UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS

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1 BOSTON RED SOX (61-78) at NEW YORK YANKEES (71-66) Thursday, September 4, :05 p.m. ET Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY RHP Brandon Workman (1-8, 4.93) vs. LHP Chris Capuano (2-3, 4.24) Game #140 Road Game #71 TV: NESN/MLBN Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) YESTERDAY S GAME: The Red Sox lost to the Yankees last night in the Bronx, 5-1, evening the 3-game set at 1 game apiece...anthony Ranaudo (5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 SO) started and suffered his 1st loss in his 4th ML start... Brock Holt drove in the club s only run with a double in the 6th inning that scored Jemile Weeks, who reached twice (1B, HBP) in his first start as a Red Sox. SOX STATUS: The Red Sox have won 5 of their last 9 games but have dropped 12 of their last 17 beginning with an 8-game losing streak from 8/ They are in their last 26 games beginning on 8/6. The club is 17 games under.500 and a season-high 20.5 games back in the division...they are 5.5 games behind the 4th-place Rays (67-73). END OF THE ROAD: Boston concludes a 10-game, 11-day road trip tonight with the last of 3 games in the Bronx (1-1 thus far)...they opened the trip winning 2 of 3 in TOR, and then took 2 of 4 in TB over the long weekend. The Sox are 5-4 thus far on the trip...a win tonight would give them a 2nd straight winning trip (also 5-3, 8/5-13)...Before that last trip, the club had not won any of its previous 6 road trips this season that were longer than 3 games (0-5-1). ROAD RULES: Boston has won 8 of its last 12 road games (.667), including a season-long 5-game road win streak, 8/ Since 6/28, the club is (.552) on the road. Boston has 3 more wins this year in 70 road games (32) than 69 home games (29)...The club has a.457 win pct. on the road compared to.420 at home. HEADING HOME: The Red Sox begin a 6-game road trip tomorrow with the first of 3 games against the Blue Jays before hosting the Orioles for 3...Overall, the Sox have 12 home games left, with 3 each against all 4 division rivals. Boston s final remaining trip is an 11-day, 10-game stretch from 9/11-21 at KC (4G), PIT (3G), BAL (3G). FACING EAST: Of Boston s last 32 games, a stretch that began last Monday (8/25), 25 are against division rivals (5-4 thus far)...the club s only remaining non-division foes are KC (4G) and PIT (3G) to open the last road trip. RUNNING REVERSAL: Boston been successful in 13 of its last 14 stolen base attempts and has been caught stealing just twice in the team s last 23 attempts beginning 7/12. The Sox lead MLB with a 90.9% SB success rate since the All-Star break (20 of 22) after Boston posted an ML-worst 60% rate (30 of 50) before the break. KIDS PLAY: On Tuesday night, the pair of 21-year-old Red Sox rookies, Mookie Betts (3-for-5, HR) and Xander Bogaerts (4-for-5, 2B, HR), combined to go 7-for-10, 2B, 2 HR. Betts and Bogaerts were the 1st Red Sox 21 years old or younger to homer in the same game since Tony Conigliaro and Tony Horton did it on 9/8/65 at CLE. Bogaerts became the youngest Red Sox with a 4+ hit game since 21-year-old Glenn Hoffman, 5/3/80 at KC. STILL SLUGGING: David Ortiz ranks 5th in the AL with 30 homers, tied with CHC s Anthony Rizzo for the most among ML left-handed hitters...this is his 8th career 30-HR season, all since joining the Red Sox in 2003, which ties Ted Williams for the franchise record. Ortiz ranks 3rd in the AL with 35 RBI, including an MLB-high 81 RBI since the start of May...He is closing in on his 8th career 30-HR/100-RBI season, which would pass Ted Williams (7) for the franchise record. SOX AND YANKS: Tonight the Red Sox conclude a 3-game series against the Yankees, their last set of the season in the Bronx...Boston has won 4 of its last 7 against the Yanks but has gone 6-9 overall vs. NYY this season. BALLPARK FIGURES: Boston is (.509) at the current Yankee Stadium...It is the best record by any visiting AL team since the ballpark opened in Since joining the Red Sox in 2013, Mike Napoli leads all visiting players with both 6 home runs and 18 RBI at Yankee Stadium. SEEING IS BELIEVING: The Red Sox lead the majors with 4.05 pitches seen per PA (MIN is 2nd at 4.01). Mike Napoli, who tops MLB with 4.48 P/PA this season, is aiming to lead the majors in that category for a 2nd straight year (4.58 in 2013)...He would be the 1st player to lead the majors in P/PA in consecutive years since Bobby Abreu in 2004 (4.32) & 2005 (4.39). DIFFERENCE MAKER: Yoenis Cespedes has driven in a team-high 24 of Boston s 120 runs scored (20%) since his Red Sox debut on 8/2, T-6th most RBI in the AL in that time. Of his 24 RBI for Boston, 10 have given the team a lead...that s the 2nd most go-ahead RBI in MLB since his 8/2 debut, trailing only TB s Evan Longoria (11). Cespedes has the game-winning RBI in 5 of the club s 12 wins since his debut...all 4 of his homers as a Red Sox have given the team a lead. In 30 games for the Red Sox, he has 5 tying or goahead hits in the 7th inning or later, already tied for the team season lead with David Ortiz...He is batting.400 (14-for-35) with RISP since joining the Red Sox. ON THE OFFENSE: The Red Sox have scored 47 runs over their last 10 games (5-5; 4.70 R/G) but rank last in the AL overall with both 536 runs scored and 3.86 runs per game. Boston is (.638) when tallying at least 10 hits, and (.671) record when scoring at least 4 runs. CLOSE CALLS: Boston has played an AL-high 50 one-run games this year (25-25), 4 shy of the MLB lead (3 teams) and 8 more than the Sox played in all of 2013 (42, 21-21)... Their 25 one-run wins rank 2nd in the AL to Baltimore (28). Boston is on pace for 58 one-run games, 1 shy of the club record of 59 one-run games set in 1961 (32-27). QUALIFYING XANDER: 21-year-old Xander Bogaerts enters today with 504 PA this year...he is the 1st Red Sox player to tally at least 500 PA in a season at age 21 or younger since Tony Conigliaro did it in 1965 (583) and 1966 (628). Since 1920, the only other Red Sox aside from Bogaerts and Conigliaro with 500+ PA in a season at age 21 or younger are Hall of Famers Bobby Doerr ( ) and Ted Williams ( ). RUSNEY S DAY: Rusney Castillo is playing for Double-A Portland in their semi-fi nal playoff series against the Binghamton Mets...He went 1-for-3 with a run and a stolen base last night in Game 1 in Binghamton, playing 5 innings in CF. In 3 minor league games to begin his U.S. pro debut, including 2 in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League, Castillo is 2-for-8, with a R, RBI, BB, SB. FARM NEWS: Five Red Sox affiliates -- Triple-A Pawtucket, Double-A Portland, High-A Salem, and Rookie-level Gulf Coast and Dominican Summer Leagues -- made it to the playoffs, Boston s most affi liates in the postseason as far back as research is currently available (since at least 1970). Pawtucket and Portland lost their postseason openers last night, while Salem won...the GCL Red Sox won their 1st Gulf Coast League title since Sox prospects picked up the top pitching honors in the Triple-A International League (RHP Anthony Ranaudo) and Double-A Eastern League (LHP Henry Owens). Boston led all MLB teams with 3 players on s 2014 Minor League All-Star Team: C Blake Swihart, 2B Mookie Betts, and SP Henry Owens. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN Overall AL East Standing...5th, 20.5 GB At Home On Road In day games In night games March/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 Opponent scores fi rst 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 fi nales 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... 24, last 8/16 Innings batting around...16, last 8/29 (2nd) Games decided in last AB DATE OPP. BOSTON TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Fri., 9/5 vs. TOR 7:10 p.m. RHP Allen Webster (3-3, 6.69) RHP Drew Hutchison (9-11, 4.47) NESN Sat., 9/6 vs. TOR 7:10 p.m. RHP Clay Buchholz (6-8, 5.40) LHP J.A. Happ (9-8, 4.37) NESN Sun., 9/7 vs. TOR 1:35 p.m. RHP Rubby De La Rosa (4-5, 3.89) RHP R.A. Dickey (11-12, 3.94) 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 or WCCM 1110 AM. VS. THE YANKEES All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903) , In Boston In New York At Yankee Stadium vs. Yankees In Boston In New York DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 4/10 R L1-4 Pineda Buchholz 4/11 R W4-2 Lester Sabathia 4/12 R L4-7 Kuroda Lackey 4/13 R L2-3 Nova Doubront 4/22 H L3-9 Tanaka Lester 4/23 H W5-1 Lackey Pineda 4/24 H L5-14 Sabathia Doubront 6/27 R L0-6 Nuno Workman 6/28 R W2-1 Lester Tanaka 6/29 R W8-5 Lackey Whitley 8/1 H W4-3 Ranaudo Capuano 8/2 H L4-6 Kelley Webster 8/3 H L7-8 Rogers Breslow 9/2 R W9-4 Kelly Greene 9/3 R L1-5 Kuroda Ranaudo MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rk Player HR 34 Jose Canseco David Ortiz 461 Adam Dunn 461

2 Red Sox Game Notes Page 2 67-BRANDON WORKMAN, RHP 2014 W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO BOSTON PAWTUCKET ML CAREER TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER TONIGHT S START: Making his 13th start of the season and 17th appearance overall for BOS... Looking to end a career-long 8-game losing streak that started on 6/27 at NYY. Is 1-2 with a 3.34 ERA (11 ER/29.2 IP) in 6 games (5 starts) against AL East opponents this season. Went 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA (14 ER/35.0 IP) and held opponents to a.206 AVG in his first 6 starts of the year from 5/25-6/27...Has gone 0-6 with a 6.82 ERA and a.307 opponents AVG in 6 starts since. Has received 20 runs of support total in 12 starts for the Red Sox this season for a 2.70 run support average...the club is 2-10 in his starts. Made 1 start for Triple-A Pawtucket after being optioned on 8/24, throwing 6.2 innings of 1-run ball for the win against Syracuse on 8/29...It marked his 6th straight win with the PawSox beginning on 5/12. Last start: Surrendered 7 runs on 10 hits, both career highs, over 3.1 innings in his shortest start of the year as Boston lost to Seattle, All 7 of SEA s runs came in the 4th inning...he struck out 3, walked 1, and gave up a HR. VS. THE YANKEES: Took the loss in his only career start against the Yankees on 6/27, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits over a career-high-tying 7.0 innings...has allowed 2 runs in 3.1 innings of relief in his career against NYY (5.40 ERA). RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: Matched his season high for the 3rd time by throwing 7.0 innings on 8/18 vs. LAA (1st since 7/8 vs. CWS)...Held the Angels to 2 runs on 6 hits, his fewest runs allowed in a start since 6/15 vs. CLE (also 2 R). Struck out a season-high 7 batters over 6.0+ innings at CLE on 6/15...Was his 2nd straight quality start (also 6/10 at BAL), allowing 2 runs in 12.2 innings (1.42 ERA) in that span. 1-8, 4.93 ERA, 16 games, 12 starts , 5.19 ERA, 9 G, 7 GS 1-3, 4.55 ERA, 7 G, 5 GS.254 (70-276), 10 HR.259 (41-158), 6 HR.246 (29-118), 4 HR 1.34 SPLITS HOME ROAD OPP. AVG VS. LHB VS. RHB WHIP CAREER 3-6, 4.35 ERA, 18 G, 9 GS 4-5, 5.64 ERA, 18 G, 6 GS.260 ( ), 15 HR.257 (64-249), 9 HR.265 (50-189), 6 HR 1.37 VS. THE YANKEES W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO CAREER YANKEE STAD Limited the Orioles to a career-low 1 hit over 6.2 scoreless innings on 6/10...Became 1st BOS starter to allow 1 or no hits over at least 6.0 innings within their 1st 30 ML games since Clay Buchholz s no-hitter on 9/1/07 vs. BAL. Made his 1st start in the majors this season on 5/25 at TB, allowing 3 runs over 5.0 innings in a no-decision. CAREER NOTES: Struck out at least 3 batters in each of the first 11 starts of his career (7/14/13-7/8/14), the longest such streak by a Red Sox pitcher to begin his career since Lynn McGlothen started his career with at least 3 SO in 13 straight starts in Limited opponents to 3 runs or less and tossed at least 5.0 innings in the first 8 starts of his career from 7/14/13-6/15/14...It marked the 2nd-longest such streak to begin a Red Sox career behind Boo Ferriss, who did it in 9 consecutive starts to begin his career in Entered 2014 ranked as the Red Sox No. 8 prospect by. Did not allow an earned run in 8.2 postseason innings for BOS last year en route to winning the World Series...Tossed a perfect inning of relief in the decisive Game 6 of the World Series on 10/30/ REGULAR SEASON GAME LOG - STARTER DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 5/25 L5-8 at TB /51 Did not factor in the decision in 1st start of the season 5/30 W3-2 TB /51 Ejected with 1 out in 6th inning, trailing 2-1 6/4 L4-7 at CLE /52 Cabrera hit walk-off, 3-run HR in 12th inning 6/10 W1-0 at BAL W /42 1st career scoreless start on career-low 1 hit 6/15 L2-3 CLE /68 Left the game with a 2-1 lead and runners on 1B and 3B 6/27 L0-6 at NYY L /76 Set career high throwing 7.0 innings 7/2 L9-16 CHC L /42 Surrendered 6 runs in shortest start of career 7/8 L3-8 CWS L /70 BOS left the bases loaded twice in 8-3 loss 7/30 L1-6 TOR L /57 Recalled from Pawtucket prior to the start 8/7 L2-5 at STL L /61 5th straight start allowing at least 4 R 8/18 L2-4 LAA L /59 Fewest runs allowed in a start since 6/15 8/23 L3-7 SEA L /60 All 7 runs allowed came in 4th inning YANKEES CAREER vs. WORKMAN PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Beltran Cervelli Drew Ellsbury Gardner Headley Jeter McCann Murphy Prado Richardson Ryan Suzuki Teixeira Wheeler Young BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS RED SOX CAREER vs. CAPUANO PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Betts Bogaerts Butler Cespedes Craig Holt Middlebrooks Napoli Nava Ortiz Pedroia Rivero Ross Vazquez Weeks , 3 times, last: 8/18 vs. LAA 10, 8/23 vs. SEA 7, 8/23 vs. SEA 7, 8/23 vs. SEA 4, 7/30 vs. TOR 7, 6/15 vs. CLE 2, 2 times, last: 7/2 vs. CHC G, 6/10 8 G, 6/27-pres. SINGLE-GAME HIGHS IP H R ER BB SO HR CG SHO WIN STREAK LOSS STREAK CAREER 7.0, 3x, last: 8/18/14 vs. LAA 10, 8/23/14 vs. SEA 7, 8/23/14 vs. SEA 7, 8/23/14 vs. SEA 4, 7/30/14 vs. TOR 9, 7/30/13 at SEA 2, 3x, last: 7/2/14 vs. CHC G, 7/30-8/10/13 8 G, 6/27/14-pres. STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN QUALITY SOX STARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC. Lester / Lackey / Doubront / Peavy / Buchholz / Workman / De La Rosa / Webster / Ranaudo / Kelly / ALLEN WEBSTER, RHP TOMORROW S STARTING PITCHER 3-3, 6.69 ERA, 7 starts 2014 W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO BOSTON PAWTUCKET ML CAREER VS. THE BLUE JAYS: His only career appearance against the Blue Jays came in a start on 6/28/13 at Fenway Park, allowing 4 runs on 6 hits over 6.0 innings, but did not factor in the decision. REGULAR SEASON STARTS - LAST 5 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 8/8 at LAA W /14 HOU W /19 LAA /24 SEA L /30 at TB L ERA

3 Red Sox Game Notes Page 3 BATTING NOTES 50-MOOKIE BETTS, OF/INF.273 AVG 4 HR 10 RBI.345 OBP.455 SLG vs. RHP: (.231), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 ROAD TRIP: 11-36, 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 3 BB, 7 R, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-5 vs. LHP: (.353), 1 HR NYY SERIES: 3-9, HR, RBI, 2 R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 8/1-20 (.278, 5-18) Went 3-for-5 with a HR Tues. night at NYY, his 1st career 3-hit game...has 3 HR during the current road trip starting 8/25 (9 G). Has multiple hits in 4 of his last 6 games beginning 8/29 (.360, 9-for-25)...Is hitting.293 (17-for-58, 3 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI) since 8/18 recall from Triple-A Pawtucket for his 3rd career major league stint, all this season. Launched 1st career grand slam 8/29 in the 2nd inning at TB...Became the youngest Red Sox (21 yrs., 327 days) to hit a grand slam since Tony Conigliaro did it at 20 years old on 8/24/65 vs. WSH. Went 2-for-3 with 2 walks 8/24 vs. SEA, reaching base 4 times for the 1st time in his career...reached base in a career-high 11 straight games from 8/1-26 (.270, 10-for-37, 2 2B, HR, 8 BB)...Had a career-long 5-game hit streak from 8/1-20, with a.278 AVG (5-for-18) over that stretch. 2-XANDER BOGAERTS, SS.229 AVG 9 HR 32 RBI.296 OBP.348 SLG vs. RHP: (.217), 6 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3 ROAD TRIP: 7-19, 3 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-3 vs. LHP: (.258), 3 HR NYY SERIES: 4-8, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 10 G, 4/16-27 (.324, 12-37) Went 4-for-5 Tues. night with a HR, his 1st HR since 7/29 vs. TOR (82 AB)...At 21 years old, was the youngest Red Sox with a 4-hit game since Glenn Hoffman on 5/3/80 at KC...was the 1st BOS rookie with a 4-hit game vs. NYY since Jacoby Ellsbury on 9/26/08, and 1st at Yankee Stadium since Jim Rice on 7/27/75. Was activated 8/30 from the 7-day concussion DL...Had been on the DL since 8/25 (retroactive to 8/23). Drove in both runs for the Red Sox 8/6 at STL, including his 1st career game-winning RBI on a sacrifice fly in the top of the 9th inning...went 2-for-4 and belted his 8th homer of the season 7/29 vs. TOR. Ranks among AL rookie leaders in hits (4th, 104), doubles (3rd, 25), walks (4th, 37), multi-hit games (5th, 27), total bases (4th, 158), and runs (4th, 49). 61-DAN BUTLER, C.000 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI.083 OBP.000 SLG vs. RHP: 0-9 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: --- CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-11 vs. LHP: 0-2 (.000), 0 HR NYY SERIES: --- SEASON-HIGH STREAK: --- Was recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Pawtucket for his 2nd career ML stint...made major league debut 8/10 at LAA, going 0-for-3 with a walk. Has batted.241 (69-for-286) with 19 2B, 4 HR, 30 RBI, 29 walks, and 35 runs scored in 83 games for Pawtucket this season. In 2013, hit.262 (74-for-282) with 14 HR, 84 RBI, and a team-leading.479 SLG in his 1st full season at Triple-A, earning the PawSox team MVP award. In 497 games over 6 minor league seasons in the Red Sox system, is a career.256 hitter (431-for-1,682) and has thrown out 169 of 542 attempted base stealers (31%). 52-YOENIS CÉSPEDES, OF.263 AVG 21 HR 91 RBI.304 OBP.466 SLG vs. RHP: (.278), 14 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4 ROAD TRIP: 13-37, 2 2B, 3B, 6 RBI, 4 R CURRENT STREAK: 4 G (.353, 6-17) vs. LHP: (.214), 7 HR NYY SERIES: 4-9, 2B, 3B, RBI, 2 R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 15 G, 6/15-7/2 (.344, 21-61) Since joining the Red Sox on 8/2, has driven in 24 of the club s 117 RBI (21%), the most RBI on the team in that time...has reached base in 26 of 30 G since joining BOS (.288, 34-for-118, 3 BB, HBP), including a.400 AVG (14-for-35) with RISP. Launched 21st HR of the season 8/22 vs. SEA, a 3-run shot that broke a 0-0 tie...each of his 4 HR as a Red Sox have given the club the lead. Tied for the T-5th-most RBI in the AL (91), and also ranks among league leaders in XBH (5th, 58), and runs scored (T-6th, 81)...Has hit safely in 33 of 41 games since the All-Star break at.299 (49-for-164) with 11 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, and 35 RBI. Ranks 1st in MLB with 15 OF assists this year...has 34 career OF assists, 2nd-most in MLB since the start of 2012, trailing only Alex Gordon (41). 5-ALLEN CRAIG, OF/1B.111 AVG 1 HR 2 RBI.220 OBP.250 SLG vs. RHP: (.222), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 ROAD TRIP: 1-22, HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB, R CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-13 vs. LHP: (.238), 3 HR NYY SERIES: 0-4 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 7 G, 2 times, last 5/25-31 (.357, 10-28) Launched 1st home run as a member of the Red Sox 8/26 at TOR, a 2-run shot in the 11th inning...it was his 8th HR of the season overall...3 of his 4 hits since joining the Red Sox have gone for extra bases (2 2B, HR). Was activated 8/21 from the 15-day DL (left foot sprain)...played in 2 rehab games with Triple-A Pawtucket, going 1-for-5 with 2 RBI. Went 1-for-4 with a 2B in his Red Sox debut 8/1 vs. NYY after being acquired 7/31 from STL along with RHP Joe Kelly in exchange for RHP John Lackey, minor league LHP Corey Littrell, and cash considerations...hit.237 (87-for-367) with 17 2B, 3B, 7 HR, 44 RBI, and 26 walks in 97 games for STL this season. 26-BROCK HOLT, INF.282 AVG 3 HR 28 RBI.333 OBP.378 SLG vs. RHP: (.275), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, 2B, RBI ROAD TRIP: 8-39, 2B, RBI, 2 BB, 7 R, 2 SB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (.250, 1-4) vs. LHP: (.296), 0 HR NYY SERIES: 1-10, 2B, RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 12 G, 8/6-18 (.302, 16-53) Went 1-for-4 with a double last night at NYY, driving in the Red Sox only run of the game...has recorded a hit in 23 of his last 31 games (.237, 31-for-131) beginning on 8/1, after going 3-for-35 (.086) over a stretch from 7/22-8/1...Had a career-long 12-game hit streak from 8/6-18 (.302, 16-for-53). Ranks 3rd among AL rookies with a.282 AVG, 2nd with 124 hits, 4th with 23 doubles, and 6th with a.333 OBP...Has a.355 AVG during day games this season, best in the AL...His 124 hits are most by a Red Sox rookie since Jacoby Ellsbury in 2008 (155). Has batted leadoff in 90 of the club s last 93 games beginning on 5/23, ranking 4th in the AL in hits (111) during that span...has reached base in 77 of 91 starts hitting leadoff overall this season with a.283 AVG (113-for-399). Hit team-leading 5th triple of the season 8/1 vs. NYY...No other player has more than 2 triples for the Red Sox this season. Has made appearances at SS (13 G, 12 GS), 3B (36 G, 35 GS), 1B (8 GS), LF (8 G, 7 GS), RF (35 G, 28 GS), CF (10 G, 7 GS), and 2B (10 G, 6 GS)...Is the only player in MLB to play every position except for P and C this year...is the only Red Sox to ever make starts at each of those positions in a single season. 16-WILL MIDDLEBROOKS, 3B.183 AVG 2 HR 16 RBI.251 OBP.268 SLG vs. RHP: (.180), 2 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 4-33, 2B, 2 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-15 vs. LHP: 8-42 (.190), 0 HR NYY SERIES: 0-5 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 4 G, 4/3-26 (.429, 6-14) Collected BOS only hit Sat. night at TB, a 4th-inning single...the last 2 times the Red Sox have been 1-hit, has recorded the club s lone hit despite not starting... Tallied Red Sox only hit 8/21 vs. LAA, breaking up Matt Shoemaker s no-hit bid with a 7th-inning, 2-out 2B. Drove in a season-high 3 runs on 8/24 vs. SEA, his most RBI in a game since 9/25/13 at COL (7 RBI)...Singled in the 1st inning with the bases loaded to drive in 2 runs, and is hitting.440 (11-for-25) with 29 RBI in his career with the bags full...is 5-for-8 (.625) with 8 RBI this season with the bases loaded. Went 1-for-3 with a 2B on 8/1 vs. NYY in his 1st game since 5/16 after being activated from the 15-day DL (fractured right index finger). 12-MIKE NAPOLI, 1B.251 AVG 17 HR 53 RBI.371 OBP.432 SLG vs. RHP: (.241), 13 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 3-27, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB, HBP, 5 R CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-3 vs. LHP: (.276), 3 HR NYY SERIES: 0-1, 2 RBI, 2 BB, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 7 G, 7/12-23 (.407, 11-27) Belted 17th home run of the season on a solo shot Monday at TB...Has 3 hits in his last 37 AB beginning on 8/19, with 2 home runs in that span. Went 0-for-1 with 2 walks and 2 sac flys Tues. night...became the 1st Red Sox batter to have at least 5 PA in a game with 1 or no AB since Kevin Youkilis went 0-for-1 with 5 walks 5/15/10 at DET...Reached base safely in 46 of 55 games beginning on 6/20 (.238, 45-for-189, 9 2B, 10 HR, 25 RBI, 37 BB,.364 OBP). Had an on-base streak of 17 straight starts from 7/30-8/25...Was 13-for-60 (.217) in that span with 14 BB. Drew multiple walks in a game for the 16th time this season Tuesday night at NYY (0-for-1, 2 SF, 2 BB), T-4th-most multi-walk games in MLB this year...also ranks among AL leaders in walks (4th, 72) and OBP (8th,.371).

4 Red Sox Game Notes Page 4 BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) 29-DANIEL NAVA, OF.266 AVG 3 HR 23 RBI.342 OBP.347 SLG vs. RHP: (.289), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 2-4 ROAD TRIP: 11-35, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 4 R, 2 SB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (.571, 4-7) vs. LHP: 8-51 (.157), 0 HR NYY SERIES: 4-7, HR, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, 2 R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G, 7/9-21 (.500, 11-22) Belted a 3-run homer Tuesday night at NYY, his 1st home run since 4/15 at CWS...It snapped a career-long stretch of 245 homerless AB...2 of his 3 HR this season have come at Yankee Stadium (also 4/10) and all 3 were hit on the road. Has recorded a hit in 14 his last 20 games beginning on 8/12 at.324 (23-for-71) with 7 2B, HR, 8 RBI, and 6 BB. Has hit safely in 32 of 46 games with an AB since the beginning of July (.314, 49-for-156)...Had a season-long 6-game hit streak from 7/9-21 (.500, 11-for-22). Doubled in 3 straight games from 8/14-17 (.545, 6-for-11, 4 2B, 3 RBI), matching a career-long streak (also 5/28-30/12). Has posted a.385 OBP since 6/2 recall from Triple-A Pawtucket for his 3rd ML stint of the season...among AL players with at least 200 PA in that span, ranks 8th in OBP and 9th in AVG (.314, 69-for-220). 34-DAVID ORTIZ, DH.261 AVG 30 HR 95 RBI.358 OBP.506 SLG vs. RHP: (.252), 21 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 ROAD TRIP: 4-23, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 R CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-8 vs. LHP: (.278), 9 HR NYY SERIES: 0-8, BB, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 10 G, 5/6-17 (.475, 19-40) Went 0-for-4 last night at NYY, snapping a season-long 17-game on-base streak that began on 8/9 (.371, 23-for-62)...Had the best OBP in the AL during that stretch (.487)...Reached multiple times in 7 consecutive games from 8/18-27 (.619, 13-for-21, 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 8 BB,.733 OBP). Reached base 4 times in 4 straight games 8/18-22 (.833, 10-for-12, 2 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI 6 BB)...Became the 1st ML player to reach at least that many times in 4 straight games since Joe Mauer in 5 straight from 6/6-6/10/06...Was the 1st Red Sox to accomplish the feat since Mike Andrews from 5/30-6/4/70. Belted 30th home run of the season 8/20 vs. LAA...It was the 461st HR of his career, 1 shy of tying Jose Canseco and Adam Dunn (462) for 34th place on MLB s all-time list. His 30th homer came in his 120th game of the season, his fewest games to reach 30 HR in a season since 2006 (84th game)...his 30 HR match his total from last year...has 30 HR in back-to-back seasons for the 1st time since 5 straight to begin his Red Sox career ( ). Ranks 4th in MLB and 3rd in the AL with 95 RBI...Ranks among AL leaders in HR (5th, 30), walks (5th, 71), XBH (T-9th, 55), SLG (8th,.506), AB/RBI (3rd, 4.9), and AB/HR (5th, 15.6)...His 30 HR are tied for most in MLB among lefties. 15-DUSTIN PEDROIA, 2B.280 AVG 7 HR 51 RBI.340 OBP.379 SLG vs. RHP: (.289), 4 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 5-19, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 4 R CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-5 vs. LHP: (.257), 3 HR TB SERIES: 0-5, BB, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G, 4 times, last 7/29-8/5 (.423, 11-26) Drove in 4 runs and hit a 2-run HR on 8/26 at TOR for the 2nd straight night (2-run HR on 8/25)...Marked 1st time homering in consecutive games since 7/30-31/13...Matched his most RBI in a game this year (also 5/2 vs. OAK), and 1st time with multiple RBI in back-to-back games this season (2 RBI on 8/25). Has recorded a hit in 21 of his last 28 games since 7/29, (.311, 37-for-119)...Has multiple hits in 14 of those games, including a 5-game multi-hit streak to begin that span (.455, 10-for-22)...Has hit safely in 25 of his last 33 G (.314, 43-for-137) beginning 7/23. Ranks T-9th in the AL in doubles (32), T-13th in hits (150), and 12th in multi-hit games (44)...No other Red Sox has more than 36 multi-hit games (Holt). Has hit.319 (46-for-144) in his last 35 games beginning on 6/28...Notched 3 hits in 5 of the first 8 games during that stretch, 6/28-7/6 (.500, 16-for-32). Among ML primary 2B, ranks 2nd with a.997 fielding percentage (2 errors, 623 chances)...had a 61-G (301 total chances) errorless stretch from 4/24-7/5 (G1). 72-CARLOS RIVERO, INF --- AVG 0 HR 0 RBI OBP --- SLG vs. RHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 0-0, BB CURRENT STREAK: --- vs. LHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR TB SERIES: 0-0, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: --- Made ML debut 8/29 night at TB, pinch-hitting in the 9th inning and drawing a walk...was recalled 8/25 from Triple-A Pawtucket for 1st career ML stint...has spent most of the 2014 season with Pawtucket (74 games), hitting.286 (78-for-273) with 14 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 36 RBI, and 23 BB. Was named the IL s player of the week from 6/23-29 after hitting.375 (12-for-32) with 2 2B, 3B, 5 RBI, 2 BB, and a.429 OBP over that stretch. Is a career.262 hitter (969-for-3,692) over 9 minor league seasons, with time in the Indians ( ), Phillies (2011), Nationals ( ), and Red Sox (2014) systems. 3-DAVID ROSS, C.184 AVG 6 HR 14 RBI.256 OBP.362 SLG vs. RHP: (.153), 2 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 0-8, 3 BB, R CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-11 vs. LHP: (.232), 4 HR NYY SERIES: 0-3, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G, 5/24-29 (.214, 3-14) Was activated from the 15-day DL on 8/20 (right plantar fasciitis)...went 1-for-4 with an RBI in his 1st game back 8/20 vs. LAA. Went 3-for-4 on 7/22 at TOR, his 1st game with at least 3 hits since 4/26/13 vs. HOU (4-for-4). Clubbed 6th HR of the season on 7/20 vs. KC...Has hit 4 HR in his last 19 games (since 6/22) after hitting just 2 HR in his first 26 games of the year...4 of his 6 HR have come vs. LHP, including 2 off OAK s Tommy Milone. 13 of his 26 hits this season (50%) have gone for extra bases (7 2B, 6 HR). 55-CHRISTIAN VAZQUEZ, C.224 AVG 0 HR 13 RBI.290 OBP.267 SLG vs. RHP: (.242), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-3 ROAD TRIP: 5-21, RBI, 3 BB, 3 R CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (.300, 3-10) vs. LHP: 4-25 (.160), 0 HR NYY SERIES: 1-3 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G, 2 times, last 8/31-9/3 (.300, 3-10) Has reached base safely in 26 of his last 32 starts, with a hit in 20 of those contests (.232, 26-for-112, 5 2B, 13 RBI, 12 BB)...Has 13 RBI in 28 AB with RISP this season (.286, 8 hits, 3 2B). Picked off SEA s Mike Zunino on 8/24, and has 3 pickoffs this season in 35 games...no other C has a pickoff for BOS this year and it marks the most in a season by a Red Sox catcher since Rich Gedman had 5 in Threw out 2 attempted base-stealers 8/19 vs. LAA, catching multiple men stealing for the 1st time...has thrown out 10 of 21 base-stealers this year (48%). Went 3-for-4 with 2 2B and 3 RBI on 7/11 at HOU, his 2nd career ML game...became the fastest Red Sox to a 3-hit game since Nomar Garciaparra in 1996 (2nd game) and the fastest with a 3-hit/3-RBI effort since Sam Horn in 1987 (2nd game). 7-JEMILE WEEKS, INF.308 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI.357 OBP.462 SLG vs. RHP: 4-13 (.308), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-2, SB, HBP, R ROAD TRIP: 1-2, SB, HBP, R CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (.500, 1-2) vs. LHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR NYY SERIES: 1-2, SB, HBP, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G, 4/26-27 (.375, 3-8) Made 1st start as a Red Sox last night at NYY, playing 2B, going 1-for-2 with a stolen base, and scoring the club s only run of the game. Made Red Sox debut as a pinch-runner Monday in the 10th inning at TB...Was picked off of 1B by Grant Balfour. Was acquired from the Orioles on 8/30 along with INF Ivan De Jesus, Jr. in exchange for INF/OF Kelly Johnson and 3B Michael Almanzar. Appeared in 3 games for BAL this season and was 3-for-11 (.273) with a 3B and 2 runs scored...has spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Norfolk, hitting.280 (58-for-207) with 12 2B, 4 3B, HR, and 19 RBI over 63 games. For his major league career, has hit.259 (226-for-872) with 41 2B, 17 3B, 4 HR, and 56 RBI in 228 games between the Athletics ( ), Orioles (2014), and Red Sox (2014)...Has appeared primarily at 2B (215 G, 211 GS), with 2 games played in CF (no starts).

5 Red Sox Game Notes Page 5 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 9/2/14 at NYY Rogers Bogaerts 9/2/14 at NYY Greene Butler No major league home runs Céspedes 8/22/14 vs. SEA Hernandez Craig 8/26/14 at TOR Santos Holt 7/13/14 at HOU Peacock Middlebrooks 4/26/14 at TOR Jenkins Napoli 9/1/14 at TB Smyly Nava 9/2/14 at NYY Greene Ortiz 8/20/14 vs. LAA Rasmus Pedroia 8/26/14 at TOR Dickey Rivero No major league home runs Ross 7/20/14 vs. KC Ventura Vazquez No major league home runs Weeks 4/13/12 at SEA Furbush VS. NYY CAREER VS. NYY CAREER AT YANKEE STADIUM PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Betts Bogaerts Butler Cespedes Craig Holt Middlebrooks Napoli Nava Ortiz Pedroia Rivero Ross Vazquez Weeks VS. NYY CAREER VS. NYY CAREER AT YANKEE STADIUM 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 Badenhop / / / Breslow / / / Buchholz / / / De La Rosa / / / Kelly / / / Layne / / / Mujica / / / Ranaudo / / / Tazawa / / / Uehara / / / Webster / / / Wilson / / / Workman / / / Wright / / / HOME RUN NOTES HOMERS AT HOME: 41 SOLO HOMERS: 52 3-RUN HOMERS: 15 HOMERS ON THE ROAD: 61 2-RUN HOMERS: 31 GRAND SLAMS: 4 2-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (4 in 2014) David Ortiz, 5/13/14 at MIN David Ortiz, 5/14/14 at MIN David Ortiz, 7/21/14 at TOR David Ortiz, 8/16/14 vs. HOU 3-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (0 in 2014) Last: Will Middlebrooks, 4/7/13 at TOR PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (2 in 2014) Jonny Gomes, 5/25/14 at TB off Joel Peralta Jonny Gomes, 7/18/14 vs. KC off Scott Downs GRAND SLAMS BY RED SOX (4 in 2014) A.J. Pierzynski, 4/26/14 at TOR off Chad Jenkins Dustin Pedroia, 5/2/14 vs. OAK off Ryan Cook Jonny Gomes, 5/3/14 vs. OAK off Tommy Milone Mookie Betts, 8/29/14 at TB off Chris Archer FIRST-INNING LEADOFF HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (1 in 2014) Brock Holt, 7/13/14 at HOU off Brad Peacock WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (1 in 2014) Mike Napoli, 6/18/14 vs. MIN off Casey Fien (10th) INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (0 in 2014) Last: Jacoby Ellsbury, 9/19/11 vs. BAL (G2) off Jeremy Accardo INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS AT FENWAY PARK (0 in 2014) Last: Jacoby Ellsbury, 9/19/11 vs. BAL (G2) off Jeremy Accardo BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (4 in 2014) David Ortiz and Mike Napoli, 4/22/14 vs. NYY (4th) A.J. Pierzynski and Will Middlebrooks, 4/26/14 at TOR (3rd) David Ortiz and Mike Napoli, 6/18/14 vs. MIN (10th) David Ortiz and Mike Napoli, 7/21/14 at TOR (5th) BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (0 in 2014) Last: David Ortiz, Josh Reddick and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 7/7/11 vs. BAL (7th)

6 Red Sox Game Notes Page 6 BULLPEN NOTES 1ST BATTERS RELIEF HIGHS PITCHER LAST TIME OUT (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP INNINGS STRIKEOUTS 35-Burke Badenhop 9/1 at TB (L, 0-3) /61 58/16 1/4 3.2 (4/21 vs BAL) 3 (6/13 vs CLE) 32-Craig Breslow 9/3 at NYY /54 14/1 1/2 2.0 (2 times) 2 (10 times) 59-Tommy Layne 9/2 at NYY /18 8/1 0/1 1.1 (2 times) 2 (8/15 vs HOU) 54-Edward Mujica 9/3 at NYY /56 15/4 3/4 1.2 (3 times) 2 (6 times) 36-Junichi Tazawa 9/1 at TB /64 25/12 0/5 1.2 (5/1 vs TB G2) 3 (2 times) 19-Koji Uehara 9/2 at NYY /60 10/5 26/ (3 times) 3 (6 times) 30-Alex Wilson 9/3 at NYY /10 2/2 0/0 3.2 (8/23 vs. SEA) 4 (8/30 at TB) 65-Steven Wright 8/17 vs. HOU /1 0/0 0/0 4.0 (8/17 vs HOU) 4 (8/17 vs HOU) 2014 BULLPEN TOTALS: 3.30 ERA /415 (69%) 192/55 31/47 35-BURKE BADENHOP, RHP SV 2.53 ERA vs. ALL:.272 (64-235), 1 HR vs. RHB:.280 (40-143), 0 HR vs. LHB:.261 (24-92), 1 HR WHIP: 1.30 Took the loss Monday at TB (1.0 IP, 2 H, R, ER, 2 IBB)...Got the final 2 outs of the 9th inning & returned for the 10th...In the 10th, after a leadoff double to Hanigan, an intentional walk (Kiermaier), a sac bunt (Zobrist) & another intentional walk (Myers), Joyce s single won it for TB. Since allowing runs in 3 straight games from 7/5-8 (7 runs total), has posted a 1.42 ERA (3 ER/19.0 IP) in his last 20 games (since 7/11). Leads all MLB relievers with 14 opponent grounded into double plays (most for a BOS reliever in a single season since 2006: Julian Tavarez - 15)...GIDP total is 2nd on Sox staff behind Jon Lester s 15...Among Red Sox relievers, 1st in innings at 64.0 (T-12th among AL relievers) and is 2nd in games (61). 32-CRAIG BRESLOW, LHP SV 4.56 ERA vs. ALL:.290 (60-207), 6 HR vs. RHB:.301 (34-113), 3 HR vs. LHB:.277 (26-94), 3 HR WHIP: 1.71 Got the final 2 outs of the 6th inning last night at NYY and stranded 1 inherited runner (0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 SO)...His 6th straight scoreless appearance (5.1 IP)...Has stranded 13 of his 14 inherited runners this season (93%). Earned the save with a scoreless 10th inning, 8/25 at TOR (1.0 IP, BB)...Was his 1st save of 2014 and 1st since 10/3/10 at SEA. Has thrown more than 1.0 inning in 9 of his 54 appearances and is 0-0, 1.29 ERA (2 ER/14.0 IP) when doing so...has thrown 2.0 innings twice this season. 39 of his 54 appearances this season have been scoreless...14 of his 29 runs (26 ER) allowed this season have come in 3 appearances (4/24, 5/25, & 7/2). 59-TOMMY LAYNE, LHP SV 0.66 ERA vs. ALL:.152 (7-46), 0 HR vs. RHB:.188 (3-16), 0 HR vs. LHB:.133 (4-30), 0 HR WHIP: 0.95 Tied a season high with 1.1 IP Tuesday night at NYY... Faced 1 batter in the 7th to end the inning, stranding an inherited runner, and threw a scoreless 8th. 15 of his 18 games with BOS this year have been scoreless, but has allowed an ER only once...earned 1st win a Red Sox on 8/12 at CIN (1st since 12 with SD). A 2014 non-roster invitee to Sox Spring Training is in his 2nd ML stint with BOS this year (recalled on 8/1 and was 26th man for DH on 7/5 vs. BAL)...With Pawtucket this year: 5-1, 11 SV, 11 SVO, 1.50 ERA (8 ER/48.0 IP), 20 BB, 53 SO,.173 opp. AVG (29-for-168) in 37 games. 54-EDWARD MUJICA, RHP SV 4.13 ERA vs. ALL:.294 (60-204), 6 HR vs. RHB:.270 (30-111), 2 HR vs. LHB:.323 (30-93), 4 HR WHIP: 1.36 Had a eighth inning last night at NYY...Has a 1.72 ERA (3 ER/15.2 IP) in his last 17 games on the road (since 6/6). Has allowed runs in 2 of his last 5 games (2 R/5.0 IP), but has given up just 3 ER total in his last 22 games since 7/11 (18.2 IP, 1.45 ERA, 1-for-10 with RISP). Has a 2.01 ERA (7 ER/31.1 IP) over his last 34 games (since 6/6)...Has issued only 4 BB with 25 SO (127 batters faced) over his last 35 games (since 6/4). 36-JUNICHI TAZAWA, RHP SV 3.00 ERA vs. ALL:.256 (57-223), 5 HR vs. RHB:.250 (29-116), 3 HR vs. LHB:.262 (28-107), 2 HR WHIP: 1.30 Threw a seventh inning on 13 pitches Monday at TB...Finished August with 15 appearances, tied for the team lead with Tommy Layne. Since allowing a total of 6 ER in 5.2 IP over a 6-game span from 7/25-8/5, has allowed just 2 ER in his last 13 games (12.0 IP) with a.196 opp. AVG (9-for-46). Leads the Red Sox staff in appearances (64) and holds (14)...His 64 games ranks T-5th most among all AL relievers. 19-KOJI UEHARA, RHP SV 2.36 ERA vs. ALL:.215 (48-223), 8 HR vs. RHB:.253 (25-99), 2 HR vs. LHB:.185 (23-124), 6 HR WHIP: 0.92 Allowed a home run to the 1st batter he faced (McCann) to start the 9th inning Tuesday night at NYY (1.0 IP, 2 H, R, ER, 2 SO)...8 of his 16 runs allowed have come in his last 5 games (8-16-9/2). 50 of his 60 appearances this season have been scoreless (83%). Among AL relievers: 2nd in SO/BB (9.38), 3rd in BB/9.0 IP (1.18), T-4th in wins (6), 7th in SV (26), 8th in SV% (86.7), 10th in SO (75), and 12th in WHIP (0.92). Since joining the Red Sox in 2013, leads all MLB relievers (minimum 75.0 IP) in WHIP (0.72), SO/BB ratio (10.35), and BB/9.0 IP (1.13)...In that same span ranks 3rd in ERA (1.66), 4th in opponent AVG (.170), 6th in SO (176), 10th in innings (135.1). 30-ALEX WILSON, RHP SV 2.33 ERA vs. ALL:.217 (15-69), 2 HR vs. RHB:.161 (5-31), 1 HR vs. LHB:.263 (10-38), 1 HR WHIP: 0.98 Allowed 2 runs on 3 hits in 1.0 inning of work, the 7th, last night at NYY. Has thrown more than 1.0 inning in 6 of his 10 appearances for BOS this year and has a 1.17 ERA (2 ER/15.1 IP) in those games. Retired 24 consecutive batters over a span of 4 games from 8/ Is in his 5th stint with the Red Sox this year, having been recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket 5 times (4/23, 5/23, 5/28, 8/1 and 8/14)...With Pawtucket this year: 6-1, 5 SV, 9 SVO, 4.35 ERA (20 ER/41.1 IP), 23 BB, 40 SO,.248 opp. AVG (38-for-153) in 35 games. 65-STEVEN WRIGHT, RHP SV 2.25 ERA vs. ALL:.267 (4-15), 1 HR vs. RHB:.200 (1-5), 0 HR vs. LHB:.300 (3-10), 1 HR WHIP: 1.00 Has appeared in 1 game for the Sox this season on 8/17 vs. HOU...Threw 4.0 innings, allowing 1 run (Singleton HR) on 4 hits with no BB and 4 SO. With Pawtucket this season: 5-5, 3.41 ERA (36 ER/95.0 IP), 22 BB, 68 SO,.240 opp AVG (86-for-358) in 15 games/starts. Began season on DL recovering from sports hernia surgery...activated on 6/4 after making 1 rehab start each with Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket. Knuckleballer made ML debut with BOS last year: 2-0, 5.40 ERA (8 ER/13.1 IP), 9 BB, 10 SO in 4 games (1 start).

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 3/31 D at Baltimore L T-4th -1.0 Britton (1-0) LESTER (0-1) Hunter (1) 46, ,685 4/1 Off Day 0-1 T-4th /2 N at Baltimore W T-2nd -0.5 LACKEY (1-0) Jimenez (0-1) None 25, , /3 N at Baltimore W st +0.5 DOUBRONT (1-0) Chen (0-1) UEHARA (1.0) 20, , /4 D MILWAUKEE L T-2nd -0.5 Kintzler (1-0) MUJICA (0-1) 36,728* 1 36, /5 N MILWAUKEE L6-7(11) 2-3 T-3rd -1.5 Thornburg (1-0) BADENHOP (0-1) Rodriguez (2) 35, , /6 D MILWAUKEE L T-4th -1.5 Gallardo (2-0) LESTER (0-2) 35, , /7 N TEXAS W T-3rd -1.0 LACKEY (2-0) Scheppers (0-1) 35, , /8 N TEXAS L T-4th -1.5 Perez (1-0) DOUBRONT (1-1) 34, , /9 D TEXAS W T-3rd -1.0 MILLER (1-0) Ogando (0-1) UEHARA (2) 33, , /10 N at NY Yankees L th -1.0 Pineda (1-1) BUCHHOLZ (0-1) Phelps (1) 42, , /11 N at NY Yankees W T-3rd -1.0 LESTER (1-2) Sabathia (1-2) MUJICA (1) 44, , /12 D at NY Yankees L th -2.0 Kuroda (2-1) LACKEY (2-1) Kelley (2) 48, , /13 N at NY Yankees L th -2.0 Nova (2-1) DOUBRONT (1-2) Kelley (3) 46, ,868 4/14 Off Day 5-8 5th /15 N at Chi White Sox L th -3.0 Webb (1-0) BADENHOP (0-2) 13, , /16 N at Chi White Sox W6-4 (14) 6-9 5th -3.0 CAPUANO (1-0) Garcia (0-1) 13, , /17 N at Chi White Sox W T-4th -3.0 LESTER (2-2) Belisario (1-2) UEHARA (3) 17, , /18 N BALTIMORE L th -3.0 Tilman (2-1) LACKEY (2-2) 36, , /19 D BALTIMORE W th -2.0 TAZAWA (1-0) Norris (0-2) UEHARA (4) 37,689* 8 286, /20 N BALTIMORE W T-3rd -2.0 MUJICA (1-1) Matusz (1-1) 33, , /21 D BALTIMORE L th -2.5 Chen (3-1) BUCHHOLZ (0-2) Hunter (5) 37,513* , /22 N NY YANKEES L th -3.5 Tanaka (3-0) LESTER (2-3) 37,041* , /23 N NY YANKEES W th -2.5 LACKEY (3-2) Pineda (2-2) 37,015* , /24 N NY YANKEES L th -3.5 Sabathia (3-2) DOUBRONT (1-3) 37,356* , /25 N at Toronto W th -2.5 PEAVY (1-0) Buehrle (4-1) 29, , /26 D at Toronto W rd -2.5 BUCHHOLZ (1-2) Morrow (1-2) UEHARA (5) 40, , /27 D at Toronto L th -3.5 Dickey (2-3) LESTER (2-4) 45, ,019 4/28 OFF DAY th /29 N TAMPA BAY W rd -2.5 LACKEY (4-2) Gomes (1-1) UEHARA (6) 34, ,747 4/30 N TAMPA BAY rd -2.5 PPD (Rain) 28 5/1 D TAMPA BAY L Gomes (2-1) PEAVY (1-1) Balfour (5) 35, , /1 N TAMPA BAY L T-4th -3.0 McGee (2-0) UEHARA (0-1) Balfour (6) 33, , /2 N OAKLAND W T-3rd -2.5 BUCHHOLZ (2-2) Straily (1-2) 34, , /3 D OAKLAND W rd -2.0 LESTER (3-4) Milone (0-3) UEHARA (7) 37,042* , /4 D OAKLAND L2-3(10) T-3rd -2.0 Johnson (3-2) CAPUANO (1-1) 35, ,374 5/5 OFF DAY T-3rd /6 N CINCINNATI W4-3(12) T-3rd -1.5 BRESLOW (1-0) Ondrusek (0-1) 36, , /7 N CINCINNATI W T-3rd -1.5 BRESLOW (2-0) Hoover (1-4) UEHARA (8) 37,072* ,450 5/8 OFF DAY th /9 N at Texas L th -3.0 Darvish (3-1) BUCHHOLZ (2-3) 45, , /10 N at Texas W rd -3.0 LESTER (4-4) Perez (4-3) 47, , /11 D at Texas W rd -2.0 LACKEY (5-2) Ross (1-4) UEHARA (9) 41, ,782 5/12 Off Day T-2nd /13 N at Minnesota L T-2nd -1.5 Perkins (1-0) MILLER (1) 23, , /14 N at Minnesota W T-2nd -0.5 DOUBRONT (2-3) Correia (1-5) 26, , /15 D at Minnesota L3-4 (10) T-3rd -1.5 Deunsing (1-1) MILLER (1-2) 29, , /16 N DETROIT L th -2.5 Scherzer (6-1) LESTER (4-5) Nathan (11) 37,225* , /17 N DETROIT L th -2.5 Porcello (7-1) LACKEY (5-3) 37,608* , /18 N DETROIT L th -3.0 Sanchez (1-2) PEAVY (1-2) 35, ,289 5/19 OFF DAY th /20 N TORONTO L th -3.5 Happ (3-1) DOUBRONT (2-4) Janssen (4) 37,904* , /21 N TORONTO L th -4.0 Hutchison (3-3) BUCHHOLZ (2-4) Janssen (5) 36, , /22 D TORONTO L th -5.0 Buehrle (8-1) LESTER (4-6) 36, , /23 N at Tampa Bay L th -6.0 Oviedo (1-0) MILLER (1-3) 20, , /24 D at Tampa Bay L th -7.0 Ramos (2-3) MILLER (1-4) 23, , /25 D at Tampa Bay L th -8.0 Peralta (2-3) BRESLOW (2-1) Balfour (9) 26, , /26 D at Atlanta W th -8.0 MUJICA (2-1) Thomas (1-2) Uehara (10) 48, , /27 N at Atlanta W th -8.0 LESTER (5-6) Varvaro (1-1) UEHARA (11) 37, , /28 N ATLANTA W th -8.0 LACKEY (6-3) Floyd (0-2) 36, ,009, /29 N ATLANTA W th -7.0 UEHARA (1-1) Kimbrel (0-1) 36, ,045, /30 N TAMPA BAY W th -6.0 MILLER (2-4) Oviedo (1-2) 35, ,081, /31 N TAMPA BAY W th -6.0 DE LA ROSA (1-0) Odorizzi (2-5) 37,076* 31 1,118, /1 D TAMPA BAY W th -6.0 LESTER (6-6) Bedard (2-4) 37,688* 32 1,156, /2 N at Cleveland L th -6.5 Masterson (3-4) LACKEY (6-4) 14, , /3 N at Cleveland L th -7.5 Hagadone (1-0) PEAVY (1-3) Allen (5) 18, , /4 N at Cleveland L4-7 (12) th -8.5 Carrasco (1-3) MUJICA (2-2) 20, ,521 6/5 OFF DAY th /6 N at Detroit L th Smyly (3-4) DE LA ROSA (1-1) 39, , /7 N at Detroit L th Scherzer (7-2) LESTER (6-7) 43, , /8 N at Detroit W th -9.0 LACKEY (7-4) Chamerlain (1-3) UEHARA (12) 33, , /9 N at Baltimore L th Norris (5-5) PEAVY (1-4) 19, , /10 N at Baltimore W th -9.0 WORKMAN (1-0) Tillman (5-3) UEHARA (13) 24, ,019, /11 N at Baltimore L th -9.0 Chen (7-2) DE LA ROSA (1-2) 25, ,045, /12 N CLEVELAND W th -8.0 LESTER (7-7) Tomlin (4-3)xzcx UEHARA (14) 37,750* 33 1,194, /13 N CLEVELAND W th -8.0 LACKEY (8-4) Masterson (4-5) 35, ,229, /14 D CLEVELAND L th -8.0 Axford (2-3) BRESLOW (2-2) Allen (7) 37,181* 35 1,267, /15 D CLEVELAND L2-3 (11) th -9.0 Allen (3-1) Tazawa (1-1) 37,356* 36 1,304, /16 N MINNESOTA W th -8.5 DE LA ROSA (2-2) Correia (3-8) UEHARA (15) 35, ,340, /17 N MINNESOTA W th -7.5 LESTER (8-7) Hughes (7-3) Mujica (2) 36,835* 38 1,376, /18 D MINNESOTA W2-1 (10) th -6.5 UEHARA (2-1) Fien (3-4) 36,489* 29 1,413, /19 N at Oakland L th -6.5 Kazmir (9-2) PEAVY (1-5) Otero (1) 24, ,069, /20 N at Oakland L th -7.5 Abad (2-2) Miller (2-5) Doolite (10) 28, ,098, /21 D at Oakland L2-1 (10) th -7.5 Otero (6-1) Mujica (2-3) 32, ,131, /22 D at Oakland W7-6 (10) th -6.5 UEHARA (3-1) Abad (2-3) 36, ,167, /23 N at Seattle L th -7.5 Hernandez (9-2) LACKEY (8-5) 26, ,194, /24 N at Seattle L th -8.5 Beimel (2-1) Peavy (1-6) 20, ,214, /25 N at Seattle W th -7.5 BUCHHOLZ (3-4) Iwakuma (5-4) UEHARA (16) 27, ,241,397 6/26 OFF DAY th /27 N at NY Yankees L th -8.0 Nuno (2-4) WORKMAN (1-1) 48, ,289, /28 N at NY Yankees W th -7.0 LESTER (9-7) Tanaka (11-3) UEHARA (17) 48, ,338, /29 N at NY Yankees W th -6.0 LACKEY (9-5) Whitley (3-2) UEHARA (18) 48, ,386, /30 N CHI CUBS L th -6.5 Arrieta (5-1) PEAVY (1-7) Rondon (10) 37,814* 30 1,451, /1 N CHI CUBS L th -7.5 Strop (1-3) UEHARA (3-2) Rondon (11) 36,748* 31 1,488, /2 N CHI CUBS L th -8.5 Villanueva (4-5) WORKMAN (1-2) 37,055* 32 1,525,085 7/3 OFF DAY th /4 D BALTIMORE th -8.0 PPD (Rain) 86 7/5 D BALTIMORE W UEHARA (4-2) McFarland (1-2) 35, ,560, /5 N BALTIMORE L th -8.0 Brach (3-0) LACKEY (9-6) 36, ,597, /6 D BALTIMORE L6-7 (12) th -9.0 Brach (4-0) MUJICA (2-4) Britton (14) 35, ,633, /7 N CHI WHITE SOX L th Carroll (3-5) BUCHHOLZ (3-5) 35, ,668, /8 N CHI WHITE SOX L th Danks (8-6) WORKMAN (1-3) 35, ,703, /9 N CHI WHITE SOX W th -9.5 UEHARA (5-2) Guerra (0-1) 36, ,739, /10 D CHI WHITE SOX W4-3 (10) th -9.5 MILLER (3-5) Belisario (3-6) 37, ,777, /11 N at Houston W th -9.5 LACKEY (10-6) Feldman (4-6) 27, ,413, /12 D at Houston L th -9.5 Fields (2-3) PEAVY (1-8) 26, ,440, /13 D at Houston W th -9.5 BUCHHOLZ (4-5) Peacock (3-6) 20, ,460,743 7/14 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/15 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/16 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/17 OFF DAY 96 7/18 N KANSAS CITY W th -8.5 BUCHHOLZ (5-5) Downs (0-3) UEHARA (19) 37,743* 41 1,815, /19 N KANSAS CITY W th -8.5 DE LA ROSA (3-2) Duffy (5-10) UEHARA (20) 37,878* 42 1,852, /20 D KANSAS CITY W th -7.5 LESTER (10-7) Ventura (7-8) 37,439* 43 1,890, /21 N at Toronto W th -7.5 LACKEY (11-6) Hutchison (6-9) 27, ,488, /22 N at Toronto L th -8.5 Happ (8-5) PEAVY (1-9) Cecil (4) 29, ,517, /23 N at Toronto L th -8.5 Dickey (8-10) BUCHHOLZ (5-6) Janssen (15) 35, ,553, /24 D at Toronto L th -9.5 Stroman (6-2) DE LA ROSA (3-3) 46, ,600, /25 N at Tampa Bay L th Price (11-7) TAZAWA (1-2) McGee (10) 23, ,623, /26 N at Tampa Bay L th Balfour (1-3) LACKEY (11-7) McGee (11) 26, ,650, /27 D at Tampa Bay W th WEBSTER (1-0) Archer (6-6) UEHARA (21) 25, ,675,312