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 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 7, BOSTON RED SOX 2 Sunday, July 26, 2020 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Baltimore 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 7 10 1 RED SOX Boston 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 7 0 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: LeBlanc (1-0) Loss: Weber (0-1) Save: Sulser (1) Ryan Weber 65 (42) Time of Game: 3:13 Attendance: N/A Weather: 88°, W at 16 mph Colten Brewer 29 (20) Orioles HR: Ruiz (2); Santander (1) Marcus Walden 33 (17) Matt Barnes 24 (13) Red Sox HR: Vázquez (1); Pillar (1) Austin Brice 16 (11) RED SOX NOTES (1-2) ORIOLES Pitcher # (Strikes) THE RED SOX lost their second consecutive game after winning Opening Day, dropping their first series of the season (1-2). Wade LeBlanc 76 (49) Miguel Castro 11 (7) 4 Red Sox relievers combined to allow 1 run over 5.1 innings. Tanner Scott 9 (7) Hit multiple HR for the first time this season...Were 43-26 (.623) when hitting 2+ HR in 2019. Cole Sulser 28 (20) KEVIN PILLAR (1-for-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI) hit his 1st HR as a Red Sox, a 5th-inning solo HR...Through 2 games in 2020, is 4-for-8 (.500) with 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, and 4 RBI. Is the first Red Sox with at least 1 RBI in each of his first 2 games with the club since Jackie Bradley Jr. in 2013 (3 G, 3 RBI, 4/1-4). CHRISTIAN VÁZQUEZ (2-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI) hit his 1st HR of the season, a solo shot in the 2nd inning that accounted for the Red Sox' first run. Has recorded 2 hits and 1 RBI in each of his first 2 games this season after recording a career-best 39 multi-hit games in 2019. Threw out Austin Hays attempting to steal second base in the 6th...Has thrown out 71 of 187 attempted base stealers during his ML career (38%), the highest CCS% among active catchers (min. 100 GS). XANDER BOGAERTS (1-for-4, 2 RBI) hit a 2-run single to left in the 6th...Has 3 RBI through the club's first 3 games this season (also 1 RBI on Opening Day). Is 2-for-4 (.500) with RISP this season after batting .323 (50-for-155) with RISP in 2019. JACKIE BRADLEY JR. (2-for-3, R) had 2+ hits for the 3rd straight game to begin 2020, his 4th career streak of 3+ straight multi-hit games (previous 4, 6/26-7/2/19). Is 7-for-11 (.636) with 4 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, and 1 BB through the first 3 games of the season. COLTEN BREWER (1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 SO) has a 2.73 ERA (10 ER/33.0 IP) in 38 G beginning 6/6...Threw 1.1+ scoreless IP for the 7th time (previous: 9/28/19 vs. BAL). MARCUS WALDEN (2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 1 SO) tossed 2.0 scoreless innings in his season debut...Was his 8th career outing with 2.0+ scoreless IP, with the previous 7 all coming in 2019 (last: 8/9/19 vs. LAA, 2.1 IP). ORIOLES NOTES (2-1) THE ORIOLES earned a 2-games-to-1 series win at Fenway Park, their 2nd consecutive season beginning with a series win on the road (also 2019 at NYY, 2-1). Have won consecutive series at Fenway Park for the first time since 2016. JOSÉ IGLESIAS (4-for-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI) matched a career high with 4 hits (5th time, previous: 6/21/19 with CIN at MIL). Is the first Oriole with 4+ hits in a game within the team's first 3 games of a season since Mark Trumbo in 2016. Has 7 hits this season...Is the 8th Oriole to total 7+ hits the team's first 3 games of a season, joining Chris Davis (7 in 2013), Adam Jones (7 in 2013), Brady Anderson (8 in 1997, 7 in 1993), Ray Knight (7 in 1987), Paul Blair (8 in 1975), Don Baylor (7 in 1973), and Billy Gardner (8 in 1957). Is a career .335 (63-for-188) hitter in 63 games at Fenway Park. RIO RUIZ (1-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI) is the first Oriole to homer in each of his first 2 games of a season since Chris Parmalee in 2015 (2 G, 6/16-17). Prior to Ruiz, the last Oriole to hit multiple HR in the club's first series of a season was Steve Pearce in 2015 (2 HR vs. TB). ANTHONY SANTANDER (1-for-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB) is the 8th Oriole to record at least 1 XBH in each of the team's first 3 games of a season, joining Chris Davis (2013), Garrett Atkins (2010), Roberto Alomar (1996), Ray Knight (1987), Lee May (1975), Frank Robinson (1966), and John Orsino (1964). WADE LEBLANC (5.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 SO, 2 HR) made his Orioles debut, the 8th team he has pitched for (also HOU, LAA, MIA, NYY, PIT, SD, SEA). Orioles starters have issued 0 BB in the last 2 games (11.0 IP, 10 SO). MIGUEL CASTRO (0.2 IP, 1 H) has allowed 0 runs in his last 6 appearances at Fenway Park (4.2 IP)...Has a career 1.54 ERA (2 ER/11.2 IP) in 11 career games at BOS. COLE SULSER (2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO) earned his first career save..