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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

2017-08-21 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 21428 · 80°F · Wind 7 mph R to L · 3:39

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 5–4. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Andrew Benintendi homers (18) on a line drive to right field. Mookie Betts scores. Cleveland Indians took the lead in the 2nd — Roberto Perez homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Jay Bruce scores. Brandon Guyer scores. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 5th — Hanley Ramirez homers (19) on a fly ball to left field. Mookie Betts scores. Cleveland Indians took the lead in the 9th — Roberto Perez hits a sacrifice bunt. Brandon Guyer scores. Roberto Perez to 1st. Throwing error by first baseman Brock Holt. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Edwin Encarnacion singles on a ground ball to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Francisco Lindor scores. Austin Jackson to 3rd. Edwin Encarnacion to 2nd — worth 36% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Cody Allen L: Brandon Workman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hunter Wendelstedt · 1B: Bill Welke · 2B: Alan Porter · 3B: Andy Fletcher · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eduardo Nunez	5	0	0	0	0	1
Mookie Betts	2	2	0	0	3	0
Andrew Benintendi	4	1	2	2	0	0
Hanley Ramirez	3	1	1	2	1	0
Rafael Devers	4	0	0	0	0	2
Xander Bogaerts	2	0	0	0	2	1
Brock Holt	4	0	0	0	0	2
Christian Vazquez	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jackie Bradley	3	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor	3	1	0	0	1	0
Austin Jackson	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jose Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Edwin Encarnacion	3	0	1	1	1	1
Jay Bruce	4	1	1	0	0	3
Carlos Santana	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Guyer	3	2	2	0	1	0
Roberto Perez	3	1	1	3	0	2
Gio Urshela	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Zimmer	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eduardo Rodriguez	5.2	4	2	5
Joe Kelly	1.1	0	0	1
Matt Barnes	0.0	1	1	0
Heath Hembree	0.1	1	0	1
Robby Scott	0.2	0	0	2
Brandon Workman	0.0	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Clevinger	4.1	4	4	4
Tyler Olson	0.2	0	1	0
Nick Goody	1.0	0	0	2
Andrew Miller	0.0	0	1	0
Dan Otero	2.0	0	0	2
Cody Allen	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eduardo Nunez: 13/G13
Mookie Betts: W
Andrew Benintendi: HR/F9D+.1-H
Hanley Ramirez: 13/G34S-
Rafael Devers: K

Bot 1

Francisco Lindor: 4/F8RS
Austin Jackson: S8/L6MD-
Jose Ramirez: 6/F56D-
Edwin Encarnacion: 5/F5F-

Top 2

Xander Bogaerts: K
Brock Holt: 63/G6M-
Christian Vazquez: S9/G3
Jackie Bradley: K

Bot 2

Jay Bruce: S9/L9M
Carlos Santana: 8/F8LD+
Brandon Guyer: W.1-2
Roberto Perez: HR/F8RXD+.2-H;1-H
Gio Urshela: 43/G4M
Francisco Lindor: 63/G6

Top 3

Eduardo Nunez: 5/L56S
Mookie Betts: 3/G3S-
Andrew Benintendi: S8/L8RM+
Hanley Ramirez: W.1-2
Rafael Devers: 5/L56+

Bot 3

Austin Jackson: K
Jose Ramirez: 53/G56S+
Edwin Encarnacion: K

Top 4

Xander Bogaerts: W
Brock Holt: K
Christian Vazquez: 53/G5S-.1-2
Jackie Bradley: HP
Eduardo Nunez: 3/G34S-

Bot 4

Jay Bruce: K
Carlos Santana: 53/G5
Brandon Guyer: S3/G4S-
Roberto Perez: K

Top 5

Mookie Betts: W
Andrew Benintendi: 2/F5SF-
Hanley Ramirez: SB2
Hanley Ramirez: HR/F7LD+.2-H
Rafael Devers: 5/F15-
Xander Bogaerts: W
Brock Holt: 3/L34S

Bot 5

Gio Urshela: 43/G4
Francisco Lindor: 13/G15+
Austin Jackson: 43/G4

Top 6

Christian Vazquez: K
Jackie Bradley: 43/G4+
Eduardo Nunez: K

Bot 6

Jose Ramirez: 63/G6
Edwin Encarnacion: W
Jay Bruce: BK.1-2
Jay Bruce: K
Carlos Santana: 8/F8RD

Top 7

Mookie Betts: W
Andrew Benintendi: 36(1)/FO/G3S-
Hanley Ramirez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 7

Brandon Guyer: 9/F34D-
Roberto Perez: K
Gio Urshela: 9/L9LM+

Top 8

Rafael Devers: K
Xander Bogaerts: 63/G6
Brock Holt: K

Bot 8

Francisco Lindor: W
Austin Jackson: S7/L6D.1-2
Jose Ramirez: K
Edwin Encarnacion: S7/L56+.2-H;1-3;B-2
Jay Bruce: K
Bradley Zimmer: K

Top 9

Christian Vazquez: S8/F8RXD+
Jackie Bradley: 9/L89D+
Eduardo Nunez: 9/F9LD
Mookie Betts: 6/F6MD-

Bot 9

Brandon Guyer: D7/L7S
Roberto Perez: FC3/SH/BG15S.2-H(NR)(UR)(E3)

Notes & reviews

Red Sox challenged call that Betts was out on attempted steal of 2nd; call was overturned - stolen base
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Plate umpire Wendelstedt hit in mask by warmup pitch from Joe Kelly; he left after one more batter with 2b ump moving behind the plate; was was finished with 3 umpires
Andrew Miller left with injured knee
Carlos Santana left with injured back

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