HOT AND COLD AND HOT AND OUT ...
 The Red Sox explode for 20 runs

August 11, 2021 ... The Sox mashed out their biggest night of the season, roughing up Jays starter Josh Fleming for 10 runs and putting 20 on the scoreboard for the 18th time in franchise history, and the first since 2015, against the Seattle Mariners.

The Sox went 12-for-24 with runners in scoring position and came through with seven two-out RBIs. Kike Hernandez, who went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs scored, had three hits through three innings. Hunter Renfroe went 3-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs. Bobby Dalbec went 2-for-3 and drove in five runs.

The Sox didn't waste many scoring opportunities. They hung three runs on Fleming in the first inning with RBI doubles from Renfroe and Xander Bogaerts, and an RBI single from JD Martinez.

They tacked on to the lead in the second inning with a two-out double from Renfroe that scored Dalbec and Hernandez and widened their lead to 5-0.

The Sox blew the game wide open in the fourth inning. With one out and runners on first and second, Rafael Devers delivered a run scoring double that stretched the lead to six. Fleming intentionally walked JD Martinez to load the bases, then walked Kevin Plawecki on four pitches to let Renfroe trot home and push the lead to 7-0. Marwin Gonzalez singled to right to score Devers and Dalbec followed with a line-drive single to right the brought in Martinez and Plawecki, giving the Sox a 10-0 lead.

But the Sox weren't done. The score became more lopsided with a four-run fifth inning. Martinez stroked an RBI single to right and Dalbec lifted a fly ball over the head of Randy Arozarena in right field. It dropped in for a three-run triple.

Nathan Eovaldi cruised through even innings and didn't give up a run, until Brandon Lowe stung him for a homer in the sixth.
 

 

 

F   E   N   W   A   Y     P   A   R   K
 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 

R

H

E

  
 

TAMPA BAY RAYS

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

7

  

 

8

8

0

  
 

BOSTON RED SOX

3

2

0

5

4

0

0

6

x

  

 

20

19

0

  

 

W-Nathan Eovaldi (10-7)
L-Josh Fleming (9-6)
Attendance: 30,286

 2B-Hernandez (2)(Bost), Renfroe (2)(Bost), Bogaerts (Bost),
Devers (Bost), Martinez (Bost), Arozarena (TB)

 3B-Dalbec (Bost), Wong (Bost)

 HR-Bogaerts (Bost), Lowe (TB), Phillips (TB), Zunino (TB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AB

R

H

AVG

 

 

 Kiki Hernandez 2b 5 3 3 .249  

 

 Franchy Cordero lf 1 0 0 .195  

 

 Hunter Renfroe rf 5 3 3 .255  

 

 Xander Bogaerts ss 4 3 2 .307  

 

 Rafael Devers 3b 3 2 1 .285  

 

 Jonathan Arauz 3b/2b 2 0 0 .231  

 

 J.D. Martinez dh 4 3 4 .294  

 

 Kevin Plawecki c 4 1 0 .301  

 

 Connor Wong c 1 1 1 .308  

 

 Marwin Gonzalez lf/1b 5 1 2 .205  

 

 Bobby Dalbec 1b/3b 3 2 2 .222  

 

 Jarren Duran cf 5 1 1 .212  
               
    IP H ER BB SO  

 

 Nathan Eovaldi 7 3 1 1 10  

 

 Yacksel Rios 1 0 0 0 1  

 

 Phillips Valdez 1 5 7 2 1  

 

 

          

 

 

 

2021 A.L. EAST STANDINGS

 

 

 Tampa Bay Rays 69 45 -

 

 

BOSTON RED SOX

 66 50 4

 

 

 New York Yankees 63 51 6

 

 

 Toronto Blue Jays 62 51 6 1/2

 

 

 Baltimore Orioles 38 74 30