homer, and Mike Lowell followed with a shot that gave the Red Sox a 6-5 lead in the fifth and a chance to take control of the series.

Then their big bats finally went quiet and the Indians tied the game in the eighth on an RBI groundout.

Tom Mastny got the win for Cleveland.

-- AP