TNK - Boston Red Sox Franchise
Game #46 of Season
Boston Red Sox (27-18) @ Texas Rangers (21-23)
Pitching Matchup - Chris Sale vs Jordan Lyles
The Red Sox would strike for a run in the top of the 1st when Xander Bogaerts was hit by a pitch, then stole second base and came in to score on a RBI single by JD Martinez to give Boston a 1-0 lead. The Rangers were threatening with two men on and 1 out in the bottom of the 3rd but Chris Sale would record back to back strikeouts of Calhoun and Gallo to get out of the jam and keep it a 1-0 game. The Red Sox had runners at the corners with 1 out in the top of the 5th and Lyles would get a huge strikeout of Devers for the 2nd out but Xander Bogaerts and JD Martinez would come through with back to back RBI singles to extend the Boston lead to 3-0. Sale would strikeout Elvis Andrus for his 7th K of the game to end the 5th inning and we would go to the 6th with Boston leading 3-0. Sale was getting better as the game progressed and picked up two more Ks in the 6th giving him 9 strikeouts as we moved to the 7th with the Red Sox leading 3-0. Sale recorded his 10th Strikeout of the game with another 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the 7th and the game would head to the 8th inning with Boston up 3-0. Sale picked up 2 more strikeouts and the Rangers would go down in order in the bottom of the 8th as Sale has retired 16 of the last 18 batters he faced to send the game to the 9th inning with the Red Sox still leading 3-0. The Red Sox would add some insurance in the top of the 9th as they had runners at the corners with 1 out and Benintendi would line a RBI single to RF to make it 4-0. Rafael Devers would single to load the bases for Xander Bogaerts who came up to bat with a chance to blow the game wide open. Jesse Chavez came in from the pen and would get a huge K of Bogaerts for the 2nd out. JD Martinez was up next and hit a rocket back up the middle for a RBI single that scored two runs to increase the lead to 6-0. Sale returned to the mound for the bottom of the 9th and Willie Calhoun would take him deep for a solo HR to RF leading off the inning to make it 6-1. Joey Gallo followed with a double off the wall in CF and Matt Barnes would come on to replace Sale. Barnes would get the final 3 outs to finish off a 6-1 Red Sox victory
* The Red Sox get back on track with a 6-1 win behind an outstanding pitching performance by Chris Sale and timely hitting by the offense
* The Red Sox snap their two game skid and have split the first two games of this series with the Rangers as Boston improves to 28-18 and Texas falls to 21-24 on the season
* Chris Sale turns in another stellar performance on the mound for Boston as he throws 8.0 innings allowing 1 run on 6 hits with 12 Ks and 2 walks. Sale is the early season favorit for the AL Cy Young as he improves to 7-0 with a 1.13 ERA on the season.
* Jordan Lyles pitched 5 innings allowing 3 runs on 8 hits with 2 walks and 5 Ks as he took the loss to drop his record to 1-5 with a 8.45 ERA for Texas
* JD Martinez had a big night for Boston going 3 for 5 with 4 RBI raising his average to .256 with 11 HR & 44 RBI
* Willie Calhoun provided the only offense for Texas as he went 1 for 4 with a solo HR in the 9th
* Matt Barnes turned in another scoreless outing out of the pen as he continues turn it around after some early season struggles and lowers his ERA to 5.89
* The Red Sox and Rangers have split the first two games of this 4 game series and will be back in action tomorrow as Eduardo Rodriguez gets the start for Boston against Corey Kluber for Texas
<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 Texas Rangers</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 15, 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>Boston (28-18)</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Texas (21-24)</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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Chris Sale (7-0) <b>L:</b> Jordan Lyles (1-5)</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%">TEX</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez singled to LF (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%">5</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts singled to LF (Bradley scores)</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%">5</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez singled to CF (Benintendi scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">9</td><td width="70%">Andrew Benintendi singled to RF (Vazquez scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">9</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez singled to CF (Bradley & Benintendi score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TEX</td><td align="center" width="7%">9</td><td width="70%">Willie Calhoun solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">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">4</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" class="active">.319</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</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">.288</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.335</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martinez, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.256</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moreland, 1B</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.245</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chavis, 2B</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.238</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vazquez, C</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.300</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Verdugo, RF</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">.240</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bradley, CF</td><td align="right">4</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.219</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">10</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> Bradley (6), Vazquez (5)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Martinez 4 (44), Bogaerts (24), Benintendi (18)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Moreland, Bogaerts<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Vazquez</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Bogaerts (1)<br /><b>CS:</b> Bogaerts (2), Benintendi (7)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#004A8D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Texas Rangers</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>Choo, DH</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.315</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Andrus, SS</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">.337</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Calhoun, LF</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">.247</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Gallo, 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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.238</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Frazier, 1B</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">.168</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Santana, 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">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.324</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Odor, 2B</td><td align="right">2</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">.291</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Solak, 3B</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">.158</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chirinos, C</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.256</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">13</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> Gallo (8), Frazier (6)<br /><b>HR:</b> Calhoun (9)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Calhoun (28)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Odor</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, 7-0)</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">1.13</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Barnes</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">5.89</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">13</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> Sale - 114 Pitches / 68% Strikes</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#004A8D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Texas Rangers</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>Jordan Lyles (L, 1-5)</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">8.45</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Cody Allen</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">6.55</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Joely Rodriguez</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">11.15</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Nick Goody</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">1.24</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brett Martin</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">6.39</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jesse Chavez</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">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.63</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">10</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> Lyles - 81 Pitches / 67% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>
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