If only the Indians had kept Austin Jackson in centerfield, perhaps he’d have scaled the Green Monster and robbed Christian Vasquez of his walk-off three-run homer. It wouldn’t have been beyond belief in one of the wildest games of the 2017 season.
Somehow, a game started by Chris Sale and Carlos Carrasco ended up with a 12–10 final score and featured the best defensive play of the year, a blown save by Craig Kimbrel, a game-saving drop-three-and-run strikeout and a walk-off homer to cap it.
The Indians torpedoed Chris Sale’s ERA by scoring five runs in the first two innings and clubbing him for a grand total of seven earned runs over five frames, his worst outing of the 2017 season.