Boston Red Sox at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Boston Red Sox

78-65, 34-37 Away

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Arizona Diamondbacks

72-71, 38-33 Home

Pfaadt pitches 6 strong innings as Diamondbacks beat Red Sox 5-1

Boston Red Sox vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights

Arizona scored three runs in the second against Red Sox starter Lucas Giolito (10-3), aided by an error by Trevor Story. Jake McCarthy drove in two runs for the Diamondbacks.

With the loss, the Red Sox fell 1 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees for the top wild-card position in the American League. They trail Toronto by 4 1/2 games for the AL East lead with 19 games remaining.

Pfaadt (13-8) gave up one run and six hits. He walked none and struck out seven.

Giolito had won nine of his last 10 decisions, but two singles and a walk loaded the bases for Arizona in the second. Story couldn’t come up with McCarthy’s chopper to short and the ball skipped past for an error, allowing two runs to score. Geraldo Perdomo followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.

Pfaadt retired the first eight Red Sox batters before Nate Eaton doubled down the line in left and scored on Masataka Yoshida’s single.

Giolito went five-plus innings, allowing seven hits and four runs — two earned.

Red Sox center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela made a sensational leaping catch in the fifth inning, reaching over the wall in right-center to take a home run away from Corbin Carroll.

Not to be outdone, Diamondbacks left fielder Blaze Alexander robbed Alex Bregman of a homer in the eighth.

Key moment The grounder that eluded Story in the second inning put Arizona ahead to stay.

Key stat Arizona has won six in a row against Boston, including a sweep at Fenway Park last season.

Up next Red Sox RHP Brayan Bello (11-6, 3.07 ERA) starts against Diamondbacks RHP Ryne Nelson (7-3, 3.57) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Narváez flied out to center.
	9th Inning	González struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lowe grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Curtiss relieved Beeks
	8th Inning	Locklear struck out looking.
	8th Inning	Thomas picked off and caught stealing second.

Statistics

BOS		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
34	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	2
126	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	10
34	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
1.2	Runs Created	3.4
.206	Batting Average	.310
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.235	Slugging Percentage	.345
.029	Secondary Average	.103
.206	On Base Percentage	.371
.441	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.716
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.7
13.0	Batter Rating	29.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.06
.029	Isolated Power	.034
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
-.176	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.207
2.0	Runs Produced	9.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
67.0	MLB Rating	81.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0