9-TIME WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS: 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018 HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM @BOSTONREDSOXPR / @SOXNOTES BOSTON RED SOX (65-50) vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS (69-44) Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • 7:10 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (9-7, 4.07) vs. LHP Josh Fleming (9-5, 4.12) Game #116 • Home Game #57 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM (English), WAMG 890 AM/94.9 FM & WCCM 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox have lost 10 of their ACE IN THE HOLE: Chris Sale is scheduled to pitch this last 12 games...They are 10-14 since the All-Star break Saturday against the Orioles...He underwent Tommy John VS. THE RAYS IN 2021 and 65-50 (.565) overall, the 9th-best record in MLB. surgery on 3/30/20 and last pitched in the majors on 8/13/19. Overall (Home/Road) ..........4-6 (3-1/1-5) AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD STANDINGS CHRIS SALE’S REHAB STARTS 2021 SEASON BREAKDOWN Rk. Team Record Win % WCGB Date Team Pit. Stats AL East Standing .....................2nd (-5.0) 1. A’s 65-48 .575 +1.0 7/15 FCL Red Sox 39 3.0 IP, 0 R, 4 H 2. Red Sox 65-50 .565 - 7/20 Double-A Portland 43 3.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H Home/Road .........................33-23/32-27 Yankees 62-51 .549 -2.0 7/25 Double-A Portland 64 3.2 IP, 2 R, 6 H Day/Night ............................19-22/46-28 Blue Jays 61-51 .545 -2.5 7/31 Triple-A Worcester 81 5.0 IP, 1 R, 5 H April/May/June ..........17-10/15-11/18-10 Mariners 59-55 .518 -5.5 8/7 Triple-A Worcester 89 4.2 IP, 0 R, 2 H July/August .............................13-12/2-7 Totals 20.0 IP, 3 R, 17 H, 5 BB, 35 SO vs. AL East ..................................... 30-22 LONG DIVISION: The Red Sox trail the Rays by 5.0 vs. AL Central .................................. 13-8 vs. AL West .................................... 11-16 games, their largest deficit of the season. FOREVER & DEVERS: Rafael Devers ranks in the top 10 vs. National League......................... 11-4 29 of the Sox’ first 32 games out of the All-Star break are in MLB in RBI (3rd, 83), XBH (3rd, 58), HR (T-5th, 28), total vs. the AL East (NYY-10, TOR-10, TB-6, BAL-3, DET-3). bases (T-4th, 231), SLG (6th, .568), and fWAR (T-9th, 4.4). vs. RH/LH starter .................43-28/22-22 Leading after 6/7/8 innings ..... 51-6/47-6/54-1 The Sox held at least a share of 1st place at the Devers played in his 500th MLB game on Sunday... Tied after 6/7/8 innings ..............5-4/9-3/2-5 start of 46 straight days from 4/9-5/24, then 34 Among Red Sox in their first 500 MLB games, Devers consecutive days from 6/28-7/31. Trailing after 6/7/8 innings ...... 8-39/5-36/4-38 ranks 3rd in XBH (244), 5th in doubles (137), T-3rd in Red Sox score first ......................... 39-21 HR (101), and 3rd in RBI (336). Opponents score first .................... 26-29 TUG OF WAR: The Red Sox won their first 4 meetings with Since the start of 2019, Devers leads MLB in XBH (176) Shutouts ............................................ 4-4 the Rays this season, but the Rays have won the last 6...No and total bases (702) and ranks T-1st in doubles (99), 2nd Scoring less than 4 runs .................. 8-39 team other than BOS and TB has been in 1st place in the AL in RBI (241), 3rd in hits (378), and 5th in runs scored (233). Scoring 4 or more runs .................. 57-11 East since 4/10, when the Sox and Orioles began the day tied. Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR ......50-24/15-26 From 7/30-9/8, 13 of the Sox’ 38 games are vs. TB (34.2%). PITCHING IN: The Red Sox have allowed 4 runs or fewer Doubleheader G1/G2 ..................1-3/3-1 The Sox are 14-25 vs. TB since the start of 2019. in 16 of their 24 games since the All-Star break, but they 1-run/2-run games ................21-14/10-8 gave up 7+ runs in each of the other 8 games in that Walk-offs ........................................... 4-4 FENWAY SLUGFEST: The Red Sox are 3-1 against the Rays span (9, 13, 7, 9, 8, 12, 9, 8). Extra innings (home/road) ...........2-2/5-1 at home this season...Prior to 2021, the Rays had won each In their last 4 games, Red Sox starting pitchers have Series openers/finales .........25-13/21-16 of the previous 8 meetings between these teams in Boston. allowed 6 ER in 20.1 IP (2.66 ERA). Series W-L-T (home) .......................8-4-6 In each of the last 11 meetings between these teams Only 6 pitchers have started a game for the Red Sox Series W-L-T (road) .......................10-9-0 at Fenway Park, they have combined to score at least this season, the fewest in the majors (they used 16 Series W-L-T (total) .....................18-13-6 10 runs (11, 13, 13, 15, 10, 14, 25, 13, 11, 11, 12). starters in 2020)...They have not used fewer than 8 Series sweeps (home/road) .........5-1/5-1 starting pitchers in a season since 1965 (7). Come-from-behind wins .....................34 FENWAY FAITHFUL: Last night began a stretch in which 12 of the Sox 15 games from 8/10-26 will be at home... TEN YEARS: J.D. Martinez is scheduled to reach 10 MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE TIME years of MLB service this Saturday...In 1,228 career They are 33-23 (.589) at home, the 4th-best record in the Player Service games with HOU, DET, ARI, and BOS, he has hit .290 AL (10th-best in MLB)...They are 18-10 (.643) at home J.D. Martinez ............... 9 years, 169 days with an .883 OPS, 259 HR, 809 RBI, and 693 runs scored. since Fenway opened to full capacity on 5/29, including Nathan Eovaldi ........... 9 years, 146 days 14-6 in their last 20 games. Since joining the Red Sox (2018-21), Martinez has hit In their last 4 homestands (beginning 6/25), the Sox .298 with a .924 OPS while ranking in the top 3 in the MOST GAMES PLAYED WITH have had a paid attendance of 22,000+ in each of AL in XBH (1st, 230), runs (2nd, 302), RBI (2nd, 333), THE RED SOX, ALL TIME their 19 games and 32,000+ in 11 of them. hits (2nd, 526), and HR (T-3rd, 107). Rk. Player Games 22. Manny Ramirez ....................1,083 TOUGH WITH 2: The Red Sox lead the AL and rank 2nd in the 23. Carlton Fisk ..........................1,078 SLUGGING SOX: The Sox combined to score 12 runs on 25 24. Xander Bogaerts ............1,076 hits in their last 2 games, after scoring 5 runs or fewer in each majors in runs scored with 2 outs (234)...With RISP & 2 outs, of their previous 15 games (7/24-8/7)...In those 15 games, they rank 2nd in MLB in AVG (.267) and 3rd in SLG (.474). MOST GAMES AT CATCHER, they averaged 2.8 runs per game (42 R) with a .676 OPS. With 2 strikes, the Sox lead the majors in RBI (223). RED SOX HISTORY Overall, the Sox rank in the top 5 in the majors in Rk. Player Games AVG (4th, .257), SLG (4th, .435), doubles (1st, 236), WINNING THE WAR: According to FanGraphs, the 6. Lou Criger ................................613 and XBH (1st, 393)...They own MLB’s best record when Red Sox feature 3 of the top 20 leaders in WAR: Rafael 7. Tony Peña ................................539 scoring 4+ runs (57-11, .838). Devers (T-9th, 4.4), Xander Bogaerts (T-15th, 4.0), and 8. Christian Vázquez .............536 Nathan Eovaldi (T-20th, 3.9)...Devers and Bogaerts lead MOST PITCHING APPEARANCES, DE-FENSE: The Sox have made 7 errors in their last 19 games the AL in WAR at their respective positions, while Eovaldi RED SOX HISTORY (beginning 7/22), 4th-fewest in the AL in that time. ranks 2nd behind only Carlos Rodón (4.0). Rk. Player Games The Sox lead MLB with 33 OF assists, 7 more than any 1. Bob Stanley .............................637 other team...Sox OFs rank 4th in the AL and 8th in MLB MANAGING EXPECTATIONS: Alex Cora owns the highest 2. Tim Wakefield ..........................590 with 13 defensive runs saved (source: FanGraphs). winning percentage (.585) among the 19 individuals who have 3. Jonathan Papelbon ..................396 Hunter Renfroe leads the majors with 13 OF assists; 16 managed at least 400 games with the Red Sox. 4. Mike Timlin ..............................394 5. Derek Lowe .............................384 teams have fewer than 13 OF assists this season. HIGHEST WIN % BY RED SOX MANAGERS (MIN. 400 GAMES) 6. Roger Clemens ........................383 Rk. Manager Years Record Win % 7. Matt Barnes .......................373 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Among the 187 pitchers with at 1. Alex Cora 2018-19, ‘21 257-182 .585 least 50.0 IP this season, Garrett Whitlock ranks 2nd in the AL 2. Terry Francona 2004-11 744-552 .574 UPCOMING MILESTONES and 3rd in MLB with a 1.46 ERA (deGrom-1.08, Kittredge-1.33).