Game 14 recap: Sox come back to beat Tribe in 9th

by SoxDevil on Apr 15, 2008 2:31 PM EDT

Summary:

The Red Sox jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, but fell behind in the 4th as the Indians put a few hits together. By the end of the 5th was 1-4, Tribe. Both of the Indians' 2-run innings began with a lead-off walk by Lester.

Fast forward to the 9th inning.

With the Red Sox trailing 3-4, Julio Lugo doubles off Joe-Bo to lead off the inning.

Cleveland, do you hear the footsteps?

Consecutive sacrifices from Crisp and the Destroya brought him home to tie the game. With two outs in the 9th, Big Papi hit an opposite-field single to left, against the shift. Ellsbury came in to pinch run, causing a nice distraction at 1B. Then, as only Manny can, the bad man mashed a homer to put the Red Sox up 6-4.

Papelbon slammed the door to finish the Indians off.

Player of the Game:

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Great job, Joe Borowski, for winning the game for the Red Sox!

The runner up for yesterday's game is:

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Manny Ramirez. That man has one of the sweetest swings in baseball. No one else can smoothly transition his swing follow-through to HR pimp as well as Manny.

"Being", Youk, and Pedroia all had 2 ribbies for the Good Guys.

For Cleveland's part, the top half of their line-up was productive against Lester.

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Manny to the Rescue

Manny’s been on fire so far this season. He’s looking trimmer and stronger, and his jersey isn’t hanging like a tent over his body anymore. I was at the Sox/Yanks game and couldn’t believe his hustle.

by saraha on Apr 15, 2008 5:41 PM EDT reply actions

I still think Hatchet Face was the player of the game

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Apr 15, 2008 5:47 PM EDT reply actions

second this opinion

one would be remiss in not mentioning J-Tav in even the briefest of performance rundowns from last night. He was the starter we always wanted him to be all of last year.

"and THAT happened" -John Mayer announcing Pedrioa at-bat in Tokyo

by DJDP23 on Apr 15, 2008 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Lugo

I know this may sound a little contradictory, but has anyone noticed that Julio Lugo is coming up with timely hits? Yes, timely hits! He’s batting .280 or so, and may make himself our leadoff man again. I know thats a bit of a stretch, but was anyone expecting Papi to start out the year 3 for 43?

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on Apr 16, 2008 5:28 PM EDT reply actions