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Why bother writing a recap when you’ll do it for me? To the tweets!:
Tonight will be the first time Eduardo Rodriguez has faced the Indians since 8-18-15. 8 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K that game
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) August 21, 2017
Play Ball in Cleveland !
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 21, 2017
Mookie walks
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 21, 2017
CUE THE MUSIC FOR ANOTHER BENNY BOMB! pic.twitter.com/0811drZvJj
— Austin J. Eich (@Eich_AJ) August 21, 2017
I am:
— Andrew Tashian (@Tashville401) August 21, 2017
⚪️Male
⚪️Female
Eduardo Rodriguez
Seeking:
⚪️Male
⚪️Female
Quick Innings#RedSoxNation #RedSox
(Editor’s note: He got one in the first.)
OLHA ESSA REBATIDA DO VAZQUEZ
— Boston Sports Brasil (@BostonSportsBR) August 21, 2017
Simples que flertou com o território de foul ball#MLBnaESPN
That was awful JBJ
— Boston Sports News (@BostonSportsNe2) August 21, 2017
Jay Bruce steps in for his first home at-bat in a Tribe uniform and promptly singles to right field. 11-game hitting streak now for Bruce.
— Joe Noga (@JoeNogaCLE) August 21, 2017
Guyer is out if robot ump was behind plate . High strike called would totally change game
— 216Diehard (@dege1966) August 21, 2017
(It wasn’t; he walked, making it two on with one out.)
#Indians Roberto Perez homers (2) to center off #RedSox Eduardo Rodriguez. Jay Bruce, Brandon Guyer scores.
— MLB Home Runs (@mlb_home_runs) August 21, 2017
BOS 2 @ CLE 3; Bottom 2
The ghost of fucking Roberto Perez is still haunting us.
— Harris McKinney (@Harris_McKinney) August 21, 2017
LMFAO Roberto Perez
— King KDB (@HenriqueIsDaddy) August 21, 2017
A personal note to one of my good Twitter pals:
eat shit!
— Bryan Joiner (@bryanjoiner) August 21, 2017
After 2, 3-2 Indians
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 21, 2017
Urshela got a GLOVE! #RallyTogether
— Swiftie Dude (@BigDawgSwifty13) August 21, 2017
(He had robbed Nunez on a rope.)
Benintendi com um single no primeiro swing também#MLBnaESPN
— Boston Sports Brasil (@BostonSportsBR) August 21, 2017
WARNING: Andrew Benintendi scalding hot to the touch
— Kaley (@kaley8711) August 21, 2017
Hanley walks
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 21, 2017
Rafael Devers lines out sharply to third baseman Giovanny Urshela. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Eduardo Rodriguez - Boston Red Sox (1 today, 2 1/3 IP, 51 pitches)
— MLB Strikeout (@mlbstrike) August 22, 2017
Eduardo Rodriguez’s glove is particularly red. Pedro-esque, although I think a little louder than Pedro's
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) August 22, 2017
Eduardo Rodriguez - Boston Red Sox (2 today, 3 IP, 55 pitches)
— MLB Strikeout (@mlbstrike) August 22, 2017
After 3, 3-2 Indians
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 22, 2017
Bogaerts consegue um leadoff walk.#MLBnaESPN #TudoPelaMLB
— Boston Sports Brasil (@BostonSportsBR) August 22, 2017
DFA BROCK HOLT
— 71-52 (@DeversSzn) August 22, 2017
(He struck out.)
JBJ hit by pitch
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 22, 2017
Nunez eliminado pela terceira vez em 3 ABs. Groundout que encerra o turno de ataque de Boston.#MLBnaESPN #TudoPelaMLB
— Boston Sports Brasil (@BostonSportsBR) August 22, 2017
In Cleveland: Middle of the 4th -- Cleveland 3, Boston 2 #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Ump just took the bat out of Jay Bruce's hand....
— Dis-InfoWars ❄️ (@MDgolf13) August 22, 2017
(He called him out on strikes.)
Carlos Santana grounds out, third baseman Rafael Devers to first baseman Brock Holt. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Lucky Hit: Brandon Guyer (2) [CLE] off Eduardo Rodriguez [BOS]: 66.8 mph, -45 degrees (Single)
— MLBExitVelocity (@MLBExitVelocity) August 22, 2017
He was out but Erod missed the bag
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 22, 2017
Flashbacks of Jim Joyce
— Andre Cousins (@HPJoker) August 22, 2017
Roberto Perez strikes out swinging. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
(That was the third out. Top of the fifth forthcoming.)
Mookie leadoff walk
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 22, 2017
That ball-4 take by Betts on a slider just off the corner was noteworthy. That's a pitch he's been chasing further off the plate than that.
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) August 22, 2017
Right as Roberto Perez begins to fall off the trending topics he goes and makes an unbelievable catch.
— Dominic Longo (@dominiclongo) August 22, 2017
(It was on a Benintendi popup behind the plate. Grrr.)
With Hanley Ramirez batting, Mookie Betts caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Roberto Perez to second baseman Jose Ramirez. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
The problem with baseball (also the best thing about baseball) is that occasionally Roberto Perez forgets he's not Johnny Bench.
— Brendan O'Toole (@unexpectedbass) August 22, 2017
But!:
Red Sox challenging the call at second. Looked like Betts snuck his hand in before the tag.
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 22, 2017
MOOKIE BETTS ROUBOU A SEGUNDA, TÁ SALVO, GANHAMOS O DESAFIO#TudoPelaMLB #MLBnaESPN
— Boston Sports Brasil (@BostonSportsBR) August 22, 2017
(The call was overruled, and he was safe.)
SEEEEEEEEEEE YAAAAAAAAAAA
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 22, 2017
HANLEY 2 RUN BOMB!
Good god, Hanley. That ball had a family.
— Brett Cowett (@BACowett) August 22, 2017
Hanley crush job: 106 mph, 430 feet
— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) August 22, 2017
Hanley Ramirez absolutely crushes a 2-run HR as the Red Sox take a 4-3 lead pic.twitter.com/X5k7vsKima
— Boston Sports Info (@bostonsportsinf) August 22, 2017
Hooray. Clevinger was yanked after that.
Clevinger's line: 4.1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 22, 2017
Rafael Devers pops out to third baseman Giovanny Urshela. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Walk pro Bogaerts, também o segundo do dia pra ele.#TudoPelaMLB #MLBnaESPN
— Boston Sports Brasil (@BostonSportsBR) August 22, 2017
Brock Holt just fired down his bat when he saw that ball was caught.
— Christopher Smith (@SmittyOnMLB) August 22, 2017
Love the Youkilis-like emotion there.
In Cleveland: Middle of the 5th -- Boston 4, Cleveland 3 #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
PAWSOX BREAK!!!:
Carson Smith works a 1-2-3 6th -- 1-3, K (fastball), K (slider), 14-8-2. Fastball topped at 91, threw eight off-speed pitches. #PawSox
— Bill Koch (@BillKoch25) August 22, 2017
Good to know. Back in Cleveland...
When is Urshela going to hit?
— FearTheSpear (@bill_mayville) August 22, 2017
(It wasn’t this at-bat!)
Francisco Lindor grounds out, pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez to first baseman Brock Holt. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Red Sox shut down innings are my favorite kind of innings.
— Austin J. Eich (@Eich_AJ) August 22, 2017
Rodriguez works a shutdown inning, because of course he does. Has allowed runs just once in 26 potential shutdown innings this season.
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 22, 2017
After 5, 4-3 Red Sox
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 22, 2017
FOX Sports MLB Key Play CLE New Pitcher N.Goody has replaced T.Olson. BOS 4 (cont) https://t.co/s2hLhH9xIS
— Teresa ✌#BB19 (@_hellonheels) August 22, 2017
This isn't even my final form! https://t.co/k4BgdQrw29
— Christian Vazquez (@uhm_Quez) August 22, 2017
Whoops, wrong Christian Vazquez. Let’s try again.
Christian Vazquez strikes out swinging. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Darnit! JBJ grounded out, too, and Nunez K’d. Which brings us to this Twitter bot, which Knows Things:
Eduardo Nunez and Christian Vazquez had a trial to see who could most shortly heave a mongoose .
— ee gammings (@eegammings) August 22, 2017
That was between their strikeouts. Creepy. Speaking of Nunez...
Eduardo Nunez has two hits in his last 18 at-bats. A little cool off was expected. Rest of lineup’s job to pick him up, has been
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) August 22, 2017
4-3 headed to the bottom of the sixth, btw, Eddy still on the bump.
Groundout do Ramirez, walk pro Encarnacion.#TudoPelaMLB #MLBnaESPN
— Boston Sports Brasil (@BostonSportsBR) August 22, 2017
BALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Alex DelPriore (@AlDelPriore) August 22, 2017
Fairuza Balk appreciation post✨ pic.twitter.com/YExxllUkwJ
— ✰ Witchy Woman ✰ (@MyOwnRiver) August 15, 2017
The Red Sox have had 2 balks called on them this season. Four teams, including three in NL West (Dodgers, yes) are in double digits.
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) August 22, 2017
Frontdoor cutter/slider from Rodriguez to get Bruce staring. That is his final batter of the evening. Kelly for Santana.
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 22, 2017
Nuke Kelly just beaned the ump like he was the Durham Bulls mascot.
— Chad Finn (@GlobeChadFinn) August 22, 2017
Kelly was like; "You better not squeeze me up"
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 22, 2017
Watching Joe Kelly warm up and hit the umpire in the face with a fastball you have to marvel that he has just 19 walks in just 39 innings
— Matthew Kory (@mattymatty2000) August 22, 2017
"It's impeccable to get in here with the lead..." I don't think Gomes knows what that word means.
— Britni de la Cretaz (@britnidlc) August 22, 2017
Why is Trump trending this late?
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 22, 2017
Sigh. Stick to sports, right? Aye aye, cap’ns:
Carlos Santana now 0-for-8 vs. Joe Kelly.
— Christopher Smith (@SmittyOnMLB) August 22, 2017
We'll have a change of umpire behind the plate. 2B ump Alan Porter will go behind the dish to replace Wendelstedt.
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 22, 2017
So a little delay here as Porter gears up. Andrew Miller in for the Indians.
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) August 22, 2017
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Since there was a delay and Miller was pitching, I decided to go outside for none of your damn business, expecting to come back to the Indians back at bat after the long umpire switch. NOPE! Miller walked Betts then got hurt, forcing the Indians to bring in Dan Otero. To wit:
This top of the 7th has taken 20 minutes and included eight pitches.
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 22, 2017
Now we continue:
Andrew Benintendi grounds into a force out, first baseman Carlos Santana to shortstop Francisco Lindor. Mookie Betts out at 2nd. Andrew
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Benintendi to 1st. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Hanley barley even flinched.
— Liam (@GOATomBrady5) August 22, 2017
Heh. Barley indeed, with hops and malts. Mops and halts. You’re not going to believe this, but I missed the last at-bat, and the next two went by very quickly and were good for the Red Sox. Here’s a relevant summary:
So they're saying...Joe Kelly has great stuff?
— Ben Buchanan (@BenLBuchanan) August 22, 2017
They are. They are.
Here is some irrelevant shit:
Defensive switch from right field to first base for Jay Bruce. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Back to action:
Devers sofre o K#TudoPelaMLB #MLBnaESPN
— Boston Sports Brasil (@BostonSportsBR) August 22, 2017
Devers swinging after everything up
— Red Sox Updates (@redsoxupdates8) August 22, 2017
Groundout do Bogaerts pro SS, 2 outs.#TudoPelaMLB #MLBnaESPN
— Boston Sports Brasil (@BostonSportsBR) August 22, 2017
Brock Holt strikes out swinging. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Barnes has the eighth.
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 22, 2017
Matt Barnes walks the first batter.
— Bryan Joiner (@bryanjoiner) August 22, 2017
I wrote that just to pin it.
— Bryan Joiner (@bryanjoiner) August 22, 2017
The Matt Barnes home/road split issue is rearing its head again: pic.twitter.com/P8cQiKqau3
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) August 22, 2017
Austin Jackson singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Francisco Lindor to 2nd. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Hembree on for Barnes. Big spot.
— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) August 22, 2017
Francona just flipped off the camera again LMAO.
— Terry Cushman (@cushmanMLB) August 22, 2017
And then, quickly, Jose Ramirez strikes out and Edwin Encarnacion singles to left, scoring a run and presenting Andrew Benintendi with a chance to make a huge boner, and he delivered, throwing the ball home instead of stopping the runner at third with less than two outs. Boner!!!
WTF IS BENNY DOING!
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 22, 2017
That throw is what will beat them. Had to go to third. No chance at the plate
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) August 22, 2017
This inning won't end well
— Andre Cousins (@HPJoker) August 22, 2017
Robby Scott’s pitching, by the way, with runners on second and third with one out.
Jay Bruce strikes out swinging. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Bradley Zimmer strikes out swinging. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Miracle to still be tied.
— Ben Buchanan (@BenLBuchanan) August 22, 2017
That's an enormous pair of strikeouts from Robby Scott, who strands the go-ahead run 90 feet away. We're tied after eight.
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 22, 2017
Cody Allen in a non save situation? I wanted to fall asleep early tonight anyways.
— True Fan (@M_Schultz22) August 22, 2017
Vazquez leadoff single
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) August 22, 2017
380 foot single
— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) August 22, 2017
Chris Young came on to run for Vazquez when the count on JBJ was 3-0; weird as hell, man. JBJ flied out. Then:
Eduardo Nunez flies out to right fielder Brandon Guyer. #RedSox
— Red Sox Plays (@RedSoxPlays) August 22, 2017
Pop up Betts strikes again.
— Buzzing the Tower (@upandinsawx) August 22, 2017
He really does pop up too much.
I'd use Craig Kimbrel here. Not Brandon Workman. But that's me.
— Christopher Smith (@SmittyOnMLB) August 22, 2017
BRANDON GUYER WITH THE LEADOFF DOUBLE!!!
— Casey Brefka (@caseyb1886) August 22, 2017
BOS 4
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 22, 2017
CLE 5
Final
Red Sox are 71-53.
That was not great
— Ben Buchanan (@BenLBuchanan) August 22, 2017
What happened was: Perez bunted, Brock Holt charged and tried to get the runner at third and threw the ball away, and that was that. The end.
tfw you're secretly happy bc you had to recap the game tonight
— Bryan Joiner (@bryanjoiner) August 22, 2017
Wait, what?