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Game #28 of the season
Boston Red Sox (14-13) @ Texas Rangers (11-16)
Pitching Matchup - Garrett Richards vs Mike Foltynewicz
The Rangers opened the scoring in the bottom of the 2nd when Richards left a breaking ball over the plate and Joey Gallo drove it deep to CF and out of the reach of Santana who made a leaping attempt at the wall to give Texas a 1-0 lead. The score remained 1-0 into the 5th inning when Boston would record their first hit off Foltynewicz on a Bobby Dalbec single after Devers walked to lead off the inning. Foltynewicz would escape the inning as Kevin Plawecki flew out standing two runners in scoring position to keep it a 1-0 game. The Rangers had runners at the corners with 1 out in the bottom of the 5th but Richards would bear down and record back to back strikeouts of Jonah Heim and Isiah Kiner-Falefa for his 7th & 8th Ks of the ball game to send the game to the 6th inning with the Rangers leading 1-0. Mike Foltynewicz had allowed just one hit and retired the first two batters in the top of the 6th when JD Martinez jumped on a first pitch fastball and crushed it 425 feet down the LF line for a solo HR to tie the game up 1-1. Richards retired the side in order in the bottom of the 6th and we would go to the 7th inning tied 1-1. Danny Santana had a great at bat with 1 out in the top of the 7th as he just missed a go ahead HR on a ball he lined deep down the RF line but the ball would hook just foul, Santana would foul off three tough pitches with two strikes to work a full count before lining a single into RF to reach base. Bobby Dalbec was up next and Foltynewicz would leave a slider up in the zone on the first pitch to Dalbec who smoked it for a 415 foot 2-run HR to give the Red Sox a 3-1 lead. The Rangers were threatening in the bottom of the 7th as Lowe drew a lead off walk and Calhoun dropped a single into RF to give Texas runners on the corners with nobody out. Richards would come back and freeze Solak on a 96 mph fastball for a big K for the first out. Richards had 2 strikes on Adolis Garcia but could not put him away as he left a slider over the plate and Garcia drove it off the wall in left-center and would wind up at 3rd base with a two run triple as Lowe and Calhoun score to tie the game 3-3. Garrett Whitlock would come in to replace Richards on the mound with the go ahead run 90 feet away for Texas and did a fantastic job to get out of the jam as Heim popped up to Devers and Whitlock would strike out Kiner-Falefa to strand Garcia and send the game to the 8th tied at 3-3. Taylor Hearn and Josh Taylor pitched scoreless frames in the 8th inning and we would go to the 9th inning with the score tied 3-3. Ian Kennedy came on to pitch a 1-2-3 top of the 9th for Texas and the Rangers would come up to bat with a chance to win the game in the bottom of the 9th but Taylor and Hirokazu Sawamura would combine to retire the side and send the game to extra innings. Kennedy retired the first two batters to begin the top of the 10th before Marwin Gonzalez delivered a pinch hit RBI single scoring Santana who was the extra innings runner at second base to give Boston a 4-3 lead. Matt Barnes would come on to pitch for Boston looking to close it out and would get Kiner-Falefa and Holt to hit routine fly ball outs keeping Heim who was the extra innings runner at second base and the Rangers were down to their final out. Barnes would get ahead in the count against David Dahl and struck him out with a fastball up and in to end the game and record the save as the Red Sox grind out a 4-3 victory in 10 innings.
* The Red Sox and Rangers were tied at 3-3 after 9 innings but Marwin Gonzalez would deliver a pinch hit RBI single in the top of the 10th and Matt Barnes would slam the door to record the save and give the Red Sox a 4-3 vitcory
* The Red Sox improve to 15-13 while the Rangers fall to 11-17 on the season
* Bobby Dalbec went 2 for 4 with a his 3rd HR of the season & 2 RBI and JD Martinez hit his 7th HR of the season
* Garrett Richards pitched 6.1 innings allowing 3 runs on 7 hits with 2 walks and 9 Ks for his second strong start in a row lowering his ERA to 5.26
* Mike Foltynewicz pitched well for Texas as he limited the Sox to just one hit throught he first 5 innings and would wind up pitching 6.1 innings allowing 3 runs on 4 hits with 3 walks and 2Ks
* The Red Sox and Rangers will wrap up this 4 game series with Boston looking to take 3 out of 4 and Texas looking to earn a split. Boston will have Nick Pivetta on the mound for the finale against Kolby Allard for Texas
HIGHLIGHTS
Joey Gallo gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead with a solo HR in the 2nd inning
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The Red Sox were being shut down by Foltynewicz until JD Martinez belted a solo HR in the 6th inning to tie the game 1-1
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Bobby Dalbec gave the Red Sox a 3-1 lead with a two run HR in the top of the 7th but Texas would answer in the bottom of the 7th when Adolis Garcia tied the game 3-3 with a two run double off the wall in left-center
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Marwin Gonzalez pinch hit RBI single gave the Red Sox a 4-3 lead in the top of the 10th inning and Matt Barnes records his 7th save striking out David Dahl to end the game
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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="14">Red Sox at Rangers | </td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="37%">May 1, 2021</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 (15-13)</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Texas (11-17)</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="14"><b>W:</b> Hirokazu Sawamura (1-0) <b>L:</b> Ian Kennedy (0-3) <b>S:</b> Matt Barnes (7)</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="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TEX</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Joey Gallo solo HR to CF</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><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%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Bobby Dalbec 2-run HR to LF (Santana 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%">TEX</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Adolis Garcia doubled to LF (Lowe & Calhoun score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">10</td><td width="70%">Marwin Gonzalez singled to CF (Santana scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</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="#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, 2B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.177</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Verdugo, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.237</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Martinez, DH</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">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.260</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.320</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Devers, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.255</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Santana, 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">.278</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Dalbec, 1B</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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.233</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Cordero, LF</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">.271</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Plawecki, C</td><td align="right">2</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">.150</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Gonzalez, PH</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.193</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Vazquez, C</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" class="active">.244</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>HR:</b> Martinez (7), Dalbec (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Dalbec 2 (10), Martinez (15), Gonzalez (5)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Santana, Verdugo</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>Kiner-Falefa, SS</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">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.286</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Holt, 2B</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">.236</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Dahl, LF</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">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.203</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Gallo, 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">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.200</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Lowe, 1B</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">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.212</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Calhoun, DH</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.277</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Solak, 3B</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">.229</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Garcia, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.253</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Heim, C</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">.364</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">15</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> Calhoun (4)<br /><b>3B:</b> Garcia (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Gallo (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Garcia 2 (17), Gallo (9)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Holt, Gallo</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>CS:</b> Heim (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%">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">6.1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">5.26</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Garrett Whitlock</td><td align="right">0.2</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.32</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Josh Taylor</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.53</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hirokazu Sawamura (W, 1-0)</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.89</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Matt Barnes (S, 7)</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">10.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">15</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> Richards - 95 Pitches / 69% 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>Mike Foltynewicz</td><td align="right">6.1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">5.17</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Taylor Hearn</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.35</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ian Kennedy (L, 0-3)</td><td align="right">2.0</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">0.96</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">10.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Foltynewicz - 85 Pitches / 61% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>
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