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2014 Season - Game 66

Posted on June 1, 2014 at 04:50 PM.

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THE BOSTON GLOBE (RED SOX DYNASTY REPORT)

CLEVELAND, OH - The Red Sox would go up against their former, and well liked, manager Terry Francona today. Francona and Farrell, both members of the 2007 World Series coaching staff, were very jovial prior to the game. The two teams are headed in opposite directions, with Cleveland well below .500, but that wouldn't mean the Indians would be rolling over.

Jon Lester was off pretty much the entire game, but the 2nd inning was clearly his worst. Lester loaded the bases and managed to get Carlos Santana to hit a weak grounder right to him, but instead of going to home plate with the ball Lester threw it to first and allowed a run to score. The error was compounded when Mike Aviles hit a sac-fly and drove in another run to give Cleveland a 2-0 lead.

Boston recovered, and Lester pitched well over the next 6 innings. He wasn't as sharp as he has been, allowing 4BB and only 5K, but he didn't let the game get out of hand. Wandy Rodriguez was Cleveland's star, allowing 8H and striking out 6 over 6.1IP. Rodriguez could not handle Will Middlebrooks though, who hit two solo-HR in the 3rd and 6th to tie the game up. The Red Sox finally made up for the 2nd inning blunder in the 7th, getting Santiago Casilla in for Rodriguez, with two outs Mike Napoli would drive in Jackie Bradley Jr. from second to score the go-ahead run. Tazawa would make things interesting in the 9th, allowing two hits without getting a single out, but Uehara would come in and shut Cleveland down for his 22nd save.

Cleveland Indians at Boston Red Sox
Jun 12, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland (21-46)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2
Boston (39-27)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	3	10	11
W: Mujica (5-2) L: Casilla (2-5) S: Uehara (22)