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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #28 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (18-9) @ Cleveland Guardians (13-11)
Pitching Matchup – Tanner Houck (1-0, 3.86 ERA) vs Ben Lively (1-1, 6.55 ERA)



RECAP
The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead in the top of the 3rd when Jarren Duran took Ben Lively deep for a 2-run HR to RF. The Guardians answered in the bottom of the 3rd with a RBI single from Carlos Santana cutting the deficit in half 2-1. Tanner Houck and Lively were both pitching well and the score remained 2-1 into the 6th inning and Cleveland would tie the game in the bottom of the 6th when Bo Naylor took Houck deep for a solo HR to RF making it a 2-2 ball game. Lively got through the top of the 7th and Justin Wilson replaced Houck with 1 out and a man on in the bottom of the 7th and retired Kwan and Jones to strand a man and send the game to the 8th inning with the score tied 2-2. Cade Smith retired the Red Sox in order in the top of the 8th and Liam Hendriks matched him with a 1-2-3 bottom of the 8th sending the game to the 9th inning tied 2-2. Emmanuel Clase came on to pitch the top of the 9th for the Guardians and Jarren Duran led off the inning with an opposite field liner into the LF corner for a lead off double. Clase hit Devers with a pitch to put two on Alex Bregman with nobody out and Bregman hit a ground ball up the middle but was robbed on a great diving stop by Arias who flipped to Wilson for the force out at second base setting up runners at the corners for Trevor Story with 1 out. Clase got ahead in the count with 2 strikes on Story who did a good piece of hitting as he hit a fly ball to RF for a RBI sac fly as Duran beat the throw home from Jones giving Boston a 3-2 lead. Clase struck out Casas to end the frame and we would head to the bottom of the 9th with Boston leading 3-2 and Aroldis Chapman coming on to try and close it out for the Red Sox.Chapman retired Naylor on a pop up for the 1st out and Arias would fly out to Duran in deep LF for the 2nd out bringing up Angel Martinez with the Guardians down to their final out. Martinez battled Chapman to a full count and Chapman would freeze him with a back door slider for the final out to record his 10th save of the season and the Red Sox win 3-2

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox and Guardians were tied 2-2 in the 9th when Boston took the lead on a RBI sac fly by Trevor Story and Aroldis Chapman slammed the door in the bottom of the 9th to finish off a 3-2 victory for Boston

* The Red Sox get back on track after losing their last 2 games and improve to 19-9 while the Guardians fall to 13-12 on the season

* Jarren Duran went 2 for 4 with a double, HR & 2 RBI and is now hitting .324 with 4 HR & 14 RBI on the season

* Bo Naylor went 1 for 4 with a HR & 1 RBI for Cleveland and is now hitting .198 with 2 HR & 10 RBI on the season

* Tanner Houck pitched 6.1 innings allowing 2 runs on 8 hits with 7 Ks in a no decision for Boston

* Ben Lively pitched 7 strong innings allowing 2 runs on 3 hits with 3 Ks in a no decision for Cleveland

* The Red Sox and Guardians will play the 2nd game of this 3 game series at Progressive Field tomorrow night. Walker Buehler gets the start for Boston and is coming off a terrific outing where he threw a complete game shutout and was 1 out away from a no-hitter when he gave up a single to Luis Robert. Buehler will look to deliver another gem for Boston while Tanner Bibee will be on the mound for Cleveland

HIGHLIGHTS & BOX SCORE

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #29 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (19-9) @ Cleveland Guardians (13-12)
Pitching Matchup – Walker Buehler (2-1, 3.48 ERA) vs Tanner Bibee (3-0, 2.97 ERA)



RECAP
Tanner Bibee and Walker Buehler were both through 2 scoreless innings and Bibee retired the first two batters in the top of the 3rd before Jarren Duran singled and Rafael Devers followed with a rocket to deep CF over the head of Angel Martinez for a RBI double giving Boston a 1-0 lead. Austin Hedges recorded the Guardians first hit of the ball game in the bottom of the 3rd but Buehler would get through the inning and send the game to the 4th with the Red Sox leading 1-0. Bibee and Buehler continued to pitch well throwing scoreless frames in the 4th & 5th innings sending the game to the 6th inning with Boston up 1-0. Bibee pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 6th while Buehler retired the side in order striking out Nolan Jones for his 7th K and has allowed just 1 hit through 6 innings and we would move to the 7th inning with Boston leading 1-0. Bibee retired Trevor Story to begin the top of the 7th and would exit as Paul Sewald came in from the Cleveland bullpen to take over on the mound and would record the final two outs of the frame keeping it a 1-0 game. Buehler returned to the mound at 70 pitches to begin the bottom of the 7th but was tiring as Garrett Whitlock and Brennan Bernardino warming in the pen and Buehler would hang a curveball to Jose Ramirez who launched a solo HR to right-center leading off the inning and tying the game 1-1. Buehler retired Carlos Santana for the 1st out of the inning and Garrett Whitlock would come in to take over on the mound. Whitlock would retire Manzardo and Arias to get through the inning with no further damage and we would head to the 8th inning with the score tied at 1-1. Sewald pitched around a single by Refsnyder in the top of the 8th keeping the game tied 1-1 and Whitlock returned to the mound and Angel Martinez led off with a ground ball to the right side but was robbed of a hit on a diving stop and throw from his knees by Kristian Campbell for the 1st out. Brayan Rocchio reached when he grounded to Bregman at third base but his throw pulled Gonzalez off the bag. Whitlock came right back and got Hedges to hit the ball on the ground to Story at SS starting an inning ending 6-4-3 double play sending the game to the 9th inning with the score tied 1-1. Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase came on to pitch the top of the 9th and Devers just missed a go ahead HR as he flew out to Martinez in CF who caught the ball on the warning track for the 1st out. Alex Bregman followed with a liner to LF for a single with 1 out and Wilyer Abreu would single up the middle to put two men on with 2 outs for Kristian Campbell. Clase would get out of the jam as Campbell grounded out to Santana at first base for the 3rd out ending the frame with the score still tied 1-1 and Cleveland would come up to bat in the bottom of the 9th with a chance to walk off with a victory. Whitlock retired the side in order in the bottom of the 9th and was through 2.2 innings of relief and has retired all 8 batters faced and we were headed to extra innings with the score tied 1-1. Clase returned to the mound and the Red Sox failed to score despite the extra innings runner beginning the inning on second base as Martinez made an excellent running catch to take away a base hit and RBI from Carlos Narvaez to end the top of the 10th and Cleveland would have a chance to walk off with the victory in the bottom of the 10th. Whitlock returned and retired Santana on a pop up making it 9 up 9 down since entering the game. Jose Ramirez was the extra innings runner and Kyle Manzardo was at the plate when Ramirez took off and stole third base just beating the throw and tag from Narvaez to Bregman and the Guardians had the winning run just 90 feet away with 1 out. Alex Cora would call for the intentional walk of Manzardo to try and set up the double play with Gabriel Arias coming to the plate. Arias would square up on the first pitch from Whitlock and lay down a squeeze bunt and Ramirez would race in with the winning run as Narvaez had no chance of tagging Ramirez after fielding the ball and Cleveland walks off with a 2-1 victory over Boston

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox and Guardians were tied 1-1 after 9 innings and the Guardians would win on a walk off squeeze bunt by Gabriel Arias in the bottom of the 10th to hand the Red Sox a tough 2-1 loss

* The Red Sox have lost 3 of their last 4 games and fall to 19-10 while the Guardians improve to 14-12 on the season

* Rafael Devers knocked in the only Red Sox run with a RBI double in the 3rd inning and finished the night 1 for 4 with a double & 1 RBI

* Jose Ramirez went 1 for 4 with a HR & 1 RBI for Cleveland and is now hitting .304 with 8 HR & 19 RBI on the season

* Walker Buehler was coming off an outstanding outing in his last start when he took a no-hitter into the 9th inning and finished a complete game one-hit shutout and Buehler delivered another excellent outing as he pitched 6.1 innings allowing 1 run on 2 hits with 1 walk & 7 Ks. Buehler has allowed just 1 run on 3 hits over 15.1 innings in his last two starts lowering his ERA to 3.15 on the season

* Tanner Bibee pitched a great game for Cleveland going 6.1 innings allowing 1 run on 4 hits with 4 Ks lowering his ERA to 2.74 on the season

* Emmanuel Clase got the win for Cleveland while Garrett Whitlock took the tough luck loss for Boston

* The Red Sox and Guardians will play a rubber match in the final game of this 3 game series at Progressive Field tomorrow night after the teams split the first 2 games of the series. Brayan Bello makes his 2^nd start of the season after pitching 7 shutout innings in his first outing for Boston and he will be opposed by Logan Allen who gets the start for Cleveland

HIGHLIGHTS

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TNK. Curious if you have had any freeze issues ? Any changes since last updates Thanks

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I have not had any freezes....yet

[bonannogiovanni]

Unlike last year, you increased the ball speed by one notch. Is there a particular reason? To me it seems too fast like this, especially the fastball...

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Unlike last year, you increased the ball speed by one notch. Is there a particular reason? To me it seems too fast like this, especially the fastball...

I personally felt like the pitch speed needed a little boost.....you are welcome to set it to whatever works better for you

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #30 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (19-10) @ Cleveland Guardians (14-12)
Pitching Matchup – Brayan Bello (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Logan Allen (0-1, 4.50 ERA)



RECAP
The Red Sox jumped out to a 1-0 lead against Logan Allen in the top of the 1st when Alex Bregman singled and came all the way around to score from first base when Trevor Story drove a ball in the gap to left-center for a RBI double. The Guardians answered with 2 outs in the bottom of the 1st when Brayan Bello left a sinker over the plate to Jose Ramirez who launched a solo HR to RF tying the game 1-1. Logan Allen was pitching well for Cleveland holding the Red Sox to 3 hits through 5 innings while Brayan Bello had limited the Guardians to 2 hits and struck out Rocchio for his 6th K ending the bottom of the 5th and we would move to the 6th inning with the score still tied 1-1. Allen pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 6th for Cleveland and Bello recorded his 7th K in a scoreless bottom of the 6th sending the game to the 7th inning tied at 1-1. Cade Smith came on to pitch the top of the 7th for Cleveland while Bello retied the first two batters in the bottom of the 7th before Bo Naylor doubled to CF putting the go ahead run in scoring position with 2 outs. Gabriel Arias was up next and hit a ground ball through the right side into RF for a base hit but Rob Refsnyder came up firing and made a strong throw to the plate to Narvaez who applied the tag to retire Naylor to end the 7th inning and we would head to the 8th inning with the score still tied 1-1. Smith returned to the mound and retired the side in order in the top of the 8th while Bello returned to the mound at 89 pitches to begin the bottom of the 8th and issued a lead off walk to Rocchio who moved up to second base on a sac bunt by Schneeman bringing up Steven Kwan with a runner on second and 1 out. Alex Cora came out to the mound and brought in Brennan Bernardino who retired Kwan on a ground out to Campbell at second base as Rocchio moved up to third base. Nolan Jones came to the plate and hit a fly ball deep to RF but Refsnyder made a nice running catch to end the frame stranding Rocchio at third base as Bernardino does a nice job out of the pen to escape the jam and keep the score tied 1-1. Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase came on to pitch the top of the 9th and Rafael Devers led off with a liner to right-center in the gap for a lead off double. David Hamilton came into the game as a pinch runner for Devers representing the go ahead run and Alex Bregman followed with a rocket off the wall in LF just missing a HR by inches as he gives the Red Sox a 2-1 lead with a RBI double. Bregman would come in to score an insurance run on a RBI sac fly to RF by Refsnyder making it 3-1 and Jakob Junis replaced Clase on the mound with 2 outs and recorded the final out to send the game to the 9th inning with the Red Sox leading 3-1. Aroldis Chapman would come on to pitch the bottom of the 9th looking to close the game out and record the save for Boston as the Guardians have Ramirez, Santana and Manzardo due up. Chapman recorded 2 quick outs blew a 98 mph fastball past Ramirez for the 1st out and Santana would ground out to Bregman and the Guardians were down to their final out. Chapman would blow a 99 mph fastball past Kyle Manzardo for the final out and the Red Sox win 3-1

GAME NOTES
* The score was tied 1-1 in the top of the 9th when Alex Bregman put the Red Sox up 2-1 with a RBI double and the Guardians would come up trailing 3-1 and Aroldis Chapman would slam the door in the bottom of the 9th retiring the side in order to record the save

* The Red Sox take 2 out of 3 from the Guardians to improve to 20-10 while the Guardians fall to 14-13 on the season

* The Red Sox were led by Alex Bregman who went 2 for 4 with a double & 1 RBI while scoring 2 runs and Trevor Story who went 1 for 4 with a double & 1 RBI

* The Guardians offense came on a solo HR by Jose Ramirez who went 1 for 4 with a HR & 1 RBI and Ramirez is now hitting .302 with 9 HR & 20 RBI

* Brayan Bello was making his 2ns start of the season after throwing 7 shutout innings in his 2025 debut last outing and Bello would pitch 7.1 innings allowing 1 run on 5 hits with 1 walk & 8 Ks but did not factor in the decision. Bello no has a 0.63 ERA through his first 2 starts of the season

* Aroldis Chapman pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 9th to record his 11th save and lower his ERA to 0.66 on the season

* Logan Allen pitched 6 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits with 1 walk & 3 Ks and did not factor in the decision

* The Red Sox will have an off day tomorrow as they travel across the border into Canada to play a 3 game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in what should be a tough AL East battle as the entire division is at .500 or above on the season and Toronto is currently in 2nd place in the AL East sitting 3.5 games behind the 1st place Red Sox. Garrett Crochet gets the start in the opener for Boston while Bowden Francis gets the start for Toronto to open the series

* There is a lot of excitement for Game #2 of the series as they Red Sox will activate Lucas Giolito who will be making his Red Sox debut after an injury in spring training last season ended his season before it even began after signing with the Red Sox in free agency. Giolito is finally healthy and has looked good in his minor league rehab starts and will finally take the mound in a Red Sox uniform and hopes to strengthen the back end of the rotation for Boston who finally has all 5 members of the teams planned rotation healthy and a rotation of Crochet, Houck, Buehler, Bello and Giolito stacks up against just about any other teams rotation . The Red Sox will send Luis Guerrero back down to AAA Worcester to open up a spot on the active roster for Giolito and Sean Newcomb will move to the bullpen after doing a solid job filling in the back end of the rotation to start the season

HIGHLIGHTS

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #31 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (20-10) @ Toronto Blue Jays (16-13)
Pitching Matchup – Garrett Crochet (2-1, 4.05 ERA) vs Bowden Francis (1-2, 2.20 ERA)



RECAP
The Red Sox took a 1-0 lead against Bowden Francis in the top of the 1st on a RBI single from Alex Bregman and they would add to the lead in the top of the 3rd on a solo HR Rafael Devers making it 2-0. Garret Crochet was pitching well early as he had allowed just 1 hit through the first 4 innings and we would head to the 5th inning where Ceddanne Rafaela launched a 2-run HR down the LF line making it 4-0. The Blue Jays bats came alive in the bottom of the 5th and would get to Crochet for a pair of runs on a RBI double by Daulton Varsho and a RBI single from Jonatan Clase who was just called up from AAA Buffalo to cut the deficit to 4-2. The score remained 4-2 into the top of the 7th where Triston Casas launched a rocket over the wall in RF for a solo HR making it a 5-2 ball game. Crochet went over 100 pitches and would finish off a quality start by striking out Clase to end the bottom of the 7th and send the game to the 8th inning with the Red Sox leading 5-2. Nick Sandlin pitched a scoreless top of the 8th for Toronto and Justin Slaten came in from the Red Sox bullpen to take over for Crochet to begin the bottom of the 8th. Slaten struck out Gimenez and Bichette before getting Guerrero to ground out to Bregman as he retires the Jays in order sending the game to the 9th inning with Boston leading 5-2. Erik Swanson pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 9th for Toronto and the Blue Jays would come up to bat in the bottom of the 9th trailing 5-2 with Anthony Santander, George Springer and Alejandro Kirk due to hit against Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman who has been the best closer int he AL in the first month of the season with 11 saves and a 0.66 ERA. Santander put up a good at bat and made Chapman work before flying out to deep RF as Abreu tracked it and made the catch for the 1st out. Springer reached on a liner to CF for a 1 out single and advanced to second base on a wild pitch by Chapman taking away the possibility of a double play and things were suddenly getting interesting. Chapman was very wild and battled to a full count with Kirk before striking him out on a 96 mph sinker bringing up Barger with the Blue Jays down to their final out. Chapman got Barger to pop up on a 99 mph fastball and Bregman would make the catch to end the ball game as Chapman records his 12th save and the Red Sox take the opener of 5-2 of this 3 game series at Rogers Centre

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox got some timely hitting while Garret Crochet pitched 7 strong innings before Justin Slaten and Aroldis Chapman slammed the door in the late innings leading the Red Sox to a well played 5-2 victory to open the series

* The Red Sox improve to 21-10 while the Blue Jays fall to 16-14 on the season and are now 4.5 games back of the 1^st place Red Sox in the AL East Standings

* The Red Sox were led by 3 home runs as Rafael Devers (11), Triston Casas (7) and Ceddanne Rafaela (2) went deep for Boston in the ball game

* The only Blue Jays offense came in the 5th inning when Daulton Varsho hit a RBI double and Jonatan Clase hit a RBI single

* Garrett Crochet did not have his best stuff but managed to pitch 7 strong innings allowing 2 runs (1 earned run) on 4 hits with 2 walks & 4 Ks to pickup the win and improve to 3-1 with a 3.64 ERA on the season

* Bowden Francis pitched 4.1 innings allowing 4 runs on 5 hits with 1 walk & 3 Ks as he takes the loss and falls to 1-3 with a 2.92 ERA

* The Red Sox and Blue Jays will play the 2^nd game of the series tomorrow night at Rogers Centre. Lucas Giolito will take the mound making his long awaited debut for Boston after he missed the entire 2024 season due to injury after signing a free agent deal with the Red Sox. Giolito will be opposed by Chris Bassitt who gets the start for Toronto

HIGHLIGHTS



BOX SCORE

Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays
Apr 29, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (21-10)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	5	6	1
Toronto (16-14)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
W: Garrrett Crochet (3-1) L: Bowden Francis (1-3) S: Aroldis Chpman (12)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	TOR
BOS	1	Alex Bregman singled to LF (Duran scoress)	1	0
BOS	3	Rafael Devers solo HR to RF	2	0
BOS	5	Ceddanne Rafaela 2-run HR to LF (Casas scores)	4	0
TOR	5	Daulton Varsho doubled to LF (Barger scores)	4	1
TOR	5	Jonatan Clase singled to LF (Varsho scores)	4	2
BOS	7	Triston Casas solo HR to RF	5	2

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.308
Devers, DH	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.290
Bregman, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.305
Story, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.196
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301
Campbell, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.302
Casas, 1B	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	.287
Narvaez, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.151
Rafaela, CF	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	.226
TEAM TOTALS	32	5	6	5	1	6	3
BATTING: HR: Devers (11), Casas (7), Rafaela (2) RBI: Rafaela 2 (9), Casas (15), Devers (28), Bregman (26) GIDP: Duran
BASERUNNING: SB: Duran (7)
FIELDING: E: Campbell (2)

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Gimenez, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.187
Bichette, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.287
Guerrero, 1B	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.265
Santander, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.224
Springer, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.223
Kirk, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.211
Barger, 3B	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Varsho, CF	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.303
Clase, LF	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	.500
TEAM TOTALS	32	2	5	2	2	7	0
BATTING: 2B: Varsho (4) RBI: Varsho (19), Clase (1) GIDP: Gimenez

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Garrett Crochet (W, 3-1)	7.0	4	2	1	2	4	0	3.64
Justin Slaten (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.89
Aroldis Chapman (S, 12)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.61
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	2	1	2	7	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Crochet - 102 Pitches (68% Strikes)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bowden Francis (L, 1-3)	4.1	5	4	4	1	3	2	2.92
Brendon Little	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69
Nick Sandlin	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	1.45
Erik Swanson	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	6	5	5	1	6	3
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Francis - 60 Pitches (72% Strikes)

[spboden]

TNK. What roster are you using

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TNK. What roster are you using

The official online roster and I made a ton of manual moves & edits on my own

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #32 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (20-40) @ Toronto Blue Jays (16-14)
Pitching Matchup – Lucas Giolito (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Chris Bassitt (2-1, 3.72 ERA)



RECAP
The game was tied 1-1 heading into the 5th inning as Lucas Giolito and Chris Bassitt were both pitching well early before the Red Sox pushed across 4 runs in the top of the 5th and the Blue Jays responded with 2 runs in the bottom half and we would head to the 6th with Boston leading 5-3 . Alex Bregman would launch a 2-run HR in the 6th inning and Rafael Devers hit a 2-run HR in the 8th inning to blow the game open and we would head to the bottom of the 9th with Boston leading 10-3 and Liam Hendriks on the mound in his 2nd inning of relief. Toronto would get a pair of solo HR off Hendriks as Andres Gimenez and Vladimir Guerrero each took Hendriks deep but Hendriks would come back to strikeout Santander to end the ball game and the Red Sox win 10-5

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox have taken the first two games of the series after winning 10-5 and will look to complete the 3 game sweep tomorrow

* The Red Sox win their 3rd game in a row improving to 22-10 while the Blue Jays fall to 16-15 on the season. The Blue Jays are now 5.5 games back of the 1^st place Red Sox as Toronto has slipped from 2nd place two days ago all the way to last place in the AL East . The Baltimore Orioles are now in 2nd place at 4.5 games back with the Rays and Yankees each 5.0 games back

* The Red Sox were led by Rafael Devers and Alex Bregman who both had big nights at the plate. Devers went 3 for 5 with a double, HR & 4 RBI and is now hitting .301 with 12 HR & 32 RBI on the season. Bregman went 4 for 5 with a double, HR & 3 RBI and is now hitting .

* Jarren Duran went 3 for 4 with 3 singles and stole 3 bases in the ball game for Boston and Duran is not hitting .323 on the season with 10 stolen bases

* The Blue Jays were led by Vladimir Guerrero and Andres Gimenez

* Lucas Giolito made his long awaited Red Sox debut after signing with Boston in free agency and then missing all of 2024 to injury after he was injured in spring training. Giolito would wind up pitching 5.1 innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits with 2 walks & 4 Ks in his first start in close to two years and would earn his 1st win in a Red Sox uniform

* Chris Bassitt pitched 4.1 innings allowing 5 runs on 9 hits with 1 walk & 4 Ks taking the loss and falling to 2-2 with a 4.59 ERA on the season

* INJURY* - Triston Casas left the game with a knee injury that occurred while he was running to second base on a RBI double in the 2nd inning. The Red Sox got bad news after the game as Casas has suffered a ruptured patellar tendon in his left knee that will require surgery and will likely end his season.

* ROSTER MOVE * - The Red Sox will call up Abraham Toro from AAA Worcester to replace Casas on the active roster and Toro will share the duties at first base with Romy Gonzalez for the time being as Boston will see if they can get adequate production from the position while they explore the trade market to see who is available and at what cost. The Red Sox are also considering how to solve the matter internally with two of baseballs top 10 prospects in OF Roman Anthony and SS Marcelo Mayer tearing up AAA and ready to make their MLB debuts very soon.and their arrivals could open up the possibility of someone like Trevor Story or Rafael Devers becoming a first baseman

* ROSTER MOVE * The Red Sox have activated Connor Wong from the injured list and he will return to the lineup after missing most of April with an injury and the Red Sox have sent Blake Sabol back down to AAA Worcester

* The Red Sox and Blue Jays will wrap up this 3 game series tomorrow night at Rogers Centre with Boston looking to complete the 3 game sweep after the first 2 games of the series. Tanner Houck will be on the mound in the series finale for Boston while Jose Berrios takes the mound for Toronto

HIGHLIGHTS

Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays
Apr 30, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (22-10)	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	2	0	10	17	0
Toronto (16-15)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	5	10	0
W: Lucas Giolito (1-0) L: Chris Bassitt (2-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	TOR
BOS	2	Triston Casas doubled to CF (Campbell scores)	1	0
TOR	3	Vladimir Guerrero sac fly to RF (Gimenez scores)	1	1
BOS	5	Ceddanne Rafaela sungled to RF (Wong scores)	2	1
BOS	5	Rafael Devers doubled to CF (Rafaela scores)	3	1
BOS	5	Alex Bregman singled to CF (Devers scores)	4	1
BOS	5	Kristian Campbell sac fly to RF (Bregman scores)	5	1
TOR	5	Bo Bichette doubled to RF (Barger scores)	5	2
TOR	5	Vladimir Guerrero sac fly to RF (Lukes scores)	5	3
BOS	6	Rafael Devers singled to CF (Duran scores)	6	3
BOS	6	Alex Bregman 2-run HR to LF (Devers scores)	8	3
BOS	8	Rafael Deverz 2-run HR to RF (Duran scores)	10	3
TOR	9	Andres Gimenez solo HR to RF	10	4
TOR	9	Vladimir Guerrero solo HR to LF	10	5

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	2	3	0	1	0	0	.323
Devers, DH	5	3	3	4	0	1	1	.301
Bregman, 3B	5	2	4	3	0	1	1	.323
Story, SS	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	.196
Abreu, RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.302
Campbell, 2B	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.300
Casas, 1B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.295
Gonzalez, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.175
Wong, C	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.260
Rafaela, CF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.227
TEAM TOTALS	40	10	17	10	2	7	2
BATTING: 2B: Devers (12), Bregman (12), Casas (10), Wong (4) HR: Devers (12), Bregman (8) RBI: Devers 4 (32), Bregman 3 (29), Casas (16), Campbell (10), Rafaela (10) HBP: Abreu SF: Campbell GIDP: Campbell
BASERUNNING: SB: Duran 3 (10), Rafaela (4) CS: Duran (2)

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Bichette, SS	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	.292
Guerrero, 1B	4	1	2	3	0	0	1	.274
Santander, DH	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	.223
Springer, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.214
Varsho, CF	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.304
Kirk, C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.217
Barger, 3B	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	.000
Gimenez, 2B	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.198
Lukes, LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.291
TEAM TOTALS	35	5	10	5	2	7	2
BATTING: 2B: Varsho (5), Buchette (5) HR: Guerrero (11), Gimenez (1) RBI: Guerrero 3 (31), Gimenez (5), Bichette (10) SF: Guerrero
BASERUNNING: CS: Varsho (2)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Lucas Giolito (W, 1-0)	5.1	6	3	3	2	4	0	5.06
Garrett Whitlock (H, 2)	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.91
Liam Hendriks	2.0	2	2	2	0	2	2	4.15
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	10	5	5	2	7	2
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Giolito - 83 Pitches (69% Strikes)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Chris Bassitt (L, 2-2)	4.1	9	5	5	1	4	0	4.59
Braydon Fisher	1.1	3	3	3	0	1	1	20.25
Yariel Rodriguez	2.1	4	2	2	1	2	1	6.75
Erik Swanson	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	17	10	10	2	7	2
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Bassitt - 66 Pitches (71% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #33 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (22-10) @ Toronto Blue Jays (16-15)
Pitching Matchup – Tanner Houck (1-0, 3.69 ERA) vs Jose Berrios (3-0, 3.69 ERA)



RECAP
The Red Sox opened the scoring in the top of the 3rd when David Hamilton singled before stealing second base and coming around to score on a RBI single by Ceddanne Rafaela giving Boston a 1-0 lead. Tanner Houck was pitching well early as he retired the first 11 batters he faced before walking Anthony Santander with 2 outs in the bottom of the 4th but he would come right back to retire George Springer on a fly ball to Rafaela in CF ending the 4th inning and we would head to the 5th inning with the Blue Jays still looking for their first hit and the Red Sox leading 1-0. Carlos Narvaez came up with runners on the corners and nobody out in the top of the 5th and grounded into a double play but Abraham Toro scored making it 2-0. The Blue Jays recorded their first hit in the bottom of the 6th as Daulton Varsho led off with a single and scored on a RBI single by Nathan Lukes cutting the deficit to 2-1. Boston extended the lead to 3-1 on a RBI single by Kristian Campbell in the top of the 6th and Houck got Springer to ground into an inning ending double play in the bottom of the 6th sending the game to the 7th inning with the Red Sox up 3-1. Nick Sandlin pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 7th and Daulton Varsho took Houck deep for a solo HR leading off the bottom of the 7th cutting the Sox lead to 3-2. Alejandro Kirk singled to RF.putting the tying run on with nobody out but Justin Wilson came in from the bullpen and retired the next 3 batters to send the game to the 8th inning with Boston leading 3-2. Yimi Garcia took over on the mound for Toronto and retired the side in order in the top of the 8th while Justin Slaten came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th for Boston with Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero and Anthony Santander due up for the Jays who were trailing 3-2. Bichette led off with a slow ground ball up the middle into CF for a single putting the tying run on base with nobody out. Slaten came back with a huge K as he struck out Vladimir Guerrero for the 1st out. Anthony Santander was up next and Slaten would get him to hit the ball on the ground to Campbell at second base to start an inning ending 4-6-3 double play and we would head to the 9th inning with Boston leading 3-2. Jeff Hoffman came on to pitch a 1-2-3 top of the 9th for Toronto and the Blue Jays would come up to bat in the bottom of the 9th trailing 3-2 with Aroldis Chapman making his way in from the bullpen looking to close it out and record the save for Boston with Springer, Varsho and Kirk due up for Toronto. Chapman blew a 99 mph fastball past Springer for a K to record the 1st out and then froze Varsho who struck out looking at a nasty slider and the Blue Jays were quickly down to their final out with Alejandro Kirk coming to the plate. Chapman would reach back and blow a 99 mph fastball past Kirk as he strikes out the side and the Red Sox win 3-2 to complete the 3 game sweep of the Blue Jays

GAME NOTES0
* The Red Sox get a strong pitching performance from Tanner Houck and the bullpen slammed the door in the late innings to lead the Red Sox to a 3-2 win over the Blue Jays completing the 3 game sweep at Toronto and the Red Sox finish the road trip with a 5-1 record

* The Red Sox have won 4 in a row and improve to 23-10 while the Blue Jays fall to 16-16 on the season and are now 6.5 games back of the 1^st place Red Sox

* Ceddanne Rafaela and David Hamilton each recorded 2 hits for Boston with Rafaela going 2 for 3 with his 11th RBI of the season and Hamilton going 2 for 3 and stealing his 3rd bag of the season

* Daulton Varsho went 2 for 4 with a solo HR for Toronto and is off to a strong start to the season as he is now hitting .315 with 4 HR & 20 RBI

* Tanner Houck pitched well for Boston throwing 6.0 innings allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 2 walks & 7 Ks to earn the win and improve to 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA on the season

* Jose Berrios pitched 6.0 innings allowing 3 runs on 7 hits with 7 Ks and took the loss falling to 3-1 with a 3.80 ERA on the season

* Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in a dominant bottom of the 9th to record his 13th save and lower his ERA to 0.57 on the season as Chapman has been lights out for the Red Sox

* Abraham Toro was in the lineup getting the start at 1B for Boston and went 1 for 3 in his Red Sox debut

* The Red Sox will return home to Boston where they will be right back in action tomorrow night to kick off a 6 game home stand when the Minnesota Twins come to town to begin a 3 game series at Fenway Park. The series will be a matchup of division leading teams in the American League as the Red Sox come into the series on a 4 game winning streak with a record of 23-10 which has them in 1st place in the AL East with a 5.0 game lead over the 2nd place Orioles while the Twins come in with a record of 17-15 and have a 1.5 game lead over the 2nd place Guardians in the AL Central. The Red Sox and Twins are both playing pretty tight divisions so far this season as the AL East has been the best division in MLB with all teams over .500 and the last place Blue Jays sitting 6.5 games back of the 1st place Red Sox while the AL Central has the last place White Sox just 4.5 games back of the Twins. Brayan Bello will be on the mound in the opener for Boston while Joe Ryan gets the start for Minnesota

HIGHLIGHTS

Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays
May 1, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (23-10)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	7	0
Toronto (16-16)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6	0
W: Tanner Houck (2-0) L: Jose Berrios (3-1) S: Aroldis Chpman (13)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	TOR
BOS	3	Ceddanne Rafaela singled to RF (Hamilton scores)	1	0
BOS	5	Carlos Narvaez grounded into 6-4-3 double play (Toro scores)	2	0
TOR	5	Nathan Lukes singled to LF (Varsho scores)	2	1
BOS	6	Kristian Campbell singled to CF (Devers scores)	3	1
TOR	7	Daulton Varsho solo HR to RF	3	2

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313
Devers, DH	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	..300
Bregman, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.314
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.290
Campbell, 2B	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.298
Toro, 1B	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.333
Hamilton, SS	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.298
Narvaez, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143
Rafaela, CF	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	.240
TEAM TOTALS	32	3	7	2	0	9	0
BATTING: 2B: Devers (13) RBI: Rafaela (11), Campbell (11) GIDP: Narvaez
BASERUNNING: SB: Hamilton (3) CS: Campbell (1)

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Bichette, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.290
Guerrero, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273
Santander, DH	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.218
Springer, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.208
Varsho, CF	4	2	2	1	0	2	1	.315
Kirk, C	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.219
Barger, 3B	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Gimenez, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.193
Lukes, LF	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.293
TEAM TOTALS	31	2	6	2	2	13	1
BATTING: HR: Varsho (4) RBI: Varsho (20), Lukes (7) GIDP: Santander, Springer

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tanner Houck (W, 2-0)	6.0	5	2	2	2	7	1	3.60
Justin Wiilson (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.14
Justin Slaten (H, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.81
Aroldis Chapman (S, 13)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.57
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	6	2	2	2	13	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Houck - 87 Pitches (733% Strikes)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jose Berrios (L, 3-1)	6.0	7	3	3	0	7	0	3.80
Nick Sandlin	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37
Yimi Garcia	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.38
Jeff Hoffman	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.14
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	3	3	0	9	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Berrios - 72 Pitches (70% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #34 of the Season
Minnesota Twins (17-15) @ Boston Red Sox (23-10)
Pitching Matchup – Brayan Bello (1-0, 0.63 ERA) vs Joe Ryan (2-1, 3.60 ERA)




RECAP
The Red Sox and Twins were scoreless through 4innings as Brayan Bello was pitching well for Boston and Joe Ryan had retired the all 12 Red Sox hitters he faced through his first 4 innings of work on the mound for Minnesota and we would head to the 5th inning with the score tied 0-0. Bello pitched a scoreless top of the 5th for Boston and Ryan retired Wilyer Abreu on a ground out leading off the bottom of the 5th to make it 13 straight retired to start the ball game before Trevor Story registered the first Red Sox hit of the night with a shot in the gap to right-center that rolled to the wall and Story would slide in safely at third base with a 1 out triple. Abraham Toro followed with a fly ball to deep LF scoring Story on the sac fly to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. Bello and Ryan pitched scoreless frames in the 6th to send the game to the 7th inning with Boston leading 1-0 and Bello would retire the first two batters in the top of the 7th before a single by Brooks Lee and ground rule double by Carlos Correa put runners on 2nd & 3rd with 2 outs for Minnesota with Ryan Jeffers coming to the plate for a huge at bat. Red Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey paid a visit to the mound to over the plan with Bello as Boston had Garrett Whitlock and Brennan Bernardino warming in the pen but would stick with Bello to face Jeffers who was 1 for 2 on the night. Bello and Jeffers would battle to a full count as Jeffers laid off a tough slider away with 2 strikes that could have been strike 3 to run the count full to 3 & 2 before Bello froze Jeffers with a 95 mph fastball at the letters for a huge K to end the threat and keep the score 1-0. Ryan returned to the mound for the bottom of the 7th and retired the side in order as he has held the Red Sox to just 1 hit in the ball game but the Twins find themselves trailing as we head to the 8th inning with the Red Sox leading 1-0. Bello was at 75 pitches through 7 innings and returned to the mound to begin the top of the 8th and struck out Royce Lewis to begin the frame. Jonah Bride came on to pinch--hit for Kody Clemens and lined a single to CF putting a man on with 1 out. Alex Cora came out and would bring on Garrett Whitlock as Bello leaves the mound to a standing ovation from the Fenway Park crowd. The move paid off as Whitlock came in and recorded back to back Ks of Harrison Bader and Byron Buxton who both chased a pair of nasty sliders low and away as the Twins fail to score and the Red Sox lead remains 1-0. Griffin Jax took over on the mound for Minnesota and the Red Sox would add a big insurance run as Trevor Story led off the with a single and would come in to score when Connor Wong lined a ball in the gap to right-center with 1 out for a RBI double as Story came all the way around to score making it 2-0. Ceddanne Rafaela came up with 2 outs and hit a ground ball up the middle for a RBI single into CF scoring Wong to extend the lead to 3-0. Aroldis Chapman came on to pitch the top of the 9th with Trevor Larnach, Ty France and Brooks Lee scheduled to hit for the Twins with Carlos Correa due to follow if Minnesota can get a man on base and make things interesting. Chapman started the inning by striking out Larnach on a slider before blowing a 99 mph fastball past France and the Twins were down to their final out with Lee stepping to the plate. Lee hit the ball on the ground to Story at shortstop who fielded it cleanly and threw across to Toro for the final out and the Red Sox win 3-0

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox extend their winning streak to 5 games and improve to 24-10 while the Twins fall to 17-16 on the season

* The Red Sox managed just 4 hits in the game and Abraham Toro knocked in a run with a RBI sac fly while Connor Wong went 1 for 3 with a RBI double and Ceddanne Rafaela went 1 for 3 with a RBI single

* Brayan Bello pitched into the 8th inning finishing with 7.1 inning pitched allowing 0 runs on 8 hits with 7 Ks to earn the win and improve to 2-0 with a 0.54 ERA

* Joe Ryan pitched 7 innings holding the Red Sox to 1 run on just 1 hit with 4 Ks and took the tough luck loss falling to 2-2 with a 3.09 ERA on the season

* Aroldis Chapman pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 9th to record his 14th save and lower his ERA to 0.54 on the season

* The Red Sox and Twins will play the 2^nd game of this 3 game series at Fenway Park tomorrow with Walker Buehler scheduled to pitch for Boston while Bailey Ober will get the start for Minnesota

HIGHLIGHTS

Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
May 2, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (17-16)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Boston (24-10)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	3	8	0
W: Brayan Bello (2-0) L: Joe Ryan (2-2) S: Aroldis Chpman (14)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			MIN	BOS
BOS	5	Abraham Toro sac fly to LF (Story scores)	0	1
BOS	8	Connor Wong doubled to CF (Story scores)	0	2
BOS	8	Ceddanne Rafaela singled to CF (Wong scores)	0	3

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Buxton, CF	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.267
Larnach, RF	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	.267
France, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.246
Lee, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Correa, DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.265
Jeffers, C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.221
Lewis, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.349
Clemens, 2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.176
Bride, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.244
Bader, LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.173
TEAM TOTALS	31	0	8	0	0	11	0
BATTING: 2B: Correa (3) GIDP: France, Lee
BASERUNNING: CS: Bader (2)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.305
Devers, DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294
Bregman, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.307
Abreu, RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282
Story, SS	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	.209
Toro, 1B	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200
Wong, C	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.264
Hamilton, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281
Rafaela, CF	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.243
TEAM TOTALS	26	3	4	3	0	4	0
BATTING: 2B: Wong (5) 3B: Story (1) RBI: Toro (1), Wong (5), Rafaela (12) SF: Toro
BASERUNNING: CS: Rafaela (1)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Joe Ryan (L, 2-2)	7.0	1	1	1	0	4	0	3.09
Griffin Jax	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	7.71
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	8	3	3	0	4	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Ryan - 83 Pitches (73% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Brayan Bello (W, 2-0)	7.1	8	0	0	0	7	0	0.42
Garrett Whitlock (H, 3)	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.82
Aroldis Chapman (S, 14)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.54
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	0	0	0	11	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Bello - 82 Pitches (70% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #35 of the Season
Minnesota Twins (17-16) @ Boston Red Sox (24-10)
Pitching Matchup – Walker Buehler (2-1, 3.15 ERA) vs Bailey Ober (1-4, 4.31 ERA)




RECAP
The Red Sox came out swinging the bats against Bailey Ober in the bottom of the 1st as they sent 10 men to the plate and explode for 5 runs on 7 hits taking an early 5-0 lead. The Red Sox continued to batter Twins pitching in the ball game and would put up 12 runs on 20 hits on their way to a 12-4 victory for their 6th straight win

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox are on fire as they extend their winning streak to 6 games and have won 8 of their last 10 games improving to 25-10 while the Twins fall to .500 at 17-17 on the season

* Rafael Devers went 3 for 5 with a double & 4 RBI while Alex Bregman went 2 for 5 with a double, HR & 2 RBI for Boston. Devers is now hitting .308 with a team leading 36 RBI on the season and Bregman is now hitting.310 with 9 HR & 31 RBI on the season

* Ceddanne Rafaela had a big night going 4 for 5 with 3 singles, 1 doubles, 1 stolen base & 3 RBI raising his average to .269 with 15 RBI with 5 steals while Jarren Duran also had a 3 hit night going 3 for 4 with his 15th RBI and a stolen base and Duran is hitting .319 with 11 stolen bases

* Royce Lewis had a big night at the plate for Minnesota going 2 for 4 with 2 HR & 3 RBI and Lewis is having a breakout season as he is now hitting .355 with 9 HR & 33 RBI

* Walker Buehler pitched 6.0 innings allowing 2 runs on 6 hits with 1 walk & 8 Ks to earnt he win and improve to 3-1 with a 3.13 ERA on the season

* Bailey Ober got knocked around and exited in the 2nd inning as he finished with 1.1 innings pitched allowing 6 runs on 9 hits as he took the loss falling to 1-5 with a 5.79 ERA

* The Red Sox and Twins wrap up this 3 game series at Fenway Park tomorrow with Boston looking to complete the sweep and extend their win streak to 7 games after taking the first two games of the series. Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet will get the start in the finale for Boston while Chris Paddock gets the start for Minnesota

HIGHLIGHTS

Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
May 3, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (17-17)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	9	0
Boston (25-10)	5	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	X	12	20	0
W: Walker Buehler (3-1) L: Bailey Ober (1-5)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			MIN	BOS
BOS	1	Rafael Devers singled to RF (Duran scores)	0	1
BOS	1	Alex Bregman 2-run HR to LF (Devers scores)	0	3
BOS	1	Connor Wong singled to CF (Story scores)	0	4
BOS	1	Ceddanne Rafaela singled to LF (Sogard scores)	0	5
BOS	2	Wilyer Abreu sac fly to LF (Devers scores)	0	6
MIN	3	Trevor Larnach solo HR to RF	1	6
BOS	3	Ceddanne Rafaela singled to RF (Wong scores)	1	7
BOS	3	Rafael Devers sac fly to CF (Rafaela scores)	1	8
MIN	4	Royce Lewis solo HR to LF	2	8
BOS	5	Rafael Devers doubled to LF (Rafaela & Duran score)	2	10
BOS	6	Ceddanne Rafaela doubled to CF (Campbell scores)	2	11
BOS	6	Jarren Duran sac fly to LF (Sogard scores)	2	12
MIN	8	Royec Lewis 2-run HR to RF (Kiersey scores)	4	12

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Bader, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.161
Kiersey, RF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.200
Correa, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.265
Lewis, 3B	4	2	2	3	0	1	2	.355
Buxton, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.267
Bride, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.244
Jeffers, C	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.222
Larnach, RF	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.269
Lee, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
TEAM TOTALS	34	4	9	4	1	10	3
BATTING: HR: Lewis 2 (9), Larnach (4) RBI: Lewis 3 (33), Larnach (11) GIDP: Larnach
BASERUNNING: CS: Buxton (2)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	.319
Devers, DH	3	2	3	4	1	0	0	.308
Bregman, 3B	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	.310
Abreu, RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.280
Story, SS	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.209
Campbell, 2B	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	.306
Sogard, 1B	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	.400
Wong, C	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	.276
Rafaela, CF	5	2	4	3	0	0	0	.269
TEAM TOTALS	40	12	20	12	2	2	1
BATTING: 2B: Devers (14), Bregman (13), Wong (6), Rafaela (5), Campbell (8) HR: Bregman (9) RBI: Devers 4 (36), Rafaela 3 (15), Bregman 2 (31), Duran (15), Abreu (7), Wong (6) SF: Duran, Devers, Abreu
BASERUNNING: SB: Duran (11), Rafaela (5) CS: Rafaela (2)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bailey Ober (L, 1-5)	1.1	9	6	6	0	0	1	5.79
Jorge Alcala	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	3.57
Louie Varland	3.2	5	2	2	1	1	0	4.91
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	20	12	12	2	2	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Ober - 33 Pitches (70% Strikes) Pitches-Strikes: Alcala - 50 Pitches (62% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Walker Buehler (W, 3-1)	6.0	6	2	2	1	8	2	3.13
Greg Weissert (H, 2)	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	4.91
Sean Newcomb	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.94
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	9	4	4	1	10	3
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Buehler - 84 Pitches (75% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #36 of the Season
Minnesota Twins (17-17) @ Boston Red Sox (25-10)
Pitching Matchup – Garrett Crochet (3-1, 3.64 ERA) vs Chris Paddock (2-3, 4.63 ERA)




RECAP
The Red Sox had a 3-1 lead before Brooks Lee took Garrett Crochet deep for a solo HR to cut the Red Sox lead to 3-2. The score remained 3-2 into the 8th inning where Crochet would return to the mound and Ty France would lead off with a single to begin the top of the 8th. Dashawn Keirsey came on as a pinch runner for France and Alex Cora would bring on Garrett Whitlock to take over on the mound. Christian Vazquez was up next and lined a ball in the gap to left-center scoring Keirsey all the way from first base for a RBI single tying the game 3-3. The Twins had the go ahead run in scoring position with 1 out after Lee bunted Vazquez into scoring position but Whitlock would record a big K of Willi Castro for the 2nd out bringing up Jonah Bride with 2 outs and a man in scoring position. Bride would come through as Whitlock left a sinker over the plate and Bride would drive it high off the green monster in left-center for a RBI double giving Minnesota a 4-3 lead. Whitlock retired Carlos Correa on a ground out to end the frame but the Twins now had a 4-3 lead. Griffin Jax retired the Sox in order in the bottom of the 8th to send the game to the 9th inning with Minnesota leading 4-3. Liam Hendriks pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 9th for Boston and the Red Sox would come up to bat in the bottom of the 9th trailing 4-3 with Twins closer Jhoan Duran coming on to try and close it out for Minnesota. Duran retired Rafaela on a routine fly ball to RF for the 1st out. Rafael Devers was up next and got a pitch that he was able to get the bat on and would hit a towering fly ball deep to CF sending Buxton back and the ball would just clear the wall into the Red Sox bullpen for a game tying solo HR tying the score 4-4. Duran would retire the next two batters sending the game to extra innings with the score tied 4-4. Dashawn Keirsey led off the top of the 10th with a liner down the LF line scoring Bader to give the Twins a 5-4 lead. Vazquez knocked in Keirsey with a RBI sac fly to RF making it 6-4. Rafaela made a great running catch on a drive by Correa to save two runs and bring the top of the 10th to an end with the Twins leading 6-4 and the Red Sox coming up. Duran remained in the game and struck out Toro for the 1st out and Hamilton would fly out to Buxton on the warning track in CF and the Sox were down to their final out. Duran blew a heater past Narvaez for the final out and the Twins avoid the sweep taking the finale of this 3 game series 6-4 in 10 innings

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox 6 game win streak comes to an end as they fall to 25-11 while the Twins improve to 18-17 on the season

* Rafael Devers went 2 for 4 with a double, HR & 1 RBI in the ball game and hit a game tying HR in the bottom of the 9th for Boston. Devers is now hitting .313 with 15 doubles, 13 HR & 37 RBI on the season

* Kristian Campbell went 3 for 5 with 3 doubles in the game and Campbell is hitting .319 in what has been a great start to his rookie season

* Carlos Correa and Brooks Lee each homered for Minnesota and Correa is now hitting ..262 with 4 HR & 10 RBI while Lee is hitting .222 with 1 HR & 1 RBI after recently beeing promotoed from AAA St. Paul

* Garrett Crochet pitched 7 innings allowing 3 runs on 4 hits with 9 Ks in a no decision for Boston

* Chris Paddock pitched 4.1 innings allowing 3 runs (2 earned runs) on 9 hits with 1 walk & 4 Ks earning a no decision

* The Red Sox will have an off day tomorrow before the Texas Rangers come to Boston to begin a 3 game series at Fenway Park with Lucas Giolito set to make his 2^nd start of the season for Boston while Nathan Eovaldi gets the start for Texas. The Rangers are currently in 4th place in the AL West with a record of 17-18 on the season

HIGHLIGHTS

Twins at Red Sox |
May 4, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Minnesota (18-17)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	6	8	1
Boston (25-11)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	13	0
W: Jhoan Duran (1-1) L: Liam Hendriks (1-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			MIN	BOS
MIN	1	Carlos Correa solo HR to LF	1	0
BOS	2	Carlos Narvaez singled to CF (Toro scores)	1	1
BOS	5	Kristian Campbell doubled to CF (Devers scores)	1	2
BOS	5	David Hamilton singled to LF (Campbell scores)	1	3
MIN	6	Brooks Lee solo HR to LF	2	3
MIN	8	Christian Vazquez singled to LF (Keirsey scores)	3	3
MIN	8	Jonah Bride doubled to LF (Vazquez scores)	4	3
BOS	9	Rafael Devers solo HR to CF	4	4
MIN	10	Dashawn Keirsey doubled to LF (Bader scores)	5	4
MIN	10	Christian Vazquez sac fly to RF (Keirsey scores)	6	4

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Castro, RF	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	.176
Bride, 1B	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	.242
Correa, SS	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	.262
Lewis, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.342
Buxton, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.256
Bader, LF	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.167
France, DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.246
Keirsey, PR	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	.236
Vazquez, C	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	.313
Lee, 2B	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	.222
TEAM TOTALS	36	6	8	6	1	13	2
BATTING: 2B: Bride (7), Keirsey (2) HR: Correa (4), Lee (1) RBI: Vazquez 2 (6), Correa (10), Bride (8), Keirsey (3), Lee (1) SF: Vazquez SAC: Lee
BASERUNNING: SB: Bader (1)
FIELDING: E: Lee (1)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.314
Rafaela, CF	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.257
Devers, DH	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.313
Campbell, 2B	5	1	3	1	0	1	0	.319
Abreu, RF	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	.279
Toro, 1B	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	.200
Hamilton, SS	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	.290
Narvaez, C	5	0	2	1	0	2	0	.184
Sogard, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333
TEAM TOTALS	42	4	13	4	1	11	1
BATTING: 2B: Campbell 3 (11), Devers (15) HR: Devers (13) RBI: Devers (37), Campbell (12), Narvaez (5), Hamilton (9) HBP: Devers

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Chris Paddack	4.1	9	3	2	1	4	0	4.58
Danny Coulombe	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.42
Brock Stewart	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.71
Griffin Jax (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.11
Jhoan Duran (W, 1-1)	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	1.98
TEAM TOTALS	10.0	13	4	3	1	11	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Paddack - 69 Pitches (68% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Garrett Crochet	7.0	4	3	3	0	9	2	3.67
Garrett Whitlock (BS, 1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	3.09
Liam Hendriks (L, 1-1)	1.1	1	2	1	1	2	0	4.79
Sean Newcomb	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.86
TEAM TOTALS	10.0	9	6	5	1	13	2
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Crochet - 82 Pitches (73% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #37 of the Season
Texas Rangers (17-18) @ Boston Red Sox (25-11)
Pitching Matchup – Lucas Giolito (1-0, 5.06 ERA) vs Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 3.21 ERA)

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RECAP
The Rangers and Red Sox were tied 2-2 after 5 innings as Adolis Garcia knocked in both Texas runs with a pair of RBI singles in the 1st and 3rd innings while Jarren Duran knocked in both Boston runs with a solo HR in the 1st and a RBI single in the 5th inning. The Rangers took the lead back in the top of the 6th as Garcia doubled to lead off the inning and came in to score on a RBI sac fly to RF by Josh Jung giving Texas a 3-2 lead. Eovaldi got through the bottom of the 6th and we would go to the 7th inning with Texas leading 3-2. Garrett Whitlock and Chris Martin pitched scoreless frames in the 7th to send the game to the 8th inning with the Rangers leading 3-2. Joc Pederson doubled off Whitlock in the top of the 8th to put runners on 2nd & 3rd with 1 out. Josh Jung was up next and fouled off some tough two strike pitches from Whitlock to stay alive before Whitlock left a sinker up over the plate and Jung launched it high and deep to CF for a huge 3-run HR to blow the game open giving the Rangers a 6-2 lead. Martin pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 8th to send the game to the 9th inning with Texas leading 6-2. Brennan Bernardino pitched a scoreless top of the 9th and the Red Sox would come up to hit in the bottom of the 9th trailing 6-2 with Jacob Webb coming on to pitch for Texas. Alex Bregman led off the bottom of the 9th with a double high off the green monster but Martin would come back to retire Campbell and Abreu and the Red Sox were down to their final out. Trevor Story hit a hard ground ball to Jung at third base who knocked it down and would pick up the ball and fire a strong throw across the diamond for the final out as the Rangers win 6-2

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox have lost 2 in a row and fall to 25-12 while the Rangers get back to .500 improving to 18-18 on the season

* The Rangers were led by Adolis Garcia and Josh Jung as Garcia went 3 for 3 with 2 singles, 1 double & 2 RBI and is hitting .331 with 6 HR & 19 RBI while Josh Jung who went 2 for 3 and is now hitting .250 with 2 HR & 10 RBI on the season

* Jarren Duran knocked in both of the Red Sox runs as he went 2 for 4 with a HR & 2 RBI and is now hitting .319 with 9 doubles, 3 triples, 5 HR & 17 RBI with 11 stolen bases as Duran is having another excellent season cementing his place as one of the best all around players in MLB

* Lucas Giolito was making his 2nd start of the season and pitched 5.2 innings allowing 3 runs on 7 hits with 7 Ks as he takes the loss to fall to 1-1 with a 4.90 ERA

* Nathan Eovaldi pitched 6 strong innings for Texas holding the Red Sox to 2 runs on 5 hits with 2 Ks to earn the win and improve to 3-2 with a 3.18 ERA on the season

* The Red Sox and Rangers come to Boston will play the 2^nd game of this 3 game series at Fenway Park tomorrow night with Tanner Houck getting the start for Boston while Tyler Mahle gets the start for Texas

HIGHLIGHTS

Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox
May 6, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (18-18)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	6	10	0
Boston (25-12)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
W: Nathan Eovaldi (3-2) L: Lucas Giolito (1-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TEX	BOS
TEX	1	Adolis Garcia singled to LF (Langford scores)	1	0
BOS	1	Jarren Duran solo HR to CF	1	1
TEX	3	Adolis Garcia singled to RF (Langford scores)	2	1
BOS	5	Jarren Duran singled to RF (Story scores)	2	2
TEX	6	Josh Jung sac fly to CF (Garcia scores)	3	2
TEX	8	Josh Jung 3-run HR to CF (Garcia & Pederson score)	6	2

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Semien, 2B	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.229
Langford, LF	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	.241
Seager, SS	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	.241
Garcia, RF	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	.330
Pederson, DH	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.202
Jung, 3B	3	1	2	4	0	1	1	.250
Burger, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.218
Heim, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.206
Haggerty, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	36	6	10	8	1	11	1
BATTING: 2B: Langford (7), Semien (8), Garcia (5), Pederson (8) HR: Jung (2) RBI: Jung 4 (10), Garcia 2 (19) HBP: Garcia SF: Jung
BASERUNNING: SB: Lanford 2 (6)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.319
Devers, DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.311
Bregman, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.308
Campbell, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.307
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269
Story, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.210
Toro, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.153
Wong, C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.279
Rafaela, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
TEAM TOTALS	33	2	6	2	0	5	1
BATTING: 2B: Bregman (14) HR: Duran (5) RBI: Duran 2 (17)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Nathan Eovaldi (W, 3-2)	6.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	3.18
Chris Martin (H, 1)	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.00
Jacob Webb	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.02
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Eovaldi - 80 Pitches (72% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Lucas GIolito (L, 1-1)	5.2	7	3	3	0	7	0	4.90
Garrett Whitlock	2.0	3	3	3	0	3	1	3.90
Brennan Bernardino	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.50
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	10	6	6	1	11	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Giolito - 90 Pitches (71% Strikes)