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THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ...
Greg Allen brings home
a win for the Tribe in extra innings
September 23, 2018 ...
The Red
Sox are trying to make history. The Cleveland
Indians keep getting in the way. Greg Allen singled with one
out and the bases loaded in the 11th inning and Cleveland defeated the Red Sox
4-3, to deny the Sox bid for a club-record 106th victory for the second straight
game.
Allen singled through the left side on a 3-2 pitch from
Robby Scott to give Cleveland an 11th inning win for the second night in a row.
William Cuevas (0-2) walked leadoff man Jose Ramirez, who moved to second on
Rajai Davis' sacrifice. Shortstop Tzu-Wei Lin, who replaced the injured Xander
Bogaerts in the seventh, booted Erik Gonzalez's ground ball, sending Ramirez to
third. Yandy Diaz, batting for Yonder Alonso, was intentionally walked to load
the bases and set the stage for Allen's winning hit. Allen raced toward the
outfield after he rounded first to avoid getting pounded by his teammates, a
strategy that was unsuccessful.
Josh Tomlin (2-5) pitched two scoreless innings for the
Indians, who won the after a 7-5 loss Friday.
Mookie Betts homered and had four hits in his return to the
lineup, but the Red Sox will also have to wait at least one more day before
wrapping the home-field advantage throughout the postseason. Betts hit his 31st
homer in the fifth to tie the game after Cleveland scored three times in the
fourth. Betts, who leads the majors with a .343 batting average, started the
game with a double off the wall in left. He singled in the third and doubled
again in the seventh. Betts played right field for the first time in a week.
He's been dealing with soreness in his left side and was the DH twice last week.
Edwin Encarnacion got his 100th RBI of the season with a
fourth-inning single, reaching the century mark for the fourth straight year.
Melky Cabrera's two-run double off Steven Wright put Cleveland ahead 3-2.
Bogaerts was removed during his at-bat in the seventh
inning because of a sore left shoulder. He fouled off a pitch and was visited by
manager Alex Cora and a team trainer. Bogaerts walked to the dugout after a
lengthy conversation and is listed as day to day.
Right-hander Hector Velazquez started for The Sox and gave
up two runs in 3 1/3 innings. Cleveland starter Adam Plutko allowed three runs
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