TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #1 of Season
Tampa Bay Rays (0-0) @ Boston Red Sox (0-0)
Pitching Matchup - Shane McClanahan vs Nathan Eovaldi
The game was scoreless heading into the 3rd inning as Nathan Eovaldi and Shane McClanahan were sharp early and cruised through the first two innings. The Rays got singles from Kiermaier and Mejia to lead off the top of the 3rd and would load the bases with nobody Wander Franco who picked up a RBI as he grounded into a fielders choice. Randy Arozarena followed with a sac fly to make it 2-0 before Eovaldi struck out Choi to limit the damage and get out of the inning. The Red Sox were threatening in the bottom of the 4th after back to back singles from Martinez and Verdugo gave Boston two on and 1 out but McClanahan would get Trevor Story to fly out to CF and struck out Bobby Dalbec to end the threat and send the game to the 5th inning with Tampa Bay leading 2-0. Eovaldi had bounced back nicely and was through 6 innings for Boston while McClanahan continued to shut the Red Sox down as he was through 6 scoreless innings on the mound for Tampa Bay and we would head to the 7th inning with the Rays leading 2-0. Eovaldi continued his strong outing as he would get Manuel Margot to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the top of the 7th. McClanahan was at 84 pitches as he began the bottom of the 7th and Verdugo would line a single into CF to lead off the inning and Trevor Story would jump a first pitch fastball from McClanahan and smoke a ball into the green monster seats for a 2-run HR tying the game at 2-2. Matt Wisler came in from the bullpen to take over on the mound and would get through the inning and send the game to the 8th inning with the score tied at 2-2. Eovaldi returned to the mound and retired Kiermaier to star the top of the 8th but would leave a fastball over the plate to Francisco Mejia who launched a solo HR down the RF line to put the Rays back on top 3-2. Jake Diekman took over for Eovaldi on the mound and would get into trouble as Franco and Arozarena singled with 2 outs to put two men on for Ji-Man Choi. Diekman would get a huge K to escape the inning as Choi chased a slider away ending the top of the 8th with Tampa Bay leading 3-2. Brooks Raley came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th and Rafael Devers walked on 4 pitches to start the inning and moved into scoring position on a pitch in the dirt to Bogaerts who would fly out for the first out. Alex Verdugo came up with 2 outs and fouled off some tough pitches to stay alive before lining a ball into CF for a single as Devers came around trying to score the tying run but Kiermaier made a perfect throw to nail Devers at the plate to end the bottom of the 8th and send the game to the 9th inning with the Rays leading 3-2. Ryan Brasier got into trouble in the top of the 9th as the Rays had runners at the corners with 1 out but Brasier would record back to back Ks of Kiermaier and Mejia to work out of the jam and keep it a 3-2 ball game. The Red Sox came up to bat in the bottom of the 9th trailing 3-2 with Andrew Kittredge coming on to try and close it out for Tampa Bay. Kittredge struck out Story and Dalbec and the Red Sox were down to their final out with Jackie Bradley coming up. Bradley would hit the ball to the right side on the ground and Choi would make the play and step on first base for the final out as the Rays hang on and the Red Sox fall 3-2 to the Rays to open the season
GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox open the season with a 3-2 loss to the Rays
* Francisco Mejia hit a go ahead HR in the top of the 8th to give Tampa Bay a 3-2 lead and Kevin Kiermaier made the defensive play of the game in the bottom of the 8th gunning down Devers at the plate to end the inning.
* Trevor Story homered in his first game as a Red Sox
* The teams will have an off day before the 2nd game of this 3 game series with Drew Rasmussen scheduled to take the mound for Tampa Bay against Nick Pivetta for Boston
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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">Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Mar 31, 2022</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>Tampa Bay (1-0)</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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (0-1)</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">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Matt Wisler (1-0) <b>L:</b> Nathan Eovaldi (0-1) <b>S:</b> Andrew Kittredge (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%">TAM</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TAM</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Wander Franco grounded into fielders choice (Kiermaier 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%">TAM</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Randy Arozarena sac fly to CF (Mejia 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%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Trevor Story 2-run HR to LF (Verdugo scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TAM</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Francisco Mejia solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00275D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Tampa Bay Rays</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>B Lowe, 2B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Franco, SS</td><td align="right">4</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">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Arozarena, LF</td><td align="right">3</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">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Choi, 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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Diaz, 3B</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">.250</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>J Lowe, DH</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="oddrow"><td>Margot, 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">.250</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kiermaier, CF</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mejia, C</td><td align="right">4</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">.500</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</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> Diaz (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Mejia (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Franco (1), Arozarena (1), Mejia (1)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Lowe<br /><b>SF:</b> Arozarena <br /><b>GIDP:</b> Margot</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Franco (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>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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</td><td align="right">2</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" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martinez, DH</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">.500</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Verdugo, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</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">.750</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Story, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</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">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Dallbec, 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">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bradley, 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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vazquez, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>HR:</b> Story (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Story 2 (2)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Vazquez, Bradley<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Bogaerts</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00275D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Tampa Bay Rays</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>Shane McClanahan</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Wisler (W, 1-0)</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="oddrow"><td>Brooks Raley (H, 1)</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Andrew Kittredge (S, 1)</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">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">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</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> McClanahan - 88 Pitches (66% 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 (L, 0-1)</td><td align="right">7.1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.68</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jake Diekman</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ryan Brasier</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">3</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">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</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 - 90 Pitches (66% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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