Shelton hits 8th homer to beat Tribe

DETROIT (AP) -- Chris Shelton keeps saying he's not a home-run hitter, even though he leads the major leagues.
Shelton's eighth home run backed Mike Maroth and led the Detroit Tigers over the Cleveland Indians 1-0 Sunday.
"I just put a good swing on it. I can't really tell you why it went out of the ballpark, but it did," said Shelton. "I wasn't trying to go up there and hit a home run, I was just trying to hit it hard."
Shelton hit a pitch from Cliff Lee (1-1) over the left-center field fence and into the Cleveland bullpen with one out in the fourth inning. Five of Shelton's homers have been solo shots.
"It wasn't that bad of a pitch," Lee said of the cutter. "It wasn't exactly where I wanted it. He's seeing the ball good and making solid contact."
Seven strong innings
Maroth (2-0) allowed three hits in seven innings, struck out five and walked two. Maroth's start had been pushed back three days because of elbow soreness. He said the elbow felt fine but was a little tender late in the game.
"He just kept the ball down, did a good job, made his pitches," said Cleveland's Grady Sizemore, who went 0-for-2 with a walk against Maroth. "We didn't do a good job making adjustments, so we helped him out a little bit."
Joel Zumaya got out of a two-on jam in the eighth by striking out Sizemore and Jason Michaels. Fernando Rodney completed the four-hitter with a perfect ninth for his third save in as many chances.
Detroit has taken two of three in the four-game series against the Indians after winning its first four games under new manager Jim Leyland and then losing four in a row.
"These are the kind of games you're going to have to win if you're going to be a good team," Leyland said.
Tribe's Lee pitches well
Lee gave up five hits and three walks in 71/3 innings, and struck out six.
"Cliff was outstanding. Cliff was right there with him," Cleveland manager Eric Wedge said. "He gave us every opportunity to win the ball game."
Cleveland threatened when Michaels doubled with one out in the first and Jhonny Peralta walked. But Travis Hafner grounded into a double play.
"I got the ground ball I was looking for," Maroth said.
Lee escaped early trouble, striking out Magglio Ordonez and Marcus Thames with two on in the first, then retired Curtis Granderson on an inning-ending popout with two on in the second.
Wedge gets ejected
Wedge was ejected in the fifth inning by plate umpire Paul Emmel while Ronnie Belliard was batting. Wedge then went on the field to argue with Emmel and was restrained by first-base umpire Bruce Froemming. "I just had an issue with some of the balls-and-strikes calls," Wedge said.
"I didn't think I did much to get tossed, but he did and that was the end of it. I just felt like there were a couple of questionable calls."
Another one came in the eighth inning.
Indians first baseman Eduardo Perez ranged far to his right to snag Granderson's bouncer and flipped the ball to Lee, covering the bag.
Umpire Bruce Froemming called Granderson safe, and Lee fumed.
"He was out," Lee said.
"There's no doubt in my mind. I tagged him and also beat him to the base. He had to come through my arm to get there.
"I did my job, we just couldn't score today," he said.
"There was nothing I could do about that. But there will be a game down the line where I give it up, and the offense will pick me up and outscore the other team."