3 OF A KIND: The Red Sox are coming off a 3-game sweep at home in which they did not allow a run to the Orioles, outscoring Baltimore 17-0...Boston won 2-0 yesterday after beating the O’s 8-0 on Saturday, and 7-0 on Friday night.
· The 3 consecutive games without allowing a run tie the team...
BACK-TO-BACK BLANKINGS: The Red Sox have pitched back-to-back team shutouts, blanking the Orioles yesterday, 8-0, after winning Friday, 7-0...This marks Boston’s first consecutive shutouts since 4/23-24/11 at LAA (5-0, 7-0)...The club had not posted shutouts in consecutive games, both at home, since 7/18-19/06 vs. KC (1-0, 1-0).
· According to Elias, this is the first time Boston...
THE RED SOX earned their 9th shutout victory of the season...Improved to 42-38 at Fenway Park with 1 home game remaining...Have won 13 of their last 21 games overall and are 30-22 since 7/30.
· Secured a series victory, improving to 9-3-1 in their last 13 sets and to 24-20-6 overall...Improved to 7-11 against...
3 OF A KIND: Last night Rich Hill became the first Red Sox pitcher this season to throw a shutout, allowing just 2 hits and 1 walk with 10 strikeouts on 116 pitches...Hill has now fanned 10 batters in all 3 starts this season (also 9/13 at TB & 9/20 at TOR), becoming just the 5th...