TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #102 of Season
Cleveland Guardians (56-44) @ Boston Red Sox (63-38)
Pitching Matchup – Shane Bieber vs Nick Pivetta
The Red Sox opened the scoring in the bottom of the 1st when Devers doubled to put runners on 2nd & 3rd with 1 out for Bogaerts who hit a ground ball up the middle but Gimenez made a terrific diving stop and threw Bogaerts out at first base from his knees saving a run as Devers could only advance to 3rd base but Pham scored to give the Sox a 1-0 lead. The defensive play by Gimenez would matter as Bieber retired JD Martinez to end the inning stranding Pham at 3rd base and we would go to the 2nd inning with Boston up 1-0. The Guardians were threatening as they put two men on with 2 outs in the top of the 2nd inning for Will Benson who was making his major league debut and he would put on a good at bat fouling off some tough pitches before finally going down swinging on a 96 mph fastball as Pivetta escapes and the score remains 1-0. Trevor Story got a slider up in the zone from Bieber with 1 out in the bottom of the 2nd and smoked a rocket into the monster seats in left-center for his 25th HR of the season making it 2-0. The score remained 2-0 through 5 innings as Bieber settled in nicely for Cleveland and Pivetta was cruising along for Boston as we went to the 6th inning with Boston still leading 2-0. Jose Ramirez doubled with 1 out in the top of the 6th but would be stranded at 3rd base as he advanced when Pivetta retired Josh Naylor on a ground out and Pivetta would get Andres Gimenez to fly out ending the threat. Bieber retired the side in order in the bottom of the 6th sending the game to the 7th inning with Boston up 2-0. Pivetta continued his strong outing as he retired the Guardians in order in the top of the 7th while Bieber recorded two quick outs in the bottom half before Eric Hosmer went opposite field with a ball high off the green monster for a 2 out double. Kevin Plawecki was up next and would shoot a ball up the middle into CF for a RBI single as Hosmer just beat the throw to the plate from Myles Straw making it 3-0. Terry Francona would come out to get Bieber and brought in Sam Hentges who struck out Jarren Duran to send the game to the 8th inning with the Red Sox leading 3-0. Pivetta returned for the top of the 8th having thrown 87 pitches through 7 innings and retired Gonzalez and Straw for two quick outs before finishing his outing by blowing a 96 mph fastball past Rosario to end the top of the 8th. Hentges retired Pham to start the bottom of the 8th before hanging a breaking ball to Rafael Devers who launched a solo HR into the Guardians bullpen to increase the Sox lead to 4-0. John Schreiber came on to pitch the top of the 9th for Boston with a four run lead with Tanner Houck warming in the pen in case he is needed. Schreiber retired Ramirez on a fly out to Duran in CF to start the inning. Josh Naylor singled to put a man on for Cleveland but Schreiber but Gimenez would strike out and the Guardians were down to their final out. Austin Hedges hit the ball on the ground to right side and Story would make the play to finish off a 4-0 shutout victory for Boston
GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox take the opener of this 4 game series with the AL Central leading Guardians 4-0
* The Red Sox extend their winning streak to 5 games and are 17-4 in their last 21 games as they improve to 64-38 while the Guardians fall to 56-45 on the season
* Nick Pivetta was outstanding for Boston as he pitched 8 shutout innings allowing 0 runs on 5 hits with 6 Ks & 1 walk as he improves to 8-6 with a 3.67 ERA
* Shane Bieber pitched well for Cleveland but took the loss as he pitched 6.2 innings allowing 3 runs on 7 hits with 4 Ks as he falls to 8-7 with a 3.47 ERA on the season
* Rafael Devers went 3 for 4 with a double, HR & RBI and his incredible season continues with Devers one of the favorites in the AL MVP race as he is hitting 285 with 42 HR & 71 RBI
* Trevor Story went 1 for 3 with his 25th HR of the season
* The Red Sox and Guardians will play the 2nd game of this 4 game series tomorrow with Josh Winckowski set to take the mound for Boston against Tristan McKenzie for Cleveland
HIGHLIGHTS
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Cleveland Guardians at Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Jul 25, 2022</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cleveland (56-45)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (64-38)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Nick Pivetta (8-6) <b>L:</b> Shane Bieber (8-7)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">CLE</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts ground out to 2nd base (Pham scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Trevor Story solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Kevin Plawecki singled to CF (Hosmer scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Rafael Devers solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#ee1422">Cleveland Guardians</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Duran, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.220</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pham, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.249</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Devers, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.285</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.273</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Martinez, DH</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.286</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Verdugo, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.307</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Story, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.279</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hosmer, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.236</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Plawecki, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.170</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">33</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Devers (29), Hosmer (19)<br /><b>HR:</b> Devers (42), Story (25)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Devers (71), Bogaerts (53), Story (59), Plawecki, C</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Straw, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.302</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rosario, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.256</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ramirez, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.295</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Naylor, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.325</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gimenez, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.219</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hedges, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.202</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kwan, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.228</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Benson, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gonzalez, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Ramirez (25)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>CS:</b> Straw (12)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#ee1422">Cleveland Guardians</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Nick Pivetta (W, 8-6)</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.67</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>John Schreiber</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5.13</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Pivetta - 97 Pitches (70% Strikes)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Shane Bieber (L, 8-7)</td><td align="right">6.2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.47</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Sam Hentges</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">5.19</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Bieber - 81 Pitches (63% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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