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 6, SEATTLE MARINERS 5 Friday, April 23, 2021 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Seattle 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 1 RED SOX Boston 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6 11 1 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Sawamura (1-0) Loss: Kikuchi (0-1) Save: None Martín Pérez 83 (46) Time of Game: 3:28 Attendance: 4,646 Weather: 58°, W at 16 mph Hirokazu Sawamura 21 (15) Mariners HR: Seager (3) Garrett Whitlock 41 (24) Adam Ottavino 12 (8) Red Sox HR: Bogaerts (3), Martinez (7) Matt Barnes 22 (14) MARINERS RED SOX NOTES (13-8) Pitcher # (Strikes) Yusei Kikuchi 94 (55) THE RED SOX are 4-4 through the first 8 games of the current homestand, and 13-5 in their last 18 games. Drew Steckenrider 26 (18) Own the AL's 2nd-best record (13-8, .619), trailing only OAK (13-7, .650) for the best mark in the league. Ljay Newsome 39 (25) Earned their MLB-best 10th come-from-behind win of the season, having trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the 1st. XANDER BOGAERTS (2-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI) matched a season high in RBI (3) with a 2-run HR in the 1st and RBI single in the 5th...Has homered in 3 of the last 4 G. Is tied with John Valentin for the 4th-most HR (121) by a Red Sox shortstop (min. 50% of games at SS)...Bogaerts trails only Rico Petrocelli (210), Nomar Garciaparra (178), and Vern Stephens (122). J.D. MARTINEZ (2-for-4, R, HR, RBI) hit a solo HR down the RF line in the 3rd inning, extending the Sox' lead to 3-1...Was his 7th HR, matching his 2020 season total. His 7 HR are a career-best in a season before May (previous: 6 in 2015 with DET). ALEX VERDUGO (3-for-5, 2 R) matched a season-high in hits, singling in the 1st, 5th, and 7th to extend his season-best hitting streak to 6 G (.444 AVG, 11-for-25). Is batting .316 (24-for-76) with an .891 OPS this season (16 R, 5 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 5 BB, 2 HBP, 2 SF). Recorded his 3rd OF assist - 2nd in as many games - with a 7-5 putout to end the 5th inning...2 players entered today tied for the MLB lead with 3 OF assists this season: Charlie Blackmon (COL) and Adam Duvall (MIA)...Leads MLB with 10 OF assists since the start 2020. HIROKAZU SAWAMURA (1.1 IP, H, 3 SO) earned his 1st MLB win...Entered in the 4th inning leading 3-2 with 2 outs and runners on 1st and 2nd...Struck out Haniger to strand both runners...Has stranded each of his 4 inherited runners this season...7 of his 9 appearances have been scoreless (1.80 ERA, 2 ER/10.0 IP). ADAM OTTAVINO (0.2 IP, 2 SO) entered with 1 out in the 8th, a 6-2 lead, and runners at second and third...Struck out his 2 BF to end the inning (Moore, Haggerty). GARRETT WHITLOCK (2.1 IP, 2 H, BB, 3 SO) has not allowed a run in 11.1 IP over his first 5 career appearances...Is the longest scoreless streak by a Red Sox to begin a career since Austin Maddox in 2017 (16.1 IP)...Has allowed just 6 of his 40 batters faced to reach base (15%, 5 H, 1 BB, 14 SO)...Owns a 0.53 WHIP. Extended his streak of consecutive batters retired to 25 before allowing a 2-out single to Sam Haggerty in the 6th inning...Marks the longest streak by a Red Sox pitcher since Chris Sale retired 25 consecutive batters in June 2019. BOBBY DALBEC (1-for-3, R, BB) has hit .353 with a .950 OPS in 11 G beginning 4/11 (12-for-34, 2 R, 4 2B, 3B, 4 RBI, 4 BB), raising his season AVG from .095 to .269. MARTÍN PÉREZ (3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 3 SO) tossed a season-low 3.2 innings for the 2nd consecutive start (also 4/18-G2 vs. CWS), issuing a season-high 4 BB. MARINERS NOTES (12-8) THE MARINERS allowed 6 runs after holding opponents to 5 runs or fewer in each of their previous 8 games, including 3 runs or fewer in 7 of those 8 games. Tonight was their 10th 1-run game of the season, most in the majors...Their six 1-run wins (6-4) still lead MLB (San Francisco entered play 5-3 in 1-run games). KYLE SEAGER (2-for-5, R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI) hit a 3-run HR in the 9th, his longest of 2021 (421 ft.)...Had a RBI double in the 1st to break an 0-for-21 spell dating back to April 16 vs. HOU...Was his 2nd game this season with multiple XBH (previous: 4/11/21 at MIN–4-for-4, 2R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB). YUSEI KIKUCHI (4.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 BB, SO) received his first loss since 9/18/20 in his shortest outing this season. Matched his season highs in hits (6), runs (5), BB (3), and HR (2)...Had a season-low 1 SO, his fewest since 9/19/19 at PIT. SAM HAGGERTY (1-for-2, 2 BB) reached base safely a career-high 3 times...Walked in the 2nd and 4th innings and hit a single in the 6th. KYLE LEWIS (2-for-5, 2B) singled in the 1st and doubled in the 8th, his 1st hits of 2021 after missing the Mariners' first 17 games on the IL. MITCH HANIGER (1-for-5, R, 2B) doubled to lead off the game and then scored the Mariners' 1st run on Kyle Seager's double. Has a hit in 17 of Seattle's 20 games this season, reaching base safely in 18 of those. DYLAN MOORE (0-for-2, R, 2 BB, SB) drew walks in the 2nd and 4th innings...Stole 2nd in the 4th inning, his 4th SB of 2021, and scored later in the frame. Boston Red Sox (13-8) 6, Seattle Mariners (12-8) 5 Apr 23rd, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 1 Boston 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 x 6 11 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 .309 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Hernández, K, CF .247 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 France, DH .296 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Verdugo, LF .316 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Seager, K, 3B .224 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 3 Martinez, J, DH .368 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Lewis, CF .167 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bogaerts, SS .378 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 White, 1B .176 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 2 Devers, 3B .264 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 Murphy, To, C .111 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Vázquez, C .258 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 a-Marmolejos, PH .206 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arroyo, 2B .333 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 Torrens, C .191 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Renfroe, RF .188 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Moore, D, 2B .107 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 Dalbec, 1B .269 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 Haggerty, LF .207 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 Pérez, M, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Crawford, J, SS .238 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 Sawamura, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kikuchi, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Whitlock, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steckenrider, 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 Newsome, 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 Totals .212 35 5 9 3 0 1 5 6 12 24 11 Totals .283 35 6 11 0 0 2 4 3 7 27 9 a-Grounded out for Murphy, To in the 8th.