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WORLD SERIES 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 BOSTON RED SOX 9, WASHINGTON NATIONALS 5 Sunday, August 30, 2020 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Washington 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 11 1 RED SOX Boston 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 X 9 15 0 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Osich (1-1) Loss: Voth (0-4) Save: None Zack Godley 85 (56) Time of Game: 3:26 Attendance: N/A Weather: 76°, NW at 17 mph Josh Osich 23 (15) Nationals HR: Harrison (3), Thames (2) Josh Taylor 15 (10) Ryan Brasier 20 (10) Red Sox HR: Bogaerts (8), Devers 2 (6), Dalbec (1) Austin Brice 14 (8) NATIONALS RED SOX NOTES (12-22) Pitcher # (Strikes) Austin Voth 58 (40) THE RED SOX won the final two games of the series after dropping the opener...Is the Sox' first series win since taking 2 of 3 Javy Guerra 41 (29) games vs. TOR at Fenway Park from 8/7-9...Are 6-4 in their last 10 games...Are 1-12 vs. NYY and TB, and 11-10 vs. all other teams. Dakota Bacus 36 (21) Sean Doolittle 10 (7) 4 Red Sox recorded multiple RBI: Devers, Bogaerts, Plawecki, Dalbec...Is tied for the club's most in 2020...4 players also Daniel Hudson 23 (13) recorded multiple RBI on Opening Day vs. the Orioles. Ryne Harper 5 (3) Hit a season-high 4 HR and matched their season high in XBH (8; 3rd time, also 7/24 vs. BAL & 8/13 vs. TB). XANDER BOGAERTS (2-for-4, BB, HR, 2 RBI, R) gave the Red Sox the lead with a 1st-inning HR for the 2nd straight game, hitting a 2-run HR for a 2-0 lead. Has homered in consecutive games for the 2nd time in 2020, also doing so in 2 games on 8/20-21 at BAL...Is the 1st Red Sox to hit a 1st-inning HR in consecutive games since J.D. Martinez in 2018 (2 games, 5/16-17). In his last 12 games, is batting .370 with a 1.107 OPS (17-for-46, 4 BB, 3 2B, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 7 R). RAFAEL DEVERS (4-for-4, BB, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R) hit a 2-run HR in the 2nd and solo HR in the 8th...Was his 5th career multi-HR game (previous: 7/2/19 at TOR, 2 HR). Set season highs in hits (4) and times on base (5)...Has 4 XBH and 7 RBI in his last 5 games (2B, 3B, 2 HR)...Is 21-for-69 (.304) with 16 RBI in his last 16 games. BOBBY DALBEC (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, R) made his ML debut, starting at 1B...Hit a 2-run HR down the RF line in the 3rd inning, extending the Sox' lead to 8-2. Is 1 of 9 Red Sox to homer in their major league debut...The others to do so are Daniel Nava (2010), Kevin Youkilis (2004), Sam Horn (1987), Danny Sheaffer (1987), Merl Combs (1947), Eddie Pellagrini (1946), Ben Steiner (1945), and Bill LeFebvre (1938). Prior to Dalbec, the most recent times a Red Sox had multiple RBI in their ML debut were Daniel Nava (4, 2010), Jed Lowrie (3, 2008), and Freddy Sánchez (2, 2002). KEVIN PLAWECKI (2-for-4, BB, 2B, 2 RBI, R) extended the Sox' lead to 3-0 with an RBI single in the 1st inning and added an RBI double in the 3rd inning. Has 8 RBI in 12 games this season...Is 6-for-12 (.500) with RISP...Stole 2nd base in the 1st inning, his second career stolen base (also 9/4/17 with NYM vs. PHI). KEVIN PILLAR (2-for-5, 2B, 2 R) scored multiple times for the 2nd straight game...Has scored 10 runs in his last 10 games. RYAN BRASIER (1.0 IP, BB, SO) tossed a scoreless 8th inning...11 of his 14 appearances this season are scoreless, including each of his last 7 (7.2 IP, 4 H, 4 BB, 9 SO). ALEX VERDUGO (1-for-5, 2B, R) is batting .308 with a .941 OPS in 24 games beginning 8/4 (28-for-91, 8 BB, 1 HBP, 9 2B, 5 HR, 12 RBI, 19 R). J.D. MARTINEZ (1-for-4, HBP, 2B) hit a ground-rule double in the 2nd, his team-leading 11th double of the season and 2nd in as many games. NATIONALS NOTES (12-19) THE NATIONALS lost their 2nd consecutive game after winning the series opener...Have lost 5 of their last 6 games. TREA TURNER (3-for-5, R) recorded a hit in 8 consecutive plate appearances from final plate appearance on 8/28 through his second PA today...That ties the the Nationals club record for most consecutive PA with a hit...Turner also did so in 2016 (8/23-24) and Dmitri Young did so in 2007 (5/31-6/1). Had 11 hits this series, recording 3+ in each...Turner's 11 hits are the most by a National in a 3-game series (previous: 9 hits, 3 times, Wilkerson-2005, Guzmán-2008, Span-2014)...This is the 3rd time a National has had 3 straight games with 3+ hits (also Rendon in 2014 & Turner in 2017). Extended his career-best hitting streak to 15 games, MLB's longest active streak...During his hitting streak, Turner is batting .484 with a 1.336 OPS (30-for-62, 4 BB, 2 HBP, 7 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 17 R). Has reached base safely in 21 straight games (.495 OBP, 38-for-87, 8 BB, 2 HBP)...Is tied for his 3rd-longest career streak: 33 in 2019, 24 in 2018, 21 in 2016. JOSH HARRISON (1-for-3, HBP, HR, RBI, R) hit a solo HR in the 4th inning...Is 8-for-20 (.400) with 1 2B, 2 HR, and 5 RBI in his last 6 starts. ERIC THAMES (1-for-4, BB, HR, RBI, R) hit a solo HR in the 5th inning...Has hit safely in 8 of his last 11 games (.270, 10-for-37, 7 BB, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI). JUAN SOTO (2-for-5, RBI) hit an RBI single in the 3rd inning...Has 21 RBI in only 23 games this season, batting .360 (31-for-86) with a 1.189 OPS. YAN GOMES (2-for-4, BB, 2 2B, R) extended his hitting streak to 10 games (.390, 16-for-41, 2 BB, 4 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R). ADAM EATON (1-for-5, 3B, RBI) hit an RBI triple in the 5th...Has 9 RBI in his last 7 games. Boston Red Sox (12-22) 9, Washington Nationals (12-19) 5 Aug 30th, 2020 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Washington 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 11 1 Boston 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 x 9 15 0 Washington AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A Turner, SS .360 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Soto, LF .360 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 Cabrera, A, DH .243 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Thames, 1B .221 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 9 0 Gomes, C .296 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 Eaton, RF .228 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 Harrison, 3B .281 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 García, 2B .277 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Robles, CF .237 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Voth, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Guerra, Ja, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bacus, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Doolittle, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hudson, D, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Harper, R, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .269 37 5 11 2 1 2 5 3 8 24 9 BATTING 2B : Gomes 2 (4, Godley, Brice). 3B : Eaton (1, Godley). HR : Harrison (3, 4th inning off Godley, 0 on, 0 out); Thames (2, 5th inning off Godley, 0 on, 2 out). TB : Eaton 3; Gomes 4; Harrison 4; Robles; Soto 2; Thames 4; Turner 3. RBI : Cabrera, A (18); Eaton (15); Harrison (7); Soto (21); Thames (7). 2-out RBI : Eaton; Thames. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Eaton 3; Cabrera, A; Thames; Harrison. SF : Cabrera, A. Team RISP : 1-for-7. Team LOB : 10. FIELDING E : García (2, fielding). DP : (Harrison-García-Thames). Boston AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A Verdugo, LF .291 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Devers, 3B .240 4 3 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 Martinez, J, DH .208 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1-Lin, PR-DH .130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bogaerts, SS .302 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 6 Pillar, RF .274 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Plawecki, C .351 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 0 Bradley Jr., CF .242 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Dalbec, 1B .500 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 9 1 Peraza, 2B .242 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Godley, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Osich, 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 Brasier, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brice, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .257 39 9 15 4 0 4 9 3 7 27 7 1-Ran for Martinez, J in the 8th.