Red Sox 7, Indians 5: The hangover lineup prevails

The Red Sox were not exactly going all-out to win this game, submitting a lineup including almost exclusively bench players. That didn’t matter, because this team still finds a way to win. Chris Sale got the start and he was effective, though inefficient. He was the story of this game, and you’ll get details of his start below, but somehow this lineup scored seven runs. What?

If we’re being honest with ourselves, there was really only one portion of this game with which we were concerned, and that was Chris Sale on the mound. The lefty was set for his third start since coming off his lengthy stay on the disabled list, and he hadn’t been able to make his inning goal in any of the previous…