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Game #86 of Season
Seattle Mariners (40-46) @ Boston Red Sox (51-34)
Pitching Matchup - Yusei Kikuchi vs Chris Sale
The game was scoreless until the top of the 4th when Austin Nolan hit a ground ball to the right side with 2 outs and Mitch Moreland would make the play moving to his right and his flip to Sale covering first base was a wild throw that got past Sale and allowed JP Crawford to score the games first run on the erro to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead. The Red Sox would answer right back in the bottom half of the inning as JD Martinez led off with a solo HR to LF to tie the score 1-1. Chris Sale was pitching a great game for Boston and ended the top of the 6th by ringing up Austin Nolan with a 97 mph fastball on the corner for his 8th K. The Red Sox would take the lead in the bottom of the 6th when Xander Bogaerts and JD Martinez went back to back leading off the inning with Bogaerts hitting a 453 foot bomb to LF and Martinez followed with a 428 foot blast of his own to give Boston a 3-1 lead. Sale recorded two more strikeouts in the top of the 7th running his total to 10 Ks. The Red Sox went quietly in the bottom of the 7th and we would go to the 8th inning with Boston leading 3-1. The Mariners would get a double from Tim Lopes and a single from Mallex Smith to start the top of the 8th and set up runners at the corners with nobody out. JP Crawford would hit a chopper in front of the plate and would be thrown out at 1st base and bring up Dee Gordon with runners on 2nd & 3rd with 1 out. Gordon would beat out an infield single as Lopes scored to make it 3-2. Sale remained in to face one last batter with Kyle Seager coming up and would get him to ground out to Moreland for the 2nd and Sale would exit as Matt Barnes would come in from the pen to face Austin Nola with runners on 2nd & 3rd and 2 outs in a big spot. Barnes would do the job and get a huge strikeout of Nolan to escape the jam and the Red Sox still had a 3-2 lead. Carl Edwards would come in and retire the side in the bottom of the 8th to send the game to the 9th inning with Boston leading 3-2. Brandon Workman came on to pitch the top of the 9th trying to close it out for Boston and would get Murphy to fly out and White to ground out for two quick outs and the Mariners were down to their final out. Dylan Moore would go down swinging on a cut fastball to end it as the Red Sox hang on for a big 3-2 win
* The Red Sox got back to back HR from Bogaerts and Martinez in the 6th inning and the bullpen would hang on to close it out as the Red Sox bounce back with a 3-2 victory
* The Red Sox improve to 52-34 while the Mariners drop to 40-47 on the season
* Chris Sale snaps his 4 game losing skid with an outstanding effort as he throws 7.2 innings allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with2 walks and 10 strikeouts to earn his 10th win of the season improving to 10-4 with a 2.37 ERA
* Yusei Kikuchi pitched 5.1 innings allowing 3 runs on 7 hits with 5 Ks and 1 walk as all 3 Boston runs came on solo HR as Kikuchi takes the loss to fall to 3-9 with a 5.59 ERA
* JD Martinez went 3 for 4 with a double, 2 HR & 2 RBI and is now hitting .315 with 25 HR & 85 RBI
* Xander Bogaerts was 1 for 3 with a HR that traveled 453 feet in the bottom of the 6th and is hitting .303 with 8 HR & 35 RBI
* Tim Lopes went 3 for 3 with a pair of doubles for Seattle
* Brandon Workman slammed the door in the top of the 9th for his 25th save of the season
* The Red Sox and Mariners have split the first two games of this series and will play the rubber match tomorrow as Boston sends Eduardo Rodriguez to the mound against Kendall Graveman for Seattle
HIGHLIGHT - Xander Bogaerts (453 foot) and JD Martinez (428 foot) back to back home runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to turn a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 Boston lead
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<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">Seattle Mariners at Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Jun 30, 2020</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>Seattle (40-47)</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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (52-34)</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">X</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Chris Sale (10-4) <b>L:</b> Yusei Kikuchi (3-9) <b>S:</b> Brandon Workman (25)</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%">SEA</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">SEA</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Austin Nola reached on throwing error by Moreland (Crawford scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">SEA</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Dee Gordon infield single (Lopes scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#001C43" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Seattle Mariners</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>Smith, RF</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">.260</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Crawford, SS</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">.304</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gordon, CF</td><td align="right">3</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.267</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Seager, 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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.249</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Nola, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.241</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Murphy, 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">.292</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>White, 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">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.270</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Moore, 2B</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">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.199</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Lopes, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.240</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Lopes 2 (7)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Gordon (28), Nola (30)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Gordon<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Seager</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>CS:</b> Moore (1)</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>Benintendi, LF</td><td align="right">3</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">.289</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pillar, RF</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">.235</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.303</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martinez, DH</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">.315</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moreland, 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">.295</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chavis, 2B</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">.247</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vazquez, 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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.291</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dalbec, 3B</td><td align="right">3</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">.182</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bradley, CF</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.198</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Martinez (20)<br /><b>HR:</b> Martinez 2 (25), Bogaerts (8)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Martinez 2 (85), Bogaerts (35)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Benintendi</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Moreland (6)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#001C43" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Seattle Mariners</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>Yusei Kikuchi (L, 3-9)</td><td align="right">5.1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right" class="active">5.59</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brandon Brennan </td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5.14</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Carl Edwards Jr</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">4.53</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Kikuchi - 73 Pitches / 63% 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>Chris Sale (W, 10-4)</td><td align="right">7.2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.37</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Barnes (H, 10)</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.84</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brandon Workman (S, 25)</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">2.25</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Sale -111 Pitches / 73% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>
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