After falling behind 4-0 and then 6-1, the Red Sox stormed back for a 7-6 win over the Texas Rangers.
David Price lasted just an inning and a third in easily the worst start of his season, requiring seven different Red Sox relievers to stitch together the remaining 7.2 innings. They did so without allowing a run.
All seven of the Red Sox runs came via homers, as five of the nine hits were hit out of the ballpark, including a three-run blast by Jackie Bradley Jr. in the second.
Xander Bogaerts homered into the Monster seats in the seventh inning to give the Sox their first lead of the night.
Josh Smith got the final out, recording his first major league save.
WHO: Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park
SERIES TO DATE: Texas 2-1
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP David Price (4-2, 2.70) vs. RHP Adrian Sampson (5-3, 2.72)
TV/RADIO: NESN/WEEI 93.7 FM
IN-GAME OBSERVATIONS:
10:26 Brandon Workman, who walked two to fill the bases and fell behind 3-and-0 to Deshields, comes back with three straight strikes for the third out, stranding three.
10:08 Rougned Odor makes a diving stop of a sharp grounder from Andrew Benintendi, saving a run. Benintendi slams his helmet in frustration as he crosses the first base bag.
9:48 Andrew Benintendi gets turned the wrong way, but recovers as he backpedals and snares a hard liner off the bat of Asdrubal Cabrera.
9:26 Rafael Devers homers into the CF bleachers, and the Red Sox have come back from a 6-1 deficit.
9:17 Christian Vazquez throws out Danny Santana attempting to steal second; he's now thrown out 11 of the last 19 trying to steal.
8:58 Michael Chavis homers over everything in LF, his first homer since May 22, 73 at-bats ago. Like most of the homers hit by Chavis, this one wasn't cheap.
8:50 That's it for Shawaryn, who 2.1 innings, walking two and striking out two. He leaves two baserunners for Colten Brewer.
8:17 Bradley's homer lifts him to .203 batting average for the season, marking the first time since April 1 that he's been at .200 or better.
8:11 Jackie Bradley Jr. makes things interesting with a three-run homer to the CF bleachers, finishing off a seven-pitch at-bat. As happened on the homer hit by Martinez in the first, this too, was hit off a sinker that failed to sink.
7:54 A two-run single by Andrus produces two more runs and spells the end of the night for Price. Mike Shawaryn on.
7:45 Adrian Sampson leaves a sinker center-cut on 3-and-2 and J.D. Martinez drives it into the bullpen.
7:35 The pillaging continues - two-run single to left by Logan Forsythe and the Rangers are up 4-0.
7:31 After allowing a second run on a double to right by Hunter Pence, Price finally gets an out in the first -- on his 27th pitch of the inning.
7:20 Just three batters in, the Rangers lead 1-0 after some control issues have haunted David Price. He hit Shin-Soo Choo, walked Delino Deshields and allowed a run-scoring single up the middle to Elvis Andrus.
LINEUPS:
RED SOX
Betts RF
Benintendi LF
Martinez DH
Devers 3B
Bogaerts SS
Vazquez C
Bradley CF
Chavis 1B
Hernandez 2B
RANGERS
Choo DH
Deshields CF
Andrus SS
Pence LF
Cabrera 3B
Santana RF
Forsythe 1B
Odor 2B
Mathis C
WHAT'S UP: The Sox snapped a three-game losing streak Wednesday, but are still just 2-5 in their last seven...The walk-off win was the first to end with a walk since they beat the Yankees 5-4 on July 14, 2017....The Sox are 9-1 in their last 10 games on getaway days...They're 14-7 in series finales this year, including 12-3 in their last 15...The Red Sox had two triples Wednesday. They had just one in their first 42, but they lead MLB with eight triples since, including seven in their last 15 games....Dating back to 2018, the Sox have at least one extra-base hit in their last 83 regular season games, the longest active streak in the majors....Andrew Benintendi, who had two doubles and a triple Wednesday, has a 13-game on-base streak, during which he's hitting .307 with a .967 OPS...He's also scored in each of his last eight games, the longest streak of his career nd tying him with Rafael Devers for the longest for any Red Sox player this season....Mookie Betts, who drew the game-winning walk, is tied for second in baseball with 50 walks. He also leads the American League in runs scored (52)….Devers leads the AL with 35 RBI since the start of May...He's also tied for first in hits in the AL beginning April 25.....Jackie Bradley Jr. has a .433 OBP in his current eight-game on-base streak...David Price has the lowest ERA among Red Sox starters at 2.70....He's allowed three runs or fewer in nine consecutive starts, including two or fewer in eight of those nine....He's 4-1 with a 1.88 ERA in that span....Elvis Andrus (.469, 15-for-32) has hit Price well over his career, as Shin-Soo Choo (10-for-30, two homers)….The Red Sox don't have as much history with Adrian Sampson, with only four players having previous at-bats against him. Of those Xander Bogaerts is 2-for-3 with a homer against him.
PRE-GAME NOTES:
- Steve Pearce (back) will begin a rehab stint at Lowell starting Friday. Fellow first baseman Mitch Moreland (calf) still hasn't been cleared to begin baseball activities.
- Hector Velazquez (back) will soon begin a rehab assignment.
- Brian Johnson remains a possibility to start Sunday in Baltimore. He's been out since early April with elbow issues.