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Game #8 of the season
Boston Red Sox (4-3) @ Baltimore Orioles (1-6)
Pitching Matchup - Garrett Richards vs Bruce Zimmerman
The Red Sox would strike first in the top of the 2nd inning when Hunter Renfroe got a fastball low and in from Bruce Zimmerman and absolutely crushed a 437 foot bomb to RF for a 2-run HR giving Boston a 2-0 lead. The Orioles had runners at 2nd & 3rd base with 1 out in the bottom of the 2nd inning and Ryan Mountcastle would pickup a RBI with a ground ball out to get Baltimore on the board and Richards would get a big strikeout of Chance Sisco to strand a runner at 3rd base and end the inning as Boston had a 2-1 lead after two innings. The Red Sox would add a run in the top of the 3rd on a RBI ground out by Rafael Devers to make it 3-1. The Orioles were threatening in the bottom of the 3rd with runners on the corners and 2 outs for DJ Stewart who fell behind 0 & 2 in the count but Richards would hang a breaking ball and Stewart would launch a 3-run HR to CF giving Baltimore a 4-3 lead. The Red Sox answered right back as Hunter Renfroe led off the top of the 4th with his 2nd HR as he launched a solo HR to CF tying the game 4-4. The Orioles would retake the lead int he bottom of the 4th when Chance Sisco turned on a pitch from Richards and hit a 2-run HR to RF putting Baltimore up 6-4 after 4 innings. Zimmerman retired the side in order in the top of the 5th and Richards remained in the game and get through the bottom of the 5th to send the game to the 6th inning with Baltimore leading 6-4. Christian Vazquez doubled to lead off the top of the 6th for Boston and that would be all for Zimmerman as DIllon Tate came in from the pen and retired the next 3 batters stranding Vazquez in scoring position and keeping it a 6-4 game. Darwinzon Hernandez retired the side in order in the bottom of the 6th and we would go to the 7th inning with Baltimore leading 6-4. Tate retired the Red Sox in the top of the 7th and Hernandez struck out the side in the bottom half of the inning to send the game to the 8th inning with the Orioles leading 6-4. Paul Fry came on to pitch the top of the 8th and issued a lead off walk to Bogaerts. Christian Vazquez came up with 1 out and Fry would leave a slider up and over the plate that Vazquez would drive 414 feet into the LF bleachers for a 2-run HR to tie the game at 6-6. Hernandez remained in the game for Boston and pitched his 3rd inning of relief retiring the side in order to send the game to the 9th inning tied at 6-6. Adam Plutko came on to pitch for Baltimore and recorded two quick outs before Verdugo singled to RF to bring up JD Martinez who worked a full count and sliced a sinking liner to RF but Santander made a nice catch on the run to end the inning and we would go to the bottom of the 9th with the Orioles coming to bat with a chance to walk off. Adam Ottavino came on to pitch for Boston and ran a sinker inside that hit Galvis on the foot to put the lead off man on for Baltimore. Ramon Urias was called on to pinch run for Galvis and Chance Sisco would single up the middle with 1 out and Urias would scamper to 3rd base setting up runners at the corners with 1 out and Rio Ruiz stepping in at the plate. Ruiz fouled off several tough pitches from Ottavino with two strikes to stay alive and would get a cut fastball that he was able to lift for a fly ball to RF that was deep enough to score Urias with the winning run as the Orioles beat the Red Sox 7-6
* The Red Sox lose a tough one 7-6 as the Orioles walk off on a sac fly in the bottom of the 9th and the Red Sox fall to 4-4 on the season while the Orioles win their 2nd game to improve to 2-6
* The Red Sox offense has been very inconsistent early on and their still waiting for guys like JD Martinez, Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers to get going. Hunter Renfroe went 2 for 4 with 2 home runs in the game and Christian Vazquez hit a dramatic late game HR for the 2nd straight day
* Garrett Richards paid the price for a couple of mistake pitches that resulted in home runs that put 5 runs on the board. Richards would finish with 5 innings pitched allowing 6 runs on 6 hits with 2 walks and 2 Ks
* The Orioles got home runs from DJ Stewart and Chance Sisco to power the Baltimore offense
* The Red Sox and Orioles have split the first two games of this series and will play the rubber match tomorrow as Nick Pivetta gets the start for Boston against Dean Kremer for Baltimore
HIGHLIGHTS
Hunter Renfroe crushed a 437 foot 2-run HR in the top of the 2nd inning to give Boston a 2-0 lead
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DJ Stewart launched a 3-run HR with 2 outs in the bottom of the 3rd to give the Orioles a 4-3 lead
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Hunter Renfroe tied the game 4-4 with his 2nd HR of the night leading off the top of the 4th
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Chance Sisco launched a 2-run HR to give Baltimore a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the 4th
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Christian Vazquez hits a dramatic late game HR for the second straight day as he launched a game tying two run HR to make it 6-6 in the top of the 8th inning
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Rio Ruiz walk off sacrifice fly gives the Orioles a 7-6 walk off victory in the 9th inning
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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">Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 10, 2021</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 (4-4)</td><td align="right">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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baltimore (2-6)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</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">1</td><td align="right" class="active">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Adam Plutko (1-0) <b>L:</b> Adam Ottavino (1-1)</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%">2</td><td width="70%">Hunter Renfroe 2-run HR to LF (Devers scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</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%">Ryan Mountcastle grounded out to 2nd base (Santander scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Rafael Devers grounded into fielders choice (Verdugo scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">DJ Stewart 3-run HR to CF (Ruiz & Hays score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Hunter Renfroe solo HR to CF</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%">4</td><td width="70%">Chance Sisco 2-run HR to RF (Mountcastle scores)</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%">Christian Vazquez 2-run HR to LF (Bogaerts scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</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>Hernandez, 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">.148</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Verdugo, LF</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">.214</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Martinez, DH</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.133</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">3</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.280</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Devers, 3B</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.241</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Vazquez, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</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">.304</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Renfroe, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</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">.222</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dalbec, 1B</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">.208</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Arroyo, 2B</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">.176</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Martinez (1), Vazquez (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Renfroe 2 (3), Vazquez (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Renfroe 3 (7), Vazquez 2 (4), Devers (3)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Hernandez<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Verdugo</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Verdugo (1)</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>Mullins, 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">.161</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hays, LF</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.267</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mancini, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.125</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Stewart, DH</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">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.200</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Santander, RF</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.233</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Galvis, SS</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.292</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Urias, PR</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Mountcastle, 3B</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.235</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sisco, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.200</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ruiz, 2B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</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> Galvis (2)<br /><b>HR:</b> Stewart (2), Sisco (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Stewart 3 (5), Sisco 2 (2), Mountcastle (3), Ruiz (6)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Galvis<br /><b>SF:</b> Ruiz</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>Garrett Richards</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">5.25</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Darwinzon Hernandez </td><td align="right">3.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Adam Ottavino (L, 1-1)</td><td align="right">0.2</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.70</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Richards - 82 Pitches / 68% 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>Bruce Zimmerman</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">9.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dillon Tate (H, 1)</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.80</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Paul Fry (BS, 1)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</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" class="active">9.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Adam Plutko (W, 1-0)</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.84</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Zimmerman - 77 Pitches / 66% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>
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