Scudder took the mound in the top of the first inning and Wade Boggs led off with a ground out to short. Jody Reed popped up to short but Phil Plantier walked. Ellis Burks flied out to right to end the inning. Clemens began his dominance in the bottom of the first inning by freezing Alex Cole for strike three to start. Glenallen Hill popped up to right but Carlos Baerga singled up the middle. Albert Belle struck out swinging to end the inning.
Tom Brunansky flied out to right to start the top of the second before Herm Winningham grounded out to second. Tim Naehring struck out swinging to end the inning. Paul Sorrento flied out to left to start the bottom of the second before Sandy Alomar Jr walked. Mark Whiten took strike three but Alomar swiped second base. Jacoby took strike three to end the inning.
Tony Pena grounded back to the mound to start the top of the third before Scott Cooper grounded out to first. Boggs walked but Reed popped up to short to end the inning. Felix Fermin grounded out to third to start the bottom of the third before Cole struck out swinging. Hill singled to center but Baerga struck out swinging to end the inning.
The Sox struck first in the top of the fourth as Plantier singled to center to start. Burks singled Plantier to third but Brunansky struck out swinging. Winningham beat out a double play ball to score Plantier to give the Sox the lead but Naehring grounded out to short to end the inning with the Sox ahead 1-0.
Belle walked to start the bottom of the fourth but was doubled off first on a line drive to Naehring by Sorrento. Alomar Jr flied out to left to end the inning.
Scudder cruised in the top of the fifth as Pena grounded out to first to start. Cooper flied out to left and Boggs popped up to shallow left to end the inning. Whiten struck out swinging to begin the bottom of the fifth before Jacoby grounded out to second. Fermin grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
Reed grounded out to short to start the top of the sixth before Plantier popped up to third in foul territory. Burks grounded out to third to end the inning. Clemens cruised in the bottom of the sixth as Cole grounded out to third to start. Hill grounded out to third and Baerga took strike three to end the inning.
The Sox iced the game in the top of the seventh as Brunansky hit a routine grounder to third...booted by Jacoby to start. Bruno was caught stealing second but Winningham walked. Naehring singled to left and Winningham went all the way to third, Tim taking second on the throw. Pena singled to left to score Winningham and put runners at the corners before Cooper beat out a double play ball to score Naehring. Boggs singled to center to chase Scudder and Ted Power came in to pitch. Reed walked to load the bases but Plantier struck out swinging to end the inning with the Sox ahead 3-0.
Clemens froze Belle for strike three to start the bottom of the seventh and Sorrento grounded out to second. Alomar Jr struck out swinging to end the inning.
The Sox blew a rally in the top of the eighth as Burks struck out swinging to start. Brunansky singled to center before Winningham popped up to shallow left. Naehring and Pena stroked back to back singles to load the bases but Cooper flied out to right to end the inning. Whiten struck out swinging to start the bottom of the eighth but Kenny Lofton pinch hit for Jacoby. Clemens struck Lofton out swinging and Dave Rhode pinch hit for Fermin. Rhode flied out to left to end the inning.
Tony Perezchica took over at short for the top of the ninth and Boggs singled to left to start. Reed grounded out to third with Boggs moving to second. Boggs moved to third on a grounder to second by Plantier but Burks lined out to second to end the inning. Clemens returned to finish the job in the bottom of the ninth but Cole walked to start. Hill banged into a double play and Baerga flied out to left to end the game. Clemens tossed a complete game 2 hit shutout to beat the Indians 3-0.
The Good:
Wade Boggs was 2 for 4 with a walk.
Tim Naehring was 2 for 4 with a run scored.
Tony Pena was 2 for 4 with an rbi.
The Bad:
None
The Ugly:
Jody Reed was 0 for 4 but drew a walk.
Phil Plantier was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but walked and scored a run.
Ellis Burks was just 1 for 5 with a strikeout.
Tom Brunansky was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Herm Winningham was 0 for 3 but walked, drove in a run and scored a run.
Scott Cooper was 0 for 3 but drove in a run.
Final Thoughts:
The offense is leaving much to be desired but the pitching was damn good in today's doubleheader. Matt Young allowed no hits in 8 innings and Clemens allowed no runs in 9. Usually doubleheaders are murder on bullpens but the Sox bullpen must have been bored to tears with the way Young and Clemens pitched. The Sox offense put up 3 runs but blew rallies in two different innings where they could have broken the game open. The Sox need to fix this real quick if they have any chance to competing with the Toronto Blue Jays this year. Clemens was awesome in Game 2 and hopefully the Sox can keep momentum going moving forward. The Sox now come home to face the Baltimore Orioles tomorrow afternoon. Frank Viola goes for the Sox up against Bob Milacki of the Indians at 2:05 PM at Fenway Park.
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