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 OAKLAND A'S 3, 2 Tuesday, May 11, 2021 • , Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Oakland 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 7 0 RED SOX Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 # (Strikes) Win: Bassitt (3-2) Loss: Darwinzon Hernandez (0-2) : (4) Nathan Eovaldi 102 (65) Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 9,264 Weather: 62°, W at 18 mph Darwinzon Hernandez 16 (7) A's HR: None Adam Ottavino 11 (7) Red Sox HR: Devers (9) Hirokazu Sawamura 32 (22) A'S Pitcher # (Strikes) RED SOX NOTES (22-15) Chris Bassitt 86 (64) 12 (8) THE RED SOX have lost each of their last 2 games on the heels of a 4-game winning streak...Are 5-3 this month. Jake Diekman 21 (10) In the last 16 games, Sox starters have a 3.61 ERA and 0.50 HR/9.0 IP (89.2 IP, 36 ER, 5 HR)...They have thrown at least 5.0 innings in 15 of those games...Lost for just the 2nd time when their starter lasts at least 6.0 innings (9-2). Have 17 HR in their last 11 games (beginning 4/30). J.D. Martinez and Rafael Devers each recorded an RBI...At the conclusion of tonight's game, Martinez (32) and Devers (30) ranked 1st and 2nd in MLB in RBI and were the only AL teammates with 9+ HR each (ATL-Acuña Jr.-11, Freeman-9).

NATHAN EOVALDI (6.0 IP, 2 H, R, 2 BB, 4 SO) allowed 1 over 6.0 innings for the 2nd time in his last 3 starts (also 4/30 at TEX)...Threw a season-high 102 pitches. Has tossed at least 6.0 innings in 4 of his 8 starts, the most by a Red Sox pitcher this season. Has not allowed a HR in his last 58.0 IP, MLB's longest active streak...He has faced 239 batters since his last HR (Austin Meadows, leadoff HR on 9/12/20). Eovaldi's homerless streak includes his 45.0 IP this season, the 3rd-longest homerless streak to begin a season by a Red Sox in the last 25 years...He trails only Derek Lowe in 2002 (88.1 IP) and Pedro Martinez in 2001 (55.0 IP) (source: Elias).

RAFAEL DEVERS (1-for-4, R, HR, RBI) hit a solo HR to LF in the 7th, cutting the Sox' deficit to 3-2...Has homered in 2 of his last 3 games, with 9 RBI in his last 6. Tonight's RBI was his 30th in his 34th game this season...Devers is just the 5th Red Sox - age 24 or younger - with at least 30 RBI in his first 35 games of a season, joining (2x), (2x), (2x), and Jim Tabor.

J.D. MARTINEZ (0-for-3, RBI, SF) gave the Red Sox a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning with a sacrifice fly to RF...Leads MLB in RBI (32), and has 11 RBI in his last 11 games.

ALEX VERDUGO (1-for-3, R, BB) singled and scored in the 1st...Ranks 2nd on the team in runs scored (25), trailing only J.D. Martinez, who entered leading MLB. MICHAEL CHAVIS (2-for-3) is 3-for-9 (.333) with 1 run, 1 HR, and 2 RBI in 2 games since being recalled on from Triple-A Worcester on Friday.

HIROKAZU SAWAMURA (2.0 IP, 2 H, 4 SO) tossed scoreless 8th and 9th...9 of his 14 appearances have been scoreless...Set season highs in IP (2.0) and SO (4).

ATHLETICS NOTES (22-15)

THE ATHLETICS are 22-9 over the last 31 games after starting the year 0-6...Are 8-8 since their season-long 13-game winning streak was snapped on 4/25 at BAL. Are a season-high-tying 7 games over .500 (4 times, previous: 21-14 on 5/8). Are a major league best 15-4 in games decided by 3 runs or fewer...Lead MLB with a 12-4 record in games decided by 2 runs or fewer...Are 9-3 in 1-run games. A's starters have issued 2 walks or fewer in each of their last 26 games, the longest streak in Oakland history (previous: 25 G, 9/2-29/12).

CHRIS BASSITT (7.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 10 SO) recorded his 3rd career game with 10+ SO and his 2nd with 10+ SO and 0 BB (previous: 9/7/19 vs. DET). Is the 3rd A's pitcher ever (9th occurrence) to record 6.0+ IP and 7+ SO in 5 straight starts, joining (2x in 1971) and Rube Waddell (6x from 1902-07)... He joins Rube Waddell as the only player in Athletics' history to do so while allowing 2 R or fewer in each of those 5 games. Has 52 SO over his last 5 starts, his most in any 5-game span and the most by an A's pitcher since 's 44 SO in 5 games from 8/25-9/17/14. Has thrown 7.0+ innings in back-to-back starts for the 4th time (previous: 5/9-16/19)...Has tossed 5.0+ IP in a career-high 12 consecutive starts since 9/7/20. Retired 15 consecutive batters faced between Alex Verdugo's 1-out in the 1st inning and Michael Chavis' 1-out single in the 6th inning.

MATT CHAPMAN (1-for-3, R, RBI, BB) hit an RBI single in the 7th to put the A's ahead, 2-1...Has reached base safely in 5 of his last 7 plate appearances.

ELVIS ANDRUS (1-for-4, RBI) recorded an RBI single in the 7th to extend the A's lead to 3-1...Has a hit in 4 straight games after going hitless in 7 of his previous 10.

MATT OLSON (1-for-3, R, RBI, BB) hit an RBI single in the 4th to tie the game, 1-1...Led off the 7th with a walk and scored, putting the A's ahead, 2-1. Batted 4th in the A's lineup for the 11th time this season...Has a .350 AVG (14-for-40) with 5 HR and 15 RBI in those 11 games.

JAKE DIEKMAN (1.0 IP, 2 BB, SO) earned his career-high-tying 4th save of the season...Has a 0.68 ERA (1 ER in 13.1 IP) with 19 SO over his last 13 outings. (22-15) 3,Boston Red Sox (22-15) 2 May 11th, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Oakland 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 0 Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0

Oakland 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 Canha, LF .238 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Gonzalez, M, 2B .211 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Brown, RF .246 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 Verdugo, CF .298 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Laureano, CF .244 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Martinez, J, DH .331 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Olson, 1B .268 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 0 Bogaerts, SS .341 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 Lowrie, 2B .274 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Devers, 3B .280 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 Chapman, M, 3B .216 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 Vázquez, C .265 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 Moreland, DH .220 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Renfroe, RF .218 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Murphy, S, C .185 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 Cordero, F, LF .156 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 Andrus, SS .161 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Chavis, 1B .333 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 Bassitt, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Eovaldi, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Petit, 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 Diekman, 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 Totals .219 33 3 7 1 0 0 3 3 8 27 9 Sawamura, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .261 30 2 4 0 0 1 2 2 11 27 8 BATTING 2B : Canha (4, Eovaldi). BATTING TB : Andrus; Canha 2; Chapman, M; Laureano; Lowrie; Moreland; Olson. HR : Devers (9, 7th inning off Bassitt, 0 on, 2 out). RBI : Andrus (6); Chapman, M (15); Olson (21). TB : Chavis 2; Devers 4; Verdugo. 2-out RBI : Andrus. RBI : Devers (30); Martinez, J (32). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Laureano; Canha. 2-out RBI : Devers. GIDP : Lowrie. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Vázquez. Team RISP : 3-for-8. SF : Martinez, J. Team LOB : 6. Team RISP : 0-for-2. Team LOB : 4. FIELDING DP : (Eovaldi-Devers-Chavis).

Oakland ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF Boston ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF Bassitt (W, 3-2) 3.54 7.0 3 2 2 0 10 1 24 Eovaldi 4.20 6.0 2 1 1 2 4 0 21 Petit (H, 5) 0.83 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Hernandez, D (L, 0-2) 4.63 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 0 4 Diekman (S, 4) 2.25 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 Ottavino 4.30 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 4.10 9.0 4 2 2 2 11 1 33 Sawamura 3.31 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 8 Totals 3.94 9.0 7 3 3 3 8 0 36

WP : Bassitt 2. Pitches-strikes : Bassitt 86-64; Petit 12-8; Diekman 21-10; Eovaldi 102-65; Hernandez, D 16-7; Ottavino 11-7; Sawamura 32-22. Groundouts-flyouts : Bassitt 6-3; Petit 2-1; Diekman 1-0; Eovaldi 6-4; Hernandez, D 1-0; Ottavino 1-0; Sawamura 0-1. Batters faced : Bassitt 24; Petit 4; Diekman 5; Eovaldi 21; Hernandez, D 4; Ottavino 3; Sawamura 8. Inherited runners-scored : Ottavino 2-1. Umpires : HP: Ryan Blakney. 1B: Ryan Wills. 2B: D.J. Reyburn. 3B: Ron Kulpa. Official Scorer : Bob Ellis Weather : 62 degrees, Clear Wind : 18 mph, L To R First pitch : 7:10 PM T : 3:01 Att : 9,264 Venue : Fenway Park May 11, 2021