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 TAMPA BAY RAYS 8, BOSTON RED SOX 2 Tuesday, August 11, 2020 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Tampa Bay 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 9 0 RED SOX Boston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 0 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Curtiss (1-0) Loss: Pérez (2-2) Save: None Martín Pérez 94 (57) Time of Game: 3:25 Attendance: N/A Weather: 85°, S at 16 mph Austin Brice 26 (19) Rays HR: Brosseau (3) Robert Stock 42 (18) Red Sox HR: None Dylan Covey 10 (8) RAYS Pitcher # (Strikes) RED SOX NOTES (6-11) Andrew Kittredge 5 (3) John Curtiss 40 (27) THE RED SOX have lost 3 of their last 4 games following back-to-back wins on 8/5 at TB and 8/7 vs. TOR. José Alvarado 29 (19) Ryan Thomspon 12 (5) MARTÍN PÉREZ (5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 SO) matched a season high with 5.2 IP (also 7/30 at NYM). Diego Castillo 16 (10) Nick Anderson 17 (11) Has logged 5.0+ IP in each of his 4 starts. Allowed 5 R (4 ER) over 5.0 IP in his 2020 debut on 7/25 vs. BAL but is 2-0 with a 2.20 ERA in 3 starts since (4 ER/16.1 IP). MICHAEL CHAVIS (2-for-4, 3B, RBI) tied the score, 1-1, with an RBI single in the 2nd...Has 9 hits in his last 24 at-bats (.375), following an 0-for-25 stretch. Has recorded at least 1 hit and 1 RBI in each of his last 3 games (6-for-13, 4 RBI)...Matches a career best streak for consecutive games with at least 1 RBI, doing so twice last season: 4/23-25 and 5/12-15. ALEX VERDUGO (1-for-4, RBI) hit an RBI single in the 8th...Has 5 RBI in his last 6 games. JONATHAN ARAÚZ (2-for-3, R) has 5 hits in 7 at-bats in the last 2 games after going 0-for-9 to begin the season. ANDREW BENINTENDI (2-for-3, HBP) singled in each of his first 2 plate appearances after entering tonight with 2 hits in his previous 13 games. RAYS NOTES (10-8) THE RAYS extended their win streak to 4 games, matching their longest of the season (also 7/25-28)...Are 6-2 in their last 8 games. Are 10-2 in their last 12 games against the Red Sox (beginning 7/24/19) and 11-1 in their last 12 games at Fenway Park (beginning 8/19/18)...Have won each of their last 6 games in Boston, their longest win streak ever at Fenway and the longest by any club since TOR in 2014 (also 6 G). Haven't allowed a 9th-inning run this season, the only AL team that can make that claim. Have made 1 error in their last 7 games, compared to 12 errors in 11 games to start the season. THE RAYS OFFENSE has scored 29 runs over their last 36 innings, compared to 1 run in the previous 22 innings...Scored 6 runs in the 7th inning, their 2nd-highest run total in any inning this season (8 runs in the 4th inning on 7/27 vs. ATL). Has scored at least 7 runs in each of their last 4 games at Fenway Park dating back to last season, their longest such streak and the longest by a visiting team since Toronto in 2012 (4, 7/21-9/8). MIKE BROSSEAU (2-for-3, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 R) led off the game with a HR on a 3-2 pitch, his first career leadoff HR and the Rays' first leadoff HR of the season. In his last 3 games, is 5-for-8 with 2 doubles and 2 home runs. YANDY DÍAZ (2-for-4, BB, 2 RBI, R) extended his career-long on-base streak to 17 games...Entered today with the AL's 5th-longest active on-base streak. MANUEL MARGOT (2-for-4, 2B, RBI, R) hit an RBI double in the 7th inning after reaching base 5 times last night...In 5 games against his former organization, is 10-for-19 with 5 2B and 2 BB...Originally signed by the Red Sox in 2011. JOHN CURTISS (2.2 IP, 4 H, R, SO) earned his 1st major league win (20th career appearance). BRANDON LOWE (1-for-1, 2B, RBI, BB, R) hit a pinch-hit, RBI double in the 7th...Had previously been 0-for-15 with 1 HBP in 16 career pinch-hit plate appearances. 10 of his 16 hits this season have gone for extra bases (5 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR). ANDREW KITTREDGE (0.1 IP, 1 H) started the game and was removed after 2 batters due to right elbow soreness...He is day to day. Became the 7th pitcher since saves became an official stat in 1969 to record a save, then start the team's next game with no off days in between...The others to do that are LAA's Noe Ramirez (8/27-28/18), TB's Erasmo Ramírez (5/28-29/17), SF's Andy McGaffigan (7/24-25/83), LAD's Andy Messersmith (5/30-31/75), MIL's Jim Lonborg (5/12-13/72), and SF's Rich Robertson (4/30-5/1/71)..