WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (9): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018 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 9, 5 Wednesday, May 26, 2021 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Atlanta 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 9 1 RED SOX Boston 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 X 9 7 0 # (Strikes) Win: Pivetta (6-0) Loss: Smyly (2-3) Save: None Nick Pivetta 102 (68) Time of Game: 2:56 (+2:53 delay) Attendance: 9,197 Weather: 85°, S at 20 mph Josh Taylor 14 (8) Braves HR: Riley (10), Contreras (5) 16 (12) Matt Andriese 8 (6) Red Sox HR: Renfroe (6), Devers (14) Matt Barnes 7 (4) BRAVES *Tonight's game was delayed due to weather at 9:07 p.m., following the conclusion of the 6th inning, and resumed at 12:00 a.m. Pitcher # (Strikes) 86 (57) RED SOX NOTES (30-20) 17 (12) 12 (6) THE RED SOX have won 5 of their last 7 games...Are unbeaten in their last 4 series (3-0-1) and 5-1-1 in their last 7. 23 (14) Earned their 18th come-from-behind win...Trailed 3-1 entering the 4th inning and 4-3 entering the 6th inning. Are an MLB-best 27-3 (.900) when scoring at least 4 runs, and 16-0 when scoring at least 7 runs. Have hit multiple HR in 10 of their last 12 games (23 HR)...Are 17-2 (.895) when hitting 2+ HR this season.

RAFAEL DEVERS (2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI) hit a game-tying 2- HR in the 3rd inning and a go-ahead RBI in the 6th inning...Homered in 3 of his last 5 games...18 of his last 24 hits have been XBH, including 14 of his last 20...Has at least 1 RBI in each of his last 5 games (9 total RBI). Leads MLB in RBI (43) and XBH (tied, 29)...Is 1 of 5 players with 14+ HR...Leads MLB game-tying or go-ahead RBI in 2021 (18) and since the start of 2019 (71).

NICK PIVETTA (6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 9 SO) allowed a season-high-tying 4 runs for the 2nd straight start...Recorded a season-high 9 SO, his most since 6/2/19 with PHI at LAD (9 SO, 6.0 IP). Allowed 1 run and retired 12 of his 15 batters faced from the 3rd through 6th innings (BB, single, HR) after allowing 3 runs and 6 of his 12 batters faced to reach base over the 1st and 2nd innings...Struck out all 3 batters faced in the 6th, his final inning.

HUNTER RENFROE (2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI) hit a solo HR off Drew Smyly in the 2nd inning and doubled in the 8th inning off Sean Newcomb...Is batting .318 with an .898 OPS vs. LHP this season (14-for-44, 3 2B, 2 HR, 4 BB)...In 21 games this month, is batting .268 with a .786 OPS (22-for-82, 13 R, 4 2B, 5 HR, 13 RBI).

ADAM OTTAVINO (1.1 IP) retired all 4 batters faced, including stranding a runner on 2nd base in the 7th...Was his 6th straight scoreless appearance (5.2 IP).

ALEX VERDUGO (1-for-3, R) singled in the 6th inning and came around to score the tying run, beating a throw to home plate by to score from third.

CHRISTIAN VÁZQUEZ (1-for-3, 3 RBI, SF) hit a 2-out, 2-run single with the bases loaded in the 6th and sacrifice fly in the 8th...Has 16 RBI in 22 games in May.

BRAVES NOTES (24-25)

THE BRAVES snapped a season-high-tying 4 game winning streak, failing to go above a .500 winning percentage for the 4th time in 2021 (previous: 5/11 vs. TOR). Have scored and MLB-leading 44 first-inning runs this season, including 2 tonight. Allowed 9 runs after holding their opponent to 1 run in each of the last 4 games, their longest streak with 1 or 0 runs allowed since 8/20-24/18 (5 games). Starter Drew Smyly pitched 5.1 innings, snapping an 8-game streak of Braves starters completing 6.0 innings–the longest such streak in the majors this season.

OZZIE ALBIES (1-for-4, R, 3B, RBI, SB) hit a go-ahead RBI in the 1st, his 200th career extra-base hit in his 451st game...Is the 4th-fastest Brave in the franchise's modern era (since 1900) to reach 200 XBH, trailing (1957, 437 games), Wally Berger (1932, 437 games) & (1954, 431 games).

AUSTIN RILEY (1-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB) hit a go-ahead solo HR in the 5th, his 7th over his last 10 games...Is the 3rd player in the majors this season to have 7+ HR in a 10-game span, joining teammate Ronald Acuña Jr. (7 HR from 4/6-15) and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (7 HR in 10 G from 5/14-24 and 5/15-25). Is batting .429 with a 1.631 OPS over his last 10 games (15-for-35, 11 R, 4 2B, 7 HR, 12 RBI, 4 BB, HBP, SF).

WILLIAM CONTRERAS (2-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, SF) hit a solo HR in the 9th inning...Was his first career game with multiple hits and multiple RBI.

DREW SMYLY (5.1 IP, 5 H, 7 R, BB, 4 SO) allowed a season-high 7 runs, his most in any game since 6/4/18 with TEX vs. BAL (3.1 IP, 7 R)...Snapped a streak of 3-straight quality starts, his longest streak since a career-long 5-game stretch from 7/23-8/15/16 with TB. Retired 11 of his first 12 batters faced (Renfroe's solo HR) before a 2-out walk to Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers' 2-run HR in the 4th.

DANSBY SWANSON (1-for-4, 2B, RBI) hit an RBI double in the 1st to extend his season-long hitting streak to 7 games (.444, 12-for-27, 6 R, 5 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI).

GUILLERMO HEREDIA (1-for-4, R, 2B) doubled and scored in the 2nd...12 of his 21 hits this season have gone for extra bases, including 10 doubles. Boston Red Sox (30-20) 9, Atlanta Braves (24-25) 5 May 26th, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Atlanta 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 9 1 Boston 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 x 9 7 0

Atlanta 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 Acuña Jr., RF .279 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 Hernández, K, CF .255 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Freeman, 1B .242 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 Verdugo, LF .292 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Albies, 2B .233 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 Martinez, J, DH .319 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Riley, A, 3B .313 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 Bogaerts, SS .339 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 Swanson, SS .238 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 Devers, 3B .278 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 Sandoval, DH .261 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Renfroe, RF .225 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 Heredia, LF .288 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Dalbec, 1B .200 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Inciarte, CF .242 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 a-Santana, D, PH-1B .214 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 Contreras, Wm, C .237 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 1 Vázquez, C .252 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 0 Smyly, P .091 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Arroyo, 2B .260 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Jackson, L, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pivetta, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newcomb, 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 Dayton, 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 1 Totals .236 34 5 9 3 1 2 5 2 9 24 7 Andriese, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barnes, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING Totals .260 32 9 7 2 0 2 9 3 7 27 4 2B : Swanson (11, Pivetta); Heredia (10, Pivetta); Freeman (6, Pivetta). a-Walked for Dalbec in the 6th. 3B : Albies (3, Pivetta). HR : Riley, A (10, 5th inning off Pivetta, 0 on, 1 out); Contreras, Wm (5, 9th inning off Andriese, BATTING 0 on, 1 out). 2B : Devers (15, Smyly); Renfroe (6, Dayton). TB : Acuña Jr. 2; Albies 3; Contreras, Wm 5; Freeman 2; Heredia 2; Riley, A 4; Swanson 2. HR : Renfroe (6, 2nd inning off Smyly, 0 on, 2 out); Devers (14, 4th inning off Smyly, 1 on, 2 RBI : Albies (26); Contreras, Wm 2 (15); Riley, A (22); Swanson (20). out). 2-out RBI : Swanson. TB : Devers 6; Martinez, J; Renfroe 6; Verdugo; Vázquez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Albies 2; Sandoval; Riley, A. RBI : Bogaerts (31); Devers 3 (43); Renfroe (21); Santana, D (3); Vázquez 3 (23). SF : Contreras, Wm. 2-out RBI : Renfroe; Devers 2; Vázquez 2. GIDP : Freeman. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Arroyo 2. Team RISP : 1-for-6. SF : Vázquez. Team LOB : 6. Team RISP : 2-for-6. Team LOB : 3. BASERUNNING SB : Albies (3, 2nd base off Ottavino/Vázquez). BASERUNNING SB : Vázquez (5, 2nd base off Jackson, L/Contreras, Wm). FIELDING E : Swanson (4, fielding). FIELDING DP : (Devers-Bogaerts-Santana, D).

Atlanta ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF Boston ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF Smyly (L, 2-3) 5.95 5.1 5 7 7 1 4 2 23 Pivetta (W, 6-0) 3.86 6.0 7 4 4 2 9 1 27 Jackson, L 1.47 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 Taylor, J (H, 4) 4.96 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Newcomb 6.35 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ottavino (H, 11) 3.20 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Dayton 4.22 1.0 1 2 0 1 1 0 6 Andriese 5.32 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 Totals 4.24 8.0 7 9 7 3 7 2 36 Barnes 2.35 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 3.92 9.0 9 5 5 2 9 2 38

WP : Smyly. HBP : Acuña Jr. (by Taylor, J). Pitches-strikes : Smyly 86-57; Jackson, L 17-12; Newcomb 12-6; Dayton 23-14; Pivetta 102-68; Taylor, J 14-8; Ottavino 16-12; Andriese 8-6; Barnes 7-4. Groundouts-flyouts : Smyly 7-5; Jackson, L 0-0; Newcomb 1-0; Dayton 1-2; Pivetta 2-4; Taylor, J 1-1; Ottavino 2-1; Andriese 0-0; Barnes 1-0. Batters faced : Smyly 23; Jackson, L 4; Newcomb 3; Dayton 6; Pivetta 27; Taylor, J 3; Ottavino 4; Andriese 3; Barnes. Inherited runners-scored : Jackson, L 2-2; Ottavino 1-0; Barnes 1-0. Umpires : HP: Jansen Visconti. 1B: Jeremie Rehak. 2B: Jeremy Riggs. 3B: Jerry Meals. Official Scorer : Charlie Scoggins Weather : 83 degrees, Clear Wind : 29 mph, Out To CF First pitch : 7:10 PM T : 2:56 (2:53 delay) Att : 9,197 Venue : Fenway Park May 26, 2021