Game 1 (Cleveland Municipal Stadium): Derek Lowe and Bob Lemon had a good ole' fashioned pitcher's duel going until the top of the 6th when Boston plated 3 runs and took a 2 run lead. DH Jose Offerman led off with a single, but was forced at second on a feeble bunt attempt by Johnny "caveman" Damon, who attoned for his mistake by promptly stealing second. Rey Sanchez singled Damon home to tie the game. Nomar and Manny both followed with RBI doubles to give Boston a 3-1 lead. The Sawx tagged on an insurance run in the 8th when Manny walked and was replaced by pinch runner Rickey Henderson. Rickey might be over 40, but he still has wheels, which he showed by scoring all the way from first on Trot Nixon's double. Dustin Hermanson came on in the ninth to protect the lead as Boston won 4-1.Game 2: The Indians took this contest 5-0, but despite the score it was a very close game.
Cleveland's Bob Feller was masterful as he tossed a 3 hitter. Boston's John Burkett battled hitters for much of the afternoon scattering 2 runs over the first 7 innings. Boston got greedy and hoped he had enough gas to finish out the 8th, but apparently that was not the case as the Indians touched him for 3 runs to increase the lead to 5-0. The big blow was a 2 run homer hit by Kennedy. Larry Doby also homerer for the Tribe.Game 3 (Fenway Park, Boston): Easily the most exciting game of the series. Cleveland jumped out on top by scoring 3 runs off of Tim Wakefield in the first 2 innings. Tribe second sacker Joe Gordon hit a 2 run shot right after Lou Boudreau singled with 2 outs. Beradinano doubled home Kennedy to
score the third run in the 2nd. Cleveland starter Mike Garcia was literally on cruise control until the 6th when the floodgates opened up and Boston burned him for 4 scores to take a 1 run lead all with 2 outs. After Damon flew out to Doby and Lou Merloni grounded third to first Nomar doubled and Manny hit a tape measure shot to make the score 3-2. Hillebrand then walked and was followed by Trot Nixon who single and promptly stole second. With runners on 2nd and 3rd and two out lefty Brian Daubach singled both home to put Boston on top. By the top of the 8th Wakefield was long gone. Arrojo and Haney combined to foul up the 8th as the Tribe scored 2 runs and regained the lead as Larry Doby led off the inning with a single and with 2 outs Mickey Vernon homered to right to score two off of Darren Oliver, who was Boston's 5th reliever of the day. Catcher Doug Mirabelli led off the bottom of the 9th by popping out to Ken Keltner at 3rd. Cliff Floyd pinch hit for Oliver and singled to right center off of Cleveland reliver Paige. Damon followed with a single of his own to put runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out. Carlos Baerga was sent up to bat for Merloni and he grounded weakly to second, but did advance the runners. With 2 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd Paige hung a curveball and Nomar hit a long double off the green monster to win the game.Game 4: The series finale saw 6
Red Sox pitchers combine to toss a 3 hit shutout. Pedro started this game, but didn't have control of the plate. Cleveland was not able to score off him but he did yield 4 walks and 2 hits over 6 innings. Pedro also fanned 9 Indians, but his pitch count swelled over the 150 mark and he was gone after 6. The Sox were forced to use a combination of Gomes, Embree, Banks and Haney to get to Urbina who closed out the 9th by fanning 2. Boston scored it's first run in the 4th and had to nurse a 1 run lead until the 8th, when they got a key insurance run as Damon tripled home pinch hitter Brian Daubach. Boston's first run was scored in the 4th, when Cliff Floyd doubled home Lou Merloni, who reached first on a walk. Pedro improved his record to 4-2 and Urbina notched his 4th save.
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