The Indians won a wild game over the Red Sox at Fenway Park tonight, 8-7 in 11 innings. Two Boston errors in the top of the 11th gave the Indians an 8-6 lead. The Red Sox scored a run and then loaded the bases with 1 out off Jesse Orosco in the bottom of the inning, but they were unable to push the tying run across. The Red Sox trailed 6-5 entering the bottom of the 9th, but were able to tie the game on an Ellis Burks RBI single. Sandy Alomar Jr. drove in 4 runs for Cleveland, while Burks and Tony Pena each had 4 hits for the Red Sox. It was an uphill battle for Boston the entire day after Tom Bolton surrendered 3 runs in the first inning to put them in an early hole.
The Red Sox halted a 4 game slide with a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians. Roger Clemens did not have his best stuff early as he allowed 2 runs in the first inning. However, settled down and made it through 7.2 innings, and allowed just 1 additional run while striking out 11. He got out of the first inning when left fielder Mike Greenwell threw out Carlos Baerga at the plate. Greenwell further helped the cause with a 3 run homer in the 3rd inning. Ellis Burks added 3 hits of own in support of Clemens. Closer Lee Smith worked around 2 hits to earn his 10th save.
Six Red Sox pitchers combined on a two hit shutout of the Cleveland Indians in a 2-0 win today. Wes Gardner got the start for Boston and came within 1 out of qualifying for the win. He ran out of gas in the 5th inning, walking 2 hitters before Greg Harris came on and ended the threat. With regular closer Lee Smith unavailable after working in 3 consecutive games, Jeff Gray pitched a 1-2-3 9th inning to earn his first save of the season. Boston's biggest hit off of Indians' starter Tom Candiotti was an RBI triple by Mike Greenwell in the first inning. Candiotti was a tough luck loser in this one, pitching a complete game and allowing just 2 runs to fall to 2-11 on the season.