TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #36 of Season
Boston Red Sox (20-15) @ Atlanta Braves (18-17)
Pitching Matchup – Nathan Eovaldi vs Max Fried
The night got off to a rocky start for Nathan Eovaldi as he recorded two quick outs to begin the bottom of the 1st before walking Marcell Ozuna on 4 pitches and then tried to jam Austin Riley with a cutter but Riley would turn on it and launch it over the wall in LF for a 2-run HR putting Atlanta up 2-0. The score remained 2-0 until the bottom of the 3rd when Eovaldi retired the first two batters of the inning before Ozuna reached again with 2 outs on a single up the middle to bring up Riley who would go opposite field as he stayed on a splitter away and drove over the wall in RF for his 2nd HR of the game extending the Braves lead to 4-0. The Red Sox got on the board in the top of the 4th when Fried threw a changeup that stayed up in the zone to JD Martinez who launched a solo HR to LF making it 4-1. Xander Bogaerts was up next and Fried missed his spot on another changeup that Bogaerts absolutely hammered for a solo HR down the LF line as the Red Sox go back to back to cut the deficit in half 4-2. The Braves answered right back in the bottom of the 4th as William Contreras crushed a 2-run HR to CF extending the lead back to 4 runs at 6-2. Eovaldi continued to implode as the Braves #1 prospect Michael Harris was was making his MLB debut was up next and launched a solo HR to RF as Atlanta goes back to back making it a 7-2 ball game and knocking Eovaldi out of the game as he would exit after allowing 4 HR in 3.1 innings and Phillips Valdez would come on looking to calm things down and hopefully give the Red Sox some length out of the pen. Valdez didn't fair much better as he would get Acuna for the 2nd out of the inning before Dansby Swanson hit a solo HR to RF making it 8-2. Atlanta continued to pour it on in the top of the 5th as Riley doubled and Olson drew a walk to put two on with nobody out and Travis d'Arnaud smoked a ball in the gap for a two run double making it a 10-2 ball game. Atlanta added a run in the bottom of the 6th as Riley picked up his 5th RBI of the night on a ground ball out and the Braves lead was 11-2 after 6 innings. Darren O'Day took over for Fried to pitch the top of the 8th and Rafael Devers would connect for his 15th HR of the season as he crushed a ball over the RF bleachers and into upper level of the Chop House making it 11-3. The Braves added XXX more runs in the bottom of the 8th off John Schreiber with Riley driving in his 6th run of the game with a RBI double and Matt Olson drove a ball deep to CF where Kike Hernandez couldn't hold on after crashing into the wall ans Olson would wind up with a two run triple making it 14-3. Braves closer Kenley Jansen came on to pitch the 9th as he needed to get some work and his former Dodger teammate Alex Verdugo took him deep for a 2-run HR making it 14. Jansen would get the final outs to bring this game to an end as the Braves hand the Red Sox a beating 14-5
GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox suffer their worst loss of the season as the Braves take the opener of this 2 game inter-league series 14-5
* The struggling Red Sox have now lost 6 of their last 8 games falling to 20-16 while the Braves improve to 18-17 on the season. The Red Sox are currently in 3rd place in the AL East sitting 4.5 games back of the division leading Rays while the Braves are in 2nd place in the NL East sitting 5.0 games back of the division leading Phillies
* Nathan Eovaldi had a brutal night on the mound as he lasted just 3.1 innings and got shelled for 7 runs on 6 hits with 2 walks & 2 Ks and the Braves hit 4 HR off Eovaldi as he takes the loss to drop to 4-4 with a 4.99 ERA
* Max Fried pitched 7 strong innings allowing 2 runs on 4 hits with 1 walk & 4 Ks to improve to 5-2 with a 3.10 ERA on the season
* The Braves offense explodes for 14 runs on 15 hits with 5 HR in the game as they were led by Austin Riley who had a monster night going 4 for 5 with 2 doubles, 2 HR & 6 RBI in the game. Riley is now hitting ,341 with 12 HR & 33 RBI on the season.
* The Red Sox got home runs from Rafael Devers (15), JD Martinez (9), Xander Bogaerts (9) and Alex Verdugo (6)
* The Braves called up their top prospect CF Michael Harris from AAA Gwinnett and he was in the lineup making his highly anticipated MLB debut. Harris did not disappoint as he launched his 1st career HR in his first game going 1 for 4 on the night
* The Red Sox sent RP Phillips Valdez down to AAA Worcester after the game and brought Hirokazu Sawamura back up the MLB club
* The Red Sox and Braves will wrap up this brief two game inter-league series tomorrow with the Braves looking to complete the sweep. Nick Pivetta is scheduled to pitch for Boston while Charlie Morton will get the start for Atlanta
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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 Atlanta Braves</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 10, 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>Boston (20-16)</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">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Atlanta (19-17)</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">X</td><td align="right" class="active">14</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Max Fried (5-2) <b>L:</b> Nathan Eovaldi (4-4)</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%">ATL</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">ATL</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Austin Riley 2-run HR to LF (Ozuna scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">ATL</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Austin Riley 2-run HR to LF (Ozuna scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</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%">JD Martinez solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</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%">Xander Bogaerts solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">ATL</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">William Contreras 2-run HR to CF (d'Arnaud scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">ATL</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Michael Harris solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">ATL</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Dansby Swanson solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">8</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">ATL</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Travis d'Arnaud doubled to CF (Riley & Olson score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">10</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">ATL</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Austin Riley grounded out to 3rd base (Swanson scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">11</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Rafael Devers solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">11</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">ATL</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Austin Riley doubled to CF (Swanson scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">12</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">ATL</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Matt Olson tripled to CF (Ozuna & Riley score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">14</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">9</td><td width="70%">Alex Verdugo 2-run HR to RF (Bogaerts scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">14</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">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">.210</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</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">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.228</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</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">.282</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Verdugo, LF</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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.305</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Story, 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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.319</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.200</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Arroyo, 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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.156</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Plawecki, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.125</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">33</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>HR:</b> Devers (15), Martinez (9), Bogaerts (9), Verdugo (6)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Verdugo 2 (17), Devers (23), Bogaerts (18), Martinez (17)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Hernandez<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Hernandez, Martinez</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00457C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Atlanta Braves</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>Acuna, RF</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Swanson, SS</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</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" class="active">.254</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ozuna, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</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">.241</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Riley, 3B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">.341</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Olson, 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">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.274</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>d'Arnaud, C</td><td align="right">4</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">.263</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Albies, 2B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.199</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Contreras, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</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" class="active">.667</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Harris, CF</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">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">39</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Riley 2 (8), Swanson (7), Olson (9), d'Arnaud (9)<br /><b>HR:</b> Riley 2 (12), Swanson (5), Contreras (1), Harris (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Riley 6 (33), d'Arnaud 2 (13), Olson 2 (23), Contreras 2 (2), Swanson (12), Harris (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>Nathan Eovaldi (L, 4-4)</td><td align="right">3.1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right" class="active">4.99</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Phillips Valdez </td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">20.25</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Austin Davis</td><td align="right">2.2</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">6.45</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>John Schreiber</td><td align="right">0.2</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">13.50</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tanner Houck</td><td align="right">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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.37</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Pivetta - 61 Pitches (62 % Strikes)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00457C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Atlanta Braves</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>Max Fried (W, 5-2)</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">3.10</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Darren O'Day</td><td align="right">1.0</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">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.26</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kenley Jansen</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</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">4.82</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Fried - 93 Pitches (62% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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