Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Cleveland 4,
Boston 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 23, 2018
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Victor Carapazza, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Jordan Baker, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 27879
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Victor Carapazza, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Jordan Baker, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 27879
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mookie Betts | RF | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .343 |
| Blake Swihart | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .283 |
| Sam Travis | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .285 |
| Tzu-Wei Lin | PH-SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .239 |
| Steve Pearce | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .286 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .242 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .241 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .231 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .212 |
| Totals | 40 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mookie Betts 2 (46), Tzu-Wei Lin (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Mookie Betts (31) | |||||||||
| TB - Mookie Betts 9, Xander Bogaerts, Tzu-Wei Lin 2, Jackie Bradley Jr., Christian Vazquez | |||||||||
| RBI - Mookie Betts (78), Rafael Devers (60) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Xander Bogaerts (49), Steve Pearce 4 (21), Christian Vazquez 2 (33) | |||||||||
| S - Andrew Benintendi (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 13 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Hector Velazquez (1), Jackie Bradley Jr. (5), Tzu-Wei Lin (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Hector Velazquez | 3.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.27 |
| Steven Wright | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.66 |
| Bobby Poyner | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
| William Cuevas (L 0-2) | 5.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.32 |
| Robby Scott | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.53 |
| WP - Hector Velazquez | ||||||||
| HBP - Francisco Lindor (by Cuevas) | ||||||||
| IBB - Yandy Diaz (by Scott) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Hector Velazquez 54-37, Steven Wright 13-10, Bobby Poyner 21-14, William Cuevas 93-58, Robby Scott 8-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Hector Velazquez 5-0, Steven Wright 0-0, Bobby Poyner 1-0, William Cuevas 7-0, Robby Scott 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Hector Velazquez 13, Steven Wright 4, Bobby Poyner 4, William Cuevas 20, Robby Scott 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Steven Wright 1-1, William Cuevas 1-0, Robby Scott 2-1 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .281 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .309 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 |
| Jose Ramirez | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .272 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .239 |
| Rajai Davis | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .231 |
| Erik Gonzalez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Yonder Alonso | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Yandy Diaz | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Melky Cabrera | RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .274 |
| Greg Allen | PR-CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Jason Kipnis | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .228 |
| Brandon Barnes | PR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Roberto Perez | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .156 |
| Eric Haase | PH-C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .222 |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Melky Cabrera (15), Jason Kipnis (27) | |||||||||
| 3B - Edwin Encarnacion (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Brantley, Edwin Encarnacion 4, Yonder Alonso 2, Melky Cabrera 2, Greg Allen, Jason Kipnis 2, Eric Haase | |||||||||
| RBI - Edwin Encarnacion (100), Melky Cabrera 2 (38), Greg Allen (19) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Melky Cabrera 2 (14) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Brantley 2 (53), Jason Kipnis (43) | |||||||||
| S - Rajai Davis (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Josh Donaldson (3), Melky Cabrera (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Rajai Davis (7, 2nd by Cuevas/Vazquez), Greg Allen (4, 2nd by Cuevas/Vazquez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Adam Plutko | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5.21 |
| Dan Otero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.34 |
| Jonathan Edwards | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 |
| Neil Ramirez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.39 |
| Adam Cimber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.42 |
| Josh Tomlin (W 2-5) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.44 |
| WP - Adam Plutko | ||||||||
| HBP - Jackie Bradley Jr. (by Ramirez) | ||||||||
| IBB - Rafael Devers (by Cimber) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Adam Plutko 109-68, Dan Otero 14-10, Jonathan Edwards 15-5, Neil Ramirez 14-12, Adam Cimber 18-12, Josh Tomlin 31-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Adam Plutko 5-6, Dan Otero 2-0, Jonathan Edwards 0-1, Neil Ramirez 0-0, Adam Cimber 1-1, Josh Tomlin 2-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Adam Plutko 26, Dan Otero 4, Jonathan Edwards 3, Neil Ramirez 3, Adam Cimber 5, Josh Tomlin 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Neil Ramirez 2-0 | ||||||||