Fenway Park -- Red Sox Pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez went 6.0 IP, 3 H, R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO. He tossed 6.0+ innings for the 1st time since 7/2 at OAK (6.0 IP), also his last time allowing 0 ER over 6.0+ IP. Eduardo allowed 2 ER in 16.1 IP (1.10 ERA) in 3 starts this month (9 H, 8 BB, 24 SO). Rodriguez has a 3.12 ERA and 12.46 SO/9.0 IP in his last 9 starts (43.1 IP, 15 ER, 60 SO). The Red Sox are 10-3 in his last 13 starts, and 60-20 (.750) in his 80 starts since the beginning of 2018. He also pushed his career SO total to 852...Is just the 4th Sox pitcher with 850+ SO within their first 6 seasons (Roger Clemens-1,215, Jon Lester-894, Joe Wood-856).

Boston completed the series sweep and are 4-1 in their last 5 games after going 2-10 in their previous 12 games. In their last 9 games, Red Sox starting pitchers have allowed 13 ER in 49.0 IP (2.39 ERA) with 61 SO and just 11 BB. They have a +30 run differential in their last 5 games (51-21). Prior to this week, the last time the Sox scored 51+ runs in any 5-game span was May 2016 (57 from 5/9-13)...In their last 7 games, the Sox are batting .329 with 12 HR and a .991 OPS.

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