Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 12,
Minnesota 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 26, 2021
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 93°
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Cory Blaser, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Mark Ripperger
Attendance: 33746
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 93°
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Cory Blaser, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Mark Ripperger
Attendance: 33746
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Rob Refsnyder | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .265 |
| Brent Rooker | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .192 |
| Josh Donaldson | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .249 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .215 |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .306 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .211 |
| Max Kepler | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 |
| Willians Astudillo | 3B-RP | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .257 |
| Nick Gordon | CF-3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .236 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .221 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Willians Astudillo (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Ryan Jeffers, Willians Astudillo 4, Andrelton Simmons | |||||||||
| RBI - Willians Astudillo 2 (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rob Refsnyder 2 (11), Luis Arraez 3 (31) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Nick Gordon (2), John Gant (1) | |||||||||
| PB - Ryan Jeffers (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| John Gant (L 0-2) | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Kyle Barraclough | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Edgar Garcia | 1.2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10.45 |
| Ralph Garza | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.26 |
| Willians Astudillo | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 |
| WP - Edgar Garcia | ||||||||
| HBP - Christian Arroyo (by Garcia) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - John Gant 68-41, Kyle Barraclough 29-18, Edgar Garcia 48-23, Ralph Garza 4-4, Willians Astudillo 20-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - John Gant 8-1, Kyle Barraclough 0-2, Edgar Garcia 4-0, Ralph Garza 0-0, Willians Astudillo 3-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - John Gant 18, Kyle Barraclough 6, Edgar Garcia 12, Ralph Garza 1, Willians Astudillo 5 | ||||||||
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Enrique Hernandez | SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .258 |
| Kyle Schwarber | DH-1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| J.D. Martinez | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .280 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .276 |
| Matt Barnes | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Alex Verdugo | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .287 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .254 |
| Christian Arroyo | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .264 |
| Jarren Duran | CF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .225 |
| Bobby Dalbec | 1B-3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| Totals | 33 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kyle Schwarber (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Rafael Devers (30), Bobby Dalbec 2 (16) | |||||||||
| TB - Enrique Hernandez, Kyle Schwarber 2, Rafael Devers 5, Alex Verdugo, Jarren Duran, Bobby Dalbec 9 | |||||||||
| RBI - Rafael Devers 3 (94), Alex Verdugo (49), Bobby Dalbec 7 (59) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Rafael Devers 2 (37), Alex Verdugo (24), Bobby Dalbec 5 (30) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Verdugo (29), Christian Vazquez 4 (40) | |||||||||
| GIDP - J.D. Martinez (15) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Rafael Devers (4, 2nd off Barraclough/Jeffers) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Sale (W 3-0) | 5.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2.35 |
| Garrett Whitlock (H 12) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.60 |
| Garrett Richards | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.90 |
| Matt Barnes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.83 |
| WP - Matt Barnes | ||||||||
| HBP - Josh Donaldson (by Sale), Max Kepler (by Barnes) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Sale 80-55, Garrett Whitlock 20-16, Garrett Richards 24-13, Matt Barnes 26-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Sale 3-4, Garrett Whitlock 3-0, Garrett Richards 1-1, Matt Barnes 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Sale 21, Garrett Whitlock 5, Garrett Richards 6, Matt Barnes 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Garrett Whitlock 2-0 | ||||||||