from first on a ground ball that went into right field. Red Sox lost the series 1–2 (10–17 runs) Season standings American League East American League Wild Card Red Sox team leaders Minimum 3.1 plate appearances per team games played AVG qualified batters: Benintendi, Betts, Bogaerts, Bradley, Devers, Martinez, Vázquez Minimum 1 inning pitched per team games played ERA & WHIP qualified pitchers: Porcello, Rodríguez Record against opponents Roster MLB debuts Red Sox players who made their MLB debuts during the 2019 regular season: April 20: Michael Chavis April 23: Darwinzon Hernández and Travis Lakins May 29: Josh Taylor June 7: Mike Shawaryn July 2: Trevor Kelley Transactions Notable transactions of/for players on the 40-man roster during the 2019 regular season: April 16: Catcher Blake Swihart was designated for assignment. He was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks three days later, for minor league outfielder Marcus Wilson. July 10: Pitcher Tyler Thornburg was released. July 13: Boston acquired pitcher Andrew Cashner (and cash considerations) from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for minor league position players Noelberth Romero and Elio Prado. July 15: Eduardo Núñez was designated for assignment; he was released on July 20. September 1: The team activated pitcher Jhoulys Chacín when rosters expanded; Chacín had been signed to a minor league contract on August 31, after being released by the Milwaukee Brewers on August 26. Amateur draft Boston's top ten selections in the 2019 MLB draft, which started on June 3, are listed below. The team did not have a first-round pick, due to being more than $40 million over the MLB luxury tax threshold. Game log |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 1 || Mar 28 || @ Mariners || 4–12 || Gonzales (2–0) || Sale (0–1) || — || T-Mobile Park || 45,601 || 0–1 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 2 || Mar 29 || @ Mariners || 7–6 || Johnson (1–0) || Strickland (0–1) || Barnes (1) || T-Mobile Park || 29,002 || 1–1 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 3 || Mar 30 || @ Mariners || 5–6 || Leake (1–0) || Rodríguez (0–1) || Rumbelow (1) || T-Mobile Park || 34,928 || 1–2 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 4 || Mar 31 || @ Mariners || 8–10 || LeBlanc (1–0) || Porcello (0–1) || Bradford (1) || T-Mobile Park || 33,391 || 1–3 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 5 || Apr 1 ||