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A trio of backups carried the Red Sox Saturday afternoon, giving them a big come-from-behind victory over the Indians.

The Red Sox do not plan on carrying 13 pitchers for long, and whenever they make their next moves, they will have some choices.

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona was worried before Thursday's game that his return to Fenway Park - and all the media attention it received - might distract his relatively young team from its purpose in the first of a four-game series.

Francona, let go by Boston after the 2011 season, got a standing ovation after the first inning during a video tribute on the center-field scoreboard.

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona gained something more significant than a warm nostalgic welcome from his awaited return to Fenway Park.

There's too much drama there, too much history. There's two World Series trophies and there's even, in case you didn't hear, a best-selling book he co-wrote about his time as Red Sox manager.

On April 16-18, in Terry Francona 's first crack at the Red Sox since his dismissal, the Tribe was swept in a three-game series at Progressive Field.

Justin Masterson twirled a gem and struck out a season-high 11 batters and Michael Brantley drove in four runs as the Cleveland Indians downed the Seattle Mariners, 6-0, picking up a win for the third time in this four-game set.

Drew Stubbs ' RBI double with one out in the 10th inning lifted the Cleveland Indians to their fifth straight victory, 7-6 over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.

If it's true a baseball team is only as strong as its weakest link -- I believe it was Connie Mack who had those words written on the inside of his derby when he was managing the old Philadelphia A's -- then the Indians are in great shape.

One month of the 2013 Major League season is in the books. Over the course of the past 30 days we've learned a lot about the Indians.

Two years ago, the then-25-year-old first baseman was coming off a 2011 season in which he'd hit 12 home runs in barely 300 plate appearances for the Seattle Mariners and 21 more in fewer than 300 plate appearances at Triple-A Tacoma.