TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #13 of Season
Boston Red Sox (8-4) @ Tampa Bay Rays (6-6)
Pitching Matchup – Corey Kluber vs Jeffrey Springs
The Rays were threatening in the bottom of the 2nd inning as they put runners on the corners with 2 outs but Kluber would wiggle out of the jam as Taylor Walls popped up on the infield to Arroyo and the game was scoreless after 2 innings 0-0. The Rays opened the scoring in the bottom of the 3rd as Yandy Diaz doubled and Brandon Lowe worked a 9 pitch walk to put two men on with 2 outs for Jose Siri who gave the Rays a 1-0 lead with a RBI single up the middle. Isaac Paredes was up next and put together another long at bat as the Rays had Kluber up over 60 pitches and Paredes hit the ball hard on the ground but Yu Chang made a nice play ranging to his left a few steps as he went down to a knee to make the play before spinning as he got to his feet and firing a strong throw to end the 3rd inning with the Rays leading 1-0. Jeffrey Springs got into trouble in the top of the 4th as Rafael Devers singled and Justin Turner walked to put two men on with nobody out.. Masataka Yoshida beat out a double play ball setting up runners on the corners with 1 out for Bobby Dalbec who popped out behind the plate to Mejia for the 2nd out. Springs left a changeup over the plate to Kike Hernandez who lined a rocket 111 mph off the bat into LF for a RBI single tying the game 1-1. Springs bounced back to strikeout Arroyo avoiding the big inning. Francisco Mejia led off the bottom of the 4th by working a full count before lining a ball into the LF corner for a lead off double. Mejia advanced to 3rd base on a wild pitch by Kluber with 1 out and Taylor Walls would pickup a RBI as he grounded out to Chang at SS and Mejia came in to score giving Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead after 4 innings. Springs retired the side in the top of the 5th and the Rays added to their lead in the bottom of the 5th when left a cutter up in the zone and Brandon Lowe launched a 2-run HR into the RF stands to extend the Rays lead to 4-1. Kluber was up to 95 pitches and finished his outing by striking out Paredes to end the bottom of the 5th and send the game to the 6th inning with the Rays leading 4-1. Springs continued to pitch well for Tampa Bay setting down Devers, Turner and Yoshida in order in the top of the 6th while Kaleb Ort took over on the mound for the Red Sox to pitch the top of the 6th making his first appearance of the season. Ort worked around a 1 out walk to Raley and pitched a scoreless bottom of the 6th keeping the Sox within striking distance at 4-1. Springs got into trouble in the top of the 7th after back to back singles from Dalbec and Hernandez put two men on for Boston with nobody out. Springs got Arroyo to pop out and Connor Wong put a charge into a ball to right-center but Josh Lowe made the catch on the warning track to bring up Yu Chang with runners on the corners and 2 outs and Springs ran a ball in that hit Chang on the leg to load the bases for Rob Refsnyder. Kevin Cash came out of the Rays dugout to get Springs and bring in Ryan Thompson to face Refsnyder in a huge spot. Thompson would escape the jam as Refsnyder hit a soft fly towards the RF line but Margot would come on to make a nice running catch to end the treat as the Red Sox leave the bases loaded and the score remains 4-1. Ort retired the side in his second inning of work to send the game to the 8th inning with Tampa Bay leading 4-1. Thompson rand Jason Adam combined to pitch a scoreless top of the 8th and Josh Winckowski came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th for Boston. Isaac Paredes got a slider over the plate on the first pitch he saw with 1 out and belted it over the wall in LF for a solo HR to add an insurance run making it 5-1. Winckowski would get through the inning with no more damage and the game would head to the 9th inning with the Red Sox coming up trailing by a score of 5-1 and Calvin Faucher on to pitch for the Rays. Kike Hernandez started off the inning for Boston with a lead off double would retire Arroyo and Wong and the Red Sox were down to their final out. Yu Chang would hit a ground ball along the 3rd base line but Paredes made a nice play to his right and fired a strong throw across the diamond for the final out as the Rays win 5-1 to earn a series split
GAME NOTES
* The Rays win 5-1 to earn a split of the 4 game series after dropping the first two games
* Red Sox fall to 8-5 while the Rays improve to 7-6 on the season
* Corey Kluber allowed 4 runs in 5 innings on 6 hits with 2 walks & 2 Ks as he takes to loss to drop to 1-2 with a 4.58 ERA through his first 3 starts as a red Sox
* Jeffrey Springs continues his strong start to the season as he pitched 6.2 innings holding the Sox to 1 run on 5 hits with 1 walk & 3 Ks to earn the win improving to 3-0 with a 2.75 ERA
* Brandon Lowe (2) and Isaac Paredes (3) each homered for the Rays
* The Red Sox go 4-3 on their first road trip of the season and will be right back in action tomorrow as they return home to Boston where they will begin a 4 game series at Fenway Park against the Los Angeles Angels who are off to a 7-5 start to the season and are currently tied for 1st place in the AL West. Boston will send Tanner Houck to the mound in the opener against Patrik Sandoval for Los Angeles
HIGHLIGHTS
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BOX SCORE
<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 Tampa Bay Rays</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 13, 2023</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 (8-5)</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tampa Bay (7-6)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</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">X</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Jeffrey Springs (3-0_ <b>L:</b> Corey Kluber (1-2)</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%">TAM</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TAM</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Jose Siri singled to CF (Diaz scores)</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%">4</td><td width="70%">Kike Hernandez singled to LF (Devers scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TAM</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Taylor Walls grounded out to SS (Mejia scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TAM</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Brandon Lowe 2-run HR to RF (J Lowe scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TAM</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Isaac Paredes solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</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="#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>Refsnyder, 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">.130</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.340</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Turner, DH</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">.224</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Yoshida, 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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.292</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.459</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hernandez, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</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">.190</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.302</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Wong, C</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">.231</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chang, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.286</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</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> Hernandez (2)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Hernandez (4)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Chang</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Devers (3)</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>Margot, 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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.248</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>J Lowe, CF</td><td align="right">4</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">.143</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Diaz, 1B</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.202</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>B Lowe, 2B</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">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.294</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Siri, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.304</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Paredes, 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">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.171</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mejia, C</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.074</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Raley, DH</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.308</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Walls, SS</td><td align="right">4</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.214</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Diaz (3), Mejia (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> B Lowe (2), Paredes (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> B Lowe 2 (10), Paredes (4), Siri (5), Walls (4)</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>Corey Kluber (L, 1-2)</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.58</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kaleb Ort</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">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Josh Winckowski</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5.40</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">4</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> Kluber - 95 Pitches (63% Strikes)</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>Jeffrey Springs (W, 3-0)</td><td align="right">6.2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.75</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ryan Thompson (H, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.13</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jason Adam (H, 1)</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Calvin Faucher</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">1.08</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</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> Springs - 81 Pitches (64% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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