AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE WILD PITCH BY JAVIER LOPEZ ALLOWED ASDRUBAL CABRERA TO SCORE. SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, T NIXON ON FIRST, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 8 BOSTON 6 TOP, 11TH DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (.375, 3-FOR-4, BB, RBI)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Michaels ran for T Nixon. SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J MICHAELS ON SECOND, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 8 BOSTON 6 TOP, 11TH DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V Martinez (.375, 3-FOR-4, RBI)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY RYAN GARKO SCORED JASON MICHAELS. SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R GARKO ON FIRST, V MARTINEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 9 BOSTON 6 TOP, 11TH DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.375, 2-FOR-4, BB, HR, 3 RBI)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - PITCHING CHANGE BOS: JON LESTER (NO RECORD) IN THE 11TH SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R GARKO ON FIRST, V MARTINEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 9, BOSTON 6 DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.375, 2-FOR-4, HR, 3 RBI)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Lester relieved J Lopez. SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R GARKO ON FIRST, V MARTINEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 9 BOSTON 6 TOP, 11TH DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J Peralta (.375, 2-FOR-4, HR, 3 RBI)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE DOUBLE BY JHONNY PERALTA SCORED VICTOR MARTINEZ. SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, J PERALTA ON SECOND, R GARKO ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 10 BOSTON 6 TOP, 11TH DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: K LOFTON (.333, 1-FOR-5)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ (1) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN THE 11TH OFF JON LESTER SCORED RYAN GARKO AND JHONNY PERALTA. CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 13, BOSTON 6 DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C BLAKE (.250, 0-FOR-5)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - CLEVELAND 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 BOSTON 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 11 R H E -- -- - - - CLEVELAND 0 7 13 17 0 BOSTON 0 6 8 0 (BOT 11) CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - TOM MASTNY BOS - JON LESTER DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.167, 1-FOR-4) J VARITEK (.111, 0-FOR-4) C CRISP (.250, 1-FOR-4)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">CLEVELAND (13) VS BOSTON (6) - MID 11TH - IN PROGRESS CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg G Sizemore cf 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 .300 A Cabrera 2b 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 .250 T Hafner dh 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 .375 J Barfield pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-T Nixon ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 J Michaels pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 V Martinez c 4 2 3 1 2 1 0 .375 R Garko 1b 6 2 2 1 0 0 5 .375 J Peralta ss 5 3 3 4 1 2 0 .444 K Lofton lf 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 .300 F Gutierrez rf 6 1 1 4 0 1 1 .100 C Blake 3b 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 .222 Totals 49 13 17 12 5 9 15 a-singled to center for J Barfield in the 11th. BATTING: 2B - G Sizemore (1, C Schilling); V Martinez (1, C Schilling); J Peralta (1, J Lester). HR - J Peralta (1, 4th inning off C Schilling 2 on, 1 Out), G Sizemore (1, 5th inning off C Schilling 0 on, 1 Out), F Gutierrez (1, 11th inning off J Lester 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - V Martinez (1), J Peralta 4 (4), G Sizemore (1), F Gutierrez 4 (4), T Nixon (1), R Garko (1). 2-out RBI - V Martinez, F Gutierrez 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hafner 2, R Garko 3. GIDP - F Gutierrez. Team LOB - 8. BASERUNNING: SB - J Barfield (1, 2nd base off J Papelbon/J Varitek). FIELDING: DP: 2 (J Peralta-A Cabrera-R Garko, C Blake-A Cabrera-R Garko). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 .250 J Ellsbury pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A Cora 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 K Youkilis 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .375 D Ortiz dh 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 .500 M Ramirez lf 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 .500 M Lowell 3b 5 1 2 3 0 1 0 .375 J Drew rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 J Varitek c 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 C Crisp cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250 J Lugo ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .143 Totals 36 6 8 6 5 9 11 BATTING: HR - M Ramirez (1, 5th inning off R Perez 1 on, 1 Out), M Lowell (1, 5th inning off R Perez 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - M Ramirez 3 (6), M Lowell 3 (6). 2-out RBI - M Ramirez, M Lowell 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Drew 1, K Youkilis 1. GIDP - M Ramirez, J Varitek. Team LOB - 5. BASERUNNING: SB - C Crisp (1, 2nd base off F Carmona/V Martinez), J Ellsbury (1, 2nd base off R Betancourt/V Martinez). FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Lugo-D Pedroia-K Youkilis). ---------------------------------------------------- CLEVELAND - 100 311 000 07 -- 13 BOSTON - 003 030 000 0 -- 6 ---------------------------------------------------- CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era F Carmona 4 4 4 4 5 5 0 9.00 R Perez 1/3 3 2 2 0 0 2 54.01 J Lewis 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.00 R Betancourt 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 T Mastny 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era C Schilling 4 2/3 9 5 5 0 3 2 9.64 M Delcarmen 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.50 H Okajima 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0.00 M Timlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 J Papelbon 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 E Gagne 1/3 1 2 2 1 1 0 13.50 J Lopez 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 36.00 J Lester 2/3 2 2 2 0 1 1 27.00 F Carmona pitched to 1 batter in the 5th. J Lopez pitched to 3 batters in the 11th. WP - J Lopez. IBB - G Sizemore (by H Okajima), V Martinez 2 (by J Papelbon, J Lopez). Pitches-strikes: F Carmona 100-51; R Perez 15-11; J Lewis 24-16; R Betancourt 42-31; T Mastny 11-5; C Schilling 85-58; M Delcarmen 17-8; H Okajima 30-17; M Timlin 12-7; J Papelbon 36-21; E Gagne 10-5; J Lopez 11-5; J Lester 10-7. Ground balls-fly balls: F Carmona 5-2; R Perez 1-0; J Lewis 2-4; R Betancourt 1-3; T Mastny 1-2; C Schilling 4-7; M Delcarmen 2-0; H Okajima 0-2; M Timlin 2-1; J Papelbon 1-4; E Gagne 0-0; J Lopez 0-0; J Lester 0-1. Batters faced: F Carmona 20; R Perez 4; J Lewis 6; R Betancourt 8; T Mastny 3; C Schilling 22; M Delcarmen 4; H Okajima 7; M Timlin 3; J Papelbon 8; E Gagne 3; J Lopez 3; J Lester 4. UMPIRES: HP--Kerwin Danley. 1B--Brian Gorman. 2B--Paul Emmel. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. LF--Dana Demuth. RF--Randy Marsh. Weather: 56 degrees, clear. Wind: 12 mph, left to right.</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - PITCHING CHANGE CLE: JOE BOROWSKI (0-0, 0.00) STARTING THE 11TH CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 13, BOSTON 6 DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.167, 1-FOR-4)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Borowski relieved T Mastny. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 13 BOSTON 6 BOTTOM, 11TH DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J Drew (.167, 1-FOR-4)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL FINAL 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - CLEVELAND 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 BOSTON 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 11 R H E -- -- - - - CLEVELAND 0 7 13 17 0 BOSTON 0 0 6 10 0 (FINAL 11) BATTERIES: CLE - FAUSTO CARMONA, RAFAEL PEREZ (5TH), JENSEN LEWIS (5TH), RAFAEL BETANCOURT (7TH), TOM MASTNY (10TH), JOE BOROWSKI (11TH) AND VICTOR MARTINEZ BOS - CURT SCHILLING, MANNY DELCARMEN (5TH), HIDEKI OKAJIMA (6TH), MIKE TIMLIN (8TH), JONATHAN PAPELBON (9TH), ERIC GAGNE (11TH), JAVIER LOPEZ (11TH), JON LESTER (11TH) AND JASON VARITEK HOME RUNS: CLE - JHONNY PERALTA (1) OFF CURT SCHILLING IN THE 4TH, 2 ON GRADY SIZEMORE (1) OFF CURT SCHILLING IN THE 5TH, 0 ON FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ (1) OFF JON LESTER IN THE 11TH, 2 ON BOS - MANNY RAMIREZ (1) OFF RAFAEL PEREZ IN THE 5TH, 1 ON MIKE LOWELL (1) OFF RAFAEL PEREZ IN THE 5TH, 0 ON</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL FINAL 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - CLEVELAND 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 BOSTON 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 11 R H E -- -- - - - CLEVELAND 0 7 13 17 0 BOSTON 0 0 6 10 0 (FINAL 11) BATTERIES: CLE - FAUSTO CARMONA, RAFAEL PEREZ (5TH), JENSEN LEWIS (5TH), RAFAEL BETANCOURT (7TH), TOM MASTNY (10TH), JOE BOROWSKI (11TH) AND VICTOR MARTINEZ BOS - CURT SCHILLING, MANNY DELCARMEN (5TH), HIDEKI OKAJIMA (6TH), MIKE TIMLIN (8TH), JONATHAN PAPELBON (9TH), ERIC GAGNE (11TH), JAVIER LOPEZ (11TH), JON LESTER (11TH) AND JASON VARITEK WP - TOM MASTNY (1-0) LP - ERIC GAGNE (0-1) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: CLE - JHONNY PERALTA (1) OFF CURT SCHILLING IN THE 4TH, 2 ON GRADY SIZEMORE (1) OFF CURT SCHILLING IN THE 5TH, 0 ON FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ (1) OFF JON LESTER IN THE 11TH, 2 ON BOS - MANNY RAMIREZ (1) OFF RAFAEL PEREZ IN THE 5TH, 1 ON MIKE LOWELL (1) OFF RAFAEL PEREZ IN THE 5TH, 0 ON TIME: 5:14 ATT: 37,051 PROBABLES: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA (NR) CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK (NR)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">CLEVELAND (13) VS BOSTON (6) - FINAL IN 11 INNINGS CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg G Sizemore cf 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 .300 A Cabrera 2b 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 .250 T Hafner dh 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 .375 J Barfield pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-T Nixon ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 J Michaels pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 V Martinez c 4 2 3 1 2 1 0 .375 R Garko 1b 6 2 2 1 0 0 5 .375 J Peralta ss 5 3 3 4 1 2 0 .444 K Lofton lf 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 .300 F Gutierrez rf 6 1 1 4 0 1 1 .100 C Blake 3b 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 .222 Totals 49 13 17 12 5 9 15 a-singled to center for J Barfield in the 11th. BATTING: 2B - G Sizemore (1, C Schilling); V Martinez (1, C Schilling); J Peralta (1, J Lester). HR - J Peralta (1, 4th inning off C Schilling 2 on, 1 Out), G Sizemore (1, 5th inning off C Schilling 0 on, 1 Out), F Gutierrez (1, 11th inning off J Lester 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - V Martinez (1), J Peralta 4 (4), G Sizemore (1), F Gutierrez 4 (4), T Nixon (1), R Garko (1). 2-out RBI - V Martinez, F Gutierrez 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hafner 2, R Garko 3. GIDP - F Gutierrez. Team LOB - 8. BASERUNNING: SB - J Barfield (1, 2nd base off J Papelbon/J Varitek). FIELDING: DP: 3 (J Peralta-A Cabrera-R Garko 2, C Blake-A Cabrera-R Garko). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 .250 J Ellsbury pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A Cora 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 K Youkilis 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .375 D Ortiz dh 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 .500 M Ramirez lf 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 .500 M Lowell 3b 5 1 2 3 0 1 0 .375 J Drew rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 .286 J Varitek c 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .100 C Crisp cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .333 J Lugo ss 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .125 Totals 40 6 10 6 5 10 14 BATTING: HR - M Ramirez (1, 5th inning off R Perez 1 on, 1 Out), M Lowell (1, 5th inning off R Perez 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - M Ramirez 3 (6), M Lowell 3 (6). 2-out RBI - M Ramirez, M Lowell 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Drew 1, K Youkilis 1. GIDP - M Ramirez, J Varitek, J Lugo. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - C Crisp (1, 2nd base off F Carmona/V Martinez), J Ellsbury (1, 2nd base off R Betancourt/V Martinez). FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Lugo-D Pedroia-K Youkilis). ---------------------------------------------------- CLEVELAND - 100 311 000 07 -- 13 BOSTON - 003 030 000 00 -- 6 ---------------------------------------------------- CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era F Carmona 4 4 4 4 5 5 0 9.00 R Perez 1/3 3 2 2 0 0 2 54.01 J Lewis 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.00 R Betancourt 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 T Mastny (W, 1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 J Borowski 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era C Schilling 4 2/3 9 5 5 0 3 2 9.64 M Delcarmen 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.50 H Okajima 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0.00 M Timlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 J Papelbon 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 E Gagne (L, 0-1) 1/3 1 2 2 1 1 0 13.50 J Lopez 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 36.00 J Lester 2/3 2 2 2 0 1 1 27.00 F Carmona pitched to 1 batter in the 5th. J Lopez pitched to 3 batters in the 11th. WP - J Lopez. IBB - G Sizemore (by H Okajima), V Martinez 2 (by J Papelbon, J Lopez). Pitches-strikes: F Carmona 100-51; R Perez 15-11; J Lewis 24-16; R Betancourt 42-31; T Mastny 11-5; J Borowski 13-10; C Schilling 85-58; M Delcarmen 17-8; H Okajima 30-17; M Timlin 12-7; J Papelbon 36-21; E Gagne 10-5; J Lopez 11-5; J Lester 10-7. Ground balls-fly balls: F Carmona 5-2; R Perez 1-0; J Lewis 2-4; R Betancourt 1-3; T Mastny 1-2; J Borowski 2-0; C Schilling 4-7; M Delcarmen 2-0; H Okajima 0-2; M Timlin 2-1; J Papelbon 1-4; E Gagne 0-0; J Lopez 0-0; J Lester 0-1. Batters faced: F Carmona 20; R Perez 4; J Lewis 6; R Betancourt 8; T Mastny 3; J Borowski 4; C Schilling 22; M Delcarmen 4; H Okajima 7; M Timlin 3; J Papelbon 8; E Gagne 3; J Lopez 3; J Lester 4. UMPIRES: HP--Kerwin Danley. 1B--Brian Gorman. 2B--Paul Emmel. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. LF--Dana Demuth. RF--Randy Marsh. T--5:14. Att--37,051. Weather: 56 degrees, clear. Wind: 12 mph, left to right.</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLEVELAND (13) AT BOSTON (6) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore doubled to center. A Cabrera bunt popped out foul to third. T Hafner flied out to left. V Martinez doubled to left, G Sizemore scored. R Garko grounded out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 3RD: C Crisp singled to right. C Crisp stole second. J Lugo struck out swinging. D Pedroia walked. K Youkilis struck out swinging. D Ortiz reached on infield single to shortstop, C Crisp to third, D Pedroia to second. M Ramirez walked, C Crisp scored, D Pedroia to third, D Ortiz to second. M Lowell singled to right, D Pedroia and D Ortiz scored, M Ramirez to third. J Drew grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1, BOSTON 3. CLEVELAND 4TH: T Hafner flied out to left. V Martinez singled to right. R Garko singled to center, V Martinez to second. J Peralta homered to center, V Martinez and R Garko scored. K Lofton grounded out to second. F Gutierrez struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 4, BOSTON 3. CLEVELAND 5TH: C Blake lined out to third. G Sizemore homered to right. A Cabrera struck out looking. T Hafner singled to left. V Martinez singled to right, T Hafner to second. M Delcarmen relieved C Schilling. R Garko grounded into fielder's choice to third, T Hafner out at third. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, BOSTON 3. BOSTON 5TH: K Youkilis singled to left. R Perez relieved F Carmona. D Ortiz grounded into fielder's choice to second, K Youkilis out at second. M Ramirez homered to right center, D Ortiz scored. M Lowell homered to left. J Drew singled to center. J Lewis relieved R Perez. J Varitek grounded into double play, third to second to first, J Drew out at second.(3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, BOSTON 6. CLEVELAND 6TH: J Peralta walked. K Lofton singled to right, J Peralta to third. F Gutierrez grounded out to shortstop, J Peralta scored, K Lofton to second. H Okajima relieved M Delcarmen. C Blake struck out swinging. G Sizemore intentionally walked. A Cabrera reached on infield single to shortstop, K Lofton to third, G Sizemore to second. T Hafner lined out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. CLEVELAND 11TH: E Gagne relieved J Papelbon. C Blake struck out swinging. G Sizemore singled to right. A Cabrera walked, G Sizemore to second. T Nixon hit for J Barfield. J Lopez relieved E Gagne. T Nixon singled to center, G Sizemore scored, A Cabrera to third. A Cabrera scored, T Nixon to second on wild pitch by J Lopez. J Michaels ran for T Nixon. V Martinez intentionally walked. R Garko singled to center, J Michaels scored, V Martinez to second. J Lester relieved J Lopez. J Peralta doubled to left, V Martinez scored, R Garko to third. K Lofton flied out to center. F Gutierrez homered to left center, R Garko and J Peralta scored. C Blake struck out looking. (7 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 13, BOSTON 6.</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at BOSTON <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLEVELAND (13) AT BOSTON (6) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cleveland Starting Lineups -- G Sizemore CF, A Cabrera 2B, T Hafner DH, V Martinez C, R Garko 1B, J Peralta SS, K Lofton LF, F Gutierrez RF, C Blake 3B, F Carmona RHP. Boston Starting Lineups -- D Pedroia 2B, K Youkilis 1B, D Ortiz DH, M Ramirez LF, M Lowell 3B, J Drew RF, J Varitek C, C Crisp CF, J Lugo SS, C Schilling RHP. Umpires -- Kerwin Danley (HP), Brian Gorman (1B), Paul Emmel (2B), Gary Cederstrom (3B), Dana Demuth (LF), Randy Marsh (RF). Gametime Weather: 56 degrees, Clear, wind left to right at 12 mph. CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore doubled to center. A Cabrera bunt popped out foul to third. T Hafner flied out to left. V Martinez doubled to left, G Sizemore scored. R Garko grounded out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 1ST: D Pedroia struck out swinging. K Youkilis walked. D Ortiz walked, K Youkilis to second. M Ramirez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, D Ortiz out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1, BOSTON 0. CLEVELAND 2ND: J Peralta singled to right. K Lofton flied out to center. F Gutierrez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Peralta out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 2ND: M Lowell grounded out to third. J Drew grounded out to shortstop. J Varitek lined out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1, BOSTON 0. CLEVELAND 3RD: C Blake struck out swinging. G Sizemore flied out to left. A Cabrera flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 3RD: C Crisp singled to right. C Crisp stole second. J Lugo struck out swinging. D Pedroia walked. K Youkilis struck out swinging. D Ortiz reached on infield single to shortstop, C Crisp to third, D Pedroia to second. M Ramirez walked, C Crisp scored, D Pedroia to third, D Ortiz to second. M Lowell singled to right, D Pedroia and D Ortiz scored, M Ramirez to third. J Drew grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 1, BOSTON 3. CLEVELAND 4TH: T Hafner flied out to left. V Martinez singled to right. R Garko singled to center, V Martinez to second. J Peralta homered to center, V Martinez and R Garko scored. K Lofton grounded out to second. F Gutierrez struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 4, BOSTON 3. BOSTON 4TH: J Varitek struck out swinging. C Crisp lined out to second. J Lugo walked. D Pedroia struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 4, BOSTON 3. CLEVELAND 5TH: C Blake lined out to third. G Sizemore homered to right. A Cabrera struck out looking. T Hafner singled to left. V Martinez singled to right, T Hafner to second. M Delcarmen relieved C Schilling. R Garko grounded into fielder's choice to third, T Hafner out at third. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, BOSTON 3. BOSTON 5TH: K Youkilis singled to left. R Perez relieved F Carmona. D Ortiz grounded into fielder's choice to second, K Youkilis out at second. M Ramirez homered to right center, D Ortiz scored. M Lowell homered to left. J Drew singled to center. J Lewis relieved R Perez. J Varitek grounded into double play, third to second to first, J Drew out at second.(3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, BOSTON 6. CLEVELAND 6TH: J Peralta walked. K Lofton singled to right, J Peralta to third. F Gutierrez grounded out to shortstop, J Peralta scored, K Lofton to second. H Okajima relieved M Delcarmen. C Blake struck out swinging. G Sizemore intentionally walked. A Cabrera reached on infield single to shortstop, K Lofton to third, G Sizemore to second. T Hafner lined out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. BOSTON 6TH: C Crisp flied out to right. J Lugo struck out swinging. D Pedroia flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. CLEVELAND 7TH: V Martinez struck out swinging. R Garko fouled out to first. J Peralta struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. BOSTON 7TH: K Youkilis popped out to second. D Ortiz lined out to second. R Betancourt relieved J Lewis. M Ramirez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. CLEVELAND 8TH: M Timlin relieved H Okajima. K Lofton lined out to center. F Gutierrez grounded out to pitcher. C Blake grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. BOSTON 8TH: M Lowell struck out looking. J Drew flied out to center. J Varitek grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. CLEVELAND 9TH: J Papelbon relieved M Timlin. G Sizemore popped out to third. A Cabrera popped out to second. T Hafner singled to center. J Barfield ran for T Hafner. J Barfield stole second. V Martinez intentionally walked. R Garko grounded into fielder's choice to third, V Martinez out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. BOSTON 9TH: C Crisp struck out swinging. J Lugo popped out to shortstop. D Pedroia singled to left. J Ellsbury ran for D Pedroia. J Ellsbury stole second. K Youkilis flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. CLEVELAND 10TH: A Cora at second base. J Peralta struck out swinging. K Lofton flied out to center. F Gutierrez fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. BOSTON 10TH: T Mastny relieved R Betancourt. D Ortiz grounded out to shortstop. M Ramirez flied out to right. M Lowell flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 6, BOSTON 6. CLEVELAND 11TH: E Gagne relieved J Papelbon. C Blake struck out swinging. G Sizemore singled to right. A Cabrera walked, G Sizemore to second. T Nixon hit for J Barfield. J Lopez relieved E Gagne. T Nixon singled to center, G Sizemore scored, A Cabrera to third. A Cabrera scored, T Nixon to second on wild pitch by J Lopez. J Michaels ran for T Nixon. V Martinez intentionally walked. R Garko singled to center, J Michaels scored, V Martinez to second. J Lester relieved J Lopez. J Peralta doubled to left, V Martinez scored, R Garko to third. K Lofton flied out to center. F Gutierrez homered to left center, R Garko and J Peralta scored. C Blake struck out looking. (7 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 13, BOSTON 6. BOSTON 11TH: J Borowski relieved T Mastny. J Drew singled to center. J Varitek struck out swinging. C Crisp singled to right, J Drew to second. J Lugo grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Crisp out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 13, BOSTON 6.</div>
Indians score seven in 11th to even series <h3>CLEVELAND 13 , BOSTON 6 (11 INNINGS)</h3>By Tom Covill PA SportsTicker Staff Writer BOSTON (Ticker) -- Trot Nixon drove in the winning run with asingle in the top of the 11th inning to lead the ClevelandIndians to a 13-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game Two ofthe American League Championship Series. Franklin Gutierrez capped a seven-run explosion in the 11thframe with a three-run homer for the Indians, who evened thebest-of-seven series at one game a piece and return home to hostGame Three on Monday. Nixon was drafted by the Red Sox in the first round in 1993 andspent his entire professional career with the organizationbefore signing with Cleveland as a free agent in the offseason.The 33-year-old outfielder was a member of the 2004 WorldSeries winning team and therefore will have a place in thehearts of Red Sox Nation for the foreseeable future, though thatstance may have softened some on Saturday. The lefthanded hitter came up with one out in the bottom of the11th inning with two runners on. Boston countered withlefthanded reliever Javier Lopez, who started Nixon off with aball before the former Red Sox drove a single into center fieldto snap a 6-6 deadlock. The floodgates opened for the Indians after that, as they piledon six more runs in the frame for a blowout win. Eric Gagne (0-1) was charged with the loss after surrendering awalk and a hit before yielding to Lopez. Gagne, who wasacquired at the trading deadline in July to stabilize thebullpen, had a 6.75 ERA in 20 appearances with Boston before theplayoffs and had been resigned to mop-up duty before cominginto Saturday's tie game. The Red Sox looked to be winning the battle of two strongbullpens before the 11th-inning meltdown, with four relieverscombining for 5 1/3 scoreless frames before Gagne was chargedwith two runs, Lopez charged with three and lefthander JonLester charged with two in the 11th. The Indians' bullpen combined to toss 6 2/3 scoreless inningsafter Rafael Perez yielded back-to-back homers in the fifthinning. Tom Mastny (1-0) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win.
Indians score seven in 11th to even series <h3>CLEVELAND 13 , BOSTON 6 (11 INNINGS)</h3>By Tom Covill PA SportsTicker Staff Writer BOSTON (Ticker) -- For the second night in a row, the battlebetween outstanding starting pitchers never materialized, so apair of top-notch bullpens stared each other down until an oldhero had a chance to ruin the party. Trot Nixon drove in the winning run with a single in the top ofthe 11th inning to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 13-6 victoryover the Boston Red Sox in Game Two of the American LeagueChampionship Series. Franklin Gutierrez capped a seven-run explosion in the 11thframe with a three-run homer for the Indians, who evened thebest-of-seven series at one game a piece and return home to hostGame Three on Monday. After C.C. Sabathia and Josh Beckett, who combined for 39 winsin the regular season, hooked up in Game One, Cleveland sent19-game winner Fausto Carmona to the mound against CurtSchilling, whose 1.93 postseason ERA is the best in history.Both hurlers were coming off outstanding starts in the ALDS butneither lasted long Saturday. Carmona didn't get an out in the fifth, being charged with fourruns, four hits and five walks. Schilling, staked to a 3-1third-inning lead, lasted just 4 2/3 innings, allowing five runsand nine hits. Nixon was drafted by the Red Sox in the first round in 1993 andspent his entire professional career with the organizationbefore signing with Cleveland as a free agent in the offseason.The 33-year-old outfielder was a member of the 2004 World Serieswinning team and therefore will have a place in the hearts ofRed Sox Nation for the foreseeable future, though that stancemay have softened some on Saturday. The lefthanded hitter came up with one out in the bottom of the11th inning with two runners on. Boston countered withlefthanded reliever Javier Lopez, who started Nixon off with aball before the former Red Sox drove a single into center fieldto snap a 6-6 deadlock. "I knew they had a couple of lefties left in the bullpen, I wasjust excited to get a chance," Nixon said. "Lopez can bedifficult on lefthanders. He's a submariner. I just shortened upand put enough bat on the ball and snuck it in. It wasn't hitthat well." The floodgates opened for the Indians after that, as they piledon six more runs in the frame for a blowout win. "Trot hadn't faced a lot of lefties in quite some time, but hehad a good at-bat and it unravelled from there," Boston managerTerry Francona said. "A frustrating end to an exciting game. "But we won't let this unravel us or we're not as good as wethink. We'll get on a plane, workout tomorrow and regroup." Eric Gagne (0-1) was charged with the loss after surrendering awalk and a hit before yielding to Lopez. Gagne, who wasacquired at the trading deadline in July to stabilize thebullpen, had a 6.75 ERA in 20 appearances with Boston before theplayoffs and had been resigned to mop-up duty before cominginto Saturday's tie game. The Red Sox looked to be winning the battle of two strongbullpens before the 11th-inning meltdown, with four relieverscombining for 5 1/3 scoreless frames before Gagne was chargedwith two runs, Lopez charged with three and lefthander JonLester charged with two in the 11th. The Indians' bullpen combined to toss 6 2/3 scoreless inningsafter Rafael Perez yielded back-to-back homers in the fifthinning. Tom Mastny (1-0) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win. Both teams had their chances to win in the ninth, with theIndians missing an opportunity to drive in a run from secondbase with Ryan Garko at the plate and reliever Rafael Betancourtwinning a 12-pitch at-bat with Kevin Youkilis to end the RedSox's threat in the bottom of the frame. Betancourt pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings before yielding toMastny, who did what has been nearly impossible for pitchers sofar this postseason, retiring David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez andMike Lowell in order to extend the game to an 11th frame. Ramirez homered in the fifth to tie the game at 5-5. It was his23rd career postseason home run, making him the all-timeleader. Lowell then followed with a solo blast, putting the theRed Sox back on top, 6-5. Cleveland came back to tie the score, 6-6, in the sixth whenGutierrez grounded out to score Peralta from third. Peralta hita three-run homer in the fourth for a 4-3 lead.
Indians score seven in 11th to even series <h3>CLEVELAND 13 , BOSTON 6 (11 INNINGS)</h3>By Tom Covill PA SportsTicker Staff Writer BOSTON (Ticker) -- For the second night in a row, the battlebetween outstanding starting pitchers never materialized, so apair of top-notch bullpens stared each other down until an oldhero had a chance to ruin the party. Trot Nixon drove in the winning run with a single in the top ofthe 11th inning to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 13-6 victoryover the Boston Red Sox in Game Two of the American LeagueChampionship Series that lasted 5 hours, 14 minutes. Franklin Gutierrez capped a seven-run explosion in the 11thframe with a three-run homer for the Indians, who evened thebest-of-seven series at one game a piece and return home to hostGame Three on Monday. "We showed some resiliency," Nixon said. "To start something upin the 11th inning, it's kind of ridiculous to be playing at1:30 in the morning, but you don't get these opportunities toomuch." After C.C. Sabathia and Josh Beckett, who combined for 39 winsin the regular season, hooked up in Game One, Cleveland sent19-game winner Fausto Carmona to the mound against CurtSchilling, whose 1.93 postseason ERA was the best in history.Both hurlers were coming off outstanding starts in the ALDS butneither lasted long Saturday. Carmona didn't get an out in the fifth, being charged with fourruns, four hits and five walks. Schilling, staked to a 3-1third-inning lead, lasted just 4 2/3 innings, allowing five runsand nine hits. "Everything about this one falls on me," Schilling said. "We puttogether a great inning to take a lead, and I forced ourbullpen into a situation. You're asking your bullpen to put up alot of zeros and it's not fair. "It's about me coming up small in a big game," he added. Nixon was drafted by the Red Sox in the first round in 1993 andspent his entire professional career with the organizationbefore signing with Cleveland as a free agent in the offseason.The 33-year-old outfielder was a member of the 2004 World Serieswinning team and therefore will have a place in the hearts of Red Sox Nation for the foreseeable future, though that stancemay have softened some on Saturday. The lefthanded hitter came up with one out in the bottom of the11th inning with two runners on. Boston countered withlefthanded reliever Javier Lopez, who started Nixon off with aball before the former Red Sox drove a single into center fieldto snap a 6-6 deadlock. "If anyone knows this ball park, it's Trot Nixon," Lopez said."He knows the atmosphere here and he wasn't intimidated by anymeans and he looked relaxed. I've had the experience of facinghim before and I threw a good pitch and he put enough barrel onit to get it into the outfield and give his team the lead." "I knew they had a couple of lefties left in the bullpen, I wasjust excited to get a chance," Nixon said. "Lopez can bedifficult on lefthanders. He's a submariner. I just shortened upand put enough bat on the ball and snuck it in. It wasn't hitthat well." The floodgates opened for the Indians after that, as they piledon six more runs in the frame for a blowout win. "We always say it's better to be lucky than good sometimes andwith Trot, that's one thing you can say, he got the ball to getin there," Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis said. "Trot's atough out and we never like to see him up there in thatsituation but it's tough, tough to lose that game." "Trot hadn't faced a lot of lefties in quite some time, but hehad a good at-bat and it unravelled from there," Boston managerTerry Francona added. "A frustrating end to an exciting game. Eric Gagne (0-1) was charged with the loss after surrendering awalk and a hit before yielding to Lopez. Gagne, who wasacquired at the trading deadline in July to stabilize thebullpen, had a 6.75 ERA in 20 appearances with Boston before theplayoffs and had been resigned to mop-up duty before cominginto Saturday's tie game. The Red Sox looked to be winning the battle of two strongbullpens before the 11th-inning meltdown, with four relieverscombining for 5 1/3 scoreless frames before Gagne was chargedwith two runs, Lopez charged with three and lefthander JonLester charged with two in the 11th. The Indians' bullpen combined to toss 6 2/3 scoreless inningsafter Rafael Perez yielded back-to-back homers in the fifthinning. Tom Mastny (1-0) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win. Both teams had their chances to win in the ninth, with theIndians missing an opportunity to drive in a run from secondbase with Ryan Garko at the plate and reliever Rafael Betancourtwinning a 12-pitch at-bat with Youkilis to end the Red Sox'sthreat in the bottom of the frame. "It's just one of those things," said Youkilis of his linedrive. "You do everything right and sometimes it doesn't payoff. There's a lot of luck involved in this game. You get ontop of that ball just a little bit more, you get on top of it.You can sit here and be the Monday morning quarterback." "We took home-field advantage back," Garko said. "We're goingback in front of our fans. It's huge, especially with CurtSchilling on the mound. We know how good he is and what a greatpostseason pitcher he is. We knew it would be a tough testtonight so it will be a nice plane ride home." Betancourt pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings before yielding toMastny, who did what has been nearly impossible for pitchers sofar this postseason, retiring David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez andMike Lowell in order to extend the game to an 11th frame. Ramirez homered in the fifth to tie the game at 5-5. It was his23rd career postseason home run, making him the all-timeleader. Lowell then followed with a solo blast, putting the theRed Sox back on top, 6-5. Cleveland came back to tie the score, 6-6, in the sixth whenGutierrez grounded out to score Peralta from third. Peralta hita three-run homer in the fourth for a 4-3 lead.
