Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Boston 7,
Washington 5
When: 3:05 PM ET, Sunday, October 3, 2021
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - James Hoye, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 33986
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - James Hoye, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 33986
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Washington | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Enrique Hernandez | 2B-CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| Kyle Schwarber | 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .291 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .295 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .279 |
| J.D. Martinez | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Jose Iglesias | PH-2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .269 |
| Alex Verdugo | LF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .289 |
| Hunter Renfroe | CF-RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .259 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .258 |
| Chris Sale | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Christian Arroyo | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Garrett Richards | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Travis Shaw | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .238 |
| Martin Perez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Garrett Whitlock | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Bobby Dalbec | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nick Pivetta | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Verdugo (32) | |||||||||
| HR - Rafael Devers 2 (38) | |||||||||
| TB - Enrique Hernandez, Kyle Schwarber, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers 10, Jose Iglesias 2, Alex Verdugo 4, Christian Vazquez | |||||||||
| RBI - Rafael Devers 4 (113), Alex Verdugo 2 (63), Christian Vazquez (49) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Verdugo 2 (31), Christian Vazquez (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Xander Bogaerts 2 (46), Hunter Renfroe (65), Christian Vazquez (49), Travis Shaw (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Xander Bogaerts (13) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Sale | 2.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3.16 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.06 |
| Garrett Richards | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.87 |
| Martin Perez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.96 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez (W 13-8) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.74 |
| Nick Pivetta (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.53 |
| IBB - Carter Kieboom (by Sale), Juan Soto (by Richards) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Sale 62-37, Hirokazu Sawamura 15-9, Garrett Richards 27-16, Martin Perez 15-8, Garrett Whitlock 10-7, Eduardo Rodriguez 8-6, Nick Pivetta 14-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Sale 0-0, Hirokazu Sawamura 3-0, Garrett Richards 2-0, Martin Perez 0-1, Garrett Whitlock 1-0, Eduardo Rodriguez 0-2, Nick Pivetta 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Sale 14, Hirokazu Sawamura 5, Garrett Richards 7, Martin Perez 4, Garrett Whitlock 3, Eduardo Rodriguez 3, Nick Pivetta 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Hirokazu Sawamura 3-0 | ||||||||
Washington
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Lane Thomas | CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .235 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .288 |
| Juan Soto | RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .313 |
| Josh Bell | LF-1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .261 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .243 |
| Andrew Stevenson | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Jordy Mercer | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .254 |
| Alex Avila | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .191 |
| Keibert Ruiz | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Carter Kieboom | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .207 |
| Joan Adon | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Patrick Murphy | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Gerardo Parra | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Erick Fedde | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Andres Machado | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Riley Adams | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .268 |
| Kyle Finnegan | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jhon Romero | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alcides Escobar (21), Josh Bell (24), Jordy Mercer (7), Alex Avila (9), Carter Kieboom (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar 3, Josh Bell 3, Jordy Mercer 2, Alex Avila 2, Carter Kieboom 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Ryan Zimmerman (46), Jordy Mercer 2 (9), Alex Avila 2 (9) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Avila 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lane Thomas (25), Carter Kieboom (33), Joan Adon (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jordy Mercer (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jordy Mercer (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Joan Adon | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3.38 |
| Patrick Murphy (H 4) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.30 |
| Erick Fedde (BS 1) | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.47 |
| Andres Machado | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.53 |
| Kyle Finnegan (L 5-9) | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.55 |
| Jhon Romero | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| WP - Joan Adon | ||||||||
| HBP - J.D. Martinez (by Adon) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Joan Adon 94-57, Patrick Murphy 7-6, Erick Fedde 22-14, Andres Machado 22-15, Kyle Finnegan 12-7, Jhon Romero 11-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Joan Adon 4-0, Patrick Murphy 0-1, Erick Fedde 0-0, Andres Machado 2-2, Kyle Finnegan 1-0, Jhon Romero 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Joan Adon 24, Patrick Murphy 3, Erick Fedde 6, Andres Machado 4, Kyle Finnegan 3, Jhon Romero 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Patrick Murphy 2-1, Andres Machado 1-0 | ||||||||