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, TAMPA BAY RAYS 2 Wednesday, April 7, 2021 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Tampa Bay 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 RED SOX Boston 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 X 9 13 0 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Eovaldi (1-1) Loss: Yarbrough (0-1) Save: None Nathan Eovaldi 91 (60) Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 4,751 Weather: 55°, E at 9 mph Josh Taylor 30 (21) Rays HR: None RAYS Red Sox HR: Vázquez (2) Pitcher # (Strikes) Ryan Yarbrough 89 (59) RED SOX NOTES (3-3) Collin McHugh 45 (33) THE RED SOX completed the 3-game series sweep...Marks the Red Sox' first sweep since July 2020 (7/29-30 at NYM, 2-0). Of the 20 seasons in which the Red Sox started 0-3, this is only the second time they rebounded to win their next 3 games (also 1951)...No AL team had done that since the 2012 Yankees. Is the Red Sox' first sweep of the Rays since April 2019 at Tropicana Field (4/19-21, 3-0) and first at Fenway Park since April 2018 (4/5-8, 3 games). Out-scored the Rays 26-9 (+17) this series after being out-scored 5-18 (-13) in their season-opening series vs. the Orioles. Scored 6 runs in the 5th inning, their most in an inning this season and their most in an inning since 9/26/20 at ATL (8, 2nd). Red Sox starting pitchers have allowed 3 runs or fewer over 5.0+ IP in 5 of their 6 starts this season: Eovaldi (5.1 IP, 1 ER/7.0 IP, 1 ER), Houck (5.0 IP, 2 ER), Richards (2.0 IP, 6 ER), Pivetta (5.0 IP, 0 R), Pérez (5.0 IP, 3 ER). This season is the 1st since 1992 (6 games) that the Red Sox have not allowed a HR in any of their first 6 games of a season. NATHAN EOVALDI (7.0 IP, 3 H, R, 3 BB, 7 SO) allowed 1 run in his 2nd consecutive start to begin the season (1-1, 1.46 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 12.1 IP, 2 ER, 4 BB, 11 SO). Has allowed 1 or 0 R in each of his last 6 starts (beginning 8/20/20)...Is 4-1 with a 1.08 ERA and 0.90 WHIP in that stretch (33.1 IP, 4 ER, 24 H, 6 BB, 36 SO). His 7.0 IP this afternoon marked a season high for a Red Sox starting pitcher. Eovaldi's 3 hits allowed are his fewest in a start of at least 7.0 innings since 8/4/18 vs. NYY (8.0 IP, 3 H). CHRISTIAN VÁZQUEZ (2-for-4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI) hit a 2-run HR in the 4th inning, giving the Red Sox a 3-1 lead...Added an RBI single in the 5th inning. Homered in consecutive games for the 6th career time (previous: 2 games, 7/29-30/20 at NYM. Was his 2nd game-tying or go-ahead HR in the last 2 days, also tying the score with a solo HR in the 9th inning last night...22 of his 42 career HR have either tied the score or given the Red Sox the lead. J.D. MARTINEZ (1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI) hit a 2-run double in the 5th inning...Marks his career-high-tying 4th straight multi-RBI game (3rd time, once in 2012 & 2019). Has 8 XBH in 2021, tied with Billy Werber (1934) and Jose Offerman (1999) for the most by a Red Sox through the club's first 6 games of a season. Joins David Ortiz (2005) and Faye Throneberry (1955) as the only Red Sox with at least 1 XBH in each of the team's first 6 games. His 11 RBI are the most by a player through the Red Sox' first 6 games of a season since 1955, when Faye Throneberry (12) and Sammy White (11) each did so. Is batting .440/.481/.920 through 6 games (11-for-25, 5 R, 6 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 2 BB). XANDER BOGAERTS (3-for-3, 2 R, RBI) hit an RBI single in the 4th inning, tying the score, 1-1...Is 8-for-12 (.750) with 4 R, 2B, 2 RBI, and BB in the last 3 games. KIKÉ HERNÁNDEZ (2-for-5, R) recorded his first multi-hit game as a member of the Red Sox...Has reached base safely in each of his 5 starts this season. RAYS NOTES (2-4) THE RAYS have lost each of their last 4 games after beginning the season 2-0...Is their longest losing streak since 7/29-8/2/20 (5 games). RYAN YARBROUGH (5.0 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 6 ER, BB, 2 SO, HB) held the Red Sox scoreless through 3.0 IP before allowing a career-high 9 runs, 6 of which were earned. Vázquez' 2-run HR was the first regular season HR he allowed since the 2nd inning on 8/21/20 vs. TOR, snapping a career-long streak of 45.1 homerless innings. MIKE BROSSEAU (1-for-2, RBI) hit an RBI single off Josh Taylor in the 9th inning, his first RBI of the season...Is 2-for-4 (.500) vs. LHP this season. BRANDON LOWE (0-for-2, 2 BB) reached base safely in 8 of 13 PA during the series and has reached safely in a career-high 22 consecutive regular season starts. YOSHI TSUTSUGO (1-for-4, RBI) drove in the Rays first run with an RBI single in the 3rd, his first RBI of this season. COLLIN MCHUGH (3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO) matched the longest relief outing of his career...Was his longest scoreless outing since 4/16/19 with HOU at OAK (6.0 IP). KEVIN PADLO (2 BB) entered in the 6th as a defensive replacement...Reached via BB in the 7th and 9th, his first career times reaching base safely. Boston Red Sox (3-3) 9, Tampa Bay Rays (2-4) 2 Apr 7th, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa Bay 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 Boston 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 x 9 13 0 Tampa Bay 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 Tsutsugo, 1B .118 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 2 Hernández, K, CF-SS .174 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Meadows, LF .182 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Devers, 3B .105 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 Arozarena, RF-CF .300 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Martinez, J, LF-RF .440 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 Lowe, B, 2B .267 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 3 Bogaerts, SS .375 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 Díaz, Y, DH .158 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 a-Cordero, F, PH-LF .333 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wendle, 3B .250 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Vázquez, DH .421 4 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 Padlo, 3B .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Renfroe, RF-CF .158 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Margot, CF .300 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Arroyo, 2B .231 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Brosseau, RF .250 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Dalbec, 1B .143 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 Mejía, F, C .333 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Plawecki, C .333 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Odom, C .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Eovaldi, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Adames, SS .211 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Taylor, J, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yarbrough, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals .258 35 9 13 2 0 1 7 1 4 27 11 McHugh, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 a-Singled for Bogaerts in the 7th. Totals .208 31 2 5 3 0 0 2 4 8 24 11 BATTING BATTING 2B : Martinez, J (6, Yarbrough); Arroyo (2, Yarbrough).