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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #38 of the Season
Texas Rangers (18-18) @ Boston Red Sox (25-12)
Pitching Matchup – Tyler Mahle (3-0, 2.21 ERA) vs Tanner Houck (2-0, 3.60 ERA)




RECAP
The Rangers were leading 3-2 in the top of the 5th when Marcus Semien and Corey Seager blew the game open with a pair of 2-run HR to make it 7-2. The Red Sox chipped away at the lead but Texas would hang on for a 8-5 victory over the Red Sox and the Rangers have taken the first two games of the series

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox lose their 3rd straight game and fall to 25-13 while the Rangers improve to 19-18 on the season

* Marcus Semien went 2 for 4 with a double, HR & 3 RBI while Corey Seager went 2 for 5 with a HR & 2 RBI. Semien is now hitting .237 with 4 HR & 15 RBI while Seager is hitting .247 with 9 HR & 21 RBI

* Josh Jung homered for the 2nd straight day when he crushed a 443 foot blast to CF off Houck in the 2nd inning and finished the game 1 for 4. Jung has homered in each of the first 2 games of this 3 game series at Fenway Park and is now hitting .250 with 3 HR & 11 RBI on the season for Texas

* The Red Sox were led by Kristian Campbell who went 2 for 4 with a double, HR & 1 RBI and is now hitting .314 with 4 HR & 13 RBI on the season while Jarren Duran who went 4 for 5 and is now hitting .336

* Tanner Houck pitched 4.1 innings allowing 7 runs on 7 hits with 2 walks & 4 Ks for Boston and takes the loss falling to 2-1 with a 4.56 ERA on the season

* Tyler Mahle pitched 6.0 innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits with 1 walk & 3 Ks for Texas earning the win to improve to 4-0 with a 2.52 ERA

* The Red Sox and Rangers will play the finale of this 3 game series at Fenway Park with the Rangers looking to complete the 3 game sweep and the Red Sox looking to snap their losing streak at 3 games as Brayan Bello will be on the mound for Boston while Jack Leiter gets the start for Texas

BOX SCORE

Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox
Mar 7, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (19-18)	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	8	11	0
Boston (25-13)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	5	12	0
W: Tylere Mahle (4-0) L: Tanner Houck (2-1) S: Luke Jackson (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TEX	BOS
TEX	2	Josh Jung solo HR to CF	1	0
TEX	3	Marcus Semien doubled to RF (Heim scores)	2	0
BOS	3	Rafael Devers doubled to RF (Duran scores)	2	1
BOS	4	Josh Jung grounded into 4-6-3 double play (Garcia scores)	3	1
BOS	4	Kristian Campbell solo HR to LF	3	2
TEX	5	Marcus Semien 2-run HR to LF (Heim scores)	5	2
TEX	5	Corey Seager 2-run HR to LF (Langford scores)	7	2
BOS	7	Nick Sogard doubled to LF (Campbell scores)	7	3
BOS	7	Jarren Duran singled to RF (Sogard scores)	7	4
TEX	9	Adolis Garcia singled to LF (Semien scores)	8	4
BOS	9	Rafael Devers sac fly to RF (Wong scores)	8	5

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Semien, 2B	4	2	2	3	1	0	1	.237
Langford, LF	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	.265
Seager, SS	5	1	2	2	0	3	1	.247
Garcia, RF	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	.333
Pederson, DH	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	.212
Jung, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.250
Burger, 1B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.211
Heim, C	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	.213
Haggerty, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.125
TEAM TOTALS	36	8	11	7	4	7	3
BATTING: 2B: Semien (9), Pederson (9), Haggerty (1) HR: Semien (4), Jung (3), Seager (9) RBI: Semien 3 (15), Seager 2 (21), Garcia (20), Jung (11) HBP: Heim GIDP: Jung

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	5	1	4	1	0	0	0	.336
Devers, DH	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	.312
Bregman, 3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.305
Abreu, RF	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.258
Story, SS	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.213
Campbell, 2B	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.314
Sogard, 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.308
Wong, C	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	.297
Rafaela, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.242
TEAM TOTALS	36	5	12	5	2	6	1
BATTING: 2B: Duran (10), Devers (16), Bregman (15), Wong (7), Campbell (12), Sogard (1) HR: Campbell (4) RBI: Devers 2 (39), Duran (18), Campbell (13), Sogard (1) HBP: Devers SF: Devers GIDP: Campbell

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tyler Mahle (W, 4-0)	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	2.52
Shawn Armstrong (H, 2)	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.46
Robert Garcia (H, 9)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.29
Chris Martin (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.86
Hoby Milner	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.18
Luke Jackson (S, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.62
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	12	5	5	2	6	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Mahle - 70 Pitches (71% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tanner Houck (L, 2-1)	4.1	7	7	7	2	4	3	4.56
Sean Newcomb	3.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	3.48
Greg Weissert	1.1	1	1	1	2	2	0	5.11
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	11	8	8	4	7	3
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Houck - 83 Pitches (68% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #39 of the Season
Texas Rangers (19-18) @ Boston Red Sox (25-13)
Pitching Matchup – Jack Leiter (1-2, 4.31 ERA) vs Brayan Bello (2-0, 0.42 ERA)




RECAP
The Red Sox got back to back HR from Wilyer Abreu who wrapped a 2-run HR inside the Pesky pole in RF and Trevor Story who followed with a solo HR to CF giving Boston a 3-0 lead against Jack Leiter in the 1st inning. The Rangers got a run on a RBI single by Jonah Heim in the top of the 2nd and were threatening with runners on the corners and 1 out in the top of the 3rd but Bello would get Adolis Garcia to hit into an inning ending 6-4-3 double play to end the threat. The score remained 3-1 into the bottom of the 5th where Leiter retired the first two batters before Rafael Devers doubled and Alex Bregman knocked him in with a RBI single to give the Red Sox a 4-1 lead. Bello retired the first two batters in the top of the 6th before Adolis Garcia doubled and Joc Pederson launched a 2-run HR to RF making it a one run game and cutting the Red Sox lead to 4-3. Jacob Webb took over on the mound for Texas and got Abraham Toro to bounce into an inning ending double play to send the game to the 7th inning with Boston leading 4-3. Bello returned to the mound for the top of the 7th and finished off his outing with a 1-2-3 frame to keep the Red Sox 4-3 lead intact while Webb retired the side in the bottom of the 7th to send the game to the 8th inning with the Red Sox leading 4-3. Justin Slaten came on to pitch the top of the 8th for Boston and Wyatt Langford doubled off the green monster to put the tying run in scoring position with 1 out. Corey Seager was up next and lined a RBI single to CF scoring Langford to tie the game up at 4-4. Slaten would get Garcia to fly out to Abreu in RF for the 2nd out and Pederson to fly out to Rafaela in CF ending the frame with the score tied 4-4. Robert Garcia came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th for Texas and Rafael Devers jumped the first pitch from Garcia and launched a solo HR into the Rangers bullpen in RF to give the Red Sox a 5-4 lead. Garcia got through the rest of the inning with no further damage and we would head to the 9th inning with the Red Sox leading 5-4 and the Rangers coming to bat against Aroldis Chapman who was on to pitch the top of the 9th looking to close it out and record the save for Boston. Chapman got Jung to fly out to Abreu for the 1st out and then blew a 99 mph fastball past Jake Burger and the Rangers were quickly down to their final out. Jonah Heim hit a routine fly ball to Wilyer Abreu in RF who made the grab for the final out as the Red Sox win 5-4

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox get a go ahead solo HR from Rafael Devers in the bottom of the 8th to take a 5-4 lead and Aroldis Chapman slammed the door in the 9th to record his 15th save as the Red Sox avoid the sweep and snap their 3 game skid

* The Red Sox snap their 3 game losing streak and improve to 26-13 while the Rangers fall back to .500 at 19-19 on the season

* Rafael Devers had a big night at the plate for Boston finishing a single shy of the cycle as he went 3 for 4 with a double, triple and HR with 1 RBI. Devers continues to rake as he has adjust to his new role as DH allowing him to focus solely on hitting and is now hitting .323 with 14 HR & 40 RBI on the season

* Trevor Story has struggled mightily and finally hit his first HR of the season as he went 2 for 4 with a HR & 1 RBI and is now hitting .222 with 1 HR & 8 RBI. Story has managed to stay healthy but needs to get going offensively or will be in danger of losing his job as the Red Sox have one of the games top prospects Marcelo Mayer knocking on the door at AAA Worcester and looking ready to make the jump to the major leagues sooner rather than later

* Wilyer Abreu went 1 for 4 with a HR & 2 RBI and is now hitting .256 with 4 HR & 9 RBI on the season

* Joc Pederson went 1 for 4 with a HR & 2 RBI for Texas and is hitting .213 with 4 HR & 11 RBI on the season

* Brayan Bello pitched 7 innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits with 1 walk & 4 Ks earning a no decision for Boston

* Aroldis Chapman pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 9th to record his 15th save and lower his ERA to 0.51 on the season as he has been lights out as the closer for Boston

* Jack Leiter pitched 5.0 innings allowing 4 runs on 7 hits with 6 Ks in a no decision for Texas

* The Red Sox will head out on a 6 game road trip beginning with 3 games against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals are currently in 1st place in the AL Central with a record of 21-18 on the season with a 0.5 game lead over both the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers. The Red Sox will play 3 games in Kansas City before moving on to Detroit where they will play 3 games against the Tigers on the upcoming road trip. Walker Buehler gets the start to open the series in Kansas City for the Red Sox while the Royals will send Michal Lorenzen to the mound in the opener

HIGHLIGHTS




BOX SCORE

Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox
May 8, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (19-19)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	8	0
Boston (26-13)	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	5	8	0
W: Justin Slaten (4-0) L: Robert Garcia (0-4) S: Aroldis Chpman (15)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TEX	BOS
BOS	1	Wilyer Abreu 2-run HR to RF (Duran scores)	0	2
BOS	1	Trevor Story solo HR to CF	0	3
TEX	2	Jonah Heim singled to CF (Jung scores)	1	3
BOS	5	Alex Bregman singled to LF (Devers scores)	1	4
TEX	6	Joc Pederson 2-run HR to RF (Garcia scores)	3	4
TEX	8	Corey Seager singled to CF (Langford scores)	4	4
BOS	8	Rafael Devers solo HR to RF	4	5

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Semien, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.232
Langford, LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.265
Seager, SS	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.253
Garcia, RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.331
Pederson, DH	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.213
Jung, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Burger, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.213
Heim, C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.215
Haggerty, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.091
TEAM TOTALS	34	4	8	4	1	5	1
BATTING: 2B: Langford (8), Garcia (6) HR: Pederson (4) RBI: Pederson 2 (11), Seager (22), Heim (8) GIDP: Garcia

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.333
Devers, DH	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	.323
Bregman, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.304
Abreu, RF	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.256
Story, SS	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.222
Campbell, 2B	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.309
Toro, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.125
Narvaez, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156
Rafaela, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.236
TEAM TOTALS	31	5	8	5	1	7	3
BATTING: 2B: Devers (17) 3B: Devers (1) HR: Devers (14), Abreu (4), Story (1) RBI: Abreu 2 (9), Devers (40), Bregman (32), Story (8) GIDP: Toro
BASERUNNING: SB: Duran (12)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jack Leiter	5.0	7	4	4	0	6	2	4,63
Jacob Webb	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.57
RObert Garcia (L, 0-4)	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3.68
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	8	5	5	1	7	3
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Leiter - 64 Pitches (73% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Brayan Bello	7.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	1.26
Justin Slaten (W, 4-0)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.18
Aroldis Chapman (S, 15)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.51
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Bello - 87 Pitches (73% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #40 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (26-13) @ Kansas City Royals (21-18)
Pitching Matchup – Walker Buehler (3-1, 3.13 ERA) vs Michael Lorenzen (3-2, 0.94 ERA)




RECAP
Michael Lorenzen and Walker Buehler were going toe to toe in what was an excellent pitchers duel early on as Lorenzen retired the first 9 Red Sox hitters he faced and Buehler had allowed just 1 hit and was up to 4 Ks after he struck out the side in the bottom of the 3rd as the game was scoreless after 3 innings. Lorenzen got ahead 0 & 2 to Jarren Duran leading off the top of the 4th but missed his spot on the 0-2 pitch leaving a 94 mph fastball over the plate and Duran punished him for the mistake pitch launching a 412 foot blast to right-center for a solo HR giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. Buehler pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 4th sending the game to the 5th inning with Boston leading 1-0. Lorenzen settled right back into a groove after the Duran HR as he would retire the next 8 Red Sox hitters he faced before Duran came up again in the top of the 6th and singled to LF but Lorenzen would retire Devers to end the frame keeping it a 1-0 ball game. Buehler was dominating on the mound for Boston as he had allowed just 1 hit by Pasquantino in the 2nd inning and has retired 14 straight Royals hitters and we would head to the 7th inning with the Red Sox leading 1-0. Lorenzen pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 7th while Buehler retired the side picking up his 9th K and had now retired 17 in a row sending the game to the 8th inning with Boston leading 1-0. Daniel Lynch stranded Connor Wong in scoring position after he doubled as Lynch pitches a scoreless top of the 8th for Kansas City and the score remained 1-0 with Buehler coming out to pitch the bottom of the 8th for Boston. Pasquantino led off with a ground ball up the middle for the first Royals hit since the 2nd inning and Mark Canha would come on to pinch run for Pasquantino. Buehler came right back to get Jonathan India on a pop up to LF and Kyle Isbel would hit a soft liner down the first base line that was caught by Abraham Toro who made the catch and stepped on the bag to double off Canha ending the inning as Buehler was through 8 scoreless innings and the game would move to the 9th inning with the Red Sox leading 1-0. Alex Bregman would supply a big insurance run in the top of the 9th when he crushed a fastball from Lynch deep to CF that traveled 438 feet hitting the batters eye to give Boston a 2-0 lead. Buehler returned to the mound to begin the bottom of the 9th at 94 pitches on the night looking to finish off what has been a masterful outing with Aroldis Chapman warming in the pen ready to enter if the Royals get a base runner. Buehler recorded his 10th K by striking out Drew Waters looking at a back door cutter for the 1st out. Cavan Biggio swung at the first pitch he saw and grounded to Hamilton at second base and the Royals were down to their final out. Dairon Blanco was up next and Buehler would get him to fly out to Refsnyder in LF on his 100th pitch of the night to finish off a complete game shutout as the Red Sox win 2-0

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox take the opener of this 3 game series with the Royals by a score of 2-0 behind a masterful pitching performance as Walker Buehler threw a gem on the mound striking out 10 Royals in a complete game 2 hit shutout

* The Red Sox improve to 27-13 while the Royals fall to 21-19 on the season and slip to 2nd place in the AL Central falling 0.5 games back of the Twins

* Jarren Duran went 2 for 4 with a HR & 1 RBI and is now hitting .338 with 6 HR & 19 RBI on the season

* Alex Bregman launched a 438 foot bomb to CF in the 9th inning as he went 1 for 4 with a HR & 1 RBI and is now hitting .302 with 10 HR & 33 RBI on the season

* Walker Buehler pitched an absolute game throwing a complete game shutout holding the Royals to just 2 hits while racking up 10 Ks to earn the win and improve to 4-1 with a 2.62 ERA on the season

* Michael Lorenzen came into the game with a 0.94 ERA through his first 7 starts of the season and pitched 7 strong innings allowing just 1 run on 2 hits with 4 Ks but took the tough luck loss falling to 3-3 as his ERA rises to 0.99 ERA

* The Red Sox and Royals will play the 2nd game of this 3 game series at Kauffman Stadium tomorrow with Garrett Crochet taking the mound for Boston against Cole Ragans for Kansas City in what should be another good pitchers duel

* TRANSACTION * - The Red Sox have called up RP Luis Guerrero from AAA Worcester and Sean Newcomb has been designated for assignment with the team hoping that he clears waivers and can be sent down to AAA Worcester and remain in the organization

HIGHLIGHTS








BOX SCORE

Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals
May 9, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (27-13)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0
Kansas City (21-19)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
W: Walker Buehler (4-1) L: Michael Lorenzen (3-3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	KAN
BOS	4	Jarren Duran solo HR to RF	1	0
BOS	9	Alex Bregman solo HR to CF	2	0

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, CF	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.338
Devers, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.315
Bregman, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.302
Abreu, RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.252
Story, SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.215
Refsnyder, LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137
Toro, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105
Wong, C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.299
Hamilton, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.277
TEAM TOTALS	31	2	4	2	0	8	2
BATTING: 2B: Wong (6) HR: Duran (6), Bregman (10) RBI: Duran (19), Bregman (33) HBP: Abreu

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Blanco, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.156
Garcia, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	,232
Witt, SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.317
Perez, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259
Pasquantino, 1B	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.269
Canha, PR-1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211
India, 2B	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.217
Isbel, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.278
Waters, RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Biggio, DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	27	0	2	0	1	10	0
BATTING: GIDP: Isbel

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Walker Buehler (W. 4-1)	9.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	2.62
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	2	0	0	1	10	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Buehler - 100 Pitches (71% Strikes)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Michael Lorenzen (L, 3-3)	7.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0.99
Daniel Lynch	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	2.95
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	2	2	0	6	2
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Lorenzen - 70 Pitches (71% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #41 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (27-13) @ Kansas City Royals (21-19)
Pitching Matchup – Garrett Crochet (3-1, 3.67 ERA) vs Cole Ragans (4-2, 3.04 ERA)




RECAP
The Royals knock around Garrett Crochet and hand the Red Sox a 9-2 beating to even the series at one game each and set up a rubber match tomorrow in the series finale

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox fall to 27-14 while the Royals improve to 22-19 on the season and move back into 1st place in the AL Central with a 0.5 game lead over both Minnesota and Detroit

* Nick Sogard went 2 for 3 and hit his 1st MLB career HR and it was a bomb that traveled 442 feet to left-center off Cole Ragans

* Vinnie Pasquantino had a big night at the plate for Kansas City going 2 for 3 with a double, HR (4) & 3 RBI. The Royals also got home runs from Maikel Garcia (2) and Freddy Fermin (1)

* Garrett Crochet did not have his best stuff and 6.1 innings allowing 7 runs on 9 hits while striking out 8 as he takes the loss falling to 3-2 and seeing his ERA rise to 4.33

* Cole Ragans 7.0 innings allowing 2 runs on 4 hits with 1 walk & 3 Ks to earn the win improving to 5-2 with a 2.98 ERA on the season

* The Red Sox and Royals will play the 3^rd and final game of this 3 game series at Kauffman Stadium tomorrow setting up a rubber match after the teams split the first 2 games of the series. Lucas Giolito gets the start for Boston while Seth Lugo will get the start for Kansas City in the series finale

HIGHLIGHTS








BOX SCORE
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Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals
May 10, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (27-14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
Kansas City (22-19)	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	X	9	12	0
W: Cole Ragans (5-2) L: Garrett Crochet (3-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	KAN
BOS	1	Alex Bregman grounded out to SS (Duran scores)	1	0
KAN	1	Salvador Perez doubled to RF (Garcia scores)	1	1
KAN	1	Vinnie Pasquantino 2-run HR to CF (Perez scores)	1	3
BOS	2	Nick Sogard solo HR to LF	2	3
KAN	3	Maikel Garcia solo HR to CF	2	4
KAN	3	Vinnie Pasquantino doubled to LF (Witt scores)	2	5
KAN	7	Freddy Fermin solo HR to LF	2	6
KAN	7	Mark Canha singled to CF (Isbel scores)	2	7
KAN	8	Freddy Fermin singled to RF (Pasquantino scores)	2	8
KAN	8	Kyle Isbel grounded into double play (Massey scores)	2	9

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.335
Devers, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.308
Bregman, 3B	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.295
Story, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.209
Refsnyder, RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.164
Campbell, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.299
Sogard, 1B	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	.375
Narvaez, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.149
Rafaela, CF	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232
TEAM TOTALS	32	2	5	2	1	4	1
BATTING: 2B: Refsnyder 2 (4), Duran (11) HR: Sogard (1) RBI: Bregman (34), Sogard (2)

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Garcia, 2B	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	.244
Canha, LF	4	0	1	1	0	3	0	.213
Witt, SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.315
Perez, DH	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.258
Pasquantino, 1B	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	.276
Massey, 2B	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.194
Fermin, C	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.256
Isbel, CF	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.277
Waters, RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.111
TEAM TOTALS	35	9	12	8	2	8	3
BATTING: 2B: Pasquantino (7), Perez (6), Isbel (7) HR: Pasquantino (4), Garcia (2), Fermin (1) RBI: Pasquantino 3 (20), Fermin 2 (5), Perez (23), Garcia (10), Canha (7) GIDP: Isbel

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Garrett Crochet (L, 3-2)	6.1	9	7	7	0	8	3	4.33
Greg Weissert	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.85
Brennan Bernardino	0.2	1	2	2	2	0	0	6.23
Luis Guerrero	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	12	9	9	2	8	3
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Crochet - 91 Pitches (75% Strikes)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cole Ragans (W, 5-2)	7.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	2.98
Angel Zerpa	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.37
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	2	2	1	4	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Ragans - 79 Pitches (70% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game 42 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (27-14) @ Kansas City Royals (22-19)
Pitching Matchup – Lucas Giolito (1-1, 4.91 ERA) vs Seth Lugo (1-1, 3.78 ERA)




RECAP
The game was scoreless through 4 innings as Seth Lugo had held the Red Sox to just 1 hit through his first 4 innings of work while Lucas Giolito had all of his pitches working and struck out the side in the bottom of the 4th as he has recorded 5 straight strikeouts bringing his total to 7 Ks and we would head to the 5th inning with the score tied 0-0. Kansas City was threatening with 2 outs in the bottom of the 5th when Bobby Witt lined a single to RF but Wilyer Abreu came up throwing and fired a laser to home plate nailing Kyle Isbel to end the inning and send the game to the 6th inning tied 0-0. The Royals threatened again in the bottom of the 6th with two in scoring position but Giolito would freeze Isbel with a breaking ball for his 10th K sending the game to the 7th inning tied 0-0. Alex Bregman doubled leading off the top of the 7th but was stranded at third base while Giolito retired the side in the bottom of the 7th and we would head to the 8th inning with the score still tied 0-0. Lucas Erceg pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 8th for Kansas City while Garrett Whitlock came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th for Boston and gave up a lead off double to Witt as the Royals were threatening again. Witt would steal 3rd base with 1 out and Pasquantino at the plate and Whitlock would issue a walk to put runners on the corners with 1 out and Jonathan India would drive a ball deep to LF off the wall for a RBI double giving the Royals a 1-0 lead. The Royals blew the game open with 2 outs when Isbel dropped a liner into LF scoring 2 runs to make it 3-0. Justin Wilson replaced Whitlock and recorded the final out and we would go to the 9th inning with the Royals leading 3-0 and Carlos Estevez coming on to try and close it out for Kansas City. The Red Sox came up to bat in the top of the 9th trailing 3-0 with the top of the order due up and Duran ripped a lead off single up the middle to put a man on. Estevez recorded back to back Ks of Devers and Bregman and the Sox were down to their final out. Estevez would get Abreu to fly out to RF ending the game and picking up the save as the Royals take the finale of this series 3-0 and the Red Sox drop 2 out of 3 in Kansas City

GAME NOTES
* The game was scoreless until the bottom of the 8th when the Royals scored 3 runs off Garrett Whitlock and win the game 3-0 as the Royals take 2 out of 3 from the Red Sox in Kansas City

* The Red Sox fall to 27-15 while the Royals improve to 23-19 on the season and remain in 1st place in the AL Central just 0.5 games ahead of the 2nd place Tigers and 1.5 games up on the 3rd place Twins

* The Royals runs came on a RBI double from Jonathan India and a 2-run RBI single from Kyle Isbel

* Bobby Witt finished a HR shy of the cycle as he went 3 for 4 with a single, double and triple raising his average to .325 on the season and Kyle Isbel went 2 for 4 with a double & 2 RBI and is now hitting .284 on the season

* Lucas Giolito pitched a heck of a game for Boston throwing 7 shutout innings allowing 0 runs on 7 hits with 2 walks & 10 Ks and lowers his ERA to 3.00 in a no decision

* Seth Lugo pitched 7 shutout innings for KC allowing 0 runs on 3 hits with 3 Ks but did not factor in the decision and Carlos Estevez recorded his 13th save of the season lowering his ERA to 0.39 on the season

* The Red Sox will travel to Detroit where they will be right back in action tomorrow when they begin a 3 game series with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. The Tigers are currently in 2nd place in the AL Central with a record of 22-19 on the season as they are just 0.5 games back of the 1st place Royals and are in a 4-way battle with the Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Guardians who are all separated by just 4.0 games in the standings with the last place White Sox sitting 8.5 games back. Tanner Houck gets the start to open the series for Boston while Jackson Jobe takes the mound in the opener for Detroit

HIGHLIGHTS




BOX SCORE

Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals
May 11, 22025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (27-15)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Kansas City (23-19)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	X	3	10	0
W: Lucas Erceg (1-0) L: Garrett Whitlock (2-2) S: Carlos Estevez (13)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	KAN
KAN	8	Jonathan India doubled to LF (Witt scores)	0	1
KAN	8	Kyle Isbel singled to LF (Pasquantino & India score)	0	3

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.339
Devers, DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.301
Bregman, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.294
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244
Campbell, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292
Sogard, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316
Hamilton, SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.265
Wong, C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.300
Rafaela, CF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.227
TEAM TOTALS	31	0	4	0	0	6	0
BATTING: 2B: Bregman (16)
BASERUNNING: SB: Duran (13)

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Blanco, RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.163
Garcia, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.239
Witt, SS	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	.325
Perez, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.252
Pasquantino, 1B	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	.287
India, 2B	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.224
Massey, LF	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	.187
Isbel, CF	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	.284
Biggio, DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	33	3	10	3	3	11	0
BATTING: 2B: India 2 (11), Witt (13), Isbel (8) 3B: Witt (5) RBI: Isbel 2 (16), India (18)
BASERUNNING: SB: Witt (12)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Lucas Giolito	7.0	7	0	0	2	10	0	3.00
Garrett Whitlock (L, 2-2)	0.2	3	3	3	1	1	0	4.85
Justin Wilson	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	10	3	3	3	11	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Giolito - 91 Pitches (77% Strikes)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Seth Lugo	7.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	3.32
Lucas Erceg (W, 1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.64
Carlos Estevez (S, 13)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.39
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	0	0	0	8	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Lugo - 80 Pitches (74% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #43 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (27-15) @ Detroit Tigers (22-19)
Pitching Matchup – Tanner Houck (2-1, 4.58 ERA) vs Jackson Jobe (3-1, 2.42 ERA)




RECAP
The Tigers got to Tanner Houck for a pair of runs in the bottom of the 1st on RBI doubles by Colt Keith and Spencer Torkelson giving Detroit an early 2-0 lead. The Red Sox got a run back in the top of the 2nd on a blooper into CF for a RBI single from Abraham Toro making it 2-1 and then took the lead in the top of the 3rd when Rafael Devers hit a rocket high and deep down the RF line that struck high off the Pesky pole for a 2-run HR giving the Red Sox a 3-2 lead. The score remained 3-2 until the Red Sox extended the lead in the top of the 5th on a RBI double from Trevor Story to make it 4-2. Tanner Houck got into danger when he walked Trey Sweeney to lead off the bottom of the 5th before back to back singles by Kerry Carpenter and Gleyber Torres would load the bases with nobody out for Colt Keith with Riley Greene on deck. Houck would get Keith to hit the ball on the ground for a huge 6-4-3 double play but Sweeney would score making it a 4-3 ball game. Houck would get Greene to ground out as the Tigers manage to score just 1 run despite loading the bases with nobody out as Houck limits the damage and escapes to send the game to the 6th inning with Boston leading 4-3. Rafael Devers would launch a ball deep the opposite way to LF for his 2nd HR of the game in the top of the 6th making it 5-3. The Tigers would get into the Red Sox pen after Torkelson singled off Houck to begin the bottom of the 6th and Brennan Bernardino came in to replace Houck on the mound. Detroit would get a RBI sac fly from Zach McKinstry and a RBI single from Dillon Dingler to tie the game up 5-5. Bernardino and Greg Weissert combined to get through the rest of the frame and we would head to the 7th inning with the score tied up at 5-5. John Brebbia pitched a scoreless top of the 7th and the Tigers took the lead in the bottom of the 7th as Colt Keith singled off Weissert to lead off the inning and Riley Greene followed with a RBI double to give Detroit a 6-5 lead. Wenceel Perez lined a ball into the LF corner for a RBI double with 1 out making it 7-5. Justin Slaten replaced Weissert on the mound and recorded the final 2 outs with no further damage to keep the Sox in the game as they trail 7-5 entering the 8th inning. Tyler Holton came in and pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 8th for Detroit while Slaten retired the side in order in the bottom of the 8th sending the game to the 9th inning with the Red Sox came up to bat needing 2 runs as they trail 7-5 and would have Hamilton, Devers and Bregman coming up against Tigers closer Beau Brieske who was looking to close it out and record the save for Detroit. Brieske retired Hamilton on a fly ball to CF for the 1st out and then struck out Devers and the Red Sox were down to their final out. Bregman hit a fly ball to LF and Greene would get there to make the catch as the Tigers win 7-5

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox lose 7-5 and drop the opener of the series to the Tigers

* The Red Sox lose their 3rd straight game and are 2-6 over their last 8 games as they fall to 27-16 while the Tigers improve to 23-19 on the season and remain 0.5 games back of the 1st place Royals in the AL Central

* Rafael Devers had a big night for Boston going 2 for 5 with 2 HR & 3 RBI and is now hitting .303 with 16 HR & 43 RBI on the season

* The Tigers had 6 different players record a RBI in the ball game and were led by Wenceel Perez who was playing his first game of the season after being called up from AAA Toledo as he went 3 for 4 with 3 doubles & 1 RBI while Gleyber Torres went 4 for 5 with 2 doubles

* Tanner Houck pitched 5.0 innings allowing 4 runs on 8 hits with 1 walk & 3 Ks earning a no decision

* Jackson Jobe pitched 4.2 innings allowing 4 runs on 11 hits with 3 Ks and did not factor in the decision

* The Red Sox and Tigers will play the 2^nd game of this 3 game series tomorrow at Comerica Park with Brayan Bello getting the start for Boston and Reese Olson getting the start for Detroit

HIGHLIGHTS

BOX SCORE

Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers
May 12, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (27-16)	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	13	0
Detroit (23-19)	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	X	7	15
W: John Brebbia (2-0) L: Greg Weissert (0-1) S: Beau Brieske (11)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	DET
DET	1	Colt Keith doubled to RF (Baez scores)	0	1
DET	1	Spencer Torkelson doubled to CF (Keith scores)	0	2
BOS	2	Abraham Toro singled to CF (Story scores)	1	2
BOS	3	Rafael Devers 2-run HR to RF (Rafaela scores)	3	2
BOS	5	Trevor Story doubled to LF (Bregman scores)	4	2
DET	5	Colt Keith grounded into 6-4-3 double play (Sweeney scores)	4	3
BOS	6	Rafael Devers solo HR to RF	5	3
DET	6	Zach McKinstry sac fly to LF (Torkelson scores)	5	4
DET	6	Dillon Dingler singled to RF (Perez scores)	5	5
DET	7	Riley Greene doubled to CF (Keith scores)	5	6
DET	7	Wenceel Perez doubled to LF (Greene scores)	5	7

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Hamilton, 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.260
Devers, DH	5	2	2	3	0	1	2	.303
Bregman, 3B	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.291
Abreu, RF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.252
Story, SS	4	1	3	1	0	1	0	.225
Campbell, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.284
Toro, 1B	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	.182
Wong, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284
Rafaela, CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.235
TEAM TOTALS	38	5	13	5	0	8	2
BATTING: 2B: Story 2 (6), Abreu (7), Bregman (17), Rafaela (6) HR: Devers 2 (16) RBI: Devers 3 (43), Story (9), Toro (2) HBP: Toro GIDP: Wong, Campbell

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Carpenter, RF	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	.234
Torres, 2B	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	.298
Keith, DH	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	.221
Greene, LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.281
Torkelson, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.247
Perez, CF	4	1	3	1	0	1	0	.750
McKinstry, 3B	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	.146
Dingler, C	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.172
Sweeney, SS	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.245
TEAM TOTALS	37	7	15	6	1	6	0
BATTING: 2B: Perez 3 (3), Torres 2 (6), Greene (9), Keith (2), Torkelson (6) RBI: Perez (1), Greene (23), Keith (14), McKinstry (8), Dingler (1), Torkelson (14) SF: McKinstry GIDP: Keith

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tanner Houck	5.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	4.80
Brennan Bernardino	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	6.75
Greg Weissert (L, 0-1)	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	5.93
Justin Slaten	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2.77
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	15	7	7	1	6	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Houck - 75 Pitches (67% Strikes)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jackson Jobe	4.2	11	4	4	0	3	1	2.92
John Brebbia (W, 2-0)	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1.20
Tyler Holton (H, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.40
Beau Brieske (S, 11)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.86
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Jobe - 65 Pitches (65% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #44 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (27-16) @ Detroit Tigers (23-19)
Pitching Matchup – Brayan Bello (2-0, 1.28 ERA) vs Reese Olson (2-4, 4.21 ERA)



RECAP
The Red Sox opened the scoring in the top of the 1st when Rafael Devers turned on a 96 mph fastball from Olson and lined an absolute missile over the wall in RF that came off the bat with an exit velocity of 109 mph and left the yard in a hurry giving Boston a 1-0 lead. Brayan Bello was battling command issues in the bottom of the 1st as he issued 2 walks and the Tigers loaded the bases with 1 out and would get a pair of RBI singles from Spencer Torkelson.and Wenceel Perez to give Detroit a 2-1 lead. Bello settled in after a rocky 1st inning while Olson continued pitching well as the score remained 2-1 through the end of the 3rd innings. The Red Sox pulled even in the top of the 4th when Nick Sogard hit a ball int he gap for a RBI triple tying the game 2-2. while Bello retired the side in the bottom of the 4th sending the game to the 5th inning tied at 2-2. The Red Sox took the lead in the top of the 5th as Jarren Duran doubled and came home to score on a RBI single by Devers giving Boston a 3-2 lead. Alex Bregman followed with a liner down the LF line for a double putting runners on 2nd & 3rd with 1 out and that would be all for Olson as AJ Hinch came out and brought in Brant Hurter in a big spot with Wilyer Abreu coming up. Hurter got Abreu to hit the ball on the ground but it was hit up the middle into CF for a RBI single scoring both Devers & Bregman to push the Boston lead to 5-2. Bello continued having command issues in the bottom of the 5th as he hit Torkelson with a pitch and walked Perez loading the bases for Zach McKinstry as Detroit was threatening with 2 outs. Bello would get out of the jam by striking out McKinstry on a fastball up at the letters and the Tigers strand 3 runners and leave the bases loaded as we head to the 6th inning with Boston leading 5-2. The Red Sox continued to pad their lead in the top of the 6th when they loaded bases and Ceddanne Rafaela hit a soft liner into CF for a RBI single scoring a pair to make it 7-2. The Tigers were not going down quietly though as Jake Rogers jumped the first pitch of the inning from in the bottom of the 6th and crushed a solo HR to make it 7-3 and then Kerry Carpenter launched a ball the opposite way for a solo HR making it a 7-4 ball game with 1 out. Bello was facing his last batter with a pair of lefties due up after Gleyber Torres and Bello would plunk him to put a man on base. Alex Cora came out to get Bello and call for the lefty bringing on Justin Wilson who would throw just one pitch to Colt Keith who hit the ball on the ground to Sogard to start an inning ending 3-6-3 double play and we would head to the 7th inning with the score 7-4. Tommy Kahnle and Justin Wilson pitched scoreless frames to send the game to the 8th inning with Boston leading 7-4. Kahnle retired the side in the top of the 8th and Garrett Whitlock came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th for Boston. The Tigers bats got to work as Rogers singled and came around to score on a RBI double by Trey Sweeney making it 7-5 with nobody out. Whitlock would retire Carpenter on a ground ball advancing Sweeney to third base and then struck out Torres on a pitch that got away from Narvaez behind the plate and Sweeney would score on the play making it a one run game 7-6 with 2 outs. Whitlock would strikeout Colt Keith looking to get out of the inning with the lead and we would head to the 9th inning with the Red Sox leading 7-6. Tyler Holton pitched a scoreless top of the 9th for Detroit and the Tigers would come up to bat in the bottom of the 9th trailing 7-6 with Aroldis Chapman coming on to close it out for Boston. Riley Greene hit a deep drive to LF leading off the inning but Jarren Duran would get back and make the catch at the warning track for the out. Chapman then retired Torkelson and then struck out Andy Ibanez to end the game and give the Red Sox a 7-6 victory

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox win 7-6 and even the series at 1-1 setting up a rubber match tomorrow night

* The Red Sox improve to 28-16 while the Tigers fall to 23-20 on the season

* Rafael Devers was coming off a 2 HR game yesterday in the opening game of the series and had another big night going 5 for 5 with 4 singles, 1 HR & 2 RBI. Devers is now hitting .322 with 17 HR & 45 RBI on the season

* Kerry Carpenter and Jake Rogers hit back to back HR for Detroit in the 6th inning with Carpenter hitting his 5th HR and Rogers hitting his 6th HR of the season

* Tigers CF Wenceel Perez was promoted form AAA Toledo to the MLB squad prior to the series and has gone 6 for 8 in his first 2 games of this season

* Brayan Bello pitched 5.1 innings allowing 4 runs on 8 hits with 4 walks & 5 Ks but earned the win improving to 3-0 with a 2.11 ERA on the season

* Reese Olson pitched 4.1 innings allowing 5 runs on 7 hits with 1 walk & 6 Ks taking the the loss to fall to 2-5 with a 4.73 ERA

* The Red Sox and Tigers will play the 3^rd and final game of this 3 game series tomorrow at Comerica Park after splitting the first 2 games of the series. Walker Buehler will get the start for Boston in the series finale while Tigers ace Tarik Skubal takes the mound for Detroit

HIGHLIGHTS

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #45 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (28-16) @ Detroit Tigers (23-20)
Pitching Matchup – Walker Buehler (4-1, 2.82 ERA) vs Tarik Skubal (3-3, 3.49 ERA)




RECAP
The Tigers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead when Colt Keith launched a 2-run HR to RF off Walker Buehler in the bottom of the 1st inning. Tarik Skubal was sharp early on the mound for Detroit and struck out the side in the top of the 2nd and the Tigers would extend their lead in the bottom of the 2nd as a RBI double from Kerry Carpenter and a RBI single that brought in a pair by Gleyber Torres made it 5-0. Buehler struck out Keith to end the inning but the Red Sox were in a tough spot as we head to the 3rd inning with Boston in a 5-0 hole and would have to try and dig out against reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal on the mound for Detroit. The Red Sox started to chip away in the top of the 3rd when Carlos Narvaez doubled and came in to score on a RBI single by Jarren Duran who has a hit in 10 straight ball games. Rafael Devers followed with a rocket over the head of Perez in CF for a RBI double making it 5-2. Buehler gave the Red Sox a much needed scoreless frame in the bottom of the 3rd sending the game to the 4th innings with the Tigers leading 5-2. The Red Sox went down in order in the top of the 4th but made Skubal work as they ran deep counts and had Skubal up to 60 pitches through 4 innings. Buehler recorded his 5th K in a scoreless bottom of the 4th and we would head to the 5th inning with Detroit leading 5-2. The score remained 5-2 until the bottom of the 5th when Buehler hung a breaking ball to Wenceel Perez who launched it deep to RF for a 2-run HR pushing the Tigers lead to 7-2. Hunter Dobbins replaced Buehler on the mound and got out of the inning and the game would move to the 6th inning with Detroit leading 7-2. The Tigers added 2 more runs in the bottom of the 6th on RBI base hits by Keith and Torkelson pushing the lead to 9-2. Jake Rogers added a 2-run HR off Dobbins in the bottom of the 7th to make it 11-2. The score remained 11-2 into the 9th inning with the Red Sox coming up to bat and Brant Hurter would finish off the game for Detroit as they beat the Red Sox 11-2

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox fall to the Tigers 11-2 in the series finale and drop 2 out of 3 in Detroit

* The Red Sox fall to 28-17 while the Tigers improve to 24-20 on the season and are now tied for 1st place in the AL Central with the Kansas City Royals while the Minnesota Twins are just 2.0 games back

* Rafael Devers was 7 for 10 with 3 HR & 5 RBI in the first 2 games of this series and went 1 for 4 with a RBI double in tonight ball game and finished the series 8 for 14 with 3 HR & 6 RBI

* Jarren Duran went 1 for 4 with 1 RBI and now has a 10 game hit streak

* The Tigers were led by Colt Keith and Jake Rogers as Keith went 2 for 5 with a double, HR & 3 RBI and Rogers went 3 for 4 with a double, HR & 2 RBI. Keith is now hitting

* Gleyber Torres and Spencer Torkelson each went 4 for 5 in the game for Detroit

* Walker Buehler got knocked around by the Tigers pitching 4.2 innings and getting tagged for 7 runs on 12 hits with 6 Ks as he takes the loss falling to 4-2 with a .3.47 ERA

* Tarik Skubal pitched 7 strong innings allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 7 Ks earning the win and improving to 4-3 with a 3.39 ERA on the season

* ROSTER MOVES – The Red Sox placed RP Liam Hendriks on the 15 day IL with hip inflammation and called up RHP Hunter Dobbins who will pitch out of the bullpen as the long reliever. The Red Sox also activated SP Richard Fitts and 1B/3B Romy Gonzalez from the injured list with Fitts being sent down to AAA Worcester while Gonzalez was added to the active MLB roster and utility man Nick Sogard was sent down to AAA Worcester to make room for Gonzalez on the roster

* The Red Sox will have an off day tomorrow as they travel back home to Boston where they will start a 10 game home stand at Fenway Park. The home stand begins with a 3 game series against the Atlanta Braves who are currently in 2nd place in the NL East with a record of 28-17 on the season as they sit 4.0 games back of the 1^st place Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East standings. The series will open with an awesome pitching matchup featuring two of the top left-handed starters in the league as Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet takes the mound against former Red Sox ace Chris Sale who gets the start for Atlanta

HIGHLIGHTS

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #46 of the Season
Atlanta Braves (28-17) @ Boston Red Sox (28-17)
Pitching Matchup – Chris Sale (3-2, 3.99 ERA) vs Garrett Crochet (3-2, 4.33 ERA)


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RECAP
There was a buzz to the ballpark as the Red Sox and Braves begin a 3 game series at Fenway Park with a big time pitching matchup on tap as former Red Sox ace Chris Sale comes back to Boston with the Braves and will be opposed on the mound by new Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet. The game was scoreless in the bottom of the 2nd when the Red Sox opened the scoring when Trevor Story doubled and came in to score on a RBI double by Abraham Toro to take a 1-0 lead. Crochet and Sale pitched scoreless frames in the 3rd inning and we would head to the 4th inning with the Red Sox leading 1-0. The score remained 1-0 until the top of the 5th when Ozzie Albies doubled and Sean Murphy reached on an infield single as he hit a ball back to Crochet on the mound who knocked it down and then threw the ball over the head of Toro at first base allowing Albies to score tying the game 1-1. The Red Sox got back to back singles from Ceddanne Rafaela and Jarren Duran with 1 out in the bottom of the 5th but Sale would get Devers to fly out and then struck out Bregman to get out of the jam and send the game to the 6th inning with the score tied 1-1. Crochet retired the Braves in order in the top of the 6th and Sale would hit Rob Refsnyder with a pitch leading off the bottom of the 6th and Braves manager Brian Snitker would come out to the mound and remove Sale bringing in another former Red Sox pitcher as Craig Kimbrel made his way in from the bullpen. Trevor Story welcomed Kimbrel by lining a single to CF and Kristian Campbell followed with a single to LF and the Red Sox suddenly had the bases loaded for Abraham Toro with nobody out. Toro got a breaking ball over the plate from Kimbrel and hammered it deep towards the triangle in CF and the ball would bounce over the wall into the Red Sox bullpen for a ground rule RBI double as Boston takes a 3-1 lead. The Sox got a RBI sac fly by Carlos Narvaez and RBI single from Ceddanne Rafaela and we would head to the 7th inning with Boston now leading 5-1. Crochet pitched a scoreless top of the 7th and was in position to go the distance and pitch a complete game as he was at 72 pitches through his first 7 innings of work. Dylan Lee pitched a scoreless bottom of the 7th sending the game to the 8th inning with the Red Sox leading 5-1. Crochet pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 8th striking out Michael Harris for his 7th K ending the frame and was at just 83 pitches while Enyel De Los Santos came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th and got into trouble with 2 outs when Jarren Duran doubled to put runners on 2nd & 3rd and Snitker called for an intentional walk of Rafael Devers to load the bases with 2 outs for Alex Bregman. De Los Santos would escape the jam getting Bregman to pop up sending the game to the 9th inning with Boston leading 5-1. The Braves would come up to bat trailing by 4 runs and Crochet would return to the mound looking to finish off a complete game as he was at just 83 pitches through 8 innings and Atlanta would have Ronald Acuna, Marcell Ozuna and Austin Riley due to hit in the 9th. Acuna started the inning with a liner to LF for a single and both Justin Slaten and Aroldis Chapman would start loosening up in the Red Sox bullpen. Crochet came back with a big K of Ozuna recording his 8th K for the 1st out. Austin Riley grounded out a walk on on 9 pitch at bat pushing Crochet up to 99 pitches and putting two men on with 1 out for Atlanta. Pitching coach Andrew Bailey came out for a mound visit with Matt Olson coming up and Olson would reach on a ground ball to Bregman who threw to first base but bounced his throw and Toro could not make the scoop and suddenly the Braves had the bases loaded with 1 out and Ozzie Albies stepping to the plate representing the tying run. Crochet would not finish the complete game as Alex Cora brought in Aroldis Chapman in a tough spot with the bases loaded. Albies hit the ball hard deep to CF but Rafaela would get there to make the catch but Acuna would score on the RBI sac fly making it 5-2 and the Braves were down to their final out. Sean Murphy was up next and Chapman would get him to hit a lazy fly ball to CF where Rafaela would make the catch and the Red Sox hang on for a 5-2 victory

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox get a strong performance from Garrett Crochet and the Red Sox offense scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th to snap a 1-1 tie on their way to a 5-2 win in the opener of this 3 game series

* The Red Sox improve to 29-17 while the Braves fall to 28-18 on the season

* The Red Sox were led by Abraham Toro who went 2 for 4 with 2 doubles & 3 RBI who is hitting .231 with 5 RBI in 8 games since joining the Red Sox

* Jarren Duran went 3 for 5 in the ball game extending his hitting streak to 11 games and raising his average to .341 on the season

* Matt Olson, Sean Murphy and Ronald Acuna all went 2 for 4 and Ozzie Albies went 1 for 3 with a double & 1 RBI for Atlanta

* Garrett Crochet pitched into the 9th inning but couldn't finish the complete game as he would pitch 8.1 innings allowing 2 unearned runs (0 earned runs) on 7 hits with 1 walk & 8 Ks earning the win to improve to 4-2 with a 3.80 ERA

* Chris Sale pitched into the 6th but was lifted and would finish with 5.0 innings allowing 2 runs on 8 hits with 1 walk & 9 Ks as he takes the loss falling to 3-3 with a 3.96 ERA on the season

* Aroldis Chapman came on to get the final 2 outs to record his 17th save and lower his ERA to 0.47 on the season

* The Red Sox and Braves will play the 2^nd game of this 3 game series tomorrow night with Lucas Giolito and Spencer Strider scheduled to pitch in a battle of pitchers who were injured to start the season as Giolito is making his 4th start of the season and Strider making just his 2nd start after pitching a complete game shutout with 10 Ks in his 2025 debut in his previous start

HIGHLIGHTS

Atlanta Braves at Boston Red Sox
May 16, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta (28-18)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	1
Boston (29-17`)	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	5	12	2
W: Garrrett Crochet (4-2) L: Chris Sales (3-3) S: Aroldis Chpman (17)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			ATL	BOS
BOS	2	Abraham Toro doubled to LF (Story scores)	0	1
ATL	5	Sean Murphy infield single (Albies scores on error by Crochet)	1	1
BOS	6	Abraham Toro doubled to CF (Refsnyder & Story score)	1	3
BOS	6	Carlos Narvaez sac fly to LF (Campbell scores)	1	4
BOS	6	Ceddanne Rafaela singled to CF (Toro scores)	1	5
ATL	9	Ozzie Albies sac fly to CF (Acuna scores)	2	5

Atlanta Braves
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Azocar, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Harris, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.279
Acuna, RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.276
Ozuna, DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.240
Riley, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.205
Olson, 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.292
Albies, 2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.223
Murphy, C	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500
Allen, SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233
BATTING: 2B: Olson (10), Albiues (7), Murphy (1) RBI: Albies (19) SF: Albies GIDP: Albies
FIELDING: E: Riley (3)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	5	0	3	0	0	1	0	.341
Devers, DH	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	.314
Bregman, 3B	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	,287
Refsnyder, RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.145
Story, SS	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	.226
Campbell, 2B	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.281
Toro, 1B	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	,231
Narvaez, C	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	.156
Rafaela, CF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.246
TEAM TOTALS	35	5	12	5	2	9	0
BATTING: 2B: Toro 2 (2), Story (7), Bregman (20), Duran (13) RBI: Toro 3 (5), Rafaela (18), Narvaez (6) HBP: Refsnyder SF: Narvaez
FIELDING: E: Crochet (1), Bregman (2)

Atlanta Braves
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Chris Sale (L, 3-3)	5.0	6	2	2	1	9	0	3.96
Craig Kimbrel	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	81.00
Dylan Lee	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93
Enyel De Los Santos	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.11
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	12	5	5	2	9	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Sale - 70 Pitches (72% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Garrett Crochet (W, 4-2)	8.1	7	2	0	1	8	0	3.80
Aroldis Chapman (S, 17)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	2	0	1	8	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Crochet - 100 Pitches (74% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #47 of the Season
Atlanta Braves (28-18) @ Boston Red Sox (29-17)
Pitching Matchup – Spencer Strider (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Lucas Giolito (1-1, 3.00 ERA)



RECAP
The Braves got off to a good start against Lucas Giolito in the top of the 1st as Austin Riley doubled and Matt Olson launched a 2-run HR into the Braves bullpen in RF giving Atlanta a 2-0 lead. Spencer Strider was pitching well early and the score remained 2-0 into the bottom of the 3rd where Jarren Duran dropped a soft liner into CF for a single with 2 outs to extend his hitting streak to 12 games. Atlanta got a solo HR from Austin Riley leading off the top of the 4th to make it 3-0 and Matt Olson followed with a deep drive for what would have been back to back home runs but Ceddanne Rafaela made an outstanding catch robbing Olson of his 2nd HR of the night keeping it a 3-0 game. Strider retired the Sox 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 4th and 5th innings and was up to 5 Ks in the game as we would head to the 6th inning with Atlanta leading 3-0. Giolito finished off his night with a scoreless top of the 6th while Strider retired the first 2 batters in the bottom of the 6th before Rafael Devers drew a walk to put a man on with 2 outs. Alex Bregman was up next and jumped a first pitch fastball from Strider crushing a 433 foot bomb that cleared the green monster seats in LF for a 2-run HR making it a one run game and cutting the Braves lead to 3-2. Strider got Abreu to ground out to Allen at SS and send the game to the 7th inning with Atlanta leading 3-2. Zack Kelly took over on the mound for Boston and the Braves would put two men on with 2 outs for Michael Harris. Alex Cora brought in Brennan Bernanrdino for the lefty lefty matchup and Harris would hit a high chopper up the middle that Campbell got to but had no play as everybody was safe and the bases were now loaded with 2 outs and Ronald Acuna coming to the plate for a huge at bat. Bernardino would escape the bases loaded jam as he would get Acuna to ground out to Campbell at second base ending the threat with the score still 3-2. Strider returned to the mound to begin the bottom of the 7th at 71 pitches on the night and gave up a lead off single to Story bringing Brian Snitker out of the Braves dugout to get Strider and Pierce Johnson would come in to take over on the mound. advanced to second on a pitch in the dirt that got away from Baldwin and the Sox had the tying run in scoring position with nobody out. Johnson would strikeout Campbell and Toro flew out to CF and the Red Sox were in danger of blowing the opportunity but Connor Wong would hit a liner to RF that dropped in for a RBI single as Story scores tying the game up 3-3. Rafaela would fly out to end the inning and we would head to the 8th inning with the score tied 3-3. Bernardino walked Drake Baldwin to begin the top of the 8^th and Cora would bring in Justin Slaten with Riley, Olson and Ozuna due up next as the Braves look to capitalize on the lead off walk and snap the 3-3 tie. Riley turned on an inside cutter from Slaten and crushed it high and deep down the LF line but it just hooked foul. Riley would drop a bloop single into LF and the Braves now had two men on with nobody out but Slaten would get Olson to ground to Story to start a 6-4-3 double play for two huge outs bringing up Marcell Ozuna with Baldwin representing the go ahead run on third base with 2 outs. Slaten ran fastball in on the hands of Ozuna getting him to hit a tapper back to the mound and Slaten would make the play to escape the jam and the Braves fail to score keeping the game tied 3-3. Aaron Bummer pitched a big 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the 8th as he retired Duran, Devers and Bregman in order to send the game to the 9th inning locked in a 3-3 tie. Slaten returned to the mound and pitched a scoreless top of the 9th and the Red Sox would have a chance to walk it off in the bottom of the 9th as they will have Abreu, Story and Campbell due to hit against Craig Kimbrel who was coming on to pitch for Atlanta. Kimbrel would retire the side although all 3 Red Sox hitters hit the ball hard and we were headed to extra innings with the score tied 3-3 after 9 innings. Slaten and Justin Wilson combined to pitch a scoreless top of the 10th as the Braves strand the extra innings runner and Wilson was fired up after striking out Olson on a nasty slider to end the frame. The Red Sox had the speedy Campbell on second base to start the bottom of the 10th with Toro, Wong and Rafaela due to hit for Boston against Kimbrel who returned to the mound for his 2nd inning of work. David Hamilton would pinch hit for Toro leading off the bottom of the 10th and laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to advance Campbell to third base and the Red Sox had the winning run just 90 feet away with 1 out and Connor Wong coming to the plate with a chance to be the hero. Wong would hit a fly ball to medium depth RF and Acuna would get under it to make the catch and fire to home plate as he showed off his cannon with a strong throw but Campbell would just beat it sliding in safely to give the Red Sox a 4-3 walk off win in 10 innings

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox trailed 3-0 in the 6th inning before clawing their way back to tie the game 3-3 and we would head to extra innings where Boston won in the 10th inning on a walk off sac fly from Connor Wong to give the Red Sox a 4-3 win and the Red Sox have taken the first two games of this series with the Braves

* The Red Sox improve to 30-17 while the Braves fall to 28-19 on the season

* Alex Bregman went 1 for 4 with a HR & 2 RBI as he crushed a 433 foot bomb to LF in the 6th inning. Bregman is now hitting .288 with 11 HR & 36 RBI on the season

* Jarren Duran extended his hitting streak to 12 games as he went 1 for 4 and is now hitting .339 on the season

* The Braves were led by Matt Olson who went 1 for 5 with a HR & 2 RBI while Austin Riley went 3 for 4 with double, HR & 1 RBI. Olson is now .290 with 8 HR & 23 RBI while Riley is hitting .218 with 12 HR & 28 RBI on the season

* Lucas Giolito pitched 6 innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits with 1 walk & 2 Ks earning a no decision

* Spencer Strider pitched 6 innings allowing 3 runs on 5 hits with 2 walks & 5 Ks and earned a no decision

* The Red Sox and Braves will play the 3^rd and final game of this 3 game series tomorrow with the Red Sox looking to complete the sweep after taking the first two games of the series. The series finale will feature a very good pitching matchup as Brayan Bello gets the start for Boston and comes in at 3-0 with a 2,12 ERA in 5 starts while Spencer Schwellenbach will be on the mound for Atlanta and has made 9 starts on the season going 5-1 with a 2.25 ERA on the season

HIGHLIGHTS

Braves at Red Sox |
May 17, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Atlanta (28-19)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	0
Boston (30-17)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	4	6	0
W: Justin Wilson (2-0) L: Craig Kimbrel (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			ATL	BOS
ATL	1	Matt Olson 2-run HR to RF (Riley scores)	2	0
ATL	4	Austin Riley solo HR to LF	3	0
BOS	6	Alex Bregman 2-run HR to LF (Devers scores)	3	2
BOS	7	Connor Wong singled to RF (Story scores)	3	3
BOS	10	Connor Wong sac fly to RF (Campbell scores)	3	4

Atlanta Braves
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Acuna, LF	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.261
Baldwin, C	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	.214
Riley, 3B	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	.218
Olson, 1B	5	1	1	2	0	1	1	.290
Ozuna, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.235
Albies, 2B	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.225
Verdugo, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.211
Allen, SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.242
Harris, CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.285
TEAM TOTALS	36	3	10	3	3	9	2
BATTING: 2B: Riley (6) HR: Riley (12), Olson (8) RBI: Olson 2 (23), Riley (28) HBP: Allen GIDP: Olson 2, Acuna, Verdugo
BASERUNNING: SB: Albies (5)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.339
Devers, DH	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.314
Bregman, 3B	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.288
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Story, SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.227
Campbell, 2B	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.282
Toro, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.207
Hamilton, PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280
Wong, C	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	.286
Rafaela, CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241
TEAM TOTALS	31	4	6	4	2	8	1
BATTING: 2B: Campbell (13) HR: Bregman (11) RBI: Bregman 2 (36), Wong 2 (8) SF: Wong SAC: Hamilton

Atlanta Braves
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Spencer Strider	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	1.80
Pierce Johnson (BS, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Aaron Bummer	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.29
Craig Kimbrel (L, 0-1)	1.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	13.50
TEAM TOTALS	9.2	6	4	3	2	6	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Strider - 73 Pitches (68% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Lucas Giolito	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	2	3.38
Zack Kelly	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.50
Brennan Bernardino	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.40
Justin Slaten	2.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	2.35
Justin Wilson (W, 2-0)	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	3.72
TEAM TOTALS	10.0	12	3	3	3	9	2
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Giolito - 85 Pitches (65% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #48 of the Season
Atlanta Braves (28-19) @ Boston Red Sox (30-17)
Pitching Matchup – Spencer Schwellenbach (5-1, 2.25 ERA) vs Brayan Bello (3-0, 2.12 ERA)

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RECAP
Brayan Bello and Spencer Schwellenbach were both sharp early and pitching well as they game was scoreless through 4 innings and we would head to the 5th inning tied 0-0. The Braves put two men on with 1 out in the top of the 5th but Bello would get Alex Verdugo to ground into a 4-6-3 double play ending the threat and Schwellenbach pitched a scoreless bottom of the 5th sending the game to the 6th inning tied 0-0. Bello struck out Luke Williams for his 6th K ending the top of the 6th while Schwellenbach retired the side in the bottom of the 6th sending the game to the 7th inning with the score still tied 0-0. Bello pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 7th getting some help from Alex Bregman who made a nice diving play and strong throw from his butt to retire Matt Olson ending the frame. Bregman doubled with 1 out in the bottom of the 7th but Schwellenbach would get Abreu to fly out and struck out Story for his 7th K of the ball game stranding Bregman in scoring position and we were scoreless through 7 innings and would head to the 8th inning with the score tied 0-0. Bello continued his excellent outing as he retired the side and struck out Drake Baldwin for his 8th K to end the frame. Pierce Johnson came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th taking over for Schwellenbach who pitched 7 shutout innings and Johnson retired Toro to start the inning before Connor Wong hit a rocket to LF off the green monster for a double putting the go ahead run in scoring position with 1 out. David Hamilton chased a fastball up the ladder as Johnson recorded a big K for the 2nd out bringing up Ceddanne Rafaela trying to snap the tie with 2 outs. Johnson started Rafaela off with a breaking ball over the plate and Rafaela was aggressive and ripped it up the middle into CF for a RBI single as Wong came around to score the go ahead run putting Boston up 1-0. Jarren Duran was up next with his 12 game hit streak on the line as he was 0 for 3 so far in the ball game and Johnson would freeze him with a back door breaking ball to end the 8th inning and send the game to the 9th inning with the Red Sox leading 1-0. The Braves had Nick Allen, Michael Harris and Luke Williams due to hit as they came up to bat in the top of the 9th trailing 1-0. Bello was dominant through 8 innings and was at just 82 pitches as he returned to the mound to begin the top of the 9th with a chance to finish off the complete game shutout but Aroldis Chapman was ready in the bullpen and will enter the game if Bello allows a Braves hitter to reach base. Nick Allen did a great job of hitting with 2 strikes as Bello located a slider off the plate away but Allen stayed on it and poked a soft line into CF for a lead off single. Alex Cora came out of the dugout and made the move to Aroldis Chapman with Harris coming up and nobody out. Harris hit a fly ball deep to RF but Abreu would get back to make the catch on the warning track for the 1st out. Chapman struck out Luke Williams on a back door slider after a steady diet of 98 and 99 mph fastballs and the Braves were down to their final out. Ronald Acuna stepped to the plate looking to extend the game but Chapman would blow a 98 mph fastball past him for strike 3 to end the ball game and the Red Sox take the final game of the series 1-0 to complete the 3 game sweep of the Braves

GAME NOTES
* Brayan Bello and Spencer Schwellenbach went toe to toe in an excellent pitchers duel as the Red Sox and Braves were locked in a scoreless game until Ceddanne Rafaela snapped the 0-0 tie with a RBI single to score the game only run giving Boston a 1-0 lead. Bello allowed a lead off single to Nick Allen to start the top of the 9th but Aroldis Chapman came on and slammed the door to close out a 1-0 Red Sox victory and complete the 3 game sweep for the Red Sox

* The Red Sox improve to 31-17 while the Braves fall to 28-20 on the season

* Ceddanne Rafaela went 1 for 3 with a RBI single to supply the only offense of the ball game and Rafaela is now hitting .243 with 2 HR & 19 RBI on the season while playing gold glove caliber defense in CF

* Jarren Duran went 0 for 4 bringing his 12 game hitting streak to an end

* Brayan Bello pitched 8 shutout innings allowing 0 runs on 5 hits with 8 Ks earning the win to improve to 4-0 with a 1.71 ERA in 6 starts on the season

* Spencer Schwellenbach pitched 7 shutout innings for Atlanta allowing 0 runs on 3 hits with 7 Ks earning a no decision and lowering his ERA to 2.03 on the season

* Aroldis Chapman continues his incredible start to his tenure with the Red Sox as he recorded his 18th save and lowered his ERA to 0.44 on the season

* INJURY - Red Sox SP Tanner Houck has been pitching through some minor forearm tightness and the team has made the decision to take a stint on the IL to rest and give the arm some rest. Hunter Dobbins will take Houck place in the rotation and RP Luis Guerrero has been called up from AAA Worcester to fill the spot Dobbins was occupying in the bullpen

* The Red Sox will remain at home with 7 games left on the 10 game home stand as the New York Mets come to Boston to begin a 3 game series at Fenway Park tomorrow with Hunter Dobbins scheduled to open the series on the mound for Boston and he will be opposed by Kodai Senga who will opens the series on the mound for New York. The Mets are currently in 3rd place in the NL East with a record of 26-21 and New York is sitting 7.5 games back of the 1st place Philadelphia Phillies

HIGHLIGHTS

Atlanta Braves at Boston Red Sox
May 18, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta (28-20)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Boston (31-17)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1	5	0
W: Brayan Bello (4-0) L: Pierce Johnson (0-1) S: Aroldis Chpman (18)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			ATL	BOS
BOS	8	Ceddanne Rafaela singled to CF (Wong scores)	0	1

Atlanta Braves
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Harris, CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.284
Williams, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.167
Acuna, RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.222
Ozuna, DH	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	.231
Olson, 1B	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.298
Albies, 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.227
Verdugo, LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192
Baldwin, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.210
Allen, SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
TEAM TOTALS	30	0	5	0	0	10	0
BATTING: GIDP: Verdugo
BASERUNNING: CS: Olson (2)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.332
Devers, DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.310
Bregman, 3B	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.292
Abreu, RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.245
Story, SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.222
Toro, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.187
Wong, C	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.287
Hamilton, 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.262
Rafaela, CF	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.243
TEAM TOTALS	28	1	5	1	0	9	0
BATTING: 2B: Bregman 2 (22), Wong (9) RBI: Rafaela (19) GIDP: Rafaela

Atlanta Braves
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Spencer Schwellenbach	7.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	2.03
Pierce Johnson (L, 0-1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	4.50
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	5	1	1	0	9	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Schwellenbach - 70 Pitches (74% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Brayan Bello (W, 4-0)	8.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	1.71
Aroldis Chapman (S, 18)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.44
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	0	0	0	10	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Bello - 85 Pitches (76% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #49 of the Season
New York Mets (26-21) @ Boston Red Sox (31-17)
Pitching Matchup – Kodai Senga (3-3, 5.08 ERA) vs Hunter Dobbins (0-1, 10.32 ERA)

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RECAP
The Mets opened the scoring in the top of the 1st when Hunter Dobbins retired the first two batters for New York before Juan Soto drew a walk and Pete Alonso launched a 2-run HR into the green monster seats giving the Mets a 2-0 lead. Kodai Senga was pitching well early for New York and the score was 2-0 after 2 innings. The Mets had men on 2nd & 3rd in the top of the 3rd with 1 out but Dobbins would record a huge K of Juan Soto and then got Alonso to fly out ending the threat.and the Red Sox put two men on in the bottom of the 4th but Senga would retire Kristian Campbell to get out of the jam and send the game to the 5th inning with the Mets leading the Sox 2-0. The score remained 2-0 as Dobbins and Senga cruised through a scoreless 5th inning and the Mets were leading 2-0 and had Nimmo, Soto and Alonso due up in the top of the 6th against Dobbins who was at 76 pitches through 5 innings. Dobbins froze Nimmo with a nasty curveball for his 7th K before Soto singled to put a man on with 1 out. Pete Alonso followed with a ground ball in the hole to the left side but David Hamilton showed nice range getting to the ball and making a spinning throw to Campbell at second base to start a big 6-4-3 inning ending double play. Alex Bregman doubled with 1 out in the bottom of the 6th but Senga would record back to back Ks as Wilyer Abreu went down swinging and Carlos Narvaez was frozen on a nasty breaking ball and went down looking for the 5th K of the night from Senga and we would head to the 7th inning with New York leading 2-0. The Mets got a double from Jeff McNeil leading off the top of the 7th and that would be all for Dobbins who exits after 88 pitches and Garrett Whitlock came in from the pen to pitch for Boston. Whitlock struck out Mark Vientos before retiring Ronny Mauricio on a fly and Tyrone Taylor on a ground out to get out of the jam and keep the score 2-0. Ryne Stanek came in from the pen to take over for Senga and pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 7th sending the game to the 8th inning with the Mets up 2-0. Whitlock returned to the mound for the top of the 8th and Juan Soto came to the plate with Francisco Lindor who singled at first base with 2 outs and he would ground out to Hamilton at SS ending the top of the 8th with the score 2-0. Stanek returned to the mound for the top of the 8th and retired Rafaela, Duran and Devers in order sending the game to the 9th inning with the Mets holding a 2-0 lead. Pete Alonso turned on an inside cutter from Whitlock and launched his 2nd HR of the night down the LF line extending the lead to 3-0. Whitlock walked McNeil and was replaced by Luis Guerrero who would record Ks of Vientos and Taylor getting out of the inning with the score 3-0 and the Red Sox were within striking distance but need the bats to come to life as they trail 3-0 entering the bottom of the 9th. Mets closer Edwin Diaz was making his way on to pitch the bottom of the 9th for New York looking to close it out and record the save as the Red Sox had Alex Bregman, Wilyer Abreu and Carlos Narvaez due to hit. Bregman got a pitch low and in from Diaz on just the 2nd pitch of the inning and was able to get enough of it to lift a high fly ball to LF that came down in the first row of the green monster seats for a solo HR bringing the Fenway Park crowd to life and cutting the deficit to 3-1 with nobody out. Abreu grounded out to McNeil at second base for this 1st out and Diaz struck out Narvaez with high heat to bring up Kristian Campbell with the Red Sox down to their final out. Diaz would strikeout Campbell on a filthy slider in the dirt and Alvarez would gather the ball and throw to first as Diaz records his 12th save and the Mets take the opener of this 3 game series by a score of 3-1

GAME NOTES
* The Mets get a pair of HR from Pete Alonso to go with a strong start from Kodai Senga while Ryne Stanek and Edwin Diaz slammed the door in the late innings as the Mets hand the Red Sox a 3-1 loss in the opener of the series

* The Red Sox fall to 31-18 and their lead over the 2nd place Yankees gets cut to 3.5 games in the AL East while the Mets improve to 27-21 on the season and remain 7.5 games back of the 1st place Phillies in the NL East

* Pete Alonso supplied all the offense for the Mets as he hit a 2-run HR in the 1st inning and a solo HR in the 9th inning finishing the night 2 for 4 with 2 HR & 3 RBI and Alonso is now hitting .286 with 18 HR & 46 RBI as he is having an outstanding 1st half of the season

* Alex Bregman provided the only offense for Boston with a solo HR in the 9th inning as he went 2 for 4 with a HR & 1 RBI and Bregman is now hitting .296 with 12 HR & 37 RBI on the season

* Hunter Dobbins pitched 6 strong innings for Boston allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 2 walks & 7 Ks taking the tough luck loss to fall to 0-2 with a 7.79 ERA

* Kodai Senga pitched 6 shutout innings for New York allowing 0 runs on 3 hits with 1 walk & 5 Ks to earn the win and improve to 4-3 with a 4.55 ERA

* The Red Sox and Mets will play the 2nd game of this 3 game series tomorrow at Fenway Park with Walker Buehler getting the start for Boston while Clay Holmes takes the mound for New York

HIGHLIGHTS

New York Mets at Boston Red Sox
May 19, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (27-21)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0
Boston (31-18)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
W: Kodai Senga (4-3) L: Hunter Dobbins (0-2) S: Edwin Diaz (12)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYM	BOS
NYM	1	Pete Alonso 2-run HR to LF (Soto scores)	2	0
NYM	9	Pete Alonso solo HR to LF	3	0
BOS	9	Alex Bregman solo HR to LF	3	1

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Lindor, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.281
Nimmo, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.227
Soto, RF	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.288
Alonso, 1B	4	2	2	3	0	0	2	.286
McNeil, 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.285
Vientos, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.237
Mauricio, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Taylor, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286
Alvarez, C	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.260
TEAM TOTALS	32	3	7	3	3	10	2
BATTING: 2B: Nimmo (8), McNeil (5) HR: Alonso 2 (18) SAC: Alonso 3 (46) GIDP: Alonso, Taylor

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325
Devers, DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.305
Bregman, 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.296
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.238
Narvaez, C	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.150
Campbell, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.275
Gonzalez, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.179
Hamilton, SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.253
Rafaela, CF	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.252
TEAM TOTALS	31	1	4	1	1	7	1
BATTING: 2B: Bregman (23) HR: Bregman (12) RBI: Bregman (37) HBP: Narvaez
BASERUNNING: SB: Duran (15)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Kodai Senga (W, 4-3)	6.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	4.55
Ryne Stanek (H, 4)	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.68
Edwin Diaz (S, 12)	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	5.51
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Senga - 74 Pitches (68% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hunter Dobbins (L, 0-2)	6.0	5	2	2	2	7	1	7.79
Garrett Whitlock	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	5.28
Luis Guerrero	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.25
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	3	3	3	10	2
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Dobbins - 88 Pitches (68% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #50 of the Season
New York Mets (27-21) @ Boston Red Sox (31-18)
Pitching Matchup – Clay Holmes (5-1, 2.39 ERA) vs Walker Buehler (4-2, 3.47 ERA)



RECAP
Walker Buehler and Clay Holmes were both pitching well early as Buehler had allowed just 1 Mets hit and Holmes had not allowed a hit through the first 3 innings and we would head to the 4th inning in a scoreless tie 0-0. The Mets threatened in the top of the 4th when Brandon Nimmo walked to lead off the inning but Buehler would come back to retire Juan Soto and Pete Alonso before Jeff McNeil came up with Nimmo in scoring position and he would hit a ground ball up the middle but Trevor Story made a great play to get to the ball and throw on the run to end the threat as Buehler escapes the frame. Jarren Duran led off the bottom of the 4th with a single and Rafael Devers grounded to Alonso but his wild throw to second base resulted in Duran and Devers both being safe and Boston having two men on with nobody out. Holmes came back to get Bregman to bounce into a 5-4-3 double play for 2 big outs and Wilyer Abreu hit a ground ball up the middle with 2 outs that McNeil would dive and get to but he couldn't hang on and Abreu would reach on an infield RBI single as the Red Sox take a 1-0 lead. New York got a lead off single from Mark Vientos to start the top of the 5th and Tyrone Taylor hammered a rocket off the green monster for a double with 1 out setting up runners on second and third for Francisco Alvarez with 1 out. Alvarez hit a high chopper to Bregman at third but he threw over the head of Toro at first base but avoided an error as Alvarez was credited with an infield single and Vientos would score to tie the game 1-1. Francisco Lindor followed with a RBI ground out as Taylor scored to make it 2-1 and Buehler would strikeout Nimmo to end the top of the 5th while Soto went back and made a nice catch at the wall to retire David Hamilton as Holmes pitches a 1-2-3 bottom of the 5th sending the game to the 6th inning with the Mets leading 2-1. Buehler was over 100 pitches and struck out Vientos to record his 9th K and finish his night ending the top of the 6th and Holmes would get into trouble as Ceddanne Rafaela drew a lead off walk to start the bottom of the 6th and Duran singled to put two on with nobody out. Holmes came back with a huge K of Rafael Devers and Jose Butto would enter the game out of the bullpen with Alex Bregman due up. Bregman popped out to Alvarez behind home plate in foul territory and Wilyer Abreu flew out to Taylor in CF as Boston strands a pair and fails to score as we move to the 7th inning with New York leading 2-1. Zack Kelly took over on the mound and pitched a scoreless top of the 7th for Boston and Butto returned to the mound and pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 7th for New York sending the game to the 8th inning with the Mets leading 2-1. Justin Wilson pitched around a double by Soto in a scoreless top of the 8th and AJ Minter was coming on to pitch the bottom of the 8th for New York. Minter retired Hamilton, Rafaela and Duran in order sending the game to the 9th inning with the Mets clinging to a 2-1 lead. Justin Slaten was in to pitch the top of the 9th and New York would put runners on the corners with 1 out as they look to add a big insurance run with Alvarez coming up to hit. Alvarez fouled off several pitches with 2 strikes to stay alive before eventually striking out on the 10th pitch of the at bat as Slaten records a huge K bringing up Francisco Lindor with runners at the corners and 2 outs. Lindor put on another long at bat as he saw 9 pitches before Slaten picked up his 3rd K of the inning on his 30th pitch of the frame but he would get through the inning and we would head to the bottom of the 9th with the Mets leading 2-1 and the Red Sox coming up to bat. Boston would have Devers, Bregman and Abreu due to hit and they would have to face Mets closer Edwin Diaz who on looking to close it out and record the save for the 2nd night in a row after closing out last nights ball game. Devers barreled up a fastball from Diaz and lined an absolute rocket deep to RF that had an exit velocity of 108 off the bat for what looked like extra bases but Soto would get back and reach up to make a nice running catch retiring Devers for the 1st out. Bregman popped out to Lindor on the infield grass and the Red Sox were down to their final out. Abreu hit a ground ball up the middle but Lindor would make a nice play ranging to his left and fire a strong throw on the run to nail Abreu at first base ending the game and the Mets hang on to hand the Red Sox a 2-1 loss

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox lose a low scoring affair 2-1 and the Mets have taken the first 2 games of this 3 game series at Fenway Park

* The Red Sox fall to 31-19 and their lead over the 2nd place Yankees stays at 3.5 games in the AL East while the Mets improve to 28-21 on the season and remain 7.5 games back of the 1st place Phillies in the NL East

* The Red Sox bats have gone ice cold in the first 2 games of this series as they have managed to score just 2 runs on 7 hits over the last 18 innings

* The Mets offense came in the 5th inning on an infield single by Francisco Alvarez and a ground ball out by Francisco Lindor who knocked in his 26th RBI. Tyrone Taylor went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and is now hitting .321 on the season

* Walker Buehler pitched 6 solid innings for Boston allowing 2 runs (1 earned run) on 4 hits with 3 walks & 9 Ks but took the loss falling to 4-3 with a 3.29 ERA

* Clay Holmes pitched 5.1 innings allowing 1 unearned run on 3 hits with 1 walk & 8 Ks as he earns the win to improve to 6-1 with a 2.22 ERA on the season for New York

* INJURY - The Red Sox got some tough news after the game as Alex Bregman was limping around the clubhouse and appears to have suffered a torn quad that will require a stint on the injured list likely with a recovery time off anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks. Bregman is having an excellent first season in a Red Sox uniform and losing his bat in the lineup is going to be a major challenge for the Red Sox over the next month or two.

* RED SOX PROMOTE MARCELO MAYER- The Red Sox are hoping that something positive will come out of the situation with Bregman on the injured list as it opens up a roster spot and playing time on the major league roster which opens the door and creates an opportunity for the organization to get a look at one of their young phenoms as they have two of the top prospects in all of baseball currently dominating at AAA Worcester and knocking on the door just waiting for their opportunity to show that they are ready to to help at the major league level. The Red Sox are promoting the 8 ranked prospect in all of baseball SS Marcelo Mayer to the MLB Roster for what will be his major league debut at 22 years old after being selected #4 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft by Boston.and rocketing through the minor league system while putting up numbers at every level along the way. The Red Sox also have their most exciting prospect in decades in OF Roman Anthony who is the #1 ranked prospect in all of baseball knocking on the door and will likely force the Red Sox into calling him up within the next month and giving the Red Sox the ability to use one of their current OF in a trade package to address a need elsewhere on the roster as Jarren Duran, Wilyer Abreu or Ceddanne Rafaela all have the value to bring a significant return especially if packaged with a prospect or two

* TRADE - The Red Sox acquired RP Jorge Alcala from the Minnesota Twins for minor league INF Andy Lugo in a move to strengthen the bullpen by Boston as.Alcala comes to the Red So with a 2.51 ERA in 28.2 innings over 15 appearances on the season with Minnesota.

* The Red Sox and Mets will play the 3^rd and final game of this 3 game series tomorrow at Fenway Park with New York looking to complete the 3 game sweep after taking the first 2 games of the series. Garrett Crochet will get the start in the finale for Boston looking to play the role of stopper while Tyler Megill will be on the mound for New York in a game that will have a lot of eyes on it watching the MLB debut of prized prospect Marcelo Mayer

HIGHLIGHTS

New York Mets at Boston Red Sox
May 20, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (28-21)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
Boston (31-19)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
W: Clay Holmes (6-1) L: Walker Buehler (4-3) S: Edwin Diaz (13)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYM	BOS
BOS	4	Wilyer Abreu infield single (Duran scores)	0	1
NYM	5	Francisco Alvarez reached on infield single (Vientos scores)	1	1
NYM	5	Francisco Lindor grounded out (Taylor scores)	2	1

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Lindor, SS	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	.254
Nimmo, LF	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.222
Soto, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.285
Alonso, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	.282
McNeil, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.283
Vientos, 3B	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	.242
Mauricio, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Taylor, CF	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	.321
Alvarez, C	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.281
TEAM TOTALS	34	2	8	1	3	13	0
BATTING: 2B: Taylor 2 (4), Vientos (7), Soto (10) RBI: Lindor (26)
BASERUNNING: CS: Alvarez (1)
FIELDING: E: Alonso (6)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.328
Devers, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.299
Bregman, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.291
Abreu, RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.239
Story, SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.218
Toro, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.171
Narvaez, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.145
Hamilton, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214
Rafaela, CF	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248
TEAM TOTALS	30	1	3	1	1	7	0
BATTING: RBI: Abreu (12) GIDP: Bregman
FIELDING: E: Bregman (3)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Clay Holmes (W, 6-1)	5.1	3	1	0	1	8	0	2.21
Jose Butto (H, 9)	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.82
AJ Minter (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20
Edwin Diaz (S, 13)	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.19
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	3	1	0	1	7	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Holmes - 84 Pitches (70% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Walker Buehler (L, 4-3)	6.0	4	2	1	3	9	0	3.29
Zack Kelly	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38
Justin Wilson	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.38
Justin Slaten	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2.20
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	2	1		3	13
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Buehler - 10 5Pitches (64% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #51 of the Season
New York Mets (27-21) @ Boston Red Sox (31-18)
Pitching Matchup – Tyler Megill (2-1, 1.71 ERA) vs Garrett Crochet (4-2, 3.80 ERA)



RECAP
The Mets went down 1-2-3 against Garrett Crochet in the top of the 1st while the Red Sox came out swinging the bats against Tyler Megill in the bottom of the 1st as Jarren Duran led off with a double and Rafael Devers drew a walk before Rob Refsnyder who laced a RBI double in the gap to drive in a pair and give Boston a quick 2-0 lead. Trevor Story singled and you could feel the excitement from the Fenway Park crowd for the first career at bat for one of the top prospects in all of baseball as Marcelo Mayer stepped to the plate with runners on the corners and 1 out. Mayer would get the green light with a 3 & 0 count from Alex Cora and Megill threw a fastball over the plate that Mayer lined into CF for a RBI single making it 3-0. Crochet had allowed 1 hit and recorded 3 Ks through his first 3 innings of work and the Red Sox were threatening to blow the game open in the bottom of the 3rd after Devers drew a walk and singles by Wilyer Abreu and Trevor Story would load the bases with 1 out. The crowd at Fenway Park would rise to their feet as Marcelo Mayer stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and a chance to do damage in just the second at bat of his major league debut after ripping a RBI single to CF in his first at bat. Mayer would get a slider over the plate from Megill and drive it high and deep to CF for what looked like it might be a grand slam but Tyrone Taylor would get back to make the catch on the warning track as Devers tagged and scored and Mayer picks up his 2nd RBI of the night making it 4-0. The Mets got on the board in the top of the 4th when Crochet located a fastball low and away but Juan Soto was able to drive it high and deep into the monster seats in LF for an impressive opposite field HR cutting the deficit to 4-1. Crochet was through 6 innings and had thrown 87 pitches while recording 6 Ks in the ball game while Justin Garza replaced Megill on the mound and pitched a scoreless bottom of the 6th to send the game to the 7th inning with Boston leading 4-1. Crochet was up to 96 pitches after retiring the side in the top of the 7th and Rafael Devers would add an insurance run in the bottom of the 7th when he launched a solo into the Red Sox bullpen off Garza making it 5-1. Crochet returned to the mound for the top of the 8th with Whitlock ready in the pen and he would retire the first two batters before Winker lined a single to LF bringing up Juan Soto with 2 outs and Pete Alonso on deck as the Mets try to get back in the ball game. Crochet would get Soto to ground out on pitch #112 of the night to finish his outing and the top of the 8th with the score 5-1. Boston would add another insurance run on a RBI double from Narvaez in the bottom of the 8th making it 6-1 and we would head to the 9th inning with the Mets coming up to bat trailing 6-1 and Luis Guerrero coming on to pitch for Boston. Guerrero struck out Alonso on a 99 mph fastball and got Alvarez to ground out to Story and the Mets were quickly down to their final out and Guerrero would strikeout Nimmo looking on a nasty back door slider to end the ball game and give the Red Sox a 6-1 win in the series finale

GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox get a strong outing from Garrett Crochet on the mound as the Red Sox win the finale of this 3 game series 6-1 to avoid the sweep

* The Red Sox improve to 32-19 while the Mets fall to 28-22 on the season after taking 2 out of 3 from the Red Sox at Fenway Park

* There was a buzz to the ballpark tonight with 22 year old SS Marcelo Mayer who was ranked as the #2 prospect in the Red Sox organization and 8 ranked prospect in baseball making his major league debut after being promoted to the MLB Roster when the injury to Alex Bregman created an opportunity for the Red Sox to promote one of their prized prospects who have been tearing up AAA this season. Mayer has primarily played SS but has seen action at 3B and 2B in the minor leagues after Boston selected Mayer with the #4 overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft. Mayer had an impressive MLB debut as he went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI at the plate and looked comfortable at third base defensively making the play on 3 or 4 balls that were hit his way.

* Rafael Devers went 1 for 2 with a HR & 1 RBI while scoring 3 runs for Boston and is hitting .301 with 18 HR & 47 RBI

* Juan Soto went 1 for 4 with a HR & 1 RBI for New York to provide their only offense and Soto is now hitting .284 with 11 HR & 33 RBI in his first season with the Mets after signing a massive 15 year / $765m contract with the team in free agency this past winter

* Garrett Crochet was excellent for Boston playing the role of stopper as he pitched 8 innings allowing 1 run on 4 hits with 2 walks & 7 Ks to earn the win and improve to 5-2 with a 3.52 ERA

* Tyler Megill pitched 5.0 innings for New York allowing 4 runs on 6 hits with 2 walks & 3 Ks and takes the loss falling to 2-2 with a 2.77 ERA on the season

* The Red Sox remain at home to continue the 10 game home stand as the Baltimore Orioles come to town for a big AL East battle as Red Sox and Orioles begin a 4 game series tomorrow at Fenway Park. The Orioles are currently 27-22 on the season putting them in 2nd place in the AL East sitting 4.0 games back of the 1^st place Red Sox with the 3rd place Yankees 4.5 games back while the 4th place Rays are 6.0 games back and last place Blue Jays are 7.0 games back. Brayan Bello will get the start for Boston while Cade Povich will be on the mound for Baltimore to open the series.

HIGHLIGHTS

New York Mets at Boston Red Sox
May 21, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (28-22)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Boston (32-19)	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	X	6	12	0
W: Garrrett Crochet (5-2) L: Tyler Megill (2-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYM	BOS
BOS	1	Rob Refsnyder doubled to CF (Duran & Devers score)	0	2
BOS	1	Marcelo Mayer singled to CF (Refsnyder scores)	0	3
BOS	3	Marcelo Mayer sac fly to CF (Devers scores)	0	4
NYM	4	Juan Soto solo HR to LF	1	4
BOS	7	Rafael Devers solo HR to RF	1	5
BOS	8	Carlos Narvaez doubled to LF (Toro scores)	1	6

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Lindor, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.254
Winker, DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.269
Soto, RF	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.284
Alonso, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.277
Alvarez, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.255
Nimmo, LF	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
Mauricio, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277
McNeil, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.304
Taylor, CF
TEAM TOTALS	31	1	4	1	2	9	1
BATTING: 2B: Nimmo (9) HR: Soto (11) RBI: Soto (33)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.325
Devers, DH	2	3	1	1	2	0	1	.301
Refsnyder, LF	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	.167
Abreu, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.239
Story, SS	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	.231
Mayer, 3B	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	.667
Toro, 1B	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154
Narvaez, C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.149
Campbell, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.274
TEAM TOTALS	34	6	12	6	2	5	1
BATTING: 2B: Duran (14), Narvaez (4), Refsnyder (5) HR: Devers (18) RBI: Refsnyder 2 (6), Mayers 2 (2), Devers (47), Narvaez (7) SF: Mayer GIDP: Toro
BASERUNNING: SB: Story (1)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tyler Megill (L, 2-2)	5.0	6	4	4	2	3	0	2.77
Justin Garza	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	4.50
Reed Garrett	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	6.35
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	12	6	6	2	5	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Megill - 60 Pitches (72% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Garrett Crochet (W, 5-2)	8.0	4	1	1	2	7	1	3.52
Luis Guerrero	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.60
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	1	1	2	9	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Crochet - 112 Pitches (67% Strikes)

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TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #52 of the Season
Baltimore Orioles (27-22) @ Boston Red Sox (32-19)
Pitching Matchup – Cade Povich (3-2, 3.86 ERA) vs Brayan Bello (4-0, 1.71 ERA)

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RECAP
The Orioles opened the scoring against Brayan Bello in the top of the 1st when Gunnar Henderson launched a 2-run HR to CF giving Baltimore an early 2--0 lead. The Red Sox got on the board against Cade Povich in the bottom of the 2nd on a RBI double to RF by Marcelo Mayer cutting the deficit to 2-1. Brayan Bello got settled in after the Henderson HR in the 1st and was up to 7 Ks after striking out the side in the top of the 4th and Trevor Story drove a pitch from Povich into the Red Sox bullpen giving Boston a 3-2 lead. Bello continued to pitch well and was up to 9 Ks through 6 innings while Povich pitched a scoreless bottom of the 5th and Andrew Kittredge came on to pitch a scoreless bottom of the 6th for Baltimore sending the game to the 7th inning with the Red Sox leading 3-2. Bello was over 90 pitches as he returned to the mound for the top of the 7th and Tyler O'Neill led off with a single to LF with Garrett Whitlock and Justin Wilson getting warm in the bullpen for Boston. Bello came back to K Cowser for his 10th K of the night before retiring Westburg and Mountcastle on routine fly balls to finish off another very good start from Bello. Gregory Soto came on to pitch the bottom of the 7th for Baltimore and retired Duran and Devers for two quick outs to start the inning before the inning went off the rails for Soto as the Red Sox bats came alive with 2 outs as Rob Refsnyder doubled and Carlos Narvaez lined a RBI single to CF making it 4-2. Trevor Story was up next and would crush a 417 foot 2-run blast to CF for his 2nd HR of the game extending the lead to 6-2 and Romy Gonzalez followed with a 413 foot blast to CF as Boston goes back to back making it 7-2. Justin Wilson took over for Bello and pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 8th and Yennier Cano pitched a scoreless bottom of the 8th sending the game to the 9th inning with Boston leading 7-2. Justin Wilson returned to the mound with a pair of lefties due up after he only needed to throw just 6 pitches in the top of the 8th and Baltimore would come up to bat trailing 7-2 with Gunnar Henderson, Ryan O'Hearn and Tyler O'Neill due to hit. Henderson lined a rocket into the LF corner to lead off the 9th but Jarren Duran got over to it quickly and fired a perfect throw to second base to nail Henderson trying to stretch it into a double for the 1st out. O'Hearn would go strikeout on a fastball up and in for the 2nd out and the Orioles were down to their final out. Wilson left a cutter out over the plate to Tyler O'Neill who launched a solo HR to CF cutting the deficit to 7-3 with 2 outs. Alex Cora stuck with Wilson to face one more batter as lefty hitting Cowser stepped in and Wilson would strike him out for the final out giving the Red Sox 7-3 win to open the series

GAME NOTES
* Brayan Bello continues to give the Red Sox quality starts and Trevor Story broke out of his season long slump hitting 2 home runs and the Red Sox open the 4 game series with a 7-3 victory

* The Red Sox improve to 33-19 while the Orioles fall to 27-23 and are now 5.0 games back of the 1^st place Red Sox in the AL East Standings

* Trevor Story has struggled mightily over the first 51 games of the season as he came into tonights game hitting .231 with 1 HR & 9 RBI on the season and could be in danger of losing his job if rookie phenom SS Marcelo Mayer is hitting well and needs to move off of third base when Alex Bregman returns from injury. Story has started swinging the bat better over the last week making more hard contact and finally gave the Red Sox a big night at the plate going 2 for 4 with 2 HR & 4 RBI and Story is now hitting .238 with 3 HR & 13 RBI.

* Carlos Narvaez went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles & 1 RBI and Romy Gonzalez went 2 for 4 with a HR & 1 RBI for Boston

* The Orioles were led by Gunnar Henderson (2 for 4 with HR & 2 RBI) and Tyler O'Neill (2 for 4 with HR & 1 RBI). Henderson is now hitting .249 with 6 HR & 18 RBI while O'Neill is hitting .232 with 11 HR & 25 RBI on the season

* Brayan Bello missed the first few weeks of the season with a spring training injury that delayed his preparation for the season but Bello has been excellent in his 6 starts since joining the team as he came into tonights game with a record of 4-0 with a 1.71 ERA on the season. Bello turned in another strong performance as he pitched 7 innings allowing 2 runs on 8 hits while striking out 10 Orioles hitters to earn the win and improve to 5-0 with a 1.84 ERA in 7 starts on the season

* Cade Povich pitched 5.0 innings allowing 3 runs on 7 hits with 6 Ks for Baltimore and took the loss falling to 3-3 with a 3.99 ERA

* The Red Sox and Orioles will play the 2^nd game of this 4 game series tomorrow at Fenway Park with Hunter Dobbins making the start for Boston while Zach Eflin takes the mound for Baltimore

RED SOX TRADE RAFAEL DEVERS -The Red Sox shocked the baseball world after the game when news broke that the Red Sox have traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. The Red Sox and Devers have had issues since prior to spring training when Devers was angry that the Red Sox signed Alex Bregman and asked Devers to move to DH as he was the worst defensive third baseman in MLB last season while Bregman has won multiple gold golves and is a superior to Devers defensively. Devers would show up late to spring training and made things difficult at every turn as he refused to help the team by moving to first base when Triston Casas suffered a season ending knee injury and then refused to play third base after Bregman was injured. The Red Sox apparently had enough of Devers act and lack of leadership as they now had a $30m a year DH who has refused multiple times when Alex Cora asked him to do something that will help the team. The Giants will pay 100% of the ramining years on Devers contract and will send the following players to Boston:
---- SP Kyle Harrison who made 24 MLB starts last year as a 22 year old rookie. Harrison has been pitching at AAA Sacramento to start this season and will report to AAA Worcester to get acclimated to the Red Sox organization
---- RP Jordan Hicks who will strengthen the Red Sox bullpen as the 28 year old is capable of giving you multiple innings and features a fastball that often hits 100+ mph on the radar gun and has been clocked as high as 105 mph. Hicks is currenotly on the injured list with a sore toe but should be activated by Boston in the next week or so
---- OF James TIbbs who was the Giants 1st round pick last year in the 2024 MLB Draft at #13 overall. Tibbs is highly regarded for his bat as he hits for average with plus raw power and the Red Sox are certainly envisioning Tibbs and Roman Anthony mashing in the lineup together in the near future. Tibbs will report to AA Portland and instantly become a top 10 and maybe top 5 prospect in the Red Sox oranization

HIGHLIGHTS

Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox
May 22, 2025	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore (27-23)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	1
Boston (33-19)	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	X	7	13	0
W: Brayan Bello (5-0) L: Cade Povich (3-3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BAL	BOS
BAL	1	Gunnar Henderson 2-run HR to CF (Holliday scores)	2	0
BOS	2	Marcelo Mayer doubled to RF (Narvaez scores)	2	1
BOS	4	Trevor Story 2-run HR to CF (Narvaez scores)	2	3
BOS	7	Carlos Narvaez singled to CF (Refsnyder scores)	2	4
BOS	7	Trevor Story solo HR to CF (Narvaez scores)	2	6
BOS	7	Romy Gonzalez solo HR to CF	2	7
BAL	9	Tyler O'Neill solo HR to CF	7	3

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Holliday, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.240
Rutschman, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.287
Henderson, SS	4	1	2	2	0	2	1	.249
O'Hearn, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.274
O'Neill, RF	4	1	2	1	0	2	1	.232
Cowser, LF	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	.350
Westburg, 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.282
Mountcastle, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180
Mullins, CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.273
TEAM TOTALS	33	3	8	3	0	12	2
BATTING: 2B: Holliday (11) HR: O'Neill (11), Henderson (6) RBI: Henderson 2 (18), O'Neill (25) GIDP: Rutschman
FIELDING: E: Westburg (1)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Duran, LF	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.317
Devers, DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.300
Refsnyder, RF	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.171
Narvaez, C	4	1	3	3	0	0	0	.176
Story, SS	4	2	2	4	0	0	2	.238
Gonzalez, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.196
Mayer, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.423
Campbell, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273
Rafaela, CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.255
TEAM TOTALS	37	7	13	7	0	6	3
BATTING: 2B: Narvaez 2 (6), Mayer (1), Refsnyder (6) HR: Story 2 (3), Gonzalez (1) RBI: Story 4 (13), Mayer (3), Narvaez (8), Gonzalez (4) GIDP: Duran

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cade Povich (L, 3-3)	5.0	7	3	3	0	6	1	3.99
Andrew Kittredge	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Gregory Soto	0.2	4	4	4	0	0	2	7.00
Yennier Cano	1.1	1		0	0	0	0	2.63
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	13	7	7	0	6	3
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Povich - 88 Pitches (72% Strikes)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Brayan Bello (W, 5-0)	7.0	6	2	2	0	10	1	1.84
Justin Wilson	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	3.55
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	3	3	0	12	2
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Bello - 110 Pitches (68% Strikes)