Justin Masterson #63 celebrates with second baseman Jason Kipnis #22 of the Cleveland Indians after the second inning against the Boston Red Sox at Progressive Field on June 2, 2014 in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Boston Red Sox had a reunion last night as they met up with some former teammates and their former manager, Terry Francona last night in Cleveland. And it was old friend Justin Masterson, who the Red Sox traded to the Cleveland Indians for Victor Martinez, that did the Red Sox in.
Masterson struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings to help the Tribe to a 3-2 win over the visiting nine at Progressive Field.
While the Red Sox didn’t face Scott Atchison, Nick Hagadone (also part of V-Mart deal), George Kottaras, they did see David Murphy and Mike Aviles play in the game. Murphy had three hits in three at-bats off of John Lackey while Aviles was 0-for-3.
Lackey didn’t have his best stuff last night but did pitch a complete game and kept the Red Sox close the whole way. Xander Bogaerts got the Red Sox to within a run in the 8th with a two-run homer. Bogaerts finished with two hits on the night.
Brock Holt, Dustin Pedroia, and David Ortiz had the other three hits the visitors had on the night.
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