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 SEATTLE MARINERS 8, BOSTON RED SOX 2 Saturday, April 24, 2021 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Seattle 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 12 0 RED SOX Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 1 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Flexen (2-1) Loss: Eovaldi (3-2) Save: None Nathan Eovaldi 87 (56) Time of Game: 3:05 Attendance: 4,621 Weather: 71°, W at 16 mph Austin Brice 14 (10) Mariners HR: Haggerty (2) Josh Taylor 29 (19) Red Sox HR: None Phillips Valdez 39 (22) MARINERS Pitcher # (Strikes) RED SOX NOTES (13-9) Chris Flexen 88 (61) Keynan Middleton 12 (9) THE RED SOX are 4-5 through the first 9 games of the homestand, but 13-6 in their last 19 games. Will Vest 21 (13) Were held to 2 runs or fewer for the 5th time this season, and for the 3rd time this homestand (both games on 4/18 vs. CWS). RAFAEL DEVERS (2-for-4, R, 2 2B, RBI) doubled with 2 outs and scored in the 7th then added a 2-out RBI double in the 9th inning. Each of Devers' doubles today were hit off the wall in left-center and had an exit velocity over 100 mph: 101.8 mph in the 7th, 100.2 mph in the 9th. Leads the majors in RBI beginning 4/6 (18), posting a .323/.392/.662 batting line in 17 games during that span (13 R, 4 2B, 6 HR, 18 RBI, 7 BB, HBP, SF). Is batting .370 with RISP this season (10-for-27). ALEX VERDUGO (2-for-4, R, 2B) singled in the 4th and doubled in the 9th, extending his season-long hitting streak to 7 games (.448 AVG, 13-for-29). Has a .377/.423/.623 batting line in 18 games beginning 4/5 (26-for-69, 17 R, 6 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 5 BB, 2 HBP, 2 SF). NATHAN EOVALDI (5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, BB, 3 SO) extended his streak of consecutive BF with 0 walks to 73 before walking Evan White with 2 outs in the 5th. Hasn't surrendered a HR to any of his last 172 BF (last: Austin Meadows on 9/12/20 at TB)...He has allowed 0 HR in his last 36.2 IP, spanning 8 starts. MARWIN GONZALEZ (1-for-4, RBI) hit a 2-out RBI single in the 7th, cutting the Sox' deficit to 5-1...Is 5-for-18 (.278) with 3 2B and 2 RBI in his last 5 games. AUSTIN BRICE (1.0 IP, H, SO) tossed a perfect 6th inning before allowing a leadoff double to Ty France in the 7th inning. 6 of his 7 appearances have been scoreless, with all 3 runs allowed coming in 1 outing (4/11 at BAL). JOSH TAYLOR (1.2 IP, 2 H, R, 3 SO) retired all 3 batters faced in a scoreless 7th inning after entering with 0 outs and a runner on second base. MARINERS NOTES (13-8) THE MARINERS have allowed 3 runs or fewer in 8 of their last 10 games. Scored 4 runs or more for the MLB-leading 15th time (12-3), and for the 11th time in their last 14 games. 3 Mariners recorded 3 hits and scored at least twice: France, Seager, Haggerty...Is the club's first game with 3 players doing so since 8/17/20 at LAD (also 3). CHRIS FLEXEN (7.0 IP, 4 H, R, BB, 7 SO) pitched a career-high 7.0 innings, the Mariners' longest road start of the season and tied for their longest start of the year with Yusei Kikuchi (4/16 vs. HOU) and Marco Gonzales (4/20 vs. LAD). Held the Red Sox scoreless through 6.0 innings until Marwin Gonzalez' 2-out RBI single in the 7th...Held Red Sox hitters to 2-for-19, both singles, and a walk through the first 6.0 innings. Recorded a career-high 7 SO, the most by a Mariners starter since Yusei Kikuchi on 4/2 vs SF (6.0 IP, 10 SO). KYLE SEAGER (3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI) came a HR shy of the cycle...Hit an RBI single in the 1st, a 2-run triple in the 2nd and a double in the 5th. Leads the Mariners with 19 RBI, including 7 RBI in the last 2 games–his most in any career 2-game stretch...The last Mariners with 7+ RBI over a 2-game span were Daniel Vogelbach and Edwin Encarnación, who both did so from 4/7-8/19...Recorded 2+ RBI in consecutive road games for the 1st time since 6/26-27/18. Had 3+ RBI in back-to-back games for the 2nd time in his career (previous: 6/15-16/14)... The last visiting player at Fenway with 3+ RBI in back-to-back team games was Gary Sánchez on 4/11-12/18 with NYY. Is batting .351 (13-for-37) with 7 XBH and 14 RBI in 10 road games this season...Has at least 1 RBI in 6 of those 10 games. SAM HAGGERTY (3-for-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, SB) set a career high in hits (3), tying career highs in runs (2), RBI (2), and times on base safely (3)...Hit a solo HR in the 8th. Has reached base safely in 7 of his 10 PA in this series, going 5-for-8 with 4 R, 2B, HR and 3 RBI. TY FRANCE (3-for-4, 3 R, 2 2B, BB) set career highs in runs (3) and doubles (2), matching a career high in times on base safely (4, 4th time). His 3 runs scored are the most by a Mariner this season (previous: Kyle Lewis on 8/22/20 vs. TEX). Has hit safely in each of his last 8 starts, batting .414 (12-for-29) with 8 runs and 7 RBI during that span. Seattle Mariners (13-8) 8,Boston Red Sox (13-9) 2 Apr 24th, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 12 0 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 1 Seattle 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 Haniger, RF .291 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Arroyo, 2B .308 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 France, 2B .320 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 Verdugo, CF .325 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Seager, K, 3B .247 5 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 Martinez, J, DH .359 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Marmolejos, DH .184 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Bogaerts, SS .372 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 White, 1B .200 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 11 1 Devers, 3B .276 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 Trammell, CF .155 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Gonzalez, M, RF .224 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Torrens, C .176 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 Dalbec, 1B .255 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 Haggerty, LF .265 5 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 Cordero, F, LF .200 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 Crawford, J, SS .235 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Plawecki, C .200 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 Flexen, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Eovaldi, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Middleton, 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 Vest, 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 Totals .217 40 8 12 3 1 1 6 3 9 27 13 Valdez, P, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .279 31 2 6 3 0 0 2 1 9 27 6 BATTING 2B : France 2 (7, Eovaldi, Brice); Seager, K (6, Eovaldi). BATTING 3B : Seager, K (1, Eovaldi). 2B : Devers 2 (4, Flexen, Vest); Verdugo (6, Vest). HR : Haggerty (2, 8th inning off Taylor, J, 0 on, 2 out). TB : Bogaerts; Devers 4; Gonzalez, M; Verdugo 3.