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The Cleveland Indians play at Fenway Park for the last time this weekend after 106 years. The Red Sox will be a formidable opponent. Their home record is 41-26. They are two games ahead of Oakland in the race for the last wild card position so every game is crucial.
Last weekend in Cleveland the Red Sox won the series 2-1. The cumulative score was 14-13 Boston, and all three games were decided in the 8th inning or later. It was a very competitive series the Indians could have swept.
This weekend the Sox have the home field advantage and it’s a big one. But they lost Xander Bogaerts, who tested positive for COVID. Bogaerts is hitting .298/.867 so it’s a big loss.
As a team the Sox hit .233/.757 in Cleveland last weekend. J.D. Martinez went 5-for-9 with 4 RBI’s in two games. Rafael Devers was 4-for-13 with two home runs. Even without Bogaerts the Red Sox have some big sticks.
The biggest problem for the Indians last weekend was situational hitting. For the series the Indians were 4-for-29 with RISP. They had 25 hits and 11 walks but were only able to convert them into 13 runs due to the inability to get hits in key situations. They missed a ton of scoring opportunities. Like I said, they were close to sweeping that series.
Tonight they face Nathan Eovaldi again. Last weekend he went 5.1 innings and allowed 2 earned runs, striking out 7. We’ll see if the Tribe can do a little better the second time around. But in 15 home starts his ERA is 3.00 versus 4.57 on the road.
Cal Quantrill pitched seven innings against Boston last weekend and held them to one run. In his last nine starts he’s allowed nine runs for an ERA of 1.47. Even Bieber at his best probably never had a run of nine consecutive starts as good as this.
Should be a good weekend of baseball. The Indians have won 9 of 12. The pitching has been excellent. The offense has been inconsistent and Reyes and Josie are out of whack right now. This might be another close, low-scoring series like the last one, although the Red Sox hit way better in Fenway than on the road (OPS of .816 versus .723). Quantrill, Morgan, and Plesac will be very challenged.
Last weekend in Cleveland the Red Sox won the series 2-1. The cumulative score was 14-13 Boston, and all three games were decided in the 8th inning or later. It was a very competitive series the Indians could have swept.
This weekend the Sox have the home field advantage and it’s a big one. But they lost Xander Bogaerts, who tested positive for COVID. Bogaerts is hitting .298/.867 so it’s a big loss.
As a team the Sox hit .233/.757 in Cleveland last weekend. J.D. Martinez went 5-for-9 with 4 RBI’s in two games. Rafael Devers was 4-for-13 with two home runs. Even without Bogaerts the Red Sox have some big sticks.
The biggest problem for the Indians last weekend was situational hitting. For the series the Indians were 4-for-29 with RISP. They had 25 hits and 11 walks but were only able to convert them into 13 runs due to the inability to get hits in key situations. They missed a ton of scoring opportunities. Like I said, they were close to sweeping that series.
Tonight they face Nathan Eovaldi again. Last weekend he went 5.1 innings and allowed 2 earned runs, striking out 7. We’ll see if the Tribe can do a little better the second time around. But in 15 home starts his ERA is 3.00 versus 4.57 on the road.
Cal Quantrill pitched seven innings against Boston last weekend and held them to one run. In his last nine starts he’s allowed nine runs for an ERA of 1.47. Even Bieber at his best probably never had a run of nine consecutive starts as good as this.
Should be a good weekend of baseball. The Indians have won 9 of 12. The pitching has been excellent. The offense has been inconsistent and Reyes and Josie are out of whack right now. This might be another close, low-scoring series like the last one, although the Red Sox hit way better in Fenway than on the road (OPS of .816 versus .723). Quantrill, Morgan, and Plesac will be very challenged.
