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August 9, 2020

G15: Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3

Blue Jays - 001 101 000 - 3  6  2
Red Sox   - 011 001 002 - 5  4  2
Mitch Moreland's second home run of the game was a two-run, two-out walkoff shot in the bottom of the ninth. Moreland also hit a solo dong in the second and has hit six homers this year.

The Red Sox managed only four hits. Rafael Devers hit a game-tying homer in the sixth (449 feet) and Jackie Bradley singled in the third.

Toronto reliever Thomas Hatch struck out the side in the eighth and got the first two batters in the ninth, but he walked Xander Bogaerts. Moreland then blasted Hatch's first pitch out of the park to left-center.

Nathan Eovaldi (6-6-3-0-10, 91) matched a career-high with 10 strikeouts.

From the bottom of the seventh to the top of the ninth, there were 56 pitches thrown without a ball being put into play, as eleven straight batters struck out.
B7: Borucki pitching. Moreland (fbff) struck out looking. Vázquez (ff) struck out swinging. Pillar (bbssb) struck out swinging.

T8: Brice pitching. Shaw (sbsff) struck out swinging. Hernandez (ssb) struck out swinging. Gurriel (bcbcff) struck out swinging.

B8: Hatch pitching. Peraza (bbsbff) struck out swinging. Lin (csbbfb) struck out swinging. Verdugo (fbs) struck out looking.

T9: Barnes pitching. Guerrero (cc) struck out swinging. Grichuk (fs) struck out swinging. Tellez (b) L8.
There were a total of 27 strikeouts in the game, 15 by Boston pitchers.
Matt Shoemaker / Nathan Eovaldi
Verdugo, RF
Devers, 3B
Martinez, DH
Bogaerts, SS
Moreland, 1B
Vázquez, C
Benintendi, LF
Bradley, CF
Lin, 2B
Pete Abe sez:
J.D. Martinez has not driven in a run since Opening Day.
Andrew Benintendi is 2-for-34 and one of the hits was a bunt.
Jackie Bradley is 1-for-6 in his last 9 games.
Rafael Devers has K'd in 36% of his PAs. It was 17% last year.

1 comment:

  1. Sitting through those 11 consecutive K's was more annoying (and boring) than a Dave O'Brien in-game promo read.

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