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 LOS ANGELES ANGELS 6, BOSTON RED SOX 5 Sunday, May 16, 2021 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Los Angeles 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 9 0 RED SOX Boston 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Iglesias (2-2) Loss: Barnes (1-1) Save: Mayers (2) Nathan Eovaldi 87 (63) Time of Game: 3:19 Attendance: 9,316 Weather: 78°, variable at 7 mph Phillips Valdez 14 (8) Angels HR: Ohtani (12) Josh Taylor 10 (6) Adam Ottavino 19 (9) Red Sox HR: Plawecki (1), Devers (11) Matt Barnes 19 (13) ANGELS RED SOX NOTES (25-17) Pitcher # (Strikes) José Quintana 74 (54) Aaron Slegers 11 (10) THE RED SOX lost the series finale after winning the first 2 games of the 3-game set...Are 7-3-3 in series play. Steve Cishek 19 (14) Today's loss was the Red Sox' 1st this season when leading after 8 innings (21-1). Hunter Strickland 14 (11) Tony Watson 1 (1) Have hit multiple HR in each of their last 4 games (9 HR), a season-long streak...Have hit 26 HR in their last 16 games Raisel Iglesias 14 (9) (beginning 4/30)...They are out-homering their opponents this season, 53-30 (+23). Mike Mayers 25 (14) In the club's last 21 games, Sox starters have a 3.49 ERA with 0.53 HR/9.0 IP (118.2 IP, 46 ER, 7 HR), including a 2.95 ERA (19 ER/58.0 IP) in the last 10. RAFAEL DEVERS (1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI) hit a go-ahead 3-run HR in the 5th inning...Leads the majors in game-tying or go-ahead RBI this season (15). Has homered in each of his last 2 games and in 4 of his last 8...16 of his last 24 hits have been XBH, including 7 of his last 9 and 11 of his last 14. Leads MLB in RBI (34) and ranks tied for 5th in HR (11). KEVIN PLAWECKI (2-for-3, R, HR, RBI) singled in the 3rd and hit a solo HR in the 5th, his 1st HR of the season...Cut the Sox' deficit to 4-2. Was his 2nd multi-hit game of the season (also 5/6 vs. DET, 2-for-3)...4 of his 11 hits this season have been XBH (3 2B, 1 HR). JONATHAN ARAÚZ (2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI) hit an RBI double in the 3rd inning, his 1st hit since being recalled on 5/9...Singled and scored in the 5th. Araúz is 10-for-24 (.417) with 9 RBI with RISP during his major league career. NATHAN EOVALDI (5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, BB, 6 SO) allowed 4 runs on 38 pitches in the 2nd inning...Did not allow a run and threw 49 in his other 4.0 innings. Has not allowed a HR in his last 63.0 IP, MLB's longest active streak...Has faced 262 batters since allowing his last HR (Austin Meadows, leadoff HR, 9/12/20). J.D. MARTINEZ (1-for-4) threw out Shohei Ohtani attempting to score to end the 5th (7-2)...Was his 2nd OF assist this season, and the Sox' MLB-leading 13th. MATT BARNES (1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 SO) suffered his 1st blown save of the season (9-for-10)...With 2 outs in the 9th, allowed a single to Mike Trout followed by a go-ahead 2-run HR to Shohei Ohtani...Entered with 2 outs in the 8th inning, a 5-4 lead, and runners at first and third...Struck out Phil Gosselin to strand both runners. ANGELS NOTES (17-22) THE ANGELS snapped a 4-game losing streak...Avoided being swept for the 2nd time this season (5/3-6 vs. TB). Won when trailing after 8 innings for the first time this season (1-20)...Have come from behind in 10 of their 17 wins. Scored 6 runs today after totaling 5 runs in their previous 4 games...Are 16-6 when scoring 4+ runs this year, compared to 1-16 when scoring 3 or fewer runs. SHOHEI OHTANI (1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI) hit a go-ahead 2-run HR in the 9th...Tied him for the major league lead in HR (Acuña Jr., Judge, Haniger). Recorded his 1st game-tying or go-ahead HR in the 9th inning or later...Was his 1st go-ahead RBI in the 9th or later since his walk-off single 9/4/20 vs. HOU. JARED WALSH (3-for-4, 2 2B) recorded 3+ hits for the team-leading 4th time...Is batting .423 (11-for-26) with 3 R, 4 doubles, HR and 7 RBI over his last 7 games. PHIL GOSSELIN (2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI) hit an RBI double in the 2nd to extend the Angels' lead to 2-0....Has multiple hits in 4 of his last 6 games (.400 AVG, 8-for-20). JOSÉ QUINTANA (4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 7 SO) threw 2.0 perfect innings before allowing 1 run in the 3rd and 2 runs in the 5th...Issued 0 BB for the 1st time this season. Held the first 6 hitters in the Red Sox lineup to 0-for-12, while the bottom 3 hitters went 5-for-6 (2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI). Has 22 SO over his last 3 starts, his most over a 3-start span since 8/2-13/19 (26 SO). HUNTER STRICKLAND (0.2 IP, H, 2 SO) made his first appearance with the Angels...Has allowed 0 ER in 8 of his last 9 outings. TAYLOR WARD (1-for-3, R, RBI, BB) hit an RBI single and scored in the 1st inning...Has reached base safely 5 times over his last 2 games (2 H, 3 BB). DREW BUTERA (1-for-3, 2 RBI) hit a 2-run double in the 2nd, snapping an 0-for-10 skid. Los Angeles Angels (17-22) 6,Boston Red Sox (25-17) 5 May 16th, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LA Angels 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 9 0 Boston 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 LA Angels 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 Rojas, 2B .178 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 Chavis, 2B .259 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 Trout, CF .333 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 Devers, 3B .278 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 Ohtani, DH .262 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 Martinez, J, LF .342 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Rendon, 3B .246 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Bogaerts, DH .344 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Walsh, 1B .338 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Renfroe, CF .225 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Ward, RF .200 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Dalbec, 1B .211 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 Iglesias, J, SS .273 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 a-Verdugo, PH .279 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Gosselin, LF .324 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Gonzalez, M, RF .218 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 Butera, C .118 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 0 Plawecki, C .275 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 1 a-Suzuki, PH-C .190 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Vázquez, C .258 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 Quintana, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Araúz, J, SS .250 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 Slegers, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eovaldi, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Cishek, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Valdez, P, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Strickland, 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 Watson, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ottavino, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iglesias, R, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barnes, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mayers, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .264 35 5 9 2 0 2 5 2 14 27 8 Totals .250 36 6 9 3 0 1 6 2 10 27 5 a-Walked for Dalbec in the 9th.