FINAL: Brewers 7, Red Sox 2 - Milwaukee's bats too much for Boston's pitching

The Red Sox fell to the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 at Fenway Park on Friday night. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Boston's pitching was not good tonight. Kutter Crwaford only went 4.1IP, 7 hits, 6 ER, 4Ks and 2 BB.
• Ceddanne Rafaela made a sweet diving catch taking an extra base hit away which could be the catch of the year so far. 

• Jarren Duran extended his hit streak to nine games. 
• William Contreras hit a 2-run homer that cleared the wall of the monster to make it 3-0. 

• Tyler O"Neill finished 0-4 tonight with 4 strikeouts. O'Neill's tough May continues as he now has 34 strikeouts in 70 plate appearances. 

The Red Sox will play game two of the three-game series versus Milwaukee tomorrow at 4:10 p.m. 

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WHO: Milwaukee Brewers (28-21) at Red Sox (26-24)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m. 
WHERE: Fenway Park, Boston. 
SERIES TO DATE: 0-0
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Jared Koenig (4-1) 2.70 ERA) vs Kutter Crawford (2-2) 2.17 ERA
TV/RADIO: Apple TV+, WEEI-FM 93.7
LIVE BOX
LINEUPS
RED SOX
Duran LF
Abreu RF
Wong C
Devers 3B
O'Neill DH
Smith 1B
Grissom 2B
Hamilton SS
Rafaela CF

SP Kutter Crawford 

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

SP Jared Koenig    

WHAT'S UP

• The Red Sox have won each of their last 4 games after losing their previous 4...They’re 1 win from tying their longest winning streak of the season (5 G, 3/31-4/5).
• The Sox went 4-2 on their 6-game road trip to STL (1-2) and TB (3-0).
• The Sox tonight begin a 3-game homestand (vs. MIL), followed by a 3-game road trip (at BAL).
• The Red Sox will play at home in 15 of their next 22 games, from 5/24-6/16.
• BOS went 3-4 over its last homestand vs. WSH (2-1) and TB (1-3)...The club is 7-5 in its last 12 home games.
•  The Red Sox are 26-24 through their first 50 games for the 2nd consecutive season.
• Prior to 2023, the Sox had qualified for the Postseason in 5 of the previous 6 seasons that they were above .500 through 50 games, including each of their last 2 World Series championships (2021, ‘19, ‘18, ‘17, ‘16, ‘13).
•  Boston’s 2.99 ERA is the club’s lowest through 50 games since 1915-18 (2.85, 2.70, 2.36, 2.69), when they won the World Series 3 times in a span of 4 seasons.
• Boston has homered in a season-high 10 consecutive games and 11 of its last 12 (17 total HR), compared to 3 of the previous 13 (5 HR).
• The current streak ties the Red Sox’ 2nd-longest since the start of 2020, trailing only an 18-game span from 8/11-29/23.

• The Red Sox hadn’t overcome a multi-run lead through their first 48 games, but have done so in each of their last 2.

•  They trailed 2-0 after the 1st inning Tuesday at TB before winning, 5-2, and trailed 3-0 through 4 innings Wednesday at TB before winning, 8-5.

• The Sox trailed in 5 of their last 8 wins, compared to just 2 of their first 18.

• The Red Sox are 5-2-1 in weekend series, including 3-0-0 at home...They’re 2-6 on Friday, 4-4 on Saturday, and 8-0 on Sunday.

•    Boston has not committed an error in a season- high-tying 4 consecutive games (also 4/20-24).                    

• Red Sox outfielders lead MLB with 14 DRS.Sox catchers have thrown out 9 of 14 attempted base stealers over the last 12 games.      

• Jarren Duran owns an active 8-game hitting streak, over which 9 of his 11 hits have been XBH (5 doubles, 2 triples, 2 HR).                

•    Duran leads MLB with 8 triples...21 of the other 29 MLB teams have 8 triples or fewer.He also ranks among AL leaders in doubles (T-3rd, 14), XBH (4th, 25), SB (T-5th, 11), and hits (9th, 55).  

• Rafael Devers has scored a run in a career-high 10 consecutive games...The most recent Red Sox to do so prior to Devers are Mookie Betts (2019), Jacoby Ellsbury (2013), Kevin Youkilis (2006), and Johnny Damon (2004).                   

•  Devers owns a 16-game on-base streak, posting a .970 OPS with 14 runs scored, 10 XBH, and 13 RBI in that span (17-for-64, 3 2B, 7 HR, 6 BB).He has 420 career XBH, 2 shy of tying Jim Rice (422) for most in Red Sox history prior to turning 28 years old.