BOSTON RED SOX (20-20) vs. DETROIT TIGERS (24-12) Friday, May 16, 2014 7:10 p.m. ET Fenway Park, Boston, MA LHP Jon Lester (4-4, 2.75) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (5-1, 2.04) Game #41 Home Game #22 TV: NESN/MLBN Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox fell to the Twins 4-3 last night in Minnesota to drop the 3-game set, 2-1...Both of the Sox losses in the series came on walk-off hits off Andrew Miller (Parmelee HR in 9th inning on Tuesday night, Hicks single in 10th inning yesterday)...yesterday the Red Sox scored twice with 2 out in the 9th to send it to extras. Boston outscored the Twins 18-16 in the series, with their 2 losses by a combined 3 runs...it snapped a stretch of 4 straight series victories for the Sox. At 20-20, the Red Sox are just 3 wins shy of their 2013 pace through 40 games (23-17). WHERE WE STAND: At 20-20, Boston is tied with TOR (21-21) for 3rd place in the AL East, 1.5 games behind the 1st-place Orioles (21-18). Boston s 20 wins are tied for 2nd in the division behind BAL (21-18), NYY (21-19), and TOR (21-21). THE LAST MONTH: The Red Sox have gone 15-11 (.577) over the last month from 4/16-5/15...That is tied for the AL s 3rd-best record since the start of the 2nd half of April, behind only the Tigers (.692, 18-8) and Angels (.615, 16-10)... That stretch followed a 5-9 (.357) start to April. The Red Sox have the 3rd-best record in baseball at 7-4 (.636) beginning on 5/2, the day after they were swept by the Rays in a doubleheader at Fenway Park... In MLB, only Detroit (.769, 10-3) and San Francisco (.714, 10-4) have fared better in that time. The club has also taken 10 of its last 17 starting on 4/25, and 13 of its last 23 starting on 4/19. SCORING UP: Boston has scored more runs in the club s last 5 games (31 total runs) than in any other 5-game stretch this season. The Red Sox scored a season-high 9 runs Wednesday night. PAPI ON POINT: David Ortiz is batting.552 (16-for-29) with 3 2B, 5 HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB during a season-long 8-game hit streak...he went 8-for-14 (.571) with a double, 4 homers, and 6 RBI during Boston s 3-game series in Minnesota. Ortiz ranks 3rd in the AL with 11 home runs, his 2ndmost homers through his team s first 40 games of a season...in 2006 he hit 14 homers through 40 games en route to a club-record 54 HR that year. GOING DEEP TWICE, TWICE: David Ortiz went deep twice in each of the fi rst 2 games of the Twins series, matching the longest multi-homer streak in Red Sox history for the 12th time, 1st since Ortiz did it from 7/4-5/03 at NYY (the only other time he has accomplished the feat in his career). The 2, 2-homer games tied his single-game career high for the 42nd and 43rd time...they were his 40th and 41st as a Red Sox, extending a club record and 2nd in MLB since the start of 2003 (Albert Pujols, 45). In those first 2 games of the series, Ortiz also became the 1st Red Sox with at least 3 hits and 2 home runs in consecutive games of a single series. TED, YAZ, PAPI: On Wedneday night at MIN, David Ortiz passed Jim Rice (382) for sole possesion of 3rd place on the Red Sox all-time list...he now stands at 384 homers, behind only Ted Williams (521) and Carl Yastrzemski (452). Ortiz s 2nd homer on Wedneday night was the 442nd of his ML career, tying Dave Kingman for 39th place on MLB s all-time list. LESTER/SCHERZER: Tonight s starting pitchers, Jon Lester and Max Scherzer, both enter the game with 66 strikeouts in 8 starts this season...they tied with 2 others for 2nd in the AL in strikeouts, 4 shy of David Price (70). These 2 pitchers have faced off just once before, on 9/3/13 in a 2-1 Red Sox win at Fenway Park...Lester earned the win (7.0 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 9 SO) and Scherzer (7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 8 SO) took the loss. TIGERS TALK: Tonight the Red Sox and Tigers open their 6-game season series with the 1st of a 3-game set at Fenway Park...They will round out the regular season set with 3 games in Detroit from 6/6-8. This series is a rematch of the 2013 ALCS, a 6-game Red Sox win en route to the World Series title...boston outscored Detroit 19-18 and were outhit 50-39 in the 6 contests. Boston owns the AL s best record against the Tigers since 2008 at 27-16 (.628)...The Sox are 19-7 (.731) in home games against Detroit since the start of 2007, winning their season series in Boston all 7 years. SCORING STORY: The Red Sox are 10-7 in 17 games since the team s anticipated Opening Day lineup has been active (Will Middlebrooks returned from DL on 4/25). They have scored 6 runs or more in 9 of those 17 games, 3 more than their first 23 games (6). Starting on 4/25, Boston s offense leads MLB in walks (79) and OBP (.352)...All 5 times Boston has batted around in an inning, as well as all of the team s 3 grand slams (T-1st in MLB), have come in the team s last 16 games starting 4/26. Dustin Pedroia has a.286 AVG/.382 OBP/.442 SLG line in 18 games since returning to the leadoff spot, 4/24. ON-BASE EXPERTS: Boston s offense ranks 3rd in the AL with a.336 OBP, 166 walks drawn (3rd in MLB), and 524 times reaching base safely. The Red Sox are averaging 4.07 pitches/pa, 2nd most in MLB to the Twins (4.14). RISP RETURNING: The Red Sox have hit.459 (17-for-37) with runners in scoring position over the last 5 games, batting no worse than.333 with RISP in any of those 5 games. That 5-game stretch as raised the club s season AVG with RISP from.221 to.246, 9th in the AL. The Red Sox are tied for the AL lead with 142, 2-strike hits, along with the Yankees. SMOOTH ROTATION: The Red Sox are the only AL team that has used no more than 5 starting pitchers this season... In the NL, only the Brewers and Padres have done it. Before this year, Boston had not gone long using only 5 starters since 2007 (6th starter used in 42nd game). QUANTITIES OF QUALITY: Boston has received quality starts in 27 of 40 games this year, 2nd in the AL and 1 shy of OAK s 28 (in 41 games). This is the 1st time Boston has posted 27 QS through 40 games since the 1952 team had 29...In the last 96 seasons (1919-2014), these are the only 2 years the Sox have reached 27 QS this quickly. AT FENWAY: The Red Sox return to Fenway Park tonight, opening a 7-day, 6-game homestand against the Tigers over the weekend, and Blue Jays after Monday s off-day... The Sox went 3-3 in the 8-day road trip through Texas (2-1) and Minnesota (1-2) that ended yesterday. Following the current 6-game homestand, the Sox will play 24 of their next 36 games on the road, 5/23-6/29. Boston enters tonight s game having played 21 home games, 1 shy of AL leading Astros and Athletics (22 each). FAST-ACTING RELIEF: The Red Sox bullpen has allowed just 16.9% of inherited runners to score (11 of 65), the 2ndlowest percentage in MLB behind BAL (16.2%, 12 of 74). The Sox have an AL-best 5 losses after taking a lead, T-2nd fewest in MLB behind ATL s 4. SLIMMEST OF MARGINS: Boston s 40 games include an AL-leading contests 14 decided by 1 run (5-9)...The Sox 9 losses in 1 run games are tied with KC and LAA for the most such losses in the AL. REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN Overall... 20-20 AL East Standing...T-3rd, 1.5 GB At Home... 10-11 On Road... 10-9 In day games... 5-9 In night games... 15-11 April... 13-14 May... 7-6 vs. AL East... 9-11 vs. AL Central... 3-3 vs. AL West... 6-3 vs. National League... 2-3 vs. RH starter... 10-16 vs. LH starter... 10-4 Leading after 6 innings... 15-1 Tied after 6 innings... 3-4 Trailing after 6 innings... 2-15 Leading after 7 innings... 15-1 Tied after 7 innings... 3-5 Trailing after 7 innings... 2-14 Leading after 8 innings... 16-0 Tied after 8 innings... 3-5 Trailing after 8 innings... 1-15 Red Sox score 1st... 15-4 Opponent scores first... 5-16 Shutouts... 0-2 Scoring less than 3 runs... 0-10 Scoring 3 or 4 runs... 7-4 Scoring 5 or more runs... 13-6 Red Sox hit HR... 13-11 Red Sox hit 0 HR... 6-9 1-run games... 5-9 2-run games... 5-1 Walk-offs... 2-3 Extra innings (home)... 1-2 Extra innings (road)... 1-1 Extra innings (total)... 2-3 Series openers... 5-8 Series finales... 5-8 Series W-L-T (home)...3-3-1 Series W-L-T (road)... 4-2-0 Series W-L-T (total)...7-5-1 Series sweeps (home)... 1-1 Series sweeps (road)... 0-0 Series sweeps (total)... 1-1 Come-from-behind wins...7, last 5/7 Innings batting around...5, last 5/13 (7th) Games decided in last AB... 6-7 VS. THE TIGERS All-Time vs. Tigers... 1,026-957-13 In Boston...562-432-6 In Detroit...464-525-7 2013 vs. Tigers... 3-4 In Boston... 2-1 In Detroit... 1-3 MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rk Player HR 38 Adam Dunn 445 39 Dave Kingman 442 David Ortiz 442 41 Andre Dawson 438 Jason Giambi 438 RED SOX ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rk Player HR 1 Ted Williams 521 2 Carl Yastrzemski 452 3 David Ortiz 384 4 Jim Rice 382 TODAY IN RED SOX HISTORY MAY 16, 1954: In his 1st action since breaking his collarbone, Ted Williams went a combined 8-for-9 with a double, 2 home runs, and 7 RBI in a doubleheader at DET... The Red Sox lost both games, 7-6 and 9-8. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Sat., 5/17 vs. DET 7:10 p.m. RHP John Lackey (5-2, 3.57) RHP Rick Porcello (6-1, 3.22) NESN/MLBN Sun., 5/18 vs. DET 8:05 p.m. RHP Jake Peavy (1-1, 3.94) RHP Anibal Sanchez (0-2, 3.13) ESPN Red Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affi liates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM or WCCM 1110 AM.
Red Sox Game Notes Page 2 31-JON LESTER, LHP W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 4-4 2.75 8 8 55.2 47 24 17 3 13 66 CAREER 104-60 3.72 229 228 1432.0 1345 627 592 132 510 1303 TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER TONIGHT S START & 2014 NOTES: Facing the Tigers for the 1st time since beating them in Game 5 of the ALCS on 10/17/13 (5.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 3 SO). Making 9th start of the season and 4th start at home, posting a 2.25 ERA (5 ER/20.0 IP) at Fenway in 2014...Looking for his 3rd-straight win, which would be his longest win streak since winning 3 straight from 9/3-20/13. Making the 229th start of his career tonight, the 6th-most on the Red Sox all-time list...will move to within 3 starts of Mel Parnell (232) for 5th on the list overall and the most starts by a left-hander in club history. Tied for the 2nd-most strikeouts in the AL (66), while ranking 8th in innings (55.2) and 2nd in SO/9.0 IP (10.7). Has fanned at least 6 batters in all 8 of his starts this season, marking the 2ndlongest such streak of his career (9 G, 6/10-7/30/10)...Tied with Max Scherzer and David Price for the most games in the majors this year with 6+ SO. Received 14 runs of support over his last 2 starts (8.40 RSA) after the Red Sox averaged just 2.43 runs of support in his 1st 6 games from 3/31-4/27. In his last 21 starts dating back to 8/19/13, including regular and postseason play, has a 2.27 ERA (37 ER/147.0 IP)...17 of those 21 outings were quality starts and opponents hit.224 against him. Holding opposing lefthanders to a.208 AVG (33-for-159) since the beginning of August, 2013 (including postseason)...has faced 171 lefties in that time, striking out 39 and walking 9. Began the year 2-4 despite posting a 3.10 ERA in his 6 April/March starts. Recorded the 600th strikeout of his career at Fenway Park on 5/3 vs. OAK, the 5th-most SO by a Red Sox hurler at Fenway since 1914 and the most by a left-hander...needs 9 strikeouts to tie Luis Tiant (609) for the 4th-most SO by a Red Sox pitcher at Fenway. Struck out a career-high 15 batters on 5/3 vs. OAK... It marked the most SO by a BOS pitcher since Pedro Martinez fanned 16 on 4/8/01 vs. TB...Became the 2014 8.0, 2 times, last: 5/3 vs. OAK 11, 4/22 vs. NYY 8, 4/22 vs. NYY 4, 4/27 at TOR 4, 4/22 vs. NYY 15, 5/3 vs. OAK 2, 4/22 vs. NYY --- --- 2, 2 times, last: 5/3-pres. 2, 2 times, last: 4/22-4/27 2014 1-2, 2.25 ERA, 3 GS 3-2, 3.03 ERA, 5 GS.229 (47-205), 3 HR.255 (14-55), 0 HR.220 (33-150), 3 HR 1.08 4-4, 2.75 ERA, 8 starts SINGLE-GAME HIGHS IP H R ER BB SO HR CG SHO WIN STREAK LOSS STREAK SPLITS HOME ROAD OPP. AVG VS. LHB VS. RHB WHIP 1st Sox pitcher to allow 1 hit or fewer over at least 8.0 innings since Lester did it on 5/10/13 vs. TOR (9.0 IP, 1 H)...Marked the most SO ever by a left-handed Red Sox pitcher in a regulation 9-inning game. Marked his 18th career start with at least 10 SO, tying Smoky Joe Wood for 3rd place on the Red Sox all-time list (Pedro Martinez, 72, Roger Clemens, 68). Last start: Allowed 3 runs over 7.0 innings in an 8-3 BOS win on 5/10 at TEX, his 4th win of the season...gave up 4 hits and 3 walks while striking out 8... Left the game with the Red Sox leading 6-3. Struck out the 1300th batter of his career and currently ranks 6th among active left-handers with 1303 SO in his career. VS. THE TIGERS: Has a 4.63 ERA (23 ER/44.2 IP) in 7 career starts in the regular season against DET with a 2-2 record...struck out 9 over 7.0 innings of 1-run ball in his last outing against the Tigers on 9/3/13...Was the 2nd time in his career he fanned at least 9 without issuing a walk. Went 1-1 against the Tigers in last year s ALCS, allowing 3 runs over 11.2 innings (2.31 ERA) with 7 strikeouts and 4 walks. 2013 & CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: CAREER 9.0, 7 times, last: 5/10/13 vs. TOR 12, 5/20/11 vs. CHC 11, 7/22/12 vs. TOR 11, 7/22/12 vs. TOR 7, 2 times, last: 6/11/13 at TB 15, 5/3/14 vs. OAK 4, 7/22/12 vs. TOR 10, last: 5/10/13 vs. TOR 3, last: 5/10/13 vs. TOR 8, 4/28-6/16/10 4, 7/18-8/4/10 CAREER 47-28, 3.74 ERA, 107 G, 106 GS 57-32, 3.71 ERA, 122 GS.249 (1345-5394), 132 HR.242 (334-1383), 37 HR.252 (1011-4011), 95 HR 1.30 VS. THE TIGERS W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2013 2-0 4.26 2 2 12.2 17 6 6 2 3 12 CAREER 2-2 4.63 7 7 44.2 53 23 23 5 16 40 FENWAY 47-28 3.74 107 106 669.1 651 298 278 60 242 600 In 2013, went 15-8 (.652) with a 3.75 ERA (89 ER/213.1 IP) to lead the Red Sox in wins, starts (33), innings pitched, strikeouts (177), and quality starts (20)... Ranked 4th among American League southpaws in quality starts...matched career high for games started (also 2008 and 2012)...Won 15 games for the 5th time in his career. Went 4-1 with a 1.56 ERA (6 ER/34.2 IP) in 5 postseason starts for the Red Sox through the 2013 ALDS, ALCS, and World Series. 2014 REGULAR SEASON GAME LOG DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 3/31 L1-2 at BAL L 1-2 7.0 6 2 2 1 8 1 104/73 Made 4th straight OD start, best streak all-time for BOS LHP 4/6 L0-4 MIL L 0-3 7.1 7 4 2 1 6 0 108/71 Took 2nd-straight L despite 2nd straight QS 4/11 W4-2 at NYY W 4-2 6.2 6 2 2 2 6 1 113/71 Defeated CC Sabathia for 1st win of season 4/17 W3-1 at CWS W 3-1 8.0 7 1 1 0 9 0 112/75 Threw 5.0 no-hit innings in 2nd straight win 4/22 L3-9 NYY L 2-7 4.2 11 8 3 4 7 0 118/76 Most unearned runs in a game since 8/5/05 (Bronson Arroyo) 4/27 L1-7 at TOR L 1-4 7.0 5 4 4 0 7 1 122/80 3rd start receiving 1 or 0 runs of support 5/3 W6-3 OAK W 6-0 8.0 1 0 0 2 15 0 119/76 Career-high 15 SO, most by a Red Sox since 4/8/01 5/10 W8-3 at TEX W 6-3 7.0 4 3 3 3 8 0 103/65 Earned 2nd-straight win, allowing 3 runs over 7.0 innings TIGERS CAREER vs. LESTER PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Avila.400 10 4 0 1 Cabrera.522 23 12 1 4 Castellanos --- 0 0 0 0 Davis.306 36 11 1 5 Holaday --- 0 0 0 0 Hunter.361 36 13 1 4 Jackson.368 19 7 0 0 Kelly --- 0 0 0 0 Kinsler.231 26 6 2 4 Martinez, J. --- 0 0 0 0 Martinez, V..368 19 7 1 3 Romine --- 0 0 0 0 Worth.500 4 2 0 1 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS RED SOX CAREER vs. SCHERZER PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Bogaerts 1.000 1 1 0 0 Bradley, Jr. --- 0 0 0 0 Carp.182 11 2 0 0 Gomes.250 12 3 0 0 Herrera --- 0 0 0 0 Middlebrooks.125 8 1 0 2 Napoli.063 16 1 0 0 Ortiz.368 19 7 3 6 Pedroia.273 22 6 2 6 Pierzynski.333 33 11 1 7 Ross.250 4 1 0 0 Sizemore.125 8 1 0 0 Victorino.214 14 3 0 0 STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN QUALITY SOX STARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC. Lester 8 6 25/55.2 4.04 4-4 Lackey 8 6 31/53.0 5.26 5-3 Doubront 8 4 23/41.2 4.97 4-4 Peavy 8 6 16/48.0 3.00 4-4 Buchholz 8 5 21/42.1 4.46 3-5 41-JOHN LACKEY, RHP TOMORROW S STARTING PITCHER 5-2, 3.57 ERA, 8 starts W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 5-2 3.57 8 8 53.0 53 22 21 6 11 52 CAREER 143-109 4.04 332 331 2118.1 2187 1037 950 221 620 1678 VS. THE TIGERS: Has a 3.86 ERA (35 ER/81.2 IP) and 6-3 record in 12 career starts against DET...Faced the Tigers twice last season, going 0-1 with a 3.14 ERA (5 ER/14.1 IP) and went at least 7.0 innings in each outing. REGULAR SEASON STARTS - LAST 5 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 4/18 BAL L 5.1 10 6 6 4 6 4/23 NYY W 8.0 7 1 1 0 11 4/29 TB W 8.0 6 2 2 1 5 5/4 OAK --- 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 5/11 at TEX W 7.0 7 2 2 0 9 3.41 ERA 3-1 34.1 35 13 13 8 35
Red Sox Game Notes Page 3 BATTING NOTES 2-XANDER BOGAERTS, SS.257 AVG 1 HR 5 RBI.361 OBP.353 SLG vs. RHP: 22-95 (.232), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-5, R ROAD TRIP: 5-24, 3B, 2B, 2 BB, 3 R CURRENT STREAK: 4 G (.294, 5-17) vs. LHP: 13-41 (.317), 1 HR MIN SERIES: 4-13, 3B, 2B, BB, 3 R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 10 G, 4/16-27 (.324, 12-37) Worked a 14-pitch plate appearance in the 5th inning yesterday...it was the longest by a Red Sox since Kevin Youkilis had 14-pitch PA on 5/25/12 vs. TB. Knocked the 1st triple of his career Tuesday, his 1st extra-base hit since a double on 5/1 (G2) vs. TB. Has the most walks among AL rookies this year (19) while placing 2nd in OBP (.361) and 3rd in AVG (.257) among that group. Reached base in 32 of 38 games this season...only CWS Jose Abreu (33 G) has reached base in more games among AL rookies. Set a career high by reaching base in 16 straight games from 4/16-5/4 (.429 OBP)...Became 1st BOS player age 21 or younger with an on-base streak that long since Tony Conigliaro (16 G, 8/6-20/66)...The last Red Sox player that young with a double-digit on-base streak was Glenn Hoffman (10 G, 9/10-20/80). His 41 times on base in March/April ranked 2nd among BOS rookies in the last 100 years (Nomar Garciaparra in 1997, 45 times on base). 25-JACKIE BRADLEY, JR., OF.205 AVG 0 HR 13 RBI.307 OBP.303 SLG vs. RHP: 17-80 (.213), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 ROAD TRIP: 4-22, 2B, 4 R, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-9 vs. LHP: 8-42 (.190), 0 HR MIN SERIES: 1-12, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G, 2 times, last 4/6-8 (.364, 4-11) Collected 6th multi-hit game of the season Saturday (2-for-3, 2 R), 4th most among AL rookies...also ranks among that group in stolen bases (T-1st, 3), doubles (T-2nd, 10), runs (3rd, 18), and walks (4th, 16). Reached base 3 times Saturday, the 5th time this year and 7th in his career he reached at least 3 times in a game (1st since 5/2 vs. OAK). Hitting.324 (11-for-34) with RISP this year and has a.279 AVG (17-for-61) with men on base overall. His 9 XBH in March/April were the most by a Red Sox rookie since Shea Hillenbrand had 12 in 2001. Tied for the 2nd-most OF assists in the AL this season with 3...Appeared in all 3 OF positions in 2014, playing 31 in CF (30 GS), 6 in RF (4 GS), and 1 in LF. 37-MIKE CARP, 1B/OF.268 AVG 0 HR 3 RBI.333 OBP.341 SLG vs. RHP: 9-35 (.257), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 2-4, RBI ROAD TRIP: 2-5, RBI, R CURRENT STREAK: 1 G, (2-4) vs. LHP: 2-6 (.333), 0 HR MIN SERIES: 2-5, RBI, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G, 3 times, last 4/26-5/4 (.429, 3-7) Collected his 3rd multi-hit game of the season yesterday and 1st since 5/4...Hit safely in 7 of 9 GS this season (.323, 10-for-31) with 3 doubles and 3 RBI. Made 1st pitching appearance of his ML career on 4/24 vs. NYY, allowing 1 run over 1.0 IP...Became 1st BOS position player to pitch since Darnell McDonald on 5/16/12 vs. BAL...Made ML debut at 3B on 4/13 at NYY (1.0 inning)...has played 6 games in LF (5 GS) and 5 at 1B (2 GS). Recorded 1st hit as a pinch-hitter in 2014 when he singled in the 9th inning on 4/17 at CWS...Went 5-for-19 (.263, 2 HR, 9 RBI) in that role last year. His 29 extra-base hits in 2013 were the most ever by a Red Sox in a season of fewer than 250 plate appearances. 5-JONNY GOMES, OF.238 AVG 3 HR 16 RBI.333 OBP.405 SLG vs. RHP: 9-44 (.205), 1 HR YESTERDAY: 2-4, R ROAD TRIP: 4-13, 2 RBI, R, BB CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (.308, 4-13) vs. LHP: 11-40 (.275), 2 HR MIN SERIES: 2-4, R, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G, 4/22-5/1 (.273, 6-22) Started and recorded 2 hits yesterday, his 3rd multi-hit game this year and 1st since 4/20...The Red Sox are 12-9 this season in his 21 starts. Leads the club with an RBI every 5.25 AB this season. Pinch-hit Tuesday and drew a bases-loaded walk...has drawn 10 pinch-hit walks since the start of the 2013 season, most in the AL. Belted 5th career grand slam on 5/3 vs. OAK, his 1st since 5/8/13 vs. MIN...Has 6 RBI in 5 PA with the bases loaded this year (1-for-3, HR, SF, BB)...The Red Sox are 3-0 this season in games that he homers. 10-JONATHAN HERRERA, INF.184 AVG 0 HR 4 RBI.295 OBP.184 SLG vs. RHP: 6-29 (.207), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-0, BB, R ROAD TRIP: 0-3, BB, 2 R CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-3 vs. LHP: 1-9 (.111), 0 HR MIN SERIES: 0-0, BB, 2 R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G, 4/5-7 (.300, 3-10) Pinch-ran and scored a run yesterday for the 2nd consecutive game. Recorded 1st hit since 4/17 on 5/7 vs. CIN, going 1-for-2 with a run and a sacrifice hit...is the only BOS player with multiple sac hits this season (3). Appeared in 11 games at 3B (6 GS), 5 at 2B (2 GS), and 3 at shortstop (3 GS). In the 9th inning on 4/17 at CWS, laid down the Red Sox 1st bunt hit with the bases loaded since Gary Allenson had a walk-off bunt hit in the 10th inning on 8/28/82 vs. CAL. 16-WILL MIDDLEBROOKS, 3B.203 AVG 2 HR 9 RBI.313 OBP.333 SLG vs. RHP: 7-47 (.149), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, 2 RBI ROAD TRIP: 3-18, 3 RBI, 2 R, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (.250, 2-8) vs. LHP: 7-22 (.318), 0 HR MIN SERIES: 2-12, 3 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 4 G, 4/3-26 (.429, 6-14) Drove in 2 runs on a 9th-inning single yesterday to tie the game...it was his 2nd career game-tying hit in the 9th frame (hit a game-tying solo homer off of Mariano Rivera on 9/8/13 at Yankee Stadium)...It was his 2nd multi-rbi game this season and 1st since 4/25. Hit go-ahead RBI single in the 8th inning on 5/7 vs. CIN, helping the Red Sox to a 4-3 win...it was his 18th career go-ahead RBI overall and his 2nd in the 8th inning or later (also 5/16/13 at TB). Drew a career-high 3 walks in the 2nd game of the twin bill vs. TB on 5/1...Marked his 3rd career game with multiple walks (last, 8/19/13, 2 IBB). Clubbed 2nd HR of the year on 4/26 at TOR, going back-to-back with A.J. Pierzynski in the 3rd inning...5 of his 13 hits this season have been XBH (3 2B, 2 HR). 12-MIKE NAPOLI, 1B.255 AVG 5 HR 22 RBI.386 OBP.431 SLG vs. RHP: 26-100 (.260), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 0-5 ROAD TRIP: 2-23, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 4 BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-7 vs. LHP: 9-37 (.243), 0 HR MIN SERIES: 1-13, 2B, RBI, R, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 4/13-20 (.316, 6-19) Did not reach base yesterday, ending an on-base streak of 33 straight games with a PA dating back to 4/4...It was the longest active streak in the majors and 2nd-longest run this season overall behind Jose Bautista (37 G)...Marked the longest on-base streak by a BOS player in a single season since Dustin Pedroia reached in 37 straight from 6/15-7/28/11...Since 2000, the Red Sox have had just 6 other on-base streaks of at least 30 games. Reached base in 35 of 37 games this season and his 64 times on base are tied for 11th-most in the AL...Tops the club and is 4th in the AL in walks (27) and has the 8th-highest OBP in the AL (.386). Ranks 2nd in MLB with 4.67 pitches seen per PA this year...career rate of 4.34 pitches seen per PA ranks 2nd among active big leaguers to Jayson Werth (4.40). Tied with Mike Trout and Alfonso Soriano for the most games with multiple extra-base hits in the majors since the start of the 2013 season (17). 34-DAVID ORTIZ, DH.303 AVG 11 HR 25 RBI.393 OBP.586 SLG vs. RHP: 27-92 (.293), 6 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4 ROAD TRIP: 13-25, 2 2B, 5 HR, 7 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 8 G (.515, 17-33) vs. LHP: 17-53 (.321), 5 HR MIN SERIES: 8-14, 4 HR, 2B, 6 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 8 G (.515, 17-33) Homered twice Wednesday for the 2nd straight game, the 1st time a Red Sox has had back-to-back multi-hr games since he did it on 7/4-5/03...The homers were the 383rd and 384th of his Red Sox career, passing Jim Rice (382) for sole possession of 3rd place on the Red Sox all-time HR list...he is the 3rd Red Sox player to ever have back-to-back games with at least 3 hits and 2 of which being home runs (also Carl Yastrzemski in 1976 and Manny Ramirez in 2002). Moved into a tie for 39th place on the MLB all-time HR list with Dave Kingman (442) after hitting his 441st and 442nd longballs Wednesday. Tuesday marked his 1st career 9-inning game with 4 run producing hits (4 run producing hits in 11 innings 7/26/06 vs. LAA)...He is the 1st Red Sox player to have 4 hits all produce a run in a 9-inning game since Bill Mueller did it on 6/27/03 vs. FLA. Knocked the 101st HR of his career off a LHP Wednesday, 3rd-most among active left-handed hitters behind Adam Dunn (117) and Jason Giambi (108). Ranks among AL leaders in AVG (9th,.303), HR (3rd, 11), total bases (T-4th, 85), XBH (T-5th, 19), OBP (6th,.393), and SLG (3rd,.586). Tallied multiple hits in 6 of his last 8 games, batting.515 (17-for-33) with 5 homers, 3 doubles, 8 RBI, and 4 walks. Between 2013 and 2014 regular and postseason, is batting.571 (8-for-14) with 18 RBI with the bases loaded.
Red Sox Game Notes Page 4 BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) 15-DUSTIN PEDROIA, 2B.283 AVG 2 HR 13 RBI.353 OBP.410 SLG vs. RHP: 33-117 (.282), 1 HR YESTERDAY: 1-5, 2 ROAD TRIP: 7-25, HR, 2B, 3 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 5 G (.333, 7-21) vs. LHP: 14-49 (.286), 1 HR MIN SERIES: 3-14, 2B, RBI, BB, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G, 2 times, last 4/18-23 (.417, 10-24) Hit his 2nd homer of the season Sunday, going 2-for-4 with a double...is hitting.326 (15-for-46) over his last 11 games with 2 home runs, 6 doubles, and 7 RBI. Picked up the 300th double of his career on 5/6 vs. CIN (3-for-5, 2 2B, BB, 2 R), becoming the 10th Red Sox player to have at least that many doubles with the team...according to Elias, he was the 7th-fastest player in MLB history to reach that milestone (1,048 G)...Tied for 2nd in AL with 14 doubles this year. Hit a grand slam in the 6th inning on 5/2 vs. OAK for the 100th HR of his career...marked his 1st homer of the year and 2nd career grand slam (also 8/27/08 at NYY)...Snapped a 160-AB homerless drought dating back to 9/17/13 vs. BAL. With 101 HR and 121 stolen bases in his career, joins Carl Yastrzemski (452 HR, 168 SB) as the only players to ever reach at least 100 of each as a Red Sox... His 4 RBI on 5/2 also pushed him over 500 for his career. Reached base in a season-high 12 straight games from 4/18-5/1, posting a.431 OBP in that stretch (17-for-50, 8 BB). 40-A.J. PIERZYNSKI, C.264 AVG 3 HR 20 RBI.303 OBP.382 SLG vs. RHP: 25-82 (.305), 3 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 2-16, 4 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-5) vs. LHP: 4-28 (.143), 0 HR MIN SERIES: 1-9, 2B, 2 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 4 G, 4/22-26 (.429, 6-14) Has collected 14 RBI over his last 14 starts after just 6 RBI through his first 14. His 20 RBI this season as a catcher is tied for 4th most in MLB. Ranks 2nd in the AL in catcher caught stealing percentage (63.2%), throwing out 7 attempted base stealers this season. Belted his 3rd home run of the season on 5/4 vs. OAK, breaking a streak of 168 AB at Fenway Park in regular and postseason play without a HR. Hit the 8th grand slam of his career on 4/26 at TOR, 1st since 5/2/09 at TEX with CWS...Was the 1st grand slam by a Red Sox since Shane Victorino gave BOS the lead in Game 6 of the 2013 ALCS vs. DET. Caught the 1,700th game of his career on 5/2, most among active ML catchers. 3 3-DAVID ROSS, C.171 AVG 2 HR 4 RBI.244 OBP.366 SLG vs. RHP: 3-20 (.150), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4 ROAD TRIP: 1-8, BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-4) vs. LHP: 4-21 (.190), 2 HR MIN SERIES: 1-4 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G, 2 times, last 4/11-17 (.333, 2-6) The Red Sox have won 5 of his last 7 starts and are 7-6 overall when he starts this season. Clubbed 2nd homer of the year on 5/3 vs. OAK...Both of his home runs this season have come off left-handed pitchers...ranks 2nd on the Red Sox with 1 home run every 20.50 at-bats. Hit 1st HR of the season on 4/21 vs. BAL, a solo shot in the 7th inning...was 1st HR in 86 AB (previous, 5/5/13 at TEX). Has a 3.59 catcher s ERA this year...over the past 5 seasons (2009-13), led the majors with a 3.29 catcher s ERA (min. 225 games), the best 5-year stretch in MLB since 1998. 38-GRADY SIZEMORE, OF.243 AVG 2 HR 13 RBI.319 OBP.379 SLG vs. RHP: 20-78 (.256), 1 HR YESTERDAY: 0-0 ROAD TRIP: 3-9, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (.500, 3-6) vs. LHP: 5-25 (.200), 1 HR MIN SERIES: 3-6, 2B, 2 RBI, 2BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G, 6 times, last 5/13-14 (.500, 3-6) Recorded his 1st multi-hit and multi-rbi game since 5/6 on Wednesday...Also collected his 1st extra-base hit (2B) since a double on 5/4. Collected 4th walk-off hit of his career on 5/6 vs. CIN with an RBI single in the 12th inning...it was his 1st walk-off hit since 8/11/06 vs. KC with CLE. Is hitting.356 (16-for-45) with 11 RBI in 13 games (12 starts) when batting 5th in the order this year. Led off the game on 4/23 vs. NYY with his 1st triple of the season...marked the 7th triple of his career to lead off a game (previous, 7/5/08 at MIN with CLE). Has played all 3 OF positions, with 18 games in LF (16 GS), 10 in CF (8 GS), and 3 in RF (3 GS). 18-SHANE VICTORINO, OF.292 AVG 0 HR 9 RBI.333 OBP.400 SLG vs. RHP: 11-46 (.239), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 7-21, 3B, 6 RBI, 4 R CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (.400, 4-10) vs. LHP: 8-19 (.421), 0 HR MIN SERIES: 4-10, 3B, RBI, 3 R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G, 4 times, last 5/13-14 (.400, 4-10) Went 3-for-5 Tuesday with a triple, his 1st of the season and 1st since 7/6/13 at LAA...He has recorded multiple hits in 5 of his last 12 games, going 17-for-50 (.340) with a triple, 3 doubles, 9 RBI, and 3 walks in that span. Drove in a season-high 4 runs Saturday (3-for-4, R), his most RBI in a game since knocking in 7 on 8/27/13 vs. BAL. Stole his 1st base of the season on 5/6 vs. CIN when he swiped 3B in the 9th inning...it was his 1st SB since 9/14/13 vs. NYY, when he also stole 3B. Had his 15th career game with at least 4 hits on 4/29 vs. TB (4-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI) and his 1st since 6/21/13 at DET (4-for-5)...Had a hit in all of at least 4 AB in a game for the 1st time since 7/25/09 vs. STL with PHI. Hit by a pitch for the 1st time this year on 5/1 vs. TB (G2)...Topped the AL and finished 3rd in MLB with a career-high 18 HBP last season. 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 4/17/14 at CWS Sale 81 6 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 Bradley Jr. 9/22/13 vs. TOR Dickey 130 4 2 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 Carp 9/11/13 at TB Hernandez 69 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gomes 5/3/14 vs. OAK Milone 18 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 Herrera 7/7/13 at ARI Corbin 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Middlebrooks 4/26/14 at TOR Jenkins 50 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 Napoli 4/22/14 vs. NYY Tanaka 62 5 3 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 4 Ortiz 5/14/14 at MIN Thielbar 6 6 2 1 0 9 4 1 1 0 0 6 Pedroia 5/11/14 at TEX Ross, Jr. 15 11 0 1 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pierzynski 5/4/14 vs. OAK Gray 25 5 3 0 0 8 3 0 1 0 0 4 Ross 5/3/14 vs. OAK Milone 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sizemore 4/11/14 at NYY Sabathia 74 6 2 0 0 8 3 1 0 0 0 4 Victorino 9/25/13 at COL Chacin 72 2 2 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 2013 VS. DET CAREER VS. DET CAREER AT FENWAY PARK PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Xander Bogaerts.000 1 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0.231 91 21 0 5 Jackie Bradley Jr. --- 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0.196 97 19 2 14 Mike Carp.143 7 1 0 1.125 16 2 0 1.280 143 40 6 25 Jonny Gomes.231 13 3 0 1.210 81 17 2 11.247 275 68 10 46 Jonthan Herrera --- 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0.250 20 5 0 3 Will Middlebrooks.333 15 5 1 6.344 32 11 3 12.252 325 82 14 54 Mike Napoli.318 22 7 1 2.227 150 34 8 18.267 382 102 21 69 David Ortiz.357 28 10 4 7.284 373 106 28 95.312 2,946 919 180 680 Dustin Pedroia.250 28 7 0 2.229 157 36 4 15.317 2,091 663 57 286 A.J. Pierzynski.500 8 4 1 3.283 614 174 17 75.326 175 57 1 21 David Ross.250 4 1 0 0.286 7 2 0 0.189 90 17 5 7 Grady Sizemore --- 0 0 0 0.257 401 103 12 44.231 117 27 2 9 Shane Victorino.320 25 8 1 6.359 39 14 3 9.313 281 88 7 34
Red Sox Game Notes Page 5 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 5/14 at MIN 1.2 1 1 0 2 1 14/17 17/3 1/1 3.2 (4/21 vs BAL) 2 (5/1 vs TB G1) 32-Craig Breslow 5/15 at MIN 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 8/11 1/0 0/0 2.0 (4/21 vs BAL) 2 (3 times) 55-Chris Capuano 5/15 at MIN 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 11/18 12/5 0/0 2.2 (4/16 at CWS) 4 (4/5 vs MIL) 30-Andrew Miller 5/15 at MIN (L, 1-2) 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 16/20 9/0 0/0 2.0 (2 times) 4 (5/6 vs CIN) 54-Edward Mujica 5/14 at MIN 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 8/13 5/1 1/2 1.2 (4/24 vs NYY) 2 (5/14 at MIN) 36-Junichi Tazawa 5/13 at MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 12/17 6/0 0/2 1.2 (5/1 vs TB G2) 3 (4/5 vs MIL) 19-Koji Uehara 5/11 at TEX (SV, 9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 10/16 6/1 9/9 1.0 (13 times) 3 (4 times) 2014 BULLPEN TOTALS: 3.18 ERA 124.1 117 49 44 43 122 81/114 (71%) 59/11 11/14 35-BURKE BADENHOP, RHP 0-2 1 SV 2.78 ERA vs. ALL:.286 (24-84), 1 HR vs. RHB:.292 (14-48), 0 HR vs. LHB:.278 (10-36), 1 HR WHIP: 1.41 Allowed 1 unearned run in 1.2 IP Wednesday at MIN which snapped his season-long 12.2-inning scoreless streak (previous run allowed on 4/18)...Entered in the 7th with 1 out and runners on 1st and 2nd...After walking Dozier, got Mauer to ground into an inning-ending double play - his AL-leading 6th of the season. Has not allowed an earned run in his last 14.1 IP which spans 11 appearances...has posted a 0.54 ERA (1 ER/16.2 IP) &.211 opp. AVG (12-for-57) in his last 13 games...had a 9.00 ERA (6 ER/6.0 IP),.444 AVG (12-for-27) over his first 4 games. Leads Sox bullpen with 22.2 IP (T-5th among AL relievers) and leads all AL relievers in opponent GIDP (6)...Induced a career-high 3 double play groundouts in 3.2 IP on 4/21 vs. BAL, the most by a BOS reliever since Joe Hesketh on 5/22/93 vs. NYY...Recorded 1st SV of 2014 (4th career) on 4/16 at CWS (14 innings). Has thrown 2.0-plus innings in 5 of his 17 appearances...has retired 14 of his 17 first batters faced this year and stranded 14 of his 17 interited runners. 32-CRAIG BRESLOW, LHP 2-0 0 SV 3.75 ERA vs. ALL:.250 (11-44), 0 HR vs. RHB:.208 (5-24), 0 HR vs. LHB:.300 (6-20), 0 HR WHIP: 1.58 Threw a scoreless 7th inning with 1 BB & 1 SO yesterday at MIN...Was his 6th straight scoreless outing (6.0 IP)...Has appeared in 6 of the Sox last 11 games (since 5/2) after appearing in only 5 of 21 team games since his activation from the DL on 4/9. Earned wins in both of the Sox victories over CIN during their 2-game set 5/6-7 at Fenway. 9 of his 11 appearances this season have been scoreless...is 2-0, 0.00 ERA (6.0 IP), 4 BB, 7 SO,.105 AVG (2-for-19) in his last 6 games since since allowing a total of 5 ER in 3.0 IP over 2 appearances on 4/21 and 4/24. Began season on the DL (mild left shoulder strain)...made 3 rehab appearances for Triple-A Pawtucket (1-0, 2.2 IP, H, 0 R, 2 BB, SO)...Was activated on 4/9. 55-CHRIS CAPUANO, LHP 1-1 0 SV 2.21 ERA vs. ALL:.227 (17-75), 1 HR vs. RHB:.222 (10-45), 0 HR vs. LHB:.233 (7-30), 1 HR WHIP: 1.23 Threw the 8th inning yesterday at MIN (1.0 IP, BB, SO)...Ended the inning by picking off Dozier as he attempted to steal 2nd base. Began the season with a 15.0-inning scoreless streak (snapped on 5/3 vs. OAK), and a 21.2-inning scoreless streak dating to last season...has allowed 6 runs (5 ER) in 5.1 IP (8.44 ERA) in 6 outings following the scoreless streak...the 15.0-inning streak to begin the season was the longest for a pitcher to begin a Red Sox career since Ramon Ramirez 15.0-inning stretch in 2009, and tied for the longest after Vaughn Eshelman s 18.0-inning streak in 1995. Has thrown more than 1.0 inning in 7 of his 18 appearances and is 1-0, 1.35 ERA (2 ER/13.1 IP) when doing so...has allowed runs only once in those 7 games. For his career is 2-5, 3.06 ERA (23 ER/67.2 IP) in 47 relief appearances and 72-79, 4.31 ERA (584 ER/1220.1 IP) in 209 starts. 30-ANDREW MILLER, LHP 1-2 0 SV 2.95 ERA vs. ALL:.191 (13-68), 1 HR vs. RHB:.227 (10-44), 0 HR vs. LHB:.136 (3-24), 1 HR WHIP: 0.93 Was charged with his 2nd loss in as many appearances, both against the Twins and in walk-off fashion, yesterday at MIN...Threw a scoreless 9th inning... Returned for the 10th, but allowed the game-winning run on a RBI-single by Hicks with 2 outs (Suzuki, who doubled, scored from 2nd on the play). Has struck out 23 batters over his last 14.1 IP which spans 14 games (14.4 SO/9.0 IP)...Has not issued a walk in that span. Leads Sox pitchers in games this season with 20, T-4th most in the AL (apperared in only 37 last year due to injury)...also 5th among AL relievers in SO (27). Since joining BOS in 2011 is 5-6, 3.19 ERA (34 ER/96.0 IP) with 138 SO in 115 relief apps...has a 13.0 SO/9.0 IP ratio in that span, 5th best among ML relievers. 54-EDWARD MUJICA, RHP 1-1 1 SV 9.00 ERA vs. ALL:.340 (18-53), 2 HR vs. RHB:.423 (11-26), 1 HR vs. LHB:.259 (7-27), 1 HR WHIP: 1.83 Allowed 2 runs on 2 hits, 1 HR and struck out 2 in 1.0 inning Wednesday at MIN...Was only his 4th appearance in the Sox last 18 games, beginning on 4/24. Has allowed runs in 7 of his 13 appearances...allowed 4 ER in 0.2 IP in the home opener, 4/4 vs. MIL (his most runs allowed since 8/4/10, a span of 220 G). Owns a career SO/BB ratio of 5.0 (359 SO/72 BB) which is the best rate in ML history among pitchers with 400.0 IP. 36-JUNICHI TAZAWA, RHP 1-0 0 SV 2.81 ERA vs. ALL:.270 (17-63), 1 HR vs. RHB:.235 (8-34), 0 HR vs. LHB:.310 (9-29), 1 HR WHIP: 1.19 Threw the 8th inning Tuesday night at MIN and stranded 1 inherited runner...recorded the 1st pickoff of his ML career when he got Santana off 1st base. Began the season with 11 scoreless appearances which spanned 10.0 IP...Had the streak snapped on 4/26 at TOR...In 6 games since: 5 ER/6.0 IP (7.50 ERA). Has appeared in 17 of the Sox 40 games this season, T-3rd most on the club...opponents are 3-for-13 against him with RISP (.231 AVG). For his ML career in relief, is 7-6, 1 SV, 2.96 ERA (45 ER/136.2 IP) with 21 BB and 137 SO in 130 games...has a 1.16 WHIP in those games (138 hits). 19-KOJI UEHARA, RHP 0-1 9 SV 1.15 ERA vs. ALL:.224 (13-58), 2 HR vs. RHB:.345 (10-29), 2 HR vs. LHB:.103 (3-29), 0 HR WHIP: 1.02 Recorded his 9th SV of the season on Sunday, 5/11 at TEX (1.0 IP, 2 SO)...Was his 5th straight scoreless appearance (5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 7 SO). Ranks 4th among AL relievers in SO/9.0 IP (13.79), 5th in both SO/BB ratio (8.00), and T-7th in SO (24)...21 of his 24 SO this year have been swinging. Has 24 SO & 3 BB in 15.2 IP over 16 outings in 2014...Struck out the side in back-to-back games, on 4/19 & 4/23...Has 2 perfect outings with 3 SO this year. Is 9-for-9 in SV opps this season...on 4/26 at TOR recorded his 1st 4-out save since in the regular season since 9/20/13 vs. TOR (1.1 IP). On 4/26 at TOR, snapped a streak of 8 scoreless appearances to begin the season and 13 scoreless appearances (13.2 IP) in the regular season dating back to 9/18/13 vs. BAL...Recorded a 1-2-3 SV on his 39th birthday on 4/3 at BAL. Dating to last season, has converted 31 consecutive save opportunities between the regular and postseason (last BS: 7/6/13 at LAA). Inserted into closer s role on 6/21/13...Since then in save chances in reg. & postseason: 1-0, 36 SV, 38 SVO, 0.45 ERA (3 R/2 ER/40.1 IP), 3 BB, 60 SO in 38 G. 2013 VS. DET CAREER VS. DET CAREER AT FENWAY PARK PLAYER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER Badenhop 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 0-0-0 13.50 2/0 2.0 4 3 0-2-0 2.92 15/0 24.2 24 8 Breslow 0-0-0 0.00 3/0 2.2 2 0 1-0-0 0.90 21/0 20.0 18 2 5-3-0 3.69 71/0 63.1 66 26 Buchholz 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 2-1-0 3.58 8/8 50.1 43 20 28-15-0 3.58 61/60 377.0 350 150 Capuano 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 2-0-0 6.00 2/2 12.0 13 8 0-1-0 3.12 8/0 8.2 10 3 Doubront 0-0-0 3.60 1/1 5.0 4 2 1-0-0 3.27 2/2 11.0 8 4 12-12-1 4.63 47/36 217.2 223 112 Lackey 0-1-0 3.14 2/2 14.1 14 5 6-3-0 3.86 12/12 81.2 77 35 29-21-0 4.53 62/62 387.2 433 195 Lester 2-0-0 4.26 2/2 12.2 17 6 2-2-0 4.63 7/7 44.2 53 23 47-28-0 3.74 107/106 669.1 651 278 Miller 0-1-0 5.40 2/0 1.2 2 1 0-1-0 6.23 5/0 4.1 5 3 4-4-0 5.22 62/5 70.2 70 41 Mujica 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 0-0-0 12.19 10/0 10.1 17 14 1-2-0 11.42 10/0 8.2 18 11 Peavy 1-0-0 5.14 1/1 7.0 4 4 4-5-0 4.83 12/12 76.1 70 41 3-1-0 3.53 9/9 58.2 47 23 Tazawa 0-0-0 0.00 3/0 2.0 1 0 1-0-0 1.08 5/1 8.1 6 1 6-4-0 3.06 67/3 82.1 82 28 Uehara 0-0-1 0.00 2/0 2.0 0 0 0-0-5 3.86 12/0 11.2 9 5 2-3-18 1.48 55/1 61.0 33 10
Red Sox Game Notes Page 6 2014 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 L2-1 0-1 T-4th -1.0 Britton (1-0) LESTER (0-1) Hunter (1) 46,685 1 46,685 4/1 Off Day 0-1 T-4th -1.0 2 4/2 N at Baltimore W6-2 1-1 T-2nd -0.5 LACKEY (1-0) Jimenez (0-1) None 25,708 2 72,393 3 4/3 N at Baltimore W4-3 2-1 1st +0.5 DOUBRONT (1-0) Chen (0-1) UEHARA (1.0) 20,880 3 93,273 4 4/4 D MILWAUKEE L2-6 2-2 T-2nd -0.5 Kintzler (1-0) MUJICA (0-1) 36,728 1 36,728 5 4/5 N MILWAUKEE L6-7(11) 2-3 T-3rd -1.5 Thornburg (1-0) BADENHOP (0-1) Rodriguez (2) 35,729 2 72,457 6 4/6 D MILWAUKEE L0-4 2-4 T-4th -1.5 Gallardo (2-0) LESTER (0-2) 35,958 3 108,415 7 4/7 N TEXAS W5-1 3-4 T-3rd -1.0 LACKEY (2-0) Scheppers (0-1) 35,842 4 144,257 8 4/8 N TEXAS L10-7 3-5 T-4th -1.5 Perez (1-0) DOUBRONT (1-1) 34,142 5 178,399 9 4/9 D TEXAS W4-2 4-5 T-3rd -1.0 MILLER (1-0) Ogando (0-1) UEHARA (2) 33,585 6 211,984 10 4/10 N at NY Yankees L1-4 4-6 5th -1.0 Pineda (1-1) BUCHHOLZ (0-1) Phelps (1) 42,821 4 136,094 11 4/11 N at NY Yankees W4-2 5-6 T-3rd -1.0 LESTER (1-2) Sabathia (1-2) MUJICA (1) 44,121 5 180,215 12 4/12 D at NY Yankees L4-7 5-7 5th -2.0 Kuroda (2-1) LACKEY (2-1) Kelley (2) 48,572 6 228,787 13 4/13 N at NY Yankees L2-3 5-8 5th -2.0 Nova (2-1) DOUBRONT (1-2) Kelley (3) 46,081 7 274,868 4/14 Off Day 5-8 5th -2.0 14 4/15 N at Chi White Sox L1-2 5-9 5th -3.0 Webb (1-0) BADENHOP (0-2) 13,402 8 288,270 15 4/16 N at Chi White Sox W6-4 (14) 6-9 5th -3.0 CAPUANO (1-0) Garcia (0-1) 13,302 9 301,572 16 4/17 N at Chi White Sox W3-1 7-9 T-4th -3.0 LESTER (2-2) Belisario (1-2) UEHARA (3) 17,454 10 319,026 17 4/18 N BALTIMORE L4-8 7-10 5th -3.0 Tilman (2-1) LACKEY (2-2) 36,408 7 248,392 18 4/19 D BALTIMORE W4-2 8-10 5th -2.0 TAZAWA (1-0) Norris (0-2) UEHARA (4) 37,689 8 286,081 19 4/20 N BALTIMORE W6-5 9-10 T-3rd -2.0 MUJICA (1-1) Matusz (1-1) 33,947 9 320,028 20 4/21 D BALTIMORE L6-7 9-11 5th -2.5 Chen (3-1) BUCHHOLZ (0-2) Hunter (5) 37,513 10 357,541 21 4/22 N NY YANKEES L3-9 9-12 5th -3.5 Tanaka (3-0) LESTER (2-3) 37,041 11 394,582 22 4/23 N NY YANKEES W5-1 10-12 5th -2.5 LACKEY (3-2) Pineda (2-2) 37,015 12 431,597 23 4/24 N NY YANKEES L5-14 10-13 5th -3.5 Sabathia (3-2) DOUBRONT (1-3) 37,356 13 468,953 24 4/25 N at Toronto W8-1 11-13 4th -2.5 PEAVY (1-0) Buehrle (4-1) 29,411 11 348,437 25 4/26 D at Toronto W7-6 12-13 3rd -2.5 BUCHHOLZ (1-2) Morrow (1-2) UEHARA (5) 40,322 12 388,759 26 4/27 D at Toronto L1-7 12-14 4th -3.5 Dickey (2-3) LESTER (2-4) 45,260 13 434,019 4/28 OFF DAY 12-14 4th -3.5 27 4/29 N TAMPA BAY W7-4 13-14 3rd -2.5 LACKEY (4-2) Gomes (1-1) UEHARA (6) 34,794 14 503,747 4/30 N TAMPA BAY 13-14 3rd -2.5 PPD (Rain) 28 5/1 D TAMPA BAY L1-2 13-15 Gomes (2-1) PEAVY (1-1) Balfour (5) 35,621 15 539,368 29 5/1 N TAMPA BAY L5-6 13-16 T-4th -3.0 McGee (2-0) UEHARA (0-1) Balfour (6) 33,465 16 572,833 30 5/2 N OAKLAND W7-1 14-16 T-3rd -2.5 BUCHHOLZ (2-2) Straily (1-2) 34,850 17 607,683 31 5/3 D OAKLAND W6-3 15-16 3rd -2.0 LESTER (3-4) Milone (0-3) UEHARA (7) 37,042 18 644,725 32 5/4 D OAKLAND L2-3(10) 15-17 T-3rd -2.0 Johnson (3-2) CAPUANO (1-1) 35,649 19 680,374 5/5 OFF DAY 15-17 T-3rd -1.5 33 5/6 N CINCINNATI W4-3(12) 16-17 T-3rd -1.5 BRESLOW (1-0) Ondrusek (0-1) 36,004 20 716,378 34 5/7 N CINCINNATI W4-3 17-17 T-3rd -1.5 BRESLOW (2-0) Hoover (1-4) UEHARA (8) 37,072 21 753,450 5/8 OFF DAY 17-17 4th -2.0 35 5/9 N at Texas L0-8 17-18 4th -3.0 Darvish (3-1) BUCHHOLZ (2-3) 45,392 14 479,411 36 5/10 N at Texas W8-3 18-18 3rd -3.0 LESTER (4-4) Perez (4-3) 47,964 15 527,375 37 5/11 D at Texas W5-2 19-18 3rd -2.0 LACKEY (5-2) Ross (1-4) UEHARA (9) 41,407 16 568,782 5/12 Off Day 19-18 T-2nd -1.5 38 5/13 N at Minnesota L6-8 19-19 T-2nd -1.5 Perkins (1-0) MILLER (1) 23,949 17 592,731 39 5/14 N at Minnesota W9-4 20-19 T-2nd -0.5 DOUBRONT (2-3) Correia (1-5) 26,802 18 619,533 40 5/15 D at Minnesota L3-4 (10) 20-20 T-3rd -1.5 Deunsing (1-1) MILLER (1-2) 29,628 19 649,161 41 5/16 N DETROIT 42 5/17 N DETROIT 43 5/18 N DETROIT 5/19 OFF DAY 44 5/20 N TORONTO 45 5/21 N TORONTO 46 5/22 D TORONTO 47 5/23 N at Tampa Bay 48 5/24 D at Tampa Bay 49 5/25 D at Tampa Bay 50 5/26 D at Atlanta 51 5/27 N at Atlanta 52 5/28 N ATLANTA 53 5/29 N ATLANTA 54 5/30 N TAMPA BAY 55 5/31 N TAMPA BAY 56 6/1 D TAMPA BAY DATE TRANSACTION 2014 TRANSACTIONS February 22 LHP Chris Capuano signed to a one-year contract through the 2014 season...rhp Ryan Dempster placed on the restricted list. March 13 RHPs Anthony Ranaudo and Alex Wilson, INF Garin Cecchini, and OFs Bryce Brentz and Alex Hassan optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...RHPs Matt Barnes, Miguel Celestino, and Noe Ramirez, LHP Henry Owens, C Blake Swihart, and INFs Heiker Meneses and Travis Shaw reassigned to minor league camp. March 17 RHP Allen Webster and C Christian Vazquez optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...SS Deven Marrero reassigned to minor league camp. March 20 RHP Rubby De La Rosa and INF Brock Holt optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...INF Brandon Snyder reassigned to minor league camp. March 23 C Dan Butler optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...RHPs John Ely and Dalier Hinojosa, and LHP Rich Hill reassigned to minor league camp...lhp Jose Mijares released. March 27 LHP Craig Breslow placed on the 15-day DL (retro to March 21)...RHP Steven Wright placed on the 15-day DL (retro to March 21). March 28 OF Jackie Bradley Jr., LHP Drake Britton, and C Ryan Lavarnway optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket. March 29 LHP Tommy Lane, RHP Brayan Villarreal, OF Corey Brown, and INF Mike McCoy reassigned to minor league camp...rhp Francisco Cordero released. March 31 OF Shane Victorino placed on the 15-day DL (retro to March 30)...OF Jackie Bradley Jr. recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. April 6 3B Will Middlebrooks placed on the 15-day DL (retro to April 5)...INF Brock Holt recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. April 7 INF Ryan Roberts signed as a free agent and added to the active major league roster... INF Brock Holt optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Steven Wright transferred to the 60-day DL. April 9 LHP Craig Breslow activated from 15-day DL...RHP Brandon Workman optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (4/8). April 18 INF Brock Holt recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...INF Ryan Roberts designated for assignment. April 23 RHP Alex Wilson recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...OF Daniel Nava optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (4/22). April 24 OF Shane Victorino activated from 15-day DL...RHP Alex Wilson optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (4/23). April 25 3B Will Middlebrooks activated from 15-day DL...INF Brock Holt optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (4/24). May 1 LHP Drake Britton recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket as 26th man for game 2 of the team s doubleheader against the Rays...Britton was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket at the conclusion of the game. DISABLED LIST PLAYER INJURY PLACED ON DL (RETRO) REINSTATED GAMES MISSED Craig Breslow Mild Left shoulder strain March 27 (March 21) April 9 8 (3-5) Steven Wright Recovery from right sports hernia surgery (60-day) March 27 (March 21) --- 40 (20-20) Shane Victorino Right hamstring strain March 31 (March 30) April 24 22 (10-12) Will Middlebrooks Right calf strain April 6 (April 5) April 25 19 (8-11) 2014 Totals 4 Players 4 DL stints 89 Games Missed
Red Sox Game Notes Page 7 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS TEAM BATTING Most runs, game... 9, 5/14 at MIN Most runs, inning... 6, 4/26 at TOR (3rd) Most hits, game (9 innings)...16, 4/25 at TOR Most hits, game (extra innings)... 11, 5/6 vs. CIN Most hits, inning...5, 5/10 at TEX (4th) Consecutive hits, inning...4, 2 times, last 5/13 at MIN (5th) Fewest hits, game... 1, 5/9 at TEX Most doubles, game...7, 4/25 at TOR Most triples, game... 2, 5/13 at MIN Most home runs, game...3, 5/3 vs. OAK Most home runs, inning... 2, 2 times, last 4/26 at TOR (3rd) Most stolen bases, game...2, 3 times, last 4/20 vs. BAL Most walks, game (9 innings)... 10, 5/1 vs. TB Most walks, game (extra innings)...15, 4/16 at CWS Most strikeouts, game (9 innings)...13, 2 times, last 4/11 at NYY Most strikeouts, game (extra innings)...13, 4/5 vs. MIL Most hit by pitch, game... 2, 3 times, last 5/10 at TEX Most left on base (9 innings)...12, 3 times, last 4/25 at TOR Most left on base (extra innings)...16, 4/16 at CWS INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits...4, 3 times, last Ortiz, 5/13 vs. MIN Most runs...3, 2 times, last Ortiz,, 5/14 vs. MIN Most doubles... 2, 5 times, last Pedroia, 5/6 vs. CIN Most triples...1, 5 times, last Bogaerts & Victorino, 5/13 at MIN Most home runs...2, 2 times, last Ortiz, 5/14 at MIN Most extra-base hits...3, 2 times, last Ortiz, 5/14 at MIN Most total bases...10, 2 times, last Ortiz, 5/14 at MIN Most RBI...4, 6 times, last Ortiz, 5/13 at MIN Most stolen bases...1, 10 times, last Pedroia, 5/2 vs. OAK Most walks...3, 3 times, last Middlebrooks, 5/1 vs. TB Most strikeouts... 4, Pedroia, 5/7 vs. CIN Longest hitting streak... 10, Bogaerts (4/16-4/27) TEAM PITCHING INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most innings pitched, starter...8.0, 4 times, last Lester, 5/3 vs. OAK Fewest innings pitched, starter... 2.1, Buchholz, 4/21 vs. BAL Most innings pitched, reliever.....4.0, Workman, 4/8 vs. TEX Most strikeouts, starter...15, Lester, 5/3 vs. OAK Most strikeouts, reliever...4, Capuano, 4/5 vs. MIL Most walks allowed... 5, 2 times, last Peavy, 5/1 vs. TB Longest winning streak...3, Lackey, 4/23-present Longest losing streak...3, Doubront, 4/8-4/24 Most consecutive scoreless inn. starter... 11.0, Lester, 5/3 (1st)-5/10 (3rd) Most consecutive scoreless inn. reliever...15.0, Capuano, 4/3-5/1 Most runs allowed...8, Lester, 4/22 vs. NYY Most earned runs allowed...6, 5 times, last Buchholz, 5/9 at TEX Most hits allowed...13, Buchholz, 4/5 vs. MIL Fewest hits allowed, CG... N/A Most home runs allowed...4, Lackey, 4/12 at NYY Most pitches thrown...122, Lester, 4/27 at TOR MISCELLANEOUS TEAM Longest winning streak...2, 7 times, last 5/10-5/11 Longest losing streak...3, 2 times, last 4/12-4/15 Longest game, innings...14, 4/16 at CWS Longest game, time (9 innings)... 3:51, 4/24 vs. NYY Longest game, time (extra innings)...5:17, 4/16 at CWS Shortest game, time...2:28, 4/27 at TOR Largest crowd, Fenway Park...37,689 4/19 vs. BAL Smallest crowd, Fenway Park...33,465, 5/1 vs. TB (gm. 2) Largest crowd, road... 48,572, 4/12 at NYY Smallest crowd, road...13,302 at CWS Largest winning margin...7, 4/25 at TOR Largest losing margin... 9, 4/24 vs. NYY Largest deficit overcome to win...5, 4/20 vs. BAL Largest lead relinquished to lose...3, 5/1 vs. TB (gm. 2) Most double plays turned... 3, 2 times, last 5/7 vs. CIN Most errors... 5, 2/24 vs. NYY Most errors by an opponent...3, 2 times, last 4/23 vs. NYY Most stolen bases by an opponent... 3, 2/24 vs. NYY Most strikeouts (9 innings)...16, 5/3 vs. OAK Most strikeouts (extra innings)...18, 4/5 vs. MIL Most walks (9 innings)... 12, 4/24 vs. NYY Most walks, (extra innings)...6, 5/4 vs. OAK Fewest walks... 0, 5 times, last 5/11 at TEX Most runs allowed, game... 14, 4/24 vs. NYY Most runs allowed, inning...5, 3 times, last 5/9 at TEX (5th) Most hits allowed, game (9 innings)...15, 4/18 vs. BAL Most hits allowed, game (extra inning)...19, 4/5 vs. MIL Fewest hits allowed, game... 4, 5/7 vs. CIN Most hits allowed, inning... 7, 4/22 vs. BAL (3rd) Most home runs allowed, game... 5, 4/12 at NYY Most consecutive scoreless inn... 14.0, 5/2 (4th)-5/3 vs. OAK (8th) INDIVIDUAL BATTING THE LAST TIME THE SOX... TEAM 5 hits in a game...dustin Pedroia, 6/24/10 at COL 6 hits in a game...nomar Garciaparra, 6/21/03 at PHI (13 innings) 6 RBI in a game...david Ortiz, 5/18/13 at MIN 7 or more RBI in a game...will Middlebrooks (7), 9/25/13 at COL 10 RBI in a game (ties club record)...nomar Garciaparra, 5/10/99 vs. SEA 3 home runs in a game...will Middlebrooks, 4/7/13 at TOR Game-ending home run...jonny Gomes, 7/3/13 vs. SD (9th inning) Pinch-hit grand slam... Mike Carp, 9/11/13 at TB 2 grand slams in a game...bill Mueller, 7/29/03 at TEX Home run in 1st ML game...daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI (grand slam) HR in 1st Red Sox PA...Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI (grand slam) Grand Slam in 1st Red Sox PA...Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI Inside-the-park home run...jacoby Ellsbury, 9/19 /11 vs. BAL (Game 2) Homered from both sides of the plate... Victor Martinez, 5/17/10 at NYY Pitcher collected a hit... Jake Peavy, 9/25/13, 2B off Jhoulys Chacin Pitcher hit a home run... Josh Beckett, 6/14/09 at PHI off J.A. Happ Hit for the cycle...john Valentin, 6/6/96 vs. CWS Hitting streak of at least 30 games...nomar Garciaparra (30), 7/26-8/29/97 Hitting streak of at least 20 games... David Ortiz (27), 7/2/12-5/7/13 Single-season hit streak of at least 20 G...Dustin Pedroia (25), 6/29-7/28/11 Straight steal of home...jacoby Ellsbury, 4/26/09 vs. NYY Steal of home on double steal...jarrod Saltalamacchia, 9/15/13 vs. NYY 5 steals in a game (club record)... Jacoby Ellsbury, 5/30/13 at PHI Walk-off win... 5/6/14 vs. CIN (4-3 in 12 innings) Scored 20 runs in a game... 9/4/13 vs. DET (20) Had 20 hits in a game...6/25/13 vs. COL (9 innings) Scored 10 runs in an inning...6/20/11 vs. SD (10 runs in 7th inning) Hit 8 home runs in a game (club record)...2 times, last 9/4/13 vs. DET Hit 7 home runs in a game... 7/4/03 at NYY Hit 4 consec. HR (club & MLB record)...4/22/07 vs. NYY (3rd inning):... Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell & Jason Varitek Hit game-ending HR in back-to-back games...5/10-11/05 vs. OAK:... 5/10 (9th inning, Kevin Millar off Octavio Dotel),... 5/11 (9th inning, Jason Varitek off Octavio Dotel) Turned a triple play... 8/16/11 vs. TB (4th inning, G2):...3B Jed Lowrie to 2B Dustin Pedroia to 1B Adrian Gonzalez Hit into a triple play...8/6/01 vs. TEX (4th inning, Scott Hatteberg) Back-to-back 1-0 wins... 7/18-19/06 vs. KC INDIVIDUAL PITCHING No-hitter...Jon Lester, 5/19/08 vs. KC (W, 7-0) One-hitter...Jon Lester, 5/10/13 vs. TOR (W, 5-0) 15 or more strikeouts in a game... Jon Lester(15), 5/3/14 vs. OAK Position player pitched... Mike Carp, 4/25/14 vs. NYY Pitcher played another defensive position...javier Lopez (RF), 4/30/09 at TB