Post-Game Notes 906 Vs. TOR.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 (8): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES BOSTON RED SOX 6, TORONTO BLUE JAYS 1 Wednesday, September 6, 2017 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Toronto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 RED SOX Boston 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 x 6 9 1 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Fister (5-7) Loss: Biagini (3-10) Save: None Doug Fister 113 (74) Joe Kelly 7 (4) Time of Game: 2:57 Attendance: 33,190 Weather: 65°, wind E at 6 mph Matt Barnes 9 (7) Blue Jays HR: None Red Sox HR: Bradley Jr. (15) BLUE JAYS Pitcher # (Strikes) Joe Biagini 84 (55) RED SOX NOTES (79-61) Tim Mayza 29 (19) Carlos Ramirez 24 (11) THE RED SOX earned their 2nd straight win and the series victory, improving to 12-4 against the Blue Jays this season. Aaron Loup 6 (3) Improved to 14-6-4 in series at home this season (42-26 overall home record)...Are 4-0-1 in 5 series with TOR this series. Have won 67 of their last 70 games when scoring 6 or more runs. Stole 4 bases, bringing their season total vs. TOR to 29 in 16 games...Mark the 2nd-most by any team in a single season vs. the Blue Jays (MIL, 32 in 1992), and the 3rd-most by any Red Sox team vs. any opponent in any of the last 100 seasons (30, 1934 vs. CWS and 1943 vs. BAL). Are 24-1 this season in games with multiple stolen bases. Struck out 43 Blue Jays this series, their most ever in a single series vs the club (previous: 41, twice, last 4/15-18/16 in 4 games)...With 3 remaining games vs. the club, their 172 SO vs. TOR are the most by any team in a single season vs. TOR (previous: 171, BOS in 2016). The Red Sox bullpen extended their scoreless innings streak to 15.0 innings. DOUG FISTER (7.0 IP, 4 H, ER, 3 BB, 9 SO) struck out a season-high 9 over 7.0 1-run innings...Mark his most SO since 9/26/14 with WSH vs. MIA (9). Was his 4th straight start with 7.0+ IP and 2 or fewer ER allowed (3-1, 1.50 ERA, 27 SO)...Is the longest such streak by any pitcher since the All-Star break. The only other AL pitchers to record 4 straight starts with 7.0+ IP and 2 or fewer ER this season are Chris Sale (6), Dallas Keuchel (6), and Corey Kluber (5). All of his 5 runs allowed in his last 4 starts have been scored in the 1st inning...Has not allowed a run in 26.0 innings after the 1st in those games. XANDER BOGAERTS (1-for-4, R, 3B, RBI) gave the Red Sox a lead in the 4th with his team-leading 6th triple of the season and 11th of the year. Was the 3rd go-ahead 3B by a Sox hitter since the All-Star break and the 2nd such 3B of Bogaerts' career (5/15/15 at SEA)...4 of his last 5 3B have driven in runs. Was Bogaerts 2nd triple in 10 career AB vs. Joe Biagini (also 9/30/16 at Fenway). JACKIE BRADLEY JR. (1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, SB) hit a 2-run HR in the 4th, his 15th of the year and fi rst since returning from the DL on 9/2. Drove in 3 runs, marking his 5th game this year with 3+ RBI and 20th career such game...The Red Sox are 19-1 in those games. Boston is 43-10 (.811) in his 53 career games with a HR and 100-38 (.725) in his 138 games with an RBI...Are 46-8 (.852) when he records multiple RBI. Was his 6th career HR vs. the Blue Jays, tying his highest total vs. any opponent (also BAL)...Had not homered vs. TOR since 9/11/16 at Rogers Centre. Has 13 RBI in his last 11 home games...11 of his last 12 RBI have come at home after 33 of his fi rst 45 came on the road. Stole his 8th base of the season and 30th in 35 career attempts (85.7%)...Is 8-for-8 in his career vs. TOR (3-for-3 in 2017), his most SB vs. any club. EDUARDO NÚÑEZ (2-for-3, R, BB, 2 SB) singled twice and stole a season-high-tying 2 bases (4th time, last 6/8 with SF at MIL). Has hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games, including all 6 games vs. TOR this season (.393/11-for-28). Has multiple hits in each of his last 3 games, and 23 of his last 44 (.332/64-for-193)...Leads the team with 50 hits since his Red Sox debut on 7/28. Has 23 stolen bases this season, including 5 in 6 chances since joining the Red Sox...All 5 of those SB have come at Fenway. Since joining the Red Sox, is hitting .322 (29-for-90) in 20 games at Fenway Park...Is a career .305 hitter (50-for-164) at the venue. RAFAEL DEVERS (2-for-4, R, RBI) singled twice and drove in his 18th run...Marks his 12th multi-hit game in 37 career games. Has hit safely in 16 of 20 home games, including 9 multi-hit efforts...Is batting .365 (27-for-74) with 13 RBI at Fenway. Is 15-for-34 (.441) in his career vs. LHP. MOOKIE BETTS (1-for-3, BB, SB) hit .333 (5-for-15) this series and is batting .352 (25-for-71) in 16 games vs. the Blue Jays this season. Stole his 23rd base of the year in his 26th try (88.5%)...Since 2015, leads the AL with an 84.3% success rate (min. 50 attempts) and ranks 5th with 70 SB. Has stolen 9 bases vs. TOR this season, the most ever by a Red Sox hitter in a single season...His 16 career SB vs. TOR are 2nd-most by a Sox hitter (Ellsbury-22). Has reached base in each of his last 11 home games, and 21 of his last 22 games overall. Is 6-for-11 (.545) in his career vs. Joe Biagini. MITCH MORELAND (1-for-3, R, BB) reached base twice...In his last 24 games, is batting .292 (21-for-72). Reached 50 BB for the fi rst time in his career...Has walked once every 10.00 PA this season (500 PA), a career-best rate. SANDY LEON (1-for-4, R, 2B) hit his 13th 2B of the season, 10 of which have come at Fenway...Since 2016, is batting .296 (71-for-240) at home. ANDREW BENINTENDI (0-for-4, RBI) drove in the game-tying run in the 1st inning with a groundout...Is the 15th Red Sox rookie ever to reach 75 RBI. CHRIS YOUNG (0-for-1, HBP) has reached base in 10 of his 19 pinch-hit PA this season (.526 OBP) and 17 of 35 since joining BOS (.486). BLUE JAYS NOTES (64-76) THE BLUE JAYS have lost 8 of their last 11 games, and 19 of 34 contests since 8/1...Dropped to 0-5-1 in their last 6 series (last series win: 8/15-17 vs. TB). Are 3-4 at Fenway Park this season...Fell to 9-8 at the venue since the beginning of 2016, and 32-22 since the start of 2012. Lost for the 30th time when scoring fi rst (35-30). Scored 1 or 0 runs for the 27th time this season (0-27)...Marked their 1st game at Fenway with 1 or 0 runs and 4 or fewer hits since 4/29/15, and the 16th such contest in club history. Were limited to 4 or fewer hits for the 12th time this season (2-10). Justin Smoak's 1st-inning 2B was TOR's lone XBH of the game...Was the club's 30th game with 1 or 0 XBH this season (7-23). Committed multiple errors for just the 13th time in 2017 (5-8). JUSTIN SMOAK (1-for-4, 2B) doubled to center in the 1st inning...Was his 23rd double of the year, 1 shy of his single-season career high (24 in 2011 with SEA). His 61 XBH this season are the 3rd-most by a ML switch hitter, trailing only José Ramirez and Francisco Lindor. Smoak's XBH total this season is also tied with Robert Alomar (61 in 1991) for the 5th-most by a Blue Jays' switch hitter during a single campaign (Jose Cruz Jr-76 in 2001 & 68 in 2000, Devon White-67 in 1991 & 63 in 1993). Is 21-for-65 (.323) with 5 2B, 3 HR, and 12 RBI in the opening frame this season. EZEQUIEL CARRERA (1-for-4, R) singled to left on the fi rst pitch of the game and scored when Miguel Montero walked with the bases loaded. Is 13-for-33 (.394) in the 1st inning this season.