6 - 10 - 10 vs. Boston W, 8 - 7 23 - 36
In the wildest game of the year, the Indians twice came back against the Red Sox, and they wound up walking off in dramatic fashion.
Boston got out to a 4 - 0 lead in the first inning by taking advantage of three errors by Andy Marte. The Tribe third baseman's miscues led to three unearned runs off of Mitch Talbot.
The Sox were up 5 - 0 before Cleveland began to rally in the third. Following a couple of base hits from Anderson Hernandez and Jason Donald, Trevor Crowe shot a RBI double down into the left field corner, giving the Indians some life. Shin - Soo Choo made things a little closer with a sacrifice fly and Austin Kearns added a two - out RBI single. It was now just a two - run game.
The Tribe put up another three - spot in the sixth to grab the lead. Kearns walked and Shelley Duncan singled, setting up Andy Marte's time for redemption. Marte grounded a single into left that scored Kearns and moved Duncan to second base. Then, with two down, Lou Marson dropped a fly ball into shallow right, bringing home a pair of runs and giving Cleveland their first advantage of the night.
The Indians still led 6 - 5 going into the ninth, and the game appeared over when Kerry Wood picked up two quick outs. However, Wood hit J.D. Drew with a pitch and then he surrendered a two - run homer to Adrian Beltre. All of the sudden, Boston was taking a one - run lead into the bottom of the ninth.
The Tribe rallied back, though, off of Daniel Bard. Trevor Crowe walked, Shin - Soo Choo doubled, and Austin Kearns drew another free pass that loaded the bases with nobody out. That golden opportunity almost went by the boards for the Indians as Travis Hafner struck out and Jhonny Peralta popped out. Russell Branyan was able to save the day with a single that just got over the glove of second baseman Dustin Pedroia. Crowe scored the tying run, and Choo, the winning tally, prompting a wild celebration at Progressive Field.
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