Complex sentence: Behind Bret Saberhagen, the Red Sox built a 1--0 lead by singling home Trot Nixon in the third off Indians starter Charles Nagy, but the Indians struck back and put the game away in the bottom half.
Split into simpler sentences: Behind Bret Saberhagen, the Red Sox built a 1--0 lead by singling home Trot Nixon in the third off Indians starter Charles Nagy. But the Indians struck back and put the game away in the bottom half.