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Red Sox 9, Indians 1: Joe Kelly, Mookie Betts demolish Indians

Joe Kelly had everything (but the stretch) working today, and Mookie Betts played Fenway perfectly as the Red Sox crushed the Indians.

To date, Joe Kelly's season was one disaster, a start that ended in a first-inning injury, and the subsequent disabled list stint. He needed a bit of a statement in his return to action--well, not really, because Clay Buchholz is still pitching, but a statement would certainly go a long way.

Well, statement made.

The thing with Joe Kelly is that, for all that his velocity would suggest a power pitcher capable of blowing batters away, there are few who have gotten less out of high-90s heat than Kelly in recent years.