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 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 6, BOSTON RED SOX 3 Wednesday, April 21, 2021 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Toronto 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 10 1 RED SOX Boston 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 10 1 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Borucki (2-1) Loss: Richards (0-2) Save: Castro (1) Garrett Richards 92 (48) Time of Game: 3:45 (+0:31) Attendance: 4,661 Weather: 55°, W at 13 mph Hirokazu Sawamura 21 (15) Blue Jays HR: None Phillips Valdez 13 (7) Austin Brice 23 (14) Red Sox HR: Bogaerts (2) Josh Taylor 24 (13) BLUE JAYS RED SOX NOTES (12-7) Pitcher # (Strikes) Trent Thornton 25 (18) THE RED SOX are 3-3 this homestand and 12-4 in their last 16 games...Are 3-0-2 in their last 5 series. Tommy Milone 44 (29) David Phelps 17 (9) Are tied with the OAK for the best record in the AL (12-7, .632), trailing only LAD (14-4, .778) for the best record in MLB. Ryan Borucki 23 (15) Rafael Dolis 24 (14) XANDER BOGAERTS (1-for-4, R, HR, RBI) hit a solo HR in the 8th inning...Has homered in each of the last 2 games. Tim Mayza 19 (12) Is batting .453 with a 1.198 OPS in 14 games beginning 4/5 (24-for-53, 8 R, 7 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 5 BB). Anthony Castro 2 (2) Is tied for the most HR among major league shortstops since the beginning of 2019 (46, also Trevor Story). HIROKAZU SAWAMURA (1.1 IP, H, 2 SO) entered with 2 outs in the 5th, trailing 4-1, and with runners on 1st and 2nd...Struck out his 1st BF to end the inning. 6 of his 8 appearances this season have been scoreless...Has a 2.08 ERA (2 ER/8.2 IP) and .179 opponent AVG (5-for-28). PHILLIPS VALDEZ (1.0 IP, 2 SO) tossed a scoreless 7th...Has retired each of his last 12 batters faced (6 SO) and not allowed a hit to his last 15. Has an 0.44 WHIP, .069 opponent AVG, and 2.00 ERA in 7 appearances this season (9.0 IP, 2-for-29, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO). J.D. MARTINEZ (1-for-4, R, 2B, BB) doubled in the 4th inning...Is tied for the major league lead in doubles (8, also Luis Robert) and XBH (14, also Ronald Acuña Jr.). RAFAEL DEVERS (1-for-4, 2B, RBI) doubled in the 2nd and hit an RBI groundout in the 4th...All 16 of his RBI this season have come in 14 games beginning 4/6. His 2nd-inning double off the LF wall had a 102.5 mph exit velocity...Entered today ranked 4th in the AL and 7th in MLB in average exit velocity (94.5 mph). MARWIN GONZALEZ (2-for-4, R, 2 2B) doubled in the 5th and 6th innings, scoring in the 5th...Has scored 10 runs in 13 games beginning 4/5. KIKÉ HERNÁNDEZ (1-for-5, 2B, RBI) hit an RBI double in the 5th...Has hit .293 (17-for-58) with an .834 OPS in 14 games since 4/7 (10 R, 4 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, BB, HBP). BOBBY DALBEC (2-for-4) hit a pair of infield singles...Has a .355/.412/.548 batting line in 10 games beginning 4/10 (11-for-31, R, 4 2B, 3B, 4 RBI, 3 BB). GARRETT RICHARDS (4.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 6 BB, 2 SO, HB) threw a season-high 92 pitches...After allowing 4 runs in 2.0 IP, held the Blue Jays scoreless in his final 2.2 IP. 6 walks were 1 shy of tying his single-game career high (7, 9/2/13 with LAA vs. TB). BLUE JAYS NOTES (8-10) THE BLUE JAYS snapped a 3-game losing streak...Allowed 4 runs or fewer for the 5th consecutive game. Have held opponents to 3 or fewer runs in 8 of their 12 road games this season, posting a 3.19 road ERA (35 ER/98.2 IP). Cavan Biggio, Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., batting 1-3 in the Jays' order, combined to go 3-for-4 with a run scored and 3 RBI in the 1st 2 innings. VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. (2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB) hit an RBI single in the 1st and doubled in the 2nd...Was his team leading 8th multi-hit game this season. Reached base safely 3 times for the 7th game this season...Is tied with Mike Trout for the ML lead in games reaching base safely 3+ times. Is the 2nd player (4th occurrence) in franchise history to reach base at least 39 times through the teams's first 18 games, joining Carlos Delgado (2001-03). BO BICHETTE (2-for-4, R, RBI, HBP) reached 3 times, including an RBI single in the 2nd...Was his 6th multi-hit game in 2021, tied for the lead among AL shortstops. MARCUS SEMIEN (2-for-4, R, BB, SB) recorded multiple hits for the 5th time this season...Stole his team-leading 4th base, tied for 3rd in the AL. TRENT THORNTON (2.0 IP, 2 H) made his 1st start of the season, allowing an Alex Verdugo single and a Rafael Devers double over 2.0 scoreless innings. Each of his last 4 outings have been scoreless (7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 4 SO). ANTHONY CASTRO (0.1 IP) earned his 1st career save, entering with 2 outs in the 9th...Has not allowed a run in 4 outings this season (5.0 IP, 3 H, 4 SO). ALEJANDRO KIRK (1-for-1, RBI) had a pinch-hit RBI single in the 9th inning...Was his 1st career RBI as a pinch hitter...Is 2-for-2 as a pinch hitter this season. Toronto Blue Jays (8-10) 6,Boston Red Sox (12-7) 3 Apr 21st, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Toronto 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 10 1 Boston 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 10 1 Toronto 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 Biggio, 3B .146 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 Hernández, K, CF .250 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 Bichette, B, SS .292 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 Verdugo, RF .288 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 Guerrero Jr., 1B .383 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 12 0 Martinez, J, DH .368 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Tellez, DH .163 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bogaerts, SS .385 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 a-Kirk, PH .179 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Devers, 3B .270 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1-Espinal, Sa, PR-DH .300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vázquez, C .271 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 Grichuk, CF-RF .306 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Gonzalez, M, 2B-LF .235 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Semien, 2B .192 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 Dalbec, 1B .265 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 Palacios, RF .250 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Cordero, F, LF .237 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Davis, J, CF .100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 a-Arroyo, PH-2B .364 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 Gurriel Jr., LF .192 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 Richards, G, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jansen, D, C .059 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 Sawamura, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thornton, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Valdez, P, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Milone, 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 Phelps, 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 Borucki, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals .285 36 3 10 5 0 1 3 3 10 27 13 Dolis, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a-Struck out for Cordero, F in the 5th.