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1 BOSTON RED SOX (73-80) vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (76-77) Saturday, September 26, :05 p.m. ET Fenway Park, Boston, MA LHP Craig Breslow (0-3, 4.53) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (10-7, 3.36) Game #154 Home Game #80 TV: NESN Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) SHUTOUT STORY: Last night Rich Hill pitched a complete game shutout in Boston s 7-0 series-opening victory over the Orioles at Fenway Park...It was Boston s 8th team shutout this season, surpassing the team s 2014 total of 7...At 7-0, it was Boston s largest shutout victory at home since Clay Buchholz 4-hit the Orioles on 6/7/ GAME RUN: Boston is 12-8 (.600) in its last 20 games, tied with Baltimore (also 12-8) for the AL s 2nd-best record since 9/4 behind only Texas (.667, 14-7). The Sox have outscored opponents in the last 19 games, batting.281/.341/.438 with 45 2B, 2 3B, 21 HR in this stretch. Starting pitchers have a 2.93 ERA (43 ER/132.0 IP) in this stretch, allowing 3 ER or less in all but 3 of those 20 contests, with 13 quality starts. STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox are 7 games under.500 but stood a season-high-tying 14 games under.500 as recently as 8/17 (52-66)...At 73-80, the Sox have surpassed their win total from the entire 2014 season (71-91) and have 9 games remaining, including today. The Sox have been in last place all but 1 day since 6/9 (this past Monday)...They are 1.5 games behind the 4th-place Rays and 3.0 games behind the 3rd-place Orioles...Boston is 15.0 GB in the AL East (season high is 15.5 GB) and 6.5 GB for the 2nd Wild Card spot. ON THE RECORD: The Red Sox are tied for the 3rd-best record in the AL since 8/18, going (.600)...Boston ranks 4th in the AL with a (.569) record since 7/30 after starting the year (.431). BEST AMERICAN LEAGUE RECORDS Since August 18 Since July 30 RK TEAM W-L PCT. RK TEAM W-L PCT. 1. Blue Jays Blue Jays Rangers Rangers T-3. Red Sox Indians T-3. Indians Red Sox T-5. 2 Teams Mariners OPENING THOUGHTS: Last night, the Red Sox improved to (.580) in the fi rst game of a series...boston s 29 series-opening wins are tied for the most in the AL (also TOR). NEW IN BASEBALL OPS: Yesterday, the Red Sox announced that Frank Wren has been hired as Senior Vice President, Baseball Operations...On Thursday, the club named Mike Hazen the team s Senior Vice President/General Manager...President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski made the announcements. FROM HERE TO THE END: Tonight s game is the 6th of 7 in the Red Sox final homestand of 2015, which began with 4 games against the Rays (1-3) and ends with 3 against the Orioles (1-0 thus far)...on Monday they begin a seasonending 7-game road trip through NYY (4 G) and CLE (3 G). 3 OF A KIND: Last night Rich Hill became the fi rst Red Sox pitcher this season to throw a shutout, allowing just 2 hits and 1 walk with 10 strikeouts on 116 pitches...hill has now fanned 10 batters in all 3 starts this season (also 9/13 at TB & 9/20 at TOR), becoming just the 5th pitcher in Red Sox history to have double-digit strikeouts in at least 3 straight games, joining Pedro Martinez (several times), Roger Clemens (3 times), Jon Lester (2 times), and Ray Culp (1968). Hill is the fi rst major league pitcher since 1900 to make a season debut in September or later and have 10-strikeout starts in his first 3 games of that season. Hill is the only pitcher in the last 100 years with at least 10 SO in each of his fi rst 3 starts for any single AL team...elias says Hill is the 1st pitcher since 1900 to strike out at least 10 in his fi rst 3 starts immediately following a gap of 5+ years since his previous start. Hill is the fi rst ever Red Sox pitcher to record 10 SO in his fi rst 3 starts for the team...he is the only Sox pitcher in the last 100 years to have 3 consecutive starts at any point of at least 7.0 innings with 10+ strikeouts in each and 1 or 0 walks in each. STARTING DEBUT: Today Craig Breslow, who turned 35 years old in August, will make the fi rst start in 523 career major league games...he will be the fi rst pitcher to make his fi rst start that late in a career by games played since Troy Percival in his 639th career game on 9/30/07 with St. Louis, and the fi rst left-hander to do it since Chuck McElroy in his 604th career game on 9/20/2000 with Baltimore. According to Elias, he will pass Scott Atchison as the oldest ever Red Sox pitcher at the time of his fi rst career major league start...atchison did it at 34 years, 75 days old on 6/12/2010 vs. PHI. Elias also says Breslow will be the oldest pitcher to make his fi rst major league start at age 35 or older and do it for an AL team since Danny Boone at 36 years old for the Orioles on 9/30/90. LEFTY RECORD: Today Craig Breslow will become the 6th different left-handed pitcher to start for the Red Sox this year, along with Rich Hill, Brian Johnson, Wade Miley, Henry Owens, and Eduardo Rodriguez. This is just the 2nd time Boston has featured as many as 6 different left-handed starters in a single season... They also had 7 lefties start in 1934 (Lefty Grove, George Hockette, Spike Merena, Fritz Ostermueller, Herb Pennock, Rube Walberg, and Bob Weiland). BATTLING BIRDS: Tonight the Red Sox and Orioles continue their 19-game season series, which Boston trails 6-games-to-11 despite being outscored in those 17 games by just 3 runs (76-79)...Boston is 4-4 against the Birds at Fenway this year, winning 3 of their last 5 matchups here. OFFENSIVE FORCE: Since 7/30, the Red Sox offense leads all MLB teams in AVG (.290) and ranks 2nd in the majors in OBP (.345) and runs scored per game (5.75). Boston has the 2nd-best run differential in MLB since 8/14 at +59 (MLB-high 228 runs scored, 169 runs allowed)...only the Blue Jays rank higher (+79). LONG DIVISION: Dustin Pedroia has reached base safely in each of his last 35 games against teams in the AL East, a stretch that began on 4/24 (.317 AVG, 45-for-142, 7 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 20 RBI, HBP, 17 BB,.391 OBP). Pedroia s 35 games mark the longest on-base streak by a Red Sox against divisional foes since Manny Ramirez did it in 35 games from 9/9/01-7/11/02...It is the longest divisional on-base streak for a Red Sox in a single season since Wade Boggs did it in 45 games against the AL East from 4/8-8/27/85 (Source: Elias). BETTS IS ON: Mookie Betts has reached base safely in a career-high 28 consecutive games dating back to 8/24 (.368 AVG, 43-for-117, 9 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 10 BB, HBP,.419 OBP)...It is the longest on-base streak by a Red Sox since Mike Napoli reached in 33 straight games, 4/4-5/14/14. Betts 28-game stretch is the 2nd-longest active on-base streak in the AL and the 2nd-longest active streak in the majors behind CIN s Joey Votto, who enters today having reached in 42 consecutive games. ENTER XAND MAN: Xander Bogaerts has reached base safely in a career-high 23 consecutive games dating back to 8/30, batting.385 (37-for-96) with 7 2B, 3 HR, 18 RBI, 8 BB, and 3 SB...It marks the longest on-base streak by a Red Sox shortstop since Nomar Garciaparra reached in 26 consecutive games from 4/27-5/26/03. Overall this season, Bogaerts ranks 2nd in the AL with a.325 AVG, trailing only DET s Miguel Cabrera (.334)...He also places 2nd in the AL with 188 hits, just 1 shy of the AL leader (HOU s Jose Altuve, 189). ANOTHER CENTURY: David Ortiz has driven in 5 runs in the last 2 games and now ranks 6th in the AL with 104 RBI...On Thursday night, he crossed the 100 RBI plateau for the 9th time in his career, all as a Red Sox, tying Ted Williams for the most in 100-RBI seasons in team history. Ortiz also ranks 8th in the AL with 36 HR, his highest single-season homer total since hitting 54 in UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN Overall AL East Standing...5th, 15.0 GB At Home On Road In day games In night games April May June July August September vs. AL East vs. AL Central vs. AL West vs. National League vs. RH starter vs. LH starter Leading after 6 innings Tied after 6 innings Trailing after 6 innings Leading after 7 innings Tied after 7 innings Trailing after 7 innings Leading after 8 innings Tied after 8 innings Trailing after 8 innings Red Sox score first Opponents score first Shutouts Scoring less than 3 runs Scoring 3 or 4 runs Scoring 5 or more runs Red Sox hit HR Red Sox hit 0 HR run games run games Walk-offs Extra innings (home) Extra innings (road) Extra innings (total) Series openers Series finales Series W-L-T (home) Series W-L-T (road) Series W-L-T (total) Series sweeps (home) Series sweeps (road) Series sweeps (total) Come-from-behind wins... 25, last 9/21 Innings batting around...22, last 9/19 (9th) Games decided in last AB VS. THE ORIOLES All-Time vs. O s (since 1954) In Boston In Baltimore At Camden Yards vs. Orioles In Boston In Baltimore DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 4/17 H W3-2 UEHARA Matusz 4/18 H L1-4 Tillman BUCHHOLZ 4/19 H L3-8 Gonzalez PORCELLO 4/20 H W7-1(7) MASTERSON Chen 4/24 R W7-5 OGANDO Matusz 4/25 R L4-5 (10) Matusz UEHARA 4/26 R L7-18 Norris MILEY 6/9 R L0-1 Roe BARNES 6/10 R L2-5 Chen PORCELLO 6/11 R L5-6 Tillman MILEY 6/23 H L4-6 Jimenez KELLY 6/24 H W5-1 BUCHHOLZ Norris 6/25 H L6-8 Gonzalez RODRIGUEZ 9/14 R L0-2 Gausman RODRIGUEZ 9/15 R L5-6 (13) Roe ARO 9/16 R W10-1 OWENS Wright 9/25 H W7-0 HILL Gausman MLB ALL-TIME DOUBLES LIST Rk Player 2B 18. Robin Yount David Ortiz Albert Pujols 580 MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rk Player HR 26. Eddie Murray David Ortiz 502 DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Sun., 9/27 vs. BAL 1:35 p.m. LHP Henry Owens (3-3, 4.41) RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (12-9, 4.16) NESN Red Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affi liates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM (night games) and WCCM 1110 AM (day games).

2 Red Sox Game Notes Page 2 32-CRAIG BRESLOW, LHP W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO CAREER TONIGHT S START: TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER Is making his 1st career start in the 523rd apprearance of his 10-year career...has posted a record with a 3.34 ERA, with 408 and 206 walks in 522 games with 6 different teams...owns an 8-11 record alongside a 3.88 ERA in 200 games over 2 separate stints with Boston (2006, ). Becomes the fi rst pitcher to make his fi rst start in the majors as late as his 523rd career game since Troy Percival did so in his 639th career appearance on 9/30/2007 at PIT while with STL...No left-hander has made his fi rst start as late since Chuck McElory started his 604th career game on 9/20/2000 vs. OAK while with BAL. According to Elias, at 35 years, 49 days old, passes Scott Atchison as the oldest ever Red Sox pitcher at the time of his fi rst career major league start...atchison did it at 34 years, 75 days old on 6/12/2010 vs. PHI...Elias also says Breslow will be the oldest pitcher to make his fi rst major league start at age 35 or older and do it for an AL team since Danny Boone at 36 years old for the Orioles on 9/30/ HIGHLIGHTS: Has recorded a home ERA of 3.27 (12 ER/33.0 IP) in 21 relief appearances this year, compared to a 6.35 ERA (16 ER/22.2 IP) in 22 road games. Has a 1.67 ERA (5 ER/27.0 IP) with a.204 opponents average and a 0.89 WHIP in his 12 outings of 2.0+ IP this season, 9 of which have come at Fenway. Over the course of his career, has an ERA of 2.71 (30 ER/99.2 IP) after September 1 compared to a 3.49 ERA (160 ER/412.1 IP) prior to that date. VS. THE ORIOLES: In 38 career outings vs. Baltimore, boasts a 2.01 ERA (10 ER/44.2 IP) with a.225 opponents batting average and a 1.05 WHIP...Has fanned 37 Orioles in 44.2 innings while issuing just 11 walks (3.36 SO/BB)...Has held the Orioles to 3 ER in 15.2 IP (1.72 ERA) in 12 career games at Fenway. CAREER NOTES: His 3.44 ERA in 468 AL games ranks 19th in American League history among lefthanders who have made at least 450 AL appearances , 2 times, last: 7/29 vs. CWS 5, 9/2 vs. NYY 5, 8/4 at NYY 5, 8/4 at NYY 3, 4/12 at NYY 3, 3 times, 9/15 at BAL 2, 7/2 at TOR 3, 7/23-present , 3.27 ERA, 21 G, 0 GS 0-2, 6.35 ERA, 22 G, 0 GS.291 (62-213), 10 HR.300 (24-80), 3 HR.286 (38-133), 7 HR , 4.53 ERA, 43 games, 0 starts SINGLE-GAME HIGHS IP H R ER BB SO HR CG SHO WIN STREAK LOSS STREAK 10+ SO G SPLITS HOME ROAD OPP. AVG VS. LHB VS. RHB WHIP CAREER 3.2, 9/20/05 at COL 5, 4 times, last: 9/2/15 vs. NYY 5, 5 times, last: 8/4/15 at NYY 5, 3 times, last: 8/4/15 at NYY 3, 5 times, last: 4/12/15 at NYY 4, 6/4/10 vs. MIN 2, 7/2/15 at TOR 5, 2 times, last: 7/9/13-5/7/14 7, 5/25/14-present CAREER 12-13, 3.61 ERA, 263 G, 0 GS 10-13, 3.07 ERA, 259 G, 0 GS.244 ( ), 49 HR.245 ( ), 19 HR.243 ( ), 30 HR 1.31 Is the only left-handed reliever to reach 50.0 IP in each of the last 7 seasons since Is 1 of 6 relievers overall to do so, joined by 5 right-handers...no other lefty has an active streak of more than 5 consecutive seasons with IP. Appeared in 10 postseason games during Boston s World Series championship run in 2013, posting a 2.45 ERA (2 ER/7.1 IP)...Pitched in 3 games of the ALDS, 4 games of the ALCS, and 3 in the Fall Classic...Earned the win in the ALDS series-clincher, Game 4 on 10/8/13 at TB. Was born in New Haven, CT and is a Yale graduate...was the 24th Bulldog to reach the majors and 1st since pitcher Ron Darling in In 2012 with BOS, along with catcher Ryan Lavarnway, formed 2nd pair of Yale products to play in at least 1 game for the same major league team in a season, joining Frank Quinn and Sam Mele, who both played for the Red Sox in ORIOLES CAREER vs. BRESLOW PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Alvarez Clevenger Davis Flaherty Hardy Janish Jones Joseph Lake Lough Machado Paredes Parra Pearce Reimold Schoop Walker Wieters BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS RED SOX CAREER vs. CHEN PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Betts Bogaerts Bradley Jr Castillo Craig Hanigan Holt Leon Marrero Ortiz Pedroia Rutledge Sandoval Shaw Swihart VS. ORIOLES W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO CAREER FENWAY STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN QUALITY SOX STARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC. Buchholz / Porcello / Masterson / Miley / Kelly / Wright / Rodriguez / Johnson 1 0 3/ Owens / Barnes 2 0 1/ Hill / HENRY OWENS, LHP W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO RED SOX PAWTUCKET ML CAREER VS. THE ORIOLES: TOMORROW S STARTING PITCHER Started in BAL on 9/26, tossing 7.2 scoreless IP with 4 SO and 0 BB in his 3rd career win. LAST START: 3-3, 4.41 ERA, 9 starts LAST 5 REGULAR SEASON STARTS DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 8/28 at NYM ND /2 NYY L /8 TOR ND /16 at BAL W /22 TB L ERA Pitched into the 8th inning for the second straight start on 9/22 vs. Tampa Bay...Allowed 4 earned runs in a 5-2 Red Sox setback, suffering the loss to even his record at Retired the first 12 batters he faced.

3 Red Sox Game Notes Page 3 BATTING NOTES 50-MOOKIE BETTS, OF.292 AVG 15 HR 71 RBI.340 OBP.467 SLG vs. RHP: (.286), 11 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3, R, BB HOMESTAND: 8-19, 6 R, 2B, 3 BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-6 vs. LHP: (.307), 4 HR TB SERIES: 8-16, 5 R, 2B, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 18 G (8/24-9/13) Leads the Sox in runs (85), doubles (37), triples (8), and PA/SO (8.38)...Ended Friday's game with a home run-saving catch, robbing Chris Davis at the RF wall... Snapped a 13-game home hitting streak Friday...Is batting.358 with a.400 OBP and.566 SLG in 42 home games since 6/12 (62-173, 15 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 14 BB). Has reached base via hit or BB in each of his last 28 games, the longest streak by a Red Sox player since Mike Napoli s 33-game stretch from 4/4-5/14/14...It is the longest active on-base streak in the AL and the 2nd-longest in the majors, trailing only CIN s Joey Votto (42). Has scored a run in each of his last 6 games, matching his career high (3rd time)...has scored 58 runs in 70 games since 6/20, a pace of 134 runs per 162 games. Has hit safely in 33 of his last 37 games since 8/14 (57-for-161,.354 AVG/.398 OBP/.540 SLG)...His 57 hits since 8/14 rank 2nd in MLB (Jose Altuve, 59). Leads the majors with 63 RBI out of the leadoff spot (in only 108 games), the most by a Red Sox hitter since Jacoby Ellsbury had 97 in 144 games in Has 60 XBH this season (37 2B, 8 3B, 15 HR), the most by a Red Sox player in a season before turning 23 since Tony Conigliaro had 61 in Is the only major leaguer with at least 37 doubles, 8 triples, and 15 HR this season...the last Red Sox player to do it at any age was Nomar Garciaparra in 2003, and the only other Red Sox to reach those figures at age 22 or younger are Ted Williams (1939 & 1940) and Bobby Doerr (1940). Stole his 20th base of the season on Wednesday, becoming only the 2nd Red Sox player ever with at least 20 SB and 15 HR in a season at the age of 22 or younger (also Ellis Burks in 1987, 20 HR, 27 SB). 2-XANDER BOGAERTS, SS.325 AVG 7 HR 80 RBI.358 OBP.429 SLG vs. RHP: (.307), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 3-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI HOMESTAND: 8-19, 5 R, 3 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 3 BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (3-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI) vs. LHP: (.385), 2 HR TB SERIES: 5-15, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 12 G (9/9-23) Has reached base in a career-best 23 consecutive games since 8/30, the 4th-longest active streak in the majors (.385 AVG/.433 OBP/.552 SLG)...Has hit safely in 30 of his last 33 games since 8/18. Ranks 2nd in the AL and 4th in the majors in AVG...Leads the majors with a.349 AVG since 5/31 (100 G, 146-for-418), totaling 17 more hits than any other major leaguer in that span...the next-highest AVG in the AL during that time is 26 points below Bogaerts'.349 mark (Altuve,.323). Ranks 3rd in the majors with 188 hits, trailing only Jose Altuve (189) and Dee Gordon (193)...The last Red Sox with at least 175 hits in a season--all before turning 23--was Ted Williams in 1940 (193)...The last Red Sox shortstop with more hits in a season was Nomar Garciaparra in 2003 (198). Ranks 2nd in the majors with a.351 AVG at home, trailing only Miguel Cabrera (.352)...Ranks 9th in the majors with a.340 AVG in day games. Ranks T-3rd in MLB with 55 multi-hit games and T-5th with hit contests...is tied for the MLB lead with six 4-hit games (also Ian Kinsler). Leads ML shortstops in AVG (.325), hits (188), runs (79), doubles (33), and OBP (.358)...Also ranks 2nd among SS in RBI (80) and 4th in fielding pct. (.986). Leads MLB with a.377 AVG vs. LHP (57-for-151) and is hitting.444 vs. LHP since 7/2 (36-for-81)...Ranks 5th in the AL in AVG with RISP (.354, 52-for-147). Gave the Sox an 8-6 lead with a 2-out grand slam in the 8th inning of Monday s win vs. TB...Marked the first grand slam of his career and the second by a Red Sox player this season (also Hanley Ramirez on 4/6 at PHI)...Became the first Sox player to hit a go-ahead grand slam in the 8th inning or later at home since Rico Brogna hit a walk-off grand slam against Tampa Bay on 8/14/00 (9th inning, off Billy Taylor)...His 5 RBI in the game marked a new career high. 25-JACKIE BRADLEY JR., OF.254 AVG 9 HR 40 RBI.335 OBP.513 SLG vs. RHP: (.211), 7 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3 HOMESTAND: 1-15, 2 R, BB, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 0-3 vs. LHP: (.338), 2 HR TB SERIES: 1-12, 2 R, BB, HBP SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 8 G (8/30-9/7) Has started 48 of the Sox 51 games since being recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on 7/29...Has made 26 starts in RF, 22 in CF, and 9 in LF this season. In 41 games since 8/9, leads the AL in doubles (15, tied) and extra-base hits (27, tied), and ranks among leaders in runs (T-3rd, 34), OPS (4th, 1.033), SLG (3rd,.659), RBI (T-5th, 36), triples (T-3rd, 4), and total bases (T-8th, 89). Is 3-for-42 (.071) against the Rays this season, compared to 46-for-151 (.305) against all other opponents. 24 of his last 35 hits have gone for extra bases (15 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR)...Has 8 HR in his last 41 games, after hitting 5 HR in his first 188 major league games. 38-RUSNEY CASTILLO, OF.262 AVG 5 HR 29 RBI.297 OBP.373 SLG vs. RHP: (.229), 3 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 1-14, BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-5 vs. LHP: (.329), 2 HR TB SERIES: 1-14, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 10 G (8/11-26) Is batting.515 with runners in scoring position and 2 outs, the highest mark among 341 qualifying major leaguers (17-for-33, 2 HR, 2B, 3B, 18 RBI)...Only 3 Red Sox since 1975 have finished a season with an AVG of at least.450 with RISP and 2 outs: Wade Boggs (.475 in 1982), Larry Parrish (.462 in 1988), and Jerry Remy (.450 in 1981)...No AL player has ever finished a season with an AVG of at least.490 with RISP and 2 outs (Rickey Henderson,.486 in 1995 with OAK). Is batting.365 (23-for-63) with RISP overall, including.432 (16-for-37) since 8/1. Has a.294 AVG/.337 OBP/.456 SLG line in 46 career home games (47-for-160, 32 R, 6 2B, 3B, 6 HR, 21 RBI, 2 HBP, 9 BB). Has 3 assists as a LF and 2 as a RF...Has made 61 starts in 2 stints with BOS this season (RF-38, LF-19, CF-4). 5-ALLEN CRAIG, INF/OF.134 AVG 1 HR 3 RBI.237 OBP.194 SLG vs. RHP: 4-42 (.095), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-7, 2B, RBI) vs. LHP: 5-25 (.200), 1 HR TB SERIES: SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G (5/1-5) Delivered a pinch-hit, RBI double in the 8th inning of last Wednesday s win at BAL, his first XBH and RBI in the majors since homering against NYY on 5/1. Selected to the active ML roster from Triple-A Pawtucket on 9/1...Has started 12 games for BOS this season (RF-5, LF-4, 1B-2, DH-1)...Appeared in 24 games with BOS before being optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on 5/9...In 93 games for the PawSox, he hit.274 (94-for-343) with 14 doubles, 4 HR, 30 RBI, and 49 BB. Last committed an error on 4/22/13 at WSH while playing 1B for STL...Has not committed an error in 245 starts since then, combining for 1,309 total chances in 2,135.1 innings at 1B, LF, and RF...Is the only active major leaguer to play at least 150 games in the OF without committing an error (260 G, 397 TC)...Has a.998 career fielding pct. at 1B (5 E/2,042 TC), the highest mark among active players (min. 150 G at 1B). 10-RYAN HANIGAN, C.247 AVG 2 HR 16 RBI.337 OBP.328 SLG vs. RHP: (.208), 2 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 0-5, BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-14 vs. LHP: (.364), 0 HR TB SERIES: 0-5, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 8 G (7/21-8/6) Snapped a 7-game home hitting streak on Monday...Has reached base via hit or BB in 27 of his 30 home games this season, posting a.310 AVG and.389 OBP at Fenway Park (31-for-100, 10 BB, 3 HBP)...Is 25-for-90 (.278) in 25 games (24 starts) overall since 7/21, hitting safely in 18 of those. The Sox are in Hanigan s starts, including 10-6 in his last 16...The Sox are 10-1 when Hanigan drives in a run. Has caught 2 no-hitters, both thrown by Reds RHP Homer Bailey, on 9/28/12 at PIT and 7/2/13 vs. SF. 26-BROCK HOLT, INF.284 AVG 2 HR 43 RBI.350 OBP.384 SLG vs. RHP: (.274), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 2-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB HOMESTAND: 4-11, R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (2-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB) vs. LHP: (.314), 0 HR TB SERIES: 2-8, RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 11 G (6/29-7/12) Has hit.347 with a.439 OBP against the Orioles this season (17-for-49, 8 BB, HR, 3 2B). Ranks 6th in the AL with a.340 AVG in day games, as well as 7th with a.410 OBP...Is batting.326 in his last 25 home games since 7/26 (31-for-95, 7 2B, 2 3B). Has hit.314 with a.395 OBP vs. LHP this season (32-for-102, 14 BB)...Among left-handed batters with at least 100 PA against LHP, Holt leads the AL in OBP and AVG...In the last 2 seasons combined, has hit.301 with a.364 OBP against lefties (80-for-266, 21 2B, 4 3B, HR, 26 BB, 2 HBP). Ranks 3rd in the majors with a.417 AVG with RISP since the All-Star break (20-for-48), after batting only.196 (11-for-56) with RISP before the break. Has started at 2B (49), 3B (21), RF (17), LF (8), SS (7), 1B (5), and CF (2) in Is the first Red Sox to appear at all 7 of those positions in back-to-back seasons... Has never committed an error in 76 career games (69 GS) in the OF (142 TC).

4 Red Sox Game Notes Page 4 BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) 3-SANDY LEON, C.173 AVG 0 HR 3 RBI.232 OBP.192 SLG vs. RHP: (.236), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3, SH HOMESTAND: 0-3, SH CURRENT STREAK: 0-3 vs. LHP: 1-32 (.031), 0 HR TB SERIES: SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G (7/4-9/2) Has caught 4 of the Sox 8 shutouts, despite starting only 31 games (5/13 at OAK, 6/2 vs. MIN, 9/13 at TB, 9/26 vs. BAL)...Caught all 13 innings of the Sox 2-0 win at TB on 9/13...The Red Sox are in Leon s starts, including 11-6 since 6/2. Has a 3.52 catcher's ERA this season (3.32 career)...has caught 9 of 17 (52.9 %) attempted base stealers in Selected to the active ML roster from Triple-A Pawtucket on 9/1...Acquired by BOS from WSH in exchange for cash considerations on 3/30/15...Named to 1st career Opening Day roster...played in 33 games with BOS before being DFA d on 7/20...Hit.263 (26-99, 4 2B, HR, 13 RBI, 10 BB) in 26 games with Pawtucket. 16-DEVEN MARRERO, INF.290 AVG 0 HR 1 RBI.290 OBP.290 SLG vs. RHP: 7-15 (.467), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 HOMESTAND: 1-12, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-5 vs. LHP: 2-16 (.125), 0 HR TB SERIES: 1-8, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 4 G (9/12-16) Stole 3B in the 8th inning on Monday, his first career steal...entered Saturday's game in the 9th inning and scored what held up as the deciding run. Went hitless in his first 6 ML at-bats, but is 9-for-25 since then...on Wednesday, recorded his first career RBI, his first 3+ hit performance, and his first multi-run game...is in his 3rd career ML stint after being recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on 9/5...Has appeared in 18 games and made 6 starts (3B-4, 2B-1, SS-1). Was first recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on 6/25...Made his ML debut on 6/28 at TB...Recorded his first hit on 7/20 at LAA in the 7th inning off Mike Morin... Optioned back to Pawtucket on 7/21...Was recalled for a second time on 8/8 and appeared that day at DET as a pinch-runner...optioned back on 8/ DAVID ORTIZ, DH/1B.270 AVG 36 HR 104 RBI.357 OBP.546 SLG vs. RHP: (.291), 28 HR YESTERDAY: 3-4, R, 3 2B, 3 RBI HOMESTAND: 5-19, 2 R, 3 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (5-8, 2 R, 3 2B, HR, 5 RBI) vs. LHP: (.226), 8 HR TB SERIES: 2-15, R, HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 11 G (8/7-19) On Friday, recorded 3 doubles for only the 2nd time in his career (also 7/26/11 vs. KC)...Brought his career doubles total to 581, passing Wade Boggs (578) and Albert Pujols (580) for 19th place on MLB's all-time list...robin Yount ranks 18th with 583 doubles...ortiz has hit 473 doubles with the Red Sox, only 1 shy of tying Dwight Evans (474) for 3rd place on the Sox all-time list (1st: Ted Williams, 646; 2nd: Carl Yastrzemski, 525). With 1,101 career XBH, Ortiz also passed Eddie Murray (1,099) for 19th-most all-time (Ted Williams and Jimmie Foxx are tied for 17th all-time with 1,117 XBH)...20 of his last 26 hits have gone for extra bases (11 HR, 9 2B). Has 36 HR in 2015, his highest single-season total since 2006 (54)...Is 2 HR shy of tying Hall of Famer Eddie Murray (504) for 26th place on MLB s all-time list. In 89 games since 6/11, leads the majors in RBI (83) and ranks 3rd in HR (30)...Had 6 HR and 21 RBI in his first 52 games of the season (through 6/10). Since the All-Star break, ranks among major league leaders in RBI (61, T-1st), XBH (40, T-1st), SLG (.692, 2nd), and HR (21, 5th)...Has 7 HR against LHP since the break...the only other left-handed batters with as many as 7 HR against LHP since the break are SEA s Robinson Cano (7) and Kyle Seager (7). Is 8-for-26 with 1 HR in his career against today s starter, Wei-Yin Chen...Has homered in 4 of his last 11 games against the Orioles. Snapped an 0-for-15 stretch with a 2-run HR in the 1st inning Thursday...That gave him 101 RBI in 2015 and marked his ninth 100-RBI season, tying Ted Williams for the most such seasons in Red Sox history...also marked his sixth season with at least 35 HR and 100 RBI, passing Manny Ramirez and Jimmie Foxx (5 each) for the most in Sox history...also had 99 RBI in 2009, and 96 in DUSTIN PEDROIA, 2B.298 AVG 12 HR 42 RBI.359 OBP.455 SLG vs. RHP: (.307), 8 HR YESTERDAY: 1-3, R, BB HOMESTAND: 5-15, 3 R, 3 BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-7, R, BB) vs. LHP: (.267), 4 HR TB SERIES: 4-12, 2 R, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 10 G (2x, last 7/22-9/21) Leads the majors with a.382 AVG in day games (42-for-110, 6 HR)...Ranks 4th in MLB (min. 150 PA) in home AVG (.350). Is 17-for-35 (.486) with 6 doubles and a triple in his career against today's starter, Wei-Yin Chen...The only pitcher against whom Pedroia has a higher AVG (min. 25 PA) is Scott Kazmir (.512, 22-for-43)...No batter has a higher AVG against Chen (min. 25 PA) than Pedroia. Is 11-for-29 (.379) with 2 HR and 8 RBI during his current 7-game hitting streak against the Orioles...Homered twice at BAL on 9/16. Has reached base in each of his last 35 games against the AL East since 4/24, the longest streak by a Red Sox since Manny Ramirez's 35-game stretch spanning the 2001 and 2002 seasons (source: Elias Sports Bureau)...Elias notes that it is the longest single-season on-base streak for a Red Sox player against the AL East since Wade Boggs reached safely in 45 consecutive games against the division from 4/8-8/27/85. Has scored 10 runs in his last 11 games...has started 12 of the Sox last 15 games after missing the previous 42 games with a right hamstring strain. 30-JOSH RUTLEDGE, INF.316 AVG 1 HR 7 RBI.373 OBP.368 SLG vs. RHP: (.300), 1 HR YESTERDAY: 0-0, R HOMESTAND: 1-3, R CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-6, RBI) vs. LHP: 6-17 (.353), 0 HR TB SERIES: 1-3 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G (8/20-26) Entered Friday s game as a pinch-runner and scored on a Brock Holt single...started Tuesday s game at 2B and went 1-for-3...Recorded the Sox' lone RBI on Friday, driving in Rusney Castillo with a single in the 5th inning...has posted a.370 AVG/.418 OBP/.435 SLG line in 26 games since 8/9. Has made 16 starts (2B-15, 3B-1) and appeared in 32 games since being acquired on 7/27 from LAA in exchange for OF Shane Victorino and cash considerations. Originally selected by COL in the 3rd round of the 2010 June Draft...Has appeared in 297 ML games in his career, hitting.263 (243-for-925) with 42 2B, 13 3B, 20 HR, 96 RBI, 56 BB, and 137 R...In the majors, has played SS (140 G, 127 GS), 2B (107 G, 89 GS), and 3B (9 G, 6 GS). 48-PABLO SANDOVAL, 3B.245 AVG 10 HR 47 RBI.292 OBP.366 SLG vs. RHP: (.266), 10 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: CURRENT STREAK: 0-7 vs. LHP: (.197), 0 HR TB SERIES: SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (6/10-19) Has played in only 1 of the Sox' last 8 games (9/20 at TOR). Has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 home games, including each of his last 3...Is batting.276 and slugging.461 at home since 7/26 (21-for-76, 2 HR, 8 2B). 15 of his last 31 hits have gone for extra bases (3 HR, 12 2B)...Is batting.278 (63-for-227) against AL East opponents (.214 against all other divisions). Has hit.255 (27-for-106) vs. LHP since 5/24, after going 2-for-41 (.049) against lefties from the start of the season through 5/ TRAVIS SHAW, INF.282 AVG 11 HR 30 RBI.348 OBP.511 SLG vs. RHP: (.239), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 HOMESTAND: 5-17, R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-8 vs. LHP: (.352), 6 HR TB SERIES: 5-13, R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G (3x, last 9/18-23) Thursday snapped a career-best 15-game on-base streak and a career-high-tying 6-game hitting streak...has started 24 of the Sox last 25 games since 8/29... Is in his 5th career ML stint (all this season)...has appeared in 56 games with BOS and played 3 positions (1B, 3B, LF), making 42 starts at 1B and 4 at 3B. Is 1-for-16 (HR) against the Orioles this season, but is batting.302 (52-for-172) against all other opponents. Is 14-for-31 (.452) with 3 HR against LHP since 9/7...Has hit 6 HR against LHP, the most by a Red Sox left-handed batting rookie since at least 1974 (Fredd Lynn had 4 in 1975)...Shaw became the first left-handed rookie with at least 6 HR against LHP since Bryce Harper had 6 in Is 38-for-111 (.342) with 8 HR in 31 home games (.388 OBP,.631 SLG). 23-BLAKE SWIHART, C.268 AVG 2 HR 25 RBI.314 OBP.362 SLG vs. RHP: (.291), 1 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 0-8, BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-11 vs. LHP: (.211), 1 HR TB SERIES: 0-8, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 8 G (5/20-31) Had a.207/.240/.293 batting line in his first 28 major league games (through 6/10), but has hit.301 with a.353 OBP in 49 games since then. Among 17 AL catchers with at least 250 PA, Swihart ranks 1st in AVG and 5th in OBP. Has thrown out 3 of the last 5 runners attempting to steal against him (Kevin Kiermaier, Ben Revere, Grady Sizemore)...Entered the year as the No. 1 catching prospect in baseball, according to Baseball America. The last Red Sox rookie catchers to finish a season batting.265 or better (min. 100 PA) were Rich Gedman (.288 in 1981) and Carlton Fisk (.293 in 1972).

5 Red Sox Game Notes Page 5 HOME RUN NOTES HOMERS AT HOME: 79 HOMERS ON THE ROAD: 71 SOLO: 85 2-RUN: 44 3-RUN: 19 GRAND SLAMS: 2 2-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (13 in 2015) Dustin Pedroia and Hanley Ramirez, 4/6/15 at PHI Hanley Ramirez, 4/26/15 at BAL Mookie Betts, 5/5/15 vs. TB Mike Napoli, 5/23/15 vs. LAA Dustin Pedroia, 5/27/15 at MIN David Ortiz, 7/26/15 vs. DET Travis Shaw, 8/1/15 vs. TB David Ortiz, 8/12/15 at MIA Travis Shaw, 8/14/15 vs. SEA Jackie Bradley Jr., 8/15/15 vs. SEA David Ortiz, 9/12/15 at TB Dustin Pedroia, 9/16/15 at BAL 3-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (0 in 2015) Last: Will Middlebrooks, 4/7/13 at TOR PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (0 in 2015) Last: Jonny Gomes, 7/18/14 vs. KC off Scott Downs FIRST-INNING LEADOFF HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (1 in 2015) Mookie Betts, 6/20/15 at KC off Edinson Volquez GRAND SLAMS BY RED SOX (2 IN 2015) Hanley Ramirez, 4/6/15 at PHI off Jake Diekman Xander Bogaerts, 9/21/15 vs. TB off Brandon Gomes WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (0 in 2015) Last: Mike Napoli, 6/18/14 vs. MIN off Casey Fien INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (1 in 2015) Blake Swihart, 8/28/15 at NYM off Carlos Torres (10th inning) INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS AT FENWAY PARK (0 in 2015) Last: Jacoby Ellsbury, 9/19/11 vs. BAL (G2) off Jeremy Accardo BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (7 in 2015) David Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez, 4/24/15 at BAL (5th) Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez, 4/26/15 at BAL (7th) Pablo Sandoval and Mookie Betts, 6/12/15 vs. TOR (1st) David Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez, 7/2/15 at TOR (1st) David Ortiz and Travis Shaw, 8/19/15 vs. CLE (2nd) Jackie Bradley Jr. and Ryan Hanigan, 8/19/15 vs. CLE (4th) Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia, 9/12/15 at TB (3rd) BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (0 in 2015) Last: David Ortiz, Josh Reddick and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 7/7/11 vs. BAL (7th) 2015 vs. BAL CAREER VS. BAL CAREER AT FENWAY PARK PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Betts Bogaerts Bradley Castillo Craig Hanigan Holt Leon Marrero Ortiz , Pedroia , Rutledge Sandoval Shaw Swihart LAST HOME RUN MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES PLAYER DATE, OPP. PITCHER AB SINCE 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI 6+RBI TOTAL Betts 9/12/15 at TB Moore Bogaerts 9/21/15 vs. TB Gomes Bradley 9/19/15 at TOR Osuna Castillo 8/24/15 at CWS Samardzija Craig 5/1/15 vs. NYY Sabathia Hanigan 8/19/15 vs. KC Kluber Holt 6/16/15 vs. ATL Teheran Leon 4/14/14 at MIA Slowey Marrero Ortiz 9/24/15 vs. TB Ramirez Pedroia 9/16/15 at BAL Rondon Rutledge 8/21/15 vs. KC Cueto Sandoval 8/15/15 vs. SEA Hernandez Shaw 9/15/15 at BAL Matusz Swihart 8/28/15 at NYM Torres VS. BAL CAREER VS. BAL CAREER AT FENWAY PARK PLAYER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER Aro / / / Barnes / / / Breslow / / / Cook / / / Hembree / / / Hill / / / Kelly / / / Layne / / / Machi / / / Mendez / / / Miley / / / Ogando / / / Owens / / / Porcello / / / Rodriguez / / / Ross Jr / / / Tazawa / / / ST BATTERS RELIEF HIGHS PITCHER LAST TIME OUT (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP INNINGS STRIKEOUTS 65-Jonathan Aro 9/15 at BAL (L, 0-1) /4 2/1 -/- 3.0 (7/1 vs TOR) 2 (6/25 vs BAL) 68-Matt Barnes 9/24 vs. TB /26 14/4 -/- 3.1 (5/25 at MIN) 5 (5/25 at MIN) 32-Craig Breslow 9/22 vs. TB /43 25/12 1/4 3.0 (2 times) 3 (2 times) 46-Ryan Cook 9/16 at BAL /9 5/5 -/- 2.0 (4/30 vs LAA) 1 (6 times) 37-Heath Hembree 9/24 vs. TB /17 2/1 -/- 2.1 (8/17 vs CLE) 3 (2 times) 59-Tommy Layne 9/23 vs. TB /60 35/9 1/2 2.0 (7/29 vs. CWS) 3 (2 times) 64-Jean Machi 9/23 vs. TB /23 16/4 4/4 1.2 (8/1 vs TB) 3 (9/14 at BAL) 70-Roman Mendez 9/23 vs. TB /14 11/5 0/1 1.2 (5/3 vs. OAK) 3 (4/18 at SEA) 41-Alexi Ogando 9/24 vs. TB /61 29/8 0/4 2.1 (7/12 vs NYY) 3 (2 times) 66-Noe Ramirez 9/23 vs. TB /13 11/3 -/- 2.1 (7/20 at LAA) 3 (9/15 at BAL) 28-Robbie Ross Jr. 9/21 vs. TB (SV, 5) /51 39/15 5/7 3.2 (7/10 vs NYY) 4 (7/10 vs NYY) 36-Junichi Tazawa 9/11 at TB (BS, 7) (L, 2-7) /61 21/8 3/ (4 times) 3 (5 times) 2015 BULLPEN TOTALS: 4.32 ERA /442 (67%) 227/76 39/59

6 Red Sox Game Notes Page 6 BULLPEN NOTES 65-JONATHAN ARO, RHP SV 9.45 ERA vs. ALL:.419 (13-31), 1 HR vs. RHB:.421 (8-19), 1 HR vs. LHB:.417 (5-12), 0 HR WHIP: 2.25 Charged with the loss on 9/15 at BAL (2.0 IP, H, ER, 2 BB, SO)...Threw a scoreless 11th & 12th, but allowed 2 baserunners in the 13th, 1 which scored off Ross. In his 4th ML stint with BOS this year...made ML debut, 6/25 vs. BAL...Has thrown multiple innings in both of his last 2 games: 3.0 IP on 7/1 & 2.0 IP on 9/15. Started season at Double-A Portland...Between Portland & Pawtucket this year: 3-3, 2 SV, 3.04 ERA (25 ER/74.0 IP), 2 HR, 18 BB, 72 SO,.212 AVG in 34 games. 68-MATT BARNES, RHP SV 5.97 ERA vs. ALL:.329 (53-161), 8 HR vs. RHB:.337 (31-92), 6 HR vs. LHB:.319 (22-69), 2 HR WHIP: 1.73 Threw a scoreless 8th inning with 2 hits and 1 SO Thursday night vs. TB...Was his 5th straight scoreless appearance (5.0 IP) since 9/12. In his 5th stint with BOS this season...in his 5 relief appearances since his recall on 9/8: no runs in 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 BB, 5 SO,.263 opp. AVG (5-for-19). Has appeared in 27 games with BOS this season; 25 in relief (3-2, 4.61 ERA, 14 ER/26.1 IP) and 2 as a starter (0-2, 9.58 ERA)...With Pawtucket this year: 1-1, 4.06 ERA (17 ER/37.2 IP), 22 BB, 41 SO in 17 games (5 starts). 32-CRAIG BRESLOW, LHP SV 4.53 ERA vs. ALL:.291 (62-213), 10 HR vs. RHB:.286 (38-133), 7 HR vs. LHB:.300 (24-80), 3 HR WHIP: 1.49 Threw a scoreless 9th with 1 SO Tuesday night vs. TB...Allowed a leadoff 1B to Loney, fanned Shaffer and got Maile to GIDP...Was his 1st app since 9/15 at BAL. Has posted a 3.27 ERA (12 ER/33.0 IP) in 21 appearances at Fenway this season compared to a 6.35 ERA (16 ER/22.2 IP) in 22 games on the road. 24 of his 43 appearances this season are scoreless...has thrown 2.0-plus innings 12 times in his 43 games...is 0-1, 1.67 ERA (5 ER/27.0 IP) when doing so. 46-RYAN COOK, RHP SV ERA vs. ALL:.426 (20-47), 4 HR vs. RHB:.345 (10-29), 2 HR vs. LHB:.556 (10-18), 2 HR WHIP: 3.12 Finished the game in the Sox 10-1 win on 9/16 at BAL...Threw the 9th inning (H, R, 0 ER, BB)...Was his 1st appearance since 9/2 vs. NYY. In his 3rd stint with BOS this season...did not allow runs in any 7 of his appearances for Pawtucket this year: 9.1 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 10 SO,.067 opp. AVG (2-for-30). Made 4 ML appearances for OAK from 4/26-5/2 (0-2,10.38 ERA, 3 BB, 3 SO)...Was 4-1, 8 SV, 4.05 ERA (15 ER/33.1 IP), 26 SO in 30 games for Triple-A Nashville. 37-HEATH HEMBREE, RHP SV 3.74 ERA vs. ALL:.244 (20-82), 4 HR vs. RHB:.234 (11-47), 1 HR vs. LHB:.257 (9-35), 3 HR WHIP: 1.15 Finished the 7th inning in relief of Miley Thursday night vs. TB (0.2 IP)...Entered with a runner on 2nd and 1 out...retired Guyer and Jaso. No runs allowed in 13 of his last 16 appearances (20.1 IP; 1.33 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 14 hits, 4 BB, 2 IBB) since allowing 6 ER in his season debut on 4/26 at BAL. Has a 1.42 ERA (2 ER/12.2 IP) in 9 games at Fenway this year and a 7.00 ERA (7 ER/9.0 IP) in 8 games on the road...earned his 1st ML win on 9/13 at TB. 59-TOMMY LAYNE, LHP SV 4.14 ERA vs. ALL:.241 (41-170), 3 HR vs. RHB:.329 (28-85), 3 HR vs. LHB:.153 (13-85), 0 HR WHIP: 1.42 Charged with 1 run - unearned - on 1 hit in 0.2 IP Wed. night vs. TB (0.2 IP, H, R, BB)...Allowed 2 inherited runners to score (to Porcello) on Jaso s 2B in the 8th. Since 8/22: 15 G, 2 ER/8.1 IP, 1.08 WHIP,.148 opp. AVG (4-for-27)...Has appeared in a career-high 60 games this year (T-5th most among AL LHP). Holding LHB to a.097 AVG (3-for-31, 1 XBH) since 7/20...Has not allowed a HR to a LHB since 6/24/13 for SD vs. PHI (136 at-bats, 158 batters faced). 64-JEAN MACHI, RHP SV 5.31 ERA vs. ALL:.231 (18-78), 3 HR vs. RHB:.297 (11-37), 2 HR vs. LHB:.171 (7-41), 1 HR WHIP: 1.23 Allowed a solo HR to Cabrera the 1st batter he faced in the 9th Wednesday night vs. TB and was ejected when his next pitch was thrown up and in to Souza. Has allowed only 1 run over his last 8 appearances (1 ER/7.0 IP) since 9/8...Holding opponents to a.174 AVG (4-for-23) in that span with a 0.57 WHIP (0 BB). Had held LHB hitless in 10 at-bats prior to Cabrera s HR Wednesday night for TB...Is 4-for-4 in save chances this season, all with BOS (last: 8/31 vs. NYY). 70-ROMAN MENDEZ, RHP SV 5.68 ERA vs. ALL:.283 (13-46), 2 HR vs. RHB:.273 (6-22), 1 HR vs. LHB:.292 (7-24), 1 HR WHIP: 1.58 Finished the 9th inning Wednesday night vs. TB (0.2 IP, H, ER, HR, SO)...Was his 2nd appearance as a Red Sox (other: 9/16 at BAL). Claimed off waivers from TEX on 9/11...Spent most of 2015 at Triple-A Round Rock (3-2, 5 SV, 2.78 ERA, 11 ER/35.2 IP, 33 SO, 9 BB in 30 G). Originally signed by BOS as international free agent in Was part of the 4-player trade that brought Jarrod Saltalamacchia to Boston in July ALEXI OGANDO, RHP SV 4.21 ERA vs. ALL:.246 (57-232), 12 HR vs. RHB:.268 (38-142), 10 HR vs. LHB:.211 (19-90), 2 HR WHIP: 1.34 Threw a scoreless 9th inning Thursday night vs. TB (1.0 IP, H, SO). Leads BOS in relief innings (62.0)...Tied for the staff lead with a career-high 61 games and is T-2nd on team in holds (12)...Career relief IP high is 66.0 in 12. Is 2-0, 3.49 ERA (11 ER/28.1 IP) in 30 appearances on the road this year compared to 0-1, 4.81 ERA (18 ER/33.2 IP) in 31 games at Fenway Park. 66-NOE RAMIREZ, RHP SV 4.50 ERA vs. ALL:.245 (12-49), 3 HR vs. RHB:.256 (10-39), 3 HR vs. LHB:.200 (2-10) 0 HR WHIP: 1.50 Stranded 2 inherited runners Wed. night vs. TB when he fanned Mahtook with runners on 2nd & 3rd in the 7th...Got Longoria to ground out to start the 8th. Since his 9/1 recall: no runs allowed in 8 of 10 games...despite a 3.86 ERA (3 ER/7.0 IP), has held opponents to a.200 AVG (5-for-25) with 3 BB and 11 SO. In his 3rd career ML stint, all this year...made ML debut, 7/3 vs. HOU...In 30 G (1 GS) for Pawtucket in 2015: 4-1, 3 SV, 2.32 ERA (11 ER/42.2 IP), 18 BB, 38 SO. 28-ROBBIE ROSS JR., LHP SV 4.06 ERA vs. ALL:.253 (56-221), 7 HR vs. RHB:.273 (38-139), 5 HR vs. LHB:.220 (18-82), 2 HR WHIP: 1.30 Got his 5th SV of the season Monday night vs. TB (1.0 IP, H, ER, HR, SO)...Was his 3rd SV in as many days and games, Saturday through Monday. No runs allowed in 14 of his last 20 games since 8/6: 3.86 ERA (7 ER/16.1 IP), 3 BB, 17 SO...Posting a 1.04 WHIP and a.226 (14-62) opp. AVG in that span. Has coverted all 5 of his SV chances since 9/4 (overall is 5-for-7 in SVO this season)...has held LHB to just 3 hits in their last 16 at-bats (.188 AVG). 36-JUNICHI TAZAWA, RHP SV 4.14 ERA vs. ALL:.280 (65-232), 5 HR vs. RHB:.267 (36-135), 2 HR vs. LHB:.299 (29-97), 3 HR WHIP: 1.33 Last appeared for BOS on Friday, 9/11 at TB (BS, L, 0.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, SO, 2 WP)...Has appeared in a team-leading 61 games this season (ranks 2nd in IP; 58.2). Posted a 3.78 ERA (14 ER/33.1 IP) in 34 games at Fenway this season compared to a 4.62 ERA (13 ER/25.1 IP) in 27 games on the road in Has made 203 appearances since 2013, 5th most in the AL in that span and 17th most in MLB.

7 Red Sox Game Notes Page REGULAR SEASON DAY-BY-DAY DAILY HOME ATT. ROAD ATT. GM# DATE D/N OPPONENT SCORE REC. POS. GA/GB WINNING PITCHER LOSING PITCHER SAVE ATT. NO. TOTAL NO. TOTAL 1 4/6 D at Philadelphia W T-1st -- BUCHHOLZ(1-0) Hamels (0-1) 45, ,549 4/7 Off Day 1-0 T-2nd /8 N at Philadelphia L T-2nd -0.5 Harang (1-0) PORCELLO 0-1) Papelbon (1) 26, , /9 N at Philadelphia W T-1st -- MASTERSON (1-0) Buchanan (0-1) 23, , /10 N at NY Yankees W6-5 (19) 3-1 T-1st -- WRIGHT (1-0) Rogers (0-1) 41, , /11 D at NY Yankees W st +1.0 KELLY (1-0) Warren (0-1) 46, , /12 N at NY Yankees L T-1st -- Tanaka (1-1) BUCHHOLZ (1-1) 43, , /13 D WASHINGTON W st +1.0 PORCELLO (1-1) Zimmerman (1-1) 37, , /14 N WASHINGTON W st +1.0 MUJICA (1-0) Treinen (0-1) UEHARA (1) 35, , /15 D WASHINGTON L st +1.0 Gonzalez (1-1) MILEY (0-1) 33, ,954 4/16 OFF DAY 6-3 1st /17 N BALTIMORE W st +1.5 UEHARA (1-0) Matusz (0-1) 34, , /18 D BALTIMORE L st +1.0 Tillman (2-1) BUCHHOLZ (1-2) Britton (4) 37, , /19 D BALTIMORE L T-1st -- Gonzalez (2-1) PORCELLO (1-2) 37, , /20 D BALTIMORE W7-1 (7) 8-5 1st +1.0 MASTERSON (2-0) Chen (0-1) 36, , /21 N at Tampa Bay W st +2.0 MILEY (1-1) Archer (2-2) UEHARA (2) 14, , /22 N at Tampa Bay L st +1.0 Boxberger (1-1) MUJICA (1-1) Geltz (1) 12, , /23 N at Tampa Bay L T-1st -- Boxberger (2-1) VARVARO (0-1) 13, , /24 N at Baltimore W T-1st -- OGANDO (1-0) Matusz (0-2) UEHARA (3) 37, , /25 N at Baltimore L4-5 (10) 10-8 T-1st -- Matusz (1-2) UEHARA (1-1) 36, , /26 D at Baltimore L rd -1.0 Norriz (1-2) MILEY (1-2) 43, , /27 N TORONTO W T-2nd -1.0 UEHARA (2-1) Castro (0-2) 34, , /28 N TORONTO L T-2nd -2.0 Estrada (1-0) BUCHHOLZ (1-3) Cecil (1) 33, , /29 N TORONTO W T-2nd -1.0 PORCELLO (2-2) Dickey (0-3) UEHARA (4) 34, ,419 4/30 OFF DAY T-2nd /1 N NY YANKEES L rd -2.0 Rogers (1-1) TAZAWA (0-1) Miller (9) 35, , /2 D NY YANKEES L T-3rd -3.0 MILEY (1-3) Eovaldi (2-0) Betances (1) 36, , /3 N NY YANKEES L th -4.0 Warren (2-1) KELLY (1-1) Miller (20) 33, , /4 N TAMPA BAY L th -4.0 Odorizzi (3-2) BUCHHOLZ (1-4) 34, , /5 N TAMPA BAY W th -4.0 PORCELLO (3-2) Smyly (0-1) UEHARA (5) 33, , /6 N TAMPA BAY L th -4.0 Colome (2-0) MASTERSON (2-1) Boxberger (7) 35, ,961 5/7 OFF DAY th /8 N at Toronto L th -5.5 Sanchez (3-2) MILEY (1-4) 30, , /9 D at Toronto L th -5.5 Hutchison (3-0) KELLY (1-2) 42, , /10 D at Toronto W th -5.5 BUCHHOLZ (2-4) Dickey (1-4) UEHARA (6) 42, , /11 N at Oakland W5-4 (11) th -5.5 BARNES (1-0) Castro (0-1) 19, , /12 N at Oakland L th -5.5 Pomeranz (2-3) MASTERSON (2-2) 24, , /13 D at Oakland W th -4.5 MILEY (2-4) Gray (4-1) UEHARA (7) 22, , /14 N at Seattle W rd -3.5 BARNES (2-0) Rodney (1-2) UEHARA (8) 20, , /15 N at Seattle L rd -3.5 Wilhemsen (1-0) LAYNE (0-1) 39, , /16 N at Seattle W rd -3.5 PORCELLO (4-2) Hernandez (6-1) UEHARA (9) 45, , /17 D at Seattle L rd -3.5 Paxton (2-2) WRIGHT (1-1) 39, ,356 5/18 Off Day rd /19 N TEXAS W rd -2.5 MILEY (3-4) Gallardo (3-6) UEHARA (10) 36, , /20 N TEXAS L rd -2.5 Klein (1-0) KELLY (1-3) Tolleson (1) 35, , /21 N TEXAS L th -3.5 Rodriguez (2-2) BUCHHOLZ (2-5) Tolleson (2) 34, , /22 N LA ANGELS L th -4.5 Richards (4-2) PORCELLO (4-3) 36, , /23 N LA ANGELS W th -3.5 WRIGHT (2-1) Wilson (2-3) 37, , /24 D LA ANGELS W rd -2.5 MILEY (4-4) Santiago (3-3) 37, , /25 D at Minnesota L th -2.5 Nolasco (5-1) KELLY (1-4) 29, , /26 N at Minnesota L th -3.0 Pelfrey (4-1) BUCHHOLZ (2-6) Perkins (17) 23, , /27 D at Minnesota L th -4.0 Hughes (4-4) PORCELLO (4-4) Perkins (18) 30, , /28 N at Texas W th -3.0 RODRIGUEZ (1-0) Martinez (4-1) 34, , /29 N at Texas L th -3.0 Gallardo (5-6) WRIGHT (2-2) Tolleson (6) 38, , /30 N at Texas L th -4.0 Gonzalez (1-0) MILEY (4-5) 42, , /31 D at Texas L th -4.0 Ohlendorf (1-0) UEHARA (2-2) 32, ,063 6/1 N MINNESOTA th -4.5 PPD (Rain) 52 6/2 N MINNESOTA W th -4.5 BUCHHOLZ (3-6) Pelfrey (4-2) UEHARA (11) 32, , /3 D MINNESOTA W RODRIGUEZ (2-0) Hughes (4-5) 31, , /3 N MINNESOTA L th -5.0 May (4-3) PORCELLO (4-5) Perkins (20) 33, , /4 D MINNESOTA L th -5.5 Thompson (1-1) UEHARA (2-3) 33, , /5 N OAKLAND W th -5.5 MILEY (5-5) Kazmir (2-4) UEHARA (12) 34, , /6 D OAKLAND W th -5.5 KELLY (2-4) Chavez (2-6) UEHARA (13) 36, , /7 D OAKLAND W th -5.5 WRIGHT (3-2) Clippard (0-3) LAYNE (1) 36, ,022,607 6/8 OFF DAY th /9 N at Baltimore L th -6.5 Roe (1-0) BARNES (2-1) Britton (16) 28, , /10 N at Baltimore L th -6.5 Chen (2-4) PORCELLO (4-6) O Day (2) 22, , /11 N at Baltimore L th -7.0 Tillman (4-7) MILEY (5-6) Britton (17) 22, ,016, /12 N TORONTO L th -7.0 Delabar (2-0) TAZAWA (0-2) Cecil (3) 37, ,060, /13 D TORONTO L4-5 (11) th -7.0 Loup (2-3) BARNES (2-2) Cecil (4) 37, ,097, /14 D TORONTO L th -8.0 Estrada (4-3) RODRIGUEZ (2-1) 36, ,133, /15 N ATLANTA L th -9.0 Perez (3-0) PORCELLO (4-7) 34, ,168, /16 D ATLANTA W th -8.0 MILEY (6-6) Teheran (4-3) 35, ,203, /17 N at Atlanta L th -9.0 Masset (2-1) TAZAWA (0-3) Grilli (18) 28, ,045, /18 N at Atlanta W th -9.0 BUCHHOLZ (4-6) Miller (5-3) UEHARA (14) 31, ,077, /19 N at Kansas City W th -9.0 RODRIGUEZ (3-1) Pino (0-2) 38, ,115, /20 N at Kansas City L th Volquez (7-4) PORCELLO (4-8) Holland (18) 39, ,154, /21 D at Kansas City W th -9.0 MILEY (7-6) Young (6-3) 37, ,192,609 6/22 Off Day th /23 N BALTIMORE L th -9.5 Jimenez (6-3) KELLY (2-5) Britton (20) 36, ,240, /24 N BALTIMORE W th -8.5 BUCHHOLZ (5-6) Norris (2-6) 37, ,278, /25 D BALTIMORE L th -9.0 Gonzalez (6-4) RODRIGUEZ (3-2) Britton (21) 37, ,315, /26 N at Tampa Bay W4-3 (10) th -8.0 OGANDO (2-0) Geltz (1-3) UEHARA (15) 17, ,210, /27 D at Tampa Bay L th -9.0 Andriese (3-2) MILEY (7-7) Boxberger (20) 23, ,233, /28 D at Tampa Bay W th -8.0 MASTERSON (3-2) Archer (9-5) UEHARA (16) 21, ,255, /29 N at Toronto W th -7.0 BUCHHOLZ (6-6) Dickey (3-8) UEHARA (17) 27, ,282, /30 N at Toronto W th -6.0 RODRIGUEZ (4-2) Estrada (5-4) UEHARA (18) 28, ,312, /1 D at Toronto L th -7.0 Buehrle (9-4) PORCELLO (4-9) 45, ,357, /2 N at Toronto W th -6.0 MILEY (8-7) Boyd (0-2) 29, ,387, /3 N HOUSTON L8-12 (10) th -7.0 Hernandez (3-5) RAMIREZ (0-1) 37, ,353, /4 D HOUSTON W th -7.0 BUCHHOLZ (7-6) McHugh (9-4) 36, ,390, /5 D HOUSTON W th -6.0 BARNES (3-2) Sipp (2-4) UEHARA (19) 36, ,426,734 7/6 OFF DAY th /7 N MIAMI W th -5.0 TAZAWA (1-3) Cishek (2-6) UEHARA (20) 36, ,463, /8 N MIAMI W th -5.0 PORCELLO (5-9) Koehler (7-5) UEHARA (21) 37, ,500,606 7/9 OFF DAY th /10 N NY YANKEES L th -6.5 Pineda (9-5) BUCHHOLZ (7-7) 37, ,538, /11 N NY YANKEES W th -5.5 RODRIGUEZ (5-2) Nova (1-3) UEHARA (22) 38, ,576, /12 D NY YANKEES L th -6.5 Eovaldi (9-2) MILEY (8-8) 37, ,613,920 7/13 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/14 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/15 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/16 ALL-STAR BREAK 90 7/17 N at LA Angels L th -7.5 Smith (4-2) UEHARA (2-4) 43, ,430, /18 N at LA Angels L th -7.5 Richards (10-6) PORCELLO (5-10) 43, ,474,020 7/19 N at LA Angels th -8.0 PPD (Rain) 92 7/20 D at LA Angels L Santiago (7-4) RODRIGUEZ (5-3) 42, ,516, /20 N at LA Angels L th -9.0 Heaney (4-0) WRIGHT (3-3) Smith (1) 38, ,554, /21 N at Houston L th Velasquez (1-1) JOHNSON (0-1) 26, ,581, /22 N at Houston L th McHugh (11-5) KELLY (2-6) Gregerson (20) 31, ,612, /23 N at Houston L th Fields (3-1) BRESLOW (0-1) 30, ,643, /24 N DETROIT W2-1 (11) th MASTERSON (4-2) Hardy (3-2) 37, ,651, /25 D DETROIT L th Simon (9-6) WRIGHT (3-4) 37, ,688, /26 D DETROIT W th RODRIGUEZ (6-3) Greene (4-8) 35, ,724, /27 N CHI WHITE SOX L th Albers (1-0) ROSS (0-1) Robertson (22) 37, ,761, /28 N CHI WHITE SOX L th Samardzija (8-5) MILEY (8-9) 38, ,799, /29 N CHI WHITE SOX L th Quintana (6-9) PORCELLO (5-11) 37, ,836, /30 N CHI WHITE SOX W th WRIGHT (4-4) Sale (9-6) 36, ,873, /31 N TAMPA BAY W th TAZAWA (2-3) McGee (0-1) UEHARA (23) 36, ,909, /1 D TAMPA BAY W th KELLY (3-6) Moore (1-3) MACHI (1) 35, ,945, /2 D TAMPA BAY L th Geltz (2-4) TAZAWA (2-4) Boxberger (26) 35, ,981,549 8/3 OFF DAY th -13.0