The Indians started quick, with the first three batters against Tim Wakefield scoring after David Justice’s homer. Jim Thome followed with a double and then Wakefield retired sixteen in a row as Boston knocked Dave Burba out with two down in the fifth, now trailing 5-3. Darren Bragg’s two-run homer in the sixth allowed Boston to cruise to a 7-5 win, although the Indians did have the tying run at the plate in the ninth when Nomar Garciparra made a good play to retire pinch-hitter Sandy Alomar for the last out.
One thing that really strikes me about this game though is the three pitchers who worked for Boston and their lofty career totals. There can’t be that many games in history in which a team used only three pitchers (Wakefield, Derek Lowe, and Tom Gordon) who had combined career totals as lofty as 514 wins (200, 176, 138 respectively) and 266 saves (22, 86, 158).
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