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 (3-8) at TAMPA BAY RAYS (5-6) Wednesday, August 5, 2020 • 6:40 p.m. ET • Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FL LHP Martín Pérez (1-1, 5.06) vs. LHP Ryan Yarbrough (0-1, 1.54) Game #12 • Road Game #7 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCCM 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox have lost their last 4 HERE AND THERE: Since the start of 2019, the Red Sox games, after winning their previous 2. are 48-39 (.552) in road games, 39-45 (.464) at Fenway NOTE TO MEDIA Park, and 0-2 in London...In that time, their .552 winning Game day materials for both clubs, such as The Sox’ current losing streak matches their longest game notes, rosters, and stat packs, will be of 2020 (also 7/25-28). percentage on the road ranks 8th in the majors. made available at pressroom.redsox.com. This is the 13th time the Sox have won 3 or fewer Please note that these materials will not be of their first 11 games, having most recently done BACKS TO THE WALL: The Red Sox are being out-scored printed at Fenway Park in 2020. so in 2019 (3-8), 2011 (2-9), and 1996 (2-9). in the first 2 innings, 21-5...In innings 3-through-9, the Sox In 2011, the Sox were 5.0 games out of 1st place are out-scoring opponents, 42-41. REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN after 12 games (2-10) but were tied for 1st after 60 AL East Standing ........................... 5th, -6.0 games (34-26) and alone in 1st after 61 (35-26). X FACTOR: Xander Bogaerts is 8-for-19 (.421) with 4 XBH Home/Road ..................................... 1-4/2-4 (2 2B, 2 HR) during BOS’ road trip, playing in all 6 games. Day/Night ........................................ 0-2/3-6 July/August ..................................... 3-5/0-3 GET YOUR REST: The Red Sox will be off tomorrow for the In 166 games since the start of 2019, Bogaerts has hit vs. AL East ..............................................1-6 2nd time in 4 days (also Monday)...On Friday, the club will .309 with a .939 OPS, 36 HR, and 126 RBI. vs. AL Central .........................................0-0 begin a stretch in which they will play on 17 consecutive He went 4-for-4 with 2 HR and a double on Sunday at vs. AL West .............................................0-0 days from 8/7-23, and on 30 of 31 days from 8/7-9/6. Yankee Stadium, his 3rd career game with 4+ hits and vs. National League................................2-2 vs. RH/LH starter ............................. 1-4/2-4 The Red Sox are in the midst of playing 18 of 27 2+ HR (7/25/19 vs. NYY, 8/1/19 vs. TB, 8/2/20 at NYY). Leading after 6 innings ..........................2-0 games on the road (7/29-8/27)...In that span, they Since the start of 2019, the only other major leaguer Tied after 6 innings ................................0-1 have as many games in New York as they have in with as many as 3 games with 4+ hits and 2+ HR is Trailing after 6 innings ...........................1-7 Boston (9 each), including 7 at Yankee Stadium. Nelson Cruz (4). Leading after 7 innings ..........................2-1 Tied after 7 innings ................................1-0 HIGHEST OFFENSIVE WAR, SHORTSTOPS FROM 2015-2020 THIS LAND IS MORELAND: Mitch Moreland (1-for-2) hit Trailing after 7 innings ...........................0-7 Rk. Player Team oWAR Leading after 8 innings ..........................3-0 a solo HR in the 2nd inning last night, accounting for the Red Tied after 8 innings ................................0-0 1. Xander Bogaerts BOS 25.9 Sox’ lone run of the contest...He has homered in 3 of his 7 Trailing after 8 innings ...........................0-8 games in 2020, with 4 of his 6 hits going for extra bases. 2. Francisco Lindor CLE 22.8 Red Sox score first ..................................2-3 His 3 HR are tied for the most by a first baseman this 3. Carlos Correa HOU 21.5 Opponents score first .............................1-5 season (6 others; min. 50% GP at 1B). 4. Marcus Semien OAK 18.4 Shutouts .................................................0-0 Scoring less than 3 runs .........................0-4 Moreland hit 5 HR in only 13 games against the Source: Baseball-Reference Scoring 3 or 4 runs .................................1-3 Rays in 2019...He has 7 HR in his last 12 games at Scoring 5 or more runs ...........................2-1 Tropicana Field, more than any other visiting player at FOREVER AND DEVERS: Rafael Devers hit his 1st HR of Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR .................. 2-6/1-2 the ballpark since the start of 2018. 1-run/2-run games .......................... 1-0/1-1 2020 on Sunday at NYY...In 2019, he had 0 HR and 10 RBI Walk-offs ................................................0-0 HIGHEST OPS AS A VISITOR AT TROPICANA FIELD, 2018-20 in his first 32 games, then from 5/3 through the end of the Extra innings (home/road) ............... 0-0/0-0 Player Team OPS season he led the AL with 105 RBI and was the only AL Series openers/finales ..................... 2-2/1-3 Giancarlo Stanton NYY 1.150 player with 30+ HR and 100+ RBI. Series W-L-T (home) ........................... 0-2-0 Series W-L-T (road) ............................. 1-1-0 Mitch Moreland BOS .927 Devers was charged with 3 errors in his first 4 games, then none in his next 6 games...In 2019, he made 9 Series W-L-T (total) ............................. 1-3-0 J.D. Martinez BOS .869 errors in his first 31 games, then none in his next 31. Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 0-1/1-1 Bo Bichette TOR .831 Come-from-behind wins ...........................2 Min. 40 PA WELCOME ABOARD: Kevin Pillar has a 1.018 OPS...He VS. THE RAYS ranks 4th in the AL and 7th in the majors in AVG (.394)... All-Time ..................................221-172 ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox are tied for the AL lead in He has made 4 starts in RF, 1 in CF, 1 in LF, and 1 at DH. In Boston ......................................118-77 doubles (24) and rank 3rd in AVG (.251)...They feature 3 of the Pillar leads the Red Sox in hits (12), AVG (.394), and In Tampa Bay ................................103-95 AL’s top 25 leaders in OPS: Christian Vázquez (14th, 1.019), OBP (.412). 2020................................................ 0-1 Kevin Pillar (15th, 1.018), and Xander Bogaerts (23rd, .928). Pillar has reached base via hit or BB in each of his In Boston ............................................0-0 The Sox rank 4th in the AL in AVG with RISP (.280), 9 games...The only other players in the last 10 In Tampa Bay ......................................0-1 and 2nd in AVG with RISP & 2 outs (.297). seasons (2011-2020) to reach base in each of their The Sox rank 2nd in the AL in AVG vs. LHP (.293)...They first 9 games as a member of the Red Sox are Yoenis MOST RBI, 2018-20 lead MLB with 7 HR vs. LHP (also NYM). Céspedes (10 G) and Rafael Devers (9 G). Rk. Player RBI 1. J.D. Martinez (BOS) ............... 238 WHAT A RELIEF: Sox relievers have stranded 9 of 10 J.D. POWER: J.D. Martinez went 2-for-4 with 2 doubles last 2. Nolan Arenado (COL) .................. 232 inherited runners this season (Heath Hembree-3, Chris night...He leads the majors with 6 doubles. 3. Xander Bogaerts (BOS) ........ 229 MOST TOTAL BASES, 2018-20 Mazza-2, Josh Osich-2, Austin Brice-1, Phillips Valdez-1). Since joining the Red Sox (2018-20), Martinez leads Rk. Player TB Phillips Valdez, who the Red Sox claimed off waivers MLB in RBI (238) and total bases (694)...In that time 1. J.D. Martinez (BOS) ............... 694 from the Mariners on 2/23, has allowed 0 runs in 6.1 he also ranks 6th in the majors with 79 HR. 2. Nolan Arenado (COL) .................. 689 IP this season (6 SO, 1 BB, .217 opponent AVG). With Boston, Martinez has played 70 games as a 3. Trevor Story (COL) ....................... 688 visitor in AL East ballparks, batting .321 with a .997 MOST RELIEF APPEARANCES, SOX & RAYS: The Red Sox and Rays continue their 10- OPS (88-for-274, 17 2B, 2 3B, 18 HR, 56 RBI). RED SOX HISTORY (1901-2020) game season series tonight, including playing each other Rk. Player Apps. 6 times in 10 days from 8/4-13, followed by a 4-game NICE WORK, MAN: Brandon Workman earned the save in 3. Jonathan Papelbon ..................... 393 series at Tropicana Field from 9/10-13. each of the Red Sox’ last 2 wins...He has allowed only 1 ER 4. Matt Barnes .......................... 303 13 of the Sox’ 16 games from 7/31-8/17 are against in his last 15 appearances (14.1 IP), dating back to 9/1/19. --- T10. Rich Garces ................................. 261 the Yankees or Rays (0-4 so far). Since the start of 2017, Workman is 17-3 with 18 T10. Hideki Okajima ........................... 261 The Sox went 7-12 against the Rays in 2019, including saves, a 2.60 ERA, a .192 opponent AVG, and 10.52 12.