Tonight at 7:10 p.m. ET, the Cleveland Indians (33-33) and Boston Red Sox (29-36) take the field at Fenway Park for the opening contest of a four-game set. The game can be live streamed for free here. Cleveland fans can hear all of the action on WTAM 1100 while Boston fans can do the same on WEEI 93.7.
Cleveland enters the last leg of a 10-game road trip that it is currently 3-3 on while Boston opens up a seven-game homestand after going 2-7 on a nine-game road swing. The Indians swept the Red Sox in three games at home from June 2-4.
Cleveland enters play in third place in the American League Central while Boston is in fourth place in the AL East.
Josh Tomlin (4-2, 3.12 ERA) takes the hill for the Indians while the Red Sox counter with Jon Lester, who is 6-7 with a 3.52 ERA.
Coming off of an eight-inning outing, Tomlin is just focused on staying healty this season.
"Just being healthy and being able to go out there and compete, that's the main thing," Tomlin said via MLB.com. "I haven't been able to do that in about two years now, so I'm able to do that, and I think the most satisfying thing for that is being able to get up and down that many times and not feel any setbacks from the Tommy John surgery."
Lester is coming off of a rough outing against the Detroit Tigers where he lasted 4.1 innings and allowed five runs on 12 hits while giving up two homers.
"Obviously, it wasn't good from the start," said Lester via MLB.com. "Just one of those weird nights. From my first throw in warmups to my last pitch on the mound, just wasn't good. Combine that with a good-hitting team like they are over there, obviously you get the results I did."
Cleveland outfielder Michael Brantley is fourth in the AL with 46 runs scored and leads the team in homers (10) and RBIs (43) while outfielder Michael Bourn is second with five triples. Lonnie Chisenhall has been tearing it up lately, riding a nine-game hitting streak and leading the Indians with a .393 average.
Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli ranks fourth in the AL with a .389 on-base percentage this season. Boston designated-hitter David Ortiz leads the team with 14 homers and 38 RBIs.
The Indians and Red Sox kick off a four-game series when they take the field tonight at Fenway Park in Boston.
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