Well then, that got out of control quickly. Corey Kluber struggled in his third start for Cleveland and Josh Tomlin was no help in relief. At least the Indians managed to split the series with the Red Sox, who also have struggled in the second half.
Notable: Carlos Santana got switched from first base to left field late in the game. Notable: He didn’t look that awful. And no, there was no injury related to the strange move, as Manny Acta just said he wanted to give Shin-Soo Choo a little breather and a full day of rest for Michael Brantley.
Scoring Summary |
Top 1st: Boston |
– D. Pedroia doubled to right, C. Crawford scored |
– A. Gonzalez homered to deep right, D. Pedroia scored |
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Bot 1st: Cleveland |
– C. Santana hit sacrifice fly to center, J. Donald scored |
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Top 2nd: Boston |
– C. Crawford doubled to deep right center, M. Aviles and J. Ellsbury scored |
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Top 4th: Boston |
– K. Shoppach singled to shallow center, M. Aviles scored, K. Shoppach to second advancing on throw |
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Top 5th: Boston |
– C. Ross singled to shallow right, D. Pedroia scored, A. Gonzalez to third |
– J. Saltalamacchia singled to shallow right, A. Gonzalez scored, C. Ross to second |
– D. Valencia hit sacrifice fly to left, C. Ross scored |
– J. Ellsbury doubled to deep center, J. Saltalamacchia and M. Aviles scored |
– C. Crawford doubled to center, J. Ellsbury scored |
– A. Gonzalez doubled to deep center, C. Crawford and D. Pedroia scored |
Batting |
2B – J Ellsbury (13, J Tomlin); C Crawford 3 (8, C Kluber 2, J Tomlin); D Pedroia (23, C Kluber); A Gonzalez (36, F Herrmann); M Aviles (25, F Herrmann). |
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HR – A Gonzalez (13, 1st inning off C Kluber 1 on, 1 Out). |
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SF – D Valencia. |
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RBI – J Ellsbury 2 (10), C Crawford 3 (16), D Pedroia (43), A Gonzalez 4 (80), C Ross (59), J Saltalamacchia (47), D Valencia (18), K Shoppach (17). |
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2-out RBI – J Ellsbury 2, C Crawford 3, A Gonzalez 2. |
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Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – J Ellsbury 1, C Crawford 1, D Pedroia 1, C Ross 1, J Saltalamacchia 2. |
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GIDP – D Valencia. |
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Team LOB – 7. |
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Base Running |
SB – M Aviles (11, 2nd base off C Kluber/L Marson). |
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Batting |
2B – E Carrera (1, J Tazawa). |
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SF – C Santana. |
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RBI – C Santana (53). |
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Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – J Donald 2, B Lillibridge 1. |
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Team LOB – 7. |
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Fielding |
E – J Donald (4, field). |
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PB – L Marson. |
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DP – 1 (J Donald-B Lillibridge-C Kotchman). |
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Boston |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
J. Lester (W, 6-10) |
6.0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
1.37 |
5.20 |
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J. Tazawa |
1.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.25 |
1.66 |
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C. Mortensen |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.95 |
1.65 |
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A. Aceves |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.18 |
4.14 |
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Cleveland |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
C. Kluber (L, 0-1) |
3.1 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1.90 |
8.56 |
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J. Tomlin |
1.1 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1.46 |
6.36 |
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F. Herrmann |
2.1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1.88 |
3.38 |
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C. Allen |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.88 |
0.00 |
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J. Smith |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1.18 |
3.04 |
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2 Comments
No way this is our long term LF solution, right?
I skipped the game when I saw the score before getting home (mlb.tv). Is it worth watching just to see Santana in LF? Why on Earth did we risk him out there?