
TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #24 of Season


Boston Red Sox (14-9) @ Cleveland Guardians (11-12)
Pitching Matchup – Garrett Whitlock vs Logan Allen
Logan Allen and Garrett Whitlock were both pitching well early and the game was scoreless after 3 innings. Boston opened the scoring in the top of the 4th when Jarren Duran singled and was running on the pitch when Triston Casas lined a ball in the gap for a RBI double putting the Red Sox up 1-0. Whitlock pitched another scoreless frame and struck out Jose Ramirez to end the bottom of the 4th sending the game to the 5th with Boston leading 1-0. The score remained 1-0 into the 6th inning and Logan Allen would get Devers to ground into a 3-6-3 double play to end the top of the 6th. The Guardians were threatening for the first time in the bottom of the 6th when singles by Estevan Florial and Brayan Rocchio put runners on the corners with 1 out for Steven Kwan who drove in Florial with a RBI sac fly to LF tying the game 1-1. Cleveland had two on with 2 outs for Jose Ramirez who fouled off 3 changeups away before Whitlock came up and in with a fastball for the K to end the threat and send the game to the 7th inning tied 1-1. Allen and Whitlock pitched 1-2-3 frames in the 7th and we would head to the 8th inning tied 1-1. Nick Sandlin took over on the mound for the top of the 8th and gave up a lead off single to Yoshida before retiring Wong and Rafaela before Enmanuel Valdez would pinch hit for Pablo Reyes with 2 outs. Valdez lined a rocket to RF but Florial would get there to make the catch ending the frame with the score still tied 1-1. Whitlock was at 78 pitches through 7 innings and returned to the mound to begin the bottom of the 8th. Whitlock finished off an excellent outing with a 1-2-3 bottom of the 8th to send the game to the 9th inning with the score tied 1-1. Sam Hentges was on to pitch the top of the 9th with the top of the order coming up for Boston. Hentges retired Duran before Devers dropped a single into LF to put a man on for Tyler O'Neill with 1 out. Hentges bounced a pitch in the dirt that got away from Naylor allowing Devers to move into scoring position and take away the double play possibility with 1 out. O'Neill would fly out to Florial in RF for a huge 2nd out bringing up Casas with 2 outs. Hentges would get Casas to fly out to Kwan deep down the LF line to end the threat and we would go to the bottom of the 9th with the Guardians coming up to bat with a chance to walk off with the win with the top of their order due up against Chris Martin who was coming on to pitch for Boston. Steven Kwan led off with a liner into CF for a single putting the winning run on base for Cleveland with nobody out. Gimenez would lay down a sac bunt to move Kwan into scoring position with 1 out for Jose Ramirez who Alex Cora would intentionally walk to set up the double play ball with Josh Naylor coming to the plate. Naylor would hit a chopper out in front of the plate and Wong would fire to first base for the sure out putting runners on 2nd & 3rd with 2 outs for Will Brennan. Cora called for another intentional walk to load the bases and set up the out at any base with Tyler Freeman coming up. Martin would blow a 97 mph fastball past Freeman for a huge K as the Guardians leave the bases loaded and we were headed to extra innings with the score tied 1-1. Bobby Dalbec led off the top of the 10th with a deep shot just over the head of Freeman in CF but Casas who was the extra innings runner had to hold at third base on the play putting runners on 2nd & 3rd with nobody out. Hentges intentionally walked Yoshida to load the bases for Connor Wong with no outs as the Red Sox were threatening to have a big inning and put some runs on the board. Hentges fell behind 3 & 1 to Wong who smoked a ball the opposite way towards right-center but Florial would get there to make a nice catch on the run but Casas would race home with the go ahead run making it 2-1 and Dalbec would tag and advance to third base setting up runners on the corners for Ceddanne Rafaela with 1 out. Hentges came back with huge strikeout of Rafaela for the 2nd out and then struck out Valdez to end the inning as the Sox manage to score just the one run and lead it 2-1. The Guardians came up to bat in the bottom of the 10th with Freeman on second base as the extra innings runner with Kenley Jansen on to try and close it out for Boston. Jansen started the bottom of the 10th with a big K of Florial for the 1st out. Bo Naylor popped up to Devers on the infield grass and the Guardians were down to their final out with Brayan Rocchio coming to the plate. Jansen had two strikes on Rocchio who fouled off a couple pitches to stay alive before getting jammed with a cutter but he was able to hit the ball on the ground up the middle for a RBI single as Freeman scored to tie the game 2-2. Kwan dropped a soft liner into CF for a single putting runners on the corners with 2 outs for Andres Gimenez with Jose Ramirez lurking in the on deck circle. Jansen came back to strikeout Gimenez looking for a big K to end the inning and we would move on to the 11th inning tied at 2-2. Tim Herrin pitched a scoreless top of the 11th for Cleveland and Josh Winckowski came on to pitch the bottom of the 11th for Boston and intentionally walked Ramirez to start the inning and try to set up a double play ball. Josh Naylor hit a ground ball down the third base line but Devers made a great diving stop and threw to second but Valdez was unable to turn the double play as Naylor just beat the throw setting up runners at the corners for Brennan with 1 out. Winckowski intentionally walked Brennan to bring up Freeman with the bases loaded and 1 out. Winckowski struck out Freeman looking at a 97 mph fastball for the 2nd out and Florial swinging at a cutter down and in as he escapes the jam and sends the game to the 12th inning tied 2-2. Rocchio made a nice play ranging to his right on a ground ball by Wong and made a spinning throw to get Yoshida on the force at second base for the 3rd out as the Sox strand a pair and Herrin pitches a scoreless top of the 12th. Winckowski returned to the mound and Bo Naylor singled to LF leading off the bottom of the 12th as Florial would hold at third base putting runners at the corners with nobody out. Rocchio was up next and laid down a squeeze bunt that Valdez fielded and came home but Florial slid in safe with the winning run as the Guardians win a 3-2 thriller in 12 innings
GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox and Guardians were tied 1-1 after 9 innings and Cleveland would eventually win it on a walk off squeeze bunt by Brayan Rocchio to score the winning run in the bottom of the 12th giving the Guardians a 3-2 win and extending the Red Sox losing streak to 4 games
* The Red Sox have now lost their last 4 games and fall to 14-10 on the season while the Guardians get back to .500 at 12-12 on the season
* Triston Casas (12) and Connor Wong (8) picked up RBIs for the Red Sox as the Boston bats were kept quiet in this game managing just 6 hits in 12 innings
* Brayan Rocchio went 2 for 5 with 2 RBI for Cleveland
* Garrett Whitlock pitched 8 solid innings allowing 1 run on 5 hits with 5 Ks earnging a no decision. Whitlock has been outstanding through his first 5 starts as he is 4-0 with a 1.14 ERA on the season
* Logan Allen pitched a great game for Cleveland as he lasted 7 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits with 7 Ks and earned a no decision lowering his ERA to 4.85 on the season
* The Red Sox and Guardians will play the 2nd game of this 3 game series tomorrow at Progressive Field. The Red Sox have Tanner Houck on the mound while Ben Lively gets the start for Cleveland. Houck dominated against the Guardians in his last start pitcheing 7 shutout innings and allowing just 1 hit and will look to turn in another strong performance as the Red Sox look to break their 4 game losing skid
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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="14">Red Sox at Indians | </td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="37%">Apr 23, 2024</td><td align="right" width="4%">1</td><td align="right" width="4%">2</td><td align="right" width="4%">3</td><td align="right" width="4%">4</td><td align="right" width="4%">5</td><td align="right" width="4%">6</td><td align="right" width="4%">7</td><td align="right" width="4%">8</td><td align="right" width="4%">9</td><td align="center" width="15%">Extras</td><td align="right" width="4%">R</td><td align="right" width="4%">H</td><td align="right" width="4%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (14-10)</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">1 0 0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cleveland (12-12)</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">1 0 1</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="14"><b>W:</b> Tim Herrin (2-0) <b>L:</b> Josh Winckowski (0-1)</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%">Triston Casas doubled to CF (Duran scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">CLE</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Steven Kwan sac fly to LF (Florial scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">10</td><td width="70%">Connor Wong sac fly to RF (Casas 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%">10</td><td width="70%">Brayan Rocchio singled to CF (Freeman scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">CLE</td><td align="center" width="7%">12</td><td width="70%">Brayan Rocchio squeeze bunt (Florial scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#BD3039" 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">5</td><td align="right">1</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">.244</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</td><td align="right">5</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">.297</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>O'Neill, RF</td><td align="right">5</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="evenrow"><td>Casas, 1B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</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">.267</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Dalbec, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.229</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Yoshida, 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">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.192</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Wong, C</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">.173</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rafaela, 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">.282</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Reyes, 2B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.219</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Valdez, PH-2B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.233</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">40</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">11</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> Casas (5), Dalbec (2)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Casas (12), Wong (8)<br /><b>SF:</b> Wong<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Devers</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00385D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#E50022">Cleveland Indians</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>Kwan, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</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">.232</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Gimenez, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</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">.167</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">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.273</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>J Naylor, 1B</td><td align="right">5</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">.276</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brennan, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.256</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Freeman, CF</td><td align="right">5</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">.097</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Florial, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</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">.167</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>B Naylor, C</td><td align="right">5</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">.254</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rocchio, SS</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</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">.295</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">39</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</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>RBI:</b> Rocchio 2 (6), Kwan (5) <br /><b>SF:</b> Kwan<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Ramirez<br /><b>SAC:</b> Gimenez</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>CS:</b> Kwan (2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#BD3039" 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>Garrett Whitlock</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.14</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chris Martin </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">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">7.94</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kenley Jansen (BS, 3)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</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">3.60</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Josh Winckowski (L, 0-1)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.64</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">11.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</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> Whitlock - 90 Pitches / 76% Strikes</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00385D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#E50022">Cleveland Indians</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>Logan Allen</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.85</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Nick Sandlin</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">3.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sam Hentges</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</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">0.82</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tim Herrin</td><td align="right">2.0</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" class="active">5.06</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">12.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">11</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> Allen - 87 Pitches / 69% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>
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