Sox fall short

Boston — Jake Peavy has been around long enough to know that pitchers go through stretches without run support. It’s something he’s felt more than almost everyone else in the American League this season.

Peavy grinded through six tough innings and left with the lead before the Cleveland Indians rallied for two unearned runs against Boston’s bullpen for a 3-2 victory on Saturday.

Entering the day with the second-lowest run support in the AL behind Baltimore’s Ubaldo Jimenez, Peavy left with a 2-1 lead after stranding nine Cleveland base runners.

“Obviously it’s been tough to score on my day, that’s something I’m not going to shy away from the fact,” Peavy said. “I’m not blaming anyone. I have to be better. Guys have to find a way to be better on my day to win. It’s frustrating, no doubt. At the end of the day it’s frustrating to lose.”

Peavy, 0-4 with a 5.46 ERA in his past nine starts, came into the day with his teammates averaging just 3.21 runs while he was in the game.

“He was great. He deserved to win,” said Boston catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who made the key error that led to the unearned runs. “He battled the whole six innings, one run, left with the lead. We had a chance to shut them down, didn’t do it. It’s all my fault.”

Craig Breslow (2-2) took the loss, allowing both unearned runs and two hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning.

Jason Kipnis had three hits as the Indians snapped a four-game losing streak.

Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Brantley each had a pair of hits for Cleveland, which had lost eight of its past nine games at Fenway Park. John Axford ( 2- 3) earned the win with one scoreless inning in relief of T.J. House.

David Ortiz doubled in a run in the first inning for Boston. It was his 422nd career double in a Red Sox uniform, tying Wade Boggs for fourth on the team’s all-time list. Indians Red Sox