Indians 1, Red Sox 0
Victor Martinez and closer Joe Borowski celebrate the Indians' victory. (Mark Duncan/AP)
By David Briggs / MLB.com
On Tuesday the Tribe lost, 1-0, after C.C. Sabathia dueled with Daisuke Matsuzaka. On Wednesday, Fausto Carmona threw eight shutout innings and outdueled Boston ace Josh Beckett. Runs were hard to come by, but all Cleveland needed was one, scored on Franklin Gutierrez's homer.
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Boston
(61-40)
Lost 1
Cleveland 1, Boston 0
Today's Boxes 7/25/07
TOR 13, MIN 1
COL 10, SD 2
LAA 7, OAK 6
BAL 6, TB 1
PHI 7, WSH 5
CIN 7, MIL 3
NYM 6, PIT 3
HOU 2, LAD 1
CHC 7, STL 1
NYY 7, KC 1
DET 13, CWS 9
TEX 7, SEA 6
ARI 7, FLA 0
SF 2, ATL 1
Cleveland
(59-42)
Won 1
July 25, 2007
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Standings thru 7/25/07  | Gameday  | Red Sox Stats  | Indians Stats
Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Crisp , CF4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .281
Pedroia , 2B3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .318
Ortiz , DH4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .320
Ramirez , LF2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .298
Youkilis , 3B3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .312
Drew , RF3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247
Varitek , C2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .265
Hinske , 1B3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .205
Cora , SS3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .268
1-Lugo , PR-SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Totals 27 0 4 0 2 8 6
1-Ran for Cora in the 8th.
BATTING TB : Crisp; Ortiz; Varitek; Cora.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Ramirez.GIDP : Youkilis.Team LOB : 3. BASERUNNING CS : Varitek (1, 2nd base by Carmona/Martinez), Lugo (3, 2nd base by Carmona/Martinez). FIELDING E : Youkilis (3, fielding).DP : 2 (Varitek-Pedroia, Pedroia-Cora-Hinske).
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Sizemore , CF3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .275
Blake , 3B3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .270
Martinez , C3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .318
Hafner , DH3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Garko , 1B3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .318
Peralta , SS3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .279
Nixon , RF3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .243
1-Michaels , PR-LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
Gutierrez , LF-RF3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .303
Barfield , 2B3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .252
Totals 27 1 4 1 0 7 5
1-Ran for Nixon in the 8th.
BATTING HR : Gutierrez (6, 3rd inning off Beckett, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Sizemore; Peralta; Nixon; Gutierrez 4.RBI : Gutierrez (15).GIDP : Garko.Team LOB : 2. BASERUNNING CS : Sizemore (5, 2nd base by Beckett/Varitek). FIELDING PB : Martinez (3).DP : (Peralta-Barfield-Garko).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Beckett (L, 13-4)8.0 4 1 1 0 7 1 3.27
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Carmona (W, 13-4)8.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 3.31
Borowski (S, 29)1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.99
HBP : Pedroia (by Carmona).Pitches-strikes : Beckett 114-80, Carmona 113-71, Borowski 20-12.Ground outs-fly outs : Beckett 9-7, Carmona 11-4, Borowski 0-1.Batters faced : Beckett 27, Carmona 27, Borowski 3.Umpires : HP: Ed Rapuano. 1B: Ed Hickox. 2B: CB Bucknor. 3B: Joe West.Weather : 69 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind : 5 mph, In from CF.T : 2:45.Att : 29,614.
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