CLEVELAND (AP) — Tim Wakefield bounced back from two rough outings and became Boston’s all-time leader in innings pitched, leading the Red Sox past the Cleveland Indians 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Wakefield (2-4) gave up four hits and one earned run over 7 1-3 innings to push his career innings pitched to 2,777, one more than Roger Clemens worked in a Red Sox uniform.

The 43-year-old left after yielding a pinch-double to Travis Hafner, who had been 0 for 10 against the knuckleballer.

Hideki Okajima and Ramon Ramirez each got one out, stranding pinch-runner Anderson Hernandez at third base to end the eighth. Daniel Bard worked the ninth for his second save in five chances.

Wakefield struck out six without a walk, continuing the Red Sox rotation’s remarkable road run. Their starters are 9-0 with a 0.75 ERA in the last 10 games away from Fenway Park. The right-hander was 0-2 with a 13.97 ERA in his previous two starts but retired 15 in a row at one point and improved to 12-8 in his career against Cleveland.

The Red Sox have won 17 of 20 against Cleveland since trailing the Indians 3-1 in the 2007 AL championship series, then rallying to win the AL pennant and the World Series.

Boston is 8-2 and the Indians 3-7 in their last 10 games.

Cleveland took a 1-0 lead in the first. Shin-Soo Choo tripled with one out and scored when Jhonny Peralta’s two-out grounder handcuffed third baseman Adrian Beltre for an error.

Boston got three unearned runs in the fourth off David Huff (2-7) after Victor Martinez reached when his two-out flyball was dropped by Trevor Crowe on the warning track in center for a two-base error.

Kevin Youkilis followed with a double off the scoreboard in left, scoring Martinez. Red Sox manager Terry Francona argued it was a home run and the umpires used instant replay, which showed the ball falling short by several feet.

David Ortiz drove home Youkilis with a single off the glove of second baseman Luis Valbuena. After Beltre singled, Bill Hall doubled in Ortiz for a 3-1 lead.

When Huff got Mike Cameron to pop to center, fans gave Crowe a mocking cheer as he made the ordinary play. But Crowe got a genuine ovation in the seventh after taking a hit away from Marco Scutaro with a diving catch.

Cameron robbed Crowe of extra bases in the sixth, snaring his drive with an over-the-shoulder catch on the warning track in center. Choo followed with a two-out single to become Cleveland’s first baserunner since Beltre’s error.

Shelley Duncan’s home run off the left-field foul pole with two outs in the seventh pulled Cleveland to 3-2.

Huff gave up eight hits over six innings, walking one and striking out six. The left-hander fell to 1-7 in nine starts since April 21.

NOTES: Boston OF Jacoby Ellsbury, limited to nine games this year by four broken ribs, will be checked by Dr. Lewis Yocum on Wednesday in Los Angeles. … Cleveland designated INF Mark Grudzielanek for assignment and Hernandez brought up from Triple-A Columbus. … Francona said RHP Jonathan Papelbon (bereavement list) worked out at Fenway Park. It’s not known when Papelbon will return. … Boston OF J.D. Drew, batting .197 (13 for 66) against lefties, didn’t start. He flied out as a pinch-hitter against RHP Chris Perez in the eighth.

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