Martinez's two-run blast carries Tribe past Red Sox

Boston's ace moved ahead of two Hall of Famers on the all-time list for strikeouts.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Curt Schilling slipped past Hall of Famers Bob Feller and Warren Spahn.
He couldn't get anything by Victor Martinez.
The Cleveland catcher hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Jake Westbrook shut out Boston for six and the Indians beat Schilling 2-1 on Monday night, handing the Red Sox their fourth straight loss.
"The ball to Martinez is one I want back," said Schilling, who grooved a first-pitch fastball.
Even after connecting and watching his fifth homer sail over the right-field wall, Martinez couldn't believe his eyes.
"I was rounding the bases," said Martinez, 3-for-3 against Schilling, "and I thought, 'Oh, my God, I just hit a home run off Curt Schilling.' "
Westbrook wins
Westbrook (2-1) closed his case for a permanent spot in Cleveland's rotation by holding the Red Sox to six hits and outdueling Schilling (3-2).
Cleveland has a surplus of starters, and with Jason Stanford set to return from the disabled list, manager Eric Wedge has some decisions to make.
One of them might be taken care of.
Westbrook had his third straight superb outing. He has given up just two runs and eight hits in his last 22 innings. Using his sinker to perfection, the right-hander got 13 outs on groundballs.
"Jake obviously deserves to be in the rotation," Wedge said.
And Westbrook plans to stay there.
"I want to start, but I'll pitch wherever they need me," said Westbrook, who has bounced between the rotation and bullpen his entire career. "It felt good to go out there and put up six zeros."
Passes Feller and Spahn
Schilling didn't have his best stuff, but other than giving up Martinez's homer, the right-hander pitched well enough to win. He allowed two runs and seven hits, walked one and struck out six.
He has 2,587 strikeouts, moving him into 20th place on the career list ahead of Feller (2,581) and Spahn (2,583).
"Jake pitched a great game, but we've got to win games like this," Schilling said. "It was one of those where if you score two, I've got to give up one. You score three, I've got to give up two."
The Red Sox stranded 13 and have lost four straight for the first time since July 30 to Aug. 2 last season.
"Anytime this team loses four in a row," Johnny Damon said, "there is something terribly wrong."
For the Indians, that had been the case with their bullpen.
Relievers come through
But for one of the few times this season, Cleveland's relievers avoided a late-inning collapse.
David Riske, the club's deposed closer, walked two in the seventh inning before Rick White came on. David Ortiz followed with an RBI double to deep center that probably should have been caught by Alex Escobar on the warning track.
But after walking Manny Ramirez to load the bases, White struck out Brian Daubach and Jason Varitek to keep Cleveland up 2-1.
"That was fun," said White, who stuck with his curveball and struck out two more in the eighth. "We're coming around. Guys are starting to believe in themselves."
Rafael Betancourt took over in the ninth. He gave up a leadoff single to Damon, who stole second on a strikeout and went to third on catcher Martinez's throwing error.
With Cleveland's infield playing in, Betancourt got Ortiz to hit a hard grounder to second for an out. He then walked Ramirez before getting Daubach to fly to left for his first save -- and just the Indians' third in nine tries.
"It was nice to see the bullpen get it done," Westbrook said.
Wedge juggled his batting order for Schilling, moving Martinez -- primarily the No. 6 hitter -- into the cleanup spot for the first time this season.
The move paid off immediately when Martinez followed a two-out single by Jody Gerut with his fifth homer, a shot into the lower deck in right on Schilling's first pitch.
"It came down to one pitch," Schilling said. "I knew what pitch I wanted to make, and I went away from it."