James Paxton pitches seven strong innings boston red sox Four points in a row in the eighth inning to beat the hosts cleveland guardians Tuesday 5-4
Paxton (2-1) allowed two runs on six hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.Chris Martin gives up two runs in eighth before Kenley Jansen retires guardian For his 13th save, he was ninth
Masataka Yoshida had three hits and Enrique Hernandez scored two for Boston, which snapped a three-game losing streak.
Boston trailed 2-1 before taking a four-run lead in the eighth. Hernandez tied the game after a walk with a scoreless, bases loaded on four pitches for Enyel De Los Santos (2-1).
Nick Sanderling replaced Delos Santos, and Rob Rev Snyder’s single scored to give Boston its first-ever lead. Pablo Reyes added an RBI single before Connor Wang fanned for the first-inning start.
James Karinchak was called to face Alex Verdugo, whose sacrifice fly went into Hernandez. Yoshida then struck out to end the inning.
Cleveland responded with two runs in the bottom half of the eighth. Amed Rosario singled in two outs with Martin and Will Brennan added an RBI double in left field. Martin struck out Miles Straw and two runners up to close out the game.
Brennan three hits guardianwho struck out 12 and went 3-for-11 with a runner in scoring position
Cleveland beat Paxton by two in the first. Josh Naylor’s two-inning double allowed Steven Kwan to score, who opened the game with a single. Josh Bell then teed off Naylor with a double to right field.
Cleveland starter Sean Bieber held red sox It wasn’t until the sixth inning that Yoshida opened with a double and scored easily when Hernandez singled out to left field
Sam Hentges replaced Bieber and retired Refsnyder, and two runners came up to close out the inning. Bieber allowed one run with five hits and two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
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