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Game #51 of the season
Miami Marlins (23-28) @ Boston Red Sox (29-21)
Pitching Matchup - Sixto Sanchez vs Nathan Eovaldi
The Marlins would open the scoring when former Red Sox catcher Sandy Leon got a get me over curveball from Eovaldi on the first pitch of the inning and drove it deep to RF and the ball would bounce off the top of the wall and into the stands for a solo HR to give Miami a 1-0 lead. Sixto Sanchez was overpowering the Red Sox lineup through his first 4 innings of work and we would go to the 5th inning with Miami leading 1-0. The Marlins would load the bases with 1 out in the top of the 5th for Starling Marte who drove in a run with a sac fly to RF to make it 2-0. Eovaldi would limit the damage by getting Duvall to fly out for the 3rd out and the Marlins had a 2-0 lead. The Red Sox were threatening in the bottom of the 6th when Alex Verdugo led off with a single to RF and JD Martinez walked to put two men on with nobody out for Xander Bogaerts who lined a ball into the gap in left-center for a RBI double to cut the deficit to 2-1. Marlins manager Don Mattingly would call for the intentional walk of Rafael Devers to and Miami would take their chances against Hunter Renfroe with the bases loaded and nobody out. Sanchez would try to fool Renfroe with a changeup that stayed up and Renfroe would hook a line drive deep down the LF line off the green monster for a two run double to give Boston a 3-2 lead. John Curtiss took over for Sanchez on the mound and would get an out before Bobby Dalbec made it 4-2 with a sac fly to LF and Christian Arroyo would extend the lead two out RBI single as the Sox explode for 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th and send the game to the 7th inning with Boston now leading 5-2. The Marlins would gt back to back singles from Diaz and Leon to star the top of the 7th and that would be all for Eovaldi who exits and Garrett Whitlock came in from the pen and Jon Berti would drop a blooper into RF for a single to load the bases with nobody out. Whitlock would get Miguel Rojas to ground into a 4-6-3 double play for two big outs as Diaz scores to make it 5-3. Starling Marte would line a ball down the RF line for a RBI double to make it 5-4 but Whitlock would come back to strike out Adam Duvall to end the inning with the 5-4 lead still intact. Ross Detwiller retired the side in order in the bottom of the 7th to send the game to the 8th inning with Boston leading 5-4. Darwinzon Hernandez pitched a scoreless top of the 8th for Boston and the Red Sox would have two men on with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th but Anthony Bass would get Vazquez to ground into an inning ending double play to send the game to the 9th inning with the Red Sox leading 5-4. Matt Barnes came on to try and close it out for Boston and Jorge Alfaro would pinch hit for Leon and go down swinging for the 1st out. Jon Berti would line a single to CF for his 4th hit of the ball game and would steal second base to put the tying run in scoring positio for Miami with 1 out. Barnes would come back to strike out Rojas after a tough battle and the Marlins were down to their final out with Marte coming to the plate. Barnes would make a good pitch as he put a 97 mph fastball low and away to Marte who would pop it up to the right side and Arroyo would make the catch for the final out as the Red Sox win 5-4
* The Red Sox explode for 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th and the bullpen would hang on to slam the door in the late innings and give the Red Sox a 5-4 win
* The Red Sox extend their winning streak to 5 games and improve to 30-21 while the Marlins fall to 23-29 on the season
* This game featured a pair of starting pitchers who were throwing some serious gas as Nathan Eovaldi was sitting 97-98 mph with his fastball and topped out at 99 mph while Sixto Sanchez was routinely hitting 98 mph with his sinker and his fastball hit 100 mph on the radar gun many times. Eovaldi pitched 6+ innings allowing 4 runs on 8 hits with 2 walks and 4 Ks to earn the win and improve to 6-3 with a 2.82 ERA while Sanchez dominated through 5 innings before falling apart in the 6th as he would pitch 5+ innings allowing 5 runs on 7 hits with 2 walks & 2 Ks to take the loss and fall to 5-5 with a 3.30 ERA
* Xander Bogaerts went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles & 1 RBI while Hunter Renfroe went 1 for 3 with a double & 2 RBI to lead the way for Boston offensively
* Matt Barnes incredible start to the season continues as he recorded his 17th save making him 17 for 17 in save opportunities on the season and still has a 0.00 ERA as he has yet to allow a run
* Sandy Leon went 2 for 3 with his 2nd HR of the season for Miami against his former team and Jon Berti had a big day going 4 for 5 for the Marlins raising his average to .350 on the season
* The Red Sox and Marlins will play the 2nd game of this 3 game series tomorrow with Eduardo Rodriguez taking the mound for Boston against Pablo Lopez for Miami
HIGHLIGHTS
Sandy Leon gave Miami a 1-0 lead in the 3rd inning with a solo HR to RF
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The Red Sox explode for 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th to turn a 2-0 deficit into a 5-2 lead with back to back doubles by Bogaerts cutting the deficit to 2-1 and Renfroe giving Boston a 3-2 lead.
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The Marlins came back with a pair of runs in the top of the 7th and Starling Marte would pull Miami within a run at 5-4 with a RBI double
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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">Miami Marlins at Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 28, 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>Miami (23-29)</td><td align="right">0</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (30-21)</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">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Nathan Eovaldi (6-3) <b>L:</b> Sixto Sanchez (5-5) <b>S:</b> Matt Barnes (17)</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%">MIA</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">MIA</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Sandy Leon solo HR to RF </td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">MIA</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Starling Marte sac fly to RF (Diaz sores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6 </td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts doubled to CF (Verdugo scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</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%">Hunter Renfroe doubled to LF (Martinez & Bogaerts score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Bobby Dalbec sac fly to LF (Devers scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Christian Arroyo singled to LF (Renfroe scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">MIA</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Miguel Rojas grounded into double play (Diaz scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">MIA</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Starling Marte doubled to RF (Leon scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</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:#0B7AC5">Miami Marlins</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>Berti, 3B</td><td align="right">5</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="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.350</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rojas, SS</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.238</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Marte, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.211</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Duvall, RF</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">.271</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cooper, 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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.275</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chisholm, 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">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.284</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sanchez, LF</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.500</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Diaz, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</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">.333</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Leon, C</td><td align="right">3</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">.237</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Alfaro, PH</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">9</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> Sanchez (1), Marte (11)<br /><b>HR:</b> Leon (2)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Marte 2 (18), Leon (4)<br /><b>SF:</b> Marte<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Rojas 2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Berti (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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.210</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Verdugo, 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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.248</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Martinez, DH</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.253</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.322</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Devers, 3B</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">.246</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Renfroe, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.287</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vazquez, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.272</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dalbec, 1B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.247</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Arroyo, 2B</td><td align="right">3</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">.253</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</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> Bogaerts 2 (18), Renfroe (8), Arroyo (4)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Renfroe 2 (28), Bogaerts (23), Dalbec (21), Arroyo (8)<br /><b>SF:</b> Dalbec<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Vazquez</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:#0B7AC5">Miami Marlins</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>Sixto Sanchez (L, 5-5)</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.30</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>John Curtiss</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.12</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ross Detwiller</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right"></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">5.74</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Anthony Bass</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.59</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">5</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> Sanchez - 85 Pitches / 60% 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>Nathan Eovaldi (W, 6-3)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">2.82</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Garrett Whitlock (H, 6)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.79</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Darwinzon Hernandez (H, 8)</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">4.08</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Barnes (S, 17)</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">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">9</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> Eovaldi - 95 Pitches / 63% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>
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