Game 31: Indians 8, Red Sox 3
The Indians blasted Josh Beckett and cruised to an 8-3 victory over the Red Sox. A recap of the action.
| Final - 5.10.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Indians | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Boston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Cleveland Indians | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Damon, LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .171 |
| Aaron Cunningham, LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Jason Kipnis, 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .343 |
| Travis Hafner, DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .245 |
| Carlos Santana, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .255 |
| Shin-Soo Choo, RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .239 |
| Michael Brantley, CF | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Casey Kotchman, 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .194 |
| Jack Hannahan, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
Batting
Home runs - Kipnis, Hannahan
Doubles - Cabrera, Choo, Brantley 2
Grounded into DP - Cabrera
Hit by pitch - Cabrera, Kotchman
Sacrifice flies - Santana, Kotchman
Stolen Bases - Cabrera
Team LOB - 8
Home runs - Kipnis, Hannahan
Doubles - Cabrera, Choo, Brantley 2
Grounded into DP - Cabrera
Hit by pitch - Cabrera, Kotchman
Sacrifice flies - Santana, Kotchman
Stolen Bases - Cabrera
Team LOB - 8
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Lowe (W, 5-1) | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.47 | 0 | 107-62 |
| Tony Sipp | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.38 | 0 | 12-8 |
| Joe Smith | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.87 | 0 | 5-3 |
| Vinnie Pestano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.93 | 0 | 41-22 |
| Nick Hagadone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.87 | 0 | 9-5 |
| Boston Red Sox | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sweeney, 9,8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .351 |
| Dustin Pedroia, 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| David Ortiz, DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .352 |
| Adrian Gonzalez, 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| Will Middlebrooks, 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .323 |
| Daniel Nava, LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 |
| Mike Aviles, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Marlon Byrd, CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Nick Punto, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .138 |
| Darnell McDonald, RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Kelly Shoppach, C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia, ph,2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
Batting
Home runs - Pedroia
Doubles - Gonzalez, Nava
Grounded into DP - Sweeney
Hit by pitch - Shoppach
Team LOB - 11
Home runs - Pedroia
Doubles - Gonzalez, Nava
Grounded into DP - Sweeney
Hit by pitch - Shoppach
Team LOB - 11
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Beckett (L, 2-4) | 2.1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5.97 | 0 | 56-34 |
| Andrew Miller | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 16-11 |
| Rich Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 | 0 | 10-7 |
| Scott Atchison | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.23 | 0 | 29-19 |
| Franklin Morales | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 19-10 |
| Alfredo Aceves | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.39 | 1 | 19-12 |
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Jim Wolf, First Base Umpire - Derryl Cousins, Second Base Umpire - Alan Porter, Third Base Umpire - Ron Kulpa
Duration: 3:11
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Jim Wolf, First Base Umpire - Derryl Cousins, Second Base Umpire - Alan Porter, Third Base Umpire - Ron Kulpa
Duration: 3:11
