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 (57-29) at WASHINGTON NATIONALS (42-41) Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:05 p.m. ET Nationals Park Washington, DC LHP Brian Johnson (1-2, 4.28) vs. RHP Tanner Roark (3-9, 4.10) Game #87 Road Game #47 TV: NESN/MLBN Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox lead MLB with 57 wins and own the majors highest winning percentage (.663)... They have won 6 of their last 8 games, and 8 of their last 11. The Sox lead the Yankees by 1.0 game in the AL East. BOS is 28 games above.500, matching a season high...the Sox have not been as many as 29 games over.500 since the end of the 2013 season (+32). HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN MLB (2018) Rank Club Win % (Record) 1. Red Sox.663 (57-29) 2. Yankees.659 (54-28) 3. Astros.640 (55-31) NATIONAL AFFAIR: The Red Sox have won 16 of their last 18 Interleague games, including 10 of their last 11...They are 38-11 (.776) against the NL since 9/4/15, including 22-5 (.815) since the start of 2017. At 232-157 (.596), the Sox own the majors highest all-time winning percentage in Interleague play since its inception in 1997...Since 2003, the Sox.654 Interleague win % (187-99) ranks well ahead of the 2nd-best mark in that time (NYY;.594, 174-119). RICK S ROLLIN : Rick Porcello earned his 10th win of the season last night, the 9th time he has reached that total in his 10 MLB seasons (9 wins in 2015)...In 2017, he earned his 10th win on 9/22, his 32nd start of the season. The Red Sox have won each of their last 11 Interleague games started by Porcello (beginning 7/8/15)...The only other streaks as long in Interleague history belong to Justin Verlander (11 straight Tigers wins, 2010-13) and Johan Santana (12 straight Twins wins, 2002-05). ARM & HAMMER: Last night, Mookie Betts threw out Daniel Murphy at 3B in the 2nd inning and hit a solo HR in the 7th inning...it marked the 7th time in his career Betts has homered and recorded an OF assist in the same game (2nd of 2018; also 5/3 at TEX)...According to Elias, that is tied for the most such games since the start of 2015 (also George Springer and Starling Marte). CLOSING TIME: Craig Kimbrel earned a 4-out save last night and is now 39-for-39 in career Interleague save opportunities...that is the longest streak of successful save chances in Interleague history...in those 39 games, he has posted a 0.69 ERA (39.1 IP, 3 ER, 17 H, 54 K, 7 BB). It was Kimbrel s 91st save as a Red Sox (91-for- 99), tied with Ellis Kinder for 4th-most in franchise history behind Jonathan Papelbon (219), Bob Stanley (132), and Dick Radatz (104). GRAB A BAT: Rick Porcello hit a 3-RBI double in the 2nd inning last night, becoming the 1st Red Sox pitcher to record 3+ RBI in a game since Sonny Siebert had 3 on 9/2/71 vs. BAL...Since Interleague play began in 1997, the only other Red Sox pitcher with a game-winning RBI is Jon Lester (6/27/10 at SF, sac fly off Tim Lincecum). The only Red Sox pitcher ever to homer in Interleague play is Josh Beckett (twice; last on 6/14/09 at PHI). IN GOOD COMPANY: This is only the 4th time in the Red Sox 118-year history they have won as many as 57 of their first 86 games, having also done so in 1978 (58-28), 1946 (60-24-2), and 1912 (59-27). The Sox are the 22nd team in the Expansion Era (1961-pres.) to win 57+ of their first 86 games...7 of the previous 21 went on to win the World Series, and each of the previous 4 played in the World Series. TEAMS TO WIN 57+ OF FIRST 86 GAMES (2002-2018) Year Club First 86 Record Finish 2018 BOS 57-29 -- -- 2017 HOU 58-28 101-61 Won WS 2017 LAD 57-29 104-58 Lost in WS 2006 DET 58-28 95-67 Lost in WS 2005 CWS 57-29 99-63 Won WS ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Sox are in the midst of a 9-game, 10-day road trip through NYY (3 G), WSH (3 G), and KC (3 G)...They will be off Thursday in Kansas City. The Sox.630 win % on the road ranks 2nd in MLB. The Sox are 17-11 (.607) in series openers, and 40-18 (.690) in all other games...they are 21-6 (.778) in series finales, including 16-4 (.800) on getaway days. ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox lead the majors in runs scored per game (5.15), doubles (181), and XBH (315)...They also rank 2nd in AVG (.265), SLG (.455), and OPS (.786). The Sox rank 2nd in MLB with 121 HR, the franchise s 3rd-most through 86 games...they rank T-1st in MLB with 40 multi-hr contests and are 35-5 (.875) in such games, including 22-1 (.957) since 5/16. The Sox have scored 5+ runs in a game 49 times this season, most in MLB (.857, 42-7)...They are 22-1 (.957) in such games since 5/16. RUNNIN RED SOX: The Red Sox lead the majors in stolen base success rate and are tied for the lead in steals (82.3%, 65-for-79)...They are 39 for their last 46 (84.8%). Andrew Benintendi (16-for-17), Mookie Betts (15-for- 17), and Jackie Bradley Jr. (9-for-9) are a combined 40-for-43 (93.0%) in steal attempts. ONE-TWO PUNCH: Mookie Betts (.679) and J.D. Martinez (.634) rank 1st and 2nd in MLB in SLG...They are 2 of only 5 major leaguers with 20+ HR and a.300+ AVG. LEADING OFF: Mookie Betts hit his 99th career HR last night and does not turn 26 years old until October 7...The only Red Sox players ever to hit 100+ HR before turning 26 are Tony Conigliaro (160), Jim Rice (133), and Ted Williams (127). Betts leads the majors in SLG (.679), OPS (1.108), and at-bats per HR (12.0)...He also ranks 2nd in AVG (.337) and OBP (.430). Betts has hit safely in 17 of his last 18 Interleague games, including each of his last 11...In those 18 games, he has hit.403 (31-for-77) with 8 HR and 10 2B. J.D. POWER: J.D. Martinez leads MLB with 25 HR, more than any Red Sox hit in 2017 (Betts-24)...He is the 1st Red Sox since Ted Williams in 1946 to have more HR at the All-Star break than any member of the team had in the entire season prior. Martinez also leads the majors in RBI (67)...He ranks 2nd in SLG (.634), 3rd in OPS (1.025), and 7th in AVG (.324). Martinez became the 4th Red Sox ever with 25+ HR and 100+ hits through 84 team games, joining Jimmie Foxx (1938), Ted Williams (1946), and Manny Ramirez (2001). THIS AND THAT: Jackie Bradley Jr. has homered in 3 of his last 13 games, posting a.293/.396/.537 line in that time (12-for-41, 6 BB, 1 HBP)...He is 10 for his last 25 (.400). Brock Holt reached base in all 4 PA last night (3-for-3, HBP)...Among AL players with at least 150 PA this season, he ranks 10th in OBP (.382) and 14th in AVG (.304). ALL-STAR UPDATE: MLB released its final update on fan balloting for the 89th MLB All-Star Game, to be played on 7/17 in Washington, DC...The teams will be announced Sunday, 7/8 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. OF Mookie Betts (3,119,106 votes) and DH J.D. Martinez (2,236,945) lead their respective positions with the AL s 2nd- and 3rd-highest vote totals (Altuve-3,405,815)...The Red Sox are the only AL team with multiple players leading their respective positions in fan voting. RED SOX ALL-STAR GAME VOTING Player (Pos.) Place Votes Mookie Betts (OF) 1st 3,119,106 J.D. Martinez (DH) 1st 2,236,945 Andrew Benintendi (OF) 6th 1,071,135 Mitch Moreland (1B) 3rd 907,955 Jackie Bradley Jr. (OF) 12th 506,993 REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN AL East Standing...1st, +1.0 Home/Road... 28-12/29-17 Day/Night... 20-5/37-24 March/April/May... 2-1/19-6/18-11 June/July... 17-10/1-1 vs. AL East...29-12 vs. AL Central...6-6 vs. AL West...17-10 vs. National League...5-1 vs. RH/LH starter... 45-19/12-10 Leading after 6 innings...46-3 Tied after 6 innings...6-2 Trailing after 6 innings...5-24 Leading after 7 innings...49-4 Tied after 7 innings...7-2 Trailing after 7 innings...1-23 Leading after 8 innings...52-1 Tied after 8 innings...4-1 Trailing after 8 innings...1-27 Red Sox score first...37-4 Opponents score first...20-25 Shutouts...7-3 Scoring less than 3 runs...4-14 Scoring 3 or 4 runs...11-8 Scoring 5 or more runs...42-7 Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR... 47-15/10-14 1-run/2-run games... 14-8/11-4 Walk-offs...1-2 Extra innings (home/road)... 1-1/2-2 Series openers/finales... 17-11/21-6 Series W-L-T (home)... 10-3-0 Series W-L-T (road)... 8-4-2 Series W-L-T (total)... 18-7-2 Series sweeps (home/road)... 4-0/3-0 Come-from-behind wins...23 UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Wed., 7/4 at WSH 11:05 a.m. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3, 4.11) RHP Erick Fedde (1-3, 6.00) NESN/MLBN Thu., 7/5 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, Baseball-Reference.com, and STATS Inc. * VS. THE EXPOS/NATIONALS All-Time...16-12 In Boston...11-4 In Montreal...2-7 In Washington...3-1 2018... 1-0 In Boston...0-0 In Washington...1-0 DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 7/2 R W4-3 PORCELLO Scherzer MOST TEAM WINS IN MLB, 2016-18 Rk. Club Wins 1. Boston... 243 T2. Chicago-NL... 242 T2. Cleveland... 242 T4. Houston... 240 T4. Los Angeles-NL... 240 6. Washington... 234 MOST WINS FROM 2012-18 (AL) Rk. Pitcher Wins T1. David Price... 95 T1. Chris Sale... 95 T3. Rick Porcello... 90 T3. Justin Verlander... 90 RED SOX TEAM LEADERS Batting Hits...Martinez (100) Doubles...Bogaerts (23) Triples...Benintendi (5) HR...Martinez (25) RBI...Martinez (67) Runs...Betts (65) SB...Benintendi (16) BB...Benintendi (43) AVG (min. 100 AB)...Betts (.337) OBP (min. 100 AB)...Betts (.430) SLG (min. 100 AB)...Betts (.679) OPS (min. 100 AB)...Betts (1.108) Pitching Wins... Porcello (10) Saves...Kimbrel (25) Appearances... Kelly (37) Starts...Porcello/Sale (18) ERA (min. 20.0 IP)...Kimbrel (2.08) Innings (reliever)... Barnes (35.2) Innings (starter)... Sale (116.0) Strikeouts (reliever)...kimbrel (50) Strikeouts (starter)... Sale (164) Active scoreless streak... Sale (15.0)
TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER Red Sox Game Notes Page 2 61-BRIAN JOHNSON, LHP 1-2, 4.28 ERA, 23 appearances, 2 starts W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG 2018 1-2 4.28 23 2 40.0 45 19 19 5 11 35.280 CAREER 3-3 4.54 29 8 71.1 80 36 36 10 23 59.278 TONIGHT S START: Allowed 1 run over 4.0 IP during his last start on 6/28 vs. LAA (ND, 3 H, BB, 2 SO)... Surrendered just 1 run over 6.0 IP in his only other start of 2018 (4/2 at MIA). Is 3-1 with a 4.14 ERA (19 ER/41.1 IP) in 8 career ML starts. After allowing 8 ER in 9.1 IP over his fi rst 2 career starts, is 2-0 with a 3.09 ERA (11 ER/32.0 IP) over his last 6 starts...allowed 3 ER or fewer in each of those last 6 outings. Holds a 3.18 ERA (93 ER/263.1 IP) over 50 career Triple-A starts, all with Pawtucket. Posted a 2.14 (5 ER/21.0 IP) over his last 12 outings, 11 of which were in relief. Surrendered a career-high 5 runs over 2.0 IP on 4/28 vs. TB...Holds a 3.32 ERA (14 ER/38.0 IP) in his other 22 appearances (2 starts) this season. Batting: Is 0-for-4 during his ML career: 0-for-2 on 6/14/17 at PHI and 4/2/18 at MIA. Named the 2012 recipient of the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award by the College Baseball Foundation following his junior campaign at the University of Florida... Posted a.307/.350/.460 batting line with 41 RBI, 24 runs, 13 doubles, and 6 HR. Hit.324 with 29 2B, 3 3B, 15 HR, and 91 RBI during his collegiate career (63 R, 41 BB). VS. THE NATIONALS: Will be making his 1st career appearance vs. WSH. Is 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA (4 ER/11.1 IP) in 3 career Interleague appearances (2 starts). ON THE ROAD: Is 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA (4 ER/14.2 IP) over 9 road appearances (1 start) this season. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Began 2018 ranked by Baseball America as the No. 23 prospect in the BOS organization... Has a 3.18 ERA (93 ER/263.1 IP) in 50 career Triple-A starts. Threw the Sox lone shutout of the 2017 season on 5/27 vs. SEA...According to Elias, became the 1st BOS rookie ever to throw a shutout with 0 BB, 5 or fewer hits, and 8+ SO. Earned the organization s 2017 Lou Gorman Award, given annually to a Red Sox minor league player who has demonstrated dedication and perseverance in overcoming obstacles while working his way to the major league team. 2018 6.0, 4/2 at MIA 7, 4/28 vs. TB 5, 4/28 vs. TB 5, 4/28 vs. TB 2, 2x, last 4/17 at LAA 5, 2x, last 6/7 vs. DET 1, 5x, last 6/28 vs. LAA - - 1, 4/2 at MIA 2, 5/1-present - 2018 0-1, 5.33 ERA, 14 G, 1 GS 1-1, 2.45 ERA, 9 G, 1 GS.280 (45-161), 5 HR.233 (10-43), 0 HR.297 (35-118), 5 HR 1.40 SINGLE-GAME 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 9.0, 5/27/17 vs. SEA 8, 2x, last 7/18/17 vs. TOR 5, 4/28/18 vs. TB 5, 4/28/18 vs. TB 4, 7/21/15 at HOU 8, 5/27/17 vs. SEA 2, 2x, last 6/9/17 vs. DET 1, 5/27/17 vs. SEA 1, 5/27/17 vs. SEA 3, 4/18/17-4/2/18 2, 5/1/18-present - CAREER 1-1, 4.23 ERA, 17 G, 4 GS 2-2, 5.06 ERA, 12 G, 4 GS.278 (80-288), 10 HR.207 (12-58), 0 HR.296 (68-230), 10 HR 1.44 Made his ML debut with the Red Sox in 2015, starting on 7/21 of that year at HOU (L, 4.1 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 4 BB, 3 SO). Named the 2014 Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Year...Ranked by Baseball America as having the best control and best curveball in the Red Sox system following the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Had his 1st professional season cut short after being hit in the face with a line drive while on the mound for Short-A Lowell on 8/18/12 at Fenway Park. 2018 REGULAR SEASON GAME LOG VS. WSH W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO 2018 0-0 - - - - - - - - - CAREER 0-0 - - - - - - - - - at WSH 0-0 - - - - - - - - - DATE SCORE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 4/2 W7-3 at MIA W 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 1 82/49 1st start of 2018 4/8 W8-7 TB - 0.1 1 2 2 1 1 0 14/9 Relief appearance 4/10 W14-1 NYY - 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 37/21 Relief appearance 4/11 L7-10 NYY - 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 28/19 Relief appearance 4/17 W10-1 at LAA - 3.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 43/27 Relief appearance 4/20 W7-3 at OAK - 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3/2 Relief appearance 4/28 L6-12 TB - 2.0 7 5 5 0 2 1 48/33 Relief appearance 4/30 W10-6 KC - 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 31/21 Relief appearance 5/1 L6-7 KC L 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 1 16/11 Relief appearance 5/9 L6-9 at NYY - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14/9 Relief appearance 5/11 L3-5 at TOR L 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 5/1 Relief appearance 5/14 L5-6 OAK - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16/10 Relief appearance 5/15 L3-5 OAK - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18/11 Relief appearance 5/20 W5-0 BAL - 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 23/16 Relief appearance 5/24 L3-6 at TB - 2.1 4 0 0 0 2 0 37/24 Relief appearance 5/27 L1-7 ATL - 2.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 30/20 Relief appearance 5/30 W6-4 TOR - 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3/3 Relief appearance 6/1 L3-7 at HOU - 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 15/9 Relief appearance 6/7 L2-7 DET - 4.0 3 1 1 0 5 0 56/42 Relief appearance 6/11 W2-0 at BAL - 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 22/13 Relief appearance 6/20 L1-4 at MIN - 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 30/18 Relief appearance 6/22 W14-10 SEA - 2.2 4 0 0 0 3 0 43/31 Relief appearance 6/28 W4-2 LAA - 4.0 3 1 1 1 2 1 61/34 Only run came on a solo HR in the 4th NATIONALS CAREER VS. JOHNSON PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Difo - 0 0 0 0 Eaton - 0 0 0 0 Goodwin - 0 0 0 0 Harper - 0 0 0 0 Kieboom - 0 0 0 0 Murphy - 0 0 0 0 Rendon - 0 0 0 0 Reynolds - 0 0 0 0 Severino - 0 0 0 0 Soto - 0 0 0 0 Taylor - 0 0 0 0 Turner - 0 0 0 0 RED SOX CAREER vs. ROARK PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Benintendi - 0 0 0 0 Betts.000 1 0 0 0 Bogaerts 1.000 1 1 0 0 Bradley Jr. - 0 0 0 0 Devers - 0 0 0 0 Holt - 0 0 0 0 Leon 1.000 1 1 0 0 Martinez - 0 0 0 0 Moreland - 0 0 0 0 Núñez.500 2 1 0 0 Pearce.000 1 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 18 13 69/116.0 5.35 10-8 Price 17 9 58/96.2 5.40 11-6 Porcello 18 12 81/111.0 6.57 12-6 Velázquez 2 0 10/10.2 8.44 2-0 Johnson 2 1 6/10.0 5.40 2-0 Rodriguez 16 5 67/87.2 6.88 13-3 Pomeranz 8 2 19/37.0 4.62 4-4 Wright 4 3 11/24.0 4.13 3-1 Beeks 1 0 1/4.0 2.25 0-1 57-EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ, LHP TOMORROW S STARTING PITCHER 9-3, 4.11 ERA, 16 starts W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG 2018 9-3 4.11 16 16 87.2 86 41 40 12 28 94.249 CAREER 28-23 4.21 82 81 453.2 431 220 212 60 155 442.246 TOMORROW S START: Is 1 win shy of matching his career high (10), set during his rookie campaign in 2015 (10-6). Will be making his 1st career appearance against the Nationals. Allowed 8 ER over 5.0 IP in his 1st career Interleague start on 8/12/15 at MIA...Is 4-1 with a 2.87 ERA (17 ER/53.1 IP) in 9 starts vs. NL opponents since. LAST 5 STARTS DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 6/6 DET W 5.2 5 1 1 1 5 6/12 at BAL W 5.2 8 2 2 1 4 6/17 at SEA W 6.0 6 2 2 1 9 6/23 SEA L 4.0 7 5 4 2 2 6/29 at NYY L 6.0 7 5 5 2 2 4.61 ERA 3-2 27.1 33 15 14 8 22
Red Sox Game Notes BATTING NOTES Page 3 16 - ANDREW BENINTENDI, OF.280 AVG 13 HR 53 RBI.362 OBP.497 SLG vs. RHP: 73-244 (.299), 10 HR YESTERDAY: 0-5 HOMESTAND: 5-24, 4 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-5 vs. LHP: 16-74 (.216), 3 HR NYY SERIES: 3-12, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, 3 SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (5/8-16) Is 51-for-169 (.302) with 9 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, and 32 RBI in his last 44 games...in his last 61, is batting.300 (72-for-240) with 44 R, 16 2B, 3 3B, 12 HR, and 40 RBI. Stole a base for the 3rd straight game Sunday, the longest streak by a Red Sox this year...his 94.1 % SB rate (16-for-17) is the highest in the majors this season. Is tied for 3rd in the AL with 16 SB...Is 37-for-43 (86.0%) in career SB attempts, having gone 18 for his last 19 (94.7%). In 32 career Interleague games, has hit.302/.388/.491/.880, going 35-for-116 with 21 runs, 5 2B, 3B, HR, and 24 RBI. Has 20 RBI in his last 33 games, 35 in his last 47, and 53 this season (T-12th in the AL)...Has 7 go-ahead RBI this season, 6 of which have been game-winners. Ranks 7th in the AL with a.361 AVG and a 1.104 OPS with RISP...His.354 career AVG with RISP (81-for-229) is the highest since at least 1974 (min. 200 AB). 50 - MOOKIE BETTS, OF.337 AVG 21 HR 42 RBI.430 OBP.679 SLG vs. RHP: 61-187 (.326), 14 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, R, HR, RBI, BB HOMESTAND: 4-17, 5 R, HR, 2 RBI, 6 BB, SF CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-4, R, HR, RBI, BB) vs. LHP: 24-65 (.369), 7 HR NYY SERIES: 4-10, 3 R, 2 2B, 3 BB, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (3/31-4/11) Hit his 99th career HR last night, his 21st of the season (T-6th in the AL)...Has 8 HR in his last 26 games, and leads MLB with 12.00 AB/HR this season. With 1 more HR this season, could become the 4th Red Sox hitter with 100 HR before turning 26 (Tony Conigliaro, 160; Jim Rice; 133; Ted Williams, 127). Leads MLB with a.679 SLG and 1.108 OPS this season...ranks 2nd in AVG (.337) and 2nd in OBP (.430). Has reached in 27 of his last 57 PA (.474 OBP), going 14-for-43 (.326) with 12 BB, 2 2B, 3 HR, and a.581 SLG. Was his 9th HR with 2 strikes...leads MLB with a.633 SLG and 1.024 OPS with 2 strikes...has 7 game-winning HR this season, trailing only J.D. Martinez (8). Has hit in his last 11 Interleague games (.386/17-for-44, 4 HR)...Has 8 HR in his last 18 Interleague games, batting.403/.453/.844/1.298 (10 2B, 20 R, 24 RBI). Ranks among active hitters in Interleague games (min. 250 AB) with a.331 AVG (T-2nd),.590 SLG (3rd), and.967 OPS (3rd). Despite missing 14 games (5/27-6/10), ranks among AL leaders with 65 runs (3rd), 21 HR (T-6th), 43 XBH (T-6th), 15 SB (T-7th), and 171 TB (8th). Ranks 4th in the majors with a.628 road slugging percentage and 3rd with a 1.035 OPS on the road...13 of his 21 HR have come in away games. Is batting.326 vs RHP,.369 vs. LHP,.375 at home,.314 on the road,.316 with RISP,.407 with 2 outs,.385 with RISP and 2 outs, and.320 with 2 strikes. 2 - XANDER BOGAERTS, SS.271 AVG 12 HR 44 RBI.333 OBP.491 SLG vs. RHP: 58-208 (.279), 11 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3, HBP HOMESTAND: 5-18, R, 4 2B, RBI, 4 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-9 vs. LHP: 15-61 (.246), 1 HR NYY SERIES: 2-12, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (6/17-28) Recorded his 18th multi-hit game of the season Saturday and has hit in 10 of his last 13 games...leads the team with 23 2B this season (T-9th in the AL). Has doubled in 6 of his last 11 games, including 4 straight from 6/24-28...Marks his longest streak of games with a 2B since 9/29/17-3/31/18 (5). His.491 SLG and.824 OPS are both career highs...has 12 HR in 269 AB this season (22.42 AB/HR) after averaging 47.41 AB/HR through his fi rst 5 ML seasons. Has 35 XBH in just 68 games this year after tallying 48 XBH in 148 games in 2017...Has reached base safely in 39 of his last 44 games. Ranks 6th in the AL with a.658 SLG with RISP, and 12th with a 1.023 OPS (.315/23-for-73, 7 2B, 6 HR). 19 - JACKIE BRADLEY JR., OF.201 AVG 6 HR 23 RBI.296 OBP.328 SLG vs. RHP: 39-184 (.212), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 1-2, R, 2 BB HOMESTAND: 8-17, 3 R, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, SB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-2, R, 2 BB) vs. LHP: 10-60 (.167), 1 HR NYY SERIES: 1-9, R, BB, HBP, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 7 G (5/25-6/1) Has reached in 12 of his last 13 games, including 3 times last night...in his last 17 Interleague games, is 16-for-51 (.314) with a 1.007 OPS (3 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI). Is 10-for-25 (.400) with 5 R, 2B, 2 HR, and 6 RBI over his last 8 games...hit 2 HR over the Red Sox series vs. LAA, including a 2-run shot Thursday. Has 9 SB in 9 tries, and is 11 for his last 11 dating back to 2017...Ranks 2nd among actives with an 88.6% career SB percentage (39-for-44; min. 40 attempts). Has 4 RBI hits in his last 7 games, including 3 last Tuesday vs. LAA...Drove in a season-high 4 runs last Tuesday, his most since 5/30/17 at CWS (4). Is 7 for his last 21 (.333) vs. LHP, after beginning the season 3-for-39 (.077) vs. lefties. The Red Sox are 52-24 in games he plays in (5-5 in all other games)...are 54-11 (.831) in his last 65 games with an XBH, including 29-3 (.906) in his last 32. 11 - RAFAEL DEVERS, 3B.245 AVG 14 HR 47 RBI.287 OBP.436 SLG vs. RHP: 57-228 (.250), 11 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 HOMESTAND: 8-22, 6 R, 3 2B, HR, 5 RBI, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-8 vs. LHP: 21-91 (.231), 3 HR NYY SERIES: 5-13, 3 R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 10 G (6/6-15) Went 5-for-5 with a 2B and a game-winning grand slam Saturday, his 2nd of the season (4/18 at LAA)...Recorded a career-high 3 R and a career-high-tying 4 RBI. Is the youngest player to go 5-for-5 with a grand slam since at least 1908...The last Red Sox hitter with a grand slam in a 5-hit game was Jim Rice on 7/4/84 vs. OAK. Became the youngest player with a grand slam in a BOS-NYY game (source: STATS)...The previous youngest were Ted Williams for BOS and Joe DiMaggio for NYY. Is the youngest hitter with a 5-hit game against NYY since Stuffy McInnis on 4/29/1911...Is the youngest Sox hitter in the last 100 years to go 5-for-5 or better. Has 15 RBI in his last 14 games and 19 in his last 21...Hit a game-tying HR Thursday...12 of his 24 career HR have tied the game or given BOS a lead. Has 8 game-tying or go-ahead RBI since 6/1, all in his last 21 games...has 3 such RBI in his last 6 games, and 6 in his last 13. Is 9-for-24 (.375) with 2 2B and 2 HR in his last 6 games...in his last 25 games, is batting.293 (29-for-99) with 16 R, 8 2B, 5 HR, 19 RBI, and a.525 SLG. With 24 career HR, has passed Bobby Doerr (19) for the 3rd-most by a Red Sox hitter before his 22nd birthday since 1908 (Conigliaro-84, Williams-49). LAST HOME RUN MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES PLAYER DATE, OPP. PITCHER AB SINCE 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI 6+RBI TOTAL Benintendi 6/21/18 at MIN Belisle 42 17 10 0 0 27 8 4 1 0 0 13 Betts 7/2/18 at WSH Kintzler 1 18 6 2 0 26 4 4 2 0 0 10 Bogaerts 6/17/18 at SEA Bradford 48 12 6 0 0 18 6 3 1 0 1 11 Bradley Jr. 6/28/18 vs. LAA Ramirez 9 3 4 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 5 Devers 7/1/18 at NYY Gray 12 13 6 0 1 20 8 1 2 0 0 11 Holt 4/17/18 at LAA Bard 120 8 3 0 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 Leon 7/1/18 at NYY Gallegos 4 6 1 0 0 7 1 3 0 0 0 4 Martinez 6/27/18 vs. LAA Heaney 17 27 3 3 0 33 14 5 1 1 0 21 Moreland 6/24/18 vs. SEA Gonzales 25 12 6 0 0 18 7 0 2 0 0 9 Núñez 6/27/18 vs. LAA Heaney 14 11 2 0 0 13 2 1 0 0 0 3 Pearce 6/23/18 at LAA Anderson 12 4 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 4 Swihart 9/29/15 at NYY Mitchell 150 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vázquez 6/26/18 vs. LAA McGuire 11 11 1 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 2018 vs. WSH CAREER vs. WSH CAREER AT NATIONALS PARK PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Benintendi.000 5 0 0 0.000 5 0 0 0.000 5 0 0 0 Betts.250 4 1 1 1.278 18 5 2 7.250 4 1 1 1 Bogaerts.000 3 0 0 0.200 10 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 Bradley Jr..500 2 1 0 0.500 2 1 0 0.500 2 1 0 0 Devers.000 4 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 0 Holt 1.000 3 3 0 0.545 11 6 0 2 1.000 3 3 0 0 Leon.000 3 0 0 0.300 10 3 0 2.208 53 11 0 2 Martinez - 0 0 0 0.143 49 7 2 5.167 36 6 2 5 Moreland.250 4 1 0 0.250 12 3 0 1.250 12 3 0 1 Núñez - 0 0 0 0.341 41 14 0 5.435 23 10 0 3 Pearce - 0 0 0 0.256 78 20 5 11.250 24 6 1 4 Swihart - 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Vázquez.000 1 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0
Red Sox Game Notes BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) Page 4 612- BROCK HOLT, OF/INF.304 AVG 1 HR 19 RBI.382 OBP.419 SLG vs. RHP: 35-126 (.278), 1 HR YESTERDAY: 3-3, R, HBP HOMESTAND: 3-12, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (3-3, R, HBP) vs. LHP: 10-22 (.455), 0 HR NYY SERIES: 1-5, RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (4/14-26) Reached base a season-high 4 times last night (last 9/11/16 at TOR), matching a season high with 3 hits (3rd time, last 4/25 at TOR). Ranks 10th in the AL with a.382 OBP (min. 150 PA)...Over his last 44 games, is batting.333 (44-for-132) with 15 R, 12 2B, 3B, HR, and 18 RBI. His.304/.382/.419 batting line represents all career highs...has 12 RBI in his last 27 games and 19 in 51 games this season after driving in 7 in 64 games last year. Is batting.337/.389/.488/.878 on the road this season, with 10 of his 14 XBH and 13 of his 19 RBI...Ranks 5th in the AL in road AVG (min. 75 AB). 3 - SANDY LEON, C.254 AVG 4 HR 16 RBI.295 OBP.412 SLG vs. RHP: 21-83 (.253), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3, SH HOMESTAND: 2-6, R, HR, 4 RBI, SF CURRENT STREAK: 0-3 vs. LHP: 8-31 (.258), 1 HR NYY SERIES: 3-5, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G (5/14-24) Last night, recorded his first sacrifi ce hit since 6/12/17 vs. PHI...Is 8-for-20 (.400) with 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI and a 1.235 OPS over his last 7 games. Has 4 XBH in his last 4 games, including a pinch-hit 2B in his only AB Sunday...Is 25-for-78 (.321) with 13 R, 6 2B, 4 HR, 14 RBI, and a.551 SLG in his last 25 games. Homered in 2 straight games on 6/27 vs. LAA and 6/30 at NYY...Marked his 3rd career pair of consecutive games with a HR (also 8/17-18/16, 5/6-7/17). Since 2017, the Red Sox are 9-1 when he homers, 24-9 when he drives in a run, and 17-2 in his multi-hit games...bos is 43-14 when he drives in a run since 2015. Leads the majors with a 3.31 catcher s ERA since 2017...Has a 3.07 catcher s ERA in 284.2 innings caught this season (2nd in the AL, min. 200.0 innings). 28 - J.D. MARTINEZ, OF/DH.324 AVG 25 HR 67 RBI.391 OBP.634 SLG vs. RHP: 76-235 (.323), 22 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 11-25, 9 R, 3 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-3 vs. LHP: 24-74 (.324), 3 HR NYY SERIES: 3-11, R, 3 RBI, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 12 G (4/29-5/11) Leads the majors with 25 HR and 67 RBI...Drove in 3 runs Saturday in his ML-leading 21st multi-rbi game, his 3rd game with 3+ RBI in his last 9 contests. Trails only Mookie Betts (.679) in SLG (.634) and Betts (1.108) and Mike Trout (1.089) in OPS (1.025)...Leads MLB with a.667 SLG since the start of 2017. Ranks among AL leaders with a.324 AVG (4th), 100 hits (T-5th), 58 runs (T-6th),.391 OBP (7th),.634 SLG (2nd), 1.025 OPS (3rd), 45 XBH (4th), and 196 TB (2nd). Became the 4th Red Sox hitter with 25+ HR and 100+ hits through 84 team games (also Jimmie Foxx in 1938, Ted Williams in 1946, and Manny Ramirez in 2001). His 25 HR were the most by a Red Sox hitter ever through the month of June...Is the 10th Red Sox hitter to reach 25 HR prior to the All-Star break, and the 7th to reach 25 HR in the club's first 81 games...the last Red Sox to reach 25 HR that fast was David Ortiz in his club record-setting 2006 54-HR season. Is the first BOS hitter with more HR before the All-Star break than any Sox hitter had the entire previous year since Ted Williams in 1946 (23). Has 16 hits in his last 10 games (.400 AVG, 12 R, 3 HR, 12 RBI)...Has reached in 36 of his last 80 PA (.450 OBP), going 25-for-68 (.368) with 4 2B, 4 HR. Has homered in 2 of his last 4 games vs. WSH...Homered off Max Scherzer in his most recent AB vs. the right-hander on 5/11/16 at Nationals Park. Has 28 HR in his last 54 games vs. NL clubs, including 20 in his last 30...In his last 30 such games, is batting.372/.421/.934. Ranks T-3rd in the majors with 10 game-winning RBI...Leads MLB with 8 game-winning HR, the most by a Red Sox hitter before July since Jim Rice in 1978 (11). 18 - MITCH MORELAND, 1B.285 AVG 11 HR 40 RBI.352 OBP.531 SLG vs. RHP: 48-169 (.284), 9 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, R HOMESTAND: 7-22, 5 R, 2B, 2 3B, HR, 4 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-7, R) vs. LHP: 17-59 (.288), 2 HR NYY SERIES: 1-7, R, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (4/8-22) Has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games (.314/16-for-51, 11 R, 2 2B, 2 3B, HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB). Ranks 11th in the AL with a.531 SLG and 12th with an.882 OPS (min. 200 PA)...Is batting.298 (64-for-215) with a.918 OPS in his last 61 games. Has 7 HR in his last 29 road games, batting.274/.345/.500/.845 (29-for-106)...Is 8-for-25 (.320) in his last 7 road games. Drove in at least 1 run over 5 straight games from 6/21-26, tying a season-long streak (4/30-5/9)...Has 10 runs in his last 11 contests. Tripled in back-to-back games on 6/22-23 for the 2nd time in 2018...Has more 3B in 68 games this season (4) than he had in 922 career games entering 2018 (3). In 6 Interleague games this season, is batting.316 (6-for-19) with a 2B, 2 3B, HR, 4 RBI, and a.737 SLG. Is batting.290/.367/.464/.831 with RISP, including a.367/.472/.633/1.106 line with 2 outs and RISP (11-for-30, 3 2B, 3B, HR). 36 - EDUARDO NÚÑEZ, INF.250 AVG 5 HR 19 RBI.283 OBP.354 SLG vs. RHP: 52-193 (.269), 4 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 5-13, 4 R, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-6 vs. LHP: 15-75 (.200), 1 HR NYY SERIES: 1-8 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 8 G (6/16-29) Snapped an 8-game hitting streak Saturday (.333/8-for-24), his longest with BOS...Has hit safely in 52 of 71 games (73.2%) this season, the 2nd-most on the team. Hit a go-ahead HR Wednesday, his 5th HR of the season, each of which have come with the score within 1 run...has 4 runs in his last 5 games, and 3 RBI in his last 7. Is 9 for his last 25 (.360) with RISP...Has hit.345 (57-for-165) with RISP since the start of last season, ranking 13th among ML hitters in that time. Has a.341/.400/.512 career batting line in 10 games vs. WSH...Is 10-for-23 (.435) with a 2B, 2 3B, 3 RBI, 5 R, a.652 SLG, and a 1.132 OPS in 5 games at WSH. 25 - STEVE PEARCE, 1B/OF.400 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI.400 OBP.600 SLG vs. RHP: 0-2 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: --- CURRENT STREAK: 0-3 vs. LHP: 2-3 (.667), 0 HR NYY SERIES: 2-5, 2B SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G (4/13-21) Acquired from TOR Thursday and went 2-for-4 with a 2B in his BOS debut Friday...Is batting.298/.352/.524/.875 with 4 HR and 16 RBI in 29 games this year. Missed time from 5/3-6/21 with a left oblique strain...is 7-for-18 (.389) since returning, including a game-winning 3-run HR in the 9th on 6/23 with TOR at LAA. Is batting.327 (17-for-52) this season vs. LHP, with 6 2B, 2 HR, and a.558 SLG...Has a.496 career SLG and.843 career OPS vs. LHP. Has 3 HR in his last 8 games vs. WSH, and 4 in his last 12...Hit a 2-run HR off Max Scherzer on 9/23/15 while with BAL at Nationals Park. Has played for every AL East team...has played 12 ML seasons for 7 teams, batting.255/.332/.444 with 120 2B, 83 HR, and 268 RBI in 690 games for PIT (2007-11), BAL (2012; 2013-15; 2016), HOU (2012), NYY (2012), TB (2016), TOR (2017-18) and BOS (2018). Over 12 ML seasons, has played 227 games (190 starts) at 1B, 216 (183) in LF, 100 (78) in RF, 33 (27) at 2B, and 12 (8) at 3B. 23 - BLAKE SWIHART, C /UTL.167 AVG 0 HR 3 RBI.226 OBP.192 SLG vs. RHP: 8-50 (.160), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 2-8, 2 R CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-1) vs. LHP: 5-28 (.179), 0 HR NYY SERIES: 1-2 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G (6/2-7) Has an.801 career OPS in 13 Interleague games, batting.273 (12-for-44) with 5 runs, 2B, 2 3B, HR, 5 RBI. Entered Sunday s game and singled for the 3rd time in his last 5 games (.300/3-for-10)...8 of his 13 hits have come in the 7th inning or later. Played his first career game at 2B last night...his last 20 games have come at 7 different positions (C, DH, LF, 1B, RF, 3B, 2B)...In the last 40 seasons, the only other Red Sox to play C, 1B, 2B, 3B, LF, and RF at any point in their Red Sox careers were Steve Lyons (1985-86, 91, 92-93) and Alex Delgado (1996). 7 - CHRISTIAN VÁZQUEZ, C.216 AVG 3 HR 12 RBI.254 OBP.307 SLG vs. RHP: 29-147 (.197), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 0-1 HOMESTAND: 6-16, 2 R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 0-7 vs. LHP: 14-52 (.269), 0 HR NYY SERIES: 0-6 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 4 G (5/16-23) Has multiple hits in 3 of his last 7 games and 7 of his last 17, batting.291 (16-for-55) over that time. Doubled and homered on 6/26 vs. LAA in his 8th career game with multiple XBH (last 6/6 vs. DET)...Was his 10th career HR...Has 4 XBH in his last 9 games. The Red Sox are 17-5 in his last 22 starts at catcher. His 38.7% career CCS% (48-for-124) is the highest rate among actives and 4th-highest by any catcher since 1987 (min. 200 G).
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 32-Matt Barnes 7/2 at WSH (H, 16) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 28/35 11/0 0/2 1.2 (6/3 at HOU) 3 (3 times) 67-William Cuevas -- 1.0 - - - - - -/- -/- -/- --- --- 37-Heath Hembree 6/30 at NYY 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 27/35 12/3 -/- 2.0 (5 times) 3 (4 times) 56-Joe Kelly 7/2 at WSH (H, 16) 0.2 1 1 1 1 2 27/37 19/6 2/4 2.0 (2 times) 3 (5/12 at TOR) 46-Craig Kimbrel 7/2 at WSH (SV, 25) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 24/35 12/4 25/27 1.1 (3 times) 3 (5 times) 76-Hector Velazquez 7/1 at NYY 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 13/22 14/6 -/- 3.1 (4/27 vs TB) 3 (2 times) 44-Brandon Workman 7/1 at NYY 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10/11 3/1 -/- 1.1 (6/11 at BAL) 2 (5 times) BULLPEN TOTALS: 3.17 ERA 278.1 228 100 98 110 294 180/243 (74%) 90/26 28/35 32-MATT BARNES, RHP 2-2 0 SV 2.52 ERA vs. ALL:.159 (20-126), 1 HR vs. RHB:.098 (8-82), 1 HR vs. LHB:.273 (12-42), 0 HR WHIP: 1.09 Picked up his 16th hold of the year with a scoreless 7th inning last night at WSH (1.0 IP, H, BB, SO, 19 pitches)...was his 35th appearance of the season and his 5th straight scoreless appearance (5.0 IP, 1 hits, 2 BB, 8 SO). Has held RHH hitless in their last 22 at-bats (last RH hit: 6/6 vs. DET - M. Cabrera)...On the season has allowed only 4 hits in 35 AB s (.114 AVG) with RISP. Has made 5 scoreless appearances (5.0 IP) since allowing 4 ER in 3.0 IP over 3 games prior...posted a 1.17 ERA (3 ER/23.0 IP) over 22 games from 4/13-6/9. No runs allowed in 29 of 35 games this year...posted a career-best 13.0-IP scoreless streak (12 games) from 5/10-6/9 (8 H, 5 BB, 16 SO,.174 AVG, 1.00 WHIP). Among AL relievers this season, ranks T-4th in holds (16), 5th in opp. AVG (.159), 6th in hits/9.0 IP (5.05), 9th in SO/BF (.333), and T-12th in SO (49). 67-WILLIAM CUEVAS, RHP 0-0 0 SV --- ERA vs. ALL:.--- (0-0), 0 HR vs. RHB:.--- (0-0), 0 HR vs. LHB:.--- (0-0), 0 HR WHIP: -- Added to the active ML roster yesterday from Triple-A Pawtucket...Is his 1st ML stint of the season after begnning the season with Pawtucket. With Pawucket this year: 5-5, 3.65 ERA (35 ER/86.1 IP), 25 BB, 67 SO in 15 games/starts...last appeared: 6/27 at Buffalo (6.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 SO, 109 p). Originally signed by BOS as an international FA in 2008...Made his ML debut with BOS in 2016 and was 0-1, 3.60 ERA (2 ER/5.0 IP) in 3 appearances that year. Was a part of both the DET and MIA organizations in 2017 and appeared in 1 ML game for DET last April...In total, has 4 games of ML experience (2016-17). 37-HEATH HEMBREE, RHP 3-1 0 SV 3.60 ERA vs. ALL:.213 (27-127), 4 HR vs. RHB:.224 (19-85), 3 HR vs. LHB:.190 (8-42), 1 HR WHIP: 1.23 Threw a scoreless 8th inning with 1 BB & 1 SO Saturday at NYY (17 pitches); his 35th appearance of the season and 5th straight scoreless outing (4.1 IP). Allowed only 1 hit over his 12 appearances in the month of June (.030 AVG, 1-for-33, 40 BF)...Has also held LHH hitless in their last 16 AB s (since 5/18). Has posted a 1.53 ERA (3 ER/17.2 IP) with 8 BB, 25 SO & a 0.85 WHIP over his last 19 games since 5/13 which has lowered his ERA from 5.71 on 5/10 to 3.60. Averaging 11.31 SO/9.0 IP this year (44 SO/35.0 IP) & 10.58 (114 SO/97.0 IP) since the start of 2017; averaged 7.66 SO/9.0 IP (80 SO/94.0 IP) from 2013-16. Has stranded 9 of 12 inherited runners this season, including each of his last 7...Has pitched 1.0+ inning in 8 of 35 appearances this year and 2.0+ 5 times. 56-JOE KELLY, RHP 3-0 2 SV 3.57 ERA vs. ALL:.183 (23-126), 3 HR vs. RHB:.246 (17-69), 2 HR vs. LHB:.105 (6-57), 1 HR WHIP: 1.13 Got the first 2 outs of the 8th inning last night at WSH (16th hold, 0.2 IP, H, solo HR (Harper), BB, 2 SO, 17 pitches); was his 37th appearance of the season. Has allowed 6 ER in 4.1 IP over his last 6 appearances after allowing a total 5 ER in his previous 30 appearances from 4/1-6/14 (1.47 ERA, 30.2 IP). 29 of 37 appearances this year are scoreless...since allowing 4 runs in his season debut on 3/29 has gone 3-0, 2.57 ERA, 10 ER/35.0 IP, 14 BB, 35 SO in 36 G. Leads all BOS relievers in appearances (37)...Among AL relievers, is T-4th in holds (16). Began the year with 13 straight scoreless appearances (12.2 IP) at Fenway Park before allowing runs on Wednesday vs. LAA; has a 5.14 ERA on the road. 46-CRAIG KIMBREL, RHP 1-1 25 SV 2.08 ERA vs. ALL:.137 (16-117), 5 HR vs. RHB:.106 (7-66), 2 HR vs. LHB:.176 (9-51), 3 HR WHIP: 0.87 Got his 2nd multi-inning SV of 2018 last night at WSH (1.1 IP, BB, SO, 33 p); stranded 1 inherited runner in the 8th...Is now 39-for-39 in career Interleague SVO. Has not allowed a run or a hit in any of his last 5 appearances since 6/14 (5.2 IP, 0 hits, 5 BB, 8 SO, 21 BF, 16 AB). Last night s 1.1 IP SV at WSH marked his 13th career multi-inning SV & 2nd of 2018 (other: 6/27 vs. LAA); overall has 7 as a Red Sox. Among AL relievers this season, ranks 2nd in SV (25) and opp. AVG (.137), 4th in SO/BF (.379), 5th in SO/9.0 IP (12.98), 5th in SV% (92.6), 6th WHIP (0.87). Since joining the Red Sox in 2016, among AL relievers is 1st in SO/BF (.427) and AVG (.144), 2nd in SO (259), SO/9.0 IP (14.88) & SV (91), 3rd in WHIP (0.86). Has 316 career SV (22nd all time trailing Fernando Rodney - 317) and his 91.1% career conversion rate (347 SVO) is the highest all-time for any closer with 250 or more chances...has 91 career saves as a Red Sox which is T-4th most all time with Ellis Kinder (Dick Radatz is 3rd with 104). 76-HECTOR VELAZQUEZ, RHP 6-0 0 SV 2.68 ERA vs. ALL:.305 (53-174), 4 HR vs. RHB:.317 (33-104), 0 HR vs. LHB:.286 (20-70), 4 HR WHIP: 1.44 Finished Sunday night s game at NYY (1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, HR-Hicks, BB, 24 pitches); was his 24th appearance of the season (22nd in relief). Is 4-0 with a 2.40 ERA (8 ER/30.0 IP) over his last 20 appearances, all in relief since 4/20...Has thrown more than 1.0 inning in 10 of his 22 relief appearances. Ranks T-6th among all AL relievers in wins (4). In 22 relief appearances this year: 4-0, 2.73 ERA (10 ER, 33.0 IP), 8 BB, 18 SO...Made 2 starts for BOS this April: 2-0, 2.53 ERA, 3 ER/10.2 IP, 2 BB, 10 SO. 67-BRANDON WORKMAN, RHP 0-0 0 SV 0.82 ERA vs. ALL:.135 (5-37), 0 HR vs. RHB:.174 (4-23), 0 HR vs. LHB:.071 (1-14), 0 HR WHIP: 0.82 Threw a perfect 7th inning in Sunday s loss at NYY (11 pitches); his 11th appearance of the year and 3rd straight without a hit allowed (10 BF, 1 BB, 3 SO). 10 of his 11 appearances for BOS this season have been scoreless...began his 1st ML stint of 2018 with 6 straight scoreless appearances (6.1 IP, 3 H, BB, 7 SO). Has allowed only 1 hit in 8 at-bats (.125 AVG) with RISP for BOS this season. Recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on 6/5 for his 1st ML stint of 2018...In 15 games for Pawtucket this year: 2-1, 1 SV, 4.18 ERA, 5 BB, 30 SO. 2018 VS. WSH CAREER VS. WSH CAREER AT NATIONALS PARK PLAYER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER Barnes 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 1.0 1 0 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 1.0 1 0 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 1.0 1 0 Cuevas -- / -- / -- / Hembree -- / -- / -- / Johnson -- / -- / -- / Kelly 0-0-0 13.50 1/0 0.2 1 1 0-0-0 4.15 5/0 4.1 4 2 0-0-0 3.86 3/0 2.1 3 1 Kimbrel 0-0-1 0.00 1/0 1.1 0 0 3-1-24 1.65 44/0 43.2 20 8 0-1-13 2.75 20/0 19.2 7 6 Porcello 1-0-0 3.00 1/1 6.0 7 2 2-0-0 3.21 2/2 14.0 11 5 1-0-0 3.00 1/1 6.0 7 2 Price -- / 1-0-0 3.86 1/1 7.0 6 3 1-0-0 3.86 1/1 7.0 6 3 Rodriguez -- / -- / -- / Sale -- / 0-0-0 3.00 2/0 3.0 1 1 -- / Velazquez -- / -- / -- / Workman -- / -- / -- /
Red Sox Game Notes 2018 REGULAR SEASON DAY-BY-DAY 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 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(12) 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 W10-3 7-1 1st +2.5 PORCELLO (2-0) Faria (0-1) 31,821 2 67,955 9 4/8 D TAMPA BAY W8-7 8-1 1st +2.5 SMITH (1-1) Colome (0-1) KIMBREL (3) 31,979 3 99,934 4/9 OFF DAY 8-1 1st +2.0 10 4/10 N NEW YORK-AL W14-1 9-1 1st +2.0 SALE (1-0) Severino (2-1) 32,357 4 132,291 11 4/11 N NEW YORK-AL L7-10 9-2 1st +2.0 Tanaka (2-1) PRICE (1-1) 32,400 5 164,691 12 4/12 N NEW YORK-AL W6-3 10-2 1st +2.5 PORCELLO (3-0) Gray (1-1) KIMBREL (4) 36,341 6 201,032 13 4/13 N BALTIMORE W7-3 11-2 1st +2.5 RODRIGUEZ (1-0) Tillman (0-3) 32,610 7 233,642 14 4/14 D BALTIMORE W10-3 12-2 1st +3.0 VELÁZQUEZ (2-0) Cobb (0-1) WALDEN (1) 33,584 8 267,226 15 4/15 D BALTIMORE W3-1 13-2 1st +3.5 HEMBREE (2-0) Bundy (0-2) KIMBREL (5) 32,489 9 299,715 4/16 D BALTIMORE 13-2 1st +3.5 PPD (Rain) 16 4/17 N at Anaheim W-10-1 14-2 1st +3.0 PRICE (2-1) Ohtani (2-1) 44,822* 7 153,227 17 4/18 N at Anaheim W9-0 15-2 1st +3.0 PORCELLO (4-0) Skaggs (2-1) 34,508 8 187,735 18 4/19 N at Anaheim W8-2 16-2 1st +4.0 RODRIGUEZ (2-0) Tropeano (1-1) 36,253 9 223,988 19 4/20 N at Oakland W7-3 17-2 1st +4.0 VELÁZQUEZ (3-0) Graveman (0-4) 23,473 10 247,461 20 4/21 N at Oakland L0-3 17-3 1st +4.0 Manaea (3-2) SALE (1-1) 25,746 11 273,207 21 4/22 D at Oakland L1-4 17-4 1st +4.0 Treinen (1-1) PRICE (2-2) 29,804 12 303,011 4/23 Off Day 17-4 1st +4.0 22 4/24 N at Toronto L3-4(10) 17-5 1st +3.0 Clippard (3-0) KIMBREL (0-1) 20,070 13 323,081 23 4/25 N at Toronto W4-3 18-5 1st +4.0 RODRIGUEZ (3-0) Barnes (1-1) KIMBREL (6) 18,914 14 341,995 24 4/26 N at Toronto W5-4 19-5 1st +4.0 SALE (2-1) Estrada (2-2) KIMBREL (7) 23,571 15 365,566 25 4/27 N TAMPA BAY L3-4 19-6 1st +3.0 Snell (4-1) POMERANZ (0-1) Colomé (5) 32,620 10 332,335 26 4/28 D TAMPA BAY L6-12 19-7 1st +2.0 Yarbrough (1-1) PRICE (2-3) 35,795 11 368,130 27 4/29 D TAMPA BAY W4-3 20-7 1st +2.0 KIMBREL (1-0) Colomé (2-3) 32,888 12 401,018 28 4/30 N KANSAS CITY W10-6 21-7 1st +3.0 VELÁZQUEZ (4-0) Hammel (0-3) 31,314 13 432,332 29 5/1 N KANSAS CITY L6-7(13) 21-8 1st +2.0 Herrera (1-0) JOHNSON (1-1) Flynn (1) 34,466 14 466,798 30 5/2 D KANSAS CITY W5-4 22-8 1st +2.0 POMERANZ (1-1) Duffy (0-4) KIMBREL (8) 32,267 15 499,065 31 5/3 N at Texas L5-11 22-9 1st +1.0 Minor (3-1) PRICE (2-4) 22,348 16 387,914 32 5/4 N at Texas W5-1 23-9 1st +1.0 PORCELLO (5-0) Colon (1-1) 31,404 17 419,318 33 5/5 N at Texas W6-5 24-9 1st +1.0 KELLY (1-0) Kela (2-2) KIMBREL (9) 35,728 18 455,046 34 5/6 D at Texas W6-1 25-9 1st +1.0 SALE (3-1) Fister (1-3) 28,360 19 483,406 5/7 Off Day 25-9 1st +1.0 35 5/8 N at New York-AL L2-3 25-10 T-1st -- Robertson (3-1) HEMBREE (2-1) Chapman (8) 45,773 20 529,179 36 5/9 N at New York-AL L6-9 25-11 2nd -1.0 Holder (1-1) BARNES (0-1) Chapman (9) 47,088* 21 576,267 37 5/10 N at New York-AL W5-4 26-11 T-1st -- KELLY (2-0) Betances (1-2) KIMBREL (10) 46,899* 22 623,166 38 5/11 N at Toronto L3-5(12) 26-12 T-1st -- Gaviglio (1-0) JOHNSON (1-2) 28,695 23 651,861 39 5/12 D at Toronto W5-2 27-12 T-1st -- PRICE (3-4) Estrada (2-3) KIMBREL (11) 37,588 24 689,449 40 5/13 D at Toronto W5-3 28-12 T-1st -- VELÁZQUEZ (5-0) Biagini (0-2) KELLY (2) 37,888 25 727,337 41 5/14 N OAKLAND L5-6 28-13 2nd -0.5 Manaea (5-4) PORCELLO (5-1) Treinen (7) 35,249 16 534.314 42 5/15 N OAKLAND L3-5 28-14 2nd -1.0 Mengden (3-4) RODRIGUEZ (3-1) Treinen (8) 34,906 17 569,220 43 5/16 N OAKLAND W6-4 29-14 2nd -0.5 SALE (4-1) Cahill (1-2) KIMBREL (12) 34,947 18 604,167 44 5/17 N BALTIMORE W6-2 30-14 2nd -- PRICE (4-4) Gausman (3-3) 36,615 19 640,782 45 5/18 N BALTIMORE L4-7 30-15 2nd -- Cobb (1-5) POMERANZ (1-2) Brach (6) 34,935 20 675,717 46 5/19 N BALTIMORE W6-3 31-15 2nd -- PORCELLO (6-1) Bundy (2-6) KIMBREL (13) 34,195 21 709,912 47 5/20 D BALTIMORE W5-0 32-15 2nd -- RODRIGUEZ (4-1) Hess (1-1) 35,550 22 745,462 5/21 OFF DAY 32-15 2nd -0.5 48 5/22 N at Tampa Bay W4-2 33-15 2nd +0.5 SALE (5-1) Faria (3-3) KIMBREL (14) 10,642 26 737,979 49 5/23 N at Tampa Bay W4-1 34-15 1st +1.5 KELLY (3-0) Colome (2-5) KIMBREL (15) 10,194 27 748,173 50 5/24 N at Tampa Bay L3-6 34-16 1st +1.0 Snell (6-3) PORCELLO (6-2) Colome (11) 12,468 28 760,641 51 5/25 N ATLANTA W6-2 35-16 1st +1.0 RODRIGUEZ (5-1) Teheran (4-2) 37,008* 23 782,470 52 5/26 D ATLANTA W8-6 36-16 1st +2.0 WRIGHT (1-0) Freeman (1-2) KIMBREL (16) 36,510* 24 818,980 53 5/27 D ATLANTA L1-7 36-17 1st +1.0 Foltynewicz (4-3) SALE (5-2) 36,543* 25 855,523 54 5/28 D TORONTO W8-3 37-17 1st +2.0 PRICE (5-4) Sanchez (2-5) 34,700 26 890,223 55 5/29 N TORONTO W8-3 38-17 1st +2.0 PORCELLO (7-2) Estrada (2-6) KIMBREL (17) 33,380 27 923,603 56 5/30 D TORONTO W6-4 39-17 1st +2.0 RODRIGUEZ (6-1) Gaviglio (2-1) KIMBREL (18) 33,451 28 957,054 57 5/31 N at Houston L2-4 39-18 1st +1.5 McCullers (7-3) POMERANZ (1-3) Giles (10) 30,658 29 791,299 58 6/1 N at Houston L3-7 39-19 2nd +0.5 Cole (6-1) SALE (5-3) 37,244 30 828,543 59 6/2 N at Houston W5-4 40-19 2nd +0.5 PRICE (6-4) Harris (1-3) KIMBREL (19) 38,640 31 867,183 60 6/3 N at Houston W9-3 41-19 2nd +1.0 PORCELLO (8-2) Morton (7-1) 33,431 32 900,614 6/4 Off Day 41-19 1st +1.0 61 6/5 N DETROIT W6-0 42-19 1st +1.0 WRIGHT (2-0) Lewicki (0-1) 34,762 29 991,816 62 6/6 N DETROIT W7-1 43-19 1st +1.0 RODRIGUEZ (7-1) Hardy (2-1) 35,182 30 1,026,998 63 6/7 N DETROIT L2-7 43-20 2nd +0.5 Boyd (4-4) BEEKS (0-1) 36,556 31 1,063,554 64 6/8 N CHICAGO-AL L0-1 43-21 2nd -0.5 Covey (2-1 SALE (5-4) Soria (7) 36,593 32 1,100,147 65 6/9 D CHICAGO-AL W4-2 44-21 2nd -0.5 PRICE (7-4) Rodón (0-1) KIMBREL (20) 36,675* 33 1,136,822 66 6/10 D CHICAGO-AL L2-5 44-22 2nd -0.5 Lopez (2-4) PORCELLO (8-3) Soria (8) 36,998* 34 1,173,820 67 6/11 N at Baltimore W2-0(12) 45-22 2nd -- HEMBREE (3-1) Givens (0-3) KIMBREL (21) 15,934 33 916,548 68 6/12 N at Baltimore W6-4 46-22 2nd -- RODRIGUEZ (8-1) Hess (2-3) 21,837 34 938,385 69 6/13 D at Baltimore W5-1 47-22 2nd +1.0 SALE (6-4) Ramirez (0-1) 17,217 35 955,602 70 6/14 N at Seattle W2-1 48-22 2nd +1.0 PRICE (8-4) Hernández (6-6) KIMBREL (22) 30,479 36 986,081 71 6/15 N at Seattle L6-7 48-23 2nd -- Cook (1-0) BARNES (0-2) Díaz (26) 44,459 37 1,030,540 72 6/16 N at Seattle L0-1 48-24 2nd -1.0 LeBlanc (3-0) WRIGHT (2-1) Díaz (27) 44,151 38 1,074,691 73 6/17 D at Seattle W9-3 49-24 2nd -- RODRIGUEZ (9-1) Leake (7-4) 46,462* 39 1,121,153 6/18 Off Day 49-24 2nd -- 74 6/19 N at Minnesota L2-6 49-25 2nd -1.0 Duke (3-2) SCOTT (0-1) 28,550 40 1,149,703 75 6/20 N at Minnesota L1-4 49-26 2nd -2.0 Lynn (5-5) PRICE (8-5) Rodney (16) 33,153 41 1,182,856 76 6/21 D at Minnesota W9-2 50-26 2nd -2.0 PORCELLO (9-3) Gibson (2-5) 32,631 42 1,215,487 77 6/22 N SEATTLE W14-10 51-26 2nd -1.0 BARNES (1-2) Nicasio (1-4) 37,342* 35 1,211,162 78 6/23 N SEATTLE L2-7 51-27 2nd -1.0 Leake (7-5) RODRIGUEZ (9-2) 36,051 36 1,247,213 79 6/24 D SEATTLE W5-0 52-27 2nd -- SALE (7-4) Gonzales (7-5) 36,274* 37 1,283,487 6/25 OFF DAY 52-27 2nd -0.5 80 6/26 N ANAHEIM W9-1 53-27 2nd -0.5 PRICE (9-5) Lamb (0-1) 37,366* 38 1,320,853 81 6/27 N ANAHEIM W9-6 54-27 T-1st +0.5 BARNES (2-2) Álvarez (3-3) KIMBREL (23) 37,521* 39 1,358,374 82 6/28 N ANAHEIM W4-2 55-27 1st +1.0 VELÁZQUEZ (6-0) Barria (5-4) KIMBREL (24) 36,992* 40 1,395,366 83 6/29 N at New York-AL L1-8 55-28 2nd -- Sabathia (5-3) RODRIGUEZ (9-3) 47,120* 43 1,262,607 84 6/30 N at New York-AL W11-0 56-28 1st +1.0 SALE (8-4) Gray (5-6) 47,125* 44 1,309,732 85 7/1 N at New York-AL L1-11 56-29 2nd -- Severino (13-2) PRICE (9-6) 46,795* 45 1,356,527 86 7/2 N at Washington W4-3 57-29 1st +1.0 PORCELLO (10-3) Scherzer (10-5) KIMBREL (25) 39,002* 46 1,395,529 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 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/17 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/18 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/19 ALL-STAR 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 YORK-AL 112 8/3 N NEW YORK-AL 113 8/4 D NEW YORK-AL 114 8/5 N NEW YORK-AL 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 DAY-BY-DAY 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 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 RHP Josh Taylor, completed (5/15)...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 Eduardo 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. April 8 LHP Eduardo Rodriguez activated from 10-day DL...RHP Marcus Walden optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (4/7). April 9 SS Xander Bogaerts placed on 10-day DL. April 10 INF Tzu-Wei Lin recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. April 12 LHP Bobby Poyner placed on 10-day DL...RHP Marcus Walden recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. April 20 LHP Drew Pomeranz activated from 10-day DL...RHP Marcus Walden optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (4/19). April 22 LHP Bobby Poyner activated from 10-day DL and optioned to Triple-A 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 10-day DL...INF/OF Brock Holt placed on 10-day DL. April 28 RHP Steven Wright activated from 10-day 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 Triple-A Pawtucket. May 4 LHP Bobby Poyner recalled from Triple-A 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 Triple-A Pawtucket (5/4). May 8 INF/OF Brock Holt reinstated from 10-day DL and recalled from rehab assignment...inf Tzu-Wei Lin optioned to Pawtucket. May 14 RHP Steven Wright added to active ML roster...rhp Hector Velázquez placed on 10-day DL. May 15 RHP Carson Smith placed on 10-day DL...LHP Bobby Poyner recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. May 24 RHP Hector Velázquez activated from 10-day DL...LHP Bobby Poyner optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (5/23). May 25 2B Dustin Pedroia activated from 10-day DL...1B/DH Hanley Ramirez designated for assignment. June 1 1B/DH Hanley Ramirez released...rf Mookie Betts placed on 10-day DL (retro to 5/29). June 2 2B Dustin Pedroia placed on 10-day DL (retro to 5/30)...1B Sam Travis and LHP Bobby Poyner recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. June 5 LHP Drew Pomeranz placed on 10-day DL (retro to 6/2)...RHP Brandon Workman recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. June 7 LHP Jalen Beeks recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...LHP Bobby Poyner optioned to Pawtucket (6/6). June 8 RHP Justin Haley selected to ML roster from Triple-A Pawtucket...LHP Jalen Beeks optioned to Pawtucket (6/7). June 11 RF Mookie Betts activated from 10-day DL...1B Sam Travis optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket. June 19 LHP Robby Scott recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Justin Haley optioned to Pawtucket. June 23 INF Tzu-Wei Lin recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...LHP Robby Scott optioned to Pawtucket. June 26 RHP Steven Wright placed on 10-day DL (retro to 6/23)...RHP Justin Haley recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. June 28 1B/OF Steve Pearce and cash considerations aquired from Toronto in for minor league INF Santiago Espinal. June 29 1B/OF Steve Pearce added to active ML roster...inf/of Tzu-Wei Lin optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket. July 2 RHP William Cuevas selected to active ML roster...rhp Carson Smith transferred to 60-day DL...RHP Justin Haley optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...Minor league OF Lorenzo Cedrola traded to Cincinnati in for international amateur signing bonus pool space. DISABLED LIST PLAYER INJURY PLACED ON DL (RETRO) REINSTATED GAMES MISSED Drew Pomeranz Left forearm flexor strain March 26 April 20 18 (16-2) Eduardo Rodriguez Recovery from right knee surgery March 26 April 8 8 (7-1) Steven Wright Recovery from left knee surgery March 26 April 28 26 (19-7) Marco Hernandez Left shoulder surgery March 29 --- 86 (57-29) Austin Maddox Right shoulder strain March 29 --- 86 (57-29) Dustin Pedroia Recovery from left knee surgery March 29 May 25 50 (34-16) Tyler Thornburg Recovery from right shoulder surgery March 29 --- 86 (57-29) Xander Bogaerts Left ankle injury April 9 April 27 15 (11-4) Bobby Poyner Left hamstring strain April 12 April 22 9 (8-1) Brock Holt Left hamstring injury April 27 May 8 10 (6-4) Hector Velázquez Low back strain May 14 May 24 9 (6-3) Carson Smith Right shoulder subluxation May 15 --- 45 (29-16) Mookie Betts Left abdominal strain June 1 (May 29) June 11 12 (7-5) Dustin Pedroia Left knee inflamation June 2 (May 30) --- 31 (19-12) Drew Pomeranz Left biceps tendinitis June 5 (June 2) --- 28 (18-10) Steven Wright Left knee inflammation June 26 (June 23) --- 9 (6-3) 2018 Totals 13 Players 16 DL stints 528 Games Missed