David Price took the mound in the top of the first inning and Fransisco Lindor flied out to right to start the game. Oscar Mercado grounded out to short before Carlos Santana looked at strike three to end the inning. Zach Plesac got the ball in the bottom of the first inning and Mr. Mookie Betts grounded out to third to begin. Rafael Devers whiffed before Xander Bogaerts flied out to center to end the inning.
Price got Jordan Luplow to ground out to short to open the top of the second but Jose Ramirez singled to left. Roberto Perez took strike three before Jake Bauers whiffed to end the inning. A rain delay pushed the game back to 8:45 and when play resumed, JD Martinez doubled to start the bottom of the second. Michael Chavis popped up to second but Brock "The Hitman" Holt singled Martinez to third. Steve Pearce flied out to right and Jackie Bradley Jr grounded out to second to end the inning.
Price cruised in the top of the third inning as Greg Allen lined out to second to begin. Mike Freeman grounded out to third before Lindor also grounded out to third to end the inning. Christian Vazquez singled to open the bottom of the third but Mr. Mookie flied out to center. Vazquez got picked off of first and Devers grounded out to second to end the inning.
Mercado singled to left to start the top of the fourth but Santana banged into a double play. Luplow grounded out to short to end the inning. The Sox did nothing in the bottom of the fourth as Bogaerts flied out to right to begin. Martinez grounded out to second and Chavis popped up to second to end the inning.
Ramirez singled to start the top of the fifth but Perez whiffed. Ramirez swiped second but Bauers hit one up the elevator shaft. Allen lined out to right to end the inning. Plesac kept up the pace in the bottom of the fifth as Holt flied out to left to start. Pearce grounded out to third but JBJ walked. Vazquez whiffed to end the inning.
Price came back for one more inning in the top of the sixth and Freeman whiffed to start. Lindor walked and moved to second on the Mercado ground out to third. Santana looked at strike three to end the inning. Price had thrown 6 shutout innings and allowed just 3 hits and a walk.
The Sox took the lead in the bottom of the sixth although Mr. Mookie grounded out to third to begin. Devers tripled into the right field corner to chase Plesac. AJ Cole came in and Bogaerts singled home Devers to put the Red Sox on top. Martinez doubled off the Monster but Chavis whiffed. Holt hit a routine grounder to Freeman who went OLE! for an error to score both runners. Pearce whiffed to end the inning but it was 3-0 Sox.
Brandon Workman came in for the top of the seventh and snuffed out a bunt attempt by Luplow to start. Ramirez walked and stole second before taking third on the Perez grounder. Bauers grounded to third to end the inning. Tyler Clippard came on to pitch the bottom of the seventh and plunked JBJ to start. JBJ took second but was stranded when Vazquez flied out to left. Mr. Mookie flied out to right but JBJ moved to third. Devers popped up to third to end the inning.
The wheels began to fall off in the top of the eighth with Marcus Walden walked Allen to start. Freeman singled and Lindor doubled home both men. Mercado popped up to short and that was it for Walden. Matt Barnes came in and walked Santana but whiffed Luplow and got Ramirez to ground out to short to end the inning with the Sox still head 3-2.
Nick Wittgren replaced Clippard in the bottom of the eighth and the Sox rallied. Bogaerts doubled to left but Martinez flied out to almost the same spot. Chavis lined a base hit to right to score Bogaerts although Holt flied out to right. Pearce doubled off the bullpen wall to score Chavis. JBJ grounded out to short to end the inning with the Sox now enjoying a 5-2 lead with 3 outs to go.
Ryan Brasier was tasked with holding the three run lead and completely puked on himself. Perez hit one of the most effortless home runs in history before Bauer walked. The light hitting Allen then crushed his first home run of the year to tie the game as the boo birds rained down. Travis Lakins poured gas on the fire as he hit Freeman and walked Lindor but got a big out when Mercado got Freeman thrown out at third on a bunt attempt. Santana walked to load the bases and Luplow doubled home Lindor and Mercado to put Cleveland on top. Ramirez walked and Santana was forced at home on a grounder by Perez. Bauers lined out to right to end the inning but the Indians erased a 3 run deficit and led 7-5, absolutely pathetic.
Indians closer Brad Hand came in for the bottom of the ninth and whiffed Vazquez to start. Somehow Mr. Mookie walked and Devers singled to put the tying runs on, but Bogaerts whiffed. With the game on the line, Martinez whiffed to end the game. The Indians came back to stun the Sox 7-5.
Jackass of the Night is Ryan Brasier. He gave up the tying runs in the 9th inning and put the Sox in position to lose.
The Good:
Rafael Devers was 2 for 5 with a run scored.
Xander Bogaerts was 2 for 5 with an rbi and 2 runs scored.
JD Martinez was 2 for 5 with a run scored.
Jackie Bradley Jr was plunked and walked in 4 plate appearances.
David Price tossed 6 shut out innings allowing just 3 hits and a walk.
Brandon Workman pitched a scoreless 7th inning.
Matt Barnes got the final two outs of the eighth inning.
The Bad:
Marcus Walden allowed 2 runs in just 1/3 of an inning.
Travis Lakins allowed the go-ahead runs to score in the top of the ninth.
The Ugly:
Mookie Betts was 0 for 4 but walked.
Michael Chavis was just 1 for 4 but drove in a run and scored.
Brock Holt was just 1 for 4.
Steve Pearce was just 1 for 4 with an rbi.
Christian Vazquez was just 1 for 4.
Final Thoughts:
THIS is the reason the Red Sox are going nowhere. Forget Cora sandbagging spring training, forget the starters not being ready and forget the terrible start to the year, THIS is their downfall. Dombrowski had all winter to get bullpen help after Joe Kelly and Craig Kimbrel jumped ship and didn't do it. Now they're paying for it because they don't have a closer and as its been proven many times, closer by committee doesn't work. Tonight's game is proof of that as the Sox had a 3 run lead in the 9th against a terrible offense and gave up 5 runs. This loss hurts for a variety of reasons and if Dave Dombrowski doesn't get some relief by the trade deadline, they're going to be sorry. The loss dropped the Sox to 29-26, 6.5 games behind the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. Tomorrow Ryan Weber (1-0) looks to build on his start against Toronto as he takes on Shane Bieber at 6:10 PM at Fenway Park.
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