STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox are 6-1, having won each of their last 6 games...This is the 9th time in the franchise’s 118- year history the club has won 6 of its first 7 games, most re- cently doing so in 2006, 1999, and 1955...The Sox have started 7-1 in 3 seasons (1904, ‘18, ‘20) but have never started 8-1. This is only the 2nd time the Sox have lost their 1st game of a season, then won their next 6...The 1904 team lost to the Yankees on Opening Day, then won its next 7 games en route to the AL pennant. FIRST IMPRESSION: Alex Cora is the 7th Red Sox manager to win at least 6 of his first 7 games with the club, joining Ed Barrow (1918), Joe Cronin (1935), Lou Boudreau (1952), Mike Higgins (1955), Billy Herman (1964-65), and Joe Morgan (1988)...Barrow (7-1) and Morgan (8-0) are the only manag- ers in that group to begin their Sox careers 7-1 or better. MAKE NO MISTAKE: The Red Sox committed 0 errors in their first 7 games, tied for the franchise’s longest streak to begin a season (also 2013)...CLE is the only other team without an error this season. OPENING ACT: The Red Sox defeated the Rays in their home opener on Thursday, 3-2 in 12 innings...It marked the 2nd-longest game by innings in a home opener in Fenway Park’s 107-year history (1966 vs. BAL, 13 innings). Thursday marked the 8th time in Fenway Park history the Red Sox won their home opener in walk-off fashion, with the last 2 occurring in 1998 vs. SEA (Mo Vaughn grand slam) and 1978 vs. TEX (Jim Rice RBI single). The only other time in Fenway’s history in which the Sox won their home opener in 11+ innings was 4/20/1912, the 1st regular season game ever played at the venue (def. NY Highlanders in 11 inn., 7-6). EXTRA! EXTRA!: The Red Sox defeated MIA in 13 innings on Tuesday and beat TB in 12 innings on Thursday...It was the 1st time BOS won consecutive games—both in 12+ innings—since 4/11-12/1975. Dating back to 2016, the Sox are 18-3 in their last 21 extra-inning games...BOS has won its last 9 extra-inning games, tied for the longest such streak in franchise history (also 1937-38; source: Elias)...The last team to win 10+ straight extra-inning games was BAL (17 from 2012-13). Since the start of 2017, BOS leads the majors in extra- inning games (20) and extra innings pitched (244.2). HANLEY’S HEROICS: Hanley Ramirez recorded the win- ning RBI in each of the Sox’ last 2 games...According to Elias, Ramirez is the 1st player in Sox history to drive in the winning run in the 12th inning or later in consecutive team games... The last major leaguer to do that was Mark McGwire in 1988. HANLEY RAMIREZ IN EXTRA INNINGS, 2017-18 GAME INN. HIT TYPE SCORE 7/18/17 vs. TOR 15th Solo HR W, 5-4 9/5/17 vs. TOR 19th RBI single W, 3-2 4/3/18 at MIA 13th 2-RBI double W, 4-2 4/5/18 vs. TB 12th RBI single W, 3-2 IT AIN’T OVER ‘TIL IT’S OVER: Since the 2017 All-Star break, the Red Sox have won 6 games in which they were trail- ing after 8 innings: 7/14/17 vs. NYY, 8/13/17 at NYY, 8/16/17 vs. STL, 9/5/17 vs. TOR, 9/15/17 at TB, and 4/5/18 vs. TB. Since the start of 2017, the Sox lead the majors with 19 wins when tied or trailing after 8 innings. 10 of the Sox’ last 30 regular season wins at Fenway Park have come in walk-off fashion (beginning 6/12/17). CLOSE CALLS: The Red Sox are 4-0 in 1-run games; they last started a season 5-0 in such games in 2008. 15 of the last 33 games between the Sox and Rays have been decided by 1 run, including each of the last 4...Another 7 of those 33 were decided by 2 runs. START ME UP: Red Sox starting pitchers are 4-0 with a 0.86 ERA (4 ER/42.0 IP)...According to Elias, this is the Sox’ lowest starting pitcher ERA through the first 7 games of any season since the AL began recording earned runs in 1913. Elias also notes that the last MLB team with a starting pitcher ERA as low through the first 7 games of a season was the 1993 Braves: Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, Steve Avery, Tom Glavine, and Pete Smith (0.56; 4 ER/55.0 IP). ONE AND DONE: Red Sox starting pitchers have allowed 1 or 0 runs in each of the club’s 7 games, extending the lon- gest such streak to begin a season in MLB history (previous record: first 5 games) (source: Elias). The last time Sox starters pitched 5.0+ innings and allowed 1 or 0 runs in 7 straight starts at any point in a season was May 12-20, 2000 (8 straight starts). PRICE CHECK: Since returning from the disabled list on 9/14/17, David Price has thrown 29.1 consecutive scoreless in- nings, including the postseason...He has allowed 0 runs in 14.0 IP in 2018, his longest scoreless streak to begin any season. Price became the 1st Sox pitcher to begin a season with consecutive scoreless starts of 7.0+ IP since Mel Parnell did so in April 1949. Price posted a 6.75 ERA in his first 7 starts with the Sox, but he is 20-11 with a 3.21 ERA (99 ER/277.1 IP) in 46 regular season outings (41 GS) with BOS since then. SUPPORT SYSTEM: Dating back to 2016, the Red Sox have won 21 consecutive games when they provide Rick Porcello with 3+ runs of support...In the last 32 starts in which Por - cello received 3+ runs of support, he is 27-0 with a 3.24 ERA (76 ER/211.0 IP); the Sox are 31-1 in those games. Porcello lost 17 games in 2017; he received 2 runs of support or fewer in each of those, including 0 runs in 10 of them. EXTRA EFFORT: On Thursday, Jackie Bradley Jr. led off the bottom of the 12th inning with a double and came around to score the winning run...The Sox have won 40 of the last 50 games (.800) in which Bradley has recorded an extra- base hit, including 15 of the last 17 (.882). GOOD WILL BUNTING: In the 12th inning of Thursday’s win over the Rays, Christian Vázquez moved Jackie Bradley Jr. to 3rd base with a sacrifice bunt...It was the Sox’ 1st suc- cessful sac bunt since 7/7/17 at TB (Deven Marrero). BOS played 81 consecutive regular season games without a sac bunt from 7/8/17-4/4/18, the 2nd-longest such streak for any team since Baseball-Reference game logs begin in 1908...The only longer streak was a 95-game stretch by the Blue Jays from 2002-03. LEADING OFF: Mookie Betts leads the Red Sox in AVG (.346) and OBP (.452)...Dating back to 2017, he has reached base in each of his last 16 regular season games. Since the start of 2015, Betts leads AL leadoff hitters in hits (394), doubles (94), and runs (239), and ranks 2nd in RBI (200) and XBH (162). DEWEY’S DAY: On this date 32 years ago, Dwight Evans homered on the 1st pitch of the 1986 MLB season (at DET, off Jack Morris)...The only other player ever to homer on the 1st pitch of an MLB season is Ian Happ, who did so 9 days ago on 3/29 at MIA (off José Ureña). REMEMBERING BOBBY: Bobby Doerr would have turned 100 years old today (born 4/7/1918)...He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986 and into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1995...He passed away on 11/13/17. Doerr is the only Red Sox player ever to hit for the cycle twice...The 9-time All-Star played 14 seasons with BOS (1937-44, ‘46-51) before retiring due to a back injury... He missed the 1945 season due to military service. BOSTON RED SOX (6-1) vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS (1-6) Saturday, April 7, 2018 • 1:05 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA RHP Rick Porcello (1-0, 1.69) vs. RHP Jake Faria (0-0, 2.25) Game #8 • Home Game #2 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN AL East Standing ...........................1st, +1.5 Home/Road ..................................... 1-0/5-1 Day/Night ........................................ 2-1/4-0 March/April ..................................... 2-1/4-0 vs. AL East .............................................. 4-1 vs. AL Central ......................................... 0-0 vs. AL West ............................................. 0-0 vs. National League................................ 2-0 vs. RH/LH starter ............................. 5-1/1-0 Leading after 6 innings .......................... 3-1 Tied after 6 innings ................................ 3-0 Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 0-0 Leading after 7 innings .......................... 4-1 Tied after 7 innings ................................ 2-0 Trailing after 7 innings ........................... 0-0 Leading after 8 innings .......................... 4-0 Tied after 8 innings ................................ 1-0 Trailing after 8 innings ........................... 1-1 Red Sox score first.................................. 3-1 Opponents score first ............................. 3-0 Shutouts................................................. 1-0 Scoring less than 3 runs ......................... 2-0 Scoring 3 or 4 runs ................................. 3-1 Scoring 5 or more runs ........................... 1-0 Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR .................. 2-1/4-0 1-run/2-run games .......................... 4-0/1-1 Walk-offs................................................ 1-0 Extra innings (home/road)............... 1-0/1-0 Series openers/finales ..................... 2-1/2-0 Series W-L-T (home) ........................... 0-0-0 Series W-L-T (road) ............................. 2-0-0 Series W-L-T (total)............................. 2-0-0 Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 0-0/1-0 Come-from-behind wins ........................... 3 VS. THE RAYS All-Time ................................. 207-152 In Boston......................................112-66 In Tampa Bay..................................95-86 2018................................................ 4-1 In Boston............................................1-0 In Tampa Bay......................................3-1 DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 3/29 R L4-6 Pruitt SMITH 3/30 R W1-0 PRICE Roe 3/31 R W3-2 PORCELLO Kittredge 4/1 R W2-1 VELÁZQUEZ Alvarado 4/5 H W3-2 (12) POYNER Kittredge UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Sun., 4/8 vs. TB 1:05 p.m. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (6-7, 4.19 in 2017) TBD NESN/MLBN Mon., 4/9 Off Day Red Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affiliates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM. WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS (9): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES * Special thanks to the Elias Sports Bureau, Baseball-Reference.com, and STATS Inc. * RED SOX TEAM LEADERS Batting Hits ........................................Bogaerts (11) Doubles ....................................Bogaerts (6) Triples.......................................Martinez (1) HR ..........Betts/Bogaerts/Núñez/Ramirez (1) RBI ............................................ Ramirez (6) Runs .........................................Bogaerts (5) SB..................................... Betts/Ramirez (2) BB .........................................Benintendi (7) AVG (min. 20 AB) ......................Betts (.346) OBP (min. 20 AB) ......................Betts (.452) SLG (min. 20 AB) .................Bogaerts (.625) OPS (min. 20 AB).................Bogaerts (.989) Pitching ERA (min. 5.0 IP) ....................... Price (0.00) Strikeouts ...................................... Sale (15) Wins................................. 6 players tied (1) Saves..........................................Kimbrel (2) Appearances .................... 4 players tied (4) Starts...................................... Price/Sale (2) Innings (Starter) ........................ Price (14.0) Innings (Reliever) ..................... Poyner (4.2) MEDIA INFORMATION Gameday materials available for download at pressroom.redsox.com include game notes, lineups, stat packs, press clips, and media dining menus...Following each home game, audio from interviews with Manager Alex Cora and the day’s Red Sox starting pitcher will also be available.
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STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox are 6-1, having won each of their last 6 games...This is the 9th time in the franchise’s 118-year history the club has won 6 of its first 7 games, most re-cently doing so in 2006, 1999, and 1955...The Sox have started 7-1 in 3 seasons (1904, ‘18, ‘20) but have never started 8-1.
This is only the 2nd time the Sox have lost their 1st game of a season, then won their next 6...The 1904 team lost to the Yankees on Opening Day, then won its next 7 games en route to the AL pennant.
FIRST IMPRESSION: Alex Cora is the 7th Red Sox manager to win at least 6 of his first 7 games with the club, joining Ed Barrow (1918), Joe Cronin (1935), Lou Boudreau (1952), Mike Higgins (1955), Billy Herman (1964-65), and Joe Morgan (1988)...Barrow (7-1) and Morgan (8-0) are the only manag-ers in that group to begin their Sox careers 7-1 or better.
MAKE NO MISTAKE: The Red Sox committed 0 errors in their first 7 games, tied for the franchise’s longest streak to begin a season (also 2013)...CLE is the only other team without an error this season.
OPENING ACT: The Red Sox defeated the Rays in their home opener on Thursday, 3-2 in 12 innings...It marked the 2nd-longest game by innings in a home opener in Fenway Park’s 107-year history (1966 vs. BAL, 13 innings).
Thursday marked the 8th time in Fenway Park history the Red Sox won their home opener in walk-off fashion, with the last 2 occurring in 1998 vs. SEA (Mo Vaughn grand slam) and 1978 vs. TEX (Jim Rice RBI single).
The only other time in Fenway’s history in which the Sox won their home opener in 11+ innings was 4/20/1912, the 1st regular season game ever played at the venue (def. NY Highlanders in 11 inn., 7-6).
EXTRA! EXTRA!: The Red Sox defeated MIA in 13 innings on Tuesday and beat TB in 12 innings on Thursday...It was the 1st time BOS won consecutive games—both in 12+ innings—since 4/11-12/1975.
Dating back to 2016, the Sox are 18-3 in their last 21 extra-inning games...BOS has won its last 9 extra-inning games, tied for the longest such streak in franchise history (also 1937-38; source: Elias)...The last team to win 10+ straight extra-inning games was BAL (17 from 2012-13).
Since the start of 2017, BOS leads the majors in extra-inning games (20) and extra innings pitched (244.2).
HANLEY’S HEROICS: Hanley Ramirez recorded the win-ning RBI in each of the Sox’ last 2 games...According to Elias, Ramirez is the 1st player in Sox history to drive in the winning run in the 12th inning or later in consecutive team games...The last major leaguer to do that was Mark McGwire in 1988.
HANLEY RAMIREZ IN EXTRA INNINGS, 2017-18GAME INN. HIT TYPE SCORE7/18/17 vs. TOR 15th Solo HR W, 5-49/5/17 vs. TOR 19th RBI single W, 3-24/3/18 at MIA 13th 2-RBI double W, 4-24/5/18 vs. TB 12th RBI single W, 3-2
IT AIN’T OVER ‘TIL IT’S OVER: Since the 2017 All-Star break, the Red Sox have won 6 games in which they were trail-ing after 8 innings: 7/14/17 vs. NYY, 8/13/17 at NYY, 8/16/17 vs. STL, 9/5/17 vs. TOR, 9/15/17 at TB, and 4/5/18 vs. TB.
Since the start of 2017, the Sox lead the majors with 19 wins when tied or trailing after 8 innings.
10 of the Sox’ last 30 regular season wins at Fenway Park have come in walk-off fashion (beginning 6/12/17).
CLOSE CALLS: The Red Sox are 4-0 in 1-run games; they last started a season 5-0 in such games in 2008.
15 of the last 33 games between the Sox and Rays have been decided by 1 run, including each of the last 4...Another 7 of those 33 were decided by 2 runs.
START ME UP: Red Sox starting pitchers are 4-0 with a 0.86 ERA (4 ER/42.0 IP)...According to Elias, this is the Sox’ lowest starting pitcher ERA through the first 7 games of any season since the AL began recording earned runs in 1913.
Elias also notes that the last MLB team with a starting pitcher ERA as low through the first 7 games of a season was the 1993 Braves: Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, Steve Avery, Tom Glavine, and Pete Smith (0.56; 4 ER/55.0 IP).
ONE AND DONE: Red Sox starting pitchers have allowed 1 or 0 runs in each of the club’s 7 games, extending the lon-gest such streak to begin a season in MLB history (previous record: first 5 games) (source: Elias).
The last time Sox starters pitched 5.0+ innings and allowed 1 or 0 runs in 7 straight starts at any point in a season was May 12-20, 2000 (8 straight starts).
PRICE CHECK: Since returning from the disabled list on 9/14/17, David Price has thrown 29.1 consecutive scoreless in-nings, including the postseason...He has allowed 0 runs in 14.0 IP in 2018, his longest scoreless streak to begin any season.
Price became the 1st Sox pitcher to begin a season with consecutive scoreless starts of 7.0+ IP since Mel Parnell did so in April 1949.
Price posted a 6.75 ERA in his first 7 starts with the Sox, but he is 20-11 with a 3.21 ERA (99 ER/277.1 IP) in 46 regular season outings (41 GS) with BOS since then.
SUPPORT SYSTEM: Dating back to 2016, the Red Sox have won 21 consecutive games when they provide Rick Porcello with 3+ runs of support...In the last 32 starts in which Por-cello received 3+ runs of support, he is 27-0 with a 3.24 ERA (76 ER/211.0 IP); the Sox are 31-1 in those games.
Porcello lost 17 games in 2017; he received 2 runs of support or fewer in each of those, including 0 runs in 10 of them.
EXTRA EFFORT: On Thursday, Jackie Bradley Jr. led off the bottom of the 12th inning with a double and came around to score the winning run...The Sox have won 40 of the last 50 games (.800) in which Bradley has recorded an extra-base hit, including 15 of the last 17 (.882).
GOOD WILL BUNTING: In the 12th inning of Thursday’s win over the Rays, Christian Vázquez moved Jackie Bradley Jr. to 3rd base with a sacrifice bunt...It was the Sox’ 1st suc-cessful sac bunt since 7/7/17 at TB (Deven Marrero).
BOS played 81 consecutive regular season games without a sac bunt from 7/8/17-4/4/18, the 2nd-longest such streak for any team since Baseball-Reference game logs begin in 1908...The only longer streak was a 95-game stretch by the Blue Jays from 2002-03.
LEADING OFF: Mookie Betts leads the Red Sox in AVG (.346) and OBP (.452)...Dating back to 2017, he has reached base in each of his last 16 regular season games.
Since the start of 2015, Betts leads AL leadoff hitters in hits (394), doubles (94), and runs (239), and ranks 2nd in RBI (200) and XBH (162).
DEWEY’S DAY: On this date 32 years ago, Dwight Evans homered on the 1st pitch of the 1986 MLB season (at DET, off Jack Morris)...The only other player ever to homer on the 1st pitch of an MLB season is Ian Happ, who did so 9 days ago on 3/29 at MIA (off José Ureña).
REMEMBERING BOBBY: Bobby Doerr would have turned 100 years old today (born 4/7/1918)...He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986 and into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1995...He passed away on 11/13/17.
Doerr is the only Red Sox player ever to hit for the cycle twice...The 9-time All-Star played 14 seasons with BOS (1937-44, ‘46-51) before retiring due to a back injury...He missed the 1945 season due to military service.
BOSTON RED SOX (6-1) vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS (1-6)Saturday, April 7, 2018 • 1:05 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA
RHP Rick Porcello (1-0, 1.69) vs. RHP Jake Faria (0-0, 2.25)Game #8 • Home Game #2 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish)
REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWNAL East Standing ...........................1st, +1.5Home/Road ..................................... 1-0/5-1Day/Night ........................................ 2-1/4-0March/April ..................................... 2-1/4-0vs. AL East ..............................................4-1vs. AL Central .........................................0-0vs. AL West .............................................0-0vs. National League................................2-0vs. RH/LH starter ............................. 5-1/1-0Leading after 6 innings ..........................3-1Tied after 6 innings ................................3-0Trailing after 6 innings ...........................0-0Leading after 7 innings ..........................4-1Tied after 7 innings ................................2-0Trailing after 7 innings ...........................0-0Leading after 8 innings ..........................4-0Tied after 8 innings ................................1-0Trailing after 8 innings ...........................1-1Red Sox score first ..................................3-1Opponents score first .............................3-0Shutouts .................................................1-0Scoring less than 3 runs .........................2-0Scoring 3 or 4 runs .................................3-1Scoring 5 or more runs ...........................1-0Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR .................. 2-1/4-01-run/2-run games .......................... 4-0/1-1Walk-offs ................................................1-0Extra innings (home/road) ............... 1-0/1-0Series openers/finales ..................... 2-1/2-0Series W-L-T (home) ........................... 0-0-0Series W-L-T (road) ............................. 2-0-0Series W-L-T (total) ............................. 2-0-0Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 0-0/1-0Come-from-behind wins ...........................3
VS. THE RAYSAll-Time ................................. 207-152 In Boston ......................................112-66 In Tampa Bay ..................................95-86
2018................................................ 4-1 In Boston ............................................1-0 In Tampa Bay ......................................3-1
DATE H/R SCORE WP LP3/29 R L4-6 Pruitt SMITH3/30 R W1-0 PRICE Roe3/31 R W3-2 PORCELLO Kittredge4/1 R W2-1 VELÁZQUEZ Alvarado4/5 H W3-2 (12) POYNER Kittredge
UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPSDATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Sun., 4/8 vs. TB 1:05 p.m. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (6-7, 4.19 in 2017) TBD NESN/MLBNMon., 4/9 Off DayRed Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affiliates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM.
WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013
AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS (9): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
MEDIA INFORMATIONGameday materials available for download at pressroom.redsox.com include game notes, lineups, stat packs, press clips, and media dining menus...Following each home game, audio from interviews with Manager Alex Cora and the day’s Red Sox starting pitcher will also be available.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER
TOMORROW’S STARTING PITCHER
W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG2017 11-17 4.65 33 33 203.1 236 125 105 38 48 181 .286CAREER 119-99 4.25 279 275 1677.0 1827 871 791 197 382 1178 .277
TODAY’S START: Earned the win on 3/31 at TB...Allowed 1 run on 6 hits over 5.1 innings (BB, 4 SO). Held TB scoreless through 5.0 innings on 3/31...Exited the game with 1 out in the 6th...
Charged with an earned run when an inherited runner scored later in the frame. Marked his 156th career start with 1 or 0 BB, which leads all ML pitchers since 2009. Porcello’s 60 starts with 1 or 0 BB since joining the Red Sox trail only teammate Chris Sale’s
61 for the most in the AL during that span (2015-18)...Are tied for the 3rd-most in MLB during that same time (Bartolo Colon-68, Mike Leake-60).
Is 10-5 with a 3.17 ERA (43 ER/122.0 IP) in 19 day starts since the beginning of 2016.VS. THE RAYS:
Is 13-8 with a 3.20 ERA (56 ER/157.2 IP) in 24 career starts vs. TB. Is 10-5 with a 3.19 ERA (39 ER/110.0 IP) in 17 starts vs. the club as a Red Sox (2015-present). Has made 48 starts vs. AL East opponents since the beginning of 2015...Is 22-20 with a
4.00 ERA (137 ER/308.0 IP)...Tossed 6.0+ innings in 39 of those outings and 7.0+ in 20.AT HOME:
Was 7-11 with a 5.43 ERA (68 ER/112.2 IP) in 19 starts at Fenway Park last season. During his 2016 Cy Young campaign, went 13-1 with a 2.97 ERA (35 ER/106.0 IP) over 16
home starts...Earned the win in each of his first 13 home decisions that season.2017 HIGHLIGHTS:
Ranked among AL leaders in starts (T-3rd, 33), IP (5th, 203.1), SO (9th, 181), BB/9.0 IP ratio (5th, 2.12), and SO/BB ratio (7th, 3.77).
Was 1 of 4 AL pitchers (1 of 8 in MLB) to toss multiple complete games...Went 0-2 in those efforts (7/8 at TB, 7/23 at LAA).
His 19 starts with 1 or 0 BB were tied for the 2nd-most in the AL (Josh Tomlin-23, Chris Sale-19, Corey Kluber-19, Carlos Carrasco-19).
Threw 6.0+ innings in 19 consecutive starts from 4/19-7/28/17, the majors’ longest streak of 2017...Also had a 20-start streak with 6.0+ IP from 6/28/16-4/9/17, the longest by a Red Sox pitcher since Derek Lowe did so in 22 consecutive starts from 4/27-8/25/02.
Made 30+ starts for the 6th time in his career and eclipsed 200.0 IP for the 3rd time...Joins Max Scherzer and Jon Lester as the only pitchers to make 27+ starts in each of the 9 seasons from 2009-17.
Led MLB with 20 UER allowed, the most by a Red Sox during a single season since Tim Wakefi eld in 2011 (22). Reached double-digit wins for the 8th time in 9 ML seasons (9 in 2015 with BOS). Received 0 runs of support in 10 of his 17 losses, and either 1 or 2 in his other 7. Went 11-0 with a 4.18 ERA (43 ER/92.2 IP) when the Red Sox scored 3+ runs with him in the game...The Red Sox were 15-0 in those games. Lost a ML-high 9 quality starts, the most by a Red Sox pitcher since Milt Gaston also lost 9 in 1930...Allowed 2 ER or fewer in 7 of his losses.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Has been in the majors since opening the 2009 season as part of the Tigers’ starting rotation at only 20 years old. Won the 2016 AL Cy Young Award after leading MLB in wins (22-4, 3.15 ERA) and SO/BB ratio (5.91)...Also named AL Comeback Player of the Year by MLB. Over the course of his career, has issued 2.05 BB/9.0 IP, the 2nd-lowest rate in the AL among active pitchers and the 4th-lowest in the majors (min. 1,000.0 IP). Is the only qualifying pitcher to average fewer than 3.0 BB/9.0 IP in each of the last 9 seasons (2009-17)...Has posted a BB/9.0 IP ratio below 2.00 in 3 of the last 4
seasons (2014-17), and is 1 of 6 ML pitchers to do so. Is the 2nd-youngest pitcher to start at least 1 game in each of the 9 seasons from 2009-17, trailing only Madison Bumgarner. Is 1 of 11 pitchers who debuted in 1976 or later to earn 100 wins before turning 28 years old, joining Fernando Valenzuela, Roger Clemens, Bret Saberhagen, Dwight
Gooden, Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez, CC Sabathia, Felix Hernandez, Clayton Kershaw, and Madison Bumgarner. In his first 9 ML seasons (2009-17), led MLB with 192 opponent GIDP and ranked among AL leaders in wins (5th, 118), starts (2nd, 274), innings (4th, 1,671.2), and
BB/9.0 IP (6th, 2.05). Became the only modern ML pitcher (since 1900) to make more than 25 starts in each of his first 7 big league seasons, all before turning 27 (also made more than 25
starts in his 8th season)...Was 1 of only 3 modern ML pitchers to post 10+ wins in each of his first 6 seasons before turning 26 (also Bert Blyleven and Dennis Eckersley). Has 3 career streaks of 15+ consecutive starts with 6.0+ IP: 20 starts from 6/28/16-4/9/17, 19 starts from 4/19/17-7/28/17, and 15 starts from 8/26/15-5/11/16.
22-RICK PORCELLO, RHP 1-0, 1.69 ERA
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SHOWIN STREAKLOSS STREAK
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20178.0, 2x, last 7/23 at LAA11, 3x, last 5/28 vs. SEA
11, 8/25 vs. BAL8, 4/14 vs. TB
4, 4/26 vs. NYY9, 4/26 vs. NYY4, 4/14 vs. TB
2, last 7/23 at LAA---
4, 8/3-8/205, 6/28-7/28
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CAREER9.0, 6x, last 9/19/16 at BAL12, 6x, last 7/4/16 vs. TEX
11, 8/25/17 vs. BAL9, 4/20/13 at LAA6, 5/29/14 at OAK13, 9/1/15 vs. NYY4, 4/14/17 vs. TB
9, last 7/23/17 at LAA3, last 8/20/14 at TB8, 5/22/16-7/29/16
W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG2017 6-7 4.19 25 24 137.1 126 66 64 19 50 150 .241CAREER 19-20 4.23 66 65 366.0 345 179 172 48 127 348 .246
2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME LOGDATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO
*Did not make a Spring Training appearance*TOMORROW’S START:
Will be making his 2018 season debut...Was placed on the 10-day DL on 3/26 while recovering from right knee surgery this offseason.
Made 1 start vs. the Rays in 2017...Allowed 2 ER over 5.2 IP on 9/17 at TB (L, 7 H, 3 R, BB, 7 SO).
2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME LOGDATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO3/1 at HOU - 2.0 2 0 0 0 43/11 BAL L 4.0 7 4 4 0 33/16 MIN W 5.0 4 2 2 2 53/26 CHC - 5.0 7 2 2 0 34.50 ERA 1-1 16.0 20 8 8 2 15
16 - ANDREW BENINTENDI , OF .174 AVG 0 HR 1 RBI .367 OBP .174 SLG vs. RHP: 4-19 (.211), 0 HR THURSDAY: 1-4, R, 2 BB ROAD TRIP: 3-19, 3 R, RBI, 4 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (4-12, 4 R, RBI, 5 BB, SB)vs. LHP: 0-4 (.000), 0 HR MIA SERIES: 3-8, 3 R, RBI, 3 BB, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G (4/2-pres.)
Has reached base multiple times in each of his last 4 starts, and in 9 of his last 15 PA...In his last 3 games, is 4-for-12 (.333) with 4 runs, 5 BB, and a .529 OBP.Is tied for the American League lead with 7 BB...Is the fi rst Red Sox hitter to draw multiple BB in consecutive games since he did so from 8/30-31/17.Ranked 5th in the AL in 2017 with a .351 AVG with RISP (47-for-134), including an AL-leading .400 clip (24-for-60) with RISP and 2 outs...Since his 2016 debut season, leads the majors with a .377 AVG (29-for-77) with RISP and 2 outs.In 17 Grapefruit League games this spring, led the Red Sox with an .804 SLG and batted .391 (18-for-46) with 7 2B, 4 HR, and 11 RBI.Finished 2nd in 2017 AL Rookie of the Year voting...Ranked among ML rookies in SB (1st, 20), hits (3rd, 155), runs (3rd, 84), RBI (T-3rd, 90), and outfi eld assists (1st, 11).In 2017, became the 3rd rookie in Red Sox history to reach 20 HR and 20 SB, joining Ellis Burks (1987) and Nomar Garciaparra (1997).
Has hit safely in his last 5 games and reached in all 7...In his last 4 games, is 7-for-15 (.467) with 4 runs, HR, RBI, 2 SB...Leads BOS with a .452 OBP.Is a career .318/.392/.517 hitter in 66 games vs. TB, going 85-for-267 with 53 R, 17 2B, 12 HR, 37 RBI, and 15 SB...Ranks among active players against the Rays in AVG (5th), OBP (5th), SLG (6th), and OPS (.909, 5th; min. 50 G).Since 2015, leads the majors in doubles (131) and ranks 3rd in hits (563) and T-5th in runs (319)...In each of the last 3 full seasons, has led the Red Sox in Baseball-Reference’s WAR (6.0 in 2015, 9.5 in 2016, and 6.4 in 2017) and finished in the top 20 in AL MVP voting (19th in 2015, 2nd in 2016, and 6th in 2017).Has hit .310 (321-for-1,036) with a .508 SLG in 256 career games at Fenway...Since 2017, has 40 BB and 38 SO at home.Has missed on only 4.8% of his swings, the lowest rate in the AL (min. 100 pitches)...Has put the ball in play on 57.1% of swings (T-3rd in MLB).Led BOS in 2017 with 153 games, 101 runs (6th in the AL), 166 hits, 46 2B (3rd), 24 HR, 102 RBI (T-7th), 77 BB (T-10th), 26 SB (T-8th), and an .803 OPS.
2 - XANDER BOGAERTS , SS .344 AVG 1 HR 3 RBI .364 OBP .625 SLG vs. RHP: 9-26 (.346), 1 HR THURSDAY: 1-4, 2B, RBI, BB ROAD TRIP: 10-28, 5 R, 5 2B, HR, 2 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-4, 2B, RBI, BB)vs. LHP: 2-6 (.333), 0 HR MIA SERIES: 2-11, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G (3/29-31) Tied Thursday’s game with an RBI double with 2 outs in the 9th inning...Marked his 11th career game-tying or go-ahead RBI in the 9th inning or later, including 4 last season...Only 2 have come with 2 outs (also 4/20/17 at TOR, 9th-inning single).Leads the majors with 6 2B...Also ranks among AL leaders with 11 hits (T-6th), 7 XBH (T-2nd), 20 TB (T-6th), and 4 multi-hit games (T-2nd).In 5 games vs. TB this season, is 9-for-21 (.429) with 4 R, 6 2B, HR, and 3 RBI...Tied all-time records for 2B (5) and XBH (6) in a single series vs. TB from 3/29-4/1.Leads the AL with 301 hits at home since the start of the 2015 season, ranking 3rd with a .321 AVG in that time.Since 2015, ranks among AL leaders with 298 runs scored (7th), 555 hits (4th), and a .297 AVG (7th)...Also ranks T-5th in the AL with 154 multi-hit games and 2nd with 52 3-hit games, and T-2nd with 11 games with 4+ hits.According to Elias, became the 2nd ML player in the last 100 years to record multiple XBH in each of his first 3 games of a season (also Adrián González in 2015).
19 - JACKIE BRADLEY JR. , OF .136 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI .240 OBP .227 SLG vs. RHP: 2-17 (.118), 0 HR THURSDAY: 1-5, R, 2B ROAD TRIP: 2-17, 2 R, 2B, 3 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-10, R, 2 2B)vs. LHP: 1-5 (.200), 0 HR MIA SERIES: 1-7, R, 2B, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G (4/3-pres.)
Has doubled in his last 2 games, and reached safely in his last 4...The Red Sox are 21-3 in his last 24 games with a 2B.Hit .284 (31-for-109) with an .825 OPS with RISP in 2017...From 8/4 through the end of the season, went 12-for-33 (.364) with a 1.007 OPS with RISP.Since 2017, his .355 OBP vs. LHP ranks 3rd among left-handed AL hitters...Since 2015, has hit .266 vs. LHP and .248 vs. RHP.Stole his fi rst base of the season Sunday...His 86.1% career stolen base success rate (31-for-36) ranks 5th in the AL in the last 30 years (min. 35 attempts). According to Baseball-Reference, ranked 2nd among 2017 Sox position players with 2.8 WAR...Named BOS’ Defensive Player of the Year by the Boston BBWAA.
Reached base twice via intentional walk on Thursday, becoming the youngest Red Sox hitter in the last 100 years with 2 IBB in the same game...The only other Red Sox hitter to have such a game before turning 22 was Tony Conigliaro on 7/10/66 vs. CWS.Has reached base in all 6 games this season, hitting in 5...In his last 12 games, including the postseason, has hit .292 (14-for-48) with 8 XBH, 14 RBI, and an .894 OPS.Had at least 1 RBI in 7 straight regular-season games from 9/29/17 through Monday, the longest streak by a BOS hitter since Mookie Betts in 2016 (7)...The only other Sox hitter with 7 straight games with an RBI at the age of 21 or younger is Ted Williams in 1940 (RBI became an official stat in 1920).His 4 games with an RBI to begin the 2018 season marked the ML’s longest streak to start the year...In the last 45 seasons, the only other Red Sox hitters with RBI in their first 4 games of any season are Jose Canseco in 1995 (4) and Shea Hillenbrand in 2003 (5). Recorded go-ahead RBI in each of his first 3 games, including game-winners on 3/30 and 4/1 at TB...Is tied for 2nd in the AL in go-ahead RBI (3).Made his ML debut at the age of 20 last season, batting .284 (63-for-222) with an .819 OPS, 14 2B, 10 HR, 30 RBI, and 34 runs in 58 games.
BATTING NOTES Red Sox Game Notes Page 3
LAST HOME RUN MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMESPLAYER DATE, OPP. PITCHER AB SINCE 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI 6+RBI TOTALBenintendi 9/25/17 vs. TOR Leone 42 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Betts 4/2/18 at MIA O’Grady 8 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Bogaerts 3/31/18 at TB Kittredge 23 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1Bradley Jr. 9/17/17 at TB Odorizzi 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Devers 9/24/17 at CIN Stephens 50 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1Holt 9/7/16 at SD Campos 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Leon 9/26/17 vs. TOR Dermody 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Martinez 9/27/17 vs. SF Dyson 35 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Moreland 9/28/17 vs. HOU Peacock 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Núñez 3/29/18 at TB Archer (ITPHR) 26 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1Ramirez 4/2/18 at MIA Richards 14 4 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 3Swihart 9/29/15 at NYY Mitchell 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Vázquez 9/14/17 at OAK Gossett 67 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Has 3 BB in 2 games so far this season...Played in 64 games (37 starts) in 2017, missing 75 games while on the disabled list with vertigo.Has a career .290 AVG (45-for-155) and .392 OBP in games played before May 1...That OBP ranks 4th among active AL hitters with at least 100 such AB.Since 2016, has hit .280 (14-for-50) with 5 R, 4 2B, and 4 RBI in 18 games vs. the Rays...Has stolen 6 bases in 6 career attempts vs. the club.In 17 spring training games, hit .308 (12-for-39) with 3 2B, 6 BB, and a .426 OBP...Appeared defensively at 2B, 3B, SS, LF, and RF.
63- SANDY LEON , C .200 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI .200 OBP .200 SLG vs. RHP: 1-3 (.333), 0 HR THURSDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 1-5 CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-1)vs. LHP: 0-2 (.000), 0 HR MIA SERIES: 1-1 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G (4/3)
Recorded his fi rst hit of the season in the 13th inning Tuesday...Since 2016, is 7-for-14 (.500) with 2 2B, 1 HR, and a 1.420 OPS in 18 extra-inning PA.Finished 3rd in MLB with a 3.41 catcher’s ERA in 2017, the lowest by a qualifying Sox catcher since at least 1987.In 2017, set career highs with 85 games, 39 RBI, and 25 BB...6 of his career-high-tying 7 HR came in the 6th inning or later, including 4 in the 8th or later.Ranks 3rd among active catchers (min. 100 games) with a 38.3 career CCS% (44-for-115)...Cut down 16 of 47 attempts last season (34.0%).In 2017, the Red Sox went 5-1 when he hit a HR, 16-8 when he drove in a run, and 11-1 in his multi-hit games...BOS is 35-13 when he drives in a run since 2015.
Tripled Thursday in his fi rst AB at Fenway as a member of the Red Sox...Became the fi rst Sox hitter to triple in his fi rst game at Fenway as a member of the team since Jeff Manto in 1996 (5/22 vs. SEA), and the fi rst to do so in his fi rst home AB with BOS since Pumpsie Green in 1959 (8/4 vs. KC).Has reached base in all 6 games played, hitting in his last 4...Tied the game with an RBI on Sunday and drove in a go-ahead run Tuesday.Has 14 hits in 8 career games at Fenway, batting .438 (32 AB) with 4 runs, 2 2B, 3B, a 1.033 OPS, and 6 multi-hit efforts.In 109 career games vs. the AL East, has hit .314 (126-for-401) with 24 HR and a .948 OPS...His .576 career SLG vs. the division is the 2nd-highest since divisional play began (min. 100 games)...Posted a .409/.534/.818 line vs. those clubs in 2017 (13 G).In 119 games between DET and ARI last season, set career highs with 45 HR, 104 RBI, and a 1.066 OPS...Among players with 300+ AB, led the majors in SLG (.690), AB/HR (9.60), and AB/RBI (4.15)...His .690 SLG was the highest since Barry Bonds in 2004 (.812; min. 350 AB).
Did not play Thursday for the first time in 2018...In his last 30 games at Fenway, has hit .301/.381/.559/.940 (28-for-93, 19 R, 12 2B, 4 HR, 19 RBI).Set career highs in 2017 with 149 games, 508 AB, 73 R, 34 2B, and 55 BB...Is 1 of 2 AL 1B with 20+ HR and 20+ 2B in each of the last 3 seasons (José Abreu).Hit .273 with an .837 OPS in the first month of the 2017 season...Led MLB with 12 2B in April, including a Red Sox record 7 straight games with a 2B (4/7-13).Since 2014, his .409 AVG (18-for-44) as a pinch hitter leads MLB (min. 40 AB)...Reached base in 6 of 14 pinch-hit PA in 2017, including 1 HR (8/30 at TOR).Leads AL 1B in FanGraphs’ defensive runs saved (17) and ultimate zone rating (9.4) metrics since 2016...Won the 2016 AL Gold Glove Award at 1B.
Has hit safely in 5 of 6 games...In 44 games since joining BOS, has 20 multi-hit games, batting .307 (59-for-192) with 15 2B, 9 HR, 30 RBI, 6 SB, and an .861 OPS.Since joining the Red Sox, has hit .333 (33-for-99) with 11 runs, 5 2B, 4 HR, and 16 RBI in 23 games at Fenway...Is a career .312 hitter (54-for-173) at the park.Has hit safely in 10 of his 11 games vs. TB since the start of 2016, including 7 multi-hit games...Is batting .383 (18-for-47) with 8 runs, 3 2B, 3 HR (including two inside-the-park HR), 4 SB, and a 1.034 OPS in those games.In 114 games between BOS and SF last year, posted career highs in AVG (.313/146-for-467), OBP (.341), SLG (.460), 2B (33), and XBH (45).His inside-the-park HR in his first AB of the season on Opening Day at TB marked BOS’s first Opening Day inside-the-park HR since Carl Yastrzemski on 4/10/68.
On Thursday, singled to drive in the Red Sox’ first run in the 9th inning and recorded a walk-off single with 1 out in the 12th.Hit a game-winning 2-run 2B with 2 outs in the 13th inning of Tuesday’s win...Is the only Red Sox hitter to record a game-winning hit in the 12th inning or later in consecutive team games since the RBI became an offi cial stat in 1920...The last ML hitter to do so was Mark McGwire on 7/3-4/88 (source: Elias).
Leads the majors with 4 game-winning hits in the 12th inning or later since the start of 2017...All have come since the 2017 All-Star Break (15th-inning HR on 7/18/17 vs. TOR, 19th-inning single on 9/5/17 vs. TOR, Tuesday at MIA, and Thursday vs. TB)...Has 6 career such hits, 4 in his last 60 games.
Has multiple hits and multiple RBI in each of the last 3 games, tying for the AL lead in multi-RBI games (3)...Marks his longest streak of multi-hit, multi-RBI games since 5/1-4/10 with FLA...Has never done so in 4 straight games.Has reached base safely in his last 15 games (.377/.406/.574), including the regular season and postseason...Went 8-for-14 (.571) in the 2017 ALDS vs. HOU.His walk-off hit Thursday came on the first pitch...Since 2016, has hit .412 with a 1.283 OPS on first pitches (47-for-114, 8 2B, 14 HR).Is 2-for-4 with 3 RBI in extra innings this season...Since 1974, his .414 career AVG (46-for-111) in extras leads MLB and his 1.128 OPS ranks 4th (min. 50 AB).
23 - BLAKE SWIHART , C .250 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI .400 OBP .250 SLG vs. RHP: 1-3 (.333), 0 HR THURSDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 1-4, BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-3vs. LHP: 0-1 (.000), 0 HR MIA SERIES: 0-1 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G (4/1)
Made his season debut Sunday (1-3, BB)...Has 111 games of ML experience, batting .270 (97-for-359) with 17 2B, 4 3B, 5 HR, and 36 RBI.Spent the majority of the 2017 season with Triple-A Pawtucket...Missed 2 months of the season due to a pair of DL stints...Was a September call-up for BOS.The majority of his ML experience came in 2015, when he hit .274 (79-for-288) with 17 2B, 5 HR, and 31 RBI in 84 games.Posted a .485 SLG in 25 spring training games, tying for the league lead with 7 2B and homering 3 times...Appeared defensively at C, 1B, 3B, and LF.
7 - CHRISTIAN VÁZQUEZ , C .227 AVG 0 HR 2 RBI .261 OBP .273 SLG vs. RHP: 4-17 (.235), 0 HR THURSDAY: 0-4, SH ROAD TRIP: 5-18, 2B, 2 RBI, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 0-5vs. LHP: 1-5 (.200), 0 HR MIA SERIES: 3-9, 2B, 2 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G (4/2-3)
Bunted in the 12th inning Thursday to advance the eventual game-winning run to third...Was the Red Sox' first sacrifice hit since 7/7/17 (Deven Marrero), snap-ping MLB’s 2nd-longest streak of games without a sac hit since 1908 (81 games)...Marked Vázquez's first sac hit since recording 3 from 8/12-26/14.Since 7/29/17, ranks 5th in the AL with a .329 AVG (51-for-155, min. 100 AB)...6 of his 10 career go-ahead RBI have come in that time (46 G).Finished 2nd in the AL last season with a .348 home AVG (54-for-155), the highest home AVG by a Red Sox C since Hal Wagner in 1944 (.350).Is a career .300/.357/.378 hitter in 29 games vs. TB (27-for-90, 4 2B, HR, 9 RBI)...In 2017, hit .375 (12-for-32) in 10 games vs. the club.His 41.2% career CCS% (42-for-102) is the 2nd-highest rate by any catcher since 1987, trailing only Hall of Famer Ivan Rodriguez (min. 200 G).
BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) Red Sox Game Notes Page 4
32-Matt Barnes 4/3 at MIA (BS, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 4/4 -/- 0/1 1.0 (3 times) 2 (4/2 at TB)37-Heath Hembree 4/3 at MIA (W, 1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 3/3 2/1 -/- 2.0 (4/3 at MIA) 3 (4/3 at MIA) 56-Joe Kelly 4/3 at MIA 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 2/3 -/- 1/1 2.0 (4/3 at MIA) 2 (4/1 at TB) 46-Craig Kimbrel 4/5 vs. TB 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 2/4 -/- 2/2 1.0 (4 times) 3 (3/30 at TB)66-Bobby Poyner 4/5 vs. TB (W, 1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 4/4 1/0 -/- 2.0 (4/5 vs TB) 3 (2 times)39-Carson Smith 4/5 vs. TB 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 1/4 4/3 0/1 1.0 (4/5 vs TB) 1 (4 times)64-Marcus Walden 4/2 at MIA 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 0/2 1/0 -/- 2.0 (4/2 at MIA) 1 (4/2 at MIA)76-Hector Velazquez 4/5 vs. TB 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 -/- -/- 1.0 (4/5 vs TB) --BULLPEN TOTALS: 4.00 ERA 27.0 19 12 12 16 31 17/25 (68%) 8/4 3/5
1ST BATTERS RELIEF HIGHSPITCHER LAST TIME OUT (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP INNINGS STRIKEOUTS
Charged with a blown SV in the Sox’ win Tuesday at MIA...Came on with a 1-run lead in the 11th; retired 1st two batters before allowing 2 BB and a RBI single.Has made his 3rd consecutive Opening Day roster...Led BOS relievers last season in wins (7), innings (69.2), games (70), and holds (21).Made 60-or-more appearances in both of the 2016 and 2017 seasons (132 total games) which leads all BOS pitchers and was T-9th in the AL in that span.Posted a career-best 10.72 SO/9.0 IP ratio in 2017 (83 SO/69.2 IP)...Over the last 2 seasons (2016-17), has held opponents to a .193 AVG with RISP.
Earned the win in Tuesday’s 13-inning victory at MIA...Threw scoreless innings in the 12th and 13th with 3 SO and 1 hit allowed...Has opened the season with 3 scoreless appearances (4.1 IP total), 2 of which were more than 1.0 inning.Set career-highs with 62 appearances and 70 SO in 2017...Also posted a 10.16 SO/9.0 IP ratio and a 3.89 SO/BB ratio (18 BB), both career bests.Has posted a 2.80 ERA (44 ER/141.1 IP) and a 3.07 SO/BB ratio over his last 124 ML games since 5/25/15.
Threw 2.0 scoreless innings - the 8th and 9th - in Tuesday’s 13-inning win at MIA (2.0 IP, 0 hits, BB, SO)...Has made 2 scoreless appearances (3.0 IP) since al-lowing 4 runs on Opening Day.Is in his 2nd full season as reliever...In a career-high 54 games in 2017, set career lows in opponent AVG (.202), OBP (.294) & SLG (.279).In his last 78 appearances as a reliever (since 5/30/13), has gone 7-1, 1 SV, 2.29 ERA (25 ER/98.1 IP) with a 1.13 WHIP and a .201 opponent AVG.
Threw a scoreless 10th inning to preserve a 2-2 tie in the home opener, Thursday vs. TB (1.0 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 SO); his 4th scoreless appearance of the year (4.0 IP).Has 293 career SV (29th all time) and his 91.0% career conversion rate (322 SVO) is the highest all-time for any closer with 250 or more opportunities...Has 68 career saves as a Red Sox which is tied for 9th place all time with Tom Gordon (Sparky Lyle is in 8th place with 69).Named 2017 AL Reliever of the Year (Mariano Rivera Award) & fi nished 6th in AL Cy Young Award voting...Posted his 7th straight season with 30+ saves (35).A 2017 AL All-Star, led all ML relievers in WHIP (0.68) and SO/9.0 IP ratio (16.43) and T-1st in SO (126)...Posted career bests in SO/BB (9.0) and BB/9.0 IP (1.83).
Earned his 1st ML win in the Sox’ 12-inning walk-off victory in the home opener, Thursday vs. TB...Threw 2.0 scoreless innings (11th & 12th) with 1 hit & 3 SO...Has thrown 4.0 scoreless innings over his last 3 appearances (2 hits, 0 BB, 6 SO).Non-roster invite to 1st spring training made 1st Opening Day roster...Selected to active roster, 3/29...Entered 2018 having never appeared above Double-A.Since 1981, the only other Red Sox minor leaguers to make the Opening Day roster without experience above Double-A are Shea Hillenbrand (2001), Jackie Bradley Jr. (2013), and Ben Taylor (2017)...Since 1964, other notable Sox to do so were Billy Conigliaro (1964), Bob Stanley (1977), and Bruce Hurst (1980).For his minor league career (99 games), has averaged 10.10 SO/9.0 IP (168 SO/149.2 IP), 5.60 SO/BB (30 BB), and has posted a 1.02 WHIP.
Threw the 8th inning in the home opener, Thursday vs. TB; allowed a go-ahead 2-run HR to Duffy (1.0 IP, H, 2 ER, BB, SO).Entering his 3rd season with BOS (2016-present)...Appeared in only 11 games from 2016-17 for BOS due to Tommy John surgery performed on 5/24/16.For his ML career, has held opponents to a .197 AVG (64-325) with just 3 HR...Has also averaged 11.46 SO/9.0 IP (115 SO/90.1 IP) for his big league career.
Threw a perfect 9th inning on 9 pitches in the home opener, Thursday vs. TB...Was his 2nd appearance of the year; other was a start, 4/1 at TB (W, 5.2 IP 1 ER).Made his 1st career Opening Day roster in 2018 and his ML debut in 2017...BOS purchased his contract from Campeche of the Mexican League in Feb. 2017.In 6 career ML relief appearances is 3-0, 0.00 ERA (11.1 IP, 3 BB, 8 SO)...Is 1-1, 4.05 ERA (9 ER/20.0 IP) in 4 career starts, includes a 1.80 ERA in his last 3 starts.
Threw the fi nal 2.0 innings of Monday’s win at MIA (2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, SO, HB, WP, 38 pitches)...Was the 2nd appearance of his ML career/both this year.Was selected to the active ML roster on 3/29 and has made his 1st Opening Day roster...Selection marks the 2nd ML stint of his career (other: 2014 with TOR, but did not appear in a ML game)...Was a non-roster invitee to BOS spring training in 2016 and 2017.Spent the 2017 season with Triple-A Pawtucket where he won their Most Valuable Pitcher Award: 10-6, 3.92 ERA, 86 SO in 29 games (15 starts).
1 3/29 D at Tampa Bay L4-6 0-1 T-4th -1.0 Pruitt (1-0) SMITH (0-1) Colome (1) 31,042* 1 31,042 2 3/30 N at Tampa Bay W1-0 1-1 T-3rd -1.0 PRICE (1-0) Roe (0-1) KIMBREL (1) 19,203 2 50,245 3 3/31 N at Tampa Bay W3-2 2-1 T-1st -- PORCELLO (1-0) Kittredge (0-1) KIMBREL (2) 17,838 3 68,083 4 4/1 D at Tampa Bay W2-1 3-1 1st +1.0 VELÁZQUEZ (1-0) Alvarado (0-1) KELLY (1) 14,256 4 82,339 5 4/2 N at Miami W7-3 4-1 1st +1.0 JOHNSON (1-0) Richards (0-1) 11,113 5 93,452 6 4/3 N at Miami W4-2(13) 5-1 1st +1.0 HEMBREE (1-0) Guerrero (0-1) 14,953 6 108,405 4/4 Off Day 5-1 1st +1.0 7 4/5 D TAMPA BAY W3-2 6-1 1st +2.0 POYNER (1-0) Kittredge (0-2) 36,134* 1 36,134 4/6 OFF DAY 6-1 1st +1.5 8 4/7 D TAMPA BAY 9 4/8 D TAMPA BAY 4/9 OFF DAY 10 4/10 N NEW YORK-AL 11 4/11 N NEW YORK-AL 12 4/12 N NEW YORK-AL 13 4/13 N BALTIMORE 14 4/14 D BALTIMORE 15 4/15 D BALTIMORE 16 4/16 D BALTIMORE 17 4/17 N at Anaheim 18 4/18 N at Anaheim 19 4/19 N at Anaheim 20 4/20 N at Oakland 21 4/21 N at Oakland 22 4/22 D at Oakland 4/23 Off Day 23 4/24 N at Toronto 24 4/25 N at Toronto 25 4/26 N at Toronto 26 4/27 N TAMPA BAY 27 4/28 D TAMPA BAY 28 4/29 D TAMPA BAY 29 4/30 N KANSAS CITY 30 5/1 N KANSAS CITY 31 5/2 D KANSAS CITY 32 5/3 N at Texas 33 5/4 N at Texas 34 5/5 N at Texas 35 5/6 D at Texas 5/7 Off Day 36 5/8 N at New York-AL 37 5/9 N at New York-AL 38 5/10 N at New York-AL 39 5/11 N at Toronto 40 5/12 D at Toronto 41 5/13 D at Toronto 42 5/14 N OAKLAND 43 5/15 N OAKLAND 44 5/16 N OAKLAND 5/17 OFF DAY 45 5/18 N BALTIMORE 46 5/19 N BALTIMORE 47 5/20 D BALTIMORE 5/21 OFF DAY 48 5/22 N at Tampa Bay 49 5/23 N at Tampa Bay 50 5/24 N at Tampa Bay 51 5/25 N ATLANTA 52 5/26 D ATLANTA 53 5/27 D ATLANTA 54 5/28 D TORONTO 55 5/29 N TORONTO 56 5/30 D TORONTO 57 5/31 N at Houston 58 6/1 N at Houston 59 6/2 N at Houston 60 6/3 N at Houston 6/4 Off Day
2018 TRANSACTIONS
February 20 OF Bryce Brentz traded to Pirates in exchange for cash considerations.March 11 LHP Jalen Beeks, LHP Williams Jerez, RHP Ty Buttrey and RHP Chandler Shepherd optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...C Austin Rei, INF Michael Chavis, INF Esteban Quiroz,
OF Jeremy Barfield, OF Steve Selsky, RHP Kyle Martin, and RHP Fernando Rodriguez Jr. reassigned to minor league camp.March 15 C Óscar Hernández reassigned to minor league camp.March 19 INF Chad De La Guerra reassigned to minor league camp.March 24 INF Deven Marrero traded to the Diamondbacks in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations...INF Tzu-Wei Lin and LHP Roenis Elias and Robby
Scott optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...C Dan Butler, INF Iván De Jesús Jr., and OF Rusney Castillo and Aneury Tavárez reassigned to minor league camp.March 25 1B Sam Travis optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.March 26 LHP Drew Pomeranz placed on 10-day DL...LHP Edurado Rodriguez placed on 10-day DL...RHP Steven Wright placed on 10-day DL...RHP Brandon Workman optioned to
Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Justin Haley reassigned to minor league camp.March 29 LHP Bobby Poyner and RHP Marcus Walden selected to active ML roster...INF Marco Hernandez placed on 60-day DL...RHP Austin Maddox, 2B Dustin Pedroia, and RHP
Tyler Thornburg placed on 10-day DL.
DISABLED LIST
Drew Pomeranz Left forearm flexor strain March 26 --- 7 (6-1)Eduardo Rodriguez Recovery from right knee surgery March 26 --- 7 (6-1)Steven Wright Recovery from left knee surgery March 26 --- 7 (6-1)Marco Hernandez Left shoulder surgery March 29 --- 7 (6-1)Austin Maddox Right shoulder strain March 29 --- 7 (6-1)Dustin Pedroia Recovery from left knee surgery March 29 --- 7 (6-1)Tyler Thornburg Recovery from right shoulder surgery March 29 --- 7 (6-1)2018 Totals 7 Players 7 DL stints 49 Games Missed
DAILY HOME ATT. ROAD ATT. GM# DATE D/N OPPONENT SCORE REC. POS. GA/GB WINNING PITCHER LOSING PITCHER SAVE ATT. NO. TOTAL NO. TOTAL
DATE TRANSACTION
PLAYER INJURY PLACED ON DL (RETRO) REINSTATED GAMES MISSED
2018 REGULAR SEASON DAY-BY-DAY Red Sox Game Notes Page 6
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Red Sox Game Notes Page 7
5 hits in a game ........................................ Andrew Benintendi, 7/4/17 at TEX6 hits in a game ...................Nomar Garciaparra, 6/21/03 at PHI (13 innings) 6 RBI in a game .............................................. Mookie Betts, 9/12/17 vs. OAK7 or more RBI in a game ...............................Mookie Betts, 7/2/17 at TOR (8)10 RBI in a game (ties club record) ........Nomar Garciaparra, 5/10/99 vs. SEA3 home runs in a game (ties club record) ......... Mookie Betts, 8/14/16 vs. ARIGame-ending home run ......... Mitch Moreland, 8/4/17 vs. CWS (11th inning)Pinch-hit grand slam ............................................... Mike Carp, 9/11/13 at TB2 grand slams in a game ......................................Bill Mueller, 7/29/03 at TEXHome run in 1st ML game .............Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI (grand slam)HR in 1st Red Sox PA ....................Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI (grand slam) Grand Slam in 1st Red Sox PA............................Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI Inside-the-park home run........... Eduardo Núñez, 3/29/18 at TB (2nd inning)Homered from both sides of the plate ......... Victor Martinez, 5/17/10 at NYYPitcher collected a hit.......David Price, 9/22/17 at CIN, 1B off Asher WojciechPitcher hit a home run .................. Josh Beckett, 6/14/09 at PHI off J.A. HappHit for the cycle .................................................... Brock Holt, 6/16/15 vs. ATLHitting streak of at least 30 games .....Nomar Garciaparra (30), 7/26-8/29/97Hitting streak of at least 20 games ........ Jackie Bradley Jr. (29), 4/24-5/26/16.................................................................... Xander Bogaerts (26), 5/6-6/2/16Straight steal of home ..................................Jacoby Ellsbury, 4/26/09 vs. NYYSteal of home on double steal ............................. Travis Shaw, 4/21/16 vs. TB5 steals in a game (club record) ..................... Jacoby Ellsbury, 5/30/13 at PHI
No-hitter ...................................................Jon Lester, 5/19/08 vs. KC (W, 7-0)One-hitter .............................................. Doug Fister, 8/22/17 at CLE (W, 9-1)15 or more strikeouts in a game .................... Jon Lester (15), 5/3/14 vs. OAKPosition player pitched ................................Mitch Moreland, 8/25/17 vs. BALPitcher played another defensive position .... Javier Lopez (RF), 4/30/09 at TB
Walk-off win ...................................................... 4/5/18 vs. TB (3-2 in 12 innings)Scored 20 runs in a game..................................................... 8/15/15 vs. SEA (22)Had 20 hits in a game ............................................. 7/2/17 at TOR (21, 9 innings)Scored 10 runs in an inning .......................5/7/17 at MIN (10 runs in 9th inning)Hit 8 home runs in a game (club record) ....................2 times, last 9/4/13 vs. DETHit 4 consec. HR (club & MLB record) .....................4/22/07 vs. NYY (3rd inning): ...................................... Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell & Jason Varitek Hit game-ending HR in back-to-back games .........................5/10-11/05 vs. OAK:................................................. 5/10 (9th inning, Kevin Millar off Octavio Dotel), ................................................ 5/11 (9th inning, Jason Varitek off Octavio Dotel)Turned a triple play .................................................. 8/15/17 vs. STL (4th inning): ............................ 3B Rafael Devers to 2B Eduardo Núñez to 1B Mitch MorelandHit into a triple play .......................5/2/17 vs. BAL (8th inning, Jackie Bradley Jr.)Back-to-back 1-0 wins ............................................................. 7/18-19/06 vs. KC
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Most runs, game ..................................................................... 7, 4/2 at MIAMost runs, inning ........................................3, 2 times, last 4/2 at MIA (4th)Most hits, game (9 innings) .................................................. 12, 4/2 at MIAMost hits, game (extra innings) .........................12, 4/3/18 at MIA (13 inn.) Most hits, inning ...............................................................4, 4/5 vs. TB (9th)Consecutive hits, inning ..............................3, 2 times, last 4/2 at MIA (5th)Fewest hits, game ...................................................................... 6, 4/1 at TBMost doubles, game..............................4, 3 times, last 4/3 at MIA (13 inn.) Most triples, game .................................................................... 1, 4/5 vs. TBMost home runs, game ........................................................... 2, 4/2 at MIAMost home runs, inning ..............................1, 4 times, last 4/2 at MIA (7th)Most extra-base hits ........................................... 5, 3 times, last 4/2 at MIAMost stolen bases, game ........................................................... 2, 4/1 at TBMost walks, game (9 innings) .................................................. 6, 3/31 at TB Most walks, game (extra innings) ...............................6, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.) Most strikeouts, game (9 innings) ....................... 6, 4 times, last 4/2 at MIAMost strikeouts, game (extra innings) .....9, 2 times, last 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.) Most hit by pitch, game ............................................................. 3, 4/1 at TBMost left on base (9 innings) ................................................... 11, 4/1 at TB Most left on base (extra innings) ..............................11, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.)
Most hits .............................................. 3, 2 times, last Bogaerts, 3/31 at TB Most runs ........................... 2, 3 times, last Benintendi, 4/3 at MIA (13 inn.)Most doubles .............................................. 2, 2 times, last Bogaerts, 3/30 at TBMost triples .................................................1, Martinez, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.)Most home runs ..........................1, 4 times, last Ramirez & Betts, 4/2 at MIA Most extra-base hits ............................ 2, 4 times, last Bogaerts, 3/31 at TBMost total bases ...................................................... 7, Bogaerts, 3/31 at TB Most RBI .................................. 2, 7 times, last Ramirez, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.)Most stolen bases .........................1, 6 times, last Betts, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.) Most walks ...........2, 6 times, last Benintendi & Devers, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.) Most strikeouts (9 innings)......................2, 7 times, last Devers, 4/2 at MIA Most strikeouts (extra innings) .........2, 5 times, last 2 players, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.)Longest hitting streak ......................5, 3 times, last Ramirez & Betts, active
Most walks (9 innings) ............................................................. 7, 3/29 at TBMost walks, (extra innings) .........................................6, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.) Fewest walks ............................................................................ 1, 3/30 at TBMost runs allowed, game ........................................................ 6, 3/29 at TB Most runs allowed, inning ...............................................6, 3/29 at TB (8th) Most hits allowed, game (9 innings) ..................................... 10, 4/2 at MIAMost hits allowed, game (extra innings) ................... 9, 4/3 at MIA (13 inn.) Fewest hits allowed, game ................................... 4, 2 times, last 3/30 at TBMost hits allowed, inning .............................. 3, 2 times, last 4/1 at TB (1st) Most home runs allowed, game .......................... 1, 3 times, last 4/2 at MIA Most consecutive scoreless inn. .......................... 14.0, 3/30 (1st)-3/31 (5th)
Most innings pitched, starter ....................7.0, 2 times, last Price, 4/5 vs. TB Fewest innings pitched, starter ....................................5.0, Sale, 4/3 at MIAMost innings pitched, reliever ..................2.0, 3 times, last Poyner, 4/5 vs. TB Most strikeouts, starter ....................................................9, Sale, 3/29 at TB Most strikeouts, reliever ...............................3, 3 times, last Poyner, 4/5 vs. TB Most walks allowed .....................................3, 3 times, last Price, 4/5 vs. TB Longest winning streak ..........................1, 6 times, last Poyner, 4/5-presentLongest losing streak ................................................ 1, Smith, 3/29-present Most consec. scoreless inn., starter ........................14.0, Price, 3/30-present Most consec. scoreless inn., reliever .................. 4.1, Hembree, 3/31-presentMost runs allowed .......................................................... 4, Kelly, 3/29 at TBMost earned runs allowed .............................................. 4, Kelly, 3/29 at TBMost hits allowed ................................ 6, 2 times, last Johnson, 4/2 at MIAFewest hits allowed, CG ......................................................................... N/AMost home runs allowed ........................... 1, 4 times, last Smith, 4/5 vs. TB Most pitches thrown .....................................................93, Sale, 4/3 at MIA
Longest winning streak ........................................................ 6, 3/30-presentLongest losing streak ........................................................................ 1, 3/29Most games over .500 ......................................................5, 4/5 vs. TB (6-1)Most games under .500 ...................................................1, 3/29 at TB (0-1) Longest game, innings ....................................................13, last 4/3 at MIALongest game, time (9 innings) ............................................. 3:24, 4/1 at TB Longest game, time (extra innings) .................................... 4:27, 4/3 at MIA Shortest game, time ............................................................ 2:46, 3/30 at TBShortest game, time (9 innings) .......................................... 2:46, 3/30 at TBLargest crowd, Fenway Park .............................................................. 36,134 Smallest crowd, Fenway Park ............................................................ 36,134 Largest crowd, road ........................................................ 31,042, 3/29 at TBSmallest crowd, road ..................................................... 11,113, 4/2 at MIALargest winning margin ..................................................4, 4/2 at MIA (7-3) Largest losing margin.......................................................2, 3/29 at TB (4-6) Largest deficit overcome to win ...............2, 4/5 vs. TB (down 0-2, won 3-2) Largest lead relinquished to lose.............................4, 3/29 at TB (led 4-0, lost 4-6)Most double plays turned ....................................................... 2, 4/3 at MIAMost double plays turned by opponent ................................. 2, 4/3 at MIAMost errors ................................................................................................ 0Most errors by an opponent ................................... 1, 2 times, last 4/1 at TBMost stolen bases by an opponent .......................................... 1, 3/31 at TB
Andrew Benintendi..............................................................................................1J.D. Martinez........................................................................................................1
RED SOX MANAGER CHALLENGES
TOTAL OVERTURNED CONFIRMED STOOD 3 0 2 1
BREAKDOWNSRed Sox Game Notes Page 8
HOME RUN NOTES9 HOMERS AT HOME: 0 SOLO HOMERS: 2 3-RUN HOMERS: 0 HOMERS ON THE ROAD: 4 2-RUN HOMERS: 2 GRAND SLAMS: 0
2-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (0 in 2018)Last: Mookie Betts, 9/12/17 vs. OAK (10th career multi-HR game)
3-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (0 in 2018)Last: Mookie Betts, 8/14/16 at ARI
PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (0 in 2018)Last: Andrew Benintendi, 9/25/17 vs. TOR off Dominic Leone
GRAND SLAMS BY RED SOX (0 in 2018)Last: Dustin Pedroia, 9/24/16 at TB off Danny Farquhar
FIRST-INNING LEADOFF HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (0 in 2018)Last: Mookie Betts, 7/9/17 at TB off Chris Archer (11th career)
WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (0 in 2018) Last: Mitch Moreland, 8/4/17 vs. CWS off Aaron Bummer (3rd career)
INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (1 in 2018)Eduardo Núñez, 3/29/18 at TB off Chris Archer (2nd inning)
INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS AT FENWAY PARK (0 in 2018)Last: Jacoby Ellsbury, 9/19/11 vs. BAL (G2) off Jeremy Accardo
BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (0 in 2018)Last: Andrew Benintendi and Jackie Bradley Jr., 7/4/17 at TEX (8th inning)
BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (0 in 2018)Last: David Ortiz, Josh Reddick and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 7/7/11 vs. BAL (7th)
