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Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays

2021-06-22 · Night game · Tropicana Field · 11 innings · Att: 12994 · 72°F, dome · 4:21

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Rays 9–5. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 1st — Francisco Mejia singles on a ground ball to shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Yandy Diaz scores. Wander Franco scores. Randy Arozarena to 3rd. Francisco Mejia to 2nd. Throwing error by shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 3rd — Rafael Devers out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kevin Kiermaier. J.D. Martinez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 10th: J.D. Martinez strikes out swinging and Alex Verdugo caught stealing 2nd, catcher Mike Zunino to second baseman Joey Wendle to catcher Mike Zunino — worth 32% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	10
TBA	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9

W: Darwinzon Hernandez L: Peter Fairbanks SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Phil Cuzzi · 1B: Tom Hallion · 2B: Mark Ripperger · 3B: Cory Blaser · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny Santana	4	1	1	0	1	1
Alex Verdugo	3	1	1	0	2	0
J. D. Martinez	5	1	1	2	0	3
Xander Bogaerts	5	2	3	0	0	0
Rafael Devers	4	1	1	1	0	2
Hunter Renfroe	5	2	2	3	0	0
Christian Vazquez	5	0	0	0	0	0
Enrique Hernandez	3	0	1	1	0	1
Bobby Dalbec	5	0	0	0	0	4

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yandy Diaz	6	2	2	0	0	1
Wander Franco	4	2	2	3	1	0
Austin Meadows	5	0	0	0	0	1
Randy Arozarena	5	0	3	0	0	1
Manuel Margot	3	0	0	0	0	2
Francisco Mejia	3	0	2	1	0	0
Brandon Lowe	5	0	0	0	0	2
Taylor Walls	5	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Kiermaier	3	1	0	0	1	2
Joey Wendle	0	0	0	0	2	0
Ji-Man Choi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Zunino	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eduardo Rodriguez	6.0	7	1	7
Josh Taylor	1.0	1	0	2
Adam Ottavino	1.0	1	1	1
Matt Barnes	1.0	0	1	1
Hirokazu Sawamura	0.2	0	1	0
Darwinzon Hernandez	1.1	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andrew Kittredge	0.2	1	1	1
Ryan Yarbrough	2.0	5	1	2
Ryan Thompson	0.1	0	0	1
Collin McHugh	3.0	0	0	3
Matt Wisler	1.0	0	0	1
J. P. Feyereisen	2.0	1	0	2
Pete Fairbanks	2.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Danny Santana: K
Alex Verdugo: W
J. D. Martinez: 8/L8XD+
Xander Bogaerts: S7/L7D.1-2
Rafael Devers: K

Bot 1

Yandy Diaz: E5/G56.B-1
Wander Franco: W.1-2
Austin Meadows: 8/F8D
Randy Arozarena: S6/G6.2-3;1-2
Manuel Margot: 3/P34
Francisco Mejia: S6/G56.3-H(UR);2-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Brandon Lowe: K

Top 2

Hunter Renfroe: 3/P3F/FL
Christian Vazquez: 7/F7LF/FL
Enrique Hernandez: D9/L9L
Bobby Dalbec: K

Bot 2

Taylor Walls: K
Kevin Kiermaier: K
Yandy Diaz: D9/L89XD.BX3(965)

Top 3

Danny Santana: W
Alex Verdugo: S7/L7+.1-2
J. D. Martinez: D57/G5.2-H;1-H
Xander Bogaerts: S8/G6.2-3
Rafael Devers: 8/SF/L8.3-H
Hunter Renfroe: HR/F78XD.1-H
Christian Vazquez: 9/F9S
Enrique Hernandez: HP
Bobby Dalbec: K

Bot 3

Wander Franco: 8/F8XD
Austin Meadows: 8/F8
Randy Arozarena: K

Top 4

Danny Santana: 3/G3
Alex Verdugo: 63/G6M+
J. D. Martinez: K

Bot 4

Manuel Margot: K
Francisco Mejia: S9/G34+
Brandon Lowe: K
Taylor Walls: 9/F89D

Top 5

Xander Bogaerts: 63/G6D+
Rafael Devers: K
Hunter Renfroe: 7/L7D+

Bot 5

Kevin Kiermaier: HP
Yandy Diaz: S9/G34.1-2
Wander Franco: HR/F7LD.2-H;1-H
Austin Meadows: 7/F7L
Randy Arozarena: S1/G1S-
Manuel Margot: CS2(24)
Manuel Margot: K

Top 6

Christian Vazquez: 7/F7D
Enrique Hernandez: 7/F7D
Bobby Dalbec: K

Bot 6

Francisco Mejia: 8/L8D
Brandon Lowe: 5/P5SF/FL
Taylor Walls: 9/F9D

Top 7

Danny Santana: 9/F89D
Alex Verdugo: 31/G34
J. D. Martinez: K

Bot 7

Kevin Kiermaier: K
Yandy Diaz: K
Wander Franco: D7/L7D+
Austin Meadows: 4/P4D

Top 8

Xander Bogaerts: 63/G6D
Rafael Devers: D9/F89S+
Hunter Renfroe: FC/G56/DP.2X3(5);BX1(53)

Bot 8

Randy Arozarena: S6/G6M
Joey Wendle: W.1-2
Ji-Man Choi: 7/L7
Brandon Lowe: 5/P5
Taylor Walls: K

Top 9

Christian Vazquez: 9/F9LS
Enrique Hernandez: K
Bobby Dalbec: K

Bot 9

Kevin Kiermaier: W
Yandy Diaz: 46(1)/FO/G4.B-1
Wander Franco: 13/G34S-.1-2
Austin Meadows: K

Top 10

Danny Santana: S7/P7LS.2-3
Alex Verdugo: SB2
Alex Verdugo: OA.3XH(21);2-3
Alex Verdugo: IW
J. D. Martinez: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 10

Randy Arozarena: 2/P2F/FL
Joey Wendle: IW
Mike Zunino: 5(2)/FO/G5S.1-2;B-1
Brandon Lowe: 43/G34

Top 11

Xander Bogaerts: S7/G56+.2-3
Rafael Devers: SB2
Rafael Devers: E3/G3+.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR);B-2
Hunter Renfroe: S9/G4.2-H(UR)
Christian Vazquez: 53/G56.1-2
Enrique Hernandez: WP.2-3
Enrique Hernandez: 9/SF/F9LD.3-H(UR)
Bobby Dalbec: 9/F9D

Bot 11

Taylor Walls: 63/G6
Kevin Kiermaier: 53/G6+.2-3
Yandy Diaz: 63/G6D

Notes & reviews

Red Sox challenged call that Renfroe was out at 1st; call upheld - out to complete double play
Red Sox challenged call that Kiermaier was safe at 2nd, claiming interference with 2bman; call upheld - no interference call overturned - force out
Bobby Dalbec starts inning at 2nd base.
Austin Meadows starts inning at 2nd base.
J.D. Martinez starts inning at 2nd base.
Originally scored as double, changed to error on 07-03-2021, removing 2 RBI and changing 2 runs to unearned
Brandon Lowe starts inning at 2nd base.

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