FINAL: Braves 4, Red Sox 2 -Boston leaves 13 runners on base in tough loss

The Red Sox fall to the Atlanta Braves 4-2 on Tuesday night. Boston left 13 runners on base tonight and finished 1-14 with runners in scoring position. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Justin Slaten can't walk the leadoff hitter in the 8th inning which wound up leading to the go-ahead run. 
•  Ceddanne Rafaela has now extended his hitting streak to six games. 
• Jarred Kelnic gave Atlanta an early 2-0 lead in the third inning on a home run to right field. 

• Marcell Ozuna RBI single in the 8th wound up being the go ahead hit for the Braves which made it 3-2.

• Kutter Crawford went 6 innings, giving up 5 hits , 2 ER, 6 K and 2 walks. 

The Red Sox will conclude their quick two-game series in Atlanta tomorrow night at 7:20 p.m. 

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WHO: Red Sox (19-16) at Atlanta Braves (20-12)
WHEN: 7:20 p.m.
WHERE:Truist Park, Atlanta.
SERIES TO DATE: 0-0
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Kutter Crawford (2-1, 1.56) vs. RHP Reynaldo Lopez (2-1, 1.50)
TV/RADIO: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
LIVE BOX
LINEUPS
RED SOX
Duran CF
Devers 3B
O'Neill LF
Abreu RF
Grissom 2B
Smith DH
Cooper 1B
McGuire C
Rafaela SS

SP Kutter Crawford 

BRAVES
Acuna Jr RF
Albies 2B
Riley 3B
Olson 1B
Ozuna DH
Arcia SS
Harris II CF
D'Arnaud C
Kelenic LF

SP Reynaldo Lopez

WHAT'S UP

• The Red Sox defeated the Twins on Sunday, 9-2...BOS went 5-for-11 with RISP after going 2-for-17 with RISP over their 3-game losing streak from 5/2-4.
• The Red Sox snapped a 3-game losing streak on Sunday at MIN...They are 9-6 over their last 15 games (beginning 4/19).
• The Sox own MLB’s 12th best win percentage (.543, tied with SEA) and 7th best run differential (+41). 
• Kutter Crawford (1.56) and Tanner Houck (1.99) rank 2nd and 10th in the AL in ERA...This is the first time in the Live Ball Era the Sox have had 2 pitchers with a sub-2.00 ERA through their first 7 starts of a season.
•  Houck ranks 2nd in MLB in FanGraphs WAR (1.6)...Crawford ranks T-3rd (1.5).
•  Boston leads the Majors with a 2.61 ERA (91 ER/314.1 IP), the club’s lowest mark through 35 games in the Live-Ball Era.
•  In their last 17 games (beginning 4/17), the Sox have posted a 2.30 ERA (38 ER/149.0 IP)...They allowed fewer than 10 hits in 16 of those 17 games.
• The Red Sox have shut out their opponent 6 times, most in MLB and 1 more than they recorded in 2023. 
•  The Red Sox rank among the AL’s top 5 in HR (5th, 38), AVG (5th, .246), OBP (3rd, .321), SLG (2nd, .409), OPS (3rd, .730), walks (3rd, 117), doubles (2nd, 62), triples (T-1st, 9), and stolen bases (5th, 30). 
• Chris Martin threw a bullpen today and will be available tonight. 
• Garrett Whitlock will throw live BP on Friday and then a rehab assignment next week. 
• Masataka Yoshida will be getting a second opinion tomorrow.