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 (1-4) at NEW YORK METS (3-2) Wednesday, July 29, 2020 • 7:10 p.m. ET • Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 1.50) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (0-0, 0.00) Game #6 • Road Game #1 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WAMG 890 AM/94.9 FM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox are off to a 1-4 start STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE: The Red Sox begin an 8-day, for the 2nd consecutive season (started 1-5 in 2019)...They 7-game road trip tonight, their first road games of 2020. NOTE TO MEDIA have lost each of their last 4 games. Game day materials for both clubs, such as 19 of the Sox’ 22 games from 7/27-8/19 will be game notes, rosters, and stat packs, will be The Sox are opening the season with 10 games in 10 against teams that finished 2019 with at least a .500 made available at pressroom.redsox.com. days: 3 vs. BAL, 2 vs. NYM, 2 at NYM, and 3 at NYY. win % (0-2 so far), including the next 7 against the Please note that these materials will not be Following this opening 10-game stretch, the Sox will Mets (86-76), Yankees (103-59), and Rays (96-66). printed in 2020. have an off day before and after their 2-game series at Following this 2-game series at Citi Field, the Red Sox TB, then will play on 17 consecutive days from 8/7-23. will play 3 games at Yankee Stadium this weekend... REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN The Sox have never played the Mets and Yankees in AL East Standing ........................... 5th, -3.0 NATHAN’S FAMOUS: Between facing the Mets and the back-to-back series, both in New York. Home/Road ..................................... 1-4/0-0 Day/Night ........................................ 0-2/1-2 Yankees, Nathan Eovaldi has allowed 0 ER in his last 20.0 IP July .........................................................1-4 in New York during the regular season (4 G/3 GS)...In those SOX & METS: This is the 10th season in which the Red vs. AL East ..............................................1-2 20.0 IP, he held opponents to a .092 AVG (6-for-65) with 21 Sox and Mets are meeting in Interleague play...They played vs. AL Central .........................................0-0 SO and 3 BB...In addition, he earned the win in Game 3 of the each other each season from 1997-2001, then again in vs. AL West .............................................0-0 2018 ALDS at Yankee Stadium (7.0 IP, 1 ER). 2006, 2009, 2015, and 2018. vs. National League................................0-2 Eovaldi last faced the Mets on 7/8/18 at Citi Field as Beginning in 1999, 17 of the last 23 meetings between vs. RH/LH starter ............................. 0-2/1-2 Leading after 6 innings ..........................1-0 a member of the Rays, when he allowed 1 hit in 7.0 these teams have been decided by 1 or 2 runs, including Tied after 6 innings ................................0-0 scoreless innings and faced the minimum number of each of the last 9 in New York. Trailing after 6 innings ...........................0-4 batters (0 BB, 9 SO, 1 GIDP). The Sox are 37-17 (.685) in their last 54 games against Leading after 7 innings ..........................1-0 Eovaldi allowed 1 run in 6.0 IP on Opening Day (7/24 vs. NL clubs, but only 10-11 since the start of 2019. Tied after 7 innings ................................0-0 BAL)...It marked the 20th time a Red Sox pitcher earned Trailing after 7 innings ...........................0-4 a win after throwing at least 6.0 innings and allowing 1 DOUBLE BUBBLE: Rafael Devers has hit a double in each Leading after 8 innings ..........................1-0 run or fewer in the club’s 1st game of the season. Tied after 8 innings ................................0-0 of his last 3 games (4-for-12), after going 0-for-9 in his Trailing after 8 innings ...........................0-4 first 2 games...In 2019, he ranked 2nd in the majors with Red Sox score first ..................................1-0 BACKS TO THE WALL: The Red Sox are being out-scored 54 doubles, the most ever by a Red Sox 3rd baseman. Opponents score first .............................0-4 in the first 2 innings, 12-1...In innings 3-through-9, the Sox Devers has been charged with 3 errors...In 2019, he Shutouts .................................................0-0 are out-scoring opponents, 25-19. made 9 errors in his first 31 games (through 5/2), but Scoring less than 3 runs .........................0-1 none in his next 31 games (5/3-6/8)...He finished 2019 Scoring 3 or 4 runs .................................0-3 Scoring 5 or more runs ...........................1-0 ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox lead the AL and ranked 4th among 3rd basemen with 7 outs above Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR .................. 0-3/1-1 rank 2nd in the majors in AVG (.285)...They also lead average (Arenado-17, Chapman-14, Donaldson-8). 1-run/2-run games .......................... 0-0/0-0 the majors in doubles (14). Walk-offs ................................................0-0 Extra innings (home/road) ............... 0-0/0-0 6 Red Sox with at least 10 at-bats are hitting .300 WHAT A RELIEF: Red Sox relievers Zack Godley (4.0 Series openers/finales ..................... 1-1/0-2 or higher: Kevin Pillar (.583), Jackie Bradley Jr. (.444), IP), Colten Brewer (4.0), Phillips Valdez (3.0), Marcus Walden (2.0), Heath Hembree (1.2), Matt Barnes (1.0), Series W-L-T (home) ........................... 0-2-0 Christian Vázquez (.364), José Peraza (.333), Alex Series W-L-T (road) ............................. 0-0-0 Verdugo (.333), and Mitch Moreland (.300). and Brandon Workman (1.0) combined to allow 0 runs in Series W-L-T (total) ............................. 0-2-0 The Sox scored 13 runs on Opening Day but have been 16.2 IP in the team’s season-opening homestand. Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 0-1/0-0 held to 4 runs or fewer in each of their last 4 games. Those 7 pitchers combined to record 19 SO and 5 BB Come-from-behind wins ...........................0 with a .158 opponent AVG (9-for-57). DYNAMIC DUO: Jackie Bradley Jr. (8-for-18) and Kevin Brewer has allowed 0 runs in his last 10 appearances, VS. THE METS Pillar (7-for-12) are a combined 15-for-30 (.500)...Bradley dating back to 9/9/19 (9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 14 SO). All-Time .........................................15-14 ranks T-2nd in the majors in hits and T-5th in AVG (.444). In Boston .............................................9-8 ARMS RACE: The Red Sox have added 5 pitchers to In New York .........................................6-6 Bradley and Pillar have been Gold Glove finalists a At Citi Field ....................................2-1 combined 7 times: Bradley in 2014, ‘16, ‘18, and ‘19, their organization in July: RHP Caleb Simpson (7/4), RHP 2020 ....................................................0-2 and Pillar in 2015, ‘16, and ‘17. Zack Godley (7/17), RHP Dylan Covey (7/21, from TB), LHP Stephen Gonsalves (7/25, off waivers from NYM), In Boston .............................................0-2 and RHP Robert Stock (7/26, off waivers from PHI). In New York .........................................0-0 WELCOME ABOARD: Kevin Pillar is 7-for-12 (.583) with 4 DATE H/R SCORE WP LP XBH and 5 RBI in 3 games...He is only the 4th player ever to 7/27 H 4-7 Wacha Osich record at least 1 XBH and 1 RBI in each of his first 3 games CHRISTMAS IN JULY: Mitch Moreland and his wife, 7/28 H 3-8 Peterson Hall as a member of the Red Sox, joining Mickey Vernon (1956), Susannah, ask fans to join them in raising funds to ben- Jake Jones (1947), and Val Picinich (1923). efit patients and families at Boston Children’s Hospital for their annual “Christmas in July” fundraiser...Money MOST STARTS AT SHORTSTOP, Prior to Pillar, the last player to record at least 1 RBI raised will go towards purchasing crafts, toys, and other RED SOX HISTORY (1901-2020) in each of his first 3 games as a Red Sox was Jackie necessary items for hospital patients...The Morelands will Rk. Player Starts Bradley Jr. in 2013...Only 2 players have ever recorded match all donations up to $10,000. 1. Everett Scott 1,081 an RBI in each of their first 4 games as a Red Sox: Jose 2. Rick Burleson 987 Canseco (4 in 1995) and Carl Reynolds (5 in 1934). Donations can be made now through 8/2 at http:// 3. Nomar Garciaparra 951 fundraise.childrenshospital.org/goto/christmasinjuly. 4. Freddy Parent 907 This is the 3rd year in a row the Morelands have held 5. Joe Cronin 894 SOX FOR SOCKS: Jackie Bradley Jr. and his wife, Erin, the “Christmas in July” fundraiser...The event typically 6. Xander Bogaerts 848 are once again supporting the Boston Health Care for the includes a collection of donated items at Fenway Park UPCOMING MILESTONES IN 2020 Homeless Program through the Sox for Socks fundraiser. gates, but his year’s fundraiser is being executed Andrew Benintendi ...................500 hits (499) This year would have marked the 15th annual Sox entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.