AMERICAN LEAGUE Durbin pitches way into rotation

Cleveland beat Boston, 10-6, no thanks to Jeff D'Amico.
BOSTON (AP) -- Jeff D'Amico and Byung-Hyun Kim won't have a chance for another rematch for a while.
The two pitchers faced each other for the second time in a row, and for the second straight time they both struggled.
After Cleveland beat Boston 10-6 on Monday night to snap a five-game losing streak, the Red Sox dropped Kim from the starting rotation, and Indians manager Eric Wedge sounded ready to skip D'Amico's next turn in favor of Chad Durbin.
"We've got a day off coming up here. We're going to pitch the best starters we have," Wedge said. "I've always said Durbin will have a chance to start at some point. I think he did a good job today."
Short-timer
Kim lasted just 31/3 innings and gave up six runs -- four earned and two more on a passed ball when he crossed up catcher Jason Varitek. D'Amico allowed four runs in 22/3 innings but avoided the loss because Durbin (3-3) was able to hold Boston to just one more run through the fifth.
Durbin relieved D'Amico with runners on first and third with two outs in the third and got Pokey Reese to line out to center to end the inning.
Durbin gave up one hit -- Brian Daubach's solo homer -- and two walks while striking out three. D'Amico, who has a 7.92 ERA, was scheduled to return to Cleveland today to have his back checked out.
"I just went out there battling" with control, he said. "It's harder than it needs to be."
Ben Broussard hit two of Cleveland's eight doubles and Ronnie Belliard had two hits to raise his AL-leading batting average to .383.
Kim (1-1) gave up five hits and three walks before leaving to catcalls from the Fenway crowd. Manager Terry Francona said the team hadn't decided whether Kim, who has a 6.17 ERA, will go to the minors or the bullpen.
"Right now, it's just not working starting," Francona said. "I don't think it's fair to him or to us. So we're going to make a change for now."
Bronson Arroyo will start Saturday in Toronto.
Tribe's homers
The Indians hit the ball off the Green Monster three times in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead. After Boston tied it, Cleveland scored twice on Varitek's passed ball.
Varitek also hit a solo homer, and Johnny Damon had three singles for the Red Sox, who lost their second straight game. Boston threw out five Cleveland runners on the basepaths.
It was a rematch of last Wednesday's matchup between D'Amico and Kim in Cleveland, when the two combined to allow 11 earned runs and neither made it to the sixth inning. But the Indians won this time, thanks to four shots off Fenway's left-field wall and two more that short-hopped it.
Boston outfielder Manny Ramirez missed his first start of the season because he was being sworn in as a U.S. citizen in Miami. General manager Theo Epstein said the team was notified in advance and Ramirez was given permission to miss the game.