Salazar, Indians hold off Red Sox 3-1 in season finale

Following a season-long six-game winning streak, the Red Sox nosedive at the end, culminating with another loss Sunday, 3-1 to Cleveland, on the final game of the season. “He had really good command of his breaking ball, even in that weather”, Francona said. “He asked me the same question”, Lovullo said of the issue of being able to recede into the background.

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Danny Salazar delivers against… He suffered from a few control problems early on, walking Mookie Betts and Deven Marrero in the first couple innings, but that hardly matters when you rack up seven strike outs in the first eleven plate appearances. “With a couple of key additions I think we’re going to be exactly where we want to be, and that’s win a world championship”. So I think, in reality, it’s hard to find established major league managers who have won.

John Farrell, who has been battling Stage 1 Lymphoma, will return as manager of the Boston Red Sox in 2016.

The Indians (80-80) are back to.

Santana led off the second with a home run while Raburn’s homer started the fourth.

When the Indians hit at least one home run, they are 60-32. Provided his health holds up and the team factors into the playoff hunt, it’s likely he will experience a remarkable resurgence in 2016 and bolster his job security. Clay Buchholz, meanwhile, had a nice rebound in the first half, only to have a flexor strain in his right forearm wipe out his entire second half.

Boston starter Rick Porcello (9-15) came up short in his bid to hit double-digit wins for the seventh straight season. The Red Sox allow 4.7 runs per game, but have improved upon those numbers in the past 10 games, allowing 3.2 runs per game during that span. They agreed that Ramirez should go home to Florida and begin his rehabilitation program for both shoulders.

Kluber is the first AL pitcher to have 500 strikeouts over two consecutive seasons since Minnesota’s Johan Santana in 2004-05.

The move shows Lovullo’s loyalty to Farrell, which he has made clear over his interim tenure, as he didn’t use Farrell’s office while he was undergoing treatment. Monstro, would-be third baseman of the future, plays much better defense at the hot corner than Tribe fans had seen in a while, but there are plenty of doubts about his ability to hit well enough to stick in the starting lineup too. Farrell was Franconas pitching coach in Boston.

The Red Sox are 28-16 under interim manager Torey Lovullo.

The Red Sox are in town for a four-game series against the Yankees. I look forward to working with him and hopefully with us working together, and he deserves that opportunity to do so. His 4.57 ERA is not outstanding, but his 4-4 record has been one filled with ups as well as downs which the Red Sox coaching staff now has a foundation to work on in next year’s spring training with Owens.