HIGH WATER MARK: The Red Sox are a season-high 26 games over they haven t been 27 games over.500 since finishing play at on 9/8/11.

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1 BOSTON RED SOX (82-56) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (80-57) Monday, September 2, :35 p.m. ET Fenway Park, Boston, MA RHP John Lackey (8-11, 3.19) vs. RHP Doug Fister (10-7, 3.81) Game #139 Home Game #70 TV: NESN Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WUFC 1510 AM (Spanish) STANDING TALL: Boston plays the 1st of 3 games against the Tigers today, beginning the 3rd and final series in a 9-game homestand...the Sox are 5-1 thus far on the homestand, outscoring opponents with a.299 AVG/.388 OBP/.448 SLG, a 3.17 ERA, and no errors...boston took 2 of 3 from the Orioles and then swept the White Sox in 3. AMERICAN LEADER: At (.594) the Red Sox own the best record in the AL, and 3rd-best record in the majors behind the Braves (.610, 83-53) and Dodgers (.596, 81-55). BEST MLB RECORDS IN 2013 TEAM W-L WPCT Atlanta LA Dodgers Boston Detroit Boston s 82 wins are 1st in the AL and 2nd in MLB behind Atlanta s 83...The Sox have won 13 more games than they did all of last year (69-93). The Sox are the only AL team and 1 of 2 ML clubs whose record has been above.500 all year (also ATL). HIGH WATER MARK: The Red Sox are a season-high 26 games over they haven t been 27 games over.500 since finishing play at on 9/8/11. YESTERDAY S WIN: Boston s 7-6 win over the White Sox last night was the club s 82nd victory of the year, ensuring a winning season for the 15th time in the last 16 seasons beginning in The exception was 2012 (.426, 69-93). The Sox have now won their 1st game in all 6 months of this season from April through September. The win gave Boston its 1st sweep since 7/30-8/1 vs. SEA at Fenway (3-0) and 8th of the year, 6th at home. It was Boston s 19th 1-run win of the year...4 of the Sox last 5 games have been decided by 1 run (3-1). DAY DREAMERS: Boston has won its last 4 day games and is an ML-best (.676) in the day this season. The Sox 3.11 ERA (115 ER/329.1 IP) in day games tops the AL and ranks 2nd in MLB to the Dodgers (2.46). SOX LATELY: The Red Sox have won 7 of their last 8 and 9 of their last 12...The Sox lead the majors with a 10-4 record (.714) since 8/17, and have the 4th-best record in the AL since the All-Star break at (.585). IN THE STANDINGS: The Sox are in 1st place in the AL East, 5.5 games ahead of the Rays...It matches Boston s largest division lead of the season, also after games of 7/5. The Sox retook the division on 8/25 and have held the top spot 29 of the last 32 days starting 7/31...Boston has been in 1st or T-1st an AL-high 130 days in SERIES TALK: The Red Sox lead the majors with 28 series victories this season...boston has won its last 4 sets after a season-high-tying 3-series slide. FRIENDLY FENWAY: The Red Sox are an AL-best (.652) at home, 2nd-best in the majors to ATL (.721, 49-19). The Sox have won 11 of their last 15 home games and 22 of their last 31 at home...boston has also taken 26 of its last 36 and 32 of its last 45 at Fenway. The Sox lead MLB with a.462 SLG, 260 XBH, and 176 doubles at home, and are 2nd with a.287 AVG,.354 OBP,.816 OPS, and 344 RBI...Their 171 doubles at Fenway are 43 more than any other club at home. OFFENSIVE FORCE: The Sox rank 2nd in the majors this year with 698 runs and an average of 5.06 runs per game, trailing only Detroit in both (699 R, 5.10 R/G). Boston leads MLB with 307 doubles, 474 extra-base hits and 499 walks, and ranks 2nd behind Detroit with 670 RBI, a.274 AVG,.347 OBP,.784 OPS, 1,317 hits, 2,098 total bases, and 1,874 times on base. PITCHING IN: Red Sox pitchers have a 2.36 ERA (28 ER/106.2 IP) over the club s last 12 games starting 8/19... Boston hurlers had a streak of 11 consecutive games yielding 3 runs or fewer come to an end in yesterday s win...it was the club s longest stretch of games allowing no more than 3 runs since an 11-gamer from 4/12-25/88. START IT UP: Sox starters have a 2.48 ERA (23 ER/83.1 IP) and a.196 opponent AVG in the last 12 games, holding opponents to 3 runs or fewer in 11 of those games and 1 run or fewer 5 times...beginning on 8/13, Sox starters have an AL-best 3.19 ERA (42 ER/118.2 IP) and.222 opponent AVG. STRONG PEN: The Red Sox bullpen has been charged with only 2 runs and have given up just 7 hits over 17.0 innings on the current homestand (1.06 ERA). SOX & TIGERS: The Sox and Tigers are playing the 1st of 3 games in their only series this season at Fenway Park...This set concludes the 7-game season series, with Boston trailing 1-3 after dropping 3 of 4 games in Detroit from 6/ This marks the latest date for the Tigers 1st visit to Boston other than the interrupted 1981 season (9/14). Despite losing 9 of its last 16 games to Detroit since 5/29/11, Boston owns the majors best record against the Tigers since 2008 (.625, 25-15). The Sox and Tigers split the 2012 season set at The Sox have won or split the season series with the Tigers in 10 of the last 11 years since 2002 (3-4 in 2007). WHAT A WEEK: Shane Victorino has multiple hits 5 times in his last 7 games since 8/25, batting.444 (12-for-27) with 2 doubles, 4 homers, 11 RBI, and 3 walks in that stretch. MR. 2,000: David Ortiz, 5-for-9 with 6 RBI and 4 walks in his last 3 games, has 1,998 career hits, 2 shy of 2,000...He will be the 39th player ever with 2,000 hits, 400 home runs, and 1,400 RBI...Among actives, only Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez have done it. THEFT ALERT: Jacoby Ellsbury stole his ML-leading 51st base of the season yesterday...he has been caught just 4 times and also leads the majors with a 92.7 success rate. STARTING SOMETHING: Daniel Nava has reached in a career-high 36 straight starts beginning 6/22, with a.346 AVG/.413 OBP/.436 SLG in those contests...it is the longest active on-base streak in MLB as a starter and the longest by a Red Sox since Dustin Pedroia s 37 starts, 6/5-7/28/11. KOJI S ROLLING: Koji Uehara pitched a perfect 9th inning last night for his 16th save of the season...his current 24.0-inning scoreless streak is the 2nd-longest active run in MLB (ATL s Craig Kimbrel, 25.1 IP)...It is his career long stretch, including NBP, and the longest single-season streak by a Red Sox since Daniel Bard went 26.1 frames in The scoreless streak has spanned 21 games (started 7/9)...He is the 3rd Red Sox to string together 21 consecutive scoreless outings, along with Daniel Bard (25 in 2011) and Jonathan Papelbon (21 in 2011). NOBODY ON: Koji Uehara has retired his last 18 batters faced...he has also not allowed a base runner in his last 5 save chances, the longest such streak by a Red Sox since Jonathan Papelbon (5, 8/21-9/6/07)...The only longer streak in club history was by Jeff Russell (6, 5/12-6/13/93)...Of his 16 converted saves this year, 14 have been perfect outings. WINNING LATE: The Red Sox are tied with Cleveland and Kansas City for the AL lead with 20 last at-bat wins in The Sox lead the AL (T-2nd in MLB) with 11 walk-off wins, the club s most in a season since 1978 (11)... Boston last had more walk-offs in 1961 (12). REHAB UPDATE: Clay Buchholz, on the 60-day DL with a neck strain, is slated for a 3rd rehab start Wednesday in Triple-A Pawtucket s playoff opener at the IL Wild Card winner. RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall AL East Standing...1st, 4.5 GA 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 1st 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...30, last 8/28 Innings batting around... 19, last 9/1 (2nd) Games decided in last AB VS. THE TIGERS All-Time vs. Tigers...1, In Boston In Detroit vs. Tigers In Boston In Detroit DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 6/20 R L3-4 Smyly Bailey 6/21 R W10-6 Lester Fister 6/22 R L3-10 Scherzer Webster 6/23 R L5-7 Benoit Miller UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone Player (current) 2,000 H...Ortiz (1,998) 100 HR... Pedroia (98) 500 RBI... Pedroia (485) 1,000 G...McDonald (999) 1,000 G... Pedroia (993) MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rk Player HR 47 Billy Williams David Ortiz Darrell Evans 414 THIS DATE IN RED SOX HISTORY 2001: Carl Everett s 2-out, 9th-inning pinch-hit single ended Mike Mussina s bid for a perfect game. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Tue., 9/3 vs. DET 7:10 p.m. LHP Jon Lester (12-8, 3.99) RHP Max Scherzer (19-1, 2.90) NESN/MLBN Wed., 9/4 vs. DET 7:10 p.m. RHP Ryan Dempster (7-9, 4.75) RHP Rick Porcello (11-7, 4.44) NESN/ESPN 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 WUFC 1510 AM.

2 Red Sox Game Notes Page 2 41-JOHN LACKEY, RHP W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO CAREER TODAY S STARTING PITCHER TODAY S START: Among American League leaders in 2013, ranks in ERA (12th, 3.19), WHIP (11th, 1.17), opponent OBP (11th,.294), and K s per 9.0 IP (13th, 7.78). Has averaged 1.92 walks per 9.0 IP in 2013, the 6th-lowest rate in the AL...Has surrendered 1 walk or fewer in 17 of 24 GS (71%), the most such starts by a Red Sox in a season since Josh Beckett did it 18 times in Leads the Red Sox with 17 quality starts this season...15 of his 19 outings since 5/19 have been quality starts, posting a 3.02 ERA (43 ER/128.1 IP) in that span...has allowed 2 runs or less in 9 of his 14 games since 6/15. Has gone at least 6.0 innings in 19 of 24 starts, including in each of his last 14 contests...it is the longest single-season streak of his career and the longest streak by a Red Sox since Jon Lester did it in 17 straight from 4/28-7/30/10. Is 2nd in the AL with a 2.24 ERA (17 ER/68.1 IP) at home in 2013 (min IP), trailing only NYY s Hiroki Kuroda (1.54). Is 9th among AL leaders with a 2.86 ERA (16 ER/50.1 IP) in day games. Last start: Did not factor in the decision as the Red Sox defeated the Orioles, 4-3, on 8/28 at Fenway...Gave up 3 runs on 7 hits and a walk over 7.1 innings...struck out 4 while tossing 92 pitches (68 strikes)...allowed a run in the 1st inning on an RBI double by Chris Davis... Surrendered solo shots by Manny Machado and Davis in the 3rd and 6th innings, respectively...exited after retiring the 1st batter of the 8th inning with the game tied, Mike Carp drove in the game-winning run with a single in the bottom of the frame. VS. THE TIGERS: Is making his 1st career start against the Tigers at Fenway...Is 6-2 in 11 career games versus DET, including 6 quality starts...last faced the Tigers on 6/20 at Comerica, allowing 2 runs on 7 hits and 1 walk over 7.0 IP in a no-decision. RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: , 2x, last: 8/23 at LAD 10, 2x, last: 7/20 vs. NYY 5, 3x, last: 6/26 at BAL 5, 2x, last: 6/26 at BAL 4, 7/12 at OAK 12, 6/26 vs. COL 3, 2x, last: 6/26 at BAL 116, 7/7 at LAA 1 G, 8/23 at LAD G, 6/15-7/2 4 G, 7/20-8/ , 2.24 ERA, 10 GS 3-9, 3.95 ERA, 14 GS.250 ( ), 21 HR.235 (80-341), 8 HR.272 (69-254), 13 HR , 3.19 ERA, 24 starts SINGLE-GAME HIGHS IP H R ER BB SO HR PITCHES CG SHO WIN STREAK LOSS STREAK SPLITS HOME ROAD OPP. AVG VS. LHB VS. RHB WHIP CAREER 9.0, 12x, 9/10/09 vs. SEA w/ LAA 15, 7/10/08 at TEX w/ LAA 10, 9/26/08 vs. TEX w/ LAA 10, 9/26/08 vs. TEX w/ LAA 7, 4/21/06 at OAK w/ LAA 12, 2x, last: 6/26/13 vs. COL 3, 5x, last: 6/26/13 at BAL 131, 8/9/09 vs. TEX w/ LAA 15 G, last: 8/23/13 at LAD 8 G, last: 9/10/09 vs. SEA w/ LAA 6 G, 7/9-8/12/11 4 G, 3x, last: 7/20-8/11/13 CAREER 72-46, 3.96 ERA, 157 GS 64-59, 4.10 ERA, 162 G, 161 GS.267 ( ), 210 HR.276 ( ), 96 HR.257 ( ), 114 HR 1.33 VS. THE TIGERS W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO CAREER FENWAY Is making his 1st career appearance vs. DET at Fenway On 8/23 at LAD, became the 1st Red Sox to lose a complete game while allowing 3 base runners or fewer since Pedro Martinez on 8/8/00 at ANA (3 BR). Gave up 4 runs on 7/20 vs. NYY, snapping a career-best streak of 6 games with 2 runs or fewer allowed (also 5/31-6/29/08 with LAA). Struck out 12 without a walk allowed on 6/26 vs. COL, becoming the 6th Sox since 1916 (20th time) to do it (last Pedro Martinez on 5/3/03 vs. MIN, 12 K s). Left his 1st start of the season on 4/6 at TOR with a right biceps strain...was placed on the 15-day DL on 4/10 (retro to 4/7)...Made a rehab start with Double-A Portland on 4/22 vs. Binghamton (3.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R/ER, 2 BB, 5 K)...Activated from the DL on 4/28 and made the start that night vs. HOU REGULAR SEASON GAME LOG - STARTER DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB K HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 4/6 L0-5 at TOR L /51 Left the game with a right biceps strain, landing on the DL 4/28 W6-1 HOU W /56 The win was his 1st since 8/23/11 at TEX (614 days) 5/4 L1-5 at TEX L /61 Allowed a homer on his 1st pitch for 1st time in career 5/9 L3-5 MIN L /74 His throwing error in the 6th led to 4 unearned runs 5/14 L3-5 at TB L /55 Allowed all 5 runs on 6 hits in the 4th inning 5/19 W5-1 at MIN W /50 Retired the 1st 12 batters of the game 5/24 W8-1 CLE W /71 Had back-to-back starts without ER for 1st time since /29 L3-4 at PHI L /60 Gave up back-to-back solo home runs in the 4th inning 6/5 L2-3 TEX /75 Surrendered only run on a solo HR by Adrian Beltre in the 4th 6/10 W10-8 (14) at TB /61 Sox won in the 14th after scoring twice in the top of the frame 6/15 W5-4 at BAL W /61 Surrendered just 3 hits over his final 6.0 frames 6/20 L3-4 at DET /64 Jhonny Peralta hit 2-run walk-off homer in the 9th 6/26 W5-3 COL W /73 Became 6th Sox since 1916 to strike out 12+ without a walk 7/2 W4-1 SD W /73 Moved over.500 for 1st time since prior to decision on 9/4/11 7/7 L0-3 at LAA L /69 Snapped 6-GS unbeaten streak with 1st loss since 5/29 at PHI 7/12 W4-2 at OAK W /69 Ended a career-high tying streak of 6 starts with 1 walk or less 7/20 L2-5 NYY L /64 Gave up more than 2 runs for the 1st time since 6/10 7/26 L0-6 at BAL L /63 Gave up 2 opposite-field home runs to Adam Jones 7/31 W5-4 (15) SEA /71 The Sox won in the 15th inning on a single by Stephen Drew 8/5 L0-2 at HOU L /73 Surpassed 2,000.0 innings pitched for his career 8/11 L3-4 at KC L /73 Matched his career high for consecutive losses for 3rd time 8/17 W6-1 NYY W /65 Had 5 assists, the most by a Sox since Steve Avery in 1998 (6) 8/23 L0-2 at LAD L /69 Was 1st Sox to lose CG with 3 base runners or less since /28 W4-3 BAL /68 Mike Carp singled in the game-winning run in the 8th inning TIGERS CAREER vs. LACKEY PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Avila Cabrera Castellanos Dirks Fielder Hunter Iglesias Infante Jackson Kelly Martinez Pena Perez Santiago Tuiasosopo Worth BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS RED SOX CAREER vs. FISTER PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Berry Bogaerts Carp Drew Ellsbury Gomes Lavarnway McDonald Middlebrooks Napoli Nava Ortiz Pedroia Ross Saltalamacchia Snyder Victorino STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN QUALITY SOX STARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC. Lester / Buchholz / Dempster / Doubront / Lackey / Aceves / Webster / Morales 1 0 5/ Workman 3 3 8/ Peavy / Wright 1 0 0/ JON LESTER, LHP TOMORROW S STARTING PITCHER 12-8, 3.99 ERA, 28 starts W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO CAREER VS. THE TIGERS: Owns a 5.26 ERA (22 ER/37.2 IP) in 6 career starts against the Tigers, his 2nd-highest mark against any AL club (CWS, 5.43)...Detroit hitters are batting.304 (45-for-148) against Lester, his worst opponent AVG against any AL club...earned his 1st career win against the Tigers in his last start vs. the club on 6/21, allowing 5 runs on 9 hits and 3 walks over 5.2 innings. REGULAR SEASON STARTS - LAST 5 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K 8/8 at KC L /14 at TOR /19 at SF W /24 at LAD W /29 BAL L ERA

3 Red Sox Game Notes Page 3 BATTING NOTES 50-QUINTIN BERRY, OF --- AVG 0 HR 0 RBI --- OBP --- SLG vs. RHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-0 (def. rep. CF) HOMESTAND: 0-0 CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-5 vs. LHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR CWS SERIES: 0-0 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 0 G Selected to the Sox ML roster yesterday and made season debut as a defensive replacement in CF in the 9th. Combined for 30 SB in 34 SBA this season (88.2%) in 99 combined games at Triple-A level this year between DET s Toledo (49 G), KC s Omaha (48 G), and Pawtucket (2 G)...Hit.193 (61-for-316) w/ 10 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 31 RBI, 50 BB. Acquired from KC in a minor league trade 8/27 for RHP Clayton Mortensen...Had been claimed off waivers by KC from DET on 6/4. Made ML debut w/ DET last year and named club s 2012 Rookie of the Year by the Detroit Broadcasters Association...Hit.258 (75-for-291) w/ 10 doubles, 6 triples, 2 homers, 29 RBI, and 21 stolen bases in 94 games. Was successful in all 21 SB attempts with the Tigers in 2012, the most SB without a CS in an AL season since CS became universally tracked in XANDER BOGAERTS, SS.316 AVG 0 HR 2 RBI.350 OBP.368 SLG vs. RHP: 2-12 (.167), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4 HOMESTAND: 3-10, R, RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (.429, 3-7) vs. LHP: 4-7 (.571), 0 HR CWS SERIES: 3-7, R, RBI, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G, 2 times, last 8/31-pres. Fri. night vs. CWS, went 2-for-3 with a BB, RBI, and run...at 20 years and 334 days old, became the youngest Red Sox to drive in a run, score a run, and reach base at least 3 times in a game since Tony Conigliaro (10 times) and Tony Horton (3 times) did it in Has 5 starts since selection to ML roster on 8/20 (3 at SS, 2 at 3B)...Hits in 4 of 8 games overall. Made 1st ML start was 8/21 at SF (SS)...Singled off Brandon League 8/24 at LAD for 1st ML hit. At 20 years old, was the youngest player in the IL this season and is the 3rd-youngest active major leaguer (Bryce Harper, Jurickson Profar)...On 8/20 became BOS s youngest position player to appear in a game since Dwight Evans in Is the 5th Aruban-born major leaguer and the 1st Aruban on the Red Sox. Between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket, combined to hit.297 w/ 23 doubles, 6 triples, 15 HR, 67 RBI, and 63 walks...began season w/ 56 games for Portland (.311, 12 2B, 6 3B, 6 HR, 35 RBI)...Played 60 games w/ PawSox after 6/13 promotion (.284, 11 2B, 9 HR, 32 RBI), including 49 at SS and 10 at 3B. 37-MIKE CARP, 1B/OF.307 AVG 8 HR 31 RBI.365 OBP.547 SLG vs. RHP: (.316), 7 HR YESTERDAY: 1-3, R, BB HOMESTAND: 2-4, R, RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (.500, 2-4) vs. LHP: 6-24 (.250), 1 HR CWS SERIES: 1-3, R, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 6/8-13 (.450, 9-20) Scratched from the starting lineup Thur. night vs. BAL due to left shoulder soreness and did not play again until a start at 1B yesterday vs. CWS. Is 6-for-17 (.353) over his last 8 contests...has reached in 26 of his last 34 games with a PA (.314 AVG, 32-for-102, 11 BB, HBP). W/ 2 on and 2 out, knocked a go-ahead pinch-hit RBI single in the 8th inning of 8/28 s 4-3 win vs. BAL...Is 16-for-46 (.348) this season with RISP. Among AL players w/ at least 150 PA, ranks 6th in SLG (.547)...25 of 55 hits are XBH (15 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR)...Has a.328 AVG (38-for-116) in 40 games since 6/1. Has reached in 35 of 47 starts (26 in LF, 19 at 1B, 2 in RF)...2nd on the team and T-8th in the AL w/ 17 PA as a PH (.250 AVG, 4-for-16, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, BB). 7-STEPHEN DREW, SS.248 AVG 11 HR 54 RBI.331 OBP.433 SLG vs. RHP: (.277), 7 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, R, HR, RBI HOMESTAND: 4-15, 4 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 4 BB CURRENT STREAK: 4 G (.308, 4-13) vs. LHP: (.195), 4 HR CWS SERIES: 2-8, R, HR, RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 12 G, 7/31-8/11 (.422, 19-45, 9 RBI, 9 BB) Has reached in each of his last 8 games (.269, 7-for-26, 5 BB) and has reached or driven in a run in his last 14 starts (12 H, 6 BB, 8 RBI). Has a.302 AVG/.381 OBP/.526 SLG over his last 32 contests (35-for-116, 8 2B, 6 HR, 22 RBI, 19 R, 16 BB)...That stretch began 7/27 at BAL when he tied a career high w/ 5 RBI and tallied his 2nd career multi-hr game in a 3-for-5 effort. Hit 10th homer 8/21 at SF for his 5th career double-digit HR season and 1st since 2010 (15)...Hit game-winning, 3-run HR in the 9th on 8/7 at HOU...Had 15thinn. walk-off, bases-loaded single on 7/31 vs. SEA, his 2nd walk-off in 2013 (5/6 vs. MIN, 2B). T-4th in AL w/ 6 triples...his 46 walks are 1st in AL as a shortstop...t-2nd in HR (11) and RBI (54) as an AL SS...2nd among active AL SS w/.986 fielding %. 2-JACOBY ELLSBURY, OF.299 AVG 7 HR 50 RBI.356 OBP.420 SLG vs. RHP: (.328), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, SB HOMESTAND: 11-26, 7 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 4 SB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (.444, 4-9) vs. LHP: (.251), 2 HR CWS SERIES: 4-14, 4 R, 2B, 4 RBI, BB, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 19 G, 6/19-7/11 (.413, 33-80) Batting.328 (20-for-61) w/ 4 doubles, 14 runs and 7 SB in his last 14 tilts...has driven in 3 runs and scored 4 over the last 2 games. His.331 AVG (114-for-344) since 5/26 ranks 5th in AL...Hitting.321 (86-for-268) in his last 62 games starting w/ 19-game hit streak, 6/19-7/11 (.413, 33-for- 80), the AL s longest this season...has 4 hit streaks of at least 10 games this year, 2nd most double-digit hit streaks in MLB after DET s Miguel Cabrera (5). Tops MLB w/ 51 stolen bases in 55 SBA and a 92.7% success rate...swiped his 50th base Thur. night and now has his 3rd career 50-steal season (50 in 2008, 70 in 2009)...No other Red Sox has more than 1...Set club single-game record with 5 SB, 5/30 at PHI. T-2nd in AL w/ 8 triples, 2 shy of his single-season career high (10, 2009)...Also among AL leaders in hits (5th, 165), multi-hit G (T-8th, 46), 3+ hit games (T-2nd in MLB, 16), runs (6th, 87), AB (3rd, 552), and AVG vs. RHP (5th,.328). Has most hits (165) and games w/ a hit (101) among leadoff men...has 2 leadoff HR in 2013 and 9 career, tied for club record (Dom DiMaggio, Tommy Harper). 5-JONNY GOMES, OF.228 AVG 11 HR 43 RBI.333 OBP.414 SLG vs. RHP: (.248), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 0-1 (def. rep. LF) HOMESTAND: 3-19, R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-3 vs. LHP: (.210), 6 HR CWS SERIES: 2-9, R, 2B, RBI, HBP SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 7 G, 6/23-7/5 (.391, 9-23) Has driven in 10 runs in his last 11 games...has gone 9-for-25 (.360) w/ 15 RBI in RISP situations since the start of August. Has 4 HR in the pinch this year, tied for tops in MLB (also ATL s E. Gattis)...His 4 PH HR are tied for 2nd-most for a Sox in a single season (also Del Wilber in 1953) and 1 shy of Joe Cronin s club/al record (5 in 1943). Has reached in 14 of 24 PA as PH (.375, 6-for-16, 2B, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 6 BB, 2 HBP)...Tied for ML lead w/ 5 XBH in the pinch and T-1st in AL w/ 7 PH RBI. Hit a pinch-hit, walk-off HR to lead off the 9th inning on 7/3 vs. SD, his 4th career walk-off HR and 2nd this season (also G2 on 6/18 vs. TB off Joel Peralta). Has made 65 starts for the Sox this year, including team-high 54 in LF (81 G overall), 9 as DH (10 G), and 2 in RF (4 G)...53 of last 55 starts have been in LF. 20-RYAN LAVARNWAY, C.283 AVG 0 HR 8 RBI.323 OBP.383 SLG vs. RHP: (.294), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: DNP CURRENT STREAK: 5 G (.400, 8-20) vs. LHP: 7-26 (.269), 0 HR CWS SERIES: DNP SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 7 G, 5/18-7/7 (.348, 8-23) Recalled yesterday for 4th stint w/ the Sox in Played 16 times, w/ 13 starts behind the plate, in his last stretch w/ the club from 6/18-8/18...Has hit in 12 of 15 starts overall w/ BOS this season...posted a career-high 7-game hit streak from 5/18-7/7 (.348 AVG, 8-for-23). Has driven in 4 runs while going 5-for-13 (.385) over his last 3 ML games w/ PA...Is hitting.400 (8-for-20) over his last 5 contests w/ PA. Allowed 4 passed balls in the 1st on 8/6 at HOU while catching S. Wright, tying the modern ML record for a single frame (3rd time; also NYG s Ray Katt, 9/10/1954 & TEX s Geno Petralli on 8/22/1987). Played 3 games (2 starts) w/ Sox in 2nd stint w/ BOS from 5/ Was also w/ Sox 4/25-27, but did not appear in a game...hit.250 (45-for-180, 9 2B, 3 HR, 24 RBI, 23 R, 25 BB) in 50 games w/ Pawtucket overall in Threw out 18 of 45 attempted base stealers (40.0%) at Triple-A.

4 Red Sox Game Notes Page 4 BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) 10-JOHN McDONALD, INF.000 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI.125 OBP.000 SLG vs. RHP: 6-43 (.140), 1 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: DNP CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (.333, 1-3) vs. LHP: 0-18 (.000), 0 HR CWS SERIES: DNP SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G, last 8/29-present Acquired Saturday from PHI with cash considerations in exchange for minor league RHP Nefi Ogando...A 15-year ML veteran, has previously played for CLE ( ; 2013), TOR (2005; ), DET (2005), ARI ( ), PIT (2013), and PHI (2013). Has appeared in 45 games this season between the Pirates (16), Indians (8), and Phillies (21), appearing primarily at SS (19 G/11 starts). Has a.972 fielding percentage in 575 career games (429 starts) at SS...In his career, has also played 210 games at 2B (142 starts), 143 games at 3B (66 starts), 7 games in the OF (4 starts), and pitched in 1 game for Philadelphia this season. Will be the 21st native of Connecticut to appear in a game for the Red Sox (born in New London, CT)...Is a current resident of Scituate, MA. 16-WILL MIDDLEBROOKS, 3B.221 AVG 11 HR 32 RBI.271 OBP.408 SLG vs. RHP: (.197), 7 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 3-14, 3 R, BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-5 vs. LHP: (.270), 4 HR CWS SERIES: 1-7, R, BB, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 8 G, 8/10-18 (.462, 12-26) Batting.322 (19-for-59, 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 8 BB) since 8/10 recall for 2nd stint w/ BOS this season, w/ hits in 14 of 18 games with a PA in that time. Set season-highs with an 8-game hit streak (.462, 12-for-26) and 11-game on-base streak (.441, 15-for-34, 7 BB, HBP) immediately following 8/10 recall. Is 9th Red Sox with double-digit HR in each of his 1st 2 seasons appearing in MLB, 1st since Shea Hillenbrand ( ). Played in 53 games w/ BOS to start the year before being optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on 6/25...W/ PawSox, hit.268 w/ 5 2B, 10 HR, 35 RBI, 16 BB, 25 R. 27 of his 58 hits w/ BOS are XBH (16 2B, 11 HR)...Set career highs w/ 4 hits and 3 HR 4/7 at TOR, the 1st 3-HR game by a Sox since Pedroia, 6/24/10 at COL. 12-MIKE NAPOLI, 1B.249 AVG 17 HR 76 RBI.339 OBP.447 SLG vs. RHP: (.243), 12 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 3-16, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (.500, 2-4) vs. LHP: (.263), 5 HR CWS SERIES: 2-7, R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 8 G, 5/18-25 (.296, 8-27, 9 BB) Tallied 76th RBI Fri. night, setting a new career single-season high (prev. 75 w/ TEX in 2011)...Ranks 9th in the AL with 5.76 AB/RBI. Is 8-for-24 (.333, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI) over his last 6 games and Sox are 6-0 in those tilts...homered in back-to-back games, 8/ Hit a game-tying, 9th-inning 2-run HR on 8/14 at TOR...In 10 games beginning on that day, has 3 homers and 9 RBI. His 17 HR are 2nd on Sox...12 multi-xbh games are 4th-most in MLB, trailing Chris Davis (16), Alfonso Soriano (14), and Mike Trout (13). 8-for-17 (.471) w/ 3 doubles, 2 grand slams (T-1st in AL), and 24 RBI (T-1st in MLB) w/ bases loaded...his 5, 4+ RBI games are T-3rd in MLB. 29-DANIEL NAVA, OF.294 AVG 10 HR 56 RBI.381 OBP.435 SLG vs. RHP: (.313), 8 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3, BB HOMESTAND: 4-11, R, 2 2B, BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-3 vs. LHP: (.242), 2 HR CWS SERIES: 0-3, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 7 G, 3 times, last 7/5-11 (.375, 12-32) Hit.396 (19-for-48) in 17 games in August...Is 15-for-36 (.417) w/ 7 doubles and 7 runs over his last 12 games w/ a PA. Has reached in a career-high 36 straight starts beginning on 6/22, the longest such active streak in MLB (.346 AVG/.413 OBP, 46-for-133, 9 BB, 7 HBP). Among AL leaders in OBP (6th,.381), HBP (T-1st, 14), sac flies (T-6th, 7), and AVG vs. RHP (10th,.313)...His OBP ranks 2nd among primary outfielders in the AL to LAA s Mike Trout (.431)...Among ML switch-hitters, ranks 1st in OBP, 7th in runs (63), and 9th in RBI (56). Has reached in 88 of a career-high 112 games (prev. 88 in 2012) and in 87 of 99 starts this season...has 55 games in LF (48 GS) and 53 in RF (37 GS)...Only ML game at CF was a start 7/8 at SEA...Also has 16 games at 1B (8 GS), his 1st pro action at 1B. 34-DAVID ORTIZ, DH.315 AVG 24 HR 85 RBI.398 OBP.559 SLG vs. RHP: (.346), 19 HR YESTERDAY: 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI, BB HOMESTAND: 5-20, 2B, 7 RBI, 5 BB, SF CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (.556, 5-9, 6 RBI) vs. LHP: (.265), 5 HR CWS SERIES: 5-9, 2B, 6 RBI, 4 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 15 G, 4/20-5/7 (.414, 24-58) Is 2 hits shy of 2,000 career...is 5-for-9 w/ 6 RBI over last 3 games...snapped an 0-for-23 slump w/ 2-run single in the 4th Fri. night vs. CWS. Has team-high 24 home runs, 1 shy of 9th career 25-HR season, all w/ BOS (his 8, 25-HR season are 2nd in club history to Ted Williams 14)...Is 1 of 2 major leaguers w/ 20+ HR in all 12 seasons beginning in 2002 (also Alfonso Soriano). Has reached safely in 54 of his last 62 games since 6/18, batting.328 (76-for-232) w/ 16 doubles, 10 homers, 36 RBI, and 35 walks in that time...snapped a season-high 23-game on-base streak on 8/11 at KC (.352 AVG, 32-for-91, 11 BB). This year was an All-Star for the 4th straight year and the 9th time in his career, most in MLB since Went 0-for-2 as the starting DH in the game on 7/16. Leads MLB in IBB (18) and 3rd in AVG vs. RHP (.346)...AL rankings: AVG (5th,.315), OBP (4th,.398), SLG (4th,.559), OPS (4th,.957), RBI (7th, 85), XBH (T-8th, 55), AB/HR (10th, 17.9), AB/RBI (3rd, 5.0), road AVG (7th,.320), and day AVG (5th,.343). 15-DUSTIN PEDROIA, 2B.300 AVG 8 HR 76 RBI.377 OBP.416 SLG vs. RHP: (.280), 6 HR YESTERDAY: 2-4, R, BB HOMESTAND: 7-22, 3 R, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 5 BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (.500, 2-4) vs. LHP: (.345), 2 HR CWS SERIES: 3-11, 2 R, 2B, RBI, 3 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 14 G, 5/27-6/10 (.321, 18-56) Hits in 15 of his last 18 tilts at.360 (27-for-75)...Snapped a 9-game hit streak Thur. night...hit.429 (15-for-35) over the 9-game stretch...has reached in 24 of his last 27 games at.330 (36-for-109, 13 BB, HBP). His 137 games are tied for the ML lead...has started at 2B in all but 1 game this year...has reached safely in 119 games, 4th most in MLB. AL leaders: times on base (3rd, 234), hits (7th, 163), multi-hit G (T-4th, 50), 2B (T-5th, 35), BB (8th, 68), OBP (10th,.377), AB (5th, 543), home AVG (9th,.319), AVG vs. LHP (4th,.345), and day AVG (8th,.336)...Leads Sox with 21 go-ahead RBI (T-8th in AL) and 11 game-winning RBI (T-10th in AL). This season was named an All-Star for the 4th time in his career (also )...Went 0-for-2 in the All-Star Game on 7/16 at Citi Field. On 7/24 signed an 8-year contract w/ the Red Sox beginning in 2014 and continuing through the 2021 season would be his 16th season w/ the Sox. 3-DAVID ROSS, C.195 AVG 4 HR 6 RBI.279 OBP.403 SLG vs. RHP: 6-34 (.176), 1 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 2-4, R, 2B, BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (.667, 2-3) vs. LHP: 9-43 (.209), 3 HR CWS SERIES: 2-3, R, 2B, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G, 5/31-6/8 (.375, 3-8) Made 3rd start since his 8/19 activation from the DL Fri. night and tallied his 2nd mulit-hit game of the season. His start 8/20 at SF was his 1st game action since 6/14 at BAL...Went on the 7-day concussion DL after the 1st game of doubleheader on 6/18, and transferred to the 60-day DL on 6/25...Was his 2nd stint on the 7-day concussion DL this season, also 5/ Has drawn 8 walks in his last 17 ML games with a PA, beginning with a career-high tying 3 walks 5/2 at TOR (4th time). 8 of 15 hits this season have been XBH (3 2B, 4 HR)...Set career high w/ 4 hits on 4/26 vs. HOU, including matching career-high w/ 2 HR (11th time). Leads AL catchers (2nd in MLB) w/ a 2.93 catchers ERA this year (min. 20 G) and has an MLB-best 3.28 mark since the beginning of 2009 (min. 200 G)...Since 2011 is 4th among ML catchers (min. 100 G) in catcher CS% (34.4, 31 of 90).

5 Red Sox Game Notes Page 5 BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) 39-JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA, C.266 AVG 11 HR 52 RBI.337 OBP.447 SLG vs. RHP: (.283), 10 HR YESTERDAY: 0-2, R, 2 BB, SB HOMESTAND: 3-17, 3 R, 2B, 2 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-10 vs. LHP: (.225), 1 HR CWS SERIES: 0-6, R, 2 BB, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G, 8/9-21 (.361, 13-36) Hits in 12 of his last 16 games (.288, 17-for-59, 7 2B, HR, 9 RBI, 7 BB, 11 R) and 20 of his last 26 games w/ AB (.293, 29-for-99, 10 2B, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 18 R)... Swiped 2nd career stolen base yesterday (also 9/3/11 vs. TEX). Had a season-high 9-game hit streak from 8/9-21 (.361, 13-for-36, 6 2B, 7 RBI, 8 R), matching his longest career stretch (3rd time, 1st since 7/18-8/1/11). T-5th in AL w/ career-high 35 doubles (prev. 23 in 11)...Tops AL with 35 doubles as a catcher (2nd in MLB) and is T-2nd in MLB with 46 XBH as a catcher. Has also set single-season career-highs in hits (100), XBH (46), runs (56), and walks (41). Ranks 4th in the AL w/ 98 starts at catcher and innings at catcher...has started 33 of BOS 41 games since the All-Star break...has appeared at catcher in 87 of the club s last 110 games beginning 5/3 and ranks 2nd in MLB in that time with innings behind the plate...also has 1 start at DH. 23-BRANDON SNYDER, INF.209 AVG 2 HR 7 RBI.227 OBP.419 SLG vs. RHP: 0-15 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: DNP CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-6 vs. LHP: 9-28 (.321), 2 HR CWS SERIES: DNP SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G, 7/29-8/3 (.429, 3-7) Activated from the DL yesterday...was placed on the 15-day DL on 8/10 (retro to 8/8) w/ right elbow ulnar neuritis...played 4 rehab games w/ Triple-A Pawtucket from 8/28-31 (2-for-13,.154). Has played in 20 games (10 starts, all at 3B) since 6/25 selection to BOS...Has driven in a run in 4 of 10 starts...is 0-for-15 vs. right-handed pitching. 5 of 8 hits have been XBH (3 2B, 2 HR)...Hit 2nd HR on 7/29 off TB s D. Price...7/4 vs. SD hit 1st HR with Sox, his 1st in MLB since 5/15/12 for TEX vs. KC. Hit.261 (65-for-249, 16 2B, 3B, 10 HR, 37 RBI, 37 R, 20 BB) in 68 games w/ PawSox overall this year...signed w/ Red Sox as a minor league free agent on 3/31. Has appeared defensively at 1B (27 G/17 GS), 3B (24 G/11 GS), LF (5 G/1 GS), RF (5 G/3 GS), and C (1 G) in his career at the major league level. 18-SHANE VICTORINO, OF.295 AVG 12 HR 51 RBI.349 OBP.449 SLG vs. RHP: (.286), 6 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3, R, BB HOMESTAND: 10-23, 9 R, 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 3 BB, HBP, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-3 vs. LHP: (.311), 6 HR CWS SERIES: 4-12, 4 R, RBI, 2 BB, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G, 5/16-6/15 (.263, 10-38) Snapped a 6-game hit streak yesterday and left in the 7th inning w/ a left hip contusion...went 12-for-24 (.500) w/ 4 HR, 11 RBI, and 10 runs over the 6-game streak...batting.411 (23-for-56) w/ 10 XBH (5 2B, 5 HR) and 14 RBI in his last 14 games, including 9 multi-hit efforts during that stretch...his 75 total bases beginning 7/30 rank T-1st in the AL w/ Miguel Cabrera...In that time, batting.341 (44-for-129) w/ 10 doubles, 7 HR, 23 RBI, 29 runs, and 4 stolen bases. Led Sox in homers (7, T-6th in AL), RBI (22, 4th in AL), runs (24, 2nd in AL), hits (T-3rd, 38), XBH (15, T-6th in AL), total bases (67, 3rd in AL), and SLG (.578, 11th in AL) in August. Went 3-for-3, 2B, 2 HR, BB, HBP, and a career-high 7 RBI on 8/27 vs. BAL...Was the most RBI by a Red Sox since J.D. Drew, 6/8/07 at ARI (7)...Was 1st Red Sox w/ 7 RBI and 4 R since Dwight Evans, 8/13/88 vs. DET (7 RBI, 4 R)...Per Elias, was 1st in Sox history to go 3-for-3 or better w/ at least 2 HR, 4 R, and 7 RBI. Is T-6th in the AL w/ a team-high 7 sac hits and is 3rd in the AL w/ 11 HBP...6th in the AL in home AVG (.325)...8th-hardest to double up in AL (102.5 AB/GIDP). T-5th in AL w/ a team-best 9 outfield assists...the 9 assists are the most as a Red Sox RF since Trot Nixon in 2005 (9); last BOS RF with more: Evans-1984 (11). 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 Berry 7/22/12 vs. CWS Humber Bogaerts No ML home runs Carp 6/15/13 at BAL Garcia Drew 8/21/13 at SF Kickham Ellsbury 8/6/13 at HOU Cisnero Gomes 8/24/13 at LAD Ryu Lavarnway 9/14/12 at TOR Laffey McDonald 8/8/13 vs. CHC Bowden Middlebrooks 8/21/13 at SF Zito Napoli 8/27/13 vs. BAL Chen Nava 6/18/13 vs. TB (G2) Odorizzi Ortiz 8/17/13 vs. NYY Warren Pedroia 7/31/13 vs. SEA Perez Ross 5/5/13 at TEX Darvish Saltalamacchia 8/25/13 at LAD Withrow Snyder 7/4/13 vs. SD Stults Victorino 8/29/13 vs. BAL Tillman VS. DET CAREER VS. DET CAREER AT FENWAY PARK PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Berry Bogaerts Carp Drew Ellsbury , Gomes Lavarnway McDonald Middlebrooks Napoli Nava Ortiz , Pedroia , Ross Saltalamacchia Snyder Victorino VS. DET CAREER VS. DET 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 Breslow / / / Britton / / / De La Rosa / / / Dempster / / / Doubront / / / Lackey / / / Lester / / / Morales / / / Peavy / / / Tazawa / / / Thornton / / / Uehara / / / Workman / / /

6 Red Sox Game Notes Page 6 BULLPEN NOTES 1ST BATTERS REG. SEASON RELIEF HIGHS PITCHER LAST TIME OUT (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP INNINGS STRIKEOUTS 32-Craig Breslow 9/1 vs CWS (H, 12) /50 34/10 0/0 2.1 (7/9 at SEA) 2 (6 times) 66-Drake Britton 8/31 vs CWS /14 11/6 0/2 2.1 (8/6 at HOU) 3 (2 times) 62-Rubby De La Rosa 8/16 vs NYY /4 1/0 0/0 2.1 (8/16 vs NYY) 2 (8/6 at HOU) 56-Franklin Morales 9/1 vs CWS (H, 2) /10 5/1 0/0 2.1 (6/22 at DET) 4 (6/22 at DET) 36-Junichi Tazawa 9/1 vs CWS (H, 21) /61 28/9 0/7 2.0 (4 times) 4 (4/17 at CLE) 38-Matt Thornton 8/29 vs BAL /12 5/3 0/0 1.2 (8/2 vs ARI) 2 (4 times) 19-Koji Uehara 9/1 vs CWS (SV, 16) /61 21/7 16/ (3 times) 3 (6 times) 67-Brandon Workman 9/1 vs CWS (W, 4-2) /8 9/1 0/0 4.2 (8/6 at HOU) 4 (2 times) 2013 BULLPEN TOTALS 3.61 ERA /376 (64.6%) 185/65 28/48 *Red Sox Totals Only 32-CRAIG BRESLOW, LHP SV 2.22 ERA. vs. ALL:.244 (44-180), 3 HR vs. RHB:.216 (22-102), 2 HR vs. LHB:.282 (22-78), 1 HR WHIP: 1.17 Had his career-best 16-game scoreless streak (13.2 IP) come to an end when he allowed a solo HR (Flowers) in the 8th inning yesterday vs CWS...Earned his 12th hold of the season...lowered his ERA from 2.91 on 7/21 to 2.08 over that 16-game stretch that spanned 13/2 innings, 7/22-8/31. Ranks T-14th among AL relievers in ERA (2.22) and 5th among AL lefty relievers...has allowed only 2 ER over his last 21 apps (0.87 ERA, 3 R, 2 ER, 20.2 IP). 41 of his 50 apps in 2013 have been scoreless (has 16 perfect apps)...allowed 3 ER in 0.2 IP, 6/19 vs. TB; has a 1.69 ERA (9 ER/48.0 IP) in other 49 games... Since his activation from DL on 5/6, he has appeared in a team-high 50 games (T-4th most in AL)...Began the season on the 15-day DL (left shoulder tendinitis). Is 2-1, 0.73 ERA (2 ER/24.2 IP) in 23 road games this season and 2-1, 3.75 ERA (10 ER/24.0 IP) in 27 games at Fenway...Has allowed runs in only 1 road game. 66-DRAKE BRITTON, LHP SV 3.12 ERA vs. ALL:.274 (17-62), 1 HR vs. RHB:.250 (8-32), 1 HR vs. LHB:.300 (9-30), 0 HR WHIP: 1.27 Threw a scorless 9th inning with 1 BB and 1 SO Saturday night vs. CWS...11 of his 14 appearances for BOS have been scoreless. Did not allow a run in the first 10.1 innings of his career, the most for a Red Sox pitcher to begin his career since 1995 (Vaughn Eshelman, 18.0 IP)...Earned his 1st ML win with 2.0 scoreless innings in the Sox 15-inning victory on 7/31 vs. SEA. Made his ML debut on 7/20 vs. NYY...Was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on 7/14...Is the 1st ML stint of his career. Began the season with Double-A Portland where he was an Eastern League All-Star: 7-6, 3.51 ERA (38 ER/97.1 IP), 36 BB, and 80 SO in 17 games (16 starts)... Was promoted to Pawtucket on 7/5 and made his Triple-A debut on 7/9 at Lehigh Valley (L, 5.1 IP, 5 ER) - his only appearance for the PawSox in RUBBY DE LA ROSA, RHP SV 3.86 ERA vs. ALL:.235 (4-17), 2 HR vs. RHB:.333 (3-9), 2 HR vs. LHB:.125 (1-8), 0 HR WHIP: 1.07 Recalled from Pawtucket yesterday...has pitched in 5 games, all in relief, over 3 major league stints with the Red Sox this season...all 5 apps came in August. In last ML outing, 8/18 vs. NYY, gave up 1 run on 2 hits in 1.0 IP...Threw a career relief-high 2.1 IP 8/16 vs. NYY...Made Red Sox debut 8/6 at HOU (1.0 IP, 2 SO). Was recalled on 8/3 for his 2nd stint of the season...did not appear in a game during his 1st stint...was recalled the 1st time on 6/14 (optioned on 6/16). With Pawtucket this season where he was an International League All-Star: 3-3, 4.26 ERA (38 ER/80.1 IP), 48 BB, 76 SO,.224 (65-for-290) in 24 games (20 GS). 56-FRANKLIN MORALES, LHP SV 5.82 ERA vs. ALL:.273 (18-66), 2 HR vs. RHB:.310 (13-42), 2 HR vs. LHB:.208 (5-24), 0 HR WHIP: 1.71 Earned his 2nd hold of the season with 1.1 scoreless innings yesterday vs. CWS...Allowed 1 hit and struck out a batter. Is 1-1, 6.75 ERA (9 ER/12.0 IP) in 10 relief apps (1-0, 3.60 ERA (2 ER/5.0 IP) in 1 start...allowed 4 ER in a pair of games (4 ER in 0.2 IP on 6/8 vs LAA & 4 ER in 2.1 IP on 6/22 at DET)...Exlcuding those two games, he has a 1.93 ERA (3 ER/14.0 IP) in his other 9 apps this season (unscored upon in 7 of those 9 games). Has thrown more than 1.0 inning in 6 of his 11 apps this season and in 5 of his 10 relief apps...has thrown 2.0 or more innings out of the bullpen twice. Activated on 8/10 from 2nd DL stint of the year (left pectoralis strain, 6/23-8/9)...Began the season on DL with a low back strain, 3/31-5/27...Appeared in 4 rehab assignment games between Triple-A Pawtucket (3G) and Double-A Portland (1G) from 7/29-8/7: (0-0, 1.69 ERA (1 ER/5.1 IP), 0 BB, 7 SO).. 36-JUNICHI TAZAWA, RHP SV 2.67 ERA vs. ALL:.260 (60-231), 8 HR vs. RHB:.262 (32-122), 4 HR vs. LHB:.257 (28-109), 4 HR WHIP: 1.15 Stranded a pair of inherited runners with 0.2 scoreless innings in the 7th yesterday vs. CWS...Recorded his team-leading 21st hold of the season. Has set single-season career-highs this year in appearances (61, T-8th among AL relievers) and wins (5, T-7th)...Prev. career highs were 37 G in 12, 2 W in 09. Ranks 2nd among AL relievers in BB/9.0 IP (1.5) and SO/BB ratio (6.4)...Ranks 7th in the AL with a team-high 21 holds. Has thrown more than 1.0 inning 10 times this season and is 2-0 with a 1.06 ERA (2 ER/17.0 IP) when doing so. 38-MATT THORNTON, LHP SV 3.35 ERA vs. ALL:.273 (39-143), 4 HR vs. RHB:.329 (24-73), 1 HR vs. LHB:.214 (15-70), 0 HR WHIP: 1.35 Threw a scoreless inning Thursday night vs. BAL (1.0 IP, 2 H)...His 7th straight scoreless appearance (6.0 IP) since 7/28. Was activated from the DL on 8/25...Missed time with a right oblique strain from, 8/5-24. Since joining BOS on 7/12: 0-1, 1.86 ERA (2 ER, 9.2 IP), 14 H, 2 BB, & 6 SO in 12 games...ranks T-10th among AL relievers with 19 holds (4th among LHP). 40 of his 52 apps have been scoreless, including 10 of 12 with BOS...Has reached 50 appearances in a single season for the 9th time in his 10 ML seasons. 19-KOJI UEHARA, RHP SV 1.17 ERA vs. ALL:.137 (29-211), 5 HR vs. RHB:.168 (17-101), 4 HR vs. LHB:.109 (12-110), 1 HR WHIP: 0.62 Threw a th inning for his 16th SV of the year yesterday vs CWS (5th straight perfect SV)...Was his 21st straight scoreless appearance (since 7/9)...His 24.0 scoreless IP over that stretch is the 2nd-longest active streak in MLB (Kimbrel, ATL IP) and is his longest for a single-season in his ML career. Has not allowed an ER or HR in his last 27.1 IP...Last ER allowed came on a Jose Bautista HR on 6/30 at Fenway. Of last 77 batters faced (last 21 G), 7 have reached...since 6/10: 35 G, 3-0, 15 SV, 17 SVO, 0.24 ERA (2 R, 1 ER/37.0 IP), 3 BB, 49 SO,.090 opp. AVG (11-for-121). In save situations this season: 1-0, 16 SV, 19 SVO, 0.95 ERA (2 ER/19.0 IP), 1 BB, 27 SO,.109 AVG (7-for-64)...14 of his 16 SV have been perfect appearances. 54 of 61 apps this year have been scoreless...54 scoreless games are T-1st in the AL...Overall among AL relievers: 1st in SO/BB ratio (9.2), WHIP (0.62), BB/9.0 IP (1.3), and ERA (1.17), 2nd in opp. AVG (.137), T-2nd in SO (83), 8th in SO/9.0 IP (12.2), T-8th in games (61), and 10th in innings (61.1). 67-BRANDON WORKMAN, RHP SV 4.50 ERA vs. ALL:.269 (35-130), 4 HR vs. RHB:.296 (16-54), 2 HR vs. LHB:.250 (19-76), 2 HR WHIP: 1.38 Earned the win in yesterday s victory over CWS...Allowed 1 run on 2 hits with 1 BB and 1 SO in 1.1 IP...His 3 relief wins are the most by a Red Sox pitcher in his 1st 11 career ML games since 1957 (Murray Wall - 3)...Averaging 9.8 SO/9.0 IP (37 SO/34.0 IP) for BOS. Has a 3.00 ERA (3 ER, 9.0 IP) with a.206 (7-for-34) opponent batting average over his last 6 appearances. Earned wins in 3 straight appearances, 7/30-8/10...Became the 1st Red Sox rookie to do so since Justin Masterson in Recalled on 8/6 for his 2nd career ML stint...was recalled the 1st time on 7/9 and made his ML debut in relief on 7/10 at SEA (ND, 3 ER/2.0 IP)...Has made 3 starts for BOS: 1-1, 2.45 ERA (5 ER/18.1 IP), 4 BB, 18 SO...Earned his 1st ML win on 7/30 vs. SEA (in 4th ML appearance). Began 2013 at Double-A Portland...Promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket in June...Between both: 8-2, 3.21 ERA (36 ER/101.0 IP), 30 BB, 108 SO in 17 G (16 GS).

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 4/1 D at NY Yankees W st +0.5 LESTER (1-0) Sabathia (0-1) 49,514* 1 49,514 4/2 Off Day T-1st /3 N at NY Yankees W st +1.0 BUCHHOLZ (1-0) Kuroda (0-1) HANRAHAN (1) 40, , /4 N at NY Yankees L T-1st +1.0 Pettitte (1-0) DEMPSTER (0-1) Rivera (1) 40, , /5 N at Toronto W T-1st +1.0 TAZAWA (1-0) Rogers (0-1) HANRAHAN (2) 45, , /6 D at Toronto L T-1st +1.0 Happ (1-0) LACKEY (0-1) 45, , /7 D at Toronto W st +1.0 LESTER (2-0) Dickey (0-2) 41, , /8 D BALTIMORE W st +2.0 BUCHHOLZ (2-0) Chen (0-1) HANRAHAN (3) 37,008* 1 37,008 4/9 OFF DAY 5-2 1st /10 N BALTIMORE L st +1.0 O Day (1-0) HANRAHAN (0-1) Johnson (3) 30, , /11 N BALTIMORE L T-1st +0.5 Matusz (1-0) MORTENSEN (0-1) Johnson (4) 27, ,574 4/12 N TAMPA BAY 5-4 T-1st +0.5 PPD (Rain) 10 4/13 D TAMPA BAY W2-1(10) 6-4 1st +0.5 TAZAWA (2-0) Gomes (0-1) 33, , /14 D TAMPA BAY W st +1.0 BUCHHOLZ (3-0) Cobb (1-1) 35, , /15 D TAMPA BAY W st +1.5 BAILEY (1-0) Peralta (0-1) 37,449* 6 201, /16 N at Cleveland W st +1.5 DOUBRONT (1-0) Jimenez (0-1) 9, , /17 N at Cleveland W st +1.5 ACEVES (1-0) Masterson (3-1) Bailey (1) 10, , /18 N at Cleveland W st +2.5 LESTER (3-0) McAllister (1-2) BAILEY (2) 12, ,995 4/19 N KANSAS CITY st +2.0 PPD 16 4/20 D KANSAS CITY W st +2.0 BUCHHOLZ (4-0) Herrera (1-2) BAILEY (3) 35, , /21 D KANSAS CITY L Santana (2-1) DEMPSTER (0-2) Holland (4) 31, , /21 N KANSAS CITY L4-5(10) st +1.5 Herrera (2-2) MILLER (0-1) Holland (5) 33, , /22 N OAKLAND W st +2.0 DOUBRONT (2-0) Griffin (2-1) BAILEY (4) 28, , /23 N OAKLAND L st +1.0 Colon (3-0) ACEVES (1-1) 29, , /24 D OAKLAND W st +2.0 LESTER (4-0) Anderson (1-4) BAILEY (5) 29, , /25 N HOUSTON W st +2.0 BUCHHOLZ (5-0) Humber (0-5) 30, , /26 N HOUSTON W st +2.0 DEMPSTER (1-2) Bedard (0-2) 29, , /27 N HOUSTON W st +2.0 DOUBRONT (3-0) Peacock (1-3) 34, , /28 D HOUSTON W st +2.5 LACKEY (1-1) Norris (3-3) 36,527* ,029 4/29 OFF DAY st /30 N at Toronto L st +2.0 Delabar (2-1) TAZAWA (2-1) Janssen (7) 22, , /1 N at Toronto W st +2.0 BUCHHOLZ (6-0) Buehrle (1-2) 21, , /2 N at Toronto W st +2.5 DEMPSTER (2-2) Happ (2-2) HANRAHAN (4) 25, , /3 N at Texas L st +2.5 Holland (2-2) DOUBRONT (3-1) 42, , /4 N at Texas L st +1.5 Ogando (3-2) LACKEY (1-2) 47, , /5 D at Texas L st +1.5 Nathan (1-0) MORTENSEN (0-2) 46, , /6 N MINNESOTA W6-5(11) st +2.0 MORTENSEN (1-2) Burton (0-1) 31, , /7 N MINNESOTA L st +1.0 Diamond (3-2) DEMPSTER (2-3) 30, , /8 N MINNESOTA L T-1st +1.0 Pressly (1-0) WEBSTER (0-1) 29, , /9 N MINNESOTA L T-2nd --- Correia (4-2) LACKEY (1-3) Perkins (8) 31, , /10 N TORONTO W T-2nd --- LESTER (5-0) Ortiz (0-5) 33, , /11 D TORONTO L T-2nd -1.0 Oliver (2-1) TAZAWA (2-2) Janssen (10) 36,543* , /12 D TORONTO L rd -2.0 Jenkins (1-0) DEMPSTER (2-4) 35, ,887 5/13 OFF DAY rd /14 N at Tampa Bay L rd -3.0 Moore (7-0) LACKEY (1-4) Rodney (7) 15, , /15 N at Tampa Bay W T-2nd -2.0 LESTER (6-0) Price (1-4) 15, , /16 N at Tampa Bay W nd -1.0 TAZAWA (3-2) Rodney (1-2) 16, , /17 N at Minnesota W3-2 (10) nd -1.0 WILSON (1-0) Roenicke (1-1) UEHARA (1) 30, , /18 N at Minnesota W nd -1.0 BRESLOW (1-0) Diamond (3-4) 36, , /19 D at Minnesota W nd -0.5 LACKEY (2-4) Hernandez (2-1) 33, , /20 N at Chi White Sox L nd -1.5 Axelrod (2-3) LESTER (6-1) Reed (15) 21, , /21 N at Chi White Sox L nd -1.5 Quintana (3-1) DOUBRONT (3-2) Reed (16) 21, , /22 N at Chi White Sox W nd -0.5 BUCHHOLZ (7-0) Santiago (1-3) 21, , /23 N CLEVELAND L nd -1.0 McAllister (4-3) DEMPSTER (2-5) 35, , /24 N CLEVELAND W nd -1.0 LACKEY (3-4) Masterson (7-3) 34, , /25 D CLEVELAND W nd -1.0 TAZAWA (4-2) Pestano (1-1) BAILEY (6) 36,504* , /26 D CLEVELAND W nd --- BRESLOW (2-0) Perez (2-1) 37,046* , /27 N PHILADELPHIA W st +1.0 ACEVES (2-1) Cloyd (1-1) 33, , /28 N PHILADELPHIA L st +1.0 Lee (6-2) DEMPSTER (2-6) Papelbon (10) 33, , /29 N at Philadelphia L st +1.0 Kendrick (5-3) LACKEY (3-5) Papelbon (11) 38, , /30 N at Philadelphia W st +2.0 MORALES (1-0) Pettibone (3-1) 40, , /31 N at NY Yankees L st +1.0 Sabathia (5-4) LESTER (6-2) Rivera (19) 45, , /1 N at NY Yankees W st +2.0 DOUBRONT (4-2) Hughes (2-4) 48,784* , /2 N at NY Yankees W st +2.5 BUCHHOLZ (8-0) Kuroda (6-4) 43, ,515 6/3 Off Day st /4 N TEXAS W st +2.5 DEMPSTER (3-6) Grimm (5-4) 32, , /5 N TEXAS L st +1.5 Cotts (1-0) BRESLOW (2-1) 33, ,023, /6 N TEXAS W st +1.5 BAILEY (2-0) Kirkman (0-2) 35, ,058,538 6/7 N LA ANGELS st +2.0 PPD (Rain) 62 6/8 D LA ANGELS L st +1.5 Hanson (3-2) DOUBRONT (4-3) Frieri (14) 34, ,093, /8 N LA ANGELS W BUCHHOLZ (9-0) Wilson (4-5) 36, ,129, /9 D LA ANGELS W st +1.5 DEMPSTER (4-6) Blanton (1-10) 37,054* 35 1,166, /10 N at Tampa Bay W10-8 (14) st +2.0 MORALES (2-0) Ramos (1-2) 15, , /11 N at Tampa Bay L st +2.0 Hernandez (4-6) LESTER (6-3) 16, , /12 N at Tampa Bay W st +3.0 ACEVES (3-1) Archer (1-2) BAILEY (7) 15, , /13 N at Baltimore L4-5 (13) st +2.5 McFarland (1-0) WILSON (1-1) 20, , /14 N at Baltimore L st +1.5 Tillman (7-2) DEMPSTER (4-7) Johnson (24) 39, ,036, /15 D at Baltimore W st +2.5 LACKEY (4-5) Garcia (3-4) BAILEY (8) 42, ,078, /16 D at Baltimore L st +1.5 Gonzalez (5-2) LESTER (6-4) Johnson (25) 41, ,119,942 6/17 Off Day st /18 D TAMPA BAY W ACEVES (4-1) Archer (1-3) 33, ,200, /18 N TAMPA BAY W st +2.5 BAILEY (3-0) Peralta (1-3) 32, ,232, /19 N TAMPA BAY L st +1.5 Hellickson (5-3) DEMPSTER (4-8) 35, ,267, /20 N at Detroit L st +1.0 Smyly (3-0) BAILEY (3-1) 36, ,156, /21 N at Detroit W st +2.0 LESTER (7-4) Fister (6-5) 41,126* 38 1,198, /22 N at Detroit L st +2.0 Scherzer (11-0) WEBSTER (0-2) 42,508* 39 1,240, /23 D at Detroit L st +2.0 Benoit (2-0) MILLER (0-2) 41,507* 40 1,282,022 6/24 Off Day st /25 N COLORADO W st +2.5 DEMPSTER (5-8) Nicasio (4-4) 36, ,304, /26 D COLORADO W st +3.5 LACKEY (5-5) Oswalt (0-2) UEHARA (2) 34, ,338, /27 N TORONTO W st +3.5 LESTER (3) Wang (1-1) UEHARA (3) 34, ,373, /28 N TORONTO W st +3.5 MILLER (1-2) Wagner (1-2) UEHARA (4) 36, ,409, /29 D TORONTO L st +2.5 Delabar (5-1) TAZAWA (4-3) 37,437* 43 1,447, /30 D TORONTO W st +2.5 UEHARA (1-0) Perez (1-1) 37,425* 44 1,484,818 7/1 OFF DAY st /2 N SAN DIEGO W st +3.5 LACKEY (6-5) Erlin (1-1) UEHARA (5) 36, ,521, /3 N SAN DIEGO W st +3.5 UEHARA (2-0) Gregerson (4-4) 36,911* 46 1,558, /4 D SAN DIEGO W st +4.5 WEBSTER (1-2) Stults (6-7) 37,607* 47 1,595, /5 N at LA Angels W st +5.5 DOUBRONT (5-3) Wilson (8-6) 37, ,319, /6 N at LA Angels L7-9 (11) st +5.0 De La Rosa (4-1) BRESLOW (2-2) 36, ,355, /7 D at LA Angels L st +4.5 Weaver (3-4) LACKEY (6-6) Frieri (22) 39, ,394, /8 N at Seattle L st +3.5 Hernandez (9-4) LESTER (8-5) 21, ,416, /9 N at Seattle W st +3.5 BRESLOW (3-2) Beavan (0-2) UEHARA (6) 21, ,437, /10 N at Seattle W st +3.5 DOUBRONT (6-3) Harang (4-8) 20, ,457, /11 D at Seattle W8-7 (10) st +3.5 WRIGHT (1-0) Wilhelmsen (0-3) UEHARA (7) 25, ,482, /12 N at Oakland W st +4.5 LACKEY (7-6) Doolittle (3-3) UEHARA (8) 27, ,510, /13 N at Oakland L st +3.5 Griffin (8-6) LESTER (8-6) Balfour (25) 36, ,546, /14 D at Oakland L2-3 (11) st +2.5 Thornton (0-4) Cook (2-2) 31, ,577,561 7/15 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/16 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/17 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/18 OFF DAY 98 7/19 N NY YANKEES W st +2.5 DOUBRONT (7-3) Pettitte (7-7) UEHARA (9) 38,130* 51 1,633, /20 D NY YANKEES L st +1.5 Kuroda (9-6) LACKEY (7-7) Rivera (31) 37,601* 52 1,671, /21 N NY YANKEES W8-7 (11) st +1.5 BEATO (1-0) Warren (1-1) 38,138* 53 1,709, /22 N TAMPA BAY L st +0.5 Moore (14-3) WORKMAN (0-1) 35, ,744, /23 N TAMPA BAY W st +1.5 LESTER (9-6) Hernandez (5-11) 34, ,779, /24 N TAMPA BAY L st +0.5 Price (5-5) DOUBRONT (7-4) 36, ,815,842 7/25 N TAMPA BAY st +0.5 PPD (rain) * Sellout