FINAL: Red Sox 2 , Brewers 1 - Duran RBI Single powers Boston to win

The Red Sox defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Sunday afternoon to avoid the sweep. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Tanner Houck had another ace like performance pitching pitching one run ball in 6 IP, 7 hits, 7 Ks and 1 BB. 

• Houck had his 9th quality start this season which is tied for the top in MLB. 
• Jarren Duran had the game winning hit with an RBI Single in the bottom of the eighth.

• Both benches and bullpens emptied after the top of the 7th inning on a routine ground ball to first base. Not sure what was said, but no punches or ejections were given. 
• Bullpen was dominant once again. 
•   Boston is 9-0 on Sundays this season. 

The Red Sox will begin a three-game series tomorrow afternoon in Baltimore with the Orioles at Camden Yards at 1:05 p.m. 

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WHO: Milwaukee Brewers (30-21) at Red Sox (26-26)
WHEN: 1:35 p.m. 
WHERE: Fenway Park, Boston.
SERIES TO DATE: 0-2
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Tobias Myers (1-2) 5.00 ERA vs RHP Tanner Houck (4-5) 1.94 ERA
TV/RADIO: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
LIVE BOX
LINEUPS
RED SOX
Duran LF
Abreu RF
Cooper DH
Devers 3B
Smith 1B
McGuire C
Grissom 2B
Hamilton SS
Rafaela CF

SP Tanner Houck

OPPONENT
Turang 2B
Contreras DH
Yelich LF
Adames SS
Bauers 1B
Sanchez C
Frelick RF
Dunn 3B
Perkins CF

SP Tobias Myers 
WHAT'S UP

• The Red Sox have lost back-to-back games after a 4-game winning streak from Sunday-Wednesday.
• Today concludes Boston’s 3-game homestand (vs. MIL)...Tomorrow will begin a 3-game road trip to BAL.
• The Red Sox are an MLB-best 8-0 on Sundays, outscoring opponents 56-19 in those games.
• Boston owns a 2.38 ERA on Sunday (19 ER/72.0 IP), while batting .278 with an .880 OPS.
• Boston has lost the 3-game series vs. MIL, falling to 8-8-1 in series play (4-4-0 at home).
• The Sox have lost back-to-back home series after winning each of their previous 3. 
•  Boston has lost 5 of its last 6 home games after winning 6 of the previous 8.
• The Red Sox will play at home in 15 of their 22 games from 5/24-6/16.
• The Sox are batting .233 with a .684 OPS at home, compared to .251 with a .745 OPS on the road. 
•   Boston yesterday snapped a season-long streak of 11 consecutive games with a HR.                   
•  That streak was the Sox’ 2nd-longest since the start of 2020, trailing only an 18-game run from 8/11-29/23. The Sox have homered in 12 of their last 14 games (18 total HR), compared to 3 of the previous 13 (5 HR).     
•    Rafael Devers has 421 career XBH, 1 shy of tying Jim Rice (422) for most in Red Sox history prior to turning 28 years old.                   
•  Devers is 16 XBH shy of tying Manny Ramirez (437) for 5th-most by a Dominican-born player prior to age 28.