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 (56-29) at WASHINGTON NATIONALS (42-40) Monday, July 2, 2018 7:05 p.m. ET Nationals Park Washington, DC RHP Rick Porcello (9-3, 3.60) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (10-4, 2.04) Game #86 Road Game #46 TV: NESN/ESPN Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox lead MLB with 56 wins... They have won 5 of their last 7 games, and 7 of their last 10. The Sox are 0 games behind the Yankees in the AL East, but NYY is in 1st place due to a higher win %... BOS has played 4 more games than NYY has. This is only the 4th time in the Red Sox 118-year history they have won as many as 56 of their first 85 games, having also done so in 1978 (57-28), 1946 (59-24-2), and 1912 (58-27). HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN MLB (2018) Rank Club Win % (Record) 1. Yankees.667 (54-27) 2. Red Sox.659 (56-29) 3. Astros.640 (55-31) SUMMER OF SALE: Chris Sale has been named AL Pitcher of the Month for June, his 3rd career monthly honor (also May 2012 and June 2015)...In 6 June starts, Sale was 3-2 with a 1.76 ERA, a 0.76 WHIP, a.154 opponent AVG, and a.422 opponent OPS (41.0 IP, 22 H, 8 ER). Sale is the 1st Red Sox to be named Pitcher of the Month since Rick Porcello (September 2016). Sale has a 1.03 ERA in his last 5 starts (4 ER/35.0 IP)... He has allowed 0 runs in his last 15.0 IP, and 0 HR in his last 38.0 IP...He has recorded 10+ SO in each of his last 3 starts, and in 4 of his last 5. 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.622 win % on the road ranks 2nd in MLB. The Sox are 16-11 (.593) 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. NATIONAL AFFAIR: The Red Sox are 37-11 (.771) against the NL since 9/4/15, including 21-5 (.808) since the start of 2017...They have won 15 of their last 17 Interleague games, including 9 of their last 10. At 231-157 (.595), the Sox own the majors highest all-time winning percentage in Interleague play since its inception in 1997...Since 2003, the Sox.653 Interleague win % (186-99) ranks well ahead of the 2nd-best mark in that time (NYY;.596, 174-118). The Sox swept MIA in a 2-game series from 4/2-3, and won 2 of 3 against ATL from 5/25-27. CY OF RELIEF: The 2016 Cy Young Awards were won by tonight s starting pitchers, Rick Porcello (AL) and Max Scherzer (NL)...They were teammates with DET from 2010-14. The Red Sox have won each of their last 10 Interleague games started by Porcello (beginning 7/8/15)...The only longer streaks in Interleague history belong to Justin Verlander (11 straight Tigers wins, 2010-13) and Johan Santana (12 straight Twins wins, 2002-05). ROSTER MOVES: The Red Sox today selected RHP William Cuevas to the 25-man roster from Triple-A Pawtucket...To make room on the 40-man roster, RHP Carson Smith was transferred to the 60-day DL...To make room on the 25-man roster, RHP Justin Haley was optioned to Pawtucket. The Sox today also traded minor league OF Lorenzo Cedrola to the Reds in exchange for international amateur signing bonus pool space. REHAB NEWS: Drew Pomeranz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket tonight...he was placed on the 10-day DL on 6/5 (retro to 6/2) with left biceps tendinitis. RHP Tyler Thornburg has made 18 rehab appearances (1 start) between Pawtucket (15 G) and Double-A Portland (3 G), posting a 4.96 ERA (16.1 IP, 15 H, 9 ER, 8 BB, 15 SO)...Thornburg has been recovering from right shoulder surgery performed on 6/16/17. RUNNIN RED SOX: The Red Sox lead the majors in steals and stolen base success rate (83.3%, 65-for-78)...They are 8 for their last 8, and 39 for their last 45 (86.7%). 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. ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox lead the majors in runs scored per game (5.16), doubles (180), and XBH (313)... They also rank 2nd in AVG (.267), SLG (.459), OPS (.791). The Sox have recorded 16+ hits in 3 of their last 10 games...in their last 10 games, they have scored 65 runs (6.5 R/G) and hit.309 (110-for-356). The Sox rank 2nd in MLB with 120 HR, the franchise s 3rd-most through 85 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. ALL-STAR UPDATE: MLB today 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 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 PICK YOUR POISON: According to FanGraphs, the Red Sox feature 4 of MLB s top 25 leaders in WAR: Mookie Betts (3rd, 5.0), Chris Sale (10th, 4.0), J.D. Martinez (23rd, 3.0), and Andrew Benintendi (25th, 2.9)...Betts (.673) and Martinez (.634) rank 1st and 2nd in the majors in SLG. LEADING OFF: Mookie Betts has started for the AL in each of the last 2 All-Star Games, in RF (2016) and in CF (2017)...He and Ted Williams are the only Red Sox ever to start multiple All-Star Games prior to turning 25 years old. Betts leads the majors in AVG (.339), SLG (.673), and OPS (1.103)...He also ranks 3rd in OBP (.430) and 4th in at-bats per HR (12.40)...He is the only major leaguer with 20+ HR and 15+ steals. Betts has hit safely in 16 of his last 17 Interleague games, including each of his last 10...In those 17 games, he has hit.411 (30-for-73) with 7 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) and total bases (196)...He ranks 2nd in SLG (.634), 3rd in OPS (1.025), and 6th 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). SANDY LAND: In his last 6 games, Sandy Leon is 8-for- 17 (.471) with 2 HR and 2 2B...He has driven in at least 1 run in each of his last 5 starts, and homered in each of his last 2...Since 5/6, he is 25-for-75 (.333) with 4 HR. Leon ranks 3rd in the majors with a 3.05 catcher s ERA (min. 20 GS). REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN AL East Standing... 2nd, -- Home/Road... 28-12/28-17 Day/Night... 20-5/36-24 March/April/May/June... 2-1/19-6/18-11 June/July... 17-10/0-1 vs. AL East...29-12 vs. AL Central...6-6 vs. AL West...17-10 vs. National League...4-1 vs. RH/LH starter... 44-19/12-10 Leading after 6 innings...45-3 Tied after 6 innings...6-2 Trailing after 6 innings...5-24 Leading after 7 innings...48-4 Tied after 7 innings...7-2 Trailing after 7 innings...1-23 Leading after 8 innings...51-1 Tied after 8 innings...4-1 Trailing after 8 innings...1-27 Red Sox score first...36-4 Opponents score first...20-25 Shutouts...7-3 Scoring less than 3 runs...4-14 Scoring 3 or 4 runs...10-8 Scoring 5 or more runs...42-7 Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR... 46-15/10-14 1-run/2-run games... 13-8/11-4 Walk-offs...1-2 Extra innings (home/road)... 1-1/2-2 Series openers/finales... 16-11/21-6 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 UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Tue., 7/3 at WSH 6:05 p.m. LHP Brian Johnson (1-2, 4.28) RHP Tanner Roark (3-9, 4.10) NESN/MLBN 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...15-12 In Boston...11-4 In Montreal...2-7 In Washington...2-1 MOST TEAM WINS IN MLB, 2016-18 Rk. Club Wins T1. Boston... 242 T1. Chicago-NL... 242 3. Cleveland... 241 4. Houston... 240 5. Los Angeles-NL... 239 UPCOMING MILESTONES Player Stat Andrew Benintendi...100 Career XBH (99) Mookie Betts... 100 Career HR (98) Eduardo Núñez...200 Career XBH (198) Christian Vázquez...100 Career Runs (97) Sandy Leon... 100 Career RBI (98) 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 (64) SB...Benintendi (16) BB...Benintendi (43) AVG (min. 100 AB)...Betts (.339) OBP (min. 100 AB)...Betts (.430) SLG (min. 100 AB)...Betts (.673) OPS (min. 100 AB)...Betts (1.103) Pitching Wins...Porcello/Price/Rodriguez (9) Saves...Kimbrel (24) Appearances... Kelly (36) Starts... Sale (18) ERA (min. 20.0 IP)...Kimbrel (2.16) Innings (reliever)...hembree (35.0) Innings (starter)... Sale (116.0) Strikeouts (reliever)...kimbrel (49) Strikeouts (starter)... Sale (164) Active scoreless streak... Sale (15.0)
TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER Red Sox Game Notes Page 2 22-RICK PORCELLO, RHP 9-3, 3.60 ERA, 17 starts W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG 2018 9-3 3.60 17 17 105.0 95 47 42 10 24 99.236 CAREER 127-102 4.21 295 291 1776.2 1916 917 832 207 405 1273.275 TONIGHT S START: His 9 wins are tied for the 6th-most in the AL this year, and tied for the 9th-most in MLB. In 2017, did not earn his 9th win until 8/30 at TOR...Did not earn his 10th until 9/16 at TB. With a winning decision, would join Max Scherzer (9), Jon Lester (9), and Zack Greinke (9) as the only ML pitchers with 10+ wins in as many as 9 of the last 10 seasons (2009-18). Surrendered 2 ER or fewer in 4 of his last 6 starts (3-1, 3.35 ERA, 14 ER/37.2 IP). Porcello s 3.60 ERA this season would be his 2nd-lowest before the All-Star break...held a 3.39 ERA over 18 starts with DET prior to the 2013 All-Star break (45 ER/119.1 IP). Is among AL leaders in HR/9.0 IP (7th, 0.86), BB/9.0 IP (10th, 2.06), and SO/BB (10th, 4.13). Porcello s 46.7 ground ball percentage is the 12th-highest in the AL this season. Is limiting RHH to a.316 SLG (6 2B, 4 HR), the 6th-lowest mark among AL qualifiers. His 5 starts with 0 BB are tied for the 2nd-most in the AL during 2018 (Kluber-8). Since joining the Red Sox in 2015, Porcello is 48-6 (.889) in 69 starts when he receives 3+ runs of support, with the Red Sox going 57-12 in those games. Last start: Allowed 4 runs over 5.2 IP on 6/27 vs. LAA (ND, 8 H, 2 BB, 5 SO)...Held the Angels to 1 run through his first 5.0 IP. Batting: Holds a.156 career AVG (5-for-32) with 2 RBI...Both RBI came during the 1st ML game in which Porcello hit: 6/12/09 with DET at PIT, 2-for-3 with a pair of singles. VS. THE NATIONALS: Allowed 3 ER over 8.0 IP vs. WSH on 4/13/15 with BOS (W, 4 H, 4 R, BB, 6 SO). Owns a 2-1 record and 2.49 ERA (6 ER/21.2 IP) in 5 career appearances (3 starts) as a visitor in NL East ballparks...has limited opponents to a.208 AVG (16-for-77) in those outings. Is 18-8 with a 4.25 ERA (101 ER/213.2 IP) in 37 career Interleague appearances (35 starts). ON THE ROAD: Is 2-0 with a 2.79 ERA (6 ER/19.1 IP) over his last 3 road starts...limited opponents to a.183 AVG (13-for-71) in those outings, posting a 0.88 WHIP with 19 SO and 4 BB. Is 8-3 with a 3.09 ERA (34 ER/99.0 IP) over his last 16 road starts (beginning 7/3/17 at TEX)...Allowed 3 ER or fewer in 12 of those outings. 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: 2018 7.2, 4/29 vs. TB 9, 5/14 vs. OAK 6, 5/24 at TB 5, 2x, last 5/14 vs. OAK 3, 4x, last 6/10 vs. CWS 9, 2x, last 5/19 vs. BAL 2, 2x, last 6/27 vs. LAA - - 5, 3/31-5/9 1, 3x, last 6/10-2018 4-2, 3.78 ERA, 8 GS 5-1, 3.42 ERA, 9 GS.236 (95-402), 10 HR.234 (40-171), 6 HR.238 (55-231), 4 HR 1.13 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, 6x, last 9/19/16 at BAL 12, 6x, last 7/4/16 vs. TEX 11, 8/25/17 vs. BAL 9, 4/20/13 at LAA 6, 5/29/14 at OAK 13, 9/1/15 vs. NYY 4, 4/14/17 vs. TB 9, last 7/23/17 at LAA 3, last 8/20/14 at TB 8, 5/22/16-7/29/16 7, 5/22-7/1/15 4, last 9/1/15 vs. NYY (13) CAREER 65-50, 4.41 ERA, 145 GS 62-52, 4.02 ERA, 150 G, 146 GS.275 (1916-6979), 207 HR.285 (1053-3700), 117 HR.263 (863-3279), 90 HR 1.31 VS. WSH W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO 2018 0-0 - - - - - - - - - CAREER 1-0 3.38 1 1 8.0 4 3 2 1 6 at WSH 0-0 - - - - - - - - - Held the Twins to 1 hit over 7.0 scoreless IP on 6/21 at MIN (BB, HB, 5 SO)...Retired his final 16 batters faced in order, spanning from the final out of the 2nd inning through the final out of the 7th...Was his 3rd career start with as few as 1 hit allowed: 5/22/11 with DET at PIT (1 hit, 8.0 IP), 8/11/09 with DET at BOS (1 hit, 1.0 IP). Had a 7-decision winning streak from 9/16/17 to 5/4/18, the 2nd-longest of his career...trails only his career-long 8-decision stretch from 5/22-7/29/16. Earned the win in each of his first 4 starts (3/31-4/18) and 5 straight including his final start of 2017 (9/27)...Marked his longest streak of wins in consecutive starts since a 6-start stretch from 6/28-7/29/16...Was the 1st Red Sox to win his first 4+ starts of a season since winning his first 5 in 2016. Held opponents to just 5 hits in each of his 3 outings from 5/29-6/10 (.211 AVG, 15-for-71)...Marks his longest streak of starts with 5 hits or fewer allowed since 2013 with DET (4/27-5/17). 2018 REGULAR SEASON GAME LOG DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 3/31 W3-2 at TB W 3-0 5.1 6 1 1 1 4 0 89/61 Held TB scoreless through 5.0 IP 4/7 W10-3 TB W 10-3 7.1 6 3 3 0 7 0 94/66 Retired 17 straight Rays from the 2nd inning to the 7th 4/12 W6-3 NYY W 6-0 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 99/69 Carried a no-hitter through 6.0 IP 4/18 W9-0 at LAA W 7-0 6.0 6 0 0 0 6 0 101/71 1st back-to-back scoreless starts since 2016 (2, 4/25-30) 4/24 L3-4 at TOR - 1-3 7.0 3 3 3 3 9 0 103/65 9+ SO for the 1st time since 4/26/17 (also 9) 4/29 W4-3 TB - 3-3 7.2 7 3 3 0 6 1 116/82 Longest start with 0 BB since 7/8/17 at TB (8.0 IP) 5/4 W5-1 at TEX W 4-1 6.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 96/61 Career-long 6th consecutive winning decision on the road 5/9 L6-9 at NYY - 4-5 5.1 8 5 5 3 3 0 91/51 Season-high 5 R and 8 H 5/14 L5-6 OAK L 3-5 6.0 9 5 5 0 5 2 108/69 1st loss of 2018, snapping 7-decision winning streak 5/19 W6-3 BAL W 4-3 6.0 6 3 3 3 9 1 107/67 Season-high-tying 9 SO (also 4/24 at TOR) 5/24 L3-6 at TB L 0-6 3.2 8 6 4 2 2 0 92/54 Shortest start since 7/29/15 with BOS vs. CWS (2.0 IP) 5/29 W8-3 TOR W 5-3 6.2 5 3 2 2 5 1 96/66 Allowed 1 ER on 3 H through 6.0 IP (2 R, ER in 7th) 6/3 W9-3 at HOU W 6-3 6.1 5 3 2 2 5 1 88/54 After a leadoff HR in the 1st, surrendered just 1 R over 6.1 IP 6/10 L2-5 CWS L 1-3 6.0 5 3 2 3 5 0 105/66 Allowed 1+ UER in his 4th consecutive start (5 total) 6/15 L6-7 at SEA - 4-6 6.0 7 4 4 1 9 1 100/70 Season-high-tying 9 SO (3rd time) 6/21 W9-2 at MIN W 8-0 7.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 97/65 3rd career start with 1 hit (last: 5/22/11 with DET at PIT, 8.0 IP) 6/27 W9-6 LAA - 6-4 5.2 8 4 4 2 5 2 104/66 Held LAA to 1 run through 5.0 IP NATIONALS CAREER VS. PORCELLO PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Difo - 0 0 0 0 Eaton.385 13 5 1 2 Goodwin - 0 0 0 0 Harper.000 4 0 0 0 Kieboom - 0 0 0 0 Murphy.500 6 3 0 3 Rendon - 0 0 0 0 Reynolds.250 16 4 1 2 Severino - 0 0 0 0 Soto - 0 0 0 0 Taylor.000 4 0 0 0 Turner - 0 0 0 0 RED SOX CAREER vs. SCHERZER PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Benintendi - 0 0 0 0 Betts - 0 0 0 0 Bogaerts.167 6 1 0 0 Bradley Jr..250 4 1 0 1 Devers - 0 0 0 0 Holt.250 4 1 0 0 Leon - 0 0 0 0 Martinez.286 7 2 2 4 Moreland.286 14 4 1 2 Núñez.167 6 1 0 0 Pearce.222 9 2 1 2 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 17 11 77/105.0 6.60 11-6 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 61-BRIAN JOHNSON, LHP TOMORROW S STARTING PITCHER 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 TOMORROW S START: Allowed 1 run over 4.0 IP in his start on 6/28 vs. LAA (ND, 3 H, BB, 2 SO)...Surrendered just 1 run over 6.0 IP in his only start of 2018 (4/2 at MIA). 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). LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 6/7 DET - 4.0 3 1 1 0 5 6/11 at BAL - 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 6/20 at MIN - 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 6/22 SEA - 2.2 4 0 0 0 3 6/28 LAA - 4.0 3 1 1 1 2 2.19 ERA 0-0 12.1 11 3 3 3 12
Red Sox Game Notes BATTING NOTES Page 3 16 - ANDREW BENINTENDI, OF.284 AVG 13 HR 53 RBI.367 OBP.505 SLG vs. RHP: 73-239 (.305), 10 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, SB HOMESTAND: 5-24, 4 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (3-12, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 3 SB) 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) Stole a base for the 3rd straight game last night, 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 31 career Interleague games, has hit.315/.403/.514/.916, going 35-for-111 with 21 runs, 5 2B, 3B, HR, and 24 RBI. Has 20 RBI in his last 32 games, 35 in his last 46, and 53 this season (T-11th in the AL)...Has 7 go-ahead RBI this season, 6 of which have been game-winners. Is 51-for-164 (.311) with 9 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, and 32 RBI in his last 43 games...in his last 60, is batting.306 (72-for-235) with 44 R, 16 2B, 3 3B, 12 HR, and 40 RBI. Ranks 6th in the AL with a.366 AVG and a 1.118 OPS with RISP...His.355 career AVG with RISP (81-for-228) is the highest since at least 1974 (min. 200 AB). 50 - MOOKIE BETTS, OF.339 AVG 20 HR 41 RBI.430 OBP.673 SLG vs. RHP: 60-183 (.328), 13 HR YESTERDAY: 0-2, BB HOMESTAND: 4-17, 5 R, HR, 2 RBI, 6 BB, SF CURRENT STREAK: 0-3 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) Has reached in 25 of his last 52 PA (.481 OBP), going 13-for-39 (.333) with 11 BB...Reached base 4 times Saturday, hitting his 21st 2B and scoring twice. Leads MLB with a.339 AVG,.673 SLG, and 1.103 OPS...Ranks 3rd in OBP (.430) and 4th in AB/HR (12.40). Despite missing 14 games (5/27-6/10), ranks among AL leaders with 64 runs (3rd), 20 HR (T-8th), 42 XBH (T-8th), 15 SB (T-7th), and 167 TB (8th). Has hit in his last 10 Interleague games (.400/16-for-40, 4 HR)...Has 7 HR in his last 17 Interleague games, batting.411/.457/.836/1.292 (10 2B, 19 R, 23 RBI). Ranks among active hitters in Interleague games (min. 250 AB) with a.332 AVG (2nd),.584 SLG (4th), and.961 OPS (3rd). Extended his franchise record with his 15th career leadoff HR Tuesday vs. LAA, his 4th of 2018 (last 4/25 at TOR). Has 7 game-winning HR this season, trailing only J.D. Martinez (8)...Has 7 HR in his last 25 games and 20 this season (T-9th in the majors). Ranks 6th in the majors with a.618 road slugging percentage and 4th with a 1.025 OPS on the road...12 of his 20 HR have come in away games. This season, became the 4th Red Sox player to reach 20 HR 3 times before turning 26, joining Tony Conigliaro, Jim Rice, and Ted Williams. Is batting.328 vs RHP,.369 vs. LHP,.375 at home,.316 on the road,.316 with RISP,.414 with 2 outs,.385 with RISP and 2 outs, and.317 with 2 strikes. 2 - XANDER BOGAERTS, SS.274 AVG 12 HR 44 RBI.334 OBP.496 SLG vs. RHP: 58-205 (.283), 11 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3 HOMESTAND: 5-18, R, 4 2B, RBI, 4 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-6 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 12 games...leads the team with 23 2B this season (T-8th in the AL). Has doubled in 6 of his last 10 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.496 SLG and.831 OPS are both career highs...has 12 HR in 266 AB this season (22.17 AB/HR) after averaging 47.41 AB/HR through his fi rst 5 ML seasons. Has 35 XBH in just 67 games this year after tallying 48 XBH in 148 games in 2017...Has reached base safely in 38 of his last 43 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.198 AVG 6 HR 23 RBI.290 OBP.326 SLG vs. RHP: 38-182 (.209), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 0-2, BB HOMESTAND: 8-17, 3 R, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-4 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 base in 11 of his last 12 games...in his last 16 Interleague games, has hit.306 (15-for-49) with a.991 OPS (3 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI). 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). Hit 2 HR over the Red Sox series vs. LAA, including a 2-run shot Thursday...Is 9-for-23 (.391) with 4 R, 2B, 2 HR, and 6 RBI over his last 7 games. Has 4 RBI hits in his last 6 games, including 3 on Tuesday vs. LAA...Drove in a season-high 4 runs 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 51-24 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.248 AVG 14 HR 47 RBI.291 OBP.441 SLG vs. RHP: 57-225 (.253), 11 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4, RBI HOMESTAND: 8-22, 6 R, 3 2B, HR, 5 RBI, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-4 vs. LHP: 21-90 (.233), 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 13 games and 19 in his last 20...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 in June, all in his last 20 games...has 3 such RBI in his last 5 games, and 6 in his last 12. Is 9-for-20 (.450) with 2 2B and 2 HR in his last 5 games...in his last 24 games, is batting.305 (29-for-95) with 16 R, 8 2B, 5 HR, 19 RBI, and a.547 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 37 17 10 0 0 27 8 4 1 0 0 13 Betts 6/26/18 vs. LAA Lamb 19 18 6 2 0 26 4 4 2 0 0 10 Bogaerts 6/17/18 at SEA Bradford 45 12 6 0 0 18 6 3 1 0 1 11 Bradley Jr. 6/28/18 vs. LAA Ramirez 7 3 4 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 5 Devers 7/1/18 at NYY Gray 8 13 6 0 1 20 8 1 2 0 0 11 Holt 4/17/18 at LAA Bard 117 8 2 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 Leon 7/1/18 at NYY Gallegos 1 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 21 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 10 11 1 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 2017 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 - 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Betts - 0 0 0 0.286 14 4 1 6-0 0 0 0 Bogaerts - 0 0 0 0.286 7 2 0 1-0 0 0 0 Bradley Jr. - 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Devers - 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Holt - 0 0 0 0.375 8 3 0 2-0 0 0 0 Leon - 0 0 0 0.429 7 3 0 2.220 50 11 0 2 Martinez - 0 0 0 0.143 49 7 2 5.167 36 6 2 5 Moreland - 0 0 0 0.250 8 2 0 1.250 8 2 0 1 Núñez.222 9 2 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 - 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0
Red Sox Game Notes BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) Page 4 612- BROCK HOLT, OF/INF.290 AVG 1 HR 19 RBI.367 OBP.407 SLG vs. RHP: 33-124 (.266), 1 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 HOMESTAND: 3-12, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-4 vs. LHP: 9-21 (.429), 0 HR NYY SERIES: 1-5, RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (4/14-26) Entered Saturday s game and singled in a run, his 2nd straight game with an RBI...Is batting.417 (5-for-12) as a sub this season. Has reached 17 times over his last 13 games (11-for-41, 5 BB, HBP)...Over his last 43 games, is batting.318 (41-for-129) with 14 R, 12 2B, 3B, HR, and 18 RBI. His.290/.367/.407 batting line represents all career highs...has 12 RBI in his last 26 games and 19 in 50 games this season after driving in 7 in 64 games last year. Is batting.313/.363/.570/.833 on the road this season, with 10 of his 14 XBH and 13 of his 19 RBI...Has reached base in 19 of 21 starts on the road. 3 - SANDY LEON, C.261 AVG 4 HR 16 RBI.303 OBP.423 SLG vs. RHP: 21-81 (.259), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 1-1, R, 2B HOMESTAND: 2-6, R, HR, 4 RBI, SF CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (5-9, 4 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI) vs. LHP: 8-30 (.267), 1 HR NYY SERIES: 3-5, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G (5/14-24) Hit a pinch-hit 2B in his only AB last night, his 4th XBH in his last 3 games...is 25-for-75 (.333) with 13 R, 6 2B, 4 HR, 14 RBI, and a.573 SLG in his last 24 games. Homered in 2 straight games on 6/27 vs. LAA and 6/30 at NYY...Marks his 3rd career pair of consecutive games with a HR (also 8/17-18/16, 5/6-7/17). Is 8-for-17 (.471) with 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI and a 1.441 OPS over his last 6 games...drove in a run in a career-long 5 straight games (6/19-30; 8 RBI). 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 3.05 catcher s ERA in 277.0 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: 0-3, BB 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) Drove in 3 runs Saturday in his ML-leading 21st multi-rbi game, his 3rd game with 3+ RBI in his last 9 contests...leads MLB with 25 HR, 67 RBI, and 196 TB. 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). Trails only Mookie Betts (.673) in SLG (.634) and Betts (1.103) 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 (4th), 58 runs (T-6th),.391 OBP (7th),.634 SLG (2nd), 1.025 OPS (3rd), 45 XBH (4th), and 196 TB (1st). 18 - MITCH MORELAND, 1B.286 AVG 11 HR 40 RBI.353 OBP.536 SLG vs. RHP: 47-165 (.285), 9 HR YESTERDAY: 1-3 HOMESTAND: 7-22, 5 R, 2B, 2 3B, HR, 4 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-3) 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 10 of his last 12 games (.319/15-for-47, 10 R, 2 2B, 2 3B, HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB). Ranks 11th in the AL with a.536 SLG and 12th with an.889 OPS (min. 200 PA)...Is batting.299 (63-for-211) with a.929 OPS in his last 60 games. Has 7 HR in his last 28 road games, batting.275/.348/.510/.858 (28-for-102)...Is 7-for-21 (.333) in his last 6 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 9 runs in his last 10 contests. Tripled in back-to-back games on 6/22-23 for the 2nd time in 2018...Has more 3B in 67 games this season (4) than he had in 922 career games entering 2018 (3). In 5 Interleague games this season, is batting.333 (5-for-15) with a 2B, 2 3B, HR, 4 RBI, and an.867 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: 0-1 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 inning on Saturday 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: 1-1 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 last night 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.217 AVG 3 HR 12 RBI.255 OBP.308 SLG vs. RHP: 29-146 (.199), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3 HOMESTAND: 6-16, 2 R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 0-6 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 6 games and 7 of his last 16, batting.296 (16-for-54) over that time. Doubled and homered Tuesday in his 8th career game with multiple XBH (last 6/6 vs. DET)...Was his 10th career HR...Has 4 XBH in his last 8 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 6/27 vs. LAA (W, 2-2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 27/34 11/0 0/2 1.2 (6/3 at HOU) 3 (3 times) 67-William Cuevas -- - - - - - - -/- -/- -/- --- --- 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 6/28 vs. LAA (H, 15) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 27/36 19/6 2/4 2.0 (2 times) 3 (5/12 at TOR) 46-Craig Kimbrel 6/28 vs. LAA (SV, 24) 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 23/34 11/4 24/26 1.1 (2 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 275.1 226 99 97 107 290 178/240 (74%) 89/26 27/34 32-MATT BARNES, RHP 2-2 0 SV 2.60 ERA vs. ALL:.156 (19-122), 1 HR vs. RHB:.100 (8-80), 1 HR vs. LHB:.262 (11-42), 0 HR WHIP: 1.07 Earned the win Wednesday night vs. LAA (1.0 IP, BB, 3 SO, 22 pitches); stranded 2 inherited runners to end the 7th inning and got the first 2 outs of the 8th... Was his 34th appearance of the season and his 4th straight scoreless appearance (4.0 IP, 0 hits, BB, 7 SO). Has held RHH hitless in their last 20 at-bats (last RH hit: 6/6 vs. DET - M. Cabrera)...On the season has allowed only 4 hits in 34 AB s (.118 AVG) with RISP. Has made 4 scoreless appearances (4.0 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 28 of 34 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 (15), 5th in opp. AVG (.156), 6th in hits/9.0 IP (4.93), 9th in SO/BF (.338), and 13th in SO (48). 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 today 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 3.38 ERA vs. ALL:.179 (22-123), 2 HR vs. RHB:.246 (17-69), 2 HR vs. LHB:.093 (5-54), 0 HR WHIP: 1.10 Threw the 8th inning of Thursday s win vs. LAA, allowing 1 run in 2 hits and 1 BB (19 pitches); was his 15th hold of the year & his 36th appearance of 2018. Has allowed 5 ER in 3.2 IP over his last 5 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 36 appearances this year are scoreless...since allowing 4 runs in his season debut on 3/29 has gone 3-0, 2.36 ERA, 9 ER, 34.1 IP, 13 BB, 33 SO in 35 G. Leads all BOS relievers in appearances (36)...Among AL relievers, is T-4th in holds (15), 13th in opp. SLG (.276), 15th in opp. OPS (.560) and opp. AVG (.179). Began the year with 13 straight scoreless appearances (12.2 IP) at Fenway Park before allowing runs on Wednesday vs. LAA; has a 4.87 ERA on the road. 46-CRAIG KIMBREL, RHP 1-1 24 SV 2.16 ERA vs. ALL:.142 (16-113), 5 HR vs. RHB:.111 (7-63), 2 HR vs. LHB:.180 (9-50), 3 HR WHIP: 0.87 Struck out 3 & walked 1 Thursday vs. LAA for his 24th SV of the year (19 pitches); his 33rd appearance of the year and 4th straight scoreless outing (4.1 IP). Wednesday night s 1.1 IP SV vs. LAA marked his 12th career multi-inning SV & 1st of 2018; overall has 6 as a Red Sox (his 1st since 6/6/17 at NYY). Among AL relievers this season, ranks 2nd in SV (24), 3rd in opp. AVG (.142), 4th in SO/BF (.386) & SO/9.0 IP (13.23), 5th in SV% (92.3), 6th WHIP (0.87). Since joining the Red Sox in 2016, among AL relievers is 1st in SO/BF (.429) and AVG (.145), 2nd in SO (258), SO/9.0 IP (14.95) & SV (90), 3rd in WHIP (0.86). Has 315 career SV (22nd all time trailing Fernando Rodney - 317) and his 91.0% career conversion rate (346 SVO) is the highest all-time for any closer with 250 or more chances...has 90 career saves as a Red Sox which are 5th most all time (Ellis Kinder is 4th with 91 SV). 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 last 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 last night 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. 2017 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 -- / -- / -- / Cuevas -- / -- / -- / Hembree -- / -- / -- / Johnson -- / -- / -- / Kelly -- / 0-0-0 2.45 4/0 3.2 3 1 0-0-0 0.00 2/0 1.2 2 0 Kimbrel -- / 3-1-23 1.70 43/0 42.1 20 8 0-1-12 2.95 19/0 18.1 7 6 Porcello -- / 1-0-0 3.38 1/1 8.0 4 3 -- / 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 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