BOSTON RED SOX (77-55) VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (7-59) Tuesday, August 27, 23 7: p.m. ET Fenway Park, Boston, MA LHP Felix Doubront (9-6, 3.79) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (7-6, 3.9) Game #33 Home Game #64 TV: NESN Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WUFC 5 AM (Spanish) BACK HOME: The Red Sox tonight begin a 9-game homestand with the st of 3 games against the Orioles...They will also host the White Sox (8/3-9/) and Tigers (9/2-4) for 3 games each on the homestand. 8 of the Sox remaining 3 games will be played at Fenway Park. On Sunday night, Boston ended a stretch in which it played 6 of 9 games away from home...the Sox went 9- in that span that began 8/5. ON THE RECORD: At 77-55 (.583) the Red Sox have the 2nd-best record in the AL and 6th-best in the major leagues. BEST AL RECORDS IN 23 TEAM W-L WPCT Detroit 77-54.588 Boston 77-55.583 Texas 76-55.58 Tampa Bay 74-55.574 Boston s 77 wins are tied for st in the AL and tied for 2nd in MLB behind Atlanta s 78...The Sox have won 8 more games than they did all of last year (69-93). The Sox are the only AL team and of 2 ML clubs whose record has been above.5 all year (also ATL). IN THE STANDINGS: The Sox are in st place in the AL East,.5 games ahead of the Rays...They have held the top spot 23 of the last 26 days...boston has been in st or T-st for an AL-high 24 days in 23. SERIES TALK: Boston has tallied a major league-best 26 series wins...the Sox have won their last 2 completed sets after a season-high tying 3-series losing streak. FRIENDLY FENWAY: The Sox have won 6 of their last 9 home games and 7 of their last 25 at home...boston has also taken 2 of its last 3 and 27 of its last 39 at Fenway. The Sox.635 win percentage (4-23) at home ranks 2nd in the AL, trailing only Tampa Bay (.642, 43-24). The Sox lead MLB with a.464 SLG, 24 XBH, and 6 doubles at home, and are 2nd with a.286 AVG,.35 OBP, and.84 OPS...Their 6 doubles at Fenway are 37 more than any other club at home (2nd, CHC, 24). HAD A NICE TRIP: The Red Sox went 4-2 on their 6-game Interleague west coast trip to San Francisco and Los Angeles, taking 2 of 3 games against both the Giants and Dodgers...The Sox were the st team to take a series from the Dodgers since they lost a set to the Pirates from 6/4-6. START UP: Sox starters posted a.7 ERA (6 ER/46. IP) over the 6-game west coast trip...they held opponents to 2 runs or less in all 6 games and run or less 5 times. The Red Sox starters have recorded a 2.76 ERA (25 ER/8.2 IP) over the last 2 games, holding opponents to 2 earned runs or fewer times in that stretch. Boston s 3.82 starter ERA (339 ER/798. IP) is 2nd in the AL to Detroit s 3.44. RECENT RESULTS: The Red Sox have won 4 of their last 6 but have dropped 6 of their last and 9 of their last 6 tilts...8 of their last 2 losses have come by 2 runs or less. The Red Sox are 9-6 (.543) since the All-Star break, 6th in the American League, after pacing the circuit in the st half (.598, 58-39). SOX AND O S: The Red Sox and Orioles tonight begin a 3-game set, the 4th series between the 2 clubs in 23 and 2nd at Fenway...The O s lead the season set 6-4 with 9 match-ups remaining...after the current series, the 2 teams next meet at Fenway Park for 3 games from 9/7-9. The Orioles are the only AL East team that the Sox have a losing record against this year with 5 of the 6 losses in the season series coming by 3 runs or less... Boston has a.4 win percentage vs. Baltimore and a combined.59 (26-8) vs. all other AL East rivals. MR. 2,: With,993 career hits, David Ortiz is 7 shy of 2,...He would be just the 39th player ever with 2, hits, 4 home runs, and,4 RBI...Among actives, only Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez have done it. KOJI S ROLLING: Including his. shutout frames en route to earning a save Saturday, Koji Uehara has not allowed a run in 2.2 innings over his last 8 outings since 7/9...It is the 2nd-longest active scoreless streak in MLB after Atlanta s Craig Kimbrel s 2.-inning stretch...it also marks the longest single-season scoreless streak by a Sox reliever since Daniel Bard s 26- inning run in 2. This is Uehara s longest career scoreless inning streak in MLB...His previous was 8. scoreless frames over 22 games from 9//2-4/8/3. JONNY IN THE CLUTCH: Jonny Gomes is batting.5 with runners in scoring position in August, going 7-for-4 with 2 homers and 2 RBI in those situations...overall on the season he is batting.364 with RISP with 28 RBI. STARTING SOMETHING: Daniel Nava has reached in a career-high 33 straight starts beginning 6/22, with a.344 AVG/.43 OBP/.426 SLG in those tilts...it is the longest active on-base streak in MLB as a starter and the longest single-season such streak by a Sox since Dustin Pedroia s 37 starts, 6/5-7/28/. WINNING LATE: The Red Sox are tied for the major league lead with walk-off wins, the Sox most in a season since 978 ()...Boston last had more walk-off wins in 96 (2)...Boston s 9 last at-bat wins are T-2nd in the AL with Cleveland behind Kansas City s 2. THEFT ALERT: Jacoby Ellsbury tops MLB with 47 stolen bases and has been caught 4 times, a 92.2% success rate... He is 3 shy of his 3rd 5-steal season (5 in 28, Red Sox single-season record 7 in 29)...He is the only Red Sox ever with multi 5-steal seasons...since 28, only Michael Bourn has had 5 steals in as many as 3 seasons. Boston leads MLB with an 83.9% success rate on the base paths and is 3rd in the American League with 99 stolen bases...the Sox have already surpassed their 22 stolen base total (97). OFFENSIVE LEADERS: The Sox lead MLB with 292 doubles and 454 extra-base hits, and are 2nd among all major league clubs with a.273 AVG,.345 OBP, 66 runs, 5. runs per game,,257 hits, 2,8 total bases, 635 RBI, 47 walks, and,784 times on base. MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: Dustin Pedroia is batting.393 (-for-28) with 4 doubles, a triple, 2 RBI, and 6 runs over his current 7-game hit streak. BUCHHOLZ REHAB: Clay Buchholz, on the 6-day disabled list with a neck strain, began a rehab assignment Sunday night with Short-A Lowell at Hudson Valley (TB)...Buchholz threw 38 pitches over.2 inning, yielding 3 runs ( ER) on a hit and 3 walks while recording a strikeout. MINOR MATTER: The Red Sox completed a minor league trade today, acquiring OF Quintin Berry from the Kansas City system in exchange for RHP Clayton Mortensen. SOX IN THE AFL: The Arizona Fall League announced its 23 rosters today and 6 Red Sox minor leaguers have been named to the Surprise Saguaros club...rhps Keith Couch, Noe Ramirez and Pete Ruiz, and infielders Garin Cecchini, Derrick Gibson, and Travis Shaw...Additionally another Red Sox infielder will be later selected to the team. JIMMY FUND RADIO-TELETHON: The 2th annual Red Sox Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon on WEEI and NESN began today and will run for 36 hours, concluding tomorrow night... Since 22, the event has raised more than $3 million to support research and care for both children and adults at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute...Pre-game ceremonies tonight and tomorrow night will also pay tribute to the Jimmy Fund. RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall... 77-55 AL East Standing...st,.5 GA At Home... 4-23 On Road... 37-32 In day games... 24-2 In night games... 53-43 April... 8-8 May... 5-5 June... 7- July... 5- August... 2- vs. AL East... 3-24 vs. AL Central... 4-4 vs. AL West... 2-2 vs. National League... 3-5 vs. RH starter... 52-36 vs. LH starter... 25-9 Leading after 6 innings... 59-7 Tied after 6 innings... 9-6 Trailing after 6 innings... 9-42 Leading after 7 innings... 6-4 Tied after 7 innings... 9-6 Trailing after 7 innings... 6-45 Leading after 8 innings... 63-3 Tied after 8 innings... 9-6 Trailing after 8 innings... 4-45 Red Sox score st... 52-4 Opponents score first... 25-4 Shutouts... 7- Scoring less than 3 runs... 3-29 Scoring 3 or 4 runs... 4-7 Scoring 5 or more runs... 6-9 Red Sox hit HR... 49-24 Red Sox hit HR... 28-3 -run games... 6-5 2-run games... 3-3 Walk-offs... -6 Extra innings (home)... 4- Extra innings (road)... 4-4 Extra innings (total)... 8-5 Series openers... 24-9 Series finales... 26-7 Series W-L-T (home)...3-7- Series W-L-T (road)... 3-8- Series W-L-T (total)...26-5-2 Series sweeps (home)... 5- Series sweeps (road)... 2- Series sweeps (total)... 7-2 Come-from-behind wins...28, last 8/3 Innings batting around... 7, last 8/6 (6th) Games decided in last AB... 9-9 VS. THE ORIOLES All-Time vs. O s (since 954)... 523-444 In Boston... 265-24 In Baltimore... 258-23 23 vs. Orioles... 4-6 In Boston... -2 In Baltimore... 3-4 DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 4/8 H W3- Buchholz Chen 4/9 H L8-5 O Day Hanrahan 4/ H L2-3 Matusz Mortensen 6/3 R L4-5 (3) McFarland Wilson 6/4 R L-2 Tillman Dempster 6/5 R W5-4 Lackey Garcia 6/6 R L3-6 Gonzalez Lester 7/26 R L-6 Tillman Lackey 7/27 R W7-3 Dempster Feldman 7/28 R W5- Lester Hammel UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone Player (current) 2, H...Ortiz (,993) HR... Pedroia (98) 5 RBI... Pedroia (48), G... Pedroia (987) HR... Victorino (99) MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rk Player HR 47 Billy Williams 426 48 David Ortiz 425 49 Darrell Evans 44 UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Wed., 8/28 vs. BAL 7: p.m. RHP John Lackey (8-, 3.7) RHP Bud Norris (3-, 5.53) NESN/ESPN Thur., 8/29 vs. BAL 7: p.m. LHP Jon Lester (2-7, 3.97) RHP Chris Tillman (4-4, 3.66) NESN/MLBN 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 5 AM.
Red Sox Game Notes Page 2 22-FELIX DOUBRONT, LHP W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 23 9-6 3.79 24 23 4. 38 65 59 58 22 CAREER 22-8 4.42 76 55 336. 339 83 65 39 47 38 TONIGHT S START: TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER Owns a 3. ERA (36 ER/7.2 IP) since 5/6, the th-lowest mark in the AL in that time...has given up 3 ER or fewer in 7 of his 8 starts in that span. Among AL left-handers in 23, ranks 3rd with.7 home runs allowed per 9. innings, 5th with a.385 opponent SLG, and 6th with a.78 opponent OPS...Has held an opponent without an extra-base hit 5 times in 23, tied for the most such games by an AL lefty starter this season. Has a 3.28 ERA (25 ER/68.2 IP) as a starter at Fenway Park in 23. Last start: Earned the win as the Red Sox defeated the Giants, 2-, on 8/2 in San Francisco...Gave up run on 5 hits and a walk over a career-high tying 8. innings...struck out 3 while tossing a career-high 4 pitches (68 strikes)... Surrendered his only run in the 2nd inning on a solo homer by Joaquin Arias... Retired 4 of the next 5 hitters...exited after the 8th with the Sox ahead 2-. Has given up run in 5. innings (.6 ERA) of Interleague play this season, all against the National League West. VS. THE ORIOLES: Is -2 with a 3.28 ERA (9 ER/24.2 IP) and 35 strikeouts as starter in 4 career starts against the Orioles...Has a 2.77 strikeout rate in his career vs. BAL, his 2nd-highest versus any American League club (4.49 vs. OAK)...His.9 WHIP vs. the club is also his 2nd-best mark against an AL team. Last faced the O s on 6/3 in BAL, allowing 4 runs (3 ER) on 7 hits over 4.2 IP. 9-6, 3.79 ERA, 24 games, 23 starts 23 8., 2x, last: 8/2 at SF 2, 5/3 at TEX 7, 8/6 vs. NYY 6, 3x, last: 8/6 vs. NYY 6, 5/6 at TB 8, 3x, last: 5/26 vs. CLE 2, 2x, last: 8/6 vs. NYY 4, 8/2 at SF --- --- 3 G, 2x, last: 7/5-9 2 G, 2x, last: 7/24-29 23 4-4, 3.77 ERA, 2 G, GS 5-2, 3.82 ERA, 2 GS.259 (38-532), HR.252 (37-47), HR.262 (-385), HR.4 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 8., 2x, last: 8/2/3 at SF 2, 5/3/3 at TEX 7, 2x, last: 8/6/3 vs. NYY 6, 5x, last: 8/6/3 vs. NYY 6, 5/6/3 at TB, 9/23/2 vs. BAL 2, 8x, last: 8/6/3 vs. NYY 4, 8/2/3 at SF --- --- 3 G, 2x, last: 4/6-27/3 5 G, 7/23-9/3/2 CAREER -, 4.58 ERA, 39 G, 28 GS 2-8, 4.24 ERA, 37 G, 27 GS.262 (339-295), 39 HR.26 (96-375), 9 HR.264 (243-92), 3 HR.45 VS. THE ORIOLES RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Allowed 3 earned runs or less in 6 straight starts from 5/6-8/, matching 23-5.79 4.2 7 4 3 5 Babe Ruth (last 6 starts of 96) for the longest such single-season streak CAREER -2 3.58 7 4 27.2 26 3 6 7 37 in Red Sox history by a left-hander...it was the longest such streak by any Red Sox starter in a season since Tim Wakefield in 995 (7, 5/27-8/3/95). FENWAY -. 3 9. 6 3 2 Gave up 3 earned runs or less in his st starts at Fenway Park in 23, tied for the longest season-opening streak by a Red Sox left-hander at home since Harry Harper in 92 (st home starts). Did not allow a homer in a career-high 6 starts from 7/-8/...Went undefeated in a career-high 7 straight GS from 6/3-7/9...Gave up 2 ER or fewer in a career-high 6 straight games from 6/8(G2)-7/9...Tossed 4 consecutive QS from 5/2-6/8(G) (3. ERA), matching his career-long streak from 9/3-29/2. Made his st relief outing since 2 on 5/8 vs. MIN (5. IP, 6 R/ER, H, 2 BB, 4 K)...It was his longest career appearance out of the bullpen (previous 2. on 8/22/ vs. TOR)...His 5 pitches were the 2nd-most in a game for a Red Sox reliever since 96 (Vaughn Eshelman, 6 on 7/25/96 at MIN). 23 REGULAR SEASON GAME LOG - STARTER DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB K HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 4/5 W6-4 TOR --- 4-3 5. 9 3 3 6 9/59 Started the Sox 4th game for the 2nd consecutive season 4/6 W7-2 at CLE W 7-2 5. 4 2 2 4 7 4/59 Earned his st victory of 23 4/22 W9-6 OAK W 9-3 6.2 3 3 3 5 8 3/67 Improved to 2- for the st time in his career 4/27 W8-4 HOU W 5-3 6.2 4 3 3 4 8 3/62 Defeated HOU in his st career appearance vs. the club 5/3 L-7 at TEX L -5 3.2 2 6 6 2 97/58 Charged with 5 runs in the 4th inning 5/6 W4-3 at TB --- - 5. 3 2 2 6 7 4/54 Snapped a stretch of 5 games without allowing a HR 5/2 L-3 at CWS L -2 6. 5 2 2 2 3 85/56 Faced the minimum over his st 4 innings 5/26 W6-5 CLE --- -4 6. 5 4 2 2 8 2 2/73 Jacoby Ellsbury knocked a walk-off 2-run double in the 9th 6/ W- at NYY W 5-6. 6 3 6 3/62 Is st Sox in the live ball era to record QS in st 5 GS vs. NYY 6/8 () L5-9 LAA L 2-3 6. 6 3 3 2 4 97/62 Made his st career start against the Angels 6/3 L4-5 (3) at BAL --- 2-4 4.2 7 4 3 5 3/65 Chris Davis hit a walk-off single in the 3th inning 6/8 (2) W3- TB --- - 8. 3 6 93/58 Jonny Gomes hit a 2-run homer in the 9th for walk-off win 6/23 L5-7 at DET --- 4-3 5. 4 3 2 4 2 4/6 Departed with a -run lead but DET scored 4 off Sox bullpen 6/29 L2-6 TOR --- -2 6. 5 2 2 3 6 3/63 Surrendered a solo homer to Jose Bautista in the 6th 7/5 W6-2 at LAA W 3-2 6.2 5 2 2 2 5 97/6 Earned his st career win against the Angels 7/ W-4 at SEA W 9-7. 5 2 6 7/66 Allowed only run with 2 outs in the 7th inning 7/9 W4-2 NYY W 3-2 6. 3 2 3 5 93/59 Gave up 2 ER or less in last 6 GS, longest such streak of career 7/24 L-5 TB L -3 6.2 6 3 3 2 5 4/66 David Price tossed a 97-pitch complete game for the Rays 7/29 L-2 TB L -2 5. 8 2 2 3 4 4/57 Suffered his 2nd consecutive loss to TB and David Price 8/4 W4- ARI W 4-7. 5 5 95/57 Snapped a 2-game losing streak at Fenway Park 8/ W5-3 at KC --- 4-2 4. 6 3 3 4 3 98/6 It was his shortest outing since 5/3 at TEX (3.2 IP) 8/6 L3- NYY L -7 4. 8 7 6 2 4 2 76/5 Snapped streak of 6 starts allowing 3 ER or fewer since 5/6 8/2 W2- at SF W 2-8. 5 3 4/68 Allowed only run on a solo homer in the 2nd inning ORIOLES CAREER vs. DOUBRONT PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Casilla --- Davis.5 2 6 3 Flaherty.5 2 Hardy. Jones.43 4 2 Machado.5 8 4 4 Markakis.57 7 4 McLouth. 9 Pearce. 2 Roberts --- Teagarden --- Valencia.5 4 2 2 Wieters.77 3 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS RED SOX CAREER vs. CHEN PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Bogaerts --- Carp --- Drew --- Ellsbury.286 7 2 Gomes.67 6 Middlebrooks.333 9 3 Napoli.333 3 Nava. 2 2 3 Ortiz. 6 Pedroia.4 4 Ross.2 5 Saltalamacchia.333 3 Victorino.333 3 STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN QUALITY SOX STARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC. Lester 27 5 8/72. 5.64 6- Buchholz 2 55/84. 5.87 - Dempster 25 2 2/45. 6.32 4- Doubront 23 4 77/34.2 5.5 4-9 Lackey 23 6 65/47.2 3.96-3 Aceves 6 2 2/3. 6.23 4-2 Webster 6 2 29/26. 9.9 3-3 Morales 5/5. 9. - Workman 3 3 8/8. 3.93-2 Peavy 5 3 2/32.2 5.5 2-3 Wright /.. - 4-JOHN LACKEY, RHP TOMORROW S STARTING PITCHER 8-, 3.7 ERA, 23 starts W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 23 8-3.7 23 23 47.2 42 58 52 9 32 3 CAREER 36-5 4.3 38 37 223.2 297 993 97 28 6 595 VS. THE ORIOLES: Is 2-5 (.76) with a 3.48 ERA (55 ER/42. IP) in 2 career starts against the Orioles, his 3rd-highest winning percentage and ERA against any AL club...is making his st start versus BAL at Fenway this season, 3rd overall in 23 (-, 4.73 ERA, 7 ER/3. IP)...Last faced the O s on 7/26 in BAL, taking the loss after allowing 5 runs on 9 hits and a walk over 6. innings. REGULAR SEASON STARTS - LAST 5 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K 7/3 SEA --- 7. 8 3 3 6 8/5 at HOU L 6. 8 2 2 2 8/ at KC L 7. 7 4 4 2 5 8/7 NYY W 6.2 6 3 8/23 at LAD L 8. 3 2 2 6 3.2 ERA -3 34.2 32 2 2 8 28
Red Sox Game Notes Page 3 BATTING NOTES 72-XANDER BOGAERTS, SS.333 AVG HR RBI.333 OBP.444 SLG vs. RHP: 2-6 (.333), HR SUNDAY: 2-4, 2B, RBI ROAD TRIP: 3-9, 2B, RBI CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (., 3-5) vs. LHP: -3 (.333), HR LAD SERIES: 3-5, 2B, RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G, 8/24-present Selected to ML roster on 8/2, made st ML start on 8/2 at SF (SS)...Singled off Brandon League Saturday at LAD for his st ML hit...between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket, batted a combined.297 with 23 2B, 6 3B, 5 HR, 67 RBI, and 63 BB. Began the season with 56 games with Portland (.3, 2 2B, 6 3B, 6 HR, 35 RBI)...Played 6 games with PawSox after 6/3 promotion (.284, 2B, 9 HR, 32 RBI), including 49 appearances at SS and at 3B...Named the top Eastern League batting prospect of 23 in recent Best Tools Survey. At 2 years old, was the youngest player in the IL this season and is the 3rd-youngest active major leaguer (Bryce Harper, Jurickson Profar)...On 8/2 became Boston s youngest position player to appear in a game since Dwight Evans in 972...Is the 5th Aruban-born major leaguer and the st Aruban on the Red Sox. Entered this season as Boston s top prospect according to...split last season between High-A Salem and Portland (.37, 37 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 8 RBI) and earned 22 Red Sox Minor League Offensive Player of the Year honors...has been on All-Star Futures Game roster in each of the last 2 seasons. 37-MIKE CARP, B/OF.33 AVG 8 HR 3 RBI.359 OBP.549 SLG vs. RHP: 47-52 (.39), 7 HR SUNDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: -4, RBI, SF CURRENT STREAK: -for-5 vs. LHP: 6-23 (.26), HR LAD SERIES: - SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 6/8-3 (.45, 9-2) Is 4-for-3 (.38) over his last 6 contests...has reached in 24 of his last 32 games with a PA (.36 AVG, 3-for-98, BB, HBP). Among AL players w/ at least 5 PA, ranks 6th in SLG (.549)...25 of his 53 hits are XBH (5 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR). Struck out while pinch-hitting in the 7th on 8/6 vs. NYY and was ejected after arguing the call...was 2nd career ejection, also 6/5/3 vs. TEX. Has a.32 AVG (36-for-2) in 38 games since 6/...Led MLB w/ a.735 SLG in June...Was 4th among AL June leaders w/ a.367 AVG and 6th w/ a.448 OBP. Has reached in 34 of 46 starts (26 in LF, 8 at B, 2 in RF)...2nd on the team and T-th in the AL w/ 6 PA as a PH (.2 AVG, 3-for-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB). 7-STEPHEN DREW, SS.247 AVG HR 52 RBI.327 OBP.428 SLG vs. RHP: 62-227 (.273), 6 HR SUNDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 5-8, 2 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (.273, 3-) vs. LHP: 24-2 (.98), 4 HR LAD SERIES: -3 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G, 7/3-8/ (.422, 9-45, 9 RBI, 9 BB) Hit th homer 8/28 at SF for his 5th career double-digit HR season and st since 2 (5)...Of his last hits, 6 have gone for extra bases (5 2B, HR). Is 3-for- (.37, 7 2B, 5 HR, 2 RBI, 5 R, 2 BB) over his last 27 contests w/ hits in 2 of those...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...batting.295 (44-for-49) in his last 4 contests since the 2nd game of a 6/8 twinbill. Hit game-winning, 3-run HR in the 9th on 8/7 at HOU...Had 5th-inn. walk-off, bases-loaded single on 7/3 vs. SEA, his 2nd walk-off in 23 (5/6 vs. MIN, 2B). Is T-4th in AL w/ 6 triples...al leaders as a shortstop: HR (3rd, ), RBI (3rd, 52), and walks (2nd, 42)...Places 3rd among active AL SS with a.985 fielding pct. 2-JACOBY ELLSBURY, OF.293 AVG 7 HR 47 RBI.35 OBP.46 SLG vs. RHP: 7-334 (.32), 5 HR SUNDAY: -5, R, SB ROAD TRIP: 6-26, 5 R, 2B, 3 SB CURRENT STREAK: G (.2, -5) vs. LHP: 47-92 (.245), 2 HR LAD SERIES: -9, R, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G, 6/9-7/ (.43, 33-8) Has hit in 22 of last 29 games at.269 (35-for-3, 6 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 3 RBI, 8 R, 7 BB)...Has reached in all but 4 of those games and has SB in that time. His.324 AVG (3-for-38) since 5/26 ranks 5th in AL...Hitting.3 (75-for-242) in his last 56 games starting with 9-game hit streak, 6/9-7/ (.43, 33-for- 8), the AL s longest this season...has had 4 hit streaks of at least games this year, 2nd most double-digit hit streaks in MLB after DET s Miguel Cabrera (5). Matched career high w/ 2 HR on 8/6 at HOU (4th time, last 9/25/ at NYY G) and also tied a career high w/ 4 runs (3rd time, last 9/3/ vs. TOR). Tops MLB w/ 47 stolen bases in 5 SBA (92.2%)...Joins Tris Speaker (92-4) as only players to record 3, 4-steal seasons w/ Sox (also 5 in 28, club-record 7 in 29)...Looking for 3rd 5-steal season (5 in 28, 7 in 29)...No other Red Sox has more than...set club single-game record with 5 SB, 5/3 at PHI. T-st in AL w/ 8 triples (T-5th in MLB), 2 shy of his single-season career high (, 29)...Also among AL leaders in hits (7th, 54), multi-hit G (th, 42), 3+ hit games (T-5th, 4), runs (8th, 79), AB (4th, 526), and AVG vs. RHP (8th,.32). Has most hits (54) and games with a hit (96) among leadoff men...has 2 leadoff HR in 23 and 9 career, tied for club record (Dom DiMaggio, Tommy Harper). 5-JONNY GOMES, OF.234 AVG HR 4 RBI.342 OBP.426 SLG vs. RHP: 3-5 (.26), 5 HR SUNDAY: -4, IBB ROAD TRIP: 2-, 2 R, HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: -for-6 vs. LHP: 27-29 (.29), 6 HR LAD SERIES: -7, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 7 G, 6/23-7/5 (.39, 9-23) Has reached in 3 straight games (.25 AVG,.44 OBP, 2 2B, 3 HR, 3 RBI, 8 R, BB)...Marks 2nd-longest career on-base streak (7 G, 9/3/5-4/8/6). Knocked a pinch-hit, 3-run HR in the 6th inning on 8/6 at HOU, his 4th 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 953) and shy of Joe Cronin s club/al record (5 in 943). Has reached in 4 of 24 PA as PH (.375, 6-for-6, 2B, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 6 BB, 2 HBP)...Tied for ML lead with 5 XBH in the pinch and T-st in AL with 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 6/8 vs. TB off Joel Peralta). Has made 6 starts for the Sox this year, including team-high 5 in LF (76 G overall), 9 as DH ( G), and 2 in RF (4 G)...49 of last 5 starts have been in LF. 6-WILL MIDDLEBROOKS, 3B.222 AVG HR 32 RBI.27 OBP.49 SLG vs. RHP: 34-68 (.22), 7 HR SUNDAY: -4, R ROAD TRIP: 4-9, 3 R, HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB, SF CURRENT STREAK: G (.25, -4) vs. LHP: 2-8 (.263), 4 HR LAD SERIES: -, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 8 G, 8/-8 (.462, 2-26) Batting.356 (6-for-45) with 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 7 BB) since 8/ recall for 2nd stint w/ BOS in 23, with hits in of those 4 contests...set season-highs with an 8-game hit streak (.462 AVG, 2-for-26) and -game on-base streak (.44 AVG, 5-for-34, 7 BB, HBP) immediately following recall. T-3rd on BOS with HR in 67 games...is 9th Red Sox with double-digit HR in each of his st 2 seasons appearing in MLB, st since Shea Hillenbrand (2-2). Played in 53 games w/ BOS to start the year before being optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on 6/25...PawSox, hit.268 with 5 2B, HR, 35 RBI, 6 BB, 25 R. 27 of his 55 hits w/ BOS are XBH (6 2B, HR)...Set career highs w/ 4 hits and 3 HR 4/7 at TOR...Was st 3-HR game by a Sox since Pedroia, 6/24/ at COL. 2-MIKE NAPOLI, B.25 AVG 6 HR 73 RBI.34 OBP.448 SLG vs. RHP: 73-294 (.248), 2 HR SUNDAY: 2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB ROAD TRIP: 5-, 3 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (.625, 5-8) vs. LHP: 33-28 (.258), 4 HR LAD SERIES: 5-8, 3 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 8 G, 5/8-25 (.296, 8-27, 9 BB) Is 5-for-8 (.625) w/ a double and homer in last 2 starts, his st starts since being scratched from 8/7 lineup due to plantar fasciitis in left foot. Batting.368 (7-for-9, 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB) in last 6 games beginning 8/4 at TOR when he hit game-tying, 9th-inn. 2-run HR...Has BB in last 8 games. T-2th in AL w/ 3 doubles...his 6 HR are 2nd on Sox...2 multi-xbh games are tied for 3rd most in MLB, trailing Chris Davis (5) and Alfonso Soriano (3). 8-for-7 (.47) w/ 3 doubles, 2 grand slams (T-st in AL), and 23 RBI (T-st in AL) w/ bases loaded...his 5, 4+ RBI games are T-2nd in MLB (Chris Davis, 6). Hit 2 HR 7/2 vs. NYY, his 2nd multi-hr game of 23 (5/ at TOR), 2th career...2nd HR of that game was the 2nd walk-off shot of his career (9/2/8 vs. SEA). 29-DANIEL NAVA, OF.292 AVG HR 56 RBI.38 OBP.432 SLG vs. RHP: 83-269 (.39), 8 HR SUNDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 4-, 3 R, 2B, RBI, BB, HBP CURRENT STREAK: -for-5 vs. LHP: 24-97 (.247), 2 HR LAD SERIES: -2, HBP SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 7 G, 3 times, last 7/5- (.375, 2-32) Hitting.375 (5-for-4) in 4 games w/ PA in August...Is -for-25 (.44) w/ 5 doubles and 6 runs over last 9 such contests. Has reached in a career-high 33 straight starts since 6/22 with a.344 AVG (42-for-22) and.45 OBP (8 BB, 7 HBP) in that stretch. Among AL leaders in OBP (9th,.38), HBP (T-st, 4), sac flies (T-6th, 7), and AVG vs. RHP (th,.39)...his OBP ranks 2nd among primary outfielders in the AL to LAA s Mike Trout (.427)...Among ML switch-hitters, ranks st in OBP, T-4th in runs (62), and 8th in RBI (56). Has reached in 85 of a career-high 9 games (prev. 88 in 22) and in 84 of 96 starts this season...has 53 games in LF (46 GS) and 5 in RF (37 GS)...Only ML game at CF was a start 7/8 at SEA...Also has 5 games at B (7 GS), his st pro action at B.
Red Sox Game Notes Page 4 BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) 34-DAVID ORTIZ, DH.38 AVG 24 HR 78 RBI.399 OBP.572 SLG vs. RHP: 89-254 (.35), 9 HR SUNDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: - CURRENT STREAK: - vs. LHP: 4-55 (.265), 5 HR LAD SERIES: -3 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 4/2-5/7 (.44, 24-58) Is 7 hits shy of 2, career...left 8/2 at SF (mid 5th) due to low back tightness...is batting.37 (9-for-6) w/ 3 HR, 7 RBI, and 8 BB over his last 5 games. Has team-high 24 home runs, shy of 9th career 25-HR season, all w/ BOS (his 8, 25-HR season are 2nd in club history to Ted Williams 4)...Is of 2 major leaguers w/ 2+ HR in all 2 seasons beginning in 22 (also Alfonso Soriano). Has hit safely in 23 of his last 3 games at.32 (39-for-22)...Has reached safely in 5 of his last 56 games, batting.335 (7-for-22) w/ 5 doubles, homers, 29 RBI, and 3 walks in that time...snapped a season-high 23-game on-base streak on 8/ at KC...Hit.352 (32-for-9) w/ BB over the 23-game stretch. Has reached in career-high 29 straight home games since 6/8 (.339, 38-for-2, 6 BB)...Is longest single-season home on-base streak by a Red Sox since 27. This year was an All-Star for the 4th straight year and the 9th time in his career, most in MLB since 24...Went -for-2 as the starting DH in the game on 7/6. Leads MLB in IBB (tied, 7) and AVG vs. RHP (.35)...AL rankings: AVG (5th,.38), OBP (4th,.399), SLG (3rd,.572), OPS (4th in MLB,.97), RBI (th, 78), XBH (T-8th, 54), TB (T-th, 234), AB/HR (9th, 7.), AB/RBI (4th, 5.2), home AVG (9th,.36), road AVG (6th,.32), day AVG (7th,.333), and night AVG (8th,.33). 5-DUSTIN PEDROIA, 2B.299 AVG 8 HR 7 RBI.374 OBP.45 SLG vs. RHP: 2-362 (.282), 6 HR SUNDAY: 3-4, R, 2B, RBI, SF ROAD TRIP: 9-23, 4 R, 3 2B, 2 RBI, BB, SF CURRENT STREAK: 7 G (.393, -28) vs. LHP: 54-59 (.34), 2 HR LAD SERIES: 4-7, R, 2B, RBI, SF SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 4 G, 5/27-6/ (.32, 8-56) Hits in his last 7 (.393, -for-28) and in of his last 2 contests (.347, 2-for-53)...Has reached in 2 of his last 2 games at.333 (29-for-87, 8 BB, HBP). Has his 6th career season with at least 3 doubles...among Red Sox infi elders, only Wade Boggs has more 3-double campaigns (9). His 3 games are T-st in AL, shy of the ML lead...has started at 2B in all but game this year...has reached safely in 5 games, 4th most in MLB. Among AL leaders in times on base (3rd, 222), hits (6th, 56), multi-hit G (T-3rd, 48), walks (8th, 63), OBP (th,.374), AB (5th, 52), home AVG (8th,.39), and AVG vs. LHP (5th,.34)...Leads Sox with 2 go-ahead RBI (T-8th in AL) and game-winning RBI (T-8th in AL). This season was named an All-Star for the 4th time in his career (also 28-)...Went -for-2 in the All-Star Game on 7/6 at Citi Field. On 7/24 signed an 8-year contract with the Red Sox beginning in 24 and continuing through the 22 season...22 would be his 6th season with the Sox. 3-DAVID ROSS, C.78 AVG 4 HR 6 RBI.259 OBP.384 SLG vs. RHP: 6-34 (.76), HR SUNDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: -8, 2B CURRENT STREAK: -for-5 vs. LHP: 7-39 (.79), 3 HR LAD SERIES: -4 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G, 5/3-6/8 (.375, 3-8) Has made 2 starts since his 8/9 activation from the DL...His start 8/2 at SF was his st game action since 6/4 at BAL...Went on the 7-day concussion DL after the st game of doubleheader on 6/8, and transferred to the 6-day DL on 6/25...Was his 2nd stint on the 7-day concussion DL this season, also 5/2-24. Went -for-6 with a double, RBI, and 2 walks in a 6-game rehab stint with Double-A Portland (2 games) and Triple-A Pawtucket (4 games). Has drawn 7 walks in his last 4 ML games with a PA, beginning with a career-high tying 3 walks 5/2 at TOR (4th time)...7 of his 3 hits this season have been XBH (3 2B, 4 HR)...Set a career high with 4 hits on 4/26 vs. HOU, i ncluding matching career-high with 2 HR, his th career multi-hr game. Leads AL catchers (3rd in MLB) with a 3. catchers ERA this year (min. 2 G) and has an MLB-best 3.29 mark since the beginning of 29 (min. 2 G)...Since 2 is 4th among ML catchers (min. G) in catcher CS% (35.6, 3 of 87). 39-JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA, C.27 AVG HR 52 RBI.34 OBP.457 SLG vs. RHP: 73-255 (.286), HR SUNDAY: -3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB ROAD TRIP: 4-4, 5 R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB CURRENT STREAK: G (.333, -3) vs. LHP: 24-4 (.23), HR LAD SERIES: -6, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G, 8/9-2 (.36, 3-36) Hits in of his last games (.333, 4-for-42, 6 2B, HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB, 9 R) and 8 of his last 2 games w/ AB (.37, 26-for-82, 9 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 5 R). Had a season-high 9-game hit streak from 8/9-2 (.36, 3-for-36, 6 2B, 7 RBI, 8 R)...Matched his longest career hit streak for a 3rd time, st since 7/8-8//. T-6th in AL w/ career-high 34 doubles (prev. 23 in 2)...Tops the AL with 34 doubles as a catcher (2nd in MLB) and is 2nd in the AL with 45 XBH as a catcher. Has reached base safely in 38 of his last 44 starts w/ a PA, beginning with a career-high 8 straight games w/ a PA prior to the All-Star break (6/8-7/3). Ranks 4th in the AL with 93 starts at catcher and 848. innings behind the plate...has started at catcher in 28 of BOS 35 games since the All-Star break and has appeared behind the plate in 82 of the club s last 4 games beginning 5/3...Also has start at DH 8-SHANE VICTORINO, OF.287 AVG 9 HR 4 RBI.338 OBP.424 SLG vs. RHP: 69-247 (.279), 5 HR SUNDAY: 2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI, SAC ROAD TRIP: 9-24, 4 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 HBP, SAC CURRENT STREAK: G (.5, 2-4) vs. LHP: 42-4 (.3), 4 HR LAD SERIES: 2-8, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI, SAC SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G, 5/6-6/5 (.263, -38) Batting.394 (3-for-33) with 6 XBH (4 2B, 2 HR) in his last 8 games, including 5 multi-hit efforts during that stretch...hits in 8 of last 25 games at.32 (34- for-6) w/ 9 doubles, 4 HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs, and 3 stolen bases in that time...began that stretch with 6-game hit streak from 7/3-8/4. Tallied a game-winning, 2-run single w/ 2 outs in the th on 8/3 vs. TOR...Also threw out J. Reyes at the plate in the 6th inning on 8/3. Named AL Player of the Week for 7/29-8/4, his st career weekly honor...batted.433 (3-for-3, 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R) over 7 games in that span. Ranks T-6th in the AL w/ a team-high 7 sac hits and is 3rd in the AL w/ HBP...Is the 9th-hardest AL player to double up (96.8 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 25 (9); last BOS RF with more: Evans-984 (). 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 Bogaerts No ML home runs 9 Carp 6/5/3 at BAL Garcia 74 9 5 4 3 2 5 Drew 8/2/3 at SF Kickham 7 5 4 2 2 7 4 3 Ellsbury 8/6/3 at HOU Cisnero 79 28 2 2 42 2 3 Gomes 8/24/3 at LAD Ryu 6 9 5 8 Middlebrooks 8/2/3 at SF Zito 3 5 6 3 3 7 Napoli 8/25/3 at LAD League 22 5 27 8 4 4 7 Nava 6/8/3 vs. TB (G2) Odorizzi 4 2 5 2 27 3 4 Ortiz 8/7/3 vs. NYY Warren 5 28 5 4 37 9 2 Pedroia 7/3/3 vs. SEA Perez 98 36 47 9 4 4 Ross 5/5/3 at TEX Darvish 37 Saltalamacchia 8/25/3 at LAD Withrow 24 2 27 2 3 Victorino 8/25/3 at LAD Withrow 24 8 33 6 2 9 23 VS. BAL CAREER VS. BAL CAREER AT FENWAY PARK PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Bogaerts --- --- --- Carp.333 8 6 2 3.273 33 9 2 4.36 95 3 6 8 Drew.85 27 5 2 7.85 54 5.267 22 54 3 27 Ellsbury.227 44 2.336 327 9 34.36,348 43 32 57 Gomes.54 3 2.22 73 35 23.249 97 49 8 3 Middlebrooks.3 23 3 3.236 55 3 2 9.26 245 64 2 44 Napoli.273 22 6 2.252 23 3 4 7.264 265 7 4 48 Nava.27 23 5 2 4.324 74 24 4 3.29 43 7 6 64 Ortiz.28 25 7 2 3.262 687 8 36 28.34 2,85 88 72 648 Pedroia.47 34 5 2.33 45 4 64.39,93 66 55 267 Ross. 6.333 5 5 3 6.73 52 9 3 4 Saltalamacchia.258 3 8 4.28 6 45 8 24.256 593 52 26 9 Victorino.94 36 7 3.25 68 7 3.299 94 58 4 2
Red Sox Game Notes Page 5 BULLPEN NOTES PITCHER LAST TIME OUT (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO 32-Craig Breslow 8/24 at LAD 66-Drake Britton 8/8 vs NYY (BS, 2) 56-Franklin Morales 8/2 at SF (L, 2-) 36-Junichi Tazawa 8/24 at LAD 38-Matt Thornton 8/4 vs ARI 9-Koji Uehara 8/24 at LAD (SV, 3) 67-Brandon Workman 8/9 at SF 23 BULLPEN TOTALS 3.72 ERA.. 2.2....2 385. 374 7 59 ST BATTERS RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP 2 42 39 32/46 8/2 5/8 36/59 6/ 45/58 5/6 229/359 (63.8%) 32-CRAIG BRESLOW, LHP. vs. ALL:.253 (43-7), 2 HR vs. RHB:.26 (2-97), HR 32/ /6 5/ 26/8 4/3 2/7 7/ 78/64 3-2 / /2 / /7 / 3/6 / 25/45 REG. SEASON RELIEF HIGHS INNINGS STRIKEOUTS 2. (7/9 at SEA) 2 (6 times) 2. (8/6 at HOU) 3 (2 times) 2. (6/22 at DET) 4 (6/22 at DET) 2. (4 times) 4 (4/7 at CLE).2 (8/2 vs ARI) 2 (4 times) 2. (3 times) 3 (6 times) 4.2 (8/6 at HOU) 4 (2 times) *Red Sox Totals Only SV 2.7 ERA vs. LHB:.3 (22-73), HR WHIP:.23 Did not retire a batter Saturday vs. LAD...Allowed 2 inherited runners to score on Gonzalez 8th-inning double ( run to Lester, to Tazawa) and walked Ramirez...Was his 3th straight scoreless app (.2 IP - T-4th longest active streak in the AL) since 7/22:.62 opp. AVG, 6-for-37, 4 BB, 5 SO, 2 HB). Ranks 2th among AL relievers in ERA (2.7) and 4th among AL lefty relievers...has allowed only ER over his last 7 apps (.5 ERA, 2 R, ER, 7.2 IP). 38 of his 46 apps in 23 have been scoreless (has made 3 perfect apps)...allowed 3 ER in.2 IP, 6/9 vs. TB; has a.6 ERA (8 ER/45. IP) in other 45 games. Since his activation from DL on 5/6, he has appeared in a team-high 46 games (T-9th most in AL)...Began the season on the 5-day DL (left shoulder tendinitis). Is 2-,.73 ERA (2 ER/24.2 IP) in 23 road games this season and -, 3.86 ERA (9 ER/2. IP) in 23 games at Fenway...Has allowed runs in only road game. 66-DRAKE BRITTON, LHP vs. ALL:.33 (7-53), HR vs. RHB:.32 (8-25), HR - SV 3.77 ERA vs. LHB:.32 (9-28), HR WHIP:.47 Last appeared on 8/8 vs. NYY...Was charged with his 2nd BS of the season when he allowed 3 inherited runners to score (runs charged to Dempster) on Brett Gardner s triple...9 of his 2 appearances for BOS have been scoreless. Did not allow a run in the first. innings of his career, the most for a Red Sox pitcher to begin his career since 995 (Vaughn Eshelman, 8. IP)...Earned his st ML win with 2. scoreless innings in the Sox 5-inning victory on 7/3 vs. SEA. Made his ML debut on 7/2 vs. NYY...Was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on 7/4...Is the st ML stint of his career. Began the season with Double-A Portland where he was an Eastern League All-Star: 7-6, 3.5 ERA (38 ER/97. IP), 36 BB, and 8 SO in 7 games (6 starts)... Was promoted to Pawtucket on 7/5 and made his Triple-A debut on 7/9 at Lehigh Valley (L, 5. IP, 5 ER) - his only appearance for the PawSox in 3. 56-FRANKLIN MORALES, LHP vs. ALL:.283 (7-6), 2 HR vs. RHB:.38 (2-39), 2 HR 2- SV 6.46 ERA vs. LHB:.238 (5-2), HR WHIP:.83 Took the loss on 8/2 at SF, his st of the season...allowed hit, BB, and hit a batter in.2 IP...Run scored off Brayan Villarreal (BB) was charged to Morales. Activated on 8/ from 2nd DL stint of the year (left pectoralis strain, 6/23-8/9)...Began the season on DL with a low back strain, 3/3-5/27...Appeared in 4 rehab assignment games between Triple-A Pawtucket (3G) and Double-A Portland (G) from 7/29-8/7: (-,.69 ERA ( ER/5. IP), BB, 7 SO). Is -, 3.6 ERA (2 ER/5. IP) in start for BOS this year (5/3 at PHI, his season debut) and -, 7.84 ERA (9 ER/. IP) in 8 relief appearances...has thrown more than. inning in 5 of his 9 apps this season and in 4 of his 8 relief apps...has thrown 2. or more innings out of the bullpen twice.. 36-JUNICHI TAZAWA, RHP vs. ALL:.262 (59-225), 8 HR vs. RHB:.274 (32-7), 4 HR 5-3 SV 2.75 ERA vs. LHB:.25 (27-8), 4 HR WHIP:.5 Was charged with run in. IP Saturday vs. LAD...Allowed a single to Puig & struck out Ellis...Breslow relieved him & allowed a 2-run double to Gonzalez. Has set single-season career-highs this year in appearances (59, T-7th among AL relievers) and wins (5, T-3rd)...Prev. career highs were 37 G in 2, 2 W in 9. Leads all AL relievers in BB/9. IP (.4) and ranks 2nd in SO/BB ratio (7.)...Ranks T-8th in the AL with a team-high 9 holds. Has thrown more than. inning times this season and is 2- with a.6 ERA (2 ER/7. IP) when doing so. 38-MATT THORNTON, LHP vs. ALL:.27 (37-37), 4 HR vs. RHB:.39 (22-69), HR -4 SV 3.47 ERA vs. LHB:.22 (5-68), HR WHIP:.35 Was activated from the DL on Sunday...Missed time with a right oblique strain from, 8/5-24...Last appeared on 8/4 vs. ARI and allowed a hit to the only batter he faced before leaving with the injury...was his 5th straight scoreless appearance (4.2 IP). Since joining BOS on 7/2: -, 2.6 ERA (2 ER, 8. IP), 2 H, 2 BB, & 6 SO in games...ranks T-8th among AL relievers with 9 holds (T-3rd among LHP). 38 of his 5 apps have been scoreless, including 8 of with BOS...Has reached 5 appearances in a single season for the 9th time in his ML seasons. 9-KOJI UEHARA, RHP vs. ALL:.44 (29-2), 5 HR vs. RHB:.8 (7-94), 4 HR 3-3 SV.24 ERA vs. LHB:.2 (2-7), HR WHIP:.66 Retired the only/final 4 LAD batters he faced to earn his 3th SV of the season Saturday...Struck out AJ Ellis to strand 2 runners and end the threat in the 8th... Had a -2-3 9th for his 2nd career multi-inning save (last:.2 IP - 8/3/ vs BOS)...Was his 8th straight scoreless appearance (since 7/9)...His 2.2 scoreless IP over that stretch is the longest active streak in the majors and is his longest for a single-season in his ML career. Of last 67 batters faced (last 8 G), 7 have reached...since 6/: 32 G, 3-, 2 SV, 4 SVO,.27 ERA (2 R, ER/33.2 IP), 3 BB, 45 SO,.99 opp. AVG (-for-). In save situations this season: -, 3 SV, 6 SVO,.7 ERA (2 ER/5.3 IP), BB, 23 SO,.4 AVG (7-for-54)... of his 3 SV have been perfect appearances. 5 of 58 apps this year have been scoreless...5 scoreless games is T-2nd in the AL...Overall among AL relievers: st in SO/BB ratio (8.8) and WHIP (.66), 2nd in ERA (.24), 2nd in BB/9. IP (.4), 3rd in opp. AVG (.44), T-3rd in SO (79), 8th in SO/9. IP (2.3), T-th in games (58). 67-BRANDON WORKMAN, RHP vs. ALL:.277 (33-9), 4 HR vs. RHB:.292 (4-48), 2 HR 3-2 SV 4.65 ERA vs. LHB:.268 (9-7), 2 HR WHIP:.32 Struck out both of the batters he faced in the bottom of the 9th on 8/9 at SF to finish the 7- shutout...averaging 9.9 SO/9. IP (34 SO/3. IP) for BOS. Earned wins in 3 straight appearances, 7/3-8/, and became the st Red Sox rookie to do so since Justin Masterson in 28. Recalled on 8/6 for his 2nd career ML stint...was recalled the st time on 7/9 and made his ML debut in relief on 7/ at SEA (ND, 3 ER/2. IP). Has made 3 starts for BOS: -, 2.45 ERA (5 ER/8. IP), 4 BB, 8 SO...Earned his st ML win on 7/3 vs. SEA (in 4th ML appearance). Began 23 at Double-A Portland...Promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket in June...Between both: 8-2, 3.2 ERA (36 ER/. IP), 3 BB, 8 SO in 7 G (6 GS). 23 VS. BAL PLAYER Breslow Britton Dempster Doubront Lackey Lester Morales Peavy Tazawa Thornton Uehara Workman W-L-SV -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ERA G/GS. 2/. / 2.5 3/3 5.79 / 4.73 2/2 3.75 2/2. / --/.93 5/. 3/. 5/ --/ IP 2.. 8. 4.2 3. 2... 4.2 2. 3.2. CAREER VS. BAL H 4 7 6 3 6 2 2 ER 5 3 7 5 W-L-SV -- -- 2-- -2-2-5-5-2- -- 2-- -- -- -- -- ERA.42. 2. 3.58 3.48 2.72 4.5 2.77.3 3.75. --- G/GS IP H 22/ 25. 8 /. 5/5 3. 2 7/4 27.2 26 2/2 42. 48 23/23 45. 38 6/ 6. 7 2/2 3. / 8. 8 3/ 24. 5 6/ 4.2 3 /. CAREER AT FENWAY PARK ER 4 7 55 44 3 4 W-L-SV 2-3- -- 5-8- -- 25-9- 43-25- 2-3- -- 5-4- -- 2--7 -- ERA 3.53 2.89 5.4 4.58 4.82 3.87 5.8 --2.96 3.78.77 2.77 G/GS 57/ 8/ 9/9 39/28 53/53 /99 42/4 / 53/3 9/ 35/ 3/2 IP 5. 9.. 77. 323. 62. 52.2. 7. 6.2 4.2 3. H ER 54 2 3 3 4 63 8 9 377 73 6 267 62 34 7 23 22 7 22 8 4 4
Red Sox Game Notes Page 6 23 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 4/ D at NY Yankees W8-2 - st +.5 LESTER (-) Sabathia (-) 49,54* 49,54 4/2 Off Day T-st +. 2 4/3 N at NY Yankees W7-4 2- st +. BUCHHOLZ (-) Kuroda (-) HANRAHAN () 4,26 2 89,73 3 4/4 N at NY Yankees L2-4 2- T-st +. Pettitte (-) DEMPSTER (-) Rivera () 4,6 3 3,34 4 4/5 N at Toronto W6-4 3- T-st +. TAZAWA (-) Rogers (-) HANRAHAN (2) 45,328 4 75,669 5 4/6 D at Toronto L-5 3-2 T-st +. Happ (-) LACKEY (-) 45,797 5 22,466 6 4/7 D at Toronto W3-4-2 st +. LESTER (2-) Dickey (-2) 4,68 6 262,634 7 4/8 D BALTIMORE W3-5-2 st +2. BUCHHOLZ (2-) Chen (-) HANRAHAN (3) 37,8* 37,8 4/9 OFF DAY 5-2 st +.5 8 4/ N BALTIMORE L5-8 5-3 st +. O Day (-) HANRAHAN (-) Johnson (3) 3,862 2 67,87 9 4/ N BALTIMORE L2-3 5-4 T-st +.5 Matusz (-) MORTENSEN (-) Johnson (4) 27,74 3 95,574 4/2 N TAMPA BAY 5-4 T-st +.5 PPD (Rain) 4/3 D TAMPA BAY W2-() 6-4 st +.5 TAZAWA (2-) Gomes (-) 33,39 4 28,63 4/4 D TAMPA BAY W5-7-4 st +. BUCHHOLZ (3-) Cobb (-) 35,98 5 63,8 2 4/5 D TAMPA BAY W3-2 8-4 st +.5 BAILEY (-) Peralta (-) 37,449* 6 2,26 3 4/6 N at Cleveland W7-2 9-4 st +.5 DOUBRONT (-) Jimenez (-) 9,43 7 27,777 4 4/7 N at Cleveland W6-3 -4 st +.5 ACEVES (-) Masterson (3-) Bailey (),282 8 282,59 5 4/8 N at Cleveland W6-3 -4 st +2.5 LESTER (3-) McAllister (-2) BAILEY (2) 2,936 9 294,995 4/9 N KANSAS CITY -4 st +2. PPD 6 4/2 D KANSAS CITY W4-3 2-4 st +2. BUCHHOLZ (4-) Herrera (-2) BAILEY (3) 35,52 7 236,42 7 4/2 D KANSAS CITY L2-4 2-5 Santana (2-) DEMPSTER (-2) Holland (4) 3,483 8 267,895 8 4/2 N KANSAS CITY L4-5() 2-6 st +.5 Herrera (2-2) MILLER (-) Holland (5) 33,27 9 3,65 9 4/22 N OAKLAND W9-6 3-6 st +2. DOUBRONT (2-) Griffin (2-) BAILEY (4) 28,926 33,9 2 4/23 N OAKLAND L-3 3-7 st +. Colon (3-) ACEVES (-) 29,6 359,97 2 4/24 D OAKLAND W6-5 4-7 st +2. LESTER (4-) Anderson (-4) BAILEY (5) 29,274 2 388,37 22 4/25 N HOUSTON W7-2 5-7 st +2. BUCHHOLZ (5-) Humber (-5) 3,93 3 48,464 23 4/26 N HOUSTON W7-3 6-7 st +2. DEMPSTER (-2) Bedard (-2) 29,32 4 447,776 24 4/27 N HOUSTON W8-4 7-7 st +2. DOUBRONT (3-) Peacock (-3) 34,726 5 482,52 25 4/28 D HOUSTON W6-8-7 st +2.5 LACKEY (-) Norris (3-3) 36,527* 6 59,29 4/29 OFF DAY 8-7 st +3. 26 4/3 N at Toronto L7-9 8-8 st +2. Delabar (2-) TAZAWA (2-) Janssen (7) 22,95 37,9 27 5/ N at Toronto W- 9-8 st +2. BUCHHOLZ (6-) Buehrle (-2) 2,94 339,4 28 5/2 N at Toronto W3-2-8 st +2.5 DEMPSTER (2-2) Happ (2-2) HANRAHAN (4) 25,85 2 364,855 29 5/3 N at Texas L-7 2-9 st +2.5 Holland (2-2) DOUBRONT (3-) 42,44 3 47,296 3 5/4 N at Texas L-5 2- st +.5 Ogando (3-2) LACKEY (-2) 47,73 4 454,469 3 5/5 D at Texas L3-4 2- st +.5 Nathan (-) MORTENSEN (-2) 46,228 5 5,697 32 5/6 N MINNESOTA W6-5() 2- st +2. MORTENSEN (-2) Burton (-) 3,88 7 55,7 33 5/7 N MINNESOTA L-6 2-2 st +. Diamond (3-2) DEMPSTER (2-3) 3,549 8 58,666 34 5/8 N MINNESOTA L8-5 2-3 T-st +. Pressly (-) WEBSTER (-) 29,969 9 6,635 35 5/9 N MINNESOTA L3-5 2-4 T-2nd --- Correia (4-2) LACKEY (-3) Perkins (8) 3,57 2 642,26 36 5/ N TORONTO W5-22-4 T-2nd --- LESTER (5-) Ortiz (-5) 33,66 2 675,82 37 5/ D TORONTO L2-3 22-5 T-2nd -. Oliver (2-) TAZAWA (2-2) Janssen () 36,543* 22 72,355 38 5/2 D TORONTO L4-2 22-6 3rd -2. Jenkins (-) DEMPSTER (2-4) 35,532 23 747,887 5/3 OFF DAY 22-6 3rd -2. 39 5/4 N at Tampa Bay L3-5 22-7 3rd -3. Moore (7-) LACKEY (-4) Rodney (7) 5,227 6 55,924 4 5/5 N at Tampa Bay W9-2 23-7 T-2nd -2. LESTER (6-) Price (-4) 5,767 7 53,69 4 5/6 N at Tampa Bay W4-3 24-7 2nd -. TAZAWA (3-2) Rodney (-2) 6,55 8 547,746 42 5/7 N at Minnesota W3-2 () 25-7 2nd -. WILSON (-) Roenicke (-) UEHARA () 3,2 9 577,956 43 5/8 N at Minnesota W2-5 26-7 2nd -. BRESLOW (-) Diamond (3-4) 36,967 2 64,923 44 5/9 D at Minnesota W5-27-7 2nd -.5 LACKEY (2-4) Hernandez (2-) 33,42 2 647,965 45 5/2 N at Chi White Sox L4-6 27-8 2nd -.5 Axelrod (2-3) LESTER (6-) Reed (5) 2,86 22 669,78 46 5/2 N at Chi White Sox L-3 27-9 2nd -.5 Quintana (3-) DOUBRONT (3-2) Reed (6) 2,984 23 69,765 47 5/22 N at Chi White Sox W6-2 28-9 2nd -.5 BUCHHOLZ (7-) Santiago (-3) 2,298 24 73,63 48 5/23 N CLEVELAND L3-2 28-2 2nd -. McAllister (4-3) DEMPSTER (2-5) 35,254 24 783,4 49 5/24 N CLEVELAND W8-29-2 2nd -. LACKEY (3-4) Masterson (7-3) 34,74 25 87,25 5 5/25 D CLEVELAND W7-4 3-2 2nd -. TAZAWA (4-2) Pestano (-) BAILEY (6) 36,54* 26 853,79 5 5/26 D CLEVELAND W6-5 3-2 2nd --- BRESLOW (2-) Perez (2-) 37,46* 27 89,765 52 5/27 N PHILADELPHIA W9-3 32-2 st +. ACEVES (2-) Cloyd (-) 33,627 28 924,392 53 5/28 N PHILADELPHIA L-3 32-2 st +. Lee (6-2) DEMPSTER (2-6) Papelbon () 33,463 29 957,855 54 5/29 N at Philadelphia L3-4 32-22 st +. Kendrick (5-3) LACKEY (3-5) Papelbon () 38,83 25 75,894 55 5/3 N at Philadelphia W9-2 33-22 st +2. MORALES (-) Pettibone (3-) 4,83 26 79,977 56 5/3 N at NY Yankees L-4 33-23 st +. Sabathia (5-4) LESTER (6-2) Rivera (9) 45,4 27 837,8 57 6/ N at NY Yankees W- 34-23 st +2. DOUBRONT (4-2) Hughes (2-4) 48,784* 28 885,92 58 6/2 N at NY Yankees W3-35-23 st +2.5 BUCHHOLZ (8-) Kuroda (6-4) 43,63 29 929,55 6/3 Off Day 35-23 st +2.5 59 6/4 N TEXAS W7-5 36-23 st +2.5 DEMPSTER (3-6) Grimm (5-4) 32,35 3 989,89 6 6/5 N TEXAS L2-3 36-24 st +.5 Cotts (-) BRESLOW (2-) 33,296 3,23,86 6 6/6 N TEXAS W6-3 37-24 st +.5 BAILEY (2-) Kirkman (-2) 35,352 32,58,538 6/7 N LA ANGELS 37-24 st +2. PPD (Rain) 62 6/8 D LA ANGELS L5-9 37-25 st +.5 Hanson (3-2) DOUBRONT (4-3) Frieri (4) 34,499 33,93,37 63 6/8 N LA ANGELS W7-2 38-25 BUCHHOLZ (9-) Wilson (4-5) 36,58 34,29,555 64 6/9 D LA ANGELS W-5 39-25 st +.5 DEMPSTER (4-6) Blanton (-) 37,54* 35,66,69 65 6/ N at Tampa Bay W-8 (4) 4-25 st +2. MORALES (2-) Ramos (-2) 5,477 3 944,992 66 6/ N at Tampa Bay L3-8 4-26 st +2. Hernandez (4-6) LESTER (6-3) 6,87 3 96,862 67 6/2 N at Tampa Bay W2-4-26 st +3. ACEVES (3-) Archer (-2) BAILEY (7) 5,9 32 976,953 68 6/3 N at Baltimore L4-5 (3) 4-27 st +2.5 McFarland (-) WILSON (-) 2,98 33 997,5 69 6/4 N at Baltimore L-2 4-28 st +.5 Tillman (7-2) DEMPSTER (4-7) Johnson (24) 39,58 34,36,29 7 6/5 D at Baltimore W5-4 42-28 st +2.5 LACKEY (4-5) Garcia (3-4) BAILEY (8) 42,422 35,78,63 7 6/6 D at Baltimore L3-6 42-29 st +.5 Gonzalez (5-2) LESTER (6-4) Johnson (25) 4,3 36,9,942 6/7 Off Day 42-29 st +2. 72 6/8 D TAMPA BAY W5-43-29 ACEVES (4-) Archer (-3) 33,43 36,2,39 73 6/8 N TAMPA BAY W3-44-29 st +2.5 BAILEY (3-) Peralta (-3) 32,56 37,232,95 74 6/9 N TAMPA BAY L2-6 44-3 st +.5 Hellickson (5-3) DEMPSTER (4-8) 35,7 38,267,95 75 6/2 N at Detroit L3-4 44-3 st +. Smyly (3-) BAILEY (3-) 36,939 37,56,88 76 6/2 N at Detroit W-6 45-3 st +2. LESTER (7-4) Fister (6-5) 4,26* 38,98,7 77 6/22 N at Detroit L3-45-32 st +2. Scherzer (-) WEBSTER (-2) 42,58* 39,24,55 78 6/23 D at Detroit L5-7 45-33 st +2. Benoit (2-) MILLER (-2) 4,57* 4,282,22 6/24 Off Day 45-33 st +2.5 79 6/25 N COLORADO W-4 46-33 st +2.5 DEMPSTER (5-8) Nicasio (4-4) 36,286 39,34,9 8 6/26 D COLORADO W5-3 47-33 st +3.5 LACKEY (5-5) Oswalt (-2) UEHARA (2) 34,632 4,338,823 8 6/27 N TORONTO W7-4 48-33 st +3.5 LESTER (3) Wang (-) UEHARA (3) 34,75 4,373,573 82 6/28 N TORONTO W7-5 49-33 st +3.5 MILLER (-2) Wagner (-2) UEHARA (4) 36,383 42,49,956 83 6/29 D TORONTO L2-6 49-34 st +2.5 Delabar (5-) TAZAWA (4-3) 37,437* 43,447,393 84 6/3 D TORONTO W5-4 5-34 st +2.5 UEHARA (-) Perez (-) 37,425* 44,484,88 7/ OFF DAY 5-34 st +2.5 85 7/2 N SAN DIEGO W4-5-34 st +3.5 LACKEY (6-5) Erlin (-) UEHARA (5) 36,498 45,52,36 86 7/3 N SAN DIEGO W2-52-34 st +3.5 UEHARA (2-) Gregerson (4-4) 36,9* 46,558,227 87 7/4 D SAN DIEGO W8-2 53-34 st +4.5 WEBSTER (-2) Stults (6-7) 37,67* 47,595,834 88 7/5 N at LA Angels W6-2 54-34 st +5.5 DOUBRONT (5-3) Wilson (8-6) 37,92 4,39,4 89 7/6 N at LA Angels L7-9 () 54-35 st +5. De La Rosa (4-) BRESLOW (2-2) 36,2 42,355,226 9 7/7 D at LA Angels L-3 54-36 st +4.5 Weaver (3-4) LACKEY (6-6) Frieri (22) 39,8 43,394,244 9 7/8 N at Seattle L4-54-37 st +3.5 Hernandez (9-4) LESTER (8-5) 2,83 44,46,74 92 7/9 N at Seattle W-8 55-37 st +3.5 BRESLOW (3-2) Beavan (-2) UEHARA (6) 2,72 45,437,46 93 7/ N at Seattle W-4 56-37 st +3.5 DOUBRONT (6-3) Harang (4-8) 2,48 46,457,626 94 7/ D at Seattle W8-7 () 57-37 st +3.5 WRIGHT (-) Wilhelmsen (-3) UEHARA (7) 25,367 47,482,993 95 7/2 N at Oakland W4-2 58-37 st +4.5 LACKEY (7-6) Doolittle (3-3) UEHARA (8) 27,84 48,5,77 96 7/3 N at Oakland L-3 58-38 st +3.5 Griffin (8-6) LESTER (8-6) Balfour (25) 36,67 49,546,44 97 7/4 D at Oakland L2-3 () 58-39 st +2.5 Thornton (-4) Cook (2-2) 3,47 5,577,56 7/5 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/6 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/7 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/8 OFF DAY 98 7/9 N NY YANKEES W4-2 59-39 st +2.5 DOUBRONT (7-3) Pettitte (7-7) UEHARA (9) 38,3* 5,633,964 99 7/2 D NY YANKEES L2-5 59-4 st +.5 Kuroda (9-6) LACKEY (7-7) Rivera (3) 37,6* 52,67,565 7/2 N NY YANKEES W8-7 () 6-4 st +.5 BEATO (-) Warren (-) 38,38* 53,79,73 7/22 N TAMPA BAY L-3 6-4 st +.5 Moore (4-3) WORKMAN (-) 35,6 54,744,79 2 7/23 N TAMPA BAY W6-2 6-4 st +.5 LESTER (9-6) Hernandez (5-) 34,69 55,779,328 3 7/24 N TAMPA BAY L-5 6-42 st +.5 Price (5-5) DOUBRONT (7-4) 36,54 56,85,842 7/25 N TAMPA BAY 6-42 st +.5 PPD (rain) * Sellout