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 BOSTON RED SOX (4823) at SEATTLE MARINERS (4525) Saturday, June 16, 2018 5:15 p.m. PT/8:15 p.m. ET Safeco Field Seattle, WA RHP Steven Wright (20, 1.21) vs. LHP Wade LeBlanc (20, 3.00) Game #72 Road Game #38 TV: FOX Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox lead MLB with 48 wins... They are 41 in their last 5 games, 94 in their last 13, and 209 in their last 29. HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN MLB (2018) Rank Club Win % (Record) 1. Yankees.692 (4520) 2. Red Sox.676 (4823) 3. Astros.648 (4625) EASTERN STANDARD: The Red Sox are 0 games behind the Yankees in the AL East, but NYY is in 1st place due to a higher winning percentage...the Sox have played 6 more games than the Yankees have. NO TIME TO REST: The Red Sox are in the midst of playing 52 games in 55 days from 4/246/17 (3119 so far)...their current stretch of 13 games in 13 days will conclude Sunday. ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Red Sox are in the midst of a 10game, 11day road trip through BAL (3 G), SEA (4 G), and MIN (3 G)...They will be off on Monday in Minnesota. The Sox are 2311 (.676) at home and 2512 (.676) on the road...both winning percentages rank 2nd in MLB. IN GOOD COMPANY: This is only the 4th time in the Red Sox 118year history they have won as many as 48 of their first 71 games, having also done so in 1978 (5021), 1946 (50192), and 1912 (4823). The only other team since 2004 to win 48+ of their first 71 games was the 2005 World Series champion White Sox (4922). X FACTOR: Xander Bogaerts has homered in each of his last 2 games; he has never hit a HR in 3 straight games... He has 11 HR this season, surpassing his 2017 total (10). Bogaerts has homered once every 19.45 AB this season, after averaging 57.10 AB/HR in 2017. Bogaerts has either reached base or recorded an RBI in each of his last 35 games (beginning 5/9). DEVERS ENDEAVORS: Rafael Devers has hit safely in each of his last 10 games, a career best...prior to 2018, the last Red Sox players to record a 10game hit streak at the age of 21 or younger were Xander Bogaerts (2014), Tony Conigliaro (last in 1966), and Ted Williams (last in 1940). During the streak, Devers is batting.325 (13for40) and slugging.500 (4 2B, 1 HR). LEADING OFF: Mookie Betts leads MLB in AVG (.348), SLG (.721), and OPS (1.148)...He also ranks 2nd in runs scored (55) and 3rd in OBP (.427). Betts has started for the AL in each of the last 2 AllStar Games, in RF (2016) and in CF (2017)...He and Ted Williams are the only Red Sox ever to start multiple AllStar Games prior to turning 25 years old. J.D. POWER: J.D. Martinez leads the majors in RBI (55) and ranks 2nd in HR (22) behind Mike Trout (23)...Martinez also ranks 3rd in SLG (.648) and OPS (1.040). Martinez is the 1st Red Sox player with 22+ HR through 71 team games since Carl Everett in 2000 (23 HR)...The club record for most HR through the end of June is 24: Ted Williams (1950), Mo Vaughn (1996), Jose Canseco (1996), and Manny Ramirez (2001). HAVE WE BENINTRODUCED?: In his last 20 games, Andrew Benintendi has hit.351/.438/.753 with 7 HR (27for77)...He has 5 HR in his last 13 games. ANDREW BENINTENDI IN 2018 Stat First 32 Games Last 35 Games HR 1 11 AVG.244 (30for123).343 (46for134) OPS.721 1.117 START ME UP: The 5 pitchers in the Red Sox active starting rotation (Sale, Price, Porcello, Wright, Rodriguez) are 3212 with a 3.26 ERA this season (134 ER/370.0 IP)...Since 5/10, they are 197 with a 3.02 ERA (67 ER/200.0 IP). Red Sox starting pitchers have allowed 2 ER or fewer in 10 of the club s last 12 games. THE WRIGHT STUFF: Steven Wright enters today with MLB s longest active scoreless streak (22.2 IP)...It is the longest by a Red Sox pitcher since Koji Uehara in 2013 (30.1 IP)...The longest scoreless streak for any pitcher this season is 25.0 IP (Daniel Mengden, 5/1531). The Red Sox have won each of Christian Vázquez s last 13 starts at catcher, allowing just 28 runs in those games...vázquez is 9 for his last 22 (.409). SOX & M S: Prior to 2018, the last time BOS and SEA played each other while both clubs were 20+ games over.500 was 8/25/03. 16 of the last 29 games between the Red Sox and Mariners in Seattle have been decided by 1 run, including 3 of the last 4, and both in 2018. JET LAGGED: Since 2003, the Red Sox are 95118 (.446) in the Pacific Time Zone, which includes games at LAA, OAK, SEA, LAD, SD, and SF...Against those same teams at Fenway Park in that same time, the Sox are 12770 (.645). BOS is 022 in its last 4 series at Safeco Field. PICK YOUR POISON: The Red Sox are the only team with as many as 6 players with 10+ HR: Martinez (22), Betts (18), Benintendi (12), Bogaerts (11), Devers (10), Moreland (10). The Sox are the only team with 5+ players with an.850+ OPS (min. 100 PA): Betts (1.148), Martinez (1.040), Benintendi (.928), Moreland (.885), Bogaerts (.856). ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox lead MLB with 262 XBH and rank 2nd in runs (362), run differential (+103), AVG (.262), SLG (.454), OPS (.783), and doubles (150). The Sox also rank 3rd in the majors in steals and stolen base % (82.8%, 53for64). HERE S THE SITUATION: Prior to last night s 76 loss, the Red Sox had won their previous 15 games when scoring 5+ runs...overall, BOS is 357 (.833) when scoring 5+ runs. The Red Sox are 303 (.909) when scoring first, the best mark in the majors...bos also has 21 comefrombehind wins, tied with SEA for most in the majors. SLUGGING SOX: The Red Sox rank 2nd in MLB with 101 HR, the 3rdmost through 71 games in club history. BOS leads the majors with 71 HR since 4/30 (44 G). The Sox have hit multiple HR in 34 games, most in the majors...they are 295 (.853) this season when hitting multiple HR, including 161 since 5/16. PITCHING IN: The Red Sox have a 3.01 ERA in their last 26 games since 5/19 (78 ER/233.0 IP), including a 2.45 ERA in 12 games since 6/3 (30 ER/110.0 IP)...Overall, BOS ranks 2nd in the AL in ERA (3.44) behind only HOU (2.94). BOS pitchers have a 3.11 ERA on the road (115 ER/332.1 IP), compared to 3.80 at home (132 ER/313.0 IP). ALLSTAR UPDATE: MLB released its 1st update on fan balloting for the AL s starting 9 in the 89th MLB AllStar Game, to be played on 7/17 in Washington, DC...Mookie Betts leads all major leaguers with 748,872 votes. RED SOX ALLSTAR GAME VOTING Player (Pos.) Place Votes Mookie Betts (OF) 1st 748,872 J.D. Martinez (DH) 1st 513,415 Mitch Moreland (1B) 2nd 241,889 Andrew Benintendi (OF) 6th 208,837 REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN AL East Standing... 2nd, Home/Road... 2311/2512 Day/Night... 175/3118 March/April/May/June...21/196/1811/95 vs. AL East...2810 vs. AL Central...54 vs. AL West...118 vs. National League...41 vs. RH/LH starter... 4015/88 Leading after 6 innings...383 Tied after 6 innings...62 Trailing after 6 innings...418 Leading after 7 innings...404 Tied after 7 innings...72 Trailing after 7 innings...117 Leading after 8 innings...431 Tied after 8 innings...41 Trailing after 8 innings...121 Red Sox score first...303 Opponents score first...1820 Shutouts...52 Scoring less than 3 runs...48 Scoring 3 or 4 runs...98 Scoring 5 or more runs...357 Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR... 3814/109 1run/2run games... 137/104 Walkoffs...12 Extra innings (home/road)... 11/22 Series openers/finales... 149/175 Series WLT (home)... 830 Series WLT (road)... 821 Series WLT (total)... 1651 Series sweeps (home/road)... 30/30 Comefrombehind wins...21 VS. THE MARINERS AllTime...239178 In Boston... 12577 In Seattle... 114101 At Safeco Field... 4148 2018... 11 In Boston...00 In Seattle...11 DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 6/14 R W21 PRICE Hernández 6/15 R L67 Cook BARNES UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Sun., 6/17 at SEA 4:10 p.m. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (81, 3.64) RHP Mike Leake (73, 4.26) NESN/MLBN Mon., 6/18 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. * Special thanks to the Elias Sports Bureau, BaseballReference.com, and STATS Inc. * MOST WINS FROM 201218 (AL) Rk. Pitcher Wins 1. David Price... 94 2. Chris Sale... 93 3. Justin Verlander... 90 4. Rick Porcello... 88 MOST TEAM WINS IN MLB, 201618 Rk. Club Wins T1. Boston... 234 T1. ChicagoNL... 234 3. Cleveland... 232 T4. Houston... 231 T4. Los AngelesNL... 231 6. Washington... 229 RED SOX TEAM LEADERS Batting Hits...Martinez (81) Doubles...Betts (19) Triples...Benintendi (5) HR...Martinez (22) RBI...Martinez (55) Runs...Betts (55) SB...Betts (13) BB...Benintendi (38) AVG (min. 100 AB)...Betts (.348) OBP (min. 100 AB)...Betts (.427) SLG (min. 100 AB)...Betts (.721) OPS (min. 100 AB)...Betts (1.148) Pitching Wins...Porcello/Price/Rodriguez (8) Saves...Kimbrel (22) Appearances...Kelly/Kimbrel (31) Starts...Porcello/Sale (15) ERA (min. 20.0 IP)... Wright (1.21) Innings (reliever)...kelly (31.0) Innings (starter)... Sale (95.0) Strikeouts (reliever)...kimbrel (43) Strikeouts (starter)... Sale (129) Active scoreless streak...wright (22.2)
TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER Red Sox Game Notes Page 2 35STEVEN WRIGHT, RHP 20, 1.21 ERA, 8 appearances, 2 starts WL ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG 2018 20 1.21 8 2 29.2 15 4 4 1 16 25.152 CAREER 2314 3.72 63 42 317.1 293 156 131 36 118 249.244 TONIGHT S START: Has not allowed a run in his last 22.2 IP, the longest active scoreless streak in the majors and 4thlongest in MLB this season. It s the longest scoreless streak by a Red Sox since Koji Uehara in 2013 (30.1 IP, 7/99/13). Wright s previous careerlong scoreless streak was 12.0 IP from 7/308/5/15. Allowed 2 ER over 2.1 IP during his season debut on 5/15 vs. OAK...Is 20 with a 0.66 ERA (2 ER/27.1 IP) in 7 appearances (2 starts) since. Has limited opponents to a.152 AVG (15for99) and.222 SLG (4 2B, HR) in 2018. Opposing LHH are 2for24 vs. Wright this season (29 BF, 4 BB, 10 SO). Has not allowed a hit in 18 plate appearances with RISP this year (0for15, 3 BB). Last start: Tossed 6.2 scoreless innings on 6/11 at BAL (ND, 4 H, 3 BB, 5 SO). Was his 2nd consecutive scoreless start and the 3rd of his career...hurled 7.0 scoreless innings on 6/5/18 vs. DET...Also threw a shutout on 8/5/16 at LAD (9.0 IP). Marked the 3rd pair of consecutive scoreless starts by a Red Sox this season...rick Porcello (2, 4/1218) and David Price (2, 3/304/5) also did so. VS. THE MARINERS: Last faced SEA on 5/17/15 at Safeco Field...Allowed 2 ER over 5.0 IP in his lone career start against the club (5 H, 3 R, BB, 4 SO). Held SEA scoreless in each of his other 2 career appearances vs. the club, both in relief: 5.2 IP on 7/11/13 at Safeco Field, 3.0 IP on 8/1/13 at Fenway Park. ON THE ROAD: Has not allowed a run in either of his 3 road appearances this season (10.2 total IP): 1.0 IP on 5/24 at TB, 3.0 IP on 5/31 at HOU, and 6.2 IP on 6/11 at BAL. Is 65 with a 2.38 ERA (26 ER/98.1 IP) in 16 road appearances (14 starts) since 2016. Led the AL and ranked 3rd in the majors with a 2.09 ERA on the road in 2016 (min. 10 starts)...finished 5th in the majors (2nd in AL) with a.200 opponent AVG in road games. Wright s.284 opponent SLG and.556 opponent OPS on the road in 2016 were both the lowest mark in the AL. 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: 2018 7.0, 6/5 vs. DET 4, 6/11 at BAL 2, 2x, last 5/18 vs. BAL 2, 2x, last 5/18 vs. BAL 3, 4x, last 6/11 at BAL 6, 6/5 vs. DET 2, 5/18 vs. BAL 2, 5/26present 2018 20, 1.89 ERA, 5 G, 1 GS 00, 0.00 ERA, 3 G, 1 GS.152 (1599), 1 HR.083 (224), 0 HR.173 (1375), 1 HR 1.05 SINGLEGAME HIGHS IP H R ER BB SO HR CG SHO WIN STREAK LOSS STREAK 10+ SO G SPLITS HOME ROAD OPP. AVG VS. LHB VS. RHB WHIP CAREER 9, 4x, last 8/5/16 at LAD 10, 7/31/16 at LAA 8, 3x, last 4/12/17 vs. BAL 8, 2x, last 4/12/17 vs. BAL 5, 4x, last 6/4/16 vs. TOR 9, 8/5/16 at LAD 4, 4/12/17 vs. BAL 4, last 8/5/16 at LAD 1, 8/5/16 at LAD 5, 2x, last 7/18/5/16 2, 4x, last 4/2229/17 CAREER 146, 4.23 ERA, 32 G, 22 GS 98, 3.18 ERA, 31 G, 20 GS.244 (2931203), 36 HR.228 (119521), 15 HR.255 (174682), 21 HR 1.30 VS. SEA WL ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO 2018 00 CAREER 21 1.32 3 1 13.2 10 2 1 4 9 at SEA 11 1.69 2 1 10.2 8 2 1 3 7 With 7.0 scoreless IP and 2 hits allowed on 6/5 vs. DET, became just the 2nd Red Sox starter since 2002 to allow 2 hits or fewer over 7.0+ scoreless innings in his 1st start of a season (Rich Hill, 9/13/15 at TB). 2017 SEASON: Limited to 5 starts before undergoing seasonending surgery on his left knee in May...Placed on the 10day DL on 5/2 (retro to 4/30) with a left knee subluxation. 2016 SEASON: Made his 1st AllStar team in his 1st season as a fulltime starting pitcher...was selected by the Player Ballot. Set career highs with 24 games (all starts), 13 wins, 156.2 IP, 127 SO, and 15 quality starts. Ranked among AL leaders in ERA (10th, 3.33), opponent AVG (9th,.235), opponent SLG (2nd,.342), complete games (2nd, 4), and WL % (8th,.684). Surrendered 0.69 HR/9.0 IP (12 HR), the majors 4thlowest ratio (min. 150.0 IP). Was 1 of 4 pitchers with 4+ complete games (Sale6, Cueto5, Bumgarner4)...Was the 1st Sox pitcher with at least 4 complete games in a season since Josh Beckett in 2009 (4) and the 1st with 4 on the road since Pedro Martinez in 2000 (5)...Also threw 9.0 innings in the Sox 31, 10inning loss vs. CWS on 6/20. 2018 REGULAR SEASON GAME LOG DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 5/15 L35 OAK 25 2.1 2 2 2 3 1 0 49/26 Relief appearance 5/18 L47 BAL 47 4.2 3 2 2 2 5 1 68/50 Relief appearance 5/24 L36 at TB 36 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18/11 Relief appearance 5/26 W86 ATL W 85 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 40/26 Relief appearance 5/28 W83 TOR 83 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 20/16 Relief appearance 5/31 L24 at HOU 24 3.0 1 0 0 3 4 0 56/33 Relief appearance 6/5 W60 DET W 60 7.0 2 0 0 3 6 0 96/57 1st ML start since 4/29/17 6/11 W20 at BAL 00 6.2 4 0 0 3 5 0 93/58 2nd straight scoreless start (3rd career, 8/25/16 at LAD) MARINERS CAREER VS. WRIGHT PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Cruz.333 3 1 0 1 Gamel 0 0 0 0 Gordon.000 3 0 0 0 Haniger 0 0 0 0 Healy 0 0 0 0 Heredia 0 0 0 0 Freitas 0 0 0 0 Romine 0 0 0 0 Seager.333 6 2 0 1 Segura 0 0 0 0 Span 0 0 0 0 Zunino.200 5 1 0 1 RED SOX CAREER vs. LEBLANC PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Benintendi 0 0 0 0 Betts.000 3 0 0 0 Bogaerts.000 3 0 0 0 Bradley Jr..333 3 1 0 0 Devers 0 0 0 0 Holt 0 0 0 0 Leon.000 2 0 0 0 Martinez.667 3 2 1 1 Moreland.000 2 0 0 0 Núñez 0 0 0 0 Swihart 0 0 0 0 Vázquez 0 0 0 0 STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN QUALITY SOX STARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC. Sale 15 10 52/95.0 4.93 87 Price 14 7 49/81.1 5.42 104 Porcello 15 10 63/92.1 6.14 96 Velázquez 2 0 10/10.2 8.44 20 Johnson 1 1 6/6.0 9.00 10 Rodriguez 13 4 58/71.2 7.28 121 Pomeranz 8 2 19/37.0 4.62 44 Wright 2 2 6/13.2 3.95 20 Beeks 1 0 1/4.0 2.25 01 57EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ TOMORROW S STARTING PITCHER 81, 3.64 ERA, 13 starts WL ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG 2018 81 3.64 13 13 71.2 66 29 29 9 23 81.237 CAREER 2721 4.13 79 78 437.2 411 208 201 57 150 429.244 TOMORROW S START: Posted a 2.29 ERA (10 ER/39.1 IP) in his last 7 starts, lowering his season mark from 5.29 to 3.64...Allowed 3 ER or fewer in each of those outings. Has won a careerhigh 5 consecutive starts (2.15 ERA, 7 ER/29.1 IP)...Is tied with 4 others for the longest such streak in the majors this year (Max Scherzer, Corey Kluber, Aaron Nola, Ross Stripling). LAST 5 STARTS DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 5/20 BAL W 5.2 9 0 0 0 7 5/25 ATL W 5.2 6 2 2 3 7 5/30 TOR W 6.2 3 2 2 1 7 6/6 DET W 5.2 5 1 1 1 5 6/12 at BAL W 5.2 8 2 2 1 4 2.15 ERA 50 29.1 31 7 7 7 30 The Red Sox are 121 (.923) in Rodriguez s starts this season...is 1 of 4 ML pitchers with 12+ team wins during their starts this year (Severino12, Cole12, Chacin12). Is 11 with a 2.55 ERA (5 ER/17.2 IP) in 3 career starts vs. SEA...Last faced the club on 7/24/17 at Safeco Field (L, 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 6 SO).
Red Sox Game Notes BATTING NOTES Page 3 16 ANDREW BENINTENDI, OF.296 AVG 12 HR 46 RBI.383 OBP.545 SLG vs. RHP: 64199 (.322), 9 HR YESTERDAY: 01 ROAD TRIP: 515, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 5 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 05 vs. LHP: 1258 (.207), 3 HR SEA SERIES: 05 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 9 G (5/816) Snapped a careerhigh 18game onbase streak Thursday, after recording 15 XBH over that streak (.375/27for72, 18 R, 6 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, 16 RBI)...Has reached base in 32 of his last 36 games since 5/8. Has reached 12 times in his last 6 games...ranks 2nd in MLB with a 1.169 OPS since 5/15 (min. 50 AB), and ranks 7th in the AL with a.928 OPS overall this season. Ranks 7th in the AL with 38 BB (7 in his last 7 games) and T10th with 11 SB...Is 32for38 (84.2%) in career SB attempts, having gone 13 for his last 14 (92.9%). Hit his 12th HR of the season Tuesday, his 5th in June...Has 5 HR in his last 13 games, 7 in his last 20, and 9 in his last 25. Made his ML debut at Safeco Field on 8/2/16 (0for2)...Recorded his first 2 ML hits at SEA the following day. Has 13 RBI in his last 18 games, 28 in his last 32, and 46 this season (T5th in the AL)...Has 7 goahead RBI this season, 6 of which have been gamewinners. Is 38for108 (.352) with 7 2B, 2 3B, 10 HR, and 25 RBI in his last 29 games...in his last 46, is batting.330 (59for179) with 37 R, 14 2B, 3 3B, 11 HR, and 33 RBI. Is 1 of 5 ML hitters with 10+ HR and 10+ SB this season (also Tim Anderson, Javier Báez, Mookie Betts, and Mike Trout). Ranks 8th in the AL with a.361 AVG and 4th with a 1.121 OPS with RISP...His.353 career AVG with RISP (77for218) is the highest since at least 1974 (min. 100 AB). 50 MOOKIE BETTS, OF.348 AVG 18 HR 38 RBI.427 OBP.721 SLG vs. RHP: 52152 (.342), 12 HR YESTERDAY: 24, R, BB ROAD TRIP: 417, 3 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (24, R, BB) vs. LHP: 1849 (.367), 6 HR SEA SERIES: 28, R, BB SEASONHIGH STREAK: 9 G (3/314/11) Leads ML qualifiers in AVG (.348), SLG (.721), and OPS (1.148)...Reached base 3 times last night and scored his 55th run. Despite missing 14 games from 5/276/10, ranks 2nd in the majors in runs scored (55), also ranking among AL leaders with 19 2B (T11th), 18 HR (T5th), 38 XBH (T4th), 13 stolen bases (T5th), and 145 TB (7th). Hit his 18th HR of the season Wednesday in just his 50th game...has 2 HR in his last 6 games and 5 in his last 12. Is tied for 2nd in the majors with 6 gamewinning HR, trailing only J.D. Martinez (8)...Is tied with Mike Trout for the ML lead in 2strike HR (8). Following games on 5/26, his last game before his DL stint, was tied for the ML lead with 17 HR and 19 2B...Led the majors by 8 runs, 6 XBH, and 13 TB. The only AL hitters ever with a.720+ SLG before the AllStar break are Mark McGwire (1996), Frank Thomas (1994), Mickey Mantle (1956), and Jimmie Foxx (1933). Is batting.342 vs RHP,.367 vs. LHP,.405 at home,.311 on the road,.353 with RISP,.422 with 2 outs,.417 with RISP and 2 outs, and.333 with 2 strikes. Reached 37 XBH through 51 team games...since 1950, the only other hitters with 37+ XBH through 51 team games were Stan Musial in 1954 (37), Hank Aaron in 1959 (38), Frank Thomas in 1994 (37), Edgar Martinez in 1996 (43), Magglio Ordoñez in 2007 (38), and David Ortiz in 2016 (38). 2 XANDER BOGAERTS, SS.280 AVG 11 HR 39 RBI.342 OBP.514 SLG vs. RHP: 46171 (.269), 10 HR YESTERDAY: 14, R, HR, 3 RBI, BB ROAD TRIP: 619, 5 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (38, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI) vs. LHP: 1443 (.326), 1 HR SEA SERIES: 38, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB SEASONHIGH STREAK: 6 G (4/530) Hit his 11th HR of the season last night, his 2nd in 2 games, passing his 2017 total...mark his 5th career pair of backtoback games with a HR (last 5/1617). Last night s 3run HR was his 5th HR this season with multiple runners on base, tied for the most in the majors...was his 5th game with 3+ RBI (last 5/17 vs. BAL). His.514 SLG and.856 OPS are both career highs...has 11 HR in 214 AB this season (19.45 AB/HR) after averaging 47.41 AB/HR through his fi rst 5 ML seasons. Has reached base 10 times in his last 5 games (5 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI)...Has reached in 28 of his last 30 games, including a 21game onbase streak from 5/146/6. Ranks 3rd in the AL with a.722 SLG with RISP, and 6th with a 1.099 OPS (.333/18for54, 6 2B, 5 HR). 28 of his 60 hits, including 15 XBH, have come with 2 strikes...his 276 2strike hits since 2015 are 16 more than any other hitter (José Abreu, 260). 19 JACKIE BRADLEY JR., OF.185 AVG 3 HR 15 RBI.279 OBP.290 SLG vs. RHP: 31152 (.204), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 14, R ROAD TRIP: 219, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, SF CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (27, R, 2B, RBI, BB) vs. LHP: 648 (.125), 1 HR SEA SERIES: 27, R, 2B, RBI, BB SEASONHIGH STREAK: 7 G (5/256/1) Is a career.326/.388/.652 hitter vs. SEA, ranking 4th alltime vs. the club in SLG (min. 75 AB)...On 8/15/15 vs. SEA, went 5for6 with 5 runs, 3 2B, 2 HR, and 7 RBI. Hit a goahead RBI double Thursday...6 of his 15 RBI this season have tied the game or given BOS a lead, including 3 of his last 4. Tied Saturday s game with a 414foot solo HR in the 2nd inning, his 3rd of the season (last 4/20 at OAK) and fi rst at Fenway Park...Was his fi rst HR off a LHP in over a year (6/1/17 at BAL off Donnie Hart), and his first vs. a LHP at Fenway since 9/16/16 off NYY s Chasen Shreve. Has 7 SB in 7 tries, and is 9 for his last 9 dating back to 2017...Ranks 3rd among actives with an 88.1% career SB percentage (37for42; min. 35 attempts). The Red Sox are 5111 (.823) in his last 62 games with an XBH, including a 263 record (.897) in his last 29...Are 121 in his last 13 games with an RBI. 11 RAFAEL DEVERS, 3B.238 AVG 10 HR 32 RBI.288 OBP.412 SLG vs. RHP: 48196 (.245), 7 HR YESTERDAY: 25, SB ROAD TRIP: 723, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 SB CURRENT STREAK: 10 G (1339, 4 2B, HR, 4 RBI) vs. LHP: 1464 (.219), 3 HR SEA SERIES: 49, R, 2B, 2 SB SEASONHIGH STREAK: 10 G (6/6pres.) Recorded his 2nd straight multihit game with a SB yesterday...is 13for40 (.325) with 4 runs, 4 2B, HR, 4 RBI over a careerlong 10game hitting streak. Has stolen bases in consecutive games for the first time in his career...has passed his totals from last season in SB (4), XBH (25), and BB (19). Made his ML debut at Safeco Field on 7/25/17 at the age of 20 years, 275 days, the youngest player in the majors at the time...homered in his 2nd career game on 7/26. Hit a gamewinning HR Tuesday, his 10th of the season...was his 2nd goahead HR of the season (also 5/4 at TEX) and the 4th of his career. With 20 career HR, has passed Bobby Doerr (19) for the 3rdmost by a Red Sox hitter before his 22nd birthday since 1908 (Conigliaro84, Williams49). Has hit.298 vs. LHP in his career (34for114)...Is batting.304 (35for115) when leading off an inning and.328 (22for67) on fi rst pitches. 612 BROCK HOLT, OF/INF.304 AVG 1 HR 16 RBI.383 OBP.426 SLG vs. RHP: 29102 (.284), 1 HR YESTERDAY: 15, R, RBI ROAD TRIP: 412, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, SF CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (411, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB) vs. LHP: 613 (.462), 0 HR SEA SERIES: 15, R, RBI SEASONHIGH STREAK: 9 G (4/1426) Has reached base 7 times over the last 3 games (4for11, 2 BB, HBP)...Over his last 33 games, is batting.343 (34for99) with 12 R, 9 2B, 3B, HR, and 15 RBI. Recorded a gamewinning sacrifice fly in the 12th inning Monday, his 2nd gamewinning RBI of the season and the latest by innings of his career. Has reached base in 36 of his last 38 starts since 9/16/17...Reached base in a careerhigh 22 straight starts from 9/16/175/13/18. Has 9 RBI in his last 16 games and 16 in 39 games this season after driving in 7 in 64 games last year...his.304/.383/.426 batting line represents all career highs. Has a.313 (30for96) career AVG vs. SEA, including a.293 clip (17for58) in 16 career games at Safeco. LAST HOME RUN MULTIHIT GAMES MULTIRBI GAMES PLAYER DATE, OPP. PITCHER AB SINCE 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI 6+RBI TOTAL Benintendi 6/12/18 at BAL Hess 10 15 9 0 0 24 7 4 1 0 0 12 Betts 6/13/18 at BAL Ramirez 10 15 5 2 0 22 4 4 2 0 0 10 Bogaerts 6/15/18 at SEA Paxton 2 9 6 0 0 15 4 3 1 0 1 9 Bradley Jr. 6/9/18 vs. CWS Rodón 24 3 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 Devers 6/12/18 at BAL Hess 17 12 4 0 0 16 7 0 1 0 0 8 Holt 4/17/18 at LAA Bard 87 6 2 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 Leon 5/29/18 vs. TOR Barnes 27 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 Martinez 6/13/18 at BAL Wright Jr. 7 22 2 2 0 26 14 3 1 0 0 18 Moreland 6/3/18 at HOU Morton 42 8 5 0 0 13 5 0 2 0 0 7 Núñez 5/30/18 vs. TOR Gaviglio 50 11 2 0 0 13 2 1 0 0 0 3 Swihart 9/29/15 at NYY Mitchell 136 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vázquez 6/6/18 vs. DET Farmer 15 8 1 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 2
Red Sox Game Notes BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) Page 4 3 SANDY LEON, C.223 AVG 2 HR 8 RBI.263 OBP.330 SLG vs. RHP: 1770 (.243), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 03 ROAD TRIP: 08 CURRENT STREAK: 010 vs. LHP: 424 (.167), 0 HR SEA SERIES: 03 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 5 G (5/1424) Homered in his last game against the Mariners prior to this series, on 7/26/17 at Safeco Field...Has 4 RBI in his last 5 games vs. the club. Is 17for58 (.293) with 8 R, 3 BB, 4 2B, 2 HR, and 6 RBI in his last 18 games. Recorded his 4th career pickoff on 6/8 vs. CWS, his fi rst at 2B, to end the 7th inning...his 4 career pickoffs rank 4th among Red Sox catchers since 1987, trailing Christian Vázquez (6), Tony Peña (6), and Doug Mirabelli (5). Since 2017, the Red Sox are 71 when he homers, 208 when he drives in a run, and 142 in his multihit games...bos is 3913 when he drives in a run since 2015. Leads the majors with a 3.35 catcher s ERA since 2017...Has a 3.17 catcher s ERA in 236.0 innings caught this season (2nd in the AL, min. 150.0 innings). 28 J.D. MARTINEZ, OF/DH.320 AVG 22 HR 55 RBI.392 OBP.648 SLG vs. RHP: 63196 (.321), 20 HR YESTERDAY: 24, R, BB ROAD TRIP: 616, 3 R, HR, RBI, 6 BB, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 4 G (612, 3 R, HR, RBI, 5 BB) vs. LHP: 1857 (.316), 2 HR SEA SERIES: 47, R, 2 BB SEASONHIGH STREAK: 12 G (4/295/11) Has reached in 6 of 9 PA this series, and has walked in a careerhightying 6 straight games (also 4/2329/12)...Ranks 3rd alltime in AVG at Safeco Field (.368; min. 50 AB), and 6th in OPS (1.032)...Has homered in each of his last 4 full series vs. SEA, and in 4 of his 5 career series at Safeco Field. Hit his 22nd HR of the season Wednesday, 1 shy of Mike Trout (23) for the ML lead...leads MLB outright with 55 RBI and 18 games with multiple RBI. 13 of his 22 HR have gone to the right of dead centerfield...wednesday s was just his 6th career HR on an 02 pitch. Trails only Mookie Betts (.721, 1.148) and Mike Trout (.690, 1.139) in SLG and OPS (.648, 1.040)...Leads MLB with a.674 SLG since the start of 2017. His 22 HR are the most by a Red Sox hitter through 71 team games since Carl Everett in 2000 (23)...Since 2002, the only other Red Sox hitter with 22+ HR through the end of June is David Ortiz (2006)...The Red Sox record for HR through the end of June is 24 (4 times, last Manny Ramirez in 2001). Has 13 HR in his last 30 games and 17 in his last 40...Has 7 HR in his last 23 road games. Leads the majors with 8 gamewinning HR, the most by a Red Sox hitter before July since Jim Rice in 1978 (11)...3 of his last 5 HR have been gamewinners. Ranks among AL leaders with a.320 AVG (6th), 81 hits (6th), 45 runs (10th),.392 OBP (5th),.648 SLG (3rd), 1.040 OPS (3rd), 38 XBH (T4th), and 164 TB (2nd). Leads MLB with 53 HR, 127 RBI,.699 SLG, and 1.081 OPS since the 2017 AllStar break...in that time, leads the majors by 5 HR (Giancarlo Stanton, 48), 17 RBI (Stanton, 110),.077 points in SLG (Mike Trout,.622), and.017 points in OPS (Trout, 1.062). Has homered against 12 of the Sox 14 opponents this season, all except MIA (1 game played) and SEA (2)...Homered against 20 different teams in 2017. Is tied for 4th in the majors with 38 XBH, including a MLhigh 34 vs. RHP...Has 16 XBH in his last 27 games, 23 in his last 36, and 25 in his last 40. 18 MITCH MORELAND, 1B.273 AVG 10 HR 31 RBI.345 OBP.540 SLG vs. RHP: 38132 (.288), 9 HR YESTERDAY: 05, R, RBI ROAD TRIP: 117, R, RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 09 vs. LHP: 1044 (.227), 1 HR SEA SERIES: 09, R, RBI SEASONHIGH STREAK: 9 G (4/822) Is 0 for his last 9...Reached base 3 times Tuesday, drawing a seasonhightying 2 walks for the 2nd time in his last 3 games. Ranks 12th in the AL with a.540 SLG and 14th with an.885 OPS (min. 100 PA)...Is batting.288 (47for163) with a.931 OPS in his last 47 games. Has 10 XBH over his last 21 games with an AB (9 R, 4 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 9 RBI). Has homered once every 17.60 AB this season (176 AB/10 HR), a careerbest rate...has walked once every 9.85 PA, which would also be a fullseason careerbest. Hit his 2nd gamewinning HR of the season on 6/3 at HOU, his 2nd of 2 HR in his last 10 games with an AB...Tied a season high with 3 hits (4th time), and drove in 2. Has 3 HR in his last 9 road games, and 7 in his last 21. In 21 games batting 4th, has hit.314 (27for86) with 4 2B, 3B, 7 of his 10 HR, and 19 of his 30 RBI. 36 EDUARDO NÚÑEZ, INF.246 AVG 4 HR 16 RBI.277 OBP.350 SLG vs. RHP: 49179 (.274), 4 HR YESTERDAY: 03, 2 BB ROAD TRIP: 319, RBI, 3 BB, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 08 vs. LHP: 1061 (.164), 0 HR SEA SERIES: 07, 2 BB SEASONHIGH STREAK: 7 G (5/614) Drew multiple walks last night for the first time since 7/31/16 with SF vs. WSH. Has hit in 44 of 62 games this season (71.0%), the 3rdhighest percentage on the team. Has a.314 career AVG (22for70) vs. SEA...In his last full series vs. the club, went 8for14 (.571) with 4 R, HR, RBI. On Saturday, stole his 4th base of the season in his 5th try...is tied for 9th in the majors since 2016 with 68 SB. Has hit.344 (54for157) with RISP since the start of last season, ranking 13th among ML hitters in that time...is 6 for his last 17 with RISP. 23 BLAKE SWIHART, C /UTL.156 AVG 0 HR 3 RBI.229 OBP.188 SLG vs. RHP: 645 (.133), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 00, SB ROAD TRIP: 00, SB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (14) vs. LHP: 419 (.211), 0 HR SEA SERIES: 00, SB SEASONHIGH STREAK: 2 G (6/27) In 6 career games vs. SEA, has gone 7for18 (.389) with 4 runs, 3 2B, 4 RBI, and a 1.032 OPS...On 8/15/15 vs. SEA, went 4for5 with 4 runs, 2 2B, BB, and 3 RBI. Stole his 2nd base of the season last night, his 6th of his career (10 attempts). Drove in his 3rd run of the season with a single on 6/3 at HOU...Has reached base 8 times in his last 9 games with a PA. Made his first career start at 1B on 4/30 and his first in RF the following day...his last 12 games have come at 5 different positions (C, DH, LF, 1B, RF). 7 CHRISTIAN VÁZQUEZ, C.217 AVG 2 HR 10 RBI.261 OBP.289 SLG vs. RHP: 25125 (.200), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 00 ROAD TRIP: 27, R, RBI CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (48, R, RBI) vs. LHP: 1141 (.268), 0 HR SEA SERIES: 24 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 4 G (5/1623) Has multiple hits in 3 of his last 5 games with an AB and 4 of his last 6...Is 9 for his last 22 (.409)...Has driven in 5 runs in his last 11 games after driving in 5 in his first 36. The Red Sox have won his last 13 starts at catcher, allowing 28 total runs in those games...the team has allowed just 8 runs in his last 6 starts at C. Recorded a seasonhigh 3 hits on 6/6 vs. DET, including his 2nd of 2 HR in his last 8 games...was his 9th career HR, and 7th at Fenway. Hit a gametying HR in the 7th inning on 6/2 at HOU, his first of the season...of his 9 career home runs, 7 have tied the game or given the Red Sox a lead, including 4 in the 7th inning or later. His 38.5% career CCS% (47for122) is the highest rate among actives and 4thhighest by any catcher since 1987 (min. 200 G). Ranks 5th in the AL with a 3.52 catcher s ERA...Has started 4 of the Red Sox 5 shutouts this season. 2018 vs. SEA CAREER vs. SEA CAREER AT SAFECO FIELD PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Benintendi.000 5 0 0 0.167 36 6 0 1.217 23 5 0 0 Betts.250 8 2 0 0.258 97 25 2 9.208 48 10 1 3 Bogaerts.375 8 3 2 4.240 96 23 4 12.175 57 10 2 5 Bradley Jr..286 7 2 0 1.326 89 29 5 14.255 55 14 1 3 Devers.444 9 4 0 0.353 17 6 1 1.353 17 6 1 1 Holt.200 5 1 0 1.313 96 30 1 15.293 58 17 1 9 Leon.000 3 0 0 0.242 33 8 1 4.174 23 4 1 3 Martinez.571 7 4 0 0.327 101 33 5 13.368 68 25 4 10 Moreland.000 9 0 0 1.223 318 71 13 44.244 168 41 9 21 Núñez.000 7 0 0 0.314 70 22 1 6.327 49 16 1 4 Swihart 0 0 0 0.389 18 7 0 4.333 9 3 0 1 Vázquez.500 4 2 0 0.241 29 7 0 1.273 11 3 0 0
Red Sox Game Notes BULLPEN NOTES Page 5 1ST BATTERS RELIEF HIGHS PITCHER LAST TIME OUT (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP INNINGS STRIKEOUTS 32Matt Barnes 6/15 at SEA (BS, 2; L, 02) 1.0 2 2 2 1 2 23/30 9/0 0/2 1.2 (6/3 at HOU) 3 (4/26 at TOR) 65Justin Haley 6/13 at BAL 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 1/1 / / 2.0 (6/13 at BAL) 37Heath Hembree 6/15 at SEA (H, 9) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 22/30 12/3 / 2.0 (5 times) 3 (4 times) 61Brian Johnson 6/11 at BAL 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 13/20 6/0 / 4.0 (6/7 vs DET) 5 (6/7 vs DET) 56Joe Kelly 6/14 at SEA (H, 14) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 24/31 17/4 2/3 2.0 (2 times) 3 (5/12 at TOR) 46Craig Kimbrel 6/14 at SEA (SV, 22) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 21/31 9/4 22/24 1.1 (4/29 vs TB) 3 (4 times) 76Hector Velazquez 6/12 at BAL 1.0 2 0 0 1 2 7/15 11/6 / 3.1 (4/27 vs TB) 3 (4/30 vs KC) 44Brandon Workman 6/13 at BAL 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5/5 3/1 / 1.1 (6/11 at BAL) 2 (2 times) BULLPEN TOTALS: 3.04 ERA 233.2 188 80 79 91 253 151/202 (75%) 80/24 25/31 32MATT BARNES, RHP 02 0 SV 2.93 ERA vs. ALL:.174 (19109), 1 HR vs. RHB:.114 (870), 1 HR vs. LHB:.282 (1139), 0 HR WHIP: 1.17 Charged with his 2nd blown SV of the season and his 2nd loss last night at SEA (1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, BB, 2 SO, 22 pitches); was his 30th appearance of the season. Has allowed 4 ER over 3.0 IP in his last 3 appearances after posting a stretch with just 3 ER in 23.0 IP (1.17 ERA) over his 22 appearances from 4/136/9. No runs allowed in 24 of 30 games this year...posted a careerbest 13.0IP scoreless streak (12 games) from 5/106/9 (8 H, 5 BB, 16 SO,.174 AVG, 1.00 WHIP). Among AL relievers this season, ranks 1st in holds (15), 9th in opp. AVG (.174) and hits/9.0 IP (5.58), T9th in SO (41) and 13th in SO/BF (.320). 65JUSTIN HALEY, RHP 00 0 SV 0.00 ERA vs. ALL:.250 (28), 0 HR vs. RHB:.000 (06), 0 HR vs. LHB: 1.000 (22), 0 HR WHIP: 1.50 Made his Red Sox debut in Wednesday s win at BAL, throwing the final 2.0 innings of the game (2 H, BB, 2 SO, 31 pitches). Selected to active ML roster on 6/8 from Pawtucket (AAA) for his 1st ML stint of 2018 & his 1st ML stint w/ BOS; was a 6thround selection by BOS in 2012. With PawSox this year: 36, 3.18 ERA (20 ER/56.2 IP), 16 BB, 52 SO in 11 games/starts...made his ML debut in 2017 with MIN, made their Opening Day roster. 37HEATH HEMBREE, RHP 31 0 SV 4.11 ERA vs. ALL:.237 (27114), 4 HR vs. RHB:.250 (1976), 3 HR vs. LHB:.211 (838), 1 HR WHIP: 1.34 Picked up his 9th hold of the year last night at SEA (1.0 IP, solo HR, BB, 23 pitches); his 30th appearance of the year. Last night s outing at SEA snapped a 6game/5.1 IP scoreless & hitless streak, but opponents are 1for20 against him since 6/2; LHH are 0for12 since 5/18. Has posted a 2.03 ERA (3 ER/13.1 IP) with 6 BB, 20 SO & a 0.98 WHIP over his last 14 games since 5/13 which has lowered his ERA from 5.71 on 5/10 to 4.11. Averaging 11.45 SO/9.0 IP this year (39 SO/30.2 IP) & 10.59 (109 SO/92.2 IP) since the start of 2017; averaged 7.66 SO/9.0 IP (80 SO/94.0 IP) from 201316. Has stranded 9 of 12 inherited runners this season, including each of his last 7...Has pitched 1.0+ inning in 8 of 30 appearances this year and 2.0+ 5 times. 61BRIAN JOHNSON, LHP 12 0 SV 4.73 ERA vs. ALL:.282 (37131), 4 HR vs. RHB:.301 (2893), 4 HR vs. LHB:.237 (938), 0 HR WHIP: 1.42 Got the first 2 outs of the 9th inning in Tuesday night s win at BAL (0.2 IP, BB, 22 pitches); was his 20th appearance of the season (19th in relief). 0 runs allowed in 7 of his last 9 appearances (2.03 ERA, 3 ER/13.1 IP) since 5/14...In 19 relief appearances this year: 02, 5.47 ERA, 16 ER/26.1 IP, 7 BB, 23 SO. Including his start on 4/2 at MIA, has allowed just 3 runs on the road this season (1.98 ERA, 13.2 IP) and 14 ER in 18.2 IP at Fenway (6.75 ERA). Threw Boston s lone SHO of 2017 on 5/27 vs. SEA at Fenway Park (9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 BB, 8 SO, 109 pitches); was his 1st career appearance at Fenway Park. 56JOE KELLY, RHP 30 2 SV 2.61 ERA vs. ALL:.143 (15105), 2 HR vs. RHB:.197 (1261), 2 HR vs. LHB:.068 (344), 0 HR WHIP: 0.90 Threw a scoreless 8th inning (1.0 IP, H, SO, 12 pitches, 14th hold) Thursday at SEA; his 31st appearance of the year and 4th straight scoreless outing (3.2 IP). 27 of 31 appearances this year are scoreless...since allowing 4 runs in his season debut on 3/29 has gone 30, 1.47 ERA, 5 ER, 30.2 IP, 10 BB, 31 SO in 30 G. Dating to 8/21/17, has held lefthanded hitters to a.071avg (5for70) with 24 SO which includes a 2for41 (.049 AVG) since 4/3 and an 1for23 since 5/4. Among all AL relievers, ranks T2nd in holds (14), 3rd in opp. AVG (.143) & hits/9.0 IP (4.35), 8th in WHIP (0.90)...Is 4th in opp. OPS (.469) & opp. SLG (.219). 46CRAIG KIMBREL, RHP 11 22 SV 2.40 ERA vs. ALL:.155 (16103), 5 HR vs. RHB:.125 (756), 2 HR vs. LHB:.191 (947), 3 HR WHIP: 0.90 Converted his 13th straight SV opportunity (since 5/10) in Thursday s win at SEA; walked 2, struck out 1 (16 pitches)...his 22nd SV of 2018 & 31st appearance. Among AL relievers this season, ranks 2nd SV (22), 4th in SO/BF (.374), 5th in SO/9.0 IP (12.90) and opp. AVG (.155), and T6th in SO (43), 7th in WHIP (0.90). Since joining the Red Sox in 2016, among AL relievers is 1st in SO/BF (.428), 2nd in SO (252), SO/9.0 IP (14.92) & SV (88), 3rd in WHIP (0.87), 6th in ERA (2.31). Has 313 career SV (23rd all time, trailing Robb Nen, 22nd with 314) and his 91.0% career conversion rate (344 SVO) is the highest alltime for any closer with 250 or more chances...has 88 career saves as a Red Sox which are T5th most all time along Jeff Reardon (Ellis Kinder is 4th with 91 SV). 76HECTOR VELAZQUEZ, RHP 50 0 SV 1.93 ERA vs. ALL:.292 (38130), 3 HR vs. RHB:.282 (2278), 0 HR vs. LHB:.308 (1652), 3 HR WHIP: 1.44 Threw 1.0 scoreless IP in Tuesday night s win at BAL (28 pitches); stranded 1 runner to end the 6th inning & got the 1st 2 outs of the 7th; his 17th appearance. Ranks 8th among AL relievers in ERA (1.99)...Has allowed only 2 runs over his last 13 appearances, all in relief (0.95 ERA, 19.0 IP) since 4/20. In 15 relief appearances this year: 30, 1.64 ERA (4 ER, 22.0 IP), 7 BB, 14 SO...Made 2 starts for BOS this April: 20, 2.53 ERA, 3 ER/10.2 IP, 2 BB, 10 SO. 67BRANDON WORKMAN, RHP 00 0 SV 0.00 ERA vs. ALL:.118 (217), 0 HR vs. RHB:.091 (111), 0 HR vs. LHB:.167 (16), 0 HR WHIP: 0.56 Threw 1.0 scoreless inning in Wednesday s win at BAL (15 pitches)...has made 5 scoreless appearances to begin his 1st ML stint of 2018 (5.1 IP, 2 H, BB, 5 SO). Recalled from TripleA Pawtucket on 6/5 for his 1st ML stint of 2018...In 15 games for PawSox this year: 21, 1 SV, 4.18 ERA, 5 BB, 30 SO. Appeared in a careerhigh 33 games for BOS in 2017 (11, 3.18 ERA, 39.2 IP, 37 SO) and named Comeback Player of the Year by the Boston BBWAA. 2018 VS. SEA CAREER VS. SEA CAREER AT SAFECO FIELD PLAYER WLSV ERA G/GS IP H ER WLSV ERA G/GS IP H ER WLSV ERA G/GS IP H ER Barnes 010 18.00 1/0 1.0 2 2 110 2.84 6/0 6.1 7 2 110 3.38 5/0 5.1 6 2 Haley / / / Hembree 000 9.00 1/0 1.0 1 1 000 4.32 6/0 8.1 9 4 000 9.00 2/0 2.0 2 2 Johnson / 100 0.00 1/1 9.0 5 0 / Kelly 000 0.00 1/0 1.0 1 0 100 0.98 4/3 18.1 11 2 000 1.23 2/1 7.1 6 1 Kimbrel 001 0.00 1/0 1.0 0 0 109 0.75 12/0 12.0 4 1 107 1.00 9/0 9.0 4 1 Porcello 000 6.00 1/1 6.0 7 4 650 3.80 13/13 83.0 85 35 310 2.88 5/5 34.1 25 11 Price 100 1.29 1/1 7.0 5 1 410 2.47 8/8 62.0 46 17 200 2.35 3/3 23.0 18 6 Rodriguez / 110 2.55 3/3 17.2 14 5 010 3.86 2/2 11.2 9 5 Sale / 511 2.09 10/8 64.2 37 15 301 1.84 5/4 29.1 15 6 Velazquez / / / Workman / 110 7.07 5/2 14.0 20 11 000 5.79 3/0 4.2 4 3 Wright / 210 1.32 3/1 13.2 10 2 110 1.69 2/1 10.2 8 2
Red Sox Game Notes 2018 REGULAR SEASON DAYBYDAY Page 6 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 1 3/29 D at Tampa Bay L46 01 T4th 1.0 Pruitt (10) SMITH (01) Colome (1) 31,042* 1 31,042 2 3/30 N at Tampa Bay W10 11 T3rd 1.0 PRICE (10) Roe (01) KIMBREL (1) 19,203 2 50,245 3 3/31 N at Tampa Bay W32 21 T1st PORCELLO (10) Kittredge (01) KIMBREL (2) 17,838 3 68,083 4 4/1 D at Tampa Bay W21 31 1st +1.0 VELÁZQUEZ (10) Alvarado (01) KELLY (1) 14,256 4 82,339 5 4/2 N at Miami W73 41 1st +1.0 JOHNSON (10) Richards (01) 11,113 5 93,452 6 4/3 N at Miami W42(13) 51 1st +1.0 HEMBREE (10) Guerrero (01) 14,953 6 108,405 4/4 Off Day 51 1st +1.0 7 4/5 D TAMPA BAY W32(12) 61 1st +2.0 POYNER (10) Kittredge (02) 36,134* 1 36,134 4/6 OFF DAY 61 1st +1.5 8 4/7 D TAMPA BAY W103 71 1st +2.5 PORCELLO (20) Faria (01) 31,821 2 67,955 9 4/8 D TAMPA BAY W87 81 1st +2.5 SMITH (11) Colome (01) KIMBREL (3) 31,979 3 99,934 4/9 OFF DAY 81 1st +2.0 10 4/10 N NEW YORKAL W141 91 1st +2.0 SALE (10) Severino (21) 32,357 4 132,291 11 4/11 N NEW YORKAL L710 92 1st +2.0 Tanaka (21) PRICE (11) 32,400 5 164,691 12 4/12 N NEW YORKAL W63 102 1st +2.5 PORCELLO (30) Gray (11) KIMBREL (4) 36,341 6 201,032 13 4/13 N BALTIMORE W73 112 1st +2.5 RODRIGUEZ (10) Tillman (03) 32,610 7 233,642 14 4/14 D BALTIMORE W103 122 1st +3.0 VELÁZQUEZ (20) Cobb (01) WALDEN (1) 33,584 8 267,226 15 4/15 D BALTIMORE W31 132 1st +3.5 HEMBREE (20) Bundy (02) KIMBREL (5) 32,489 9 299,715 4/16 D BALTIMORE 132 1st +3.5 PPD (Rain) 16 4/17 N at Anaheim W101 142 1st +3.0 PRICE (21) Ohtani (21) 44,822* 7 153,227 17 4/18 N at Anaheim W90 152 1st +3.0 PORCELLO (40) Skaggs (21) 34,508 8 187,735 18 4/19 N at Anaheim W82 162 1st +4.0 RODRIGUEZ (20) Tropeano (11) 36,253 9 223,988 19 4/20 N at Oakland W73 172 1st +4.0 VELÁZQUEZ (30) Graveman (04) 23,473 10 247,461 20 4/21 N at Oakland L03 173 1st +4.0 Manaea (32) SALE (11) 25,746 11 273,207 21 4/22 D at Oakland L14 174 1st +4.0 Treinen (11) PRICE (22) 29,804 12 303,011 4/23 Off Day 174 1st +4.0 22 4/24 N at Toronto L34(10) 175 1st +3.0 Clippard (30) KIMBREL (01) 20,070 13 323,081 23 4/25 N at Toronto W43 185 1st +4.0 RODRIGUEZ (30) Barnes (11) KIMBREL (6) 18,914 14 341,995 24 4/26 N at Toronto W54 195 1st +4.0 SALE (21) Estrada (22) KIMBREL (7) 23,571 15 365,566 25 4/27 N TAMPA BAY L34 196 1st +3.0 Snell (41) POMERANZ (01) Colomé (5) 32,620 10 332,335 26 4/28 D TAMPA BAY L612 197 1st +2.0 Yarbrough (11) PRICE (23) 35,795 11 368,130 27 4/29 D TAMPA BAY W43 207 1st +2.0 KIMBREL (10) Colomé (23) 32,888 12 401,018 28 4/30 N KANSAS CITY W106 217 1st +3.0 VELÁZQUEZ (40) Hammel (03) 31,314 13 432,332 29 5/1 N KANSAS CITY L67(13) 218 1st +2.0 Herrera (10) JOHNSON (11) Flynn (1) 34,466 14 466,798 30 5/2 D KANSAS CITY W54 228 1st +2.0 POMERANZ (11) Duffy (04) KIMBREL (8) 32,267 15 499,065 31 5/3 N at Texas L511 229 1st +1.0 Minor (31) PRICE (24) 22,348 16 387,914 32 5/4 N at Texas W51 239 1st +1.0 PORCELLO (50) Colon (11) 31,404 17 419,318 33 5/5 N at Texas W65 249 1st +1.0 KELLY (10) Kela (22) KIMBREL (9) 35,728 18 455,046 34 5/6 D at Texas W61 259 1st +1.0 SALE (31) Fister (13) 28,360 19 483,406 5/7 Off Day 259 1st +1.0 35 5/8 N at New YorkAL L23 2510 T1st Robertson (31) HEMBREE (21) Chapman (8) 45,773 20 529,179 36 5/9 N at New YorkAL L69 2511 2nd 1.0 Holder (11) BARNES (01) Chapman (9) 47,088* 21 576,267 37 5/10 N at New YorkAL W54 2611 T1st KELLY (20) Betances (12) KIMBREL (10) 46,899* 22 623,166 38 5/11 N at Toronto L35(12) 2612 T1st Gaviglio (10) JOHNSON (12) 28,695 23 651,861 39 5/12 D at Toronto W52 2712 T1st PRICE (34) Estrada (23) KIMBREL (11) 37,588 24 689,449 40 5/13 D at Toronto W53 2812 T1st VELÁZQUEZ (50) Biagini (02) KELLY (2) 37,888 25 727,337 41 5/14 N OAKLAND L56 2813 2nd 0.5 Manaea (54) PORCELLO (51) Treinen (7) 35,249 16 534.314 42 5/15 N OAKLAND L35 2814 2nd 1.0 Mengden (34) RODRIGUEZ (31) Treinen (8) 34,906 17 569,220 43 5/16 N OAKLAND W64 2914 2nd 0.5 SALE (41) Cahill (12) KIMBREL (12) 34,947 18 604,167 44 5/17 N BALTIMORE W62 3014 2nd PRICE (44) Gausman (33) 36,615 19 640,782 45 5/18 N BALTIMORE L47 3015 2nd Cobb (15) POMERANZ (12) Brach (6) 34,935 20 675,717 46 5/19 N BALTIMORE W63 3115 2nd PORCELLO (61) Bundy (26) KIMBREL (13) 34,195 21 709,912 47 5/20 D BALTIMORE W50 3215 2nd RODRIGUEZ (41) Hess (11) 35,550 22 745,462 5/21 OFF DAY 3215 2nd 0.5 48 5/22 N at Tampa Bay W42 3315 2nd +0.5 SALE (51) Faria (33) KIMBREL (14) 10,642 26 737,979 49 5/23 N at Tampa Bay W41 3415 1st +1.5 KELLY (30) Colome (25) KIMBREL (15) 10,194 27 748,173 50 5/24 N at Tampa Bay L36 3416 1st +1.0 Snell (63) PORCELLO (62) Colome (11) 12,468 28 760,641 51 5/25 N ATLANTA W62 3516 1st +1.0 RODRIGUEZ (51) Teheran (42) 37,008* 23 782,470 52 5/26 D ATLANTA W86 3616 1st +2.0 WRIGHT (10) Freeman (12) KIMBREL (16) 36,510* 24 818,980 53 5/27 D ATLANTA L17 3617 1st +1.0 Foltynewicz (43) SALE (52) 36,543* 25 855,523 54 5/28 D TORONTO W83 3717 1st +2.0 PRICE (54) Sanchez (25) 34,700 26 890,223 55 5/29 N TORONTO W83 3817 1st +2.0 PORCELLO (72) Estrada (26) KIMBREL (17) 33,380 27 923,603 56 5/30 D TORONTO W64 3917 1st +2.0 RODRIGUEZ (61) Gaviglio (21) KIMBREL (18) 33,451 28 957,054 57 5/31 N at Houston L24 3918 1st +1.5 McCullers (73) POMERANZ (13) Giles (10) 30,658 29 791,299 58 6/1 N at Houston L37 3919 2nd +0.5 Cole (61) SALE (53) 37,244 30 828,543 59 6/2 N at Houston W54 4019 2nd +0.5 PRICE (64) Harris (13) KIMBREL (19) 38,640 31 867,183 60 6/3 N at Houston W93 4119 2nd +1.0 PORCELLO (82) Morton (71) 33,431 32 900,614 6/4 Off Day 4119 1st +1.0 61 6/5 N DETROIT W60 4219 1st +1.0 WRIGHT (20) Lewicki (01) 34,762 29 991,816 62 6/6 N DETROIT W71 4319 1st +1.0 RODRIGUEZ (71) Hardy (21) 35,182 30 1,026,998 63 6/7 N DETROIT L27 4320 2nd +0.5 Boyd (44) BEEKS (01) 36,556 31 1,063,554 64 6/8 N CHICAGOAL L01 4321 2nd 0.5 Covey (21 SALE (54) Soria (7) 36,593 32 1,100,147 65 6/9 D CHICAGOAL W42 4421 2nd 0.5 PRICE (74) Rodón (01) KIMBREL (20) 36,675* 33 1,136,822 66 6/10 D CHICAGOAL L25 4422 2nd 0.5 Lopez (24) PORCELLO (83) Soria (8) 36,998* 34 1,173,820 67 6/11 N at Baltimore W20(12) 4522 2nd HEMBREE (31) Givens (03) KIMBREL (21) 15,934 33 916,548 68 6/12 N at Baltimore W64 4622 2nd RODRIGUEZ (81) Hess (23) 21,837 34 938,385 69 6/13 D at Baltimore W51 4722 2nd +1.0 SALE (64) Ramirez (01) 17,217 35 955,602 70 6/14 N at Seattle W21 4822 2nd +1.0 PRICE (84) Hernández (66) KIMBREL (22) 30,479 36 986,081 71 6/15 N at Seattle L67 4823 2nd Cook (10) BARNES (02) Díaz (26) 44,459 37 1,030,540 72 6/16 N at Seattle 73 6/17 D at Seattle 6/18 Off Day 74 6/19 N at Minnesota 75 6/20 N at Minnesota 76 6/21 D at Minnesota 77 6/22 N SEATTLE 78 6/23 N SEATTLE 79 6/24 D SEATTLE 6/25 OFF DAY 80 6/26 N ANAHIEM 81 6/27 N ANAHIEM 82 6/28 N ANAHIEM 83 6/29 N at New YorkAL 84 6/30 N at New YorkAL 85 7/1 N at New YorkAL 86 7/2 N at Washington 87 7/3 N at Washington 88 7/4 D at Washington 7/5 Off Day 89 7/6 N at Kansas City 90 7/7 N at Kansas City 91 7/8 D at Kansas City 92 7/9 N TEXAS 93 7/10 N TEXAS 94 7/11 N TEXAS 95 7/12 N TORONTO 96 7/13 N TORONTO 97 7/14 D TORONTO 98 7/15 D TORONTO 7/16 ALLSTAR BREAK 7/17 ALLSTAR BREAK 7/18 ALLSTAR BREAK 7/19 ALLSTAR BREAK * sellout
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 99 7/20 N at Detroit 100 7/21 N at Detroit 101 7/22 D at Detroit 102 7/23 N at Baltimore 103 7/24 N at Baltimore 104 7/25 N at Baltimore 105 7/26 N MINNESOTA 106 7/27 N MINNESOTA 107 7/28 N MINNESOTA 108 7/29 D MINNESOTA 109 7/30 N PHILADELPHIA 110 7/31 N PHILADELPHIA 8/1 OFF DAY 111 8/2 N NEW YORKAL 112 8/3 N NEW YORKAL 113 8/4 D NEW YORKAL 114 8/5 N NEW YORKAL 8/6 OFF DAY 115 8/7 N at Toronto 116 8/8 N at Toronto 117 8/9 N at Toronto 118 8/10 N at Baltimore 119 8/11 N at Baltimore 120 8/12 D at Baltimore 8/13 Off Day 121 8/14 N at Philadelphia 122 8/15 N at Philadelphia 8/16 Off Day * sellout DATE Red Sox Game Notes 2018 REGULAR SEASON DAYBYDAY Page 7 TRANSACTION 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 TripleA 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 RHP Josh Taylor, completed (5/15)...INF TzuWei Lin and LHP Roenis Elias and Robby Scott optioned to TripleA 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 TripleA Pawtucket. March 26 LHP Drew Pomeranz placed on 10day DL...LHP Eduardo Rodriguez placed on 10day DL...RHP Steven Wright placed on 10day DL...RHP Brandon Workman optioned to TripleA 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 60day DL...RHP Austin Maddox, 2B Dustin Pedroia, and RHP Tyler Thornburg placed on 10day DL. April 8 LHP Eduardo Rodriguez activated from 10day DL...RHP Marcus Walden optioned to TripleA Pawtucket (4/7). April 9 SS Xander Bogaerts placed on 10day DL. April 10 INF TzuWei Lin recalled from TripleA Pawtucket. April 12 LHP Bobby Poyner placed on 10day DL...RHP Marcus Walden recalled from TripleA Pawtucket. April 20 LHP Drew Pomeranz activated from 10day DL...RHP Marcus Walden optioned to TripleA Pawtucket (4/19). April 22 LHP Bobby Poyner activated from 10day DL and optioned to TripleA Pawtucket. April 23 LHP Roenis Elias traded to Mariners in exchange for cash considerations. April 26 RHP Joe Kelly suspended for 6 games. April 27 SS Xander Bogaerts activated from 10day DL...INF/OF Brock Holt placed on 10day DL. April 28 RHP Steven Wright activated from 10day DL and placed on restricted list for 15 games. May 2 RHP Joe Kelly reinstated to active ML roster...lhp Eduardo Rodriguez placed on family medical leave list...rhp Marcus Walden recalled from TripleA Pawtucket. May 4 LHP Bobby Poyner recalled from TripleA Pawtucket...RHP Marcus Walden optioned to Pawtucket (5/3). May 5 LHP Eduardo Rodriguez activated from family medical leave list...lhp Bobby Poyner optioned to TripleA Pawtucket (5/4). May 8 INF/OF Brock Holt reinstated from 10day DL and recalled from rehab assignment...inf TzuWei Lin optioned to Pawtucket. May 14 RHP Steven Wright added to active ML roster...rhp Hector Velázquez placed on 10day DL. May 15 RHP Carson Smith placed on 10day DL...LHP Bobby Poyner recalled from TripleA Pawtucket. May 24 RHP Hector Velázquez activated from 10day DL...LHP Bobby Poyner optioned to TripleA Pawtucket (5/23). May 25 2B Dustin Pedroia activated from 10day DL...1B/DH Hanley Ramirez designated for assignment. June 1 1B/DH Hanley Ramirez released...rf Mookie Betts placed on 10day DL (retro to 5/29). June 2 2B Dustin Pedroia placed on 10day DL (retro to 5/30)...1B Sam Travis and LHP Bobby Poyner recalled from TripleA Pawtucket. June 5 LHP Drew Pomeranz placed on 10day DL (retro to 6/2)...RHP Brandon Workman recalled from TripleA Pawtucket. June 7 LHP Jalen Beeks recalled from TripleA Pawtucket...LHP Bobby Poyner optioned to Pawtucket (6/6). June 8 RHP Justin Haley selected to ML roster from TripleA Pawtucket...LHP Jalen Beeks optioned to Pawtucket (6/7). June 11 RF Mookie Betts activated from 10day DL...1B Sam Travis optioned to TripleA Pawtucket. DISABLED LIST PLAYER INJURY PLACED ON DL (RETRO) REINSTATED GAMES MISSED Drew Pomeranz Left forearm flexor strain March 26 April 20 18 (162) Eduardo Rodriguez Recovery from right knee surgery March 26 April 8 8 (71) Steven Wright Recovery from left knee surgery March 26 April 28 26 (197) Marco Hernandez Left shoulder surgery March 29 71 (4823) Austin Maddox Right shoulder strain March 29 71 (4823) Dustin Pedroia Recovery from left knee surgery March 29 May 25 50 (3416) Tyler Thornburg Recovery from right shoulder surgery March 29 71 (4823) Xander Bogaerts Left ankle injury April 9 April 27 15 (114) Bobby Poyner Left hamstring strain April 12 April 22 9 (81) Brock Holt Left hamstring injury April 27 May 8 10 (64) Hector Velázquez Low back strain May 14 May 24 9 (63) Carson Smith Right shoulder subluxation May 15 30 (2010) Mookie Betts Left abdominal strain June 1 (May 29) June 11 12 (75) Dustin Pedroia Left knee inflamation June 2 (May 30) 16 (106) Drew Pomeranz Left biceps tendinitis June 5 (June 2) 13 (94) 2018 Totals 13 Players 15 DL stints 429 Games Missed