Red Sox batter splits in innings (1-6) vs (7-9)

Red Sox batters seem to fade late in games. Is it an illusion or is it real.

Well, it turns out there is some merit to it.

Red Sox ranks in all of MLB in innings (1-6) - 1st in runs, hits, 2B, BA, OBA, SLG, OPS..7th in HR..26th in fewest K's.

Red Sox ranks in all of MLB in innings (7-9) - 10th in runs, 6th in hits, 8th in 2B, 14th in HR, 5th in BA, 8th in OBA, 4th in SLG, 7th in OPS..5th most K's

Here are innings (1-6) sorted by OPS.

TM	Split	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBA	SLG	OPS
BOS	Inn 1-6	2,560	426	750	178	12	99	410	257	479	0.293	0.360	0.488	0.848
COL	Inn 1-6	2,514	382	699	163	18	93	368	222	564	0.278	0.338	0.468	0.806
BAL	Inn 1-6	2,486	333	663	145	2	108	318	215	573	0.267	0.328	0.457	0.785
CLE	Inn 1-6	2,446	389	661	138	13	92	367	230	552	0.270	0.333	0.450	0.783
CHC	Inn 1-6	2,458	363	627	128	12	99	346	293	614	0.255	0.343	0.438	0.780
TOR	Inn 1-6	2,462	365	618	130	13	109	350	281	611	0.251	0.332	0.447	0.779
SEA	Inn 1-6	2,436	338	638	102	10	109	321	220	552	0.262	0.330	0.446	0.776
WSN	Inn 1-6	2,455	369	643	123	13	96	361	252	533	0.262	0.333	0.440	0.773
MIN	Inn 1-6	2,503	343	667	139	20	86	330	218	582	0.266	0.327	0.441	0.768
DET	Inn 1-6	2,506	345	674	109	18	95	332	207	591	0.269	0.327	0.441	0.767
HOU	Inn 1-6	2,434	341	613	124	12	105	328	239	618	0.252	0.324	0.442	0.766
STL	Inn 1-6	2,467	355	625	138	18	94	339	238	542	0.253	0.325	0.438	0.763
TEX	Inn 1-6	2,496	350	676	120	9	93	342	184	518	0.271	0.325	0.438	0.763
MIA	Inn 1-6	2,538	327	698	130	22	72	313	198	518	0.275	0.332	0.429	0.760
TBR	Inn 1-6	2,459	319	622	132	18	102	309	197	607	0.253	0.313	0.446	0.759
MIL	Inn 1-6	2,386	303	623	117	4	81	287	256	680	0.261	0.334	0.415	0.749
ARI	Inn 1-6	2,495	316	657	129	20	78	297	185	605	0.263	0.317	0.425	0.741
CIN	Inn 1-6	2,388	331	611	120	14	85	314	196	561	0.256	0.316	0.425	0.741
SFG	Inn 1-6	2,465	341	645	119	22	65	323	253	464	0.262	0.333	0.407	0.740
PIT	Inn 1-6	2,422	330	636	122	16	66	317	213	583	0.263	0.331	0.408	0.739
NYM	Inn 1-6	2,412	288	586	112	9	104	280	216	571	0.243	0.310	0.426	0.736
LAA	Inn 1-6	2,437	332	649	125	7	69	322	217	401	0.266	0.328	0.408	0.736
SDP	Inn 1-6	2,461	337	618	125	11	90	326	184	638	0.251	0.307	0.421	0.728
LAD	Inn 1-6	2,459	322	628	123	9	77	299	210	541	0.255	0.320	0.407	0.726
KCR	Inn 1-6	2,460	264	653	128	11	58	248	168	523	0.265	0.316	0.397	0.713
CHW	Inn 1-6	2,427	286	602	115	14	77	268	197	531	0.248	0.310	0.402	0.712
OAK	Inn 1-6	2,450	292	624	109	11	77	282	180	442	0.255	0.307	0.402	0.709
NYY	Inn 1-6	2,432	290	606	112	11	67	272	220	469	0.249	0.314	0.387	0.701
ATL	Inn 1-6	2,397	252	598	132	14	43	238	189	517	0.249	0.309	0.370	0.679
PHI	Inn 1-6	2,434	251	588	94	20	72	239	159	562	0.242	0.292	0.385	0.677

Here are innings (7-9) sorted by OPS.

TM	Split	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
LAA	Inn 7-9	1,168	165	326	65	4	32	155	97	215	0.279	0.339	0.424	0.763
SFG	Inn 7-9	1,114	134	284	55	11	23	127	124	232	0.255	0.331	0.386	0.717
CLE	Inn 7-9	1,080	128	266	47	7	42	121	94	247	0.246	0.308	0.419	0.727
KCR	Inn 7-9	1,131	140	292	47	4	32	134	70	249	0.258	0.302	0.392	0.694
BOS	Inn 7-9	1,129	147	299	60	9	36	138	95	262	0.265	0.325	0.430	0.755
ATL	Inn 7-9	1,149	110	268	51	5	22	104	107	268	0.233	0.305	0.344	0.648
SEA	Inn 7-9	1,118	146	274	61	2	36	142	101	270	0.245	0.315	0.400	0.715
OAK	Inn 7-9	1,157	142	280	62	6	38	139	91	271	0.242	0.302	0.404	0.707
WSN	Inn 7-9	1,132	139	273	55	7	46	133	115	272	0.241	0.317	0.424	0.741
PIT	Inn 7-9	1,105	141	277	61	8	31	132	106	273	0.251	0.325	0.405	0.729
NYY	Inn 7-9	1,126	143	279	41	4	41	135	80	273	0.248	0.301	0.401	0.701
TEX	Inn 7-9	1,121	155	278	43	7	44	148	90	276	0.248	0.310	0.417	0.727
TOR	Inn 7-9	1,116	152	275	55	3	44	145	118	277	0.246	0.325	0.419	0.744
DET	Inn 7-9	1,139	167	304	52	6	46	160	102	279	0.267	0.331	0.444	0.775
MIA	Inn 7-9	1,149	125	308	54	5	17	121	96	281	0.268	0.328	0.368	0.696
CHC	Inn 7-9	1,091	170	278	65	5	29	159	147	286	0.255	0.355	0.403	0.758
LAD	Inn 7-9	1,078	137	239	50	3	42	130	133	286	0.222	0.311	0.391	0.701
STL	Inn 7-9	1,179	180	316	66	7	51	173	118	291	0.268	0.339	0.466	0.804
CIN	Inn 7-9	1,083	116	235	48	4	34	108	87	291	0.217	0.281	0.363	0.644
BAL	Inn 7-9	1,088	158	274	40	1	49	151	87	297	0.252	0.310	0.426	0.735
PHI	Inn 7-9	1,157	138	271	55	6	34	128	103	297	0.234	0.301	0.380	0.682
CHW	Inn 7-9	1,126	128	283	53	7	28	125	100	303	0.251	0.318	0.385	0.703
COL	Inn 7-9	1,136	172	292	50	8	42	159	116	305	0.257	0.330	0.426	0.756
MIN	Inn 7-9	1,142	144	273	59	7	40	134	109	308	0.239	0.310	0.408	0.718
NYM	Inn 7-9	1,096	107	252	45	4	34	105	108	310	0.230	0.306	0.371	0.678
MIL	Inn 7-9	1,026	114	220	38	8	30	110	125	316	0.214	0.302	0.355	0.657
ARI	Inn 7-9	1,198	151	311	59	16	41	145	96	320	0.260	0.320	0.438	0.758
HOU	Inn 7-9	1,092	118	244	61	6	25	111	130	328	0.223	0.309	0.359	0.668
TBR	Inn 7-9	1,072	102	224	46	4	34	97	105	341	0.209	0.289	0.354	0.644
SDP	Inn 7-9	1,124	131	246	58	3	31	121	112	342	0.219	0.296	0.359	0.655