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Texas Rangers @ Boston Red Sox

2017-05-25 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 33484 · 52°F, rain, wet · Wind 16 mph from CF · 3:23

Boston Red Sox defeated Texas Rangers 6–2. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Andrew Benintendi singles on a line drive to center fielder Delino DeShields. Xander Bogaerts scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Xander Bogaerts homers (1) on a line drive to left field. Dustin Pedroia scores — worth 10% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4
BOS	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		6	10

W: Drew Pomeranz L: Nick Martinez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Chad Fairchild · 1B: David Rackley · 2B: Bill Welke · 3B: Alfonso Marquez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	3	1	0	0	1	1
Elvis Andrus	4	1	1	1	0	3
Nomar Mazara	4	0	2	1	0	1
Jonathan Lucroy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rougned Odor	4	0	1	0	0	3
Mike Napoli	4	0	0	0	0	4
Ryan Rua	3	0	0	0	0	2
Joey Gallo	3	0	0	0	0	2
Pete Kozma	3	0	0	0	0	3

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mookie Betts	4	0	1	0	1	0
Dustin Pedroia	2	1	0	0	1	0
Xander Bogaerts	4	2	2	2	0	1
Andrew Benintendi	3	1	1	1	1	0
Hanley Ramirez	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mitch Moreland	3	0	2	1	0	0
Jackie Bradley	3	0	1	0	1	0
Christian Vazquez	4	1	2	0	0	1
Deven Marrero	4	1	1	2	0	3
Josh Rutledge	2	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Martinez	5.0	7	2	4
Dario Alvarez	0.0	0	1	0
Tony Barnette	1.0	0	0	1
Keone Kela	1.0	0	2	2
Alex Claudio	1.0	3	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Drew Pomeranz	6.0	4	1	11
Heath Hembree	0.2	0	0	2
Robby Scott	0.1	0	0	1
Matt Barnes	1.0	0	0	2
Craig Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: K
Elvis Andrus: K
Nomar Mazara: S7/G56+
Jonathan Lucroy: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 1

Mookie Betts: 43/G4
Dustin Pedroia: 9/F9M
Xander Bogaerts: S7/G5+
Andrew Benintendi: SB2
Andrew Benintendi: S8/L4MD.2-H
Hanley Ramirez: SB2
Hanley Ramirez: W
Mitch Moreland: S9/L4D.2-H;1-3
Jackie Bradley: 6(1)/FO/G6

Top 2

Rougned Odor: K
Mike Napoli: K
Ryan Rua: K

Bot 2

Christian Vazquez: S9/G4+
Deven Marrero: K
Mookie Betts: 4(1)3/GDP/G4M+

Top 3

Joey Gallo: K
Pete Kozma: K
Delino DeShields: 4/F3DF

Bot 3

Dustin Pedroia: W
Xander Bogaerts: HR/F7D.1-H
Andrew Benintendi: 7/F7M
Hanley Ramirez: K
Mitch Moreland: S8/G6M
Jackie Bradley: S9/L4D.1-2
Christian Vazquez: K23

Top 4

Elvis Andrus: HR/F7D
Nomar Mazara: 43/G4
Jonathan Lucroy: 4/L4-
Rougned Odor: S8/L4D
Mike Napoli: K

Bot 4

Deven Marrero: K
Mookie Betts: 43/G4MD
Dustin Pedroia: 13/G13-

Top 5

Ryan Rua: 5/F5DF
Joey Gallo: 9/L9D+
Pete Kozma: K

Bot 5

Xander Bogaerts: 2/F23F-
Andrew Benintendi: 7/F7D
Hanley Ramirez: 8/F8LM

Top 6

Delino DeShields: W
Elvis Andrus: K
Nomar Mazara: SB2
Nomar Mazara: S8/G4M.2-H
Jonathan Lucroy: 8/F8LXD+
Rougned Odor: K

Bot 6

Mitch Moreland: HP
Jackie Bradley: W.1-2
Christian Vazquez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S-.2-3
Deven Marrero: K

Top 7

Mike Napoli: K
Ryan Rua: K
Joey Gallo: K

Bot 7

Mookie Betts: W
Josh Rutledge: K+SB2
Xander Bogaerts: K
Andrew Benintendi: IW
Hanley Ramirez: 5(2)/FO/G5.1-2

Top 8

Pete Kozma: K
Delino DeShields: 9/F9D+
Elvis Andrus: K

Bot 8

Mitch Moreland: 13/G
Jackie Bradley: 3/G34S-
Christian Vazquez: D7/F78D
Deven Marrero: HR/F7D.2-H
Mookie Betts: S8/G6M
Josh Rutledge: 5/L5

Top 9

Nomar Mazara: K+WP/MREV.B-1
Jonathan Lucroy: K
Rougned Odor: K
Mike Napoli: K

Notes & reviews

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia left the game due to an injured knee
replay,9,mazan001,TEX,marqa901,BOS07,,N,M,BOS,Q $Nomar Mazara swung and missed strike three; the ball struck his back foot and caromed off the left foot of HP Umpire Chad Fairchild; Mazara reached 1B as the play was ruled no hit by pitch; Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the call but the play was deemed not reviewable; MLB later acknowledged the play was a reviewable play
Red Sox pitchers struck out 20 batters

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