CLEVELAND – After the way things started for the fans in Cleveland this week, it was breath of fresh air to see the Indians playing ball in 60 degree weather at game time. Although there was just a slight delay, first pitch was thrown at 6:22 pm.
Jose Ramirez made his first appearance of the season getting on with a 1-out single to center in the first. Second baseman Jason Kipnis drove him in with a deep RBI double to right center, giving the Tribe a 1-0 lead.
Lost in the shuffle:
Our first JRam helmet loss of '16 on this Kip RBI double: https://t.co/4qSqrS8g65 #TribeLive pic.twitter.com/A5yFaeX7Fq
— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) April 6, 2016
Carlos Santana extended that lead after hitting a bomb to center on a 3-1 count, scoring Kipnis and Mike Napoli (walked), putting the Indians ahead 4-0 in the same inning.
.@TheRealSlamtana hit a moonshot for the first @Indians home run of the 2016 season. #TribeLivehttps://t.co/JhSo4tbP24
— FOX Sports Cleveland (@FOXSportsCLE) April 6, 2016
That one's not coming back. 👌 pic.twitter.com/JJxb5c3dJr
— Red Sox (@RedSox) April 7, 2016
The Red Sox didn’t waste any time, as Travis Shaw singled to left and Brock Holt sent one over the right field wall to cut the Indians lead to 4-2 in the top of the second.
Tyler Naquin would get his first career hit, a single to right, in the home half of the inning and would score on another single by Ramirez, pushing the Tribe ahead 5-2.
.@TyNaquin with his first major league hit, a single to right field off of Buchholz. #TribeLive pic.twitter.com/eCMJBeyney
— FOX Sports Cleveland (@FOXSportsCLE) April 6, 2016
Carlos Carrasco had settled in for the Indians and was cruising right along until he ran into Davird Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez in the 6th. Ortiz and Ramirez went back-to-back with the deep ball putting an end to Carrasco’s night and making it a one-run game. Ross Detwiler would come in to relieve Carrasco, but didn’t fare much better. Detwiler let the first batter he faced, Chris Young, to double to left. He walked the next two batters before Jackie Bradley Jr sac flied to center to tie the game up. Zach McAllister would relieve Detwiler to face Mookie Betts, who grounded out to third and scored Holt giving the Sox a 6-5 lead.
Since 1990, David Ortiz is the only Red Sox player to homer in each of a season's first 2 games, doing so in 2011 and 2016.
— Jon Shestakofsky (@Shesta_HOF) April 7, 2016
With Neo Ramirez in to pitch for the Sox in the 6th, Yan Gomes walked to lead off the inning followed by a single to right from Marlon Byrd. Juan Uribe tied the game on a sac fly to center scoring Gomes to make it 6-6.
The Sox would never score again, and it was Mike Napoli who lifted the Indians to victory with a solo shot to the bleachers in the 7th.
I could get used to this. https://t.co/PdPtBwYFuo
— Scott @ WFNY (@WFNYScott) April 7, 2016
Your Cleveland Indians got their first win of the season with a final score of 7-6, and that’s something we can all dance about.
When you hit one into your own team's 'pen — go ahead and dance.https://t.co/lHD9Cpjnij #TribeLive pic.twitter.com/0IjY3vxBjS
— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) April 6, 2016
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