TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #48 of Season
Boston Red Sox (28-19) @ Los Angeles Angels (23-25)
Pitching Matchup – Tanner Houck vs Reid Detmers
The Red Sox opened the scoring in the top of the 2nd inning when back to back singles by Triston Casas and Kike Hernandez put two men on for Rob Refsnyder and Reid Detmers hung a breaking ball that Refsnyder crushed 409 feet for a 3-run HR to left-center giving Boston an early 3-0 lead. The Angels got a run back in the bottom of the 2nd when Houck retired the first two hitters before Luis Rengifo launched a solo HR and we would head to the 3rd inning with Boston up 3-1. The Red Sox went right back to work in the top of the 3rd as Justin Turner and Rafael Devers single and Triston Casas got a pitch to hit with a full count and drove it deep to left-center for a RBI double scoring 2 runs to make it 5-1. The Angels loaded the bases in the bottom of the 3rd with 1 out but Houck would limit the damage as Hunter Renfroe brought in a run with a sac fly to RF and Houck would get Walsh to ground out to SS to end the inning sending the game to the 4th with Boston leading 5-2. The Angels were threatening in the bottom of the 5th with two men on and 1 out for Hunter Renfroe but Houck would get him to hit the ball on the ground for a 4-6-3 inning ending double play sending the game to the 6th inning with Boston leading 5-2. Andrew Wantz took over on the mound for LA and Triston Casas would welcome him to the game with an opposite field drive over the wall in LF for a solo HR leading off the top of the 6th to make it a 6-2 ball game. The Angels got a lead off walk by Walsh and a double by Urshela to put two on with nobody out in the bottom of the 6th. Houck would get Rengifo to pop out on the infield for a big 1st out and Mickey Moniak would hit a sac fly to Yoshida in LF scoring Walsh to cut the deficit to 6-3 and bring up Chad Wallach with 2 outs. Houck would get Wallach to ground out to Hernandez at SS as he does a good job to avoid the big inning and we would move to the 7th inning with Boston leading 6-3. Jose Quijada recorded two quick outs to begin the top of the 7th before leaving a slider up in the zone to Masataka Yoshida who absolutely crushed it 421 feet into the RF stands to extend the Sox lead to 7-3. Joely Rodriguez was on to pitch for Boston and Kike Hernandez sailed his throw to first base on a routine ground ball from Livan Soto over the head to Casas to get things started for Los Angeles as Taylor Ward was up next and grounded up the middle for a RBI single to cut the Sox lead to 7-4. Mike Trout beat out an infield single and Rodriguez would exit without recording an out as Kutter Crawford came on to face Renfroe with the Angels threatening with two on and nobody out. The runners moved up on a pitch in the dirt before Renfroe grounded out but picked up a RBI as Ward scored to make it 7-5. Crawford would get a huge K of Walsh looking at a fastball at the letter for the 2nd out and Gio Urshela lined out to Casas as Crawford gets out of the inning as we would move to the 8th inning with the Red Sox still in front by a score of 7-5. Matt Moore struck out Connor Wong to strand a pair in the top of the 8th while Crawford returned to the mound fort he bottom of the 8th and would strikeout Soto with a man on to end the frame and send the game to the 9th inning with Boston clinging to a 7-5 lead. Aaron Loup retired the side in the top of the 9th and the Angels would come up to bat in the bottom of the 9th trailing 7-5 with Kenley Jansen coming on to try and close it out for Boston with Ward, Trout and Renfroe due up for LA. Jansen struck out Ward on a slider away and retired Trout on a fly ball to Refsnyder in CF and the Angels were down to their final out. Jansen would freeze Hunter Renfroe with a nasty slider for the final out and the Red Sox hang on to win 7-5
GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox take the opener of this 3 game series in LA 7-5 over the Angels
* The Red Sox improve to 29-19 while the Angels fall to 23-26 on the season
* Tanner Houck did his job going 6 innings allowing 3 runs on 8 hits with 2 walks & 5 Ks to earn the win and improve to 3-1 with a 2.13 ERA
* Reid Detmers pitched 5 innings allowing 5 runs on 7 hits with 2 Ks as he takes the loss and drops to 3-4 with a 4.79 ERA
* Rafael Devers went 1 for 4 and now has a 13 game hit streak
* Triston Casas continues to swing a hot bat as he went 3 for 4 with a single, double, HR & 3 RBI as he is now hitting .326 with 3 HR & 17 RBi on the season. Rob Refsnyder got the start in CF for Boston and went 2 for 4 with a HR & 3 RBI and Refsnyder is now hitting .227 with 3 HR & 8 RBI
* Mike Trout went 3 for5 and is hitting .368 on the season while Luis Rengifo hit his 2nd HR of the season for LA
* The Angels made some moves to reshuffle the bullpen after the game as they designated Ryan Tepera for assignment and also sent down Andrew Wantz and Jose Quijada to AAA Salt Lake. The Angels have called up Jacob Webb, Chris Devenski and Tucker Davidson from Salt Lake to all pitch out of the pen
* The Red Sox and Angels will play the 2nd game of this 3 game series tomorrow with Brayan Bello set to the mound for Boston while Griffin Canning gets the start 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 Los Angeles Angels</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 22, 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 (29-19)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">7</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Los Angeles (23-26)</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">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Tanner Houck (3-1) <b>L:</b> Reid Detmers (3-4) <b>S:</b> Kenley Jansen (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%">BOS</td><td align="right" width="8%">LAA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Rob Refsnyder 3-run HR to LF (Casas & Hernandez score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Luis Rengifo solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Triston Casas doubled to CF (Turner & Devers score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Hunter Renfroe sac fly to RF (Wallach scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Triston Casas solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Mickey Moniak sac fly to LF (Walsh scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Masataka Yoshida solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Taylor Ward singled to CF (Soto scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Hunter Renfroe grounded out to 2B (Ward scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</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="#0D1B3F" colspan="9"><span style="color:#ee1422">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>Verdugo, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.291</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Yoshida, LF</td><td align="right">5</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">.244</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Turner, 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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.325</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, DH</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.339</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Casas, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.326</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hernandez, SS</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">.255</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Refsnyder, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.227</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Wong, 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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.267</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Reyes, 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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.176</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Casas (16), Wong (6)<br /><b>HR:</b> Refsnyder (3), Casas (3), Yoshida (7)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Refsnyder 3 (8), Casas 3 (17), Yoshida (20)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#CE0F41" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Los Angeles Angels</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>Soto, SS</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">.600</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ward, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.254</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Trout, CF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</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">.368</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Renfroe, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.200</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Walsh, 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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.234</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Urshela, 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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.269</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rengifo, 2B</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">.250</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Moniak, LF</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">.667</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Wallach, C</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">.000</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">5</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> Moniak (1), Urshela (9)<br /><b>HR:</b> Rengifo (2)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Renfroe 2 (21), Rengifo (18), Ward (16), Moniak (1)<br /><b>SF:</b> Renfroe, Moniak<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Renfroe</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0D1B3F" colspan="9"><span style="color:#ee1422">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>Tanner Houck (W, 3-1)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">2.13</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Joely Rodriguez</td><td align="right">0.0</td><td align="right">2</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">9.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kutter Crawford (H, 1)</td><td align="right">2.0</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">4.58</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kenley Jansen (S, 17)</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">4.43</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">5</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> Houck - 91 Pitches (69% Strikes)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#CE0F41" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Los Angeles Angels</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>Reid Detmers (L, 3-4)</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">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.79</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Andrew Wantz</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">5.40</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jose Quijada</td><td align="right">1.0</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">9.72</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Moore</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.64</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Aaron Loup </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">4.91</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Detmers - 84 Pitches (68% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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