Game #106 – Santana’s Scary Injury Overshadows Win in Boston

The Tribe won in Fenway Park last night 6-5 to put themselves just one-half game out of fourth place in the central division with just 56 games left in the season. Unfortunately, they might have lost their prized young catcher Carlos Santana in the play that sealed the victory for the Indians.
Santana was carted off the field with his left leg in an air cast after blocking home plate for an out in the seventh inning of Monday night’s game with the Boston. Pinch-hitter Daniel Nava singled to right and Shin-Soo Choo fired a strike to the plate.
Santana made the catch, blocked the plate with his leg as Ryan Kalish came sliding in hard. Santana was carted off the field with a bright orange air-cast on his leg. Skipper Manny Acta said after the game that Santana tested well with the trainers, and they don’t feel that he has any major damage to his ACL.
He will be in Cleveland today for a MRI, and the team will release a statement after the results are reviewed. Starter Fausto Carmona (11-8, 3.78 ERA) earned the win by holding the Red Sox to two runs on eight hits as he struck out five, walked one, and left with a 6-2 lead after seven innings.
Boston pitcher John Lackey (10-6, 4.48 ERA) was charged with the loss. The Sox started the scoring in the second inning on an Adrian Beltre sacrifice fly that plated David Ortiz.
The Tribe got on the board in the fourth inning on a two-out, two-run Shelley Duncan double. Trevor Crowe scored on a double-play by Shin-Soo Choo in the fifth inning to make the score 3-1. Jordan Brown scored on a bases-loaded walk in the top of the sixth, then Choo hit a two-run single that scored Duncan and Jayson Nix to make it 6-1.
Beltre hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh to make the score 6-2. Boston finished the scoring on a Beltre 3-run homer in the bottom of the eighth off of Tribe reliever Frank Herrmann giving Beltre 5 RBI on the night. Indian’s closer Chris Perez earned his 13th save by working a scoreless ninth.





Matt has covered Major League Baseball and the "other two" Pro teams in Cleveland since 1994. He has been on the beat of the Indians in full-time mode since 1996, working for various raido and print networks around the country.