Post-Game Notes 7.26.18 Vs. MIN.Indd
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WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS (9): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES MINNESOTA TWINS 2, BOSTON RED SOX 1 Thursday, July 26, 2018 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 0 RED SOX Boston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Gibson (5-7) Loss: Barnes (3-3) Save: Rodney (22) Brian Johnson 84 (53) Heath Hembree 23 (15) Time of Game: 2:59 Attendance: 37,439 (19th sellout) Weather: 75°, wind S at 8 mph Matt Barnes 24 (15) Twins HR: None Ryan Brasier 9 (7) Red Sox HR: None TWINS Pitcher # (Strikes) RED SOX NOTES (71-33) Kyle Gibson 120 (67) Fernando Rodney 25 (13) THE RED SOX lost the series opener, falling to 3-3 since the All-Star break and 1-3 vs. MIN this season. Fell to 58-4 when leading after 6 innings...Are 48-7 when they score fi rst. Dropped to 5-16 in games with less than 3 runs scored...Marks just their 3rd loss this season when allowing 2 or fewer runs (also 6/8 vs. CWS, 6/16 at SEA). Are 5-3 in their last 8 games, 15-4 in their last 19, and 20-6 in their last 26. Lost for just the 2nd time in their last 12 games at Fenway Park...Are tied with NYY for the majors' highest home winning percentage (.708, 34-14). Fell to 310-311 in their all-time series vs. MIN. Have lost 3 of their last 4 games without a home run...Are 15-17 in games without a HR this season. Red Sox starters have allowed 0 ER in 6 of the club's last 8 games, including 5 of the last 6. Brian Johnson struck out Robbie Grossman to end the 1st inning, recording the Red Sox' 1,000th strikeout of the season...Marks the fastest (104 G) the Red Sox have ever reached 1,000 team strikeouts (now at 1,008). BRIAN JOHNSON (5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 BB, 5 SO) held MIN scoreless over 5.2 IP, his 2nd straight start with 0 ER (5.0 IP on 7/21 at DET). In 6 starts this season, is 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA (6 ER/30.0 IP)...Has allowed 2 or fewer ER in each of his 6 starts. His 1.80 ERA as a starter is the lowest in the AL and 2nd-lowest in the majors among pitchers with 25.0+ IP as a SP (Jacob deGrom, 1.71). Allowed 4 of his first 5 batters to reach before setting down 14 straight Twins from the final out of the 1st through the 1st out of the 6th. Has a 2.60 ERA in his last 10 starts (15 ER/52.0 IP). Has not allowed an ER in his last 11.2 IP. In his 6 career starts at Fenway, is 1-0 with a 2.41 ERA (9 ER/33.2 IP). XANDER BOGAERTS (2-for-4, 2B) doubled to left in the 1st inning, his 30th double of the season, and added a single in the 9th. Recorded the Red Sox' lone multi-hit effort of the night, his 24th of the season. 7 of his last 9 hits have gone for extra bases...Has 4 2B in his last 4 games and is 5 shy of his career high (35 in 2015). Has 48 XBH in 85 games this year, matching his total in 148 games in 2017. Is the only AL player with 30+ doubles in each of the last 4 seasons (2015-18)...The only other Red Sox SS with as many as four 30-double seasons are Joe Cronin (6) and Nomar Garciaparra (6). Joined Ted Williams (1939-42) and Carl Yastrzemski (1961-65) as the only Red Sox hitters with four 30-double seasons before turning 26...Mookie Betts would join that group with 5 more 2B this season. Is a career .382/.401/.534 hitter in 31 games vs. the Twins. Has 7 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, and 20 RBI over his last 17 games, going 21-for-64 (.328) with 14 runs scored and a .688 SLG. J.D. MARTINEZ (1-for-4) has reached base in his last 40 home games (4/12-pres.), a career-long streak, the longest active in the majors, and the longest in the majors since 2016. Since 2010, the only other home on-base streak of 40+ games by an AL hitter was a 46-game stretch by Miguel Cabrera in his 2013 MVP season. His 40-game on-base streak at Fenway is the longest at the venue since Nomar Garciaparra reached in 42 straight from 9/18/02-6/28/03. In the last 50 seasons (1969-2018), the only other Red Sox players with 40+-game home on-base streaks are Garciaparra (twice), Mo Vaughn, and Wade Boggs (twice). MOOKIE BETTS (0-for-4, RBI) drove in a go-ahead run in the 2nd inning, his 2nd go-ahead RBI in as many games. Has 53 RBI this season, including 14 go-ahead RBI...4 of his last 5 RBI hits, and 6 of his last 9, have given the Red Sox a lead. JACKIE BRADLEY JR. (0-for-4) threw out the potential go-ahead run at the plate in the top of the 1st inning, and began an 8-5-4-2 putout to retire the potential game-tying run in the 6th. Was his 2nd career game with multiple assists (also 7/3/16 vs. LAA, 2)...Was his fi rst career game with 2 assists on outs at home. Has 6 outfi eld assists this season...Leads AL CF with 25 assists since 2016...Has 43 career assists, 29 of which have come at Fenway. BLAKE SWIHART (1-for-3, R, BB) singled in his fi rst AB of the game to lead off the 2nd inning...Also drew a 9th-inning walk. Has hit in a career-high-tying 8 straight games (.409/9-for-22)...His only previous streak as long came from 5/20-31/15. Is 11 for his last 27 (.407), posting a 593 SLG and a 1.076 OPS in that time...Has raised his season AVG from .149 to .218. When in the game as catcher, has hit .353 (6-for-17) with a .476 OBP, reaching in 10 of 21 PA. TWINS NOTES (47-54) THE TWINS took the series opener improving to 14-19 in series openers and 4-3 in their last 7 road contests. Have won 3 of their last 4 contests against the Red Sox (3-1)...Hold a 311-310 edge in the franchises' all-time series. Are 13-5 in their last 18 games...Are batting .290 (184-for-635) with a +27 run differential during that span. Marked their 22nd come-from-behind win of the season...Are also 6-17 in one-run games this year. Earned their 8th win when trailing after 6 innings. KYLE GIBSON (8.0 IP, 4 H, R, 2 BB, 7 SO) improved to 5-7 with a 3.42 ERA (49 ER/129.0 IP) over 21 starts this season...Threw a career-high 120 pitches. Held his opponent to 1 or fewer runs for the 6th time this season (last 7/12 at TB). Is 2-1 with a 1.57 ERA (5 ER/28.2 IP) with a 0.63 WHIP in 4 career starts at Fenway Park. Improved to 3-3 with a 2.95 ERA (23 ER/70.1 IP) and is holding opponents to .222 AVG (50-for-225) over 11 road starts this year. Became the 1st Twin since Nick Blackburn (4 G from 7/8/08-8/10/11) to hold BOS to 3 or fewer runs in 4 straight games. MITCH GARVER (1-for-4, BB, RBI) hit a go-ahead RBI 2B in the top of the 8th inning...Was his 5th go-ahead RBI this season (last 7/25 at TOR). In his last 3 games, is 8-for-13 (.615) with 3 R, 3 2B, HR, 6 RBI...Holds a .351 AVG (27-for-77) with 5 2B and 13 RBI over his last 28 games. Has driven in 8 runs in his last 5 contests, batting .474 (9-for-19) during that span. Is batting .302 (29-for-96) with 7 2B and 16 RBI in 31 games away from Target Field this season. FERNANDO RODNEY (1.0 IP, H, 2 BB, SO) recorded his 322nd save, passing Jose Mesa for sole possession of 19th on baseball’s all-time saves list...Now trails Craig Kimbrel (323) by 1. BRIAN DOZIER (2-for-3, R, BB, SB) recorded his 22nd multi-hit game of the season (last 7/25 at TOR) with singles in the 1st and 6th innings...The club is 15-7 when he records multiple hits. Was his 10th career multi-hit game vs. the Red Sox (last 6/20 at MIN). Holds a .319 AVG (23-for-72) over his last 19 games vs.