Bogaerts decided to take his chances and tag up from third base, forcing Jones to throw home, where Austin Hedges applied the tag and Bogaerts was called out. Kevin Plawecki hit a pop fly to shallow right field, where Nolan Jones made the catch. The inning could have spiraled further if not for what happened next. Once again tasked with escaping a bases loaded jam created by Shaw, Sandlin allowed another run to score on a Christian Vazquez RBI single, cutting the Guardians’ lead to 5-2. Martinez with his 50th pitch of the game to load the bases, Francona finally decided to pull the plug and bring in Nick Sandlin. But then Xander Bogaerts lined an RBI single through the left side of the infield to put the Red Sox on the board. After giving up a leadoff ground rule double to Jaylin Davis and hitting Rob Refsnyder with a pitch, Shaw managed to get the first out on a fielder’s choice. Spoiler alert: Shaw was only good for one more.
He held the Red Sox scoreless over the first two innings, only surrendering a two-out double in the first frame and a leadoff walk in the second.īut once the Guardians took a 5-0 lead in the top of the third inning, Cleveland manager Terry Francona decided to press his luck and see if he could squeeze three more outs of Shaw. How about a 3-run, 3rd-inning homer for #33, #ForTheLand /utR6lG1EWR- Bally Sports Cleveland July 27, 2022īryan Shaw made his first career start and it went about as well as could be expected - though it could have been much worse.