NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees complete their five-game road trip today with a split-admission doubleheader at Boston… lost the series opener at Fenway Park on Friday and were rained out on Saturday…began the road trip splitting a two-game series vs. the Mets at Citi Field…after the road trip, will return home for a six-game homestand vs. Seattle (Tues.- Thurs.) and Texas (6/23-25).
At 39-31 (.557), have the fourth-best record in the AL and the seventh-best record in the Majors.
Are 9-8 in their last 17 games, 14-11 in their last 25 games, 16-12 in their last 28 games, 18-13 in their last 31 games and 21-14 in their last 35 games.
Are 24-16 (.600) in their last 40 games (since 5/2), the third-best record in the AL and the sixth-best record in the Majors in that span.
Have won or split four of their last six completed series (since 5/26), eight of their last 11 completed series (since 5/8) and nine of their last 13 completed series (since 5/1).
WHERE WE LEFT OFF: The Yankees fell to the Red Sox, 15- 5, on Friday at Fenway Park…Yankees pitchers allowed a season-high-tying 15R (also 15R on 4/30 at Texas)…RHP Domingo Germán (2.0IP, 7H, 7ER, 2BB, 1K, 1HR, 1HP, 1WP) recorded the loss after allowing a season-high 7ER over 2.0IP…RF Jake Bauers (1-for-5, 1R, 1 double) led off the game with a double…1B Anthony Rizzo (1-for-4, 1R, 1 double, 3RBI) recorded a season-high-tying 3RBI…drove in one run in the first inning on an RBI groundout and hit a two-run double in the sixth inning…CF Billy McKinney (1- for-4, 1RBI) recorded an RBI single in the sixth inning…3B Josh Donaldson (2-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI) collected the only multi-hit game for the Yankees, including a solo HR in the eighth inning…SS Anthony Volpe (1-for-2, 2BB) reached base three times…LHP Matt Krook (1.2IP, 4H, 5ER, 1BB, 1HR) made his Major League debut…RHP Albert Abreu (1.2IP, 3H, 2R/0ER, 2K) allowed 2R/0ER over 1.2IP…LHP Nick Ramirez (1.2IP, 1H, 0R, 2K) tossed 1.2 scoreless innings…Isiah KinerFalefa (1.0IP, 2H, 1ER) made his second career appearance as a pitcher (second of the season – 4/13 vs. Minnesota).
LET’S PLAY TWO: Today, the Yankees play their second doubleheader of the season (also 6/8 vs. Chicago-AL)…have won (six) or split (eight) 14 of their 18 doubleheaders since the start of 2020…marks their first doubleheader vs. the Red Sox since 8/17/21 at Yankee Stadium (won both games) and their first doubleheader at Fenway Park since 7/16/17 (split both games).
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo recorded a season-high-tying 3RBI on Friday…drove in a run on an RBI groundout in the first inning and recorded a two-run double in the sixth inning…also recorded 3RBI on 5/12 vs. Tampa Bay and 5/20 at Cincinnati.
Recorded his two-run double in the sixth inning off Boston LHP Joe Jacques…is batting .396/.473/.542 (19-for-48) with 4 doubles, 1HR, 6BB and 1HP vs. left-handed pitchers this season…among Major League left-handed batters, his .396 BA and .473 OBP are the highest vs. left-handed pitchers…among all Major League hitters, is second in BA and OBP vs. left-handed pitchers.
Is batting .302 (16-for-53) with 5 doubles, 19RBI, 6BB, 2HP and 1SF with RISP this season.
SPREADING THE WEALTH: All nine batters in the Yankees’ starting lineup on Friday recorded at least 1H…marked their third such game this season and second in the last three games (also 6/13 at New York-NL and 4/11 at Cleveland)… had just three such games in 2022.
HOT START: OF Billy McKinney hit an RBI single in the sixth inning on Friday…is batting .310/.310/.586 (9-for-29) with 4R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1HR and 2RBI in eight games this season. Has hit safely in each of his eight games, marking the second-longest hitting streak of his career (9G from 8/29- 9/9/18 with Toronto).
Is the first Yankee to record at least 1H in each of his first eight games of a season with the team since Chase Headley’s eight-game streak from 7/22-29/14…the last Yankee to record a nine-game hitting streak to start a season was Kevin Youkilis from 4/1-12/13.
WHERE TO WATCH: Game 1 of today’s doubleheader at Boston can be viewed on the YES Network and the YES App…pregame coverage begins at 1:00 p.m.…Game 2 will be televised on ESPN.
A FORCE AT FENWAY: The Yankees have homered in 12 of their last 14 games at Fenway Park (since 7/25/21)…have scored at least 5R in 10 of those games, averaging 5.29 runs scored per game over that span. OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton has hit .345/.408/.612 (40- for-116) with 18R, 8 doubles, 1 triple, 7HR, 24RBI, 11BB, 2HP and 1SF in 30 career games at Fenway Park…has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games in Boston, batting .302/.383/.585 (16-for-53) with 7R, 3 doubles, 4HR, 13RBI and 7BB over that stretch.
INF Josh Donaldson hit a solo HR in the eighth inning on Friday…in 47 career games at Fenway Park, has hit .289/.398/.522 (52-for-180) with 34R, 8 doubles, 2 triples, 10HR, 28RBI, 31BB, 3HP and 2SF…has reached base safely in 15 of his last 17 games at Fenway Park (since 9/25/17), batting .338/.427/.754 (22-for-65) with 12R, 3 doubles, 8HR, 17RBI, 9BB and 1HP.
MATCHING UP: The Yankees are 7-3 in their last 10 games vs. Boston (since 9/13/22), 10-5 in their last 15 games vs. the Red Sox (since 7/16/22) and 20-9 in their last 29 games against Boston (since 8/17/21).
Are 3-2 in their last five games at Fenway Park (since 8/13/22) and 8-5 in their last 13 games at Boston (since 9/24/21).
SCHMIDT’S CREEK: RHP Clarke Schmidt will make his 15th start of the season in Game 1 of today’s doubleheader…has posted a 2.33 ERA (27.0IP, 7ER) over his last five starts (since 5/19)…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three of his last four starts (since 5/25)…has allowed 3ER-or-fewer in each of his last five starts, seven of his last eight starts (since 5/3) and eight of his last 10 starts (since 4/23).
Is 2-3 with a 3.43 ERA (42.0IP, 16ER) and 38K over his last eight starts (since 5/3) after going 0-3 with a 6.84 ERA (25.0IP, 19ER) and 32K in his first six starts of the season.
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: INF Anthony Volpe reached base a team-high three times on Friday (1H, 2BB)…marked the sixth time this season he has recorded multiple walks in a game (first since 2BB on 4/26 at Minnesota).
Has reached base in 6-of-12 plate appearances over his last three games (4H, 2BB). JAKE RAKES: INF/OF Jake Bauers led off the game on Friday with a double…has reached base in 11 of his last 15 games, batting .265/.327/.571 (13-for-49) with 6R, 6 doubles, 3HR, 10RBI, 5BB and 1SF over that span (since 5/29).
10 of his last 14 hits have gone for extra bases (7 doubles, 3HR).
DIFFERENT STROKES: The Yankees’ -10 run differential on Friday marked their second-largest margin of defeat this season (-13 in a 15-2 loss on 4/30 at Texas)…each of their previous 10 games from 6/3-14 were decided by 3R-orfewer, seven games were decided by 2R-or-fewer and six games were decided by 1R.
BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters have hit 105HR this season, tied for the second-most home runs in the AL and tied for the fourth-most in the Majors…their 71HR since the beginning of May are the second-most in the Majors in that span, trailing only Atlanta (81HR).
The Yankees have homered in 10 of their last 12 games (since 6/2), hitting 18HR in that span…have homered in 14 of their last 17 games (since 5/27), hitting 27HR in that stretch.
Since 5/1, rank sixth in SLG (.442) and runs scored per game (4.95).
HOLMES SWEET HOLMES: RHP Clay Holmes has not allowed a run in 18 of his last 19 appearances (since 5/6), going 4-0 with four saves, a 0.47 ERA (19.0IP, 1ER) and 24K in that span…his 0.47 ERA since 5/6 is the second-lowest among Major League pitchers in that span (min. 15G), trailing only Miami’s Andrew Nardi (0.00 ERA in 18G).
TODAY’S GAME 1 STARTING PITCHER: RHP CLARKE SCHMIDT (2-6, 4.70 ERA RHP Clarke Schmidt will make his 15th start of the season in Game 1 of today’s doubleheader at Boston…the 27-year-old will make the start on extended six days’ rest…did not record a decision in his last start on 6/11 vs. Boston despite allowing just 1ER over 5.1IP (4H, 0BB, 4K, 1HR)…has posted a 2.33 ERA (27.0IP, 7ER) over his last five starts (since 5/19)…has tossed at least 5.0 innings in each of his last five starts and eight of his last 10 starts after not doing so in his first four starts this season…made his second career Opening Day roster in 2023 (also 2022)…in 2022, went 5-5 with two saves and a 3.12 ERA (57.2IP, 46H, 23R/20ER, 23BB, 56K, 5HR) in 29 appearances (three starts) over four stints with the Yankees…in three starts, went 0-2 with a 4.63 ERA (11.2IP, 13H, 6ER, 2BB, 14K, 0HR)…as a reliever, went 5-3 with two saves and a 2.74 ERA (46.0IP, 33H, 17R/14ER, 21BB, 42K, 5HR) in 26 games…tossed at least 2.0 innings in 13 of his relief appearances and at least 3.0 innings in five of those relief appearances…was selected by the Yankees in the first round (16th overall) of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of South Carolina.
LAST TIME OUT: Made his 14th start of the season on 6/11 vs. Boston and did not record a decision despite allowing just 1ER over 5.1IP (4H, 0BB, 4K, 1HR)…allowed his only run on a solo HR to Justin Turner in the second inning…marked his second consecutive game without issuing a walk (also 0BB on 6/6 vs. Chicago-AL)…marked the first time in his career he’s had 0BB in back-to-back starts.
Marked his fourth start of the season with at least 5.0IP and 1ER-or-fewer allowed.
ON A ROLL: Is 2-3 with a 3.43 ERA (42.0IP, 16ER) and 38K over his last eight starts (since 5/3) after going 0-3 with a 6.84 ERA (25.0IP, 19ER) and 32K in his first six starts of the season from 4/1-28.
Over his last five starts (since 5/19), is 1-2 with a 2.33 ERA (27.0IP, 7ER) and 22K.
Has allowed 3ER-or-fewer in each of his last five starts, seven of his last eight starts (since 5/3) and eight of his last 10 starts (since 4/23).
Has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three of his last four starts (since 5/25), with one of those starts being scoreless.
VS. BOSTON: Will be making his sixth career appearance (second start) vs. the Red Sox…in five career games (one start) vs. Boston, is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA (12.0IP, 6ER) and 9K.
Made his first career start vs. the Red Sox on 6/11 (ND, 5.1IP, 4H, 0BB, 4K, 1HR).
Made his only career appearance at Fenway Park on 9/14/22, retiring all 6BF in relief (2.0IP, 3K).
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Is 1-1 with a 5.48 ERA (23.0IP, 14ER) and 27K in five starts on the road this season…has tossed 5.0IP in each of his last three road starts after not doing so in his first two starts on the road this season.
Has made 24 appearances (eight starts) in his career on the road, going 4-5 with one save and a 4.50 ERA (62.0IP, 69H, 36R/31ER, 25BB, 66K, 5HR).
In 16 games (two starts) on the road in 2022, went 3-4 with one save and a 3.62 ERA (32.1IP, 30H, 15R/13ER, 11BB, 34K, 2HR)…allowed 2R-or-fewer in 14 of those games, 1R-or-fewer in 12 of those appearances and nine were scoreless.
2023: Has made 14 starts this season, going 2-6 with a 4.70 ERA (67.0IP, 75H, 40R/35ER, 19BB, 70K, 11HR)…has tossed at least 5.0 innings in each of his last five starts and in eight of his last 10 starts after not doing so in his first four starts this season.
Tossed a career-high-tying 6.0IP on 6/6 vs. Chicago-AL.
Did not allow a HR in four straight starts from 5/14-31, marking the longest homerless stretch of his career as a starter (previous: three straight starts from 6/16-9/3/22)…has surrendered just 4HR over his last eight starts (since 5/3) after allowing at least 1HR in five of his first six starts of the season (7HR total).
In his eighth start of the season on 5/9 vs. Oakland, earned his first win of the season after allowing just 2ER over a career-high-tying 6.0IP (5H, 2BB, 7K, 1HR, 1WP)…marked his first career win as a starter…reached 100.0 career innings in the first inning.
Struck out Ezequiel Durán (swinging) in the fifth inning on 4/28 at Texas for his 100th career strikeout
Recorded a career-high-tying 8K in back-to-back starts on 4/23 vs. Toronto and 4/28 at Texas.
Made his second career Opening Day roster.
TONIGHT’S GAME 2 STARTING PITCHER: RHP LUIS SEVERINO (0-1, 6.48 ERA)
RHP Luis Severino will make his sixth start of the season in Game 2 tonight at Boston…the 29-year-old will make the start on regular four days’ rest…last started on Tuesday at New York-NL and did not record a decision in the Yankees’ 7-6 win, despite allowing 6R/5ER over 4.2IP (7H, 3BB, 4K, 1HR, 1HP, 2BK)…surrendered a solo HR to Brandon Nimmo in the first inning…missed the first 48 games of the season with a right lat strain…went 7-3 with a 3.18 ERA (102.0IP, 72H, 37R/36ER, 30BB, 112K, 14HR) in 19 starts for the Yankees in 2022…allowed 3ER-or-fewer in 15 of his starts, 2ER-or-fewer in 12 of those starts and one-or-zero earned runs in nine of those games…missed 59 team games in 2022 with a low grade right lat strain (7/14-9/20)…the two-time AL All-Star (2017, ’18) ranked third in the Majors in 2018 with 19 wins (19-8), tied for second-most by a Yankee in the last 14 seasons (since 2009) behind CC Sabathia (21-7 in 2010)…has two of the top-eight single-season strikeout totals in Yankees history (230K in 2017, 220K in 2018)…is one of four pitchers in Yankees history with multiple 200-strikeout seasons (also Gerrit Cole from 2021-22, David Cone from 1997-98 and Ron Guidry from 1978-79)…finished third in 2017 AL Cy Young Award voting…was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 12/26/11…signed to a four-year contract extending through the 2022 season with a club option for the 2023 season on 2/15/19…the Yankees exercised his club option for the 2023 season on 11/7/22.
LAST START: Did not record a decision in the Yankees’ 7-6 win at New York-NL on Tuesday, despite allowing 6R/5ER over 4.2IP (7H, 3BB, 4K, 1HR, 1HP, 2BK)…surrendered a solo HR to Brandon Nimmo in the first inning.
2023: Will make his sixth start of the season tonight…will mark his first start vs. an AL East opponent this season…has allowed 4ER-or-more in each of his last three starts after allowing 1ER-or-fewer in his first two starts this season…has received 2R-or-fewer of support in three starts…four of his five starts have come after losses.
Allowed at least 3HR in back-to-back starts on 6/2 at LAD and 6/8 (G1) vs. CWS…marked just the third time in his career he’s allowed multiple HR in consecutive
starts (also three starts from 7/7-23/18 and two starts from 5/3-8/16).
Did not record a decision in the Yankees’ 6-5 loss in Game 1 of a doubleheader on 6/8 vs. Chicago-AL despite allowing 4ER and a career-high-tying 3HR over 5.0IP
(6H, 2BB, 6K, 1HP)…his 6K marked a season high.
Took his first loss of the season on 6/2 at Los Angeles-NL after allowing 7ER and a career-high-tying 3HR over 4.0IP (9H, 1BB, 2K)…marked his most ER in a game since he allowed a career-high 8ER on 8/12/17 vs. Boston…surrendered six of his seven ER in the first inning.
Did not record a decision on 5/27 vs. San Diego despite allowing just 2R/1ER over 6.2IP (1H, 3BB, 5K, 1HR)…surrendered his only hit on a solo HR by Fernando Tatis Jr. in the fourth inning.
Did not record a decision in his first start of the season on 5/21 at Cincinnati (4.2IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K, 0HR)…was returned from rehab and reinstated from the 15-day injured list on 5/21 prior to his start.
Allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three straight starts (10/3/22-5/27/23), tied for the second-longest such streak of his career (trails only a five-start streak from 7/15-8/6/17…allowed 2ER-or-fewer in five straight starts from 9/21/22-5/27/23, tied for the second-longest such streak of his career (trails only a nine-start streak from 9/12/18-4/20/22)…has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in seven of his last 10 starts (since 6/30/22).
Missed the first 48 games of the season with a right lat strain…combined to make two rehab starts with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Double-A Somerset, posting a 4.05 ERA (6.2IP, 8H, 3ER, 2BB, 6K, 1HR).
VS. BOSTON: Is 5-6 with a 3.97 ERA (77.0IP, 34ER) and 85K in 15 career appearances (13 starts) vs. the Red Sox.
Last pitched against Boston on 4/9/22 at Yankee Stadium, allowing 2ER over 3.0IP (ND, 5H, 5K, 1HR)…marked his first start of 2022 and was his first start since 9/28/19 at Texas.
Is 1-3 with a 4.66 ERA (29.0IP, 15ER) and 23K in five career starts at Fenway Park…has allowed 4ER-or-more in three of those five starts.…last started at Fenway Park on 8/3/18.
Faced the Red Sox in his Major League debut on 8/5/15 at Yankee Stadium (L, 5.0IP, 2H, 2R/1ER, 0BB, 7K, 1HR).
ROAD RULES: Will make his fourth road start of the season…is 0-1 with an 8.78 ERA (13.1IP, 13ER) in three road starts this season.
In 66 career games (56 starts) on the road, is 23-16 with a 3.53 ERA (334.0IP, 131ER) and 355K.
Has surrendered 3ER-or-fewer in 42-of-56 career starts on the road and 2ER-or-fewer in 33 of those starts.
From 4/7/17-6/26/18, recorded at least 6K in 23 consecutive road starts…at the time, was the fourth-longest streak in Major League history (Randy Johnson-33GS from 8/22/98-8/14/00; Pedro Martinez-28GS from 8/24/99-6/21/01 and Randy Johnson-25GS from 8/30/00-5/11/02)…was later surpassed by Shane Bieber (28GS from 4/27/19-5/27/21).
START ME UP: The Yankees are 62-28 in his 90 starts since 2017…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in 42-of-90 starts (46.7%) over that span.
From 7/8/17-7/12/18, the Yankees went 31-4 in his 35 starts, the first time the Yankees won at least 31 games in a pitcher’s 35-start span since going 31-4 over 35 Ron Guidry starts from 8/10/77-8/15/78 (Elias).
BOSTON RED SOX NOTES:
STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox are 4-3 in their last 7 games and 7-8 in 15 games since the start of June. Since improving to 21-14 after an 8-game winning streak from 4/29-5/6, the Sox are 14-21. At 35-35 (.500), the Red Sox entered today with MLB’s 17th-best record.
LET’S PLAY TWO: Today will be the Sox’ 2nd doubleheader of the season (went 1-1 vs. TB on 6/3). The Sox have split 4 of their 7 doubleheaders since the start of 2020, going 6-8 in those games. The last time the Red Sox swept a doubleheader at Fenway Park was on 6/18/13 vs. TB. The last doubleheader between BOS and NYY was on 8/17/21 at Yankee Stadium (0-2)…The last twin bill between the clubs at Fenway Park was on 7/16/17 (1-1).
400 CLUB: On Friday vs. NYY, Alex Cora earned his 397th win as manager of the Red Sox…He would become the 9th manager to win 400+ games with the Sox. Cora has managed 718 games for the Red Sox, 8th most in franchise history (7th: Jimy Williams, 766). His 397-321 (.553) record ranks 3rd among active managers (Dave Roberts, .627; Aaron Boone, .599).
HOME COOKING: The Red Sox are 2-2 so far on their 6-game homestand vs. COL (1-2) and NYY (1-0). The Red Sox 6-11 in their last 17 games at the
Fenway Park after going 11-3 in their previous 14. The Sox have scored 27 runs over their last 3 home games after scoring 8 total runs in their previous 4.
RED SOX OFFENSE IN HOME GAMES
Stat MLB Rank
5.9 R/game 2nd
10.2 H/game 1st
4.1 XBH/game 1st
122 wRC+ 3rd
Stat MLB Rank
.291 AVG 1st
.360 OBP 1st
.480 SLG 3rd
.840 OPS 2nd
SOX & YANKEES: The Red Sox have won 3 of their first 4 games vs. NYY this season…3 of those 4 meetings have been decided by 1 or 2 runs. Friday night’s 15-5 win was Boston’s largest margin of victory vs. NYY since 7/25/2019 (19-3 win at Fenway Park). Prior to Friday, each of the last 12 games between BOS and NYY had been decided by 3 runs or fewer. The Sox are 5-3 in their last 8 home games vs. NYY.
EASTERN STANDARD: The Red Sox are 11-11 against the AL East (8-4 home, 3-7 road). The Sox are 3-3-0 in series against AL East teams…Last year, they lost each of their first 8 series vs. AL East teams and were 0-11-1 in their first 12. Boston is 2-1-0 in home series within the division (2-1 vs. BAL, 3/30-4/2; 4-0 vs. TOR, 5/1-4; 1-3 vs. TB, 6/3-5).
SERIES BUSINESS: With a win in either game today, the Red Sox would improve to 13-9-1 in series play (7-5-0 at home). The Sox are 2-5 in their last 7 series, beginning 5/22. The Sox are 9-2-0 in series when they win Game 1.
NO TIME TO REST: The Red Sox are currently in a stretch of 23 games in 23 days from 6/3-25 (6-8 so far). The Sox are in a stretch of playing 15 consecutive night games from 6/6-21.
WHERE WE LEFT OFF: The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 15-5 on Friday night, setting season highs in runs (15), hits (17), doubles (8), XBH (10), and margin of victory (10). Friday night marked the Sox’ 1st time scoring 15+ runs since 9/10/22 at BAL (17 R), and their 1st time doing so at Fenway Park since 8/14/21 vs. BAL (16 R). It was their 1st game with 10 XBH since 5/29/22 vs. BAL.
REDTURN2: On Friday, Justin Turner went 3-for-5 (2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI)…It was his 15th career multi-HR game (previous: 9/11/22 at SD) and he tied career highs in RBI and runs scored (3), including his 3rd career grand slam (previous: 9/11/22 at SD). Fri. was his 2nd career 6-RBI game (also 5/7/19 vs. ATL). Among AL designated hitters (min. 50% of games as DH), Turner is tied for the lead in doubles (14), and ranks 2nd in hits (71), 3rd in runs scored (40) and AVG (.278), and 4th in HR (10), RBI (36), XBH (24), and OBP (.356).
MACHO MAN: Masataka Yoshida recorded his 1st MLB 4-hit game on Friday night (4-for-4, R, 2 2B, 3 RBI). It was his 4th game with 3+ RBI (6 RBI on 4/23 at MIL, 3 RBI on 5/16 vs. SEA and 5/4 vs. TOR). Yoshida ranks 3rd in the AL and 7th in MLB in AVG (.309)…He leads AL outfielders (min. 50% of games in OF) in SO% (10.5%) and multi-hit games (25), and ranks 2nd in AVG, OBP (.383), and OPS (.862).
FOREVER AND DEVERS: On Tuesday vs. COL, Rafael Devers recorded his 15th career multi-homer game, 3rd this season (also 4/8 at DET and 5/19 at SD). He’s 4 HR shy of tying Tony Conigliaro (160) for 2nd-most HR prior to turning 27 in club history (1st: Jim Rice-172). Devers is tied with Shohei Ohtani for the MLB lead in RBI (56)…He ranks T-3rd in the AL in HR (17), most among AL 3rd basemen.
THE BIG INNING: The Red Sox scored 13 runs on 13 hits in the first 4 innings on Friday, including a 6-run, 6-hit 3rd inning. The Sox have scored 5+ runs in 13 innings this season, 2nd most in MLB (TEX-18)…They have done so in back-to-back games (5-run 7th inning on Wed. vs. COL).
RISPY BUSINESS: Boston went 10-for-18 with runners in scoring position on Friday, after going 18-for-109 (.165) in the previous 12 games. Overall with RISP, Boston ranks 2nd in MLB in AVG (.286) and strikeout rate (18.7%), 3rd in OBP (.364), 6th in OPS (.813), and 7th in SLG (.450).
START ME UP: Beginning 5/17, Red Sox starting pitchers rank 5th in MLB with a 3.51 ERA (53 ER/136.0 IP)…They allowed 2 ER or fewer in 20 of those 27 games, including 6 of their last 7. Sox starters have posted a 2.68 ERA (12 ER/40.1 IP) over the last 7 games, making 5 quality starts in that span.
RED SOX STARTERS, LAST 7 GAMES
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO
Garrett Whitlock (6/9 at NYY) 6.1 7 2 1 1 6
Tanner Houck (6/10 at NYY) 6.0 3 2 2 1 6
Brayan Bello (6/11 at NYY) 7.0 3 2 2 2 3
James Paxton (6/12 vs. COL) 6.0 4 1 0 1 8
Kutter Crawford (6/13 vs. COL) 4.0 5 4 4 3 5
Garrett Whitlock (6/14 vs. COL) 7.0 6 2 2 1 7
Tanner Houck (6/16 vs. NYY) 4.0 4 1 1 1 2
WHAT A RELIEF: Over the last 7 games, Red Sox relievers have allowed 7 earned runs in 24.2 IP (2.55 ERA). In their last 28 games, beginning 5/16, Red Sox relievers rank 12th in MLB with a 3.66 ERA (43 ER/105.2 IP).
COMEBACK KIDS: The Red Sox trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the 1st inning on Friday…They have come from behind in 7 of their last 8 wins and 21 of their 35 wins overall, tied for 4th most in MLB (BAL-24, LAA-24, CIN-22).
TONIGHT’S STARTER: 66 BRAYAN BELLO – RHP
W-L ERA G GS IP ER HR BB SO WHIP AVG
2023 3-4 3.78 10 10 52.1 22 7 17 49 1.34 .257
CAREER 5-12 4.27 23 21 109.2 52 8 44 104 1.57 .288
Is making his 2nd consecutive start vs. NYY. Started last Sunday at Yankee Stadium…Allowed 2 runs in the 2nd inning, then retired 16 of his last 19 batters faced through 7.0 IP (3 H, 2 BB, 3 SO). Has a 2.80 ERA in his last 8 starts (14 ER/45.0 IP)…Allowed 6 or fewer hits and 3 or fewer ER in each of those outings (2 ER or fewer in 7 of them). Has allowed 0 HR in his last 3 starts and in his last 19.0 IP. Has tossed at least 6.0 IP in 3 of his last 4 starts. In his MLB career, opponents are 20-for-109 (.183) with 0 HR (17 singles, 2 doubles) against his changeup (11-for-52 with 20 SO in 2023).
