Vs. Baltimore Orioles (15-18) FIRST PITCH: 7:05 P.M
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Saturday • May 8, 2021 • Game #33 • Home Game #16 Boston Red Sox (21-13) vs. Baltimore Orioles (15-18) FIRST PITCH: 7:05 p.m. • TEMP: 56 degrees • TIME OF GAME: 3:25 R H E LOB WP: Richards (2-2) Today’s Attendance: 10,598 Red Sox 11 14 0 9 LP: Lowther (0-1) Season Total: 106,559 Orioles 6 9 2 6 SV: None Season Average: 7,611 ORIOLES NOTES • The Orioles fell to the Red Sox 11-6 tonight at Oriole Park, falling to 15-18 on the season and 4-12 at home…Are 6-21 against Boston at Oriole Park since the beginning of the 2018 season…Have allowed seven-or-more runs in five of their 16 games at home this season; entering today their 4.85 ERA (70 ER/130.0 IP) was the fourth-highest home ERA in Major League Baseball. • LHP Zac Lowther suffered the loss in his first Major League start…Threw 2.1 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and two walks, while striking out three…Was his first time allowing five runs in a start since 6/30/19 when he allowed five runs with Double-A Bowie against Arkansas…His 2.1 innings marked the shortest outing of his professional career (previous 3.0 IP, five times, last: 7/16/18 with Advanced-A Frederick)…Threw 65 pitches, 41 strikes. • CF Cedric Mullins singled in the first inning for his 41st hit of the season; was his MLB-leading 11th lead-off hit…His 41 hits mark a career-best, despite having played in 16 fewer games than 2020 (38 hits) and 13 fewer games than 2018 (40 hits). • SS Freddy Galvis hit his fourth home run of the season, and 99th of his career, in the fourth inning…Extended his hitting streak to a season-high nine games in which he is batting .368 (10-for-28) with three runs scored and four RBI…Has two home runs in his past four games, after recording just two in his first 24 games of the season. • 1B Trey Mancini doubled in the seventh inning to score LF Austin Hays...The double extended Mancini’s hit-streak to a season-high four games; has now hit safely in 15 of his last 19 games…Has recorded an RBI in four-straight games for the sixth time in his career and first since 9/16/19-9/19/19; entering tonight his 26 RBI were tied for the second-most in the Majors and AL. • INF Pat Valaika pitched the ninth inning; was his first career pitching appearance and the first O’s position player to pitch since Bryan Holaday on 8/14/20 against WSH (0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 WP)…Retired three of the four batters he faced. RED SOX NOTES • Beat the Orioles 11-6 tonight at Oriole Park, improving to 21-13 overall this year…The Red Sox are 11-4 on the road this season, with a .785 winning percentage; entering tonight their .714 road winning percentage was the highest in MLB. • RHP Garrett Richards earned his second win of the season tonight, throwing a season-high tying 7.0 innings, and allowing four runs on eight hits, and one walk, while striking out five…Tonight marks his first-career win against Baltimore; was 0-5 in his previous 10 career games (six starts), tied for his worst record against any opponent (also 0-5 vs. New York-AL)…Has recorded 5.0-plus innings in each of his five road starts this season, in which he is 2-0; is the first-time he’s allowed two-or-more runs in a road start this year…Threw 98 pitches, 64 strikes. • SS Xander Bogaerts slugged a two-run home run in the sixth inning for his seventh long ball of the campaign; the ball traveled 414 feet, his second-longest homer of the season…Went 3-for-4 on the night for his fifth three-hit game of the season…Has 45 hits this season; entering tonight his 42 hits led the major leagues. • 2B Michael Chavis hit his first home run of the year, a two-run home run, in the second inning…Was his first home run since 9/20/20 against New York-AL, and marked his first hit, run scored, and RBI of the season…His home run traveled 381-feet and had an exit velocity of 99.8 MPH; was his hardest hit ball since 9/26/20 (single, 108.3 exit velocity). • CF Alex Verdugo singled in the first, second and fourth innings for his 13th multi-hit games of the season; entering tonight his 12 multi-hit games were tied for third in Major League Baseball…Is his 15th-career game with three-or-more hits, and fourth this season. • C Christian Vázquez went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored tonight, extending his hitting streak to five games; has recorded three multi-hit games during his current streak…Is the 13th time in his career in which he has recorded at least two hits, two runs scored, and two RBI, and second this season (4/7/21 vs. TB). • LF Marwin Gonzalez doubled in the second inning to extend his hitting streak to six games; has recorded a double in three-straight games for the third time in his career and first since 7/19/17-7/22/17. .