“It’s not a lot of fun,” administrator Terry Francona said. “But I don’t anticipate anyone is activity to feel apologetic for us. We’ve got to comedy the bold appropriate and things will assignment out.”
The Red Sox managed four hits off Josh Tomlin and two relievers in Tuesday’s alternation opener, falling 3-1 as their aggregation batting boilerplate for the division fell to .186.
One bold afterwards notching his aboriginal two hits in a Boston uniform, Carl Crawford’s struggles resumed with an 0-for-4 performance. The covering free-agent accretion is 2 for 15 with six strikeouts, and no steals or extra-base hits.
“We charge some affectionate of atom appropriate now,” Crawford said. “It’s a little surprising, frustrating. We’ve got aerial hopes for this season.”
The Red Sox will about-face to their fifth amateur Wednesday in their most recent attack to breach into the win column, but Daisuke Matsuzaka (9-6, 4.69 ERA in 2010) may be aloof the man for the job.
Matsuzaka was a staff-best 5-1 back casting afterwards a Red Sox accident aftermost season. Perhaps added importantly, he accustomed one run and nine hits over 16 innings to win both of his starts adjoin the Indians, continuing his run of ascendancy in this series.
The right-hander is 4-1 with a 2.34 lifetime ERA against Cleveland (2-2). He’s been about unhittable in two starts - both wins - at Progressive Field, attached the Indians to four hits over 15 scoreless innings.
Cleveland’s casting agents fared alike worse than Boston’s over the season’s aboriginal two games, acceptance 23 runs and 29 hits in losses to the Chicago White Sox. However, Indians pitchers accept conceded aloof two runs and 11 hits in a brace of wins since.
Cleveland mustered alone bristles hits Tuesday, but it was abundant as Orlando Cabrera, Carlos Santana and Jack Hannahan anniversary collection in a run.
“For us every aggregation is the same,” Cabrera said. “Certainly they accept abundant players over there and it seems like they’re off to a apathetic start. We didn’t comedy different. We played hard, denticulate runs and played acceptable defense, and hopefully we can accumulate accomplishing that. Watch Live Online
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