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 4, NEW YORK YANKEES 2 Saturday, June 26, 2021 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 0 RED SOX Boston 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4 10 0 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Eovaldi (8-4) Loss: Montgomery (3-2) Save: Ottavino (5) Nathan Eovaldi 109 (72) Time of Game: 3:22 Attendance: 36,857 (2nd sellout) Weather: 79°, S at 13 mph Hirokazu Sawamura 20 (8) Yankees HR: LeMahieu (7) Adam Ottavino 33 (19) Red Sox HR: None YANKEES Pitcher # (Strikes) Jordan Montgomery 95 (64) RED SOX NOTES (46-31) Albert Abreu 34 (18) THE RED SOX are 5-0 vs. NYY this season, out-scoring the Yankees during the season series, 27-15. Are a season-high-tying 15 games above .500 (4th time, previous: 44-29 on 6/22 at TB). Are 4-4 in their last 8 games, and 14-8 in their last 22...Are 22-14 (.611) at home since getting swept by BAL to begin the season. Red Sox starters have allowed 1 ER in the club's last 3 games: Pivetta (6.2 IP, 0 ER), Pérez (3.2 IP, 0 ER), Eovaldi (7.2 IP, 1 ER). Red Sox pitchers have a 2.73 ERA in the last 7 games (19 ER/62.2 IP) and a 3.32 ERA in the 11 games since allowing 18 runs to TOR on 6/13 (36 ER/97.2 IP). NATHAN EOVALDI (7.2 IP, 7 H, R, 6 SO) held the Yankees scoreless before allowing a 2-out solo HR to DJ LeMahieu in the 8th inning...Set season highs in innings pitched (7.2) and pitches (109)...Marks his longest start since 8/4/18 vs. NYY, his 2nd as a member of the Red Sox. Did not issue a walk...Tonight was his 3rd career start with 0 walks over 7.2+ IP (also 6/1/14 with MIA vs. ATL-8.0 IP, 5/7/16 with NYY vs. BOS-8.0 IP). Is 4-2 with a 2.66 ERA in 7 starts beginning 5/22 at PHI (40.2 IP, 45 H, 12 ER, 8 BB, 37 SO). Has allowed 1 or 0 ER in 6 of his 7 starts vs. NYY with Boston (2.20 ERA, 10 ER/41.0 IP)...Has a 2.98 ERA (17 ER/51.1 IP) in 11 career outings (8 starts) vs. NYY. ADAM OTTAVINO (1.1 IP, 2 H, R, BB, SO) converted his 4th career save of at least 4 outs, his 2nd this season (also 6/7 vs. MIA, 1.1 IP)...Was his 5th save this season. Entered in the 8th with 2 outs, the bases loaded, and a 4-1 lead...Induced a groundout, stranding all 3 runners...Has stranded 19 of 20 inherited runners (95%). XANDER BOGAERTS (3-for-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, SF) led off the 2nd with a single, 3rd with a double, and 5th with a single...Hit a SF in the 7th, pushing BOS' lead to 4-0. Has a .341 AVG/.955 OPS in June (28-for-82, 16 R, 11 XBH, 15 RBI, 11 BB, 3 SF)...Extended his on-base streak to 21 G (.424 OBP), the AL's longest active streak. HUNTER RENFROE (3-for-4, RBI) extended the Sox' lead to 3-0 with an RBI single in the 3rd inning...Has 13 RBI in his last 16 games (beginning 6/8). Extended his hitting streak to 6 games (9-for-21, 4 R, 2 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB, SF)...Has reached base 22 times in his last 12 games (14 H, 7 BB, 1 HBP). In 47 games beginning 5/1, has hit .308 with an .885 OPS (53-for-172, 31 R, 13 2B, 8 HR, 29 RBI, 14 BB, SF). KIKÉ HERNÁNDEZ (0-for-2, RBI, BB, SF) hit a sacrifice fly in the 2nd inning, giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. BOBBY DALBEC (0-for-3, RBI, SF) extended the Sox' lead to 2-0 with a sacrifice fly in the 2nd inning...Has 27 RBI in his last 36 games (beginning 5/7). With a distance of 152 feet, Dalbec's sac fly is the 2nd-shortest in the Statcast Era (2015-pres.), trailing Brandon Phillips' 133-foot sac fly in 2016 with CIN. CONNOR WONG (1-for-3) made his 1st ML start...Singled to right field in the 2nd inning, his 1st major league hit, in his 1st major league plate appearance. YANKEES NOTES (40-36) THE YANKEES lost the series after winning each of their last 3 completed series and 4 of their last 5...Are 13-9-4 in series play this season. Are 17-23 vs. AL East opponents, but 23-13 against all other teams. The top 4 batters in the Yankees lineup (LeMahieu, Judge, Sánchez, Stanton) went 8-for-15 with 3 BB. DJ LeMAHIEU (4-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI) set a season high in hits, his 1st game with 4+ hits since 9/26/20 vs. MIA...Extended his hitting streak to a season-long 9 games, his longest since a 12-gamer from 9/7-19/20...Has reached base safely in each of his last 14 games...Has recorded 2 RBI in 5 of his last 8 games. Hit a solo HR in the 8th inning, his 3rd HR in his last 8 games after hitting 3 in his previous 57 games...4 of his 7 HR have come in the 8th inning or later. AARON JUDGE (2-for-4, BB) hit a pair of singles in his 4th multi-hit effort over his last 7 games...Has reached safely 3+ times in a team-leading 18 games. JORDAN MONTGOMERY (6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 5 SO) allowed 2 runs on back-to-back sacrifice flies after loading the bases in the 2nd inning...His 3rd run allowed scored on an infield single in the 3rd inning. Has allowed 3 ER or fewer in 11 of his 15 starts this season, including 10 of his last 12...Has received 3 runs of support or fewer in 10 of his 15 starts. Took the loss to snap an 11-start undefeated streak dating back to his last loss on 4/17 at TB...Was the longest single-season stretch of his career. GARY SÁNCHEZ (1-for-3, BB) has reached base multiple times in 10 of his last 13 starts...Is batting .325 over his last 25 games (26-for-80, 13 R, 6 2B, 8 HR, 18 RBI). Boston Red Sox (46-31) 4, New York Yankees (40-36) 2 Jun 26th, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NY Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 0 Boston 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 x 4 10 0 NY Yankees 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 LeMahieu, 2B .271 5 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 Chavis, 2B .244 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 Judge, RF .285 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Verdugo, LF .278 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Sánchez, G, C .238 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 Martinez, J, DH .301 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Stanton, DH .273 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Bogaerts, SS .327 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 1-Wade, PR-DH .217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Devers, 3B .276 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Voit, 1B .215 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 Renfroe, RF .272 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Urshela, 3B .272 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Hernández, K, CF .225 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 Torres, G, SS .242 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Dalbec, 1B .206 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 Andújar, LF .254 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Wong, C .333 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 a-Odor, PH .209 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eovaldi, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Gardner, CF .198 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 Sawamura, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montgomery, J, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ottavino, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Abreu, A, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .257 30 4 10 2 0 0 4 2 6 27 14 Totals .235 34 2 9 0 0 1 2 4 7 24 9 BATTING a-Grounded into a forceout for Andújar in the 9th.