1) Prior to Friday night, the Red Sox were 7-1 in their eight previous games, but those had been won mostly behind strong pitching as the Sox failed to score more than four runs in any one of those games. After being blanked in the first two innings, the Red Sox managed to score at least once in each of their next five innings, getting 11 hits across the lineup in a balanced attack. 2) Red Sox starter Hunter Dobbins was his own worst enemy.
