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Red Sox
@ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre
August 9, 2018
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 9, 2018 at Rogers Centre.
Game Summary
| Date | August 9, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 9, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Porcello |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ryan Borucki |
| Ballpark | Rogers Centre |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ONT |
| Attendance | 28,415 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Gabe Morales 1B: Jerry Meals 2B: Ed Hickox 3B: Ramon De Jesus |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mookie Betts | Right Fielder |
| Andrew Benintendi | Left Fielder |
| Steve Pearce | First Baseman |
| J.D. Martinez | DH |
| Xander Bogaerts | Shortstop |
| Eduardo Nunez | Third Baseman |
| Brock Holt | Second Baseman |
| Sandy Leon | Catcher |
| Jackie Bradley | Center Fielder |
| Alex Cora | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curtis Granderson | DH |
| Devon Travis | Second Baseman |
| Justin Smoak | First Baseman |
| Randal Grichuk | Right Fielder |
| Yangervis Solarte | Third Baseman |
| Teoscar Hernandez | Left Fielder |
| Russell Martin | Catcher |
| Aledmys Diaz | Shortstop |
| Kevin Pillar | Center Fielder |
| John Gibbons | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre
August 9, 2018
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Betts vs.
Betts hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Benintendi vs.
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Diaz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Betts moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pearce vs.
Pearce hits a popup, foul, towards first. Smoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Martinez vs.
Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Grichuk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Betts moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Bogaerts vs.
Bogaerts takes first base on ball four. Benintendi moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Nunez vs.
Nunez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Betts scores. Benintendi scores. Bogaerts moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Holt vs.
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Travis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Granderson vs. Porcello
Granderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Travis vs. Porcello
Travis takes first base on ball four. Granderson moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Smoak vs. Porcello
Smoak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Granderson scores. Travis moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Grichuk vs. Porcello
Grichuk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogaerts fields it and throws to second for the out. Travis scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Solarte vs. Porcello
Solarte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogaerts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grichuk moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Hernandez vs. Porcello
Hernandez strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Leon vs.
Leon hits a fly ball into left field. Hernandez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bradley vs.
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Solarte fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Betts vs.
Betts hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Hernandez who is chasing the ball. Betts reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Benintendi vs.
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smoak scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Benintendi for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Porcello
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Diaz vs. Porcello
Diaz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pillar vs. Porcello
Pillar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nunez juggles the ball. That's an error on Nunez. Martin scores. Diaz moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Granderson vs. Porcello
Granderson hits a fly ball into center field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Diaz moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Travis vs. Porcello
There goes Pillar. The throw from Leon and he is safe. Pillar steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Travis vs. Porcello
Travis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nunez has Diaz trapped. There's the throw to Leon and back to Nunez, who tags Diaz for the out. Pillar moves to third. Travis moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Smoak vs. Porcello
Smoak strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pearce vs.
Pearce takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs.
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Diaz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bogaerts vs.
Bogaerts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Nunez vs.
Nunez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bogaerts moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Holt vs.
Holt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Grichuk vs. Porcello
Grichuk hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nunez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Solarte vs. Porcello
Solarte hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pearce scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Solarte for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Porcello
Hernandez hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Porcello
Martin strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Leon vs.
Leon hits a fly ball into center field. Pillar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs.
Bradley strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Betts vs.
Betts hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hernandez. Betts reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Benintendi vs.
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smoak scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Benintendi for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Porcello
Diaz hits a fly ball into center field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pillar vs. Porcello
Pillar strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Granderson vs. Porcello
Granderson strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pearce vs.
Pearce hits a ball on the ground towards third. Solarte fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs.
Martinez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bogaerts vs.
Bogaerts hits a fly ball into right field. Grichuk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Nunez vs.
Nunez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holt vs.
There goes Nunez. The throw from Martin and he is safe. Nunez steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Holt vs.
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Travis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nunez scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Leon vs.
fires to first and has Holt trapped. There's the throw to Diaz who tags Holt for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Travis vs. Porcello
Travis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smoak vs. Porcello
Smoak hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bradley. Smoak reaches second base with a double. Travis goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Grichuk vs. Porcello
Grichuk hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Solarte vs. Workman
Brandon Workman now pitching.
Solarte hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Workman
Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Betts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Workman
Martin strikes out. There goes Solarte. The throw from Leon to second, and Solarte is out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Leon vs. Garcia
Jaime Garcia now pitching.
Leon hits a fly ball into left field. Hernandez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Garcia
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Betts vs. Garcia
Betts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Benintendi vs. Garcia
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smoak scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Benintendi for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Velazquez
Hector Velazquez now pitching.
Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogaerts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pillar vs. Velazquez
Pillar hits a line drive into right field. Betts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Granderson vs. Velazquez
Granderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Betts. Granderson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Travis vs. Velazquez
Travis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Benintendi throws the ball in to Holt who tags Travis trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Granderson scores. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pearce vs. Clippard
Tyler Clippard now pitching.
Pearce hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clippard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Clippard
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bogaerts vs. Clippard
Bogaerts hits a line drive towards third. Solarte reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smoak vs. Velazquez
Smoak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grichuk vs. Velazquez
Grichuk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogaerts fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Solarte vs. Velazquez
Solarte hits a fly ball into center field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Nunez vs. Tepera
Ryan Tepera now pitching.
Nunez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Tepera
Holt hits a fly ball into left field. Hernandez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leon vs. Tepera
Leon hits a fly ball into right field. Grichuk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Thornburg
Tyler Thornburg now pitching.
Hernandez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Thornburg
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Thornburg
Diaz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Pillar vs. Thornburg
Pillar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Diaz moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Granderson vs. Thornburg
There goes Diaz. The throw from Leon and he is safe. Diaz steals third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Granderson vs. Thornburg
Granderson strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Giles
Ken Giles now pitching.
Bradley hits a fly ball into right field. Grichuk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Betts vs. Giles
Betts hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Giles
Benintendi strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Moreland vs. Giles
Mitch Moreland pinch hits for Steve Pearce.
Moreland strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/9/2018 -- Boston at Toronto (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI
Betts M, rf 4 2 4 1 Granderson C, dh 4 2 1 0
Benintendi A, lf 5 1 1 0 Travis D, 2b 3 2 2 1
Pearce S, 1b 3 0 0 0 Smoak J, 1b 4 1 3 2
Moreland M, ph 1 0 0 0 Grichuk R, rf 4 1 1 3
Martinez J, dh 4 1 1 1 Solarte Y, 3b 4 0 1 0
Bogaerts X, ss 2 0 0 0 Hernandez T, lf 4 1 1 1
Nunez E, 3b 4 1 3 2 Martin R, c 3 1 0 0
Holt B, 2b 4 0 1 1 Diaz A, ss 4 0 2 0
Leon S, c 4 0 0 0 Pillar K, cf 4 0 1 1
Bradley J, cf 4 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 10 5 34 8 12 8
Boston 200 020 001 -- 5
Toronto 211 031 00x -- 8
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello R (L)* 4.0 6 7 7 3 5
Workman B 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Velazquez H 2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Thornburg T 1.0 2 0 0 0 3
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Borucki R (W) 5.0 9 4 4 3 2
Garcia J 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Clippard T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Tepera R 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Giles K 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
* Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
E -- Nunez E
DP -- Boston 2, Toronto 1
LOB -- Boston 7, Toronto 5
2B -- Betts M, Smoak J, Granderson C
3B -- Betts M
HR -- Hernandez T, Martinez J, Grichuk R, Betts M
SB -- Pillar K, Nunez E, Diaz A
CS -- Holt B, Solarte Y
T -- 2:49
A -- 28415
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