Indians Homer In 19th Straight; Beat Sox 11-5
The Indians salvaged the finale of the series with an 11-5 victory over the COVID-impacted Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
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The Indians salvaged the finale of the series with an 11-5 victory over the COVID-impacted Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
The Cleveland Indians rallied past the Boston Red Sox 7-5 Sunday.
J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning off Nick Wittgren and the Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3 on Saturday night.
Jonathan Araúz hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning after being recalled before the game due to Boston's COVID-19 case, sending the Red Sox to a 4-3 win on Friday night over the Cleveland Indians.
Indians manager Terry Francona is stepping down for the remainder of this season to address some lingering health issues.
On a number of important issues plaguing the sport of baseball, Nick Francona has been an outspoken advocate. On Tuesday, that role led to him publicly calling out his own father.
Cleveland's move away from Indians follows a similar decision earlier this year by the NFL's Washington Football Team, which was previously known as the Redskins.
Indians manager Terry Francona, a baseball lifer, said it's time to seriously consider making a change to the Cleveland Indians team name.
Xander Bogaerts homered twice, and Rafael Devers homered too, as the Red Sox won in Cleveland on Wednesday afternoon.
That victory helped make it a true celebration for Rafael Devers and Chris Sale, both of whom made MLB history on Tuesday night.
Monday night in Cleveland looked like it might be one of those rare bright spots -- for a brief moment anyway.
The Twins and Indians are now tied for the AL Central lead, as the the Indians' unlikely comeback continues.
Through the madness of Trevor Bauer's outburst, the way Terry Francona handled the incident was perhaps slightly overlooked.
The Indians didn't score at all until the eighth inning and trailed 5-2 entering the ninth, when Boston's bullpen imploded.
Sandy León hit a three-run homer off Oliver Pérez after the Indians reliever caused an odd stoppage asking for new footwear, J.D. Martinez homered twice and the Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland 12-5 Monday.
Chris Sale can now count himself among the targets of Trevor Bauer.
The Houston Astros are orbiting in October again.
Xander Bogaerts exited Sunday night's game in Cleveland after apparently injuring his left shoulder on a swing.
The Cleveland Indians beat the Red Sox 5-4 on Saturday night.
So to go out and shut down the Indians, who rank third in MLB in runs scored, was no doubt a promising step forward for Boston's $30 million man.
Instead of picking up the victory, Porcello ended up getting tagged with the loss. And afterwards in the losing clubhouse, he shouldered all the blame -- especially for the pitch he threw to Allen.
Critics of the Red Sox have been clamoring for a worthy opponent to step in front of the Boston buzzsaw this season. They finally get their wish Monday night.
Cross off one potential trade target for the Boston Red Sox.
The way the format is currently constituted, the best team in the American League stands to get punished, while the worst qualified playoff team and the third-best team in the AL both get a massive gift. This is a bad system.
The Red Sox and Yankees are two of the best teams in all of MLB. One of them is guaranteed to get a raw deal with MLB's postseason structure.
