LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) _ Luis Polonia has always believed in himself. More and more, the Detroit Tigers are believing in him, too.

Polonia had a homer, a triple and scored three runs Tuesday as the Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 11-4 on Tuesday.

``There is nothing that can get me down,'' said Polonia, 35, who spent two years playing in Mexico City before signing a minor league contract in 1999 with Detroit. ``I know what I can do.''

Polonia led the Tigers with a .324 average in 87 games after being called up last season. Phil Garner, the new Tigers' manager is learning that was no accident.

``I hadn't seen him play for a couple of years,'' Garner said. ``But the guy just keeps on playing. He's a spark for this club.''

Robert Fick also hit a solo homer and Gregg Jefferies hit a three-run homer for the Tigers, helping make a winner of starter Jeff Weaver (1-1).

Richie Sexson and Roberto Alomar both doubled for Cleveland and Lance Johnson had a triple, but the Indians hurt themselves with some lax play. David Justice made two errors in left field and third baseman Travis Fryman had a throwing error.

The record crowd of 7,488 _ breaking the old Marchant Stadium record of 7,440 set last week when the New York Yankees were in town _ booed Manny Ramirez when he failed to run out a grounder in the Cleveland eighth. In his defense, the ball bounded to second on a checked swing which seemed to catch Ramirez by surprise.

``I talked to him about it when he got back the dugout,'' Cleveland manager Charlie Manuel said. ``He understood. He said he wouldn't do it any more.''

Cleveland starter Jaret Wright (2-1) gave up six runs _ four earned _ on six hits in two innings. Wright, who was 8-10 with a 6.06 ERA, also walked two.