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 7, RED SOX 2 Saturday, July 25, 2020 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Baltimore 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 10 1 RED SOX Boston 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 1 # (Strikes) Win: Cobb (1-0) Loss: Pérez (0-1) : None Martín Pérez 84 (52) Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: N/A Weather: 83°, SE at 9 mph 14 (7) Orioles HR: None Dylan Covey 21 (17) Red Sox HR: Moreland (1) 8 (7) ORIOLES RED SOX NOTES (1-1) Pitcher # (Strikes) Alex Cobb 78 (47) THE RED SOX dropped to 1-1 on the season after winning on . Paul Fry 13 (9) Miguel Castro 3 (3) 3 Red Sox have recorded 3+ hits in their team debut this season...Alex Verdugo (3) did so today, while José Peraza (4) and Richard Bleier 25 (17) (3) did so on Opening Day. Mychal Givens 21 (14) Prior to 2020, the last player to record 3+ hits in his Red Sox debut was Nick Punto in 2012...This is the 1st time in Red Sox history 3 players have done so in the same season.

JACKIE BRADLEY JR. (2-for-4) is 5-for-8 (.625) with 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, and 1 BB through the first 2 games of the season. Has recorded consecutive multi-hit games to begin a season for the first time in his career.

MITCH MORELAND (1-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI) hit a solo HR vs. RHP Alex Cobb in the 6th inning, the Red Sox' first run of the game. 19 of his 20 HR since the start of last season have come vs. RHP.

J.D. MARTINEZ (2-for-4, 1 HBP) has recorded multiple hits in each of the first 2 games this season, the first such streak of his career. Is 5-for-9 (.556) with 2 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, and 1 HBP through 2 games this season. Extended his hitting streak to 9 games (17-for-38, .447, 7 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 5 BB, 1 HBP).

ALEX VERDUGO (3-for-4, 1 R) recorded as many as 3 hits in a game for the 8th time in his career (previous: 7/31/19 at COL). Recorded his 1st hit as a Red Sox in his 2nd AB, a single to left field in the 4th inning.

KEVIN PLAWECKI (1-for-3, 1 RBI) drove in the Red Sox's second run with an infield single to 2B in the 6th...Was his first hit and RBI as a Red Sox.

HEATH HEMBREE (1.0 IP) tossed a perfect 6th inning during his first appearance of the season, retiring the side on 14 pitches.

MARTÍN PÉREZ (5.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO) made his Red Sox debut...Retired each of his last 7 BF and 10 of his last 11.

ORIOLES NOTES (1-1)

THE ORIOLES won their 2nd game of the season after losing their opener, their 2nd consecutive year doing so (also 2019 at NYY). The first 3 batters in the lineup (Hays, Alberto, Iglesias) each had 2+ hits and were a combined 7-for-15 with 4 R, 1 2B, and 2 RBI.

ALEX COBB (5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 SO) made his 18th career start against the Red Sox, his 10th at Fenway Park. In his last 3 starts vs. BOS, has allowed 5 ER in 18.2 IP (2.41 ERA). Made his 8th career start in which he threw at least 5.0 innings, allowed 1 run or fewer, and issued 0 BB (last: 8/1/18 at NYY).

MIGUEL CASTRO (0.1 IP, 1 SO) has allowed 0 runs in his last 5 appearances at Fenway Park (4.0 IP)...Has a career 1.64 ERA (2 ER/11.0 IP) in 10 career games at BOS.

RENATO NÚÑEZ (1-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI) has 21 RBI in his last 14 games at Fenway Park (beginning 9/26/18), including 12 RBI in his last 6 games here.

HANSER ALBERTO (3-for-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI) went 2-for-3 off starting pitcher Martín Pérez...Since the start of 2019, leads the majors with 91 hits vs. LHP...In that time, is batting .404 (91-for-225) against lefties.

RICHARD BLEIER (1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO) tossed 1.2 scoreless innings, retiring 6 of 7 BF...Had 6 scoreless appearances of 1.2+ IP in 2019.

JOSÉ IGLESIAS (2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI) is a career .321 (59-for-184) hitter in 62 games at Fenway Park.