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 7, CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4 Saturday, April 17, 2021 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Chicago 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 9 0 RED SOX Boston 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 X 7 13 1 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Ottavino (2-1) Loss: Heuer (1-1) Save: None Nick Pivetta 83 (49) Time of Game: 3:35 Attendance: 4,668 Weather: 48°, NW at 13 mph Josh Taylor 7 (4) White Sox HR: None Matt Andriese 43 (29) Adam Ottavino 12 (10) Red Sox HR: Gonzalez (1) Matt Barnes 27 (19) WHITE SOX RED SOX NOTES (10-4) Pitcher # (Strikes) Dylan Cease 85 (56) THE RED SOX are 10-1 in their last 11 games after beginning the season 0-3...Are the quickest AL team to 10 wins this season Evan Marshall 16 (15) (14 games)...Seattle could reach 10 wins tonight in their 16th game. Codi Heuer 37 (25) José Ruiz 26 (14) Red Sox pitchers have allowed 3 ER or fewer in 11 of their 14 games this season. MARWIN GONZALEZ (1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, BB) gave the Red Sox a 4-3 lead with a solo HR to begin the 8th inning, his 1st HR of the season. Was his 6th career go-ahead HR in the 8th inning or later (previous: 8/13/19 with MIN at MIL, 8th inning). KIKÉ HERNÁNDEZ (4-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI) gave the Red Sox a 3-2 lead with a 2-out RBI single in the 6th inning...Set a season high in hits (4). Is 13-for-38 (.342) over his last 9 games after going 2-for-18 (.111) through his first 5 games...Has reached base safely in 11 of his 12 starts this season. XANDER BOGAERTS (4-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI) extended the Sox's lead to 7-3 with a 2-out, 2-run 2B in the 8th inning...Was his 2nd 4-hit game of 2021 (also 4/5 vs. TB). Is 20-for-39 (.513) with 6 2B in his last 10 games after beginning the season 1-for-12 (.083) through his first 3 games. Leads the Red Sox in AVG (.412), hits (21), and OBP (.464). MATT ANDRIESE (3.0 IP, 3 H, R, 0 ER, 2 SO) set a season high in IP (3.0)...Has not allowed an ER in his last 4 appearances (5.2 IP). ADAM OTTAVINO (1.0 IP, 3 SO) tossed a scoreless 8th, striking out all 3 batters faced looking on just 12 pitches (10 strikes). RAFAEL DEVERS (1-for-3, RBI, BB, SF) hit a sacrifice fly in the 3rd inning to tie the score, 2-2...Has 14 RBI in his last 10 games after having 0 RBI through his first 3. ALEX VERDUGO (0-for-3, R, RBI, BB, SF) drove in the Sox' first run with a sacrifice fly in the 3rd...Has 10 RBI in his last 6 games and 12 RBI in his last 10 games. KEVIN PLAWECKI (1-for-4, R, 2B) hit a 2-out 2B in the 6th, scoring on Hernández's RBI single...Extended his career-best hit streak to 10 G (.424 AVG, 14-for-33). FRANCHY CORDERO (0-for-3, BB) threw out Yermín Mercedes at 2B to end the 5th inning, following a single off the LF wall...Was his team-leading 2nd OF assist. NICK PIVETTA (3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 3 SO) has a 3.68 ERA (6 ER/14.2 IP) in 3 starts this season...Today's 3.2 IP marked a season-low. WHITE SOX NOTES (6-8) THE WHITE SOX have lost back-to-back games for the second time this season and dropped their 1st series opener since Opening Day at the Angels. DYLAN CEASE (4.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 6 SO) held the Red Sox scoreless through 2.0 IP until Alex Verdugo's sac fly in the 3rd...Both runs he allowed scored via sac fly. After allowing back-to-back singles in the 3rd, he retired 7-of-8 batters faced until he yielded a Xander Bogaerts single and was removed with 2 outs in the 5th...That stretch included 4 consecutive strikeouts, ending the 3rd with a punchout before striking out the side in the 4th. YERMÍN MERCEDES (1-for-4, RBI) drove in a run with a groundout in the 1st and singled in the 5th. Has reached safely in each of his first 11 career starts...Is the first White Sox player to do so since Nicky Delmonico reached in 13 straight in 2017. JOSÉ ABREU (2-for-4, 2B, RBI) gave the White Sox a 1-0 lead with an RBI double in the 1st inning...Has reached base safely in each of the Sox' 14 games this season. In 23 career games at Fenway Park he's batting .337 (31-for-92), his best average in any AL ballpark, with 22 RBI and 19 XBH in those games. ADAM EATON (1-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB) walked in the 1st and scored later in the frame...He's reached base safely in each of his 13 games this season. Extended his hitting streak to 7 games (.320 AVG, 8-for-25). YOÁN MONCADA (0-for-3, RBI, BB, SF) recorded an RBI for the 3rd consecutive game, hitting a game-tying sacrifice fly in the 7th inning. LUIS ROBERT (2-for-4) recorded his third straight multi-hit game and has gone 6-for-12 (.500) over the last 3 games. Boston Red Sox (10-4) 7, Chicago White Sox (6-8) 4 Apr 17th, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chi White Sox 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 9 0 Boston 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 x 7 13 1 Chi White Sox 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 Anderson, T, SS .240 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 Hernández, K, CF .268 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 Eaton, RF .265 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 Verdugo, RF .255 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 Moncada, 3B .180 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Martinez, J, DH .367 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Abreu, 1B .208 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 Bogaerts, SS .412 5 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 Mercedes, Y, DH .457 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Devers, 3B .260 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 Collins, C .143 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 Gonzalez, M, 1B .216 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 6 0 Robert, CF .286 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Arroyo, 2B .314 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 Vaughn, LF .160 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Cordero, F, LF .250 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 Madrigal, 2B .279 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Plawecki, C .294 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 Cease, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Pivetta, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marshall, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Taylor, J, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heuer, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andriese, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ruiz, J, 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 .235 34 4 9 2 0 0 4 4 10 24 6 Barnes, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .281 34 7 13 3 0 1 7 6 11 27 7 BATTING 2B : Abreu (2, Pivetta); Eaton (1, Barnes). BATTING TB : Abreu 3; Anderson, T; Eaton 2; Madrigal; Mercedes, Y; Robert 2; Vaughn. 2B : Hernández, K (3, Cease); Plawecki (1, Marshall); Bogaerts (5, Ruiz, J). RBI : Abreu (10); Eaton (11); Mercedes, Y (11); Moncada (6). HR : Gonzalez, M (1, 8th inning off Heuer, 0 on, 0 out). 2-out RBI : Eaton. TB : Arroyo; Bogaerts 5; Devers; Gonzalez, M 4; Hernández, K 5; Martinez, J; Plawecki 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Madrigal; Collins; Moncada 3; Vaughn.