BOSTON — The Red Sox’s bats haven’t cooled.
Although Boston failed to complete a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park, the Red Sox still produced 13 hits Sunday in a 10-8, 12-inning loss in which they rallied from seven runs down to force extra innings. It was a very successful weekend for the Sox from an offensive standpoint.
Let’s go over some notes from Sunday.
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— The Red Sox scored 45 runs on 60 hits in the three-game series. (They won 15-1 on Friday night and 22-10 on Saturday afternoon.)
Their 60 hits were the most by any major league team in a three-game series since the Red Sox compiled 62 hits against the St. Louis Browns in a three-game set in 1950.
Boston’s 45 runs were the franchise’s most in a three-game series since scoring 45 against the Florida Marlins in a three-game set in 2003.
— Xander Bogaerts’ third-inning home run snapped a 216-at-bat homerless drought.
— Jackie Bradley Jr., who had two home runs and three doubles Saturday, added another double, giving him seven extra-base hits for the series. That’s the most extra-base hits by any Red Sox player in a single series since Dwight Evans had seven in a series against the Detroit Tigers in 1988.
Bradley’s slash line has improved dramatically over the course of his current nine-game on-base streak.
Season before streak: .102 average, .220 on-base percentage, .163 slugging percentage.
Season after streak: .247 average, .340 on-base percentage, .494 slugging percentage.
— Pablo Sandoval sat out after being hit by a pitch on the right elbow Saturday. He’s considered day to day, according to interim manager Torey Lovullo.
— Hanley Ramirez missed his seventh consecutive game with a sore left foot he suffered while fouling a ball off it. The Red Sox typically view the halfway mark — seven or eight games — as a point at which the 15-day disabled list becomes a serious consideration, but Lovullo sounded optimistic.
“Hanley is doing OK. He’s improving every day, getting closer,” Lovullo said before Sunday’s game. “He’s such a finely-tuned athlete. That’s the type of body that we’re dealing with here that when something is a little off, it takes a little time to make sure that everything is OK before he goes back in there.”
— John Farrell, who is set to begin chemotherapy this week, remained with the Red Sox through the weekend. He even picked up on some things through video, according to Lovullo.
“He’s able to see the game from the camera’s view, from a different view,” Lovullo said before the game. “He’s seeing some things that are pretty enlightening, mostly from a pitching standpoint.
“He’s sharp all the way around, but when you talk about pitching and mechanics, he’s spot on. He’s watching some things and recognizing some things from some of our pitchers.”
— The Red Sox and Mariners totaled 44 extra-base hits combined in the three-game series. That’s the second-most for any two teams in a three-game series in the last 100 years, according to STATS Inc.
Boston had 27 extra-base hits. Seattle had 17.
— Andrew Benintendi, drafted in the first round (No. 7 overall) by the Red Sox in June, has been promoted from Class A Short-Season Lowell to Single-A Greenville, according to multiple reports.
The 21-year-old outfielder hit .290 with seven homers, 15 RBIs, seven stolen bases, a .408 on-base percentage and a .540 slugging percentage in 35 games for the Spinners.
The Greenville Drive will have a stacked lineup unless additional promotions shake up the roster. Benintendi is set to join a squad that already features a host of intriguing prospects, including Yoan Moncada, Rafael Devers, Javier Guerra, Michael Chavis and Nick Longhi.
The news of Benintendi’s promotion was first reported by SoxProspects.com.
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