FINAL: Red Sox 5, Phillies 3 - 5 Sox with RBIs
WHO: Red Sox (19-14) at Phillies (15-17)
WHEN: 7:05 p.m.
WHERE: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia.
SERIES TO DATE: The Sox and Phillies split the season series in 2021 (3-3)... BOS won the 3-game series at Citizens Bank Park, 2-1.
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Chris Sale (2-2, 6.75) vs. RHP Zack Wheeler (3-1, 3.86)
TV/RADIO: NESN; WEEI-FM 93.7
LINEUPS
RED SOX
1. Tapia RF
2. Yoshida LF
3. Turner DH
4. Devers 3B
5. Duran CF
6. K. Hernández SS
7. Casas 1B
8. Valdez 2B
9. Wong C
SP Chris Sale
PHILLIES
Schwarber LF
Turner SS
Harper DH
Castellanos RF
Realmuto C
Bohm 1B
Harrison 2B
Sosa 3B
Guthrie CF
SP Wheeler
WHAT'S UP
The Red Sox today placed RHP Kutter Crawford on the 15-Day Injured List (retroactive to May 4) with a left hamstring strain. To fill Crawford’s spot on the active roster, the club recalled RHP Kaleb Ort from Triple-A Worcester.
The Red Sox are an MLB-best 290-199 (.593) all-time in Interleague play. ... The Red Sox have won a season-high 6 consecutive games, the AL’s longest active winning streak and tied with the Dodgers for longest in MLB. The Sox are on their longest winning streak since 6/19-26/22 (7 games). The Red Sox (19-14, .576) own the 4th-best record in the AL and 8th best in MLB. ... The Red Sox lead MLB in hits (313) and doubles (74), while ranking 2nd in runs (195), XBH (22), AVG (.274), and OPB (.345), and 3rd in SLG (.493) and OPS (.808). ... The Red Sox are 14-6 (.700) in their last 20 games, dating back to 4/14...They own the 2nd-best record in MLB during that span (BAL: 14-4, .778). ... Over their 4-game sweep vs. TOR from Monday-Thursday, the Red Sox scored 58 runs with 32 hits, 12 doubles, 9 HR, and 9 SB. .... Starting today, Red Sox will face National League opponents in 6 of their next 8 series (17 of 23 games from 5/5-6/1) including each of their next 3 series (at PHI, at ATL, vs. STL). ... Masataka Yoshida went 3-for-5 last night (HR, 3 R, 3 RBI) to extend his current hitting streak to 14 games, the longest active hitting streak in MLB. During his streak, Yoshida is batting .446 with a 1.288 OPS, 13 runs, and 18 RBI (25-for-56, 5 2B, 5 HR, 5 BB, SF). ... Red Sox starting pitchers have tossed at least 5.0 innings in 10 consecutive games, their longest streak since May 2021 (15 games from 5/7-22). Red Sox relievers have allowed 2 ER in 16.1 innings over the last 5 games (1.10 ERA). ... Chris Sale has lost each of his 2 career starts against the Phillies, both at Citizens Bank Park: 9/21/16 (4.0 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 0 BB, 5 SO) and 6/15/17 (CG, 8.0 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 10 SO). ... Triston Casas has a four-game hitting streak (4-for-10, RBI)...Singled and scored in the 2nd inning last night vs. TOR. Has reached base safely in each of his last 16 games, the 2nd-longest active streak in the AL (Yordan Alvarez-25) and 4th longest in MLB.
Rest of series:
Sat., 5/6 at PHI 7:15 p.m. RHP Corey Kluber (1-4, 6.44) LHP Bailey Falter (0-5, 5.01) FOX
Sun., 5/7 at PHI 1:35 p.m. RHP Tanner Houck (3-1, 5.34) RHP Taijuan Walker (2-2, 6.91) NESN