TNK - RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #14 of the season
Boston Red Sox (8-5) @ Toronto Blue Jays (
Pitching Matchup - Steven Wright vs Marcus Stroman
The Red Sox struck for a run in the top of the 1st when Hanley Ramirez laced a RBI double over the head of Pillar in CF to give Boston a 1-0 lead. The Sox had a very productive inning despite only scoring one run as Mitch Moreland drew a walk after a great 11 pitch at bat and Stroman was forced to throw 26 pitches in the inning. Pablo Sandoval hit a towering fly ball to RF that just cleared the wall for a solo HR in the top of the 2nd to make it 2-0. Stroman continued to struggle in the top of the 3rd as Betts doubled and Ramirez singled to begin the inning and then Stroman hit Mitch Moreland on the hand to load the bases with nobody out. Moreland was forced to leave the game with an injury to his hand and was replaced by Brock Holt who will take over at 1st base. Dustin Pedroia was up next and he ripped a ball down the 3rd base line past Donaldson for a single to drive in two runs and make it a 4-0 game. Toronto skipped John Gibbons had seen enough and came out to get Stroman who could not record an out in the 3rd inning and made the move to Joe Biagini out of the pen. Biagini did a fantastic job to get out of the inning without further damage as he struck out Bradley and then got Sandoval to hit into an inning ending double play and keep it a 4-0 game. The Blue Jays got on the board in the bottom of the 4th cutting the Sox lead in half as Kevin Pillar and Jose Bautista launched solo a HR to make it a 4-2 ball game after 4 innings. Boston had two men on against Biagini in the top of the 5th but Pablo Sandoval would fly out to end the inning as Biagini has done a great job of stabilizing this game out of the pen for Toronto. Wright left a knuckle ball up to Troy Tulowitzki leading off the bottom of the 5th and Tulowitzki crushed a no doubt HR to LF to make it a one run game at 4-3. The Jays would get two out singles from Travis and Pillar to bring up Josh Donaldson in what could be a pivotal at bat in this game. The Red Sox pitching coach made a mound visit to try and get Wright to focus but it was to no avail as Wright left a knuckler over the plate and Donaldson crushed it 428 feet for a 3-run HR to CF that gave the Blue Jays a 6-4 lead and sent Wright to the showers as Joe Kelly made his way in from the pen and got Bautista to end the inning as the Jays have battled back from a 4-0 deficit to take a 6-4 lead after 5 innings. The Red Sox had a pair of runners on base in the top of the 6th but JP Howell would get Ramirez to ground out to end the inning and keep it a 6-4 game. The Red Sox had runners at the corners with two outs in the top of the 7th for Sandy Leon who was 2 for 3 in the game. Joe Smith would come in from the pen to face Leon and would get out of the inning as Leon hit the ball hard on a line but right at Travis at 2nd base who caught the line drive to end the inning. Joe Kelly continued his solid work out of the pen for Boston as he got through the bottom of the 7th unscathed and we would go to the 8th inning with Toronto leading 6-4. Smith retired the Red Sox in order in the top of the 8th and Kelly would get through the bottom of the 8th as the game would go to the 9th with the Red Sox trailing 6-4. Boston would come up needing two runs in the top of the 9th against Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna who came in looking to close this one out for the Jays. Osuna would retire the side in order to record the save as the Blue Jays win 6-4
* The Red Sox lose a tough one as they jumped out to and early 4-0 lead before Toronto exploded for 6 runs in the 4th & 5th innings on 4 HR off Steven Wright who lost his knuckle ball and the Jays would hand the Red Sox a 6-4 defeat
* The Red Sox offense pounded out 14 hits in the game but left a lot of men on base and it came back to haunt them
* Marcus Stroman came in with a 0.00 ERA through his first two starts of the season but lasted just 57 pitches and was lifted without recording an out in the 3rd inning as the Red Sox tagged him for 4 runs on 8 hits in 2+ innings of work on the mound
* Steven Wright was handed an early 4-0 lead but couldn't hold it as Toronto launched 4 HR off Wright in the 4th & 5th innings and knocked him out of the game. Wright was charged with 6 runs on 8 hits in 4.2 innings of work
* Mitch Moreland was hit on the hand by a pitch and left the game in the 3rd inning. The Red Sox caught a break though as Moreland will only miss a couple days and will not require a DL stint
* The Blue Jays got home runs from Pillar, Bautista, Tulowitzki and Donaldson to produce all of their runs with Donaldson launching a 3-run bomb that turned a 4-3 deficit into a 6-4 lead which was the difference in the game
* The Red Sox were led offensively by Pablo Sandoval who was 2 for 4 with a HR and Hanley Ramirez who went 3 for 5 with a double and 1 RBI.
* The teams will play the second game of this 3 game series tomorrow with a matchup between lefties on the mound as Boston will start Eduardo Rodriguez with Francisco Liriano scheduled to throw for Toronto
<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">Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 18, 2017</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>Boston (8-6)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</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">4</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Toronto (9-4)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</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">6</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Joe Biagini (1-0) <b>L:</b> Steven Wright (1-1) <b>S:</b> Roberto Osuna (4)</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%">BOS</td><td align="right" width="8%">TOR</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Hanley Ramirez doubled to CF (Bogaerts scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Pablo Sandoval solo HR to RF (349 feet)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Dustin Pedroia singled to LF (Betts & Ramirez score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Kevin Pillar solo HR to LF (381 feet)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Jose Bautista solo HR to LF (377 feet)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Troy Tulowitzki solo HR to LF (409 feet)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Josh Donaldson 3-run HR to LF (Travis & Pillar score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</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>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</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">.308</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Benintendi, LF</td><td align="right">3</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">.085</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Betts, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</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">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ramirez, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</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">.288</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moreland, 1B</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Holt, 1B</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pedroia, 2B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.220</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bradley, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</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">.279</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sandoval, 3B</td><td align="right">4</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">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Leon, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</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">.107</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Betts (3), Ramirez (4)<br /><b>HR:</b> Sandoval (2)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Pedroia 2 (4), Ramirez (13), Sandoval (2)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Moreland<br /><b>SAC:</b> Benintendi<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Sandoval</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#043EA4" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Toronto Blue Jays</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>Travis, 2B</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.224</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pillar, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.351</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Donaldson, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</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">.240</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bautista, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</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" class="active">.300</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Morales, DH</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.265</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pearce, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tulowitzki, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</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" class="active">.262</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Smoak, 1B</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">.227</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Martin, 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">.275</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Travis (3)<br /><b>HR:</b> Pillar (2), Bautista (2), Donaldson (4), Tulowitzki (5)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Donaldson 3 (12), Bautista (5), Tulowitzki (11), Pillar (5)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>CS:</b> Pillar (2)</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>Steven Wright (L, 1-1)</td><td align="right">4.2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right" class="active">5.40</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Joe Kelly</td><td align="right">3.1</td><td align="right">3</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">3.12</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Wright - 60 Pitches (75% Stirkes)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#043EA4" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Toronto Blue Jays</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>Marcus Stroman</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">2.40</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Joe Biagini (W, 1-0)</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.42</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ryan Tepera </td><td align="right">0.0</td><td align="right">2</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">9.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>JP Howell (H, 1)</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">5.40</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Aaron Loup (H, 2)</td><td align="right">0.2</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">11.57</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Joe Smith (H, 3)</td><td align="right">1.1</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">7.50</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Roberto Osuna (S, 4)</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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Stroman - 57 Pitches (68% 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