DETROIT — Carl Pavano pitched 7-1/3 effective innings and the Cleveland Indians held off the Detroit Tigers 6-5 on Friday night.
Pavano (1-3), who made his longest start since a shutout win at Seattle on May 17, 2005, left with Cleveland leading 6-1 in the eighth inning. Detroit added four more runs in the inning before Kerry Wood pitched a scoreless ninth for his fifth save in as many chances.
Cleveland’s Jhonny Peralta ended an 0-for-8 skid with an RBI single and solo homer in his first two at-bats. The first hit was part of Cleveland’s four-run second inning.
Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the eighth, but it wasn’t enough to help Detroit’s Armando Galarraga (3-1), who allowed five earned runs in five innings.
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