TNK - RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game # 6 of Season
Boston Red Sox (3-2) @ Miami Marlins (3-2)
Pitching Matchup - Chris Sale vs Jose Urena
The Marlins jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Chris Sale in the bottom of the 1st inning when Sale left a changeup elevated over the plate and Justin Bour drove it 422 feet into that massive sculpture in CF for a solo HR. The Sox were threatening to get on the board in the top of the 2nd as Sale picked up a bloop single to load the bases with one out and Eduardo Nunez coming up. Nunez would hit a sac fly to RF to pickup a RBI and tie the score 1-1. Andrew Benintendi followed with a double to make it 2-1 and Hanley Ramirez absolutely crushed a fastabll from Urena 433 feet for a 3-run bomb as Boston explodes for 5 runs in the inning to take a 5-1 lead. The Marlins answered in the bottom of the 2nd as they with 4 hits as Holaday and Maybin each picked up RBI knocks in the inning to get the Marlins back in the game at 5-3. Rafael Devers went deep in the top of the 3rd to push the Boston lead to 6-3 and then added a RBI double in the top of the 5th to push the Boston lead to 7-3. Sale settled down after a shaky start in the early going and was in a groove until Brian Anderson went down to get a slider and hammered a solo HR to lead off the bottom of the 6th and cut the Sox lead to 7-4. The Red Sox gave themselves some separation in the top of the 7th as Hanley Ramirez and JD Martinez hit back to back homers to make it a 9-4 game. Matt Barnes and Bobby Poyner finished things off in the late innings as the Sox win 9-4
* The Red Sox offense blasted 4 home runs to power its way to a 9-4 victory and complete the two game sweep of the Marlins in Miami
* Chris Sale struggled with his command at times and did not have his best stuff in this game but was able to gut his way through 7 innings and earn his first win of the season after a no decision on opening day
* Rafael Devers continues to swing the bat well as he finished a triple shy of the cycle going 3 for 5 with his 2nd HR of the year and 2 RBI
* Hanley Ramirez had 2 HR and 4 RBI while JD Martines was 2 for 5 with a double and a HR in the game
* The Red Sox have won 3 straight and have a 4-2 record after opening with 6 games on the road to begin the season. The Sox will have an off day tomorrow before their home opener at Fenway Park as the Tampa Bay Rays come to town
| Boston Red Sox at Miami Marlins |
| Apr 3, 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Boston (4-2) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Miami (3-3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| W: Chris Sale (1-0) L: Jose Urena (0-1) |
| Scoring Summary |
| SCORING DETAILS | BOS | MIA |
| MIA | 1 | Justin Bour solo HR to CF | 0 | 1 |
| BOS | 2 | Eduardo Nunez sac fly to RF (Devers scores) | 1 | 1 |
| BOS | 2 | Andrew Benintendi doubled to LF (Bradley scores) | 2 | 1 |
| BOS | 2 | Hanley Ramirez 3-run HR to LF (Sale & Benintendi score) | 5 | 1 |
| MIA | 2 | Bryan Holaday doubled to CF (Anderson scores) | 5 | 2 |
| MIA | 2 | Cameron Maybin singled to RF (Holaday scores) | 5 | 3 |
| BOS | 3 | Rafael Devers solo HR to CF | 6 | 3 |
| BOS | 5 | Rafael Devers doubled to CF (Martinez scores) | 7 | 3 |
| MIA | 6 | Brian Anderson solo HR to CF | 7 | 4 |
| BOS | 7 | Hanley Ramirez solo HR to CF | 8 | 4 |
| BOS | 7 | JD Martinez solo HR to RF | 9 | 4 |
| Boston Red Sox |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| Nunez, 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .190 |
| Benintendi, LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 |
| Ramirez, 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .348 |
| Martinez, RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .308 |
| Bogaerts, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Devers, 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 |
| Vazquez, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 |
| Bradley, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 |
| Sale, P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| Swihart (PH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 40 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
BATTING:
2B: Benintendi (2), Martinez (2), Devers (3), Nunez (1)
HR: Ramirez 2 (3), Martinez (3), Devers (2)
RBI: Ramirez 4 (8), Devers 2 (4), Martinez (7), Benintendi (2), Nunez (2)
HBP: Bogaerts
SF: Nunez |
| Miami Marlins |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| Maybin, CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .227 |
| Cooper, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Bour, 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .222 |
| Castro, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Anderson, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .348 |
| Brinson, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .240 |
| Holaday, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Rivera, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Urena, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .0000 |
| Rojas (PH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 |
| Dietrich (PH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 |
| Wallach, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 35 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |
BATTING:
2B: Holaday (1), Anderson (1)
HR: Bour (1), Anderson (3)
RBI: Anderson (7), Bour (1), Holaday (1), Maybin (1)
HBP: Bour
GIDP: Cooper |
FIELDING:
E: Castro (1) |
| Boston Red Sox |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Chris Sale (W, 1-0) | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3.86 |
| Matt Barnes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bobby Poyner | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |
PITCHING:
Pitches-Strikes: Sale - 100 Pitches (70% Strikes) |
| Miami Marlins |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Jose Urena (L, 0-1) | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8.00 |
| Jacob Turner | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Jarlin Garcia | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 |
| Kyle Barroclough | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
PITCHING:
Pitches-Strikes: Urena - 71 Pitches (72% Strikes) |