Fausto Carmona

Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. Cleveland RHP Mitch Talbot (7-5, 4.21) vs. LHP Jamie Moyer (7-6, 4.76). Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. RHP Jake Westbrook (4-4, 4.76) vs. RHP Kyle Kendrick (4-2, 4.48). Thursday at 1:05 p.m. RHP Fausto Carmona (6-5, 3.31) vs. RHP Joe Blanton (2-5, 6.96).

From the miracles-do- happen department: Major League Baseball will not expand the use of its instant-replay system this season. The bosses - who had looked forward to reviewing trapped balls, fair-or-foul rulings, and fan interference - now hope to do so in 2013. This season will be the same as last season: Replay will remain an option only on disputed home run calls. According to the Associated Press, which cited sources familiar with the situation, there were at least two roadblocks to expanding replay reviews: umpires and players.

New York Yankees rookie Phil Hughes was halted in his no-hit bid by a left hamstring injury that could sideline him for 4 to 6 weeks. Despite his setback, the Yankees routed the host Texas Rangers, 10-1, last night. Hughes winced and grabbed his left thigh after throwing an 0-2 breaking ball to Mark Teixeira with one out in the seventh. It was his 83rd pitch of the game. Mike Myers got through the rest of the inning without a hit, then allowed a leadoff double to Hank Blalock in the eighth.

Franklin Gutierrez hit a three-run homer and the visiting Cleveland Indians rebounded from a tough loss to beat the Detroit Tigers 11-8 last night. The Indians overcame homers by Carlos Guillen, Magglio Ordonez and Marcus Thames to tie the series at a game apiece and increase their AL Central lead to 1 1/2 games over Detroit. The Tigers rallied for two runs in the ninth when Jensen Lewis allowed four hits, including RBI singles by Placido Polanco and Ordonez with one out. Joe Borowski relieved with two on and retired Guillen before striking out Ivan Rodriguez on a 3-2 pitch for his 35th save in 40 chances.

Jair Jurrjens allowed one hit in his second major league start and the Detroit Tigers got consecutive homers from Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen to edge the visiting Cleveland Indians, 2-1, last night in the opener of a key three-game series between these AL Central rivals. Jurrjens (1-1) outpitched Fausto Carmona and carried a no-hit bid into the sixth inning until Jhonny Peralta homered with one out for Cleveland's only hit of the game. The Indians' only hit was a home run for the first time in franchise history.

There was no word from George Steinbrenner about Joe Torre's job status after the Yankees' latest loss, 7-4, to the Boston Red Sox yesterday at Yankee Stadium, completed a 9-14 April. Yankees captain Derek Jeter defended his manager. "It's unfair," Jeter said. "There's no way he's responsible for us performing. He's not hitting for us. He's not pitching for us. He puts the best players out there on the field. We're just not doing the job. That's the bottom line. " Home runs by David Ortiz, Alex Cora and Manny Ramirez gave the Red Sox a 5-1 record against New York this season, and a 6 1/2-game lead in the standings.

Eric Wedge lost his job and kept his uniform. Wedge was fired yesterday as manager of the Cleveland Indians, along with the rest of coaching staff. Despite being told he would not be back next year, Wedge will manage the remainder of the season. After the firing, Wedge, in his seventh season with the Indians, watched his team split a doubleheader with the visiting Chicago White Sox. Fausto Carmona (5-12), a 19-game winner 2 years go when Wedge was named the American League's top manager, pitched seven strong innings and the Indians won the opener, 5-1. In the nightcap, Mark Buehrle (13-10)

Fausto Carmona won his 18th game, Ryan Garko and Jhonny Peralta hit back-to-back homers and Cleveland beat the visiting Oakland Athletics, 4-3, last night to lower its magic number to two for clinching its first AL Central title since 2001. Coupled with Detroit's 5-4 win over Kansas City, the Indians remain 7 1/2 games ahead in the division. "It's real exciting," Garko said. "The best part is we've been able to stop watching the scoreboard. " Carmona (18-8) has won his last four starts, allowing a total of four earned runs during the streak.

Deciding the AL Central champion will take a while. Fausto Carmona struck out a career-high 10 and finally got his 14th win as the Cleveland Indians regained a share of the division lead with Detroit by beating the visiting Tigers, 5-2, last night to split the two-game showdown series. Carmona (14-7) dominated Detroit, allowing one earned run and four hits in eight innings. Staked to an early 3-1 lead, Carmona unleashed his breaking pitches on the Tigers, retiring 13 of 14 in one stretch, and earned his first win since beating Boston, 1-0, on July 25. "Whew, Carmona was something," Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge said.

Swat! Take that, New York Yankees. Helped by a freakish invasion of bombarding bugs that rattled rookie reliever Joba Chamberlain in the eighth inning, the Cleveland Indians rallied to beat the Yankees, 2-1, in 11 innings last night to take a 2-0 lead in their American League Division Series. Travis Hafner's bases-loaded, RBI single with two outs in the 11th scored Kenny Lofton with the winner. October baseball has rarely witnessed something like this. "I'd never seen anything like it," Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said.

From the miracles-do- happen department: Major League Baseball will not expand the use of its instant-replay system this season. The bosses - who had looked forward to reviewing trapped balls, fair-or-foul rulings, and fan interference - now hope to do so in 2013. This season will be the same as last season: Replay will remain an option only on disputed home run calls. According to the Associated Press, which cited sources familiar with the situation, there were at least two roadblocks to expanding replay reviews: umpires and players.

DETROIT - Power-hitting first baseman Prince Fielder, who said it was "a dream come true," was introduced Thursday by the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park after finalizing a $214 million, nine-year contract, the fourth-largest deal in baseball history. "I just never thought this could happen," said the son of former Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder. Fielder recalled hanging around Tiger Stadium when his father played for Detroit. "For me, it was always Sparky saying I was going to pinch-hit - and I really believed him," Fielder said, referring to former managerSparky Anderson.

In 10 years, Austin Kearns has just two career hits against A.J. Burnett. He's made them both count. Kearns hit his first homer in 105 at-bats this season, a stunning three-run shot in the seventh inning off Burnett, sending the Indians to a 6-3 win and spoiling All-Star shortstop Derek Jeter's return to the Yankees' lineup last night in Cleveland. With two on and the Indians trailing 2-1, Kearns, who has been in a slump all season, hit a 1-0 pitch from Burnett (8-7) the opposite way to right for his first homer since Aug. 22, when he wore Yankee pinstripes.

CLEVELAND - Josh Beckett picked up his first regular-season win in Cleveland - where he pitched an October gem four years ago - to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 win Tuesday night over the Indians, who couldn't quite muster another late-inning rally and lost for just the fifth time at home. Beckett (4-1) allowed one run and five hits in 62/3 innings for his only non-postseason win at Progressive Field. He won here in the 2007 ALCS, pitching eight dominant innings in Game 5. Jason Varitek hit a two-run homer in the seventh off Fausto Carmona (3-5)

Grady Sizemore never heard the crowd's roar. Striding to the plate for his first at-bat in 11 months on a surgically repaired left knee, Sizemore's mind raced. His thoughts drowned out a welcoming ovation from fans who couldn't wait to see him back in Cleveland's leadoff spot and roaming centerfield. As he stepped into the box, the noisy ballpark went silent. "There was a lot going on right there," he said. The grueling rehab. The hours of practice. The wait. All of it was over.

In a season where nothing has gone right, the winless Boston Red Sox found a new way to lose yesterday. A couple of them, in fact. The Red Sox lost their sixth in a row when the Cleveland Indians squeezed home the only run in the eighth inning, then trapped pinch-runner Darnell McDonald off second base for the final out in a 1-0 victory. "It can't get any worse than this and there's only one way to go," third baseman Kevin Youkilis said. "That's up. " At 0-6, the Red Sox are off their worst start since 1945, when they lost a team-record eight straight.

Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. Cleveland RHP Mitch Talbot (7-5, 4.21) vs. LHP Jamie Moyer (7-6, 4.76). Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. RHP Jake Westbrook (4-4, 4.76) vs. RHP Kyle Kendrick (4-2, 4.48). Thursday at 1:05 p.m. RHP Fausto Carmona (6-5, 3.31) vs. RHP Joe Blanton (2-5, 6.96).

Eric Wedge lost his job and kept his uniform. Wedge was fired yesterday as manager of the Cleveland Indians, along with the rest of coaching staff. Despite being told he would not be back next year, Wedge will manage the remainder of the season. After the firing, Wedge, in his seventh season with the Indians, watched his team split a doubleheader with the visiting Chicago White Sox. Fausto Carmona (5-12), a 19-game winner 2 years go when Wedge was named the American League's top manager, pitched seven strong innings and the Indians won the opener, 5-1. In the nightcap, Mark Buehrle (13-10)

The American League Central is far from a glamour division. There's not a well-rounded, powerhouse team, like the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. There's not a great-story and surprise club like the Tampa Bay Rays, also of the AL East. There's not a team that the whole baseball world seems to be keeping an eye on, like the Chicago Cubs, who lead the National League Central with the best record in the league 100 years after last winning the World Series. What does the AL Central have?

Manny Ramirez hit two more homers off an ineffective Mike Mussina, leading Josh Beckett and the visiting Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees, 7-5, in a game that nearly got testy last night. With Ramirez enjoying his latest outburst against his favorite foe, Yankees reliever Kyle Farnsworth threw a 97 mph fastball behind the slugger's neck on the first pitch of the seventh inning, drawing cheers from the sellout crowd of 55,088. Ramirez flinched and dropped his bat, but never made a motion toward the mound.