TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #76 of Season
Boston Red Sox (43-32) @ Cleveland Guardians (43-32)
Pitching Matchup – Nathan Eovaldi vs Shane Bieber
The Red Sox were threatening in the top of the 1st when Xander Bogaerts drove a ball deep to LF but Ernie Clement raced back to the warning track and made a leaping catch against the wall to end the inning robbing Bogaerts of extra bases and saving a run. Eovaldi and Bieber were both pitching well and the game remained scoreless through 3 innings and we would go to the 4th inning with the score tied 0-0. Bieber recorded two quick outs to begin the top of the 4th before the Red Sox bats came alive as Verdugo and Story hit back to back singles to put two men on and Franchy Cordero got a fastball and drove it deep to left-center short hopping the wall for a RBI double as Verdugo & Story score to give Boston a 2-0 lead. Eovaldi retired the side in order in the bottom half of the inning and we would go to the 5th inning with the Red Sox leading 2-0. Nolan Jones was making his MLB debut for Cleveland and he led off the bottom of the 5th by lining a rocket to RF that would get past the dive of Cordero and roll to the wall allowing Jones to race to 3rd base as his first career hit is a triple. Andres Gimenez was up next and drove in Jones with a RBI sac fly to LF to cut the deficit to 2-1. Eovaldi would get through the inning with no further damage and we would move to the 6th inning with Boston up 2-1. Bieber pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 6th and the Guardians would threaten as Myles Straw singled to lead off the inning and Jose Ramirez drew a 1 out walk to put two men on with 1 out for Franmil Reyes. Eovaldi had 2 strikes on Reyes and tried to put him away with a slider but Reyes did a great piece of hitting as he stayed on the pitch and lined it to RF for a RBI single tying the game at 2-2. Eovaldi was up over 90 pitches and Alex Cora would make the move to Matt Strahm with a string of 3 lefties coming up. Josh Naylor stepped in with runners on the corners & 1 out and Strahm would spot the ball perfectly low and away getting Naylor to ground into a huge 5-4-3 inning ending double play to escape the inning and send the game to the 7th inning with the score tied 2-2. Bieber threw anohter 1-2-3 inning and would strikeout Bobby Dalbec to end the top of the 7th while Strahm recorded back to back Ks of Clement and Maile to end the bottom of the 7th sending the game to the 8th inning tied at 2-2. Sam Hentges pitched the top of the 8th retiring the Sox in order while Strahm and Ryan Brasier combined to pitch a 1-2-3 bottom of the 8th and we would go to the 9th inning locked in a 2-2 tie. Nick Sandlin came on to pitch the top of the 9th for Cleveland and retired the first two batters before Alex Verdugo singled to CF with 2 outs and Trevor Story would jump with first pitch he saw from Sandlin who hung a slider and Story crushed it 423 feet to LF for a huge 2-run HR putting Boston up 4-2. Tanner Houck came on to pitch the bottom of the 9th looking to close it out and retired Reyes on a fly ball out for the 1st out before Josh Naylor singled up the middle to bring the tying run to the plate with 1 out. Nolan Jones flew out to Cordero in RF and the Guardians were down to their final out. Andres Gimenez would hit a chopper back to the mound and Houck would field it and throw to first base to end the game as the Red Sox win an exciting ball game 4-2
GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox get a go ahead HR in the top of the 9th from Trevor Story and Tanner Houck slams the door in the bottom of the 9th as the Red Sox take the opener of this series 4-2
* The Red Sox improve to 44-32 while the Guardians fall to 43-33 on the season.
* Nathan Eovaldi pitched 5.1 innings allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 3 walks & 7 ks and did not factor in the decision
* Shane Bieber pitched well for Cleveland throwing 7 strong innings allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 6 Ks and did not factor in the decision
* Trevor Story was the hero for Boston as he went 2 for 4 on the night and belted a 426 foot bomb for a 2-run HR to snap a 2-2 tie in the top of the 9th. Story is now hitting .274 with 14 HR & 41 RBI
* Nolan Jones had a nice MLB debut for Cleveland going 2 for 4 with a triple.
* Andres Gimenez and Franmil Reyes each had RBI for Cleveland while Franchy Cordero drove in 2 runs with a RBI double for Boston
* The Red Sox made a couple of transactions as they placed SP Michael Wacha on the injured list with back stiffness and called up their top pitching prospect Brayan Bello who will take mound in the upcoming series to make his MLB debut in Cleveland. Boston also called up left handed reliever Darwinzon Hernandez and sent down Austin Davis to AAA Worcester. Hernandez has not seen action in 2022 after suffering a torn meniscus in spring training that cost him the first half of the season and will be a big boost to the bullpen if he can stay healthy
* The Red Sox and Guardians will play the 2nd game of this 3 game series tomorrow with the Red Sox top pitching prospect Brayan Bello making his much anticipated MLB debut while Cleveland will have Triston McKenzie on the mound
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">Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Guardians</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Jun 24, 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>Boston (44-32)</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cleveland (43-33)</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Ryan Brasier (2-1) <b>L:</b> Nick Sandlin (1-2) <b>S:</b> Tanner Houck (8)</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%">BOS</td><td align="right" width="8%">CLE</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Franchy Cordero doubled to CF (Verdugo & Story score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">CLE</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Andres Gimenez sac fly to LF (Jones scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">CLE</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Franmil Reyes singled to RF (Straw scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">9</td><td width="70%">Trevor Story 2-run HR to LF (Verdugo scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</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>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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.220</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</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">.287</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.262</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.277</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Verdugo, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</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">.317</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Story, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.274</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cordero, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.260</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dalbec, 1B</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">.256</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Plawecki, 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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.150</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Martinez (12), Cordero (9)<br /><b>HR:</b> Story (14)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Story 2 (41), Cordero 2 (23)</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>Straw, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.312</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rosario, SS</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">.257</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ramirez, 3B</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.290</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Reyes, DH</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.231</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Naylor, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jones, RF</td><td align="right">4</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">.500</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gimenez, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</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">.209</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Clement, 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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.252</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Maile, 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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>3B:</b> Jones (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Reyes (34), Gimenez (21)<br /><b>SF:</b> Gimenez<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Maile, Naylor</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Straw (22)<br /><b>CS:</b> Straw (10)</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>Nathan Eovaldi</td><td align="right">5.1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.28</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Strahm</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.72</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ryan Brasier (W, 2-1)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.65</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tanner Houck (S, 8)</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.19</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">10</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> Eovaldi - 92 Pitches (68% Strikes)</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>Shane Bieber</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.24</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Sam Hentges</td><td align="right">1.0</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" class="active">5.18</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Nick Sandlin (L, 1-2)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">5.27</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Bieber - 91 Pitches (67% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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