Martinez had an RBI double and Jarren Duran walked with the bases loaded for Boston.Ĭleveland pulled within 4-3 on Wilson Ramos’ two-run double in the sixth, but the veteran catcher exited in the seventh when his left knee buckled on a throw to second. “I didn’t have the best command in the world, but it’s a matter of learning from it.”īobby Dalbec hit a solo homer, J.D. “You’ve got to take the good away, along with the bad, from this game,” Houck said. The right-hander hit the next two batters with pitches, ending his day with three plunkings, and was charged with three runs and four walks in 5 1/3 innings. Houck was in charge until Ramirez homered. “We had two outs and two strikes.”īryan Shaw (6-6) worked the eighth and Emmanuel Clase pitched a perfect ninth for his 19th save, preventing Boston from its first three-game sweep in Cleveland since 2013. “Austin tried to quick pitch Hedges, but he threw the ball into his honey hole and everything unraveled,” Boston manager Alex Cora said, shaking his head. It was his third two-homer game of the season and the ninth of his career. Rafael Devers hit two solo home runs for the Red Sox, going deep off Eli Morgan in the first and Blake Parker in the seventh.
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The teams begin a four-game series Monday at Tropicana Field. Myles Straw subsequently singled in Chang for an insurance run.īoston continues to hold the second AL wild-card spot, but fell eight games behind East-leading Tampa Bay. “There were actually two interferences on the play because I got hit at third, too, so I knew right away what the call was.” “I kind of pushed the second baseman out of the way because all that was on my mind was to score,” Mercado said. Mercado also had a narrow brush getting past Davis, who had gone over to cover third. Munoz was moving toward the left side of the infield as the play developed and Mercado bumped into him after rounding second base. Mercado appeared to be thrown out at home, but plate umpire Nic Lentz immediately ruled that Boston second baseman Yairo Munoz had impeded Mercado’s progress on the basepaths. Mercado then singled and Yu Chang followed with a double down the left field line.