TNK - RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #74 of the Season
Baltimore Orioles (38-33) @ Boston Red Sox (41-32)
Pitching Matchup - Miguel Gonzalez vs Eduardo Rodriguez
GAME NOTES:
The Red Sox scored 5 runs in the top of the 3rd to take a 5-0 lead with the big blow coming on a 3-run HR by Pablo Sandoval. Baltimore started chipping away against Eduardo Rodriguez when Jimmy Paredes drove home 2 RBI with a single in the 5th to cut the Sox lead to 5-2. The score remained 5-2 until the top of the 7th when Nolan Reimold and Ryan Flaherty hit back to back solo HRs to start the inning, cutting the Boston lead to 5-4 and ending the day for Rodgriguez as Junichi Tazawa came in from the pen. Tazawa would retire the next 3 batters to hold off the surge from the Orioles and keep Boston on top with a 5-4 lead. Tazawa stayed on the mound for the top of the 8th and retired the side in order as he set down all 6 batters he faced for a big time clutch performance out of the pen to hold the 5-4 lead for Boston. Pablo Sandoval lined a ball down the RF line past the dive of Lough in RF for a triple with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th. Mike Napoli grounded out to Hardy at SS with the infield pulled in for the second out as Sandoval had to hold at 3rd base. Alejandro De Aza would pinch hit for Swihart and flew out to LF to end the inning as the game would go to the 9th with the Red Sox clinging to a 5-4 lead. Red Sox closer Koji Uehara would come on to pitch the 9th with a one run lead and would get the first out before pinch hitter Chris Davis reached on a throwing error by Holt at 2nd base on a tough play up the middle to put the tying run on base with one out. Uehara would get a big strikeout of Flaherty for the second out. Jimmy Paredes had a great at bat with the Orioles down to their final out as he worked a 9 pitch walk to put runners on 1st & 2nd with 2 outs. Koji would settle down and get David Lough to ground out to Bogaerts for the final out as the Red Sox hold on for a nerve wracking 5-4 victory.
* The Red Sox win a tight ball game in the series finale as they avoid being swept with a 5-4 victory for perhaps their biggest win of the season to this point considering the Sox recent struggles with the Orioles hot on their tail
* The Red Sox get a huge win over the Orioles to push their lead in the AL East back to 3 games over the Orioles who could have pulled within 1 game
* Eduardo Rodriguez was pitching well until giving up back to back HR to begin the bottom of the 7th and exited the game throwing 6+ innings and allowing 4 runs on 7 hits with 4 Ks and 2 walks. Rodriguez would would earn the win to improve his record to 3-2 on the season
* Miguel Gonzalez lasted just 4 innings on the mound allowing 5 runs on 8 hits with 3 strikeouts and a walk as he took the loss to drop to 5-4 on the season
* Pablo Sandoval was 2 for 4 with a triple and a 3-run HR. Sandoval is now hitting .265 with 7 HR & 32 RBI in his first season in Boston after signing a big free agent contract in the off season
* Mookie Betts remains hot as he had another 2 hit game as he was 2 for 4 in the game with 2 stolen bases and is now hitting .270 on the season
* Brock Holt got the start for Pedroia at second base and came through with a 3 for 3 game and 1 RBI as his average continues to climb to .254 after a tough start to the season
* Junichi Tazawa turned in a clutch performance as he pitched 2 perfect innings of relief in the 7th & 8th when Baltimore had the momentum to take control of the game back for Boston. Koji Uehara had a heart attack save in the 9th but was able to close it out for his 27th save of the season
* The Red Sox will travel to Tampa Bay to begin a 3 game series with the Rays at Tropicana Field. The Rays are currently 34-40 on the season and are 8 games back in 4th place in the AL East. Boston will have Rick Porcello on the mound versus Alex Colome for Tampa Bay in the opener
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Jun 25, 2015</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baltimore (38-34)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (42-32)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">X</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Eduardo Rodriguez (3-2) <b>L:</b> Miguel Gonzalez (5-4) <b>S:</b> Koji Uehara (27)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">BAL</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Brock Holt sac fly to CF (Bradley scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts grounded out to SS (Betts scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Pablo Sandoval 3-run HR to LF (Ortiz & Ramirez score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Jimmy Paredes singled to CF (Reimold & Flaherty score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Nolan Reimold solo HR to CF</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Ryan Flaherty solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#231f20" colspan="9"><span style="color:#F47D31">Baltimore Orioles</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Lough, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.218</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Machado, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.288</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jones, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.240</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pearce, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.275</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hardy, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.275</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Wieters, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.179</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Reimold, LF</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.389</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Davis (PH)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.261</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Flaherty, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.218</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Paredes, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.242</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Flaherty (3)<br /><b>HR:</b> Reimold (1), Flaherty (7)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Paredes 2 (20), Flaherty (18), Reimold (1)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Paredes</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Betts, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.270</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Holt, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.254</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.217</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ortiz, DH</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.285</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ramirez, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.237</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Sandoval, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.265</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Napoli, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.199</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Swihart, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.233</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">De Aza (PH)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.323</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Leon, C</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.239</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bradley, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.396</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Bradley (2)<br /><b>3B:</b> Sandoval (2)<br /><b>HR:</b> Sandoval (70<br /><b>RBI:</b> Sandoval 3 (32), Bogaerts (22), Holt (17)<br /><b>SF:</b> Holt<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Ramirez</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Betts 2 (22)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Holt (4), Bogaerts (8)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#231f20" colspan="9"><span style="color:#F47D31">Baltimore Orioles</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Miguel Gonzalez (L, 5-4)</td><td align="right">4.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.26</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kevin Gausman</td><td align="right">3.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.80</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brad Brach</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.13</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Gonzalez - 79 Pitches (68% Strikes)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Eduardo Rodriguez (W, 3-2)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">3.43</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Junichi Tazawa (H, 7)</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.45</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Koji Uehara (S, 27)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.20</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Rodriguez - 86 Pitches (70% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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