Either way, Avila reiterated it wasn’t anything personal to Dombrowski or the Red Sox – and that it’s extremely common for teams to reject requests to change home game times because they don’t want to upset their fans.
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“I was locating really well all day and that helped me get deep into the game”, Pomeranz said. Pomeranz took the lead and ran with it. Pomeranz came out in the 8th inning for the first time and hoped to finish it off. Pomeranz ended up getting two outs, but then giving up an RBI double to Davis to have the Sox only up by one run. We’re just trying to play baseball here, the Oriole Way.
For four months, the Red Sox haven’t won many games that fit this description: low-scoring, close, against quality opponents.
They left the bases loaded in that inning and would soon regret it after Betts came up with a runner on in the eighth.
In that recent seven-game span, Tomlin has allowed 10 home runs, including four solo shots.
David Ortiz and Jackie Bradley Jr. each homered in a three-run sixth inning, and that was all the offense Boston would need.
“I thought he was really good, really crisp”, Francona said. Red Sox manager John Farrell never considered resting his 40-year-old slugger.
“We wanted to stay left-handed throughout to keep hopefully those guys [Kipnis and Naquin] on the bench”, Farrell said. Then he gave up the solo home run after that.
“I’m sure there are some numbers to dictate that it’s more us”, manager Buk Showalter said, “but he’s been having that type of year against most everybody”.
Boston trails AL East-leading Toronto by 1½ games and leads for the league’s second wild card.
“We all are well aware of what is at stake, where we are in the standings and who is around us”, Farrell said.
Kansas City’s Ian Kennedy pitched effectively into the seventh inning to win for the first time since June as the Royals beat Detroit 3-1.
It later was announced he left with left hamstring tightness.
And to think the big story on Tuesday night in the seventh inning was the combined no-hitter that former Oriole Eduardo Rodriguez and reliever Matt Barnes were working on until Steve Pearce broke it up after one out with an infield single.
The victory lifted Boston into a tie with Baltimore in the AL East.
Davis scored another run for Cleveland on a double in the eighth inning before the first two Indians reached base in the ninth – Francisco Lindor on a leadoff double and Mike Napoli on a walk – off closer Craig Kimbrel.
The deadlock didn’t last long.
– Kimbrel earned his 21st save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
Craig Kimbrel, the sixth Boston pitcher, worked a flawless ninth for his 21st save.
Rodriguez and Yovani Gallardo were locked in a scoreless duel until the fifth.
Kluber (13-8) struck out seven and walked two, allowing his only run on Justin Morenau’s one-out homer in the sixth.
Impressive rookie Gary Sanchez homered twice for NY, including a titanic, three-run drive deep into the rarely reached second deck in left field.
NOTES: The Red Sox placed INF Hanley Ramirez on the bereavement list, placed RHP Steven Wright (right shoulder strain) on the disabled list and optioned LHP Roenis Elias to Triple-A Pawtucket.
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Orioles: Showalter expects reliever Darren O’Day (rotator cuff strain) to spend the minimum time on the DL and return on August 27.
