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WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (9): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (14): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS (10): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES BOSTON RED SOX 12, DETROIT TIGERS 9 Thursday, May 6, 2021 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Detroit 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 9 14 4 RED SOX Boston 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 4 X 12 16 2 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Andriese (1-1) Loss: Lange (0-1) Save: Ottavino (1) Nathan Eovaldi 79 (61) Time of Game: 4:13 Attendance: 4,734 Weather: 63°, NW at 15 mph Josh Taylor 11 (6) Tigers HR: None Phillips Valdez 24 (12) Darwinzon Hernandez 20 (14) Red Sox HR: None Matt Andriese 27 (16) Adam Ottavino 21 (13) RED SOX NOTES (19-13) TIGERS Pitcher # (Strikes) THE RED SOX are 5-1-3 in their last 9 series...Are 10-6 in their last 16 home games, and 7-5 in their last 12 overall. Spencer Turnbull 80 (51) Tyler Alexander 30 (25) Earned their MLB-best 13th come-from-behind win...Trailed 7-5 entering the bottom of the 6th inning and 9-8 entering the Buck Farmer 13 (7) bottom of the 8th...Christian Arroyo scored the decisive run in the 8th inning on a fielding error by the 3rd baseman. Kyle Funkhouser 36 (19) Today's game is just the Sox' 3rd in the last 10 seasons (2012-21) in which they scored 12+ runs with 0 HR...Also did so on Alex Lange 22 (13) 4/13/12 vs. TB (12 R) and 7/24/20 vs. BAL (13 R). Gregory Soto 13 (7) CHRISTIAN VÁZQUEZ (1-for-1, R, RBI) tied the score, 9-9, in the 8th inning with a 2-out, pinch-hit single, scoring Rafael Devers from 2nd...Was his 3rd career pinch-hit RBI, also hitting solo HR on 5/24/19 at HOU and 7/23/19 at TB. RAFAEL DEVERS (2-for-5, R, 3 RBI) hit an RBI single in the 3rd and a go-ahead, 2-run single with the bases loaded in the 6th...Is 14-for-35 (.400) with RISP this year. Leads MLB since the start of 2019 with 63 game-tying or go-ahead RBI...10 of his 23 RBI this season have tied the score of given the Red Sox the lead. FRANCHY CORDERO (3-for-5, 3 R, 2B, RBI) matched a career high in hits (5x)...Snapped an 0-for-25 skid with an RBI double to RF in the 2nd...Singled to lead off the 6th and 7th...Each of his 3 hits had an exit velocity over 100 mph: 110.2 mph (2nd-inning double), 104.2 mph (6th-inning single), 106.8 mph (7th-inning single). ALEX VERDUGO (2-for-6, R, 2 RBI) extended the Red Sox' lead to 12-9 with a 2-out, 2-run single in the 8th inning. Extended his career-best on-base streak to 24 G, the longest streak in MLB in 2021...Over the streak, has hit .351 with a .981 OPS (34-for-97, 10 BB, 2 HBP). XANDER BOGAERTS (2-for-3, R, RBI, BB, HBP) hit an RBI single in the 4th inning, giving the Sox a 5-4 lead, one pitch after fouling a ball off his left leg. Has scored at least 1 run in each of his last 6 games (9 total runs)...In those 6 games, is 11-for-25 (.440) with 1 2B, 3 HR, and 6 RBI...Is batting .387 with a 1.086 OPS in his last 27 games (41-for-106, 10 2B, 6 HR, 18 RBI). J.D. MARTINEZ (2-for-6, 3 R, 2 RBI) hit an RBI single in both the 1st and 6th innings...Is 10-for-25 (.400) with 3 HR and 10 RBI in his last 6 games. Has 10 HR and 31 RBI in 30 games played this season...Is the 8th Red Sox player with 10+ HR and 30+ RBI in his first 30 games of a season...Martinez joins Mo Vaughn (1995), Fred Lynn (1979), Jim Rice (1978), Ted Williams (1950, '53, '55), Walt Dropo (1950), Vern Stephens (1949), and Jimmie Foxx (1940). NATHAN EOVALDI (4.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, BB, 5 SO) allowed a season-high 6 R in a season-low 4.1 IP...Has allowed 0 HR in his last 52.0 IP, MLB's longest active streak. TIGERS NOTES (9-23) THE TIGERS set season highs in runs (9) and hits (14)...Have 10+ hits in each of their last 3 games, their longest streak this season...Scored 22 runs in this 3-game series after scoring just 7 runs in the first 6 games of this road trip. Stole 7 bases this series...Have 9 SB in May after recording 7 SB in April...Was their 1st time with 7+ SB in a 3-game series since 4/5-8/18 at CWS (source: Elias). Today's loss was their 1st when scoring 9+ runs with 14+ hits since 4/26/19 at CWS (12-11 loss, 11 runs, 15 hits). HAROLD CASTRO (3-for-5, R, 2 RBI) tied the score, 5-5, with a 2-run single in the 4th inning...Also singled and scored in the 7th, with his run tying the score, 7-7. Recorded 3 hits for the 2nd time this season and 12th of his career (previous: 4/18/21 at OAK), and did so with 2+ RBI for the 5th time (also 4/18/21 at OAK). JEIMER CANDELARIO (3-for-5, 2 R, RBI) singled and scored in both the 4th and 5th innings before extending the Tigers' lead to 7-5 with an RBI single in the 6th. Recorded his team-leading 11th multi-hit game of 2021...Has multiple hits in 6 of his last 13 games...Has 30 multi-hit games since the start of 2020, tied with Alex Verdugo and Whit Merrifield for most in the AL and trailing only Trea Turner (33, in progress) for most in the majors. SPENCER TURNBULL (3.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 SO, 2 HB) allowed a season-high 7 hits and tied a season high with 4 runs allowed over 3.0 innings, his shortest outing of the year...Hit a career-high-tying 2 batsmen (4 times, previous: 9/29/19)....Surrendered at least 1 run in each of his 3 innings pitched. KYLE FUNKHOUSER (2.0 IP, H, R, BB, SO) entered with 2 runners on and 0 outs in the 6th, stranding both...Worked around a leadoff single for a scoreless 7th. WILSON RAMOS (2-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI) hit an RBI double in the 4th inning and added an RBI single in the 8th, giving the Tigers a 9-8 lead. Was removed from today's game due to low back tightness. Boston Red Sox (19-13) 12, Detroit Tigers (9-23) 9 May 6th, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Detroit 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 9 14 4 Boston 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 4 x 12 16 2 Detroit AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A Boston AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A Grossman, DH .212 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Hernández, K, CF .239 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schoop, 1B .192 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1-Cordero, F, PR-LF .188 5 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Candelario, 3B .298 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Verdugo, LF-CF .315 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 Ramos, W, C .227 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 1 Martinez, J, DH .348 6 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Greiner, C .219 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Bogaerts, SS .356 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 Goodrum, SS .227 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 Devers, 3B .287 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 Castro, H, 2B .256 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 Renfroe, RF .195 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Jones, J, CF .171 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Gonzalez, M, 2B-1B .207 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 Reyes, V, RF .143 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 Plawecki, C .273 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 0 Baddoo, LF .192 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 2-Arroyo, PR-2B .275 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Turnbull, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Dalbec, 1B .174 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 2 Alexander, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a-Vázquez, PH-C .276 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Farmer, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eovaldi, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Funkhouser, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor, J, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lange, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Valdez, P, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soto, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hernandez, D, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .207 43 9 14 2 0 0 8 4 9 24 5 Andriese, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ottavino, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING Totals .267 43 12 16 4 0 0 11 3 8 27 14 2B : Jones, J (2, Eovaldi); Ramos, W (5, Eovaldi).