FINAL: Phillies 4, Red Sox 1 - Boston bats nonexistent in loss

The Red Sox fell to the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Tuesday night at Fenway Park. Zack Wheeler was lights out shutting down the Boston offense going seven innings of one run ball with 3 H, 4 K and 1 BB. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• The Red Sox had two bad errors, one from Rob Refsnyder in right field and then a brutal one from Dominic Smith at first base on a routine ground ball to second base that he couldn't hold onto, allowing the Phillies to take a 3-1 lead. 
• Kyle Schwarber was amazing tonight with 2 homers on the night. His first one came on the very first pitch of the game. 

• Boston is now 8-20 versus teams that have a .500 record or better. 
• The Red Sox have allowed 44 unearned runs which is the worst in MLB. 
• Boston is 3-20 when allowing an unearned run. 
• The Red Sox are 30-14 when not allowing an unearned run.

The Red Sox will continue their three-game series versus the Phillies tomorrow night at Fenway Park with first pitch at 7:10 p.m. 

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WHO: Philadelphia Phillies (45-20) at Red Sox (33-33)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park, Boston. 
SERIES TO DATE: 0-0
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Kutter Crawford 2-5 (3.51 ERA) vs. RHP Zack Wheeler 7-3 (2.23 ERA)
TV/RADIO: NESN/TBS, WEEI-FM 93.7
LIVE BOX
LINEUPS
RED SOX
Duran LF
Hamilton SS
Refsnyder RF
Devers 3B
Yoshida DH
Wong C
Smith 1B
Valdez 2B
Rafaela CF

SP Kutter Crawford 

OPPONENT
Schwarber DH
Castellanos RF
Harper 1B
Bohm 3B
Stott 2B
Sosa SS
Dahl LF
Stubbs C
Rojas CF

SP Zack Wheeler 
WHAT'S UP

•  The Red Sox are 33-33, tied for the 11th-best record in MLB.
• This marks the 16th time this season Boston has held a .500 record: 1-1, 2-2, 7-7, 9-9, 10-10, 19-19, 22-22, 24-24, 26-26, 27-27, 28-28, 29-29, 30-30, 31-31, 32-32, 33-33.
• The Sox are 3-2 in their last 5 games, 5-5 in their last 10, and 11-9 in their last 20.
• The Red Sox tonight begin a 6-game homestand: 3 games vs. PHI (45-20, 1st in NL) and 3 vs. NYY (47-21, 1st in AL).
• Boston reinstated Masataka Yoshida from the IL and DFAd Garrett Cooper. 
•  The Red Sox have never hosted the 1st place team from each the American and National League during the same homestand (source: Elias).

• Sunday's win was the Red Sox' 1st this season when trailing after 7 or 8 innings...They entered with an 0-28 record when trailing after each of those innings

•  The Red Sox have trailed in 10 of their last 16 wins, compared to just 2 of their first 17.

• Within a span of 22 games from 5/23-6/16, the Red Sox will play 2 of the top 3 teams in the American League (3 at BAL, 3 vs. NYY), and 3 of the top 4 teams in the National League (3 vs. MIL, 2 vs. ATL, 3 vs. PHI).

• After this homestand, the Sox are scheduled to play 15 consecutive games against teams that currently own a sub-.500 record (at TOR, at CIN, vs. TOR, vs. SD, at MIA).

• BOS is 8-19 against teams who currently own a record of .500 or better, while going 25-14 against sub-.500 clubs.

• The Sox are tied for the MLB lead in triples (19)...They rank among AL leaders in doubles (3rd, 113), XBH (T-3rd, 204), OBP (4th, .316), SLG (5th, .409), OPS (5th, .725), and AVG (5th, .247).

•  Boston has scored more than 5 runs in 3 of their last 5 games and 5 of their last 9, since 5/31, after doing so in just 5 of their previous 26 games from 5/2-30.

•  Since the start of June, Boston leads the AL in AVG (.277), OBP (.349), and stolen bases (11), while ranking 2nd in OPS (.812) and 3rd in SLG (.463).