TNK - Boston Red Sox Franchise
Game #130 of Season
Boston Red Sox (83-46) @ Baltimore Orioles (46-82)
Pitching Matchup - Collin McHugh vs Hector Velazquez
The Red Sox took a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st on a RBI double by Xander Bogaerts. Baltimore would take the lead in the bottom of the 2nd when McHugh hung a slider to Anthony Santander who launched a 2-run HR RF giving the Orioles a 2-1 lead. Boston answered in the top of the 3rd when Rafael Devers absolutely tore the cover off a fastball from Velazquez as he hit the ball with an exit velocity of 102 mph on a line over the wall CF for a solo HR to tie the score 2-2. The Red Sox would take the lead 3-2 in the top of the 4th on the 39th HR of the season from Mitch Moreland. McHugh was pitching well and we would go to the 6th inning with Boston leading 3-2. The Red Sox added to their lead in the top of the 6th against Richard Bleier when Moreland and Vazquez hit back to back doubles to start the inning with Vazquez picking up a RBI to make it 4-2. The Orioles were threatening to have a big inning in the bottom of the 6th as McHugh got into trouble loading the bases for Anthony Santander with nobody out and Santander would line a fastball into the gap for a RBI double that scored two runs to tie the game 4-4. McHugh would get Andrew Velazquez to pop out but Chance Sisco would hit a ball back up the middle with 1 out for a RBI single that gave the Orioles a 6-4 lead. Colten Brewer would replace McHugh on the mound and get out of the inning after the Orioles scored 4 runs in the inning and we would go to the 7th with Baltimore now leading 6-4. Miguel Castro and Brewer pitched scoreless frames in the 7th inning to send the game to the 8th with the Orioles leading 6-4. Tanner Scott was on to pitch the top of the 8th and he would leave a slider up in the zone to Alex Verdugo who belted a 2-run HR to tie the game up 6-6. The Orioles had two men on with 2 outs against Josh Taylor in the bottom of the 8th but Taylor would get a big strikeout of Chris Davis to end the inning and send the game to the 9th inning with the score tied 6-6. Scott remained in the game and retired the Red Sox in order in the top of the 9th to give the Orioles a chance to win the game in the bottom of the 9th. Ryan Brasier came on to pitch the bottom of the 9th for Boston and walked Rio Ruiz to begin the inning. Iglesias bunted Ruiz into scoring position to bring up Hanser Alberto with 1 out but Alberto would pop out for the 2nd out. Trey Mancini would come to the plate with 2 outs and the potential winning run at second base but Brasier would strike him out on a 98 mph fastball to send the game to extra innings. The Red Sox were threatening in the top of the 11th after Pillar doubled to set up runners on 2nd & 3rd with 1 out and Andrew Benintendi would give Boston a 7-6 lead with a RBI sac fly to RF. Brandon Workman would come on to pitch the bottom of the 11th and struck out Rio Ruiz before Jose Iglesias singled with 1 out to put the tying run on base. Workman would come back with a big strikeout of Hanser Alberto and the Orioles were down to their final out. Trey Mancini was up next and he would put up a good fight as he fouled off some tough pitches before Workman locked him up with a filthy curveball for a strikeout to end the game as the Red Sox win in 11 innings 7-6
* The Red Sox were trailing 6-4 in the 8th inning when Alex Verdugo hit a big game tying 2-run HR. The game would go to extra innings where the Red Sox would manufacture a 7-6 lead with Benintendi picking up the RBI with a sac fly and Brandon Workman would record the save to give the Sox a 7-6 victory
* The Red Sox have won 10 out of their last 11 and improve to 84-46 and have moved into a tie with the Yankees for 1st place in the AL East. The Orioles fall to 46-83 on the season
* Collin McHugh pitched 5.1 innings allowing 6 runs on 10 hits with 2 Ks for Boston
* Hector Velazquez allowed 3 runs in 5 innings on 7 hits with 1 K for Baltimore
* Mitch Moreland went 2 for 5 with a double, HR & 1 RBI and is hitting .304 with 39 HR & 97 RBI
* Alex Verdugo went 2 for 5 with a HR & 2 RBI and is now hitting .265 with 6 HR & 35 RBI
* Anthony Santander had a big day for Baltimore going 2 for 5 with a double,, HR & 4 RBI. Santander is now hitting .244 with 13 HR & 47 RBI
* Andrew Benintendi extended his hitting streak to 16 games going 1 for 5 on the day for Boston
* The Red Sox will make a move after the game to get an extra infielder up as some players need rest after playing 27 innings the past two days. Boston will call up INF Tzu-Wei Lin and RP Colten Brewer will get sent down to AAA Pawtucket to make room for Lin on the rost
* The Red Sox have taken 2 out of 3 and they will wrap up this 4 game series with the Orioles tomorrow as Martin Perez gets the start for Boston against Kohl Stewart for Baltimore
<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="14">Red Sox at Orioles | </td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="37%">Aug 22, 2020</td><td align="right" width="4%">1</td><td align="right" width="4%">2</td><td align="right" width="4%">3</td><td align="right" width="4%">4</td><td align="right" width="4%">5</td><td align="right" width="4%">6</td><td align="right" width="4%">7</td><td align="right" width="4%">8</td><td align="right" width="4%">9</td><td align="center" width="15%">Extras</td><td align="right" width="4%">R</td><td align="right" width="4%">H</td><td align="right" width="4%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (84-46)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</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="center">01</td><td align="right" class="active">7</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baltimore (46-83)</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">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">00</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="14"><b>W:</b> Ryan Brasier (7-3) <b>L:</b> Paul Fry (1-4) <b>S:</b> Brandon Workman (38)</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%">BAL</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts doubled to CF (Benintendi 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%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Anthony Santander 2-run HR to RF (Nunez scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Rafael Devers solo HR to CF</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Mitch Moreland solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Christian Vazquez doubled to LF (Moreland scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Anthony Santander doubled to CF (Alberto & Mancini score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Chance Sisco singled to CF (Nunez & Santander score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Alex Verdugo 2-run HR to CF (Vazquez scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">11</td><td width="70%">Andrew Benintendi sac fly to RF (Peraza scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</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>Benintendi, LF</td><td align="right">5</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.267</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.270</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">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" class="active">.294</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martinez, DH</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.311</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moreland, 1B</td><td align="right">5</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">.304</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Vazquez, C</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.270</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Verdugo, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</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="evenrow"><td>Peraza, 2B</td><td align="right">5</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">.232</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pillar, CF</td><td align="right">4</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="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Vazquez 2 (15), Bogaerts (46), Moreland (36), Pillar (19)<br /><b>HR:</b> Moreland (39), Verdugo (6)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Verdugo 2 (35), Moreland (97), Vazquez (41), Devers (78), Benintendi (38), Bogaerts (54)<br /><b>SF:</b> Benintendi</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Devers (10)</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>Iglesias, SS</td><td align="right">5</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">.258</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Alberto, 2B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</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">.289</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mancini, RF</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</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">.294</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Nunez, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</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">.240</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Santander, LF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.244</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Velazquez, CF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</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">.262</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sisco, C</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</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">.253</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Davis, 1B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</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">.209</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ruiz, 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">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.207</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">12</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> Santander (19), Davis (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Santander (13)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Santander 4 (47), Sisco 2 (13)<br /><b>HBP:</b> ALberto<br /><b>SAC:</b> Iglesias<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Alberto, Ruiz</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>CS:</b> Iglesias (5)</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>Collin McHugh</td><td align="right">5.1</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">5.27</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Colten Brewer</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.06</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Josh Taylor</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.99</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ryan Brasier (W, 7-3)</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.84</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brandon Workman (S, 38)</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">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.94</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">11.0</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">12</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> McHugh - 65 Pitches / 74% Strikes</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>Hector Velazquez</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.63</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Richard Bleier</td><td align="right">1.0</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.56</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Miguel Castro (H, 9)</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">4.99</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tanner Scott (BS, 2)</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.31</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Paul Fry (L, 1-4)</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.34</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Velazquez - 71 Pitches / 77% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>
Comment