G23: Tigers at Red Sox, PPD.

Tigers  -
Red Sox - 

Matthew Boyd / Chris Sale

UPDATE: Tonight's game has been postponed. It will be played as the first game of a day-night doubleheader tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1:00 PM, with the regularly scheduled game at 7:00 PM.

The weather may not cooperate tonight. There is a 90% chance of rain all afternoon, night, and into tomorrow.

On the morning of April 7, the Red Sox were 2-8, in last place. Since then:

           W    L     GB
Rays       8    5    ---
Blue Jays  8    5    ---
Red Sox    7    5    0.5
Yankees    7    6    1.0
Orioles    4   11    5.0

7-5 might not sound like much, but it's a 94.4-win pace over an entire season.

J.D. Martinez (.350/.441/.563) has reached base on a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch in all 22 games this season.

Most Consecutive Games Reaching Base To Start A Season (Red Sox, 1908-2019)

Name                 Streak Start/End          Games
Ted Williams         April 16-May 30, 1946       41
Ted Williams         April 19-June 1, 1949       38
Harry Hooper         April 15-May 31, 1920       36
Ted Williams         April 19-May 29, 1948       34
Carl Yastrzemski     April 7-May 15, 1978        33
Bob Johnson          April 18-June 3, 1944       32
Jimmie Foxx          April 18-May 28, 1938       32
Ken Williams         April 10-May 21, 1928       30
Buster Mills         April 20-June 15, 1937      29
Wade Boggs           April 5-May 10, 1983        27
George Scott         April 12-May 14, 1966       26
Dom DiMaggio         April 15-May 18, 1941       26
Eddie Bressoud       April 16-May 13, 1964       25
Dom DiMaggio         April 18-May 14, 1950       24
Joe Cronin           April 20-May 26, 1937       24
Ike Boone            April 14-May 14, 1925       24
Manny Ramirez        April 2-27, 2001            23
Birdie Tebbetts      April 23-May 27, 1950       23
J.D. Martinez        March 28-April 21, 2019     22
Ted Williams         April 15-May 11, 1947       21
Mo Vaughn            April 1-22, 1998            20
Roy Johnson          June 15-July 7, 1932        20
Harry Hooper         April 14-May 12, 1915       20

TSW also hold the major league record for most consecutive games reaching base at any point: 84, from July 1 to September 27, 1949. In that season, Williams played in 155 games and had a hit or a walk in 149 of them. Five of the six games with no hits or walks came in the same month: June 2, 3, 7, 26, 30, and September 28. (In June 1949, Williams still posted a 1.014 OPS (.304/.441/.574).)

Who is the Red Sox player with the most consecutive games to start a season reaching base at least twice in a game? ... Jose Offerman, 10 games, 1999.

As for consecutive games reaching base at least twice at any point in a season, that's Williams again (23 games, July 25 to August 20, 1957 (at age 38): he went 38-for-76, with 23 walks (.500/.616/.763/1.379).