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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

2011-04-06 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 9523 · 39°F, overcast · Wind 13 mph from RF · 3:24

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 8–4. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 6th. Rafael Perez earned the win. Asdrubal Cabrera went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	7
CLE	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	1		8	8

W: Rafael Perez L: Daisuke Matsuzaka SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dale Scott · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: CB Bucknor · 3B: Dan Iassogna · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacoby Ellsbury	5	0	0	1	0	3
Carl Crawford	4	1	2	0	1	0
Dustin Pedroia	3	0	0	0	0	1
Adrian Gonzalez	3	1	2	2	1	1
Kevin Youkilis	4	0	0	0	0	2
David Ortiz	4	1	1	0	0	0
J. D. Drew	3	1	1	0	0	2
Jason Varitek	2	0	0	0	1	0
Marco Scutaro	4	0	1	1	0	2
Mike Cameron	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jed Lowrie	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Michael Brantley	4	2	1	1	1	1
Asdrubal Cabrera	5	1	2	4	0	0
Shin-Soo Choo	4	1	1	2	0	0
Carlos Santana	4	0	1	0	0	1
Travis Hafner	3	0	1	0	1	2
Orlando Cabrera	3	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Buck	3	1	0	0	0	0
Matt LaPorta	3	2	2	1	0	0
Jack Hannahan	2	1	0	0	2	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Daisuke Matsuzaka	5.0	6	3	2
Dennys Reyes	0.0	0	1	0
Dan Wheeler	1.0	1	0	0
Tim Wakefield	2.0	1	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mitch Talbot	4.1	5	3	7
Chad Durbin	0.1	0	0	1
Rafael Perez	1.1	0	0	2
Frank Herrmann	1.0	2	0	1
Tony Sipp	1.0	0	0	0
Vinnie Pestano	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jacoby Ellsbury: K
Carl Crawford: S19/G13
Dustin Pedroia: K
Adrian Gonzalez: SB2
Adrian Gonzalez: K

Bot 1

Michael Brantley: S9/G34+
Asdrubal Cabrera: 7/F78M
Shin-Soo Choo: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Carlos Santana: 8/F8RM
Travis Hafner: W
Orlando Cabrera: HP.1-2
Travis Buck: 7/F7M

Top 2

Kevin Youkilis: 63/G6
David Ortiz: S8/L8LM
J. D. Drew: S7/G5.1-2
Jason Varitek: W.2-3;1-2
Marco Scutaro: S5/G15-.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jacoby Ellsbury: 31/G34.3-H;2-3;1-2
Carl Crawford: 5/L56

Bot 2

Matt LaPorta: S8/L8RS
Jack Hannahan: 8/F8RM
Michael Brantley: W.1-2
Asdrubal Cabrera: S7/L6D.2-H;1-2
Shin-Soo Choo: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 3

Dustin Pedroia: HP
Adrian Gonzalez: D7/F7LD+.1-3
Kevin Youkilis: K
David Ortiz: 6/L6MD-
J. D. Drew: K

Bot 3

Carlos Santana: K
Travis Hafner: K
Orlando Cabrera: 7/L7D+

Top 4

Jason Varitek: 8/F8RM
Marco Scutaro: K
Jacoby Ellsbury: K

Bot 4

Travis Buck: 8/F8RS
Matt LaPorta: 2/F23F-
Jack Hannahan: W
Michael Brantley: 3/G34S-

Top 5

Carl Crawford: W
Dustin Pedroia: SB2
Dustin Pedroia: 43/G4+.2-3
Adrian Gonzalez: IW
Kevin Youkilis: K
David Ortiz: 3/G3-

Bot 5

Asdrubal Cabrera: 43/G4
Shin-Soo Choo: 43/G34
Carlos Santana: S9/G4
Travis Hafner: S7/L7S.1-2
Orlando Cabrera: 143/L13-

Top 6

J. D. Drew: K
Jason Varitek: 9/F89S
Marco Scutaro: K

Bot 6

Travis Buck: HP
Matt LaPorta: HP.1-2
Jack Hannahan: W.2-3;1-2
Michael Brantley: 5(2)/FO/R2/L5.3-H;1-2
Asdrubal Cabrera: HR/F9D+.2-H;1-H
Shin-Soo Choo: 7/F78D
Carlos Santana: 43/G4S-

Top 7

Jacoby Ellsbury: K
Carl Crawford: S6/G4MS-
Dustin Pedroia: 9/L9D+
Adrian Gonzalez: HR/F9D+.1-H
Kevin Youkilis: 3/F3S-

Bot 7

Travis Hafner: K
Orlando Cabrera: 3/F3D-
Travis Buck: 43/G4

Top 8

David Ortiz: 2/P2F
Mike Cameron: 8/F8RD
Jed Lowrie: 7/F78M

Bot 8

Matt LaPorta: HR/F7LD+
Jack Hannahan: 43/G4
Michael Brantley: K
Asdrubal Cabrera: 7/F78S

Top 9

Marco Scutaro: 9/F9LS
Jacoby Ellsbury: 43/G4S-
Carl Crawford: 7/L7LM

Notes & reviews

Boston third baseman Kevin Youkilis did not catch the liner but recovered in time to step on the bag for the force; he threw home where catcher Jason Varitek stepped on the plate thinking he had a force; John Buck scored because he was not tagged

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