Red Sox Split Doubleheader in Cleveland

The Red Sox lose the first game of a double header, played due to yesterday's rain cancellation, with a 5-4 loss, but made up for it with a 7-3 win in the second game.

In the opener, Tanner Houck gave up four runs in the bottom of the first before settling down for the next four innings. Wilyer Abreu homered in the first and Rafael Devers homered in the third, but other than that, the Boston offense never really got clicking and Cleveland won the game. 

It was a whole different story in the second game. Trevor Story got an RBI single in the first, and in the second, Duran and Devers got RBI hits of their own before Cleveland's Doug Nikhazy walked in a run with the bases loaded. 4-0, Red Sox. 

Then in the third, things really got interesting. Jarren Durran hit an RBI triple and then, with the next batter (Devers) at the plate, proceeded to steal home. 6-0, Red Sox.

Cleveland chipped away at the lead in the fourth, but Alex Bregman hit an insurance RBI single in the sixth. The shaky Boston bullpen held on, and the Sox won the second game, 7-3.

When the smoke cleared, Boston was 15-14 and in second place in the AL East, 1½  back from New York. 

The rubber match of th weekend road series is tomorrow, 1:40 pm.