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Boston Red Sox @ Atlanta Braves

2021-06-16 · Night game · Suntrust Park · Att: 39847 · 83°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph to CF · 4:10

Boston Red Sox defeated Atlanta Braves 10–8. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Hunter Renfroe singles on a line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuna. Alex Verdugo scores. J.D. Martinez scores. Rafael Devers to 3rd. Atlanta Braves took the lead in the 6th — Freddie Freeman homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 7th — Christian Arroyo hits a grand slam (4) to left field. Xander Bogaerts scores. Rafael Devers scores. Christian Vazquez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Christian Arroyo hits a grand slam (4) to left field. Xander Bogaerts scores. Rafael Devers scores. Christian Vazquez scores — worth 52% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	2	0	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	10	14
ATL	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	8	12

W: Yacksel Rios L: Shane Greene SV: Adam Ottavino

Umpires — HP: Lance Barksdale · 1B: Angel Hernandez · 2B: Shane Livensparger · 3B: Stu Scheurwater · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marwin Gonzalez	5	0	1	0	0	1
Alex Verdugo	5	1	1	0	0	1
J. D. Martinez	5	2	2	0	0	2
Xander Bogaerts	5	2	3	1	0	1
Rafael Devers	3	1	1	1	2	0
Hunter Renfroe	5	1	2	2	0	0
Christian Vazquez	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bobby Dalbec	5	1	1	1	0	3
Garrett Richards	3	0	1	1	0	2
Christian Arroyo	1	1	1	4	0	0
Kevin Plawecki	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ronald Acuna	5	0	3	1	0	0
Freddie Freeman	4	2	2	2	2	1
Ozzie Albies	5	0	0	0	0	1
Abraham Almonte	3	1	2	1	1	0
Austin Riley	4	1	0	0	1	1
Dansby Swanson	5	2	2	3	0	2
Kevan Smith	4	0	0	0	1	2
Guillermo Heredia	4	2	2	0	0	0
Ian Anderson	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ender Inciarte	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kyle Muller	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ehire Adrianza	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pablo Sandoval	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garrett Richards	4.0	7	1	3
Hirokazu Sawamura	1.2	2	1	2
Yacksel Rios	0.1	0	0	0
Brandon Workman	0.2	1	1	0
Darwinzon Hernandez	0.1	0	1	0
Josh Taylor	1.0	0	1	2
Adam Ottavino	1.0	2	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ian Anderson	4.0	7	1	5
Kyle Muller	1.0	4	0	1
Tyler Matzek	1.0	0	0	1
Shane Greene	0.2	1	2	1
A. J. Minter	0.1	2	0	1
Josh Tomlin	1.0	0	0	0
Will Smith	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Marwin Gonzalez: 6/L6D
Alex Verdugo: S7/L7LS
J. D. Martinez: D8/L8XD+.1-3
Xander Bogaerts: K
Rafael Devers: W
Hunter Renfroe: S9/L89S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Christian Vazquez: 63/G56

Bot 1

Ronald Acuna: D7/G5+
Freddie Freeman: W
Ozzie Albies: 7/F7L
Abraham Almonte: 3/L3
Austin Riley: 9/F9LS

Top 2

Bobby Dalbec: K
Garrett Richards: K
Marwin Gonzalez: K

Bot 2

Dansby Swanson: K
Kevan Smith: K
Guillermo Heredia: S9/L89
Ian Anderson: S9/L9S.1-2
Ronald Acuna: 9/F89XD+

Top 3

Alex Verdugo: 7/F7D
J. D. Martinez: K
Xander Bogaerts: D7/G5
Rafael Devers: 5/P5DF/FL

Bot 3

Freddie Freeman: E9/L9D+.B-2
Ozzie Albies: 43/G34.2-3
Abraham Almonte: 8/SF/L78XD.3-H(UR)
Austin Riley: 7/F7S+

Top 4

Hunter Renfroe: D8/L8XD+
Christian Vazquez: 8/F8XD.2-3
Bobby Dalbec: S7/G6.3-H
Garrett Richards: D8/L89XD+.1-H
Marwin Gonzalez: 3/G3.2-3
Alex Verdugo: 43/G89S

Bot 4

Dansby Swanson: T7/L7D+
Kevan Smith: K
Guillermo Heredia: HP
Ender Inciarte: 43/G4+.3-H;1-2
Ronald Acuna: HP
Freddie Freeman: S9/G4+.2-H;1-3
Ozzie Albies: 3/G3

Top 5

J. D. Martinez: S7/L78+
Xander Bogaerts: D7/G5.1-H;B-3(E7/TH)
Rafael Devers: S7/G6.3-H
Hunter Renfroe: 7/F7
Christian Vazquez: D7/G5.1-3
Bobby Dalbec: FC/G1S.3XH(12);2-3;B-1
Garrett Richards: K

Bot 5

Abraham Almonte: D7/G5
Austin Riley: E6/TH/G6+.B-1
Dansby Swanson: HR/F7LD.2-H;1-H(UR)
Kevan Smith: 9/F9LD
Guillermo Heredia: 9/F9LD
Kyle Muller: K

Top 6

Marwin Gonzalez: 53/G5
Alex Verdugo: 63/G6
J. D. Martinez: K

Bot 6

Ronald Acuna: 7/F78D
Freddie Freeman: HR/F78XD
Ozzie Albies: K
Abraham Almonte: D8/L78XD
Austin Riley: W
Dansby Swanson: 13/L4MS

Top 7

Xander Bogaerts: D7/L7LD
Rafael Devers: W
Hunter Renfroe: 3/P3D
Christian Vazquez: W.2-3;1-2
Bobby Dalbec: K
Christian Arroyo: HR/F7D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Marwin Gonzalez: D8/L89XD
Alex Verdugo: K

Bot 7

Kevan Smith: W
Guillermo Heredia: 8/L8D
Ehire Adrianza: 65(1)/FO/L4M.B-1
Ronald Acuna: S8/L8XD+.1-3
Freddie Freeman: W.1-2
Ozzie Albies: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1

Top 8

J. D. Martinez: 9/F89S
Xander Bogaerts: 4/P6M
Rafael Devers: 9/F89D

Bot 8

Abraham Almonte: W
Austin Riley: K
Dansby Swanson: K
Kevan Smith: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1

Top 9

Hunter Renfroe: 3/P3D
Kevin Plawecki: 8/L89XD
Bobby Dalbec: K

Bot 9

Guillermo Heredia: S5/G5
Pablo Sandoval: 9/F89D
Ronald Acuna: D9/F89XD+.1-H;BX3(965)
Freddie Freeman: K

Notes & reviews

Freddie Freeman advances to 2nd, on a fielding error by right fielder Hunter Renfroe.
Braves challenged call that Verdugo was safe at 1st; call overturned - ground out

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