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 5, MIAMI MARLINS 2 Friday, May 28, 2021 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E PITCH COUNTS Miami 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 RED SOX Boston 0 0 2 0 3 X 5 5 0 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Pérez (3-2) Loss: Poteet (2-1) Save: Ottavino (2) Martín Pérez 71 (47) Time of Game: 2:07 (+1:25 delay) Attendance: 9,005 Weather: 54°, E at 10 mph Adam Ottavino 24 (10) Marlins HR: Alfaro (1) Red Sox HR: Verdugo (7) MARLINS Pitcher # (Strikes) *Tonight's game was delayed following the top of the 6th inning at 9:19 p.m and was called at 10:44 p.m. Cody Poteet 79 (51) Anthony Bender 11 (8) RED SOX NOTES (31-20) THE RED SOX have won 6 of their last 9 games...Are 15-10 at Fenway Park since being swept by Baltimore (15-13 overall). Are a season-high-tying 11 games above .500 (also 5/22 at PHI, 29-18). Earned their 19th come-from-behind win...Trailed 2-0 in the 3rd inning before scoring 2 runs in the 3rd and 3 runs in the 5th.. ALEX VERDUGO (1-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI) hit the first pitch of his 5th inning at-bat for a 3-run HR, breaking a tie and giving the Sox a 5-2 lead. 12 of Verdugo's 27 career HR have either tied the score or given his team the lead, including 4 of his 7 this season. In his last 10 games, Verdugo is batting .387 with 4 XBH and 7 RBI (12-for-31, 7 R, 2B, 3 HR, 3 BB). MARTÍN PÉREZ (5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 4 SO) allowed 3 ER or fewer for the 9th time in 10 starts this season, including each of his last 7...Is his longest streak of starts with 3 ER or fewer allowed, surpassing his previous career best (6 starts, 4/26-5/23/19 with MIN). Has a 2.43 ERA, .228 opponent AVG, and 1.08 WHIP over his last 6 starts (33.1 IP, 28 H, 11 R, 9 ER, 8 BB, 33 SO). 3 of his 4 strikeouts were on called strikes...Entered leading the majors in strikeouts on called strikes this season (29). Retired 12 of his 13 batters faced, including a double play, following a HR by Jorge Alfaro with 0 outs in the 2nd inning. J.D. MARTINEZ (2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI) hit a 2-run double in the 3rd inning, tying the score at 2-2...Singled in the 5th. Recorded the 300th and 301st RBI of his Red Sox career, in his 398th game with the club...Is the 6th-fastest to reach 300 RBI with the Red Sox, behind Vern Stephens (312), Jimmie Foxx (325), Ted Williams (341), David Ortiz (347), and Manny Ramirez (350). Has 19 multi-hit games this season...Entered tied for the AL lead in multi-hit games, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and José Altuve. HUNTER RENFROE (2-for-2, 2 R, 2 2B) doubled and scored in the 3rd and 5th innings...Each of his last 4 hits have been XBH (3 2B, 1 HR). In 22 games this month, is batting .286 with an .838 OPS, 11 XBH, and 13 RBI (24-for-84, 6 2B, 5 HR)...Hit .167 with a .485 in April (19 games). ADAM OTTAVINO (1.0 IP, 3 BB, 2 SO) threw a scoreless 6th...Retired his first 2 batters faced, walked his next 3, then struck out Jorge Alfaro to end the inning. KIKÉ HERNÁNDEZ (0-for-2, R, BB) walked and scored in the 3rd inning...Has scored 21 runs in his last 27 games (beginning 4/15). MARLINS NOTES (24-27) THE MARLINS have lost each of their last 2 games after winning 4 of their previous 5. Are 6-11 in series openers, including 2-7 in series openers on the road. Have lost each of their last 8 games at Fenway Park, last winning at the venue on 6/18/09. Allowed 5 runs, just the 3rd time in their last 10 games that they've allowed 4+ runs. Have 34 home runs over their last 33 games, homering in 26 of those 33 games...Jorge Alfaro's home run snapped a 3-game homerless streak for Miami. CODY POTEET (4.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 6 SO) threw a career-low 4.1 innings in his 1st career loss...Allowed a career high in runs, hits (tied), BB (tied), and SO (tied). Held the Red Sox hitless through the first 2.0 innings before allowing 2 runs in the 3rd, which snapped his scoreless streak at 14.0 innings. JORGE ALFARO (1-for-2, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB) hit his 1st HR of 2021, a go-ahead 2-run HR in the 2nd inning...His last HR came in a 2-HR game on 9/16/20, also vs. BOS. Recorded his first RBI since a walk-off double on 4/17 vs SF. Has a hit in 6 of his last 7 starts, batting .292 (7-for-24) in those games. STARLING MARTE (1-for-3, 2B) doubled in the 1st to extend his hitting streak to 9 games (.324 AVG, 11-for-34, 12 R), his longest since 8/22-9/1/19 (11 games). COREY DICKERSON (2-for-2, R, BB) hit a pair of singles for his 12th multi-hit game this season, one behind Miguel Rojas (13) for the team lead. Boston Red Sox (31-20) 5, Miami Marlins (24-27) 2 May 28th, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Miami 0 2 0 0 0 0 x x x 2 5 1 Boston 0 0 2 0 3 x x x x 5 5 0 Game called after the top of the 6th. Miami 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 Berti, 3B .176 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Hernández, K, CF .252 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Marte, S, CF .317 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Verdugo, LF .293 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 Aguilar, 1B .256 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 Martinez, J, DH .324 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Cooper, RF .261 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Bogaerts, SS .333 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Dickerson, C, LF .277 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Devers, 3B .274 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Alfaro, C .222 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 6 0 Santana, D, 1B .188 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 Diaz, I, 2B .123 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 Vázquez, C .248 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 Leon, DH .175 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez, M, 2B .199 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Devers, SS .222 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Renfroe, RF .236 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Poteet, P .125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pérez, M, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bender, 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 .231 22 2 5 1 0 1 2 3 6 15 3 Totals .259 21 5 5 3 0 1 5 2 6 18 6 BATTING BATTING 2B : Marte, S (3, Pérez, M). 2B : Renfroe 2 (8, Poteet, Poteet); Martinez, J (11, Poteet). HR : Alfaro (1, 2nd inning off Pérez, M, 1 on, 0 out). HR : Verdugo (7, 5th inning off Poteet, 2 on, 1 out). TB : Alfaro 4; Dickerson, C 2; Leon; Marte, S 2. TB : Martinez, J 3; Renfroe 4; Verdugo 4. RBI : Alfaro 2 (5). RBI : Martinez, J 2 (39); Verdugo 3 (23). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Cooper; Diaz, I 2. 2-out RBI : Martinez, J 2. GIDP : Alfaro. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Vázquez; Bogaerts. Team RISP : 0-for-3. Team RISP : 2-for-6. Team LOB : 5. Team LOB : 3. FIELDING FIELDING E : Devers (1, throw). PB : Vázquez (5). DP : (Bogaerts-Gonzalez, M-Santana, D). Miami ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF Boston ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF Poteet (L, 2-1) 2.95 4.1 4 5 5 2 6 1 20 Pérez, M (W, 3-2) 3.55 5.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 19 Bender 0.00 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ottavino (S, 2) 3.05 1.0 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 Totals 3.40 5.0 5 5 5 2 6 1 23 Totals 3.90 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 1 25 Pitches-strikes : Poteet 79-51; Bender 11-8; Pérez, M 71-47; Ottavino 24-10.