Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Boston 14,
Tampa Bay 6
When: 7:02 PM ET, Friday, October 8, 2021
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - D.J. Reyburn, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Greg Gibson, LF - Brian Knight, RF - Daniel Bellino
Attendance: 37616
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - D.J. Reyburn, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Greg Gibson, LF - Brian Knight, RF - Daniel Bellino
Attendance: 37616
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Kyle Schwarber | 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .250 |
| Bobby Dalbec | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Enrique Hernandez | CF | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .556 |
| Alex Verdugo | LF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .444 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 |
| Danny Santana | PR-DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Christian Arroyo | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 |
| Totals | 45 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Enrique Hernandez 3 (3), J.D. Martinez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Enrique Hernandez (1), Rafael Devers (1), Xander Bogaerts (1), Alex Verdugo (1), J.D. Martinez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Enrique Hernandez 11, Rafael Devers 4, Xander Bogaerts 6, Alex Verdugo 6, J.D. Martinez 8, Hunter Renfroe, Christian Vazquez 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Enrique Hernandez 3 (3), Rafael Devers 2 (2), Xander Bogaerts 2 (2), Alex Verdugo 2 (2), J.D. Martinez 3 (3), Christian Vazquez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Enrique Hernandez 2 (2), Christian Vazquez (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Enrique Hernandez (1), Xander Bogaerts (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Hunter Renfroe 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Sale | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 45.00 |
| Tanner Houck (W 1-0) | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1.80 |
| Ryan Brasier (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hansel Robles | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Matt Barnes | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Sale 30-20, Tanner Houck 61-44, Ryan Brasier 13-9, Hansel Robles 16-13, Matt Barnes 33-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Sale 0-1, Tanner Houck 4-5, Ryan Brasier 0-0, Hansel Robles 0-1, Matt Barnes 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Sale 8, Tanner Houck 17, Ryan Brasier 3, Hansel Robles 4, Matt Barnes 6 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Randy Arozarena | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| Wander Franco | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .444 |
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| Jordan Luplow | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Ji-Man Choi | 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Manuel Margot | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Austin Meadows | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Mike Zunino | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Francisco Mejia | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Jordan Luplow (1), Ji-Man Choi (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Randy Arozarena, Wander Franco 2, Nelson Cruz, Yandy Diaz, Jordan Luplow 4, Ji-Man Choi 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Yandy Diaz (2), Jordan Luplow 4 (4), Ji-Man Choi (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ji-Man Choi (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Wander Franco 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Mike Zunino (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Shane Baz | 2.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11.57 |
| Collin McHugh (L 0-1) | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16.20 |
| Matt Wisler | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.00 |
| David Robertson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Michael Wacha | 2.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20.25 |
| JT Chargois | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Michael Wacha | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Shane Baz 47-31, Collin McHugh 37-24, Matt Wisler 15-11, David Robertson 20-11, Michael Wacha 59-44, JT Chargois 2-2 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Shane Baz 3-0, Collin McHugh 1-2, Matt Wisler 1-0, David Robertson 0-1, Michael Wacha 2-0, JT Chargois 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Shane Baz 13, Collin McHugh 8, Matt Wisler 5, David Robertson 5, Michael Wacha 16, JT Chargois 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Wisler 1-1, JT Chargois 1-0 | ||||||||