Asdrubal Cabrera #13 of the Cleveland Indians celebrates after hitting a walk-off three run home run during the twelfth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Progressive Field on June 5, 2014 in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Boston Red Sox are a lot like experiencing turbulence on an airplane right now. They go up and down and never really level out. They had lost 10 straight games before winning seven games last week.
Now they had to Detroit as losers of three straight after Cleveland Indians SS Asdrubal Cabrera‘s three-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning gave them a 7-4 win.
Edward Mujica suffered the loss after admitting he left a changeup up in the zone that Cabrera drove out of the home of Flo. Mujica has struggled for the better part of the season and hasn’t lived up to the expectations with the Red Sox. If he didn’t have a two-year contract, I’d think they’d have gotten rid of him by now.
Brock Holt‘s only hit of the game turned out to be a big one as his single brought in two runs to tie the game at 4. David Ortiz had two hits, including a 2-run homer in the 6th inning.
Brandon Workman did his job and kept the Red Sox in the game through five innings as he allowed three runs on four hits and two walks. Chris Capuano faced three batters and allowed three hits and the Indians fourth run of the evening in the 6th.
From there, the Red Sox bullpen kept the Indians at bay until Mujica’s troubles in the 12th.
During most of the baseball games last night, it was announced that Don Zimmer passed away at the age of 83. Zimmer was the Red Sox third base coach from 1974 to the middle of the 1976 season. He then took over as a manager in the middle of that season until 1979. He was a wealth of baseball knowledge and will be missed by all in the baseball community.
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