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907 | BOSTON | +1.5,-170 | +1.5,-180 | 908 | HOUSTON | -1.5,+150 | -1.5,+160 |
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All Games | 112-56 | +34.5 | 81-79 | 5.4 | 0.268 | 0.336 | 0.437 | 0.773 | 4.0 | 0.236 | 0.302 | 0.377 | 0.679 | Road Games | 53-30 | +20.2 | 42-40 | 5.2 | 0.257 | 0.329 | 0.416 | 0.744 | 4.0 | 0.236 | 0.304 | 0.375 | 0.680 | vs Left-handed Starters | 23-16 | +2.2 | 18-19 | 5.2 | 0.258 | 0.316 | 0.422 | 0.738 | 4.4 | 0.244 | 0.304 | 0.406 | 0.710 | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +3.9 | 5-2 | 6.6 | 0.266 | 0.349 | 0.411 | 0.760 | 4.0 | 0.196 | 0.298 | 0.316 | 0.614 | Grass Games | 101-48 | +34.2 | 73-68 | 5.6 | 0.272 | 0.339 | 0.447 | 0.786 | 4.0 | 0.235 | 0.301 | 0.376 | 0.677 | Night Games | 77-46 | +16 | 62-54 | 5.4 | 0.264 | 0.333 | 0.435 | 0.768 | 4.3 | 0.238 | 0.304 | 0.385 | 0.689 | Playoff games | 4-2 | +2.9 | 4-2 | 6.0 | 0.250 | 0.335 | 0.368 | 0.702 | 4.3 | 0.205 | 0.311 | 0.323 | 0.634 |
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All Games | 5.4 | 0.268 | 0.336 | 168 | 5827 | 1560 | 333 | 31 | 198 | 0.437 | 861 | 595 | 1302 | 125 | 1167 | 149 | 79 | 109 | 61 | Road Games | 5.2 | 0.257 | 0.329 | 83 | 2915 | 750 | 137 | 11 | 101 | 0.416 | 407 | 310 | 669 | 60 | 575 | 83 | 42 | 51 | 40 | Lefty Starters | 5.2 | 0.258 | 0.316 | 39 | 1341 | 346 | 71 | 10 | 43 | 0.422 | 191 | 113 | 301 | 29 | 256 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 12 |
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All Games | 3.74 | 1.296 | 613.6 | 264 | 255 | 532 | 68 | 263 | 653 | 41-17 | 49 | 19 | 72.1% | Road Games | 3.77 | 1.341 | 282 | 121 | 118 | 242 | 33 | 136 | 303 | 17-11 | 25 | 8 | 75.8% |
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All Games | 107-60 | +0.2 | 74-85 | 5.0 | 0.255 | 0.326 | 0.415 | 0.741 | 3.3 | 0.215 | 0.275 | 0.346 | 0.620 | Home Games | 48-35 | -25.3 | 38-43 | 4.6 | 0.249 | 0.325 | 0.395 | 0.720 | 3.5 | 0.214 | 0.268 | 0.358 | 0.626 | vs Right-handed Starters | 69-36 | +7.6 | 45-55 | 4.9 | 0.253 | 0.322 | 0.416 | 0.738 | 3.2 | 0.213 | 0.276 | 0.335 | 0.611 | Past 7 Games | 6-2 | +2.6 | 4-4 | 5.2 | 0.248 | 0.342 | 0.459 | 0.801 | 3.0 | 0.186 | 0.253 | 0.259 | 0.512 | Grass Games | 104-56 | +3.2 | 74-79 | 5.1 | 0.258 | 0.330 | 0.419 | 0.749 | 3.3 | 0.215 | 0.274 | 0.346 | 0.620 | Night Games | 68-43 | -9.7 | 46-61 | 4.7 | 0.252 | 0.325 | 0.399 | 0.725 | 3.2 | 0.215 | 0.275 | 0.346 | 0.621 | Playoff games | 4-1 | +2.9 | 4-1 | 6.6 | 0.274 | 0.381 | 0.506 | 0.887 | 3.0 | 0.162 | 0.232 | 0.227 | 0.459 |
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All Games | 5.0 | 0.255 | 0.326 | 167 | 5620 | 1432 | 258 | 18 | 202 | 0.415 | 794 | 594 | 1238 | 69 | 1094 | 184 | 63 | 118 | 59 | Home Games | 4.6 | 0.249 | 0.325 | 83 | 2682 | 668 | 114 | 4 | 90 | 0.395 | 364 | 300 | 583 | 38 | 539 | 84 | 35 | 46 | 33 | Righty Starters | 4.9 | 0.253 | 0.322 | 105 | 3512 | 887 | 163 | 7 | 132 | 0.416 | 497 | 359 | 754 | 41 | 675 | 112 | 43 | 75 | 33 |
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All Games | 2.97 | 1.058 | 514.3 | 178 | 170 | 401 | 52 | 143 | 604 | 32-23 | 47 | 21 | 69.1% | Home Games | 3.60 | 1.139 | 257.3 | 107 | 103 | 224 | 34 | 69 | 303 | 15-14 | 17 | 12 | 58.6% |
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10/5/2018 | SALE(L) | NY YANKEES | HAPP(L) | 5-4 | W | -170 | 7.5 ev | O | 8 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10/6/2018 | PRICE(L) | NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 2-6 | L | +115 | 9 un | U | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10/8/2018 | EOVALDI(R) | @ NY YANKEES | SEVERINO(R) | 16-1 | W | 170 | 8.5 un | O | 18 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10/9/2018 | PORCELLO(R) | @ NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 4-3 | W | 115 | 9 ev | U | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10/13/2018 | SALE(L) | HOUSTON | VERLANDER(R) | 2-7 | L | -115 | 7.5 ev | O | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 10/14/2018 | PRICE(L) | HOUSTON | COLE(R) | 7-5 | W | +120 | 8 ov | O | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10/16/2018 | EOVALDI(R) | @ HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | | 10/17/2018 | PORCELLO(R) | @ HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | |
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10/5/2018 | VERLANDER(R) | CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 7-2 | W | -140 | 6.5 ov | O | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10/6/2018 | COLE(R) | CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | 3-1 | W | -130 | 7.5 un | U | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10/8/2018 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ CLEVELAND | CLEVINGER(R) | 11-3 | W | 115 | 8.5 ev | O | 13 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10/13/2018 | VERLANDER(R) | @ BOSTON | SALE(L) | 7-2 | W | 105 | 7.5 ev | O | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10/14/2018 | COLE(R) | @ BOSTON | PRICE(L) | 5-7 | L | -130 | 8 ov | O | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 10/16/2018 | KEUCHEL(L) | BOSTON | EOVALDI(R) | | 10/17/2018 | KEUCHEL(L) | BOSTON | PORCELLO(R) | |
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| | | BOSTON: 2017: 93-69, first place, lost to Houston in ALDS.
MANAGER: Alex Cora (first season).
ADDITIONS: DH J.D. Martinez.
SUBTRACTIONS: MANAGER John Farrell, RHP Doug Fister, OF Chris Young, RHP Addison Reed, OF Rajai Davis, LHP Henry Owens, LHP Fernando Abad.
OUTLOOK: The Red Sox won 93 games last year for the second straight season and claimed the franchise's first back-to-back AL East titles. But Farrell was fired after they failed to advance in the playoffs for the fourth year in a row. The key ' and really only ' addition is Martinez, who gives them someone to replace longtime slugger David Ortiz after finishing last in the AL in homers without Big Papi in 2017. The theory behind Boston keeping up with the reloaded New York Yankees goes something like this: A full season of a healthy Price will bolster a rotation that already has a quality ace in Sale, plus 2016 AL Cy Young Award winner Porcello and All-Stars Pomeranz and Wright. The Red Sox also are staking their chances on the hope that Ramirez can be more like the player he was in 2016 (.286, 30, 111); that Pedroia will return quickly and be healthy and productive; that 20-year-old third baseman Devers will be able to stay up for a full season; and that Bradley won't have another second-half slump. The bullpen, anchored by Kimbrel, remains strong. | | HOUSTON: 2017: 101-61, first place, won World Series.
MANAGER: A.J. Hinch (fourth season).
ADDITIONS: RHP Gerrit Cole, RHP Joe Smith, RHP Hector Rondon.
SUBTRACTIONS: DH Carlos Beltran, RHP Luke Gregerson, RHP Joe Musgrove, RHP Mike Fiers, RHP Michael Feliz, INF Colin Moran.
OUTLOOK: With almost everyone back from last year's championship team, the Astros fully expect to contend for another title. They have a right to be confident with Altuve leading a potent lineup that includes Springer, the World Series MVP, and Correa, a young All-Star shortstop coming off his best season. Their rotation is one of the best in baseball, with Cy Young Award winners Keuchel and Verlander leading the group and new acquisition Cole and young star McCullers following that 1-2 punch. Barring debilitating injuries, the Astros should win the AL West and have an excellent chance to repeat as World Series champs. |
| | Sox's Eovaldi focused heading into Game 3 vs. Astros
HOUSTON -- The trolling executing by Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman barely registered with Red Sox right-hander Nathan Eovaldi and, subsequently, didn't merit much of a response. Bregman was one of three Houston batters to homer in succession off Eovaldi on June 20 at Minute Maid Park when Eovaldi pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays, and Bregman referred to that decisive string of blasts on social media as the scene of the American League Championship Series changed venues from Fenway Park to Minute Maid Park on Monday. With Eovaldi set to take the ball for Boston in Game 3 on Tuesday, his primary focus was elsewhere. "I feel I'm a completely different pitcher," Eovaldi said. "I'm attacking it a lot differently. I'm going to try to keep the same approach as I've been attacking hitters now and moving forward. They have (a) lot of aggressive guys in the lineup. They swing early in the counts. Not too many of them like to walk. So, try and keep them in the ballpark and go from there." George Springer and Jose Altuve sandwiched solo home runs around the Bregman dinger in the sixth inning of that Astros 5-1 victory, with Altuve recording a 112.3 exit velocity with the second of his two homers off Eovaldi that game. That was one of three home runs Eovaldi surrendered during the season with an exit velocity of 110-plus miles per hour and, of the 14 homers he allowed during the season, four were recorded by the Astros in that contest. Although he noted a usage increase in his cutter with the Red Sox, whom he joined on July 29, the numbers reveal that Eovaldi relied on his four-seam fastball more during the final month and against the Yankees in the AL Division Series when he allowed one run on five hits with five strikeouts over seven innings in a 16-1 victory in Game 3 at Yankee Stadium. He will make his second career postseason start in similar circumstances: on the road with a series even at 1-1. Astros left-hander Dallas Keuchel will oppose Eovaldi with seven days of rest since his start in Game 3 of the ALDS against the Cleveland Indians. Keuchel has scuffled in his career against the Red Sox (0-1, 9.15 ERA over four appearances), with the challenge of maintaining sharpness between outings something requiring an attention to detail. "Well, I'm the kind of (pitcher) who needs to get off the mound a lot more than other guys," Keuchel said. "But then the other side of it, the flipside was I barely touched the mound last year when I was going through some stuff. And kind of know what it takes to get through and make sure you're ready to go. I've been fortunate enough to be healthy this whole season and kind of get off the mound from my bullpen days. "So I treated a few of the in-between days from Cleveland like a bullpen day -- threw a light BP the day before we went to Boston. And it just feels good to get out there and face some live hitting whether it's our team or whoever. So, I have just been trying to get off the mound as much as possible, try to carry that over." |
| Last Updated: 5/9/2024 8:38:09 PM EST. |
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