Outfield bats power Indians past Red Sox 5-4; three takeaways

2. Kluber vs. Porcello

Corey Kluber earned the win on Monday, his 16th of the season.

The ace went 7 1/3 innings, giving up three earned runs on nine hits and striking out six. Kluber got into trouble early, giving up two runs in the bottom of the first on a Xander Bogaerts RBI single with runners on second and third. In the second inning, Andrew Benintendi hit an RBI single to put Boston up 3-0.

By the third inning, Kluber began righting the ship and eliminating traffic. By the fifth inning, he seemed to be coasting.

Cleveland came into Monday with some pretty good cumulative stats against Boston starter Rick Porcello, hitting .333 (72-for-216) with 30 RBI and six homers. He earned the loss after giving up all five runs on the three Cleveland homers in his seven innings of work.

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