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San Francisco Giants @ Boston Red Sox

2016-07-20 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 38201 · 81°F, cloudy · Wind 13 mph L to R · 3:46

Boston Red Sox defeated San Francisco Giants 11–7. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 2nd — Hanley Ramirez homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field. David Ortiz scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Giants challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Gregor Blanco grounds into a double play, first baseman Hanley Ramirez to catcher Sandy Leon. Brandon Belt out at home. Buster Posey to 3rd. Brandon Crawford to 2nd. Gregor Blanco out at 1st — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	7	15
BOS	0	3	5	0	0	2	1	0		11	16

W: Matt Barnes L: Matt Cain SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Stu Scheurwater · 1B: Mike Everitt · 2B: Jordan Baker · 3B: Tim Timmons · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denard Span	4	0	2	1	1	1
Angel Pagan	5	0	2	0	0	0
Brandon Belt	5	0	1	0	0	2
Buster Posey	4	1	1	0	1	1
Brandon Crawford	4	1	2	0	1	1
Mac Williamson	3	1	1	3	0	2
Grant Green	2	2	1	0	1	0
Trevor Brown	5	2	3	2	0	1
Ramiro Pena	5	0	2	1	0	0
Gregor Blanco	2	0	0	0	0	0
Conor Gillaspie	2	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mookie Betts	5	0	3	1	0	0
Dustin Pedroia	4	0	0	0	1	0
Xander Bogaerts	5	1	2	0	0	0
David Ortiz	4	2	1	0	1	0
Hanley Ramirez	4	3	3	6	0	0
Jackie Bradley	5	1	2	0	0	0
Travis Shaw	5	1	1	1	0	1
Sandy Leon	4	2	2	2	0	1
Brock Holt	4	1	2	1	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Cain	2.1	6	1	1
Albert Suarez	3.0	8	0	1
Josh Osich	1.0	1	0	0
Derek Law	1.2	1	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Drew Pomeranz	3.0	8	2	4
Robbie Ross	1.2	0	1	2
Heath Hembree	0.1	3	0	0
Tommy Layne	0.0	2	1	0
Matt Barnes	3.0	2	0	2
Brad Ziegler	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denard Span: W
Angel Pagan: 3/L34S
Brandon Belt: 3/G3.1-2
Buster Posey: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 1

Mookie Betts: 5/F15-
Dustin Pedroia: 53/G56
Xander Bogaerts: 3/F3F-

Top 2

Brandon Crawford: D8/F78D+
Mac Williamson: K
Grant Green: 3/G3+.2-3
Trevor Brown: K

Bot 2

David Ortiz: W
Hanley Ramirez: HR/F89D+.1-H
Jackie Bradley: 63/G4
Travis Shaw: HR/F9D+
Sandy Leon: K
Brock Holt: S7/L78S
Mookie Betts: S9/L34D+.1-3
Dustin Pedroia: SB2
Dustin Pedroia: 5/L5+

Top 3

Ramiro Pena: 3/P3F-
Denard Span: K
Angel Pagan: S8/L8LS+
Brandon Belt: K

Bot 3

Xander Bogaerts: S7/G56
David Ortiz: 8/F8LXD+
Hanley Ramirez: HR/F8LXD+.1-H
Jackie Bradley: D9/L9M+
Travis Shaw: 7
Sandy Leon: T8/F8LXD+.2-H
Brock Holt: D7/L7LM+.3-H
Mookie Betts: D7/L7S+.2-H
Dustin Pedroia: 23/G2L-

Top 4

Buster Posey: W
Brandon Crawford: S8/L8LM.1-2
Mac Williamson: HR/F89XD+.2-H;1-H
Grant Green: S9/L9S
Trevor Brown: HR/F7D+.1-H
Ramiro Pena: S5/G25-
Denard Span: S2.1-2
Angel Pagan: 4/L4M-
Brandon Belt: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Buster Posey: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 4

Xander Bogaerts: S5/G5+
David Ortiz: 43/G4.1-2
Hanley Ramirez: HP
Jackie Bradley: 16(1)/FO/G15-.2-3
Travis Shaw: 5/P

Top 5

Brandon Crawford: K
Mac Williamson: K
Grant Green: W
Trevor Brown: S7/F7D.1-3
Ramiro Pena: S6/G6-.3-H;1-2
Denard Span: S9/L89S-.2-H;1-2
Angel Pagan: 5/P5F

Bot 5

Sandy Leon: 6/F6D-
Brock Holt: K
Mookie Betts: D8/F78XD+
Dustin Pedroia: 6/F56-

Top 6

Brandon Belt: S8/G6
Buster Posey: S8/L8LS.1-2
Brandon Crawford: W.2-3;1-2
Gregor Blanco: 3(B)2(3)/GDP/MREV/G3.2-3;1-2
Conor Gillaspie: 3/F3DF

Bot 6

Xander Bogaerts: 7/F78D
David Ortiz: S9/L89S
Hanley Ramirez: HR/L7LD+.1-H
Jackie Bradley: 4/L4
Travis Shaw: 63/G4M

Top 7

Trevor Brown: S9/G34+
Ramiro Pena: 8/F8LD+
Denard Span: 8/F8LD
Angel Pagan: S8/G4M.1-2
Brandon Belt: K

Bot 7

Sandy Leon: HR/F78D+
Brock Holt: 7/F7LS
Mookie Betts: 13/G-
Dustin Pedroia: W
Xander Bogaerts: 9/F9S

Top 8

Buster Posey: K
Brandon Crawford: 43/G4
Gregor Blanco: 7/F7D

Bot 8

David Ortiz: 43/G4
Hanley Ramirez: 13/G-
Jackie Bradley: S7/G6+
Travis Shaw: K

Top 9

Conor Gillaspie: 43/G34
Trevor Brown: 163
Ramiro Pena: 7/F78S

Notes & reviews

both teams warned by HP umpire Stu Scheurwater; Hanley Ramirez had homered twice in the game
replay,6,blang001,SFN,everm901,BOS07,,N,M,SFN,A $when Brandon Belt was called out at HP, Giants manager Bruce Bochy challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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