BOSTON RED SOX (1-1) at PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (1-1) Thursday, April 9, 2015 7:05 p.m. ET Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA RHP Justin Masterson (0-0, ---) vs. RHP David Buchanan (0-0, ---) Game #3 Road Game #3 TV: NESN Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) THE FIRST TWO: Boston suffered its fi rst loss of the season last night, dropping a 4-2 decision at the Phillies in the second game of 2015...Boston has outscored the Phils 10-4 in the two games, with pitchers posting a 1.59 ERA (3 ER/17.0 IP), including 4.0 scoreless and hitless IP of relief. Boston s 3 ER allowed mark the club s fewest through 2 games since 2001 (2 ER)...Despite going homerless last night, the Sox still have as many as 5 HR over the fi rst 2 games of a season for the fi rst time since 2002. BROTHERLY BEGINNINGS: While Monday marked Boston s fi rst season-opening game against the Phillies, the club had started its season in the City of Brotherly Love 10 previous times (4-6), all against the Philadelphia Athletics... The last such occurrence came 61 years ago at Connie Mack Stadium on 4/13/54, the last year Philly had an AL team. These clubs will meet 3 more times during 2015, all in Boston from 9/4-6...The Red Sox lead their all-time Interleague series, 31-22. FITTING BEGINNINGS (& ENDINGS): This marks the 100th anniversary of the 1915 season, in which the Red Sox opened in Philadelphia facing the A s (2-0 loss) and then wrapped up a 4-games-to-1 World Series championship on the road at the Phillies Baker Bowl on 10/13/15 (5-4 win). NATIONAL DEBUTS: This is Boston s first ever seasonopening series against an NL team...in fact, this is the only Interleague set to start MLB s 2015 regular season in the 3rd straight year that AL and NL teams have faced off at the start of regular season play after never happening before. Boston also begins its home slate against the NL, facing the Nationals from 4/13-15. DAVID AND CHASE: With Philadelphia s offseason trade of Jimmy Rollins, the active players with the longest continuous tenure for any MLB team are now David Ortiz with Boston and Chase Utley with Philly...Both of those players debuted for their current teams in 2003. PHINALLY BACK: Monday marked Shane Victorino s return to Citizen Bank Park for the 1st time since July 2012, the end of his 8-year tenure with the Phillies...He was on the DL for the Red Sox/Phillies series in 2013. BACK WITH BOSTON: Tonight will mark the fi rst appearance as a Red Sox for Justin Masterson in 2,080 days since 7/29/09 (2.0 IP in relief vs. OAK)...Two days later, he was sent to the Indians in the deal that brought Victor Martinez to the Red Sox...He was Boston s 2nd-round pick in 2006. With Rick Porcello (last night), Masterson (tonight), and Wade Miley (tomorrow night at NYY), the Red Sox have 3 members of their season-opening rotation that were not members of the 2014 team. ONTO NEW YORK: Following tonight s game, the Red Sox will bus to New York City in advance of a 3-game weekend series against the Yankees beginning tomorrow night. Boston leads visiting teams with 28 wins at the current Yankee Stadium, going 28-28 there since 2009. SHUTOUT START: Boston began its 115th AL season on Monday with an 8-0 shutout win in Philadelphia...The Sox are now 56-58-1 all-time on Opening Day (excluding G2 of twinbills in 1903, 1948, 1982)...It was the club s 75th opener on the road (33-41-1) and 5th straight road opener. The 8-run margin marked Boston s 3rd-largest shutout win in a season opener behind a 10-0 win at NYY in 1919 and a 9-0 victory in 1995 vs. MIN. The Sox were 1 of 6 teams this season with an Opening Day shutout, the most in MLB history (Credit: Elias). With 7.0 scoreless innings, Clay Buchholz became just the 2nd Red Sox pitcher since 1944 to hurl at least 7.0 scoreless frames in his fi rst career Opening Day start, along with Pedro Martinez in 1998 (7.0 IP). OPENING NOTES: On Monday, David Ortiz made 13th career Opening Day start, 1st at 1B...It was his 11th Opening Day start as a Red Sox (12 at DH), tying Harry Hooper for 7th on the team s all-time list (Yastrzemski 1st with 22). Dustin Pedroia ranks 2nd to Ortiz among current Red Sox with 9 Opening Day starts for the team, all at 2B from 2007-15...He has the 2nd-most Opening Day starts at 2B in club history, 4 shy of Bobby Doerr (13), who yesterday celebrated his 97th birthday. DEEP THOUGHTS: Boston matched a club record in with 5 Opening Day homers, also 1965 at WSH (Betts, 1; Pedroia, 2; Ramirez, 2)...The club did not have a 5-HR game all of last season...boston became the fi rst team ever to hit at least 5 HR while pitching an Opening Day shutout. Pedroia and Ramriez were the 1st Sox teammates ever with multi-homer efforts on Opening Day... Before Monday, the last Sox player to produce a multi- HR game on Opening Day was Carlton Fisk in 1973. Pedroia was just the second 2B ever with multiple HR in a season-opener, also ARI s Felipe Lopez in 2009. At 22, Mookie Betts became the youngest Red Sox to hit a HR on Opening Day since Tony Conigliaro in 1965 (20)...Since 2012, the only major leaguers to hit an Opening Day homer before turning 23 are Betts, Mike Trout (2014), and Bryce Harper (2013, 2015). Ramirez hit the 3rd Opening Day grand slam in club history (also Jack Clark in 1991, Carlton Fisk in 1973). YOUNG GUNS: At 22 years old, Mookie Betts was Boston s youngest Opening Day leadoff hitter since Rico Petrocelli in 1965 (21) and also the club s youngest Opening Day CF since Tony Conigliaro in 1964 (19). With Betts and Xander Bogaerts born within a 1-week span from 10/1-7/92 Boston was the fi rst AL team to start players age 22 or younger at both CF and SS on Opening Day since the 1989 Mariners, who started CF Ken Griffey Jr. (19) & SS Omar Vizquel (21). IGNITION EXPERT: Dustin Pedroia, who went 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI on Monday, has now hit safely in all 9 career openers from 2007-14 (.421, 16-for-38, 2 2B, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB), the longest Opening Day hit streak by a Red Sox since Carl Yaztrzemski hit in 13 straight openers from 1968-80... Pedroia and Jimmy Rollins are the only players with a hit on Opening Day in each of the last 9 years from 2007-14. Pedroia is the only Red Sox in the last 100 years to hit safely in each of his first 9 Opening Day games, all in consecutive years. REHAB PLANS: Joe Kelly (right biceps strain) and Koji Uehara (left hamstring strain), both on the 15-day DL retro to 3/27, are scheduled to pitch in rehab for Single-A Greenville on Saturday night against Augusta...Kelly is slated to start. IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN: In 2015, the Red Sox attempt to repeat their worst-to-fi rst title run of 2013...That year, the Red Sox joined the 1991 Twins as the only teams ever to win a World Series one season after fi nishing in last place. In fact, the last six World Series Champions missed the playoffs the previous year: 2014 Giants, 2013 Red Sox, 2012 Giants, 2011 Cardinals, 2010 Giants, 2009 Yankees...The 2008 Rays also reached the WS after going 66-96 in 2007 (Credit: Elias Sports Bureau). AT THE HELM: John Farrell returns in 2015 for his 3rd season as Red Sox Manager...He guided the Red Sox to the World Series title in 2013, his 1st year as skipper, when he was runner up for the AL Manager of the Year Award...On 2/21, the Red Sox extended Farrell s contract through the 2017 season with a club option for 2018. Aside from Chili Davis, hired as Boston s hitting coach in October, the rest of the coaching staff joins Farrell in returning for a third season in their current roles. REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN Overall... 1-1 AL East Standing...T-2nd, 0.5 GB At Home... 0-0 On Road... 1-1 In day games... 1-0 In night games... 0-1 April... 1-1 vs. AL East... 0-0 vs. AL Central... 0-0 vs. AL West... 0-0 vs. National League... 1-1 vs. RH starter... 0-1 vs. LH starter... 1-0 Leading after 6 innings... 1-0 Tied after 6 innings... 0-0 Trailing after 6 innings... 0-1 Leading after 7 innings... 1-0 Tied after 7 innings... 0-0 Trailing after 7 innings... 0-1 Leading after 8 innings... 1-0 Tied after 8 innings... 0-0 Trailing after 8 innings... 0-1 Red Sox score first... 1-0 Opponents score fi rst... 0-1 Shutouts... 1-0 Scoring less than 3 runs... 0-1 Scoring 3 or 4 runs... 0-0 Scoring 5 or more runs... 1-0 Red Sox hit HR... 1-0 Red Sox hit 0 HR... 0-1 1-run games... 0-0 2-run games... 0-1 Walk-offs... 0-0 Extra innings (home)... 0-0 Extra innings (road)... 0-0 Extra innings (total)... 0-0 Series openers... 1-0 Series fi nales... 0-0 Series W-L-T (home)...0-0-0 Series W-L-T (road)...0-0-0 Series W-L-T (total)...0-0-0 Series sweeps (home)... 0-0 Series sweeps (road)... 0-0 Series sweeps (total)... 0-0 Come-from-behind wins... 0 Innings batting around... 0 Games decided in last AB... 0-0 VS. THE PHILLIES All-Time vs. Phillies (since 1997)... 32-23 In Boston... 14-8 In Philadelphia... 18-15 At Citizens Bank Park... 16-9 2015 vs. Phillies... 1-1 In Boston... 0-0 In Philadelphia... 1-1 MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rk Player HR 32. Chipper Jones 468 33. David Ortiz 466 MLB ALL-TIME RBI LIST Rk Player RBI 46. Joe DiMaggio 1,537 47. David Ortiz 1,533 MLB ALL-TIME EXTRA-BASE HIT LIST Rk Player XBH 28. Chipper Jones 549 T27. David Ortiz 547 Manny Ramirez 547 TODAY IN RED SOX HISTORY APRIL 9, 1912 (103 YEARS AGO): The Sox hosted an exhibition with Harvard in the 1st game played at Fenway Park. TOMORROW IN RED SOX HISTORY APRIL 10, 1998 (17 YEARS AGO): Mo Vaughn hit a walk-off grand slam, capping a 7-run 9th-inning comeback in a 9-7 walkoff win over SEA in the Sox home opener. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Fri., 4/10 at NYY 7:05 p.m. LHP Wade Miley (0-0, ---) RHP Nathan Eovaldi (0-0, ---) NESN/MLBN Sat., 4/11 at NYY 1:05 p.m. RHP Steven Wright (0-0, ---) RHP Adam Warren (0-0, ---) NESN/FS1 Sun., 4/12 at NYY 8:05 p.m. RHP Clay Buchholz (1-0, 0.00) RHP Masahiro Tanaka (0-1, 9.00) ESPN Red Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affiliates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM (night games) and WCCM 1110 AM (day games).
Red Sox Game Notes Page 2 63-JUSTIN MASTERSON, RHP TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 7-9 5.88 28 25 128.2 141 90 84 12 69 116 CAREER 60-72 4.24 240 175 1141.2 113 587 538 90 471 955 TONIGHT S START: Will start the 3rd game of the season for the 3rd time in his career (2010-11 with CLE)...Also served as the Indians Opening Day starter in each of the past 3 seasons...tossed 7.0 scoreless innings (3 H, 4 SO) in the 2014 season opener with CLE on 3/31 at OAK (W, 2-0). Posted a 1-0 record and 0.86 ERA (2 ER/21.0 IP) with 6 BB, 19 SO in 3 career Opening Day starts for the Indians from 2012-14...For his career, has gone 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA (6 ER/44.0 IP) in the 1st starts of his 7 big league campaigns, never allowing more than 1 ER in any such game. Made his last appearance with BOS on 7/29/09 vs. OAK (2.0 IP, 0 ER), with his most recent start coming on 5/17/09 at SEA (6.1 IP, 2 ER, 6 SO)...Is seeking his 1st BOS victory since 4/26/09 vs. NYY (5.1 IP, 1 ER, 4 SO)...From 2008-09, produced a 9-8 record and 3.76 ERA (67 ER/160.1 IP) in 67 games (15 starts) for the Red Sox. Over 6 starts in March/April 2014, fi nished 0-1 with a 4.84 ERA (19 ER/35.1 IP) and.273 opponent AVG...In the 3 seasons prior (2011-13), held a 9-4 record (T-2nd in April wins during that span), as well as a 3.48 ERA (40 ER/103.1 IP) and.229 opponent AVG. Owns an 11-8 mark, 3.84 ERA (77 ER/180.1 IP), and.250 opponent AVG in 33 career games (29 starts) in March/April...Has posted a sub-3.20 ERA in the month of April in 4 of his 7 ML seasons (2008-09, 2011, 2013). Finished 3-6 with a 6.57 ERA (46 ER/63.0 IP) and.295 opponent AVG in 16 away games (13 starts) in 2014, one season removed from a 6-6 record, 3.86 ERA (39 ER/91.0 IP), and.214 opponent AVG in 15 such games (13 starts) in 2013. 2015 SPRING TRAINING: Tallied a 3-1 record and 3.52 ERA (9 ER/23.0 IP) over a team-high 6 Grapefruit League starts...logged more innings (23.0) than any other BOS pitcher this spring... Went 2-0 with a 0.61 ERA (1 ER/14.2 IP) at JetBlue Park, compared to a 1-1 record and 8.64 ERA (8 ER/8.1 IP) on the road. 2014 7.1, 2 times, last: 5/3 vs. CWS 8, 2 times, last: 5/22 at BAL 7, 5/18 vs. OAK 7, 5/18 vs. OAK 5, 5/18 vs. OAK 10, 6/2 vs. BOS 3, 8/30 vs. CHC --- --- 2, 2 times, last: 6/2-8 3, 5/13-27 2014 4-3, 5.21 ERA, 12 GS 3-6, 6.57 ERA, 16 G, 13 GS.283 (141-499), 12 HR.320 (86-269), 7 HR.239 (55-230), 5 HR 1.63 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 First appearance CAREER 9.0, 6 times, last: 6/30/13 at CWS 13, 7/30/10 at TOR 10, 7/28/12 at MIN 8, 5 times, last: 8/30/12 vs. OAK 7, 7/18/12 at TB 12, 9/30/09 vs. CWS (2) 3, 3 times, last: 8/30/14 vs. CHC 6, last: 6/30/13 at CWS 4, last: 6/30/13 at CWS 5, 4/3-26/11 11, 8/25/09-5/24/10 CAREER 34-28, 3.50 ERA, 123 G, 89 GS 26-44, 5.07 ERA, 117 G, 86 GS.258 (1113-4319), 90 HR.287 (694-2415), 61 HR.220 (419-1904), 29 HR 1.39 VS. THE PHILLIES W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 0-1 15.00 1 1 3.0 6 5 5 0 2 3 CAREER 1-1 5.56 4 2 11.1 13 7 7 0 5 9 at PHI 1-1 5.56 4 2 11.1 13 7 7 0 5 9 Closed the exhibition season with back-to-back winning decisions on 4/4 at MIN (5.0 IP, 2 ER) and 3/30 vs. MIN (5.2 IP, 0 ER)...Started for Single-A Greenville on the back fi elds at Fenway South on 3/25, tossing 4.0 scoreless frames following a 4-run 1st inning...tagged with the loss on 3/15 at PHI after surrendering 6 runs on 7 hits (2 HR) in 3.1 IP...Before facing the Phillies, held opponents hitless for 4.0 straight IP, retiring 11 consecutive batters...pitched 3.0 perfect innings (4 SO) on 3/10 vs. TB, earning the victory. VS. THE PHILLIES: Has appeared in 4 career games (2 starts) vs. PHI, all played at Citizens Bank Park, posting a 1-1 record and 5.56 ERA (7 ER/11.1 IP) with 5 BB, 9 SO...Last faced the Phillies on 8/24/14 with STL, when he allowed 5 ER on 6 H, 2 BB in 3.0 IP (3 SO), taking the loss. For his career vs. NL clubs, has gone 8-7 with a 3.67 ERA (62 ER/152.0 IP) in 33 games (23 starts), including 9 games (6 starts) for STL following a July 2014 trade, recording 138 SO against only 60 BB, as well as a.234 opponent AVG...Since the start of 2011, is 7-4 with a 3.19 ERA (37 ER/104.1 IP), 39 BB, 101 SO in 20 games (17 starts) against the NL...In 2014, he went 3-2, 6.81 ERA (27 ER/36.2 IP) with 17 BB, 34 SO in 10 such games (7 starts). Is a career.167 hitter (5-for-30) with 1 run, 1 RBI, 3 sacrifi ce hits, and 12 strikeouts...with STL last season, batted.250 (2-for-8) with 1 run, 1 RBI...Last hit was on 8/13/14 at MIA, an RBI-single to RF (Nathan Eovaldi). 2014 & CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Went 7-9 with 116 SO in 128.2 IP and a career-worst 5.88 ERA in 28 outings (25 starts) between CLE and STL...Acquired by the Cardinals at the trade deadline after missing most of July due to injury...had a 59.2% ground ball rate, 2nd highest in the majors behind HOU s Dallas Keuchel (min. 120.0 IP)...Induced 21 ground ball double plays, T-12th in MLB. Has induced a 57.0% ground ball rate in his career, 2nd highest among all major leaguers with at least 1,000.0 IP since 2008 (Tim Hudson, 58.3%). In his career, has held right-handed batters to a.220/.306/.301 line and a.607 OPS...Among pitchers that have faced at least 1,500 right-handed batters since 2008, none have a better opponent SLG and only Clayton Kershaw has a better opponent AVG (.214). PHILLIES CAREER vs. MASTERSON PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Asche.500 2 1 0 0 Blanco.667 3 2 0 2 Francoeur.310 29 9 0 3 Galvis --- 0 0 0 0 Hernandez --- 0 0 0 0 Herrera --- 0 0 0 0 Howard.200 5 1 0 1 Revere.233 30 7 0 4 Ruf --- 0 0 0 0 Ruiz.667 3 2 0 0 Rupp --- 0 0 0 0 Sizemore.111 9 1 0 0 Utley.167 6 1 0 1 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS RED SOX CAREER vs. BUCHANAN PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Betts --- 0 0 0 0 Bogaerts --- 0 0 0 0 Craig.000 3 0 0 0 Hanigan --- 0 0 0 0 Holt --- 0 0 0 0 Leon --- 0 0 0 0 Napoli --- 0 0 0 0 Nava --- 0 0 0 0 Ortiz --- 0 0 0 0 Pedroia --- 0 0 0 0 Ramirez --- 0 0 0 0 Sandoval.000 3 0 0 0 Victorino --- 0 0 0 0 2015 SPRING TRAINING GAME LOG DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/6 MIA - 2.0 1 1 0 1 0 3/10 TB W 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 3/15 at PHI L 3.1 7 6 6 2 0 3/20 BAL - 4.0 4 1 1 2 1 3/30 MIN W 5.2 5 1 0 1 4 4/4 at MIN W 5.0 7 2 2 1 1 3.52 ERA 3-1 23.0 24 11 9 7 10 STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN QUALITY SOX STARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC. Buchholz 1 1 4/7.0 5.14 1-0 Porcello 1 1 0/6.0 0.00 0-1 Masterson 0 0 0/0 --- 0-0 Miley 0 0 0/0 --- 0-0 Wright 0 0 0/0 --- 0-0 20-WADE MILEY, LHP FRIDAY S STARTING PITCHER First appearance W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 8-12 4.34 33 33 201.1 207 103 97 23 75 183 CAREER 38-35 3.79 106 102 638.2 649 290 269 64 196 499 VS. THE YANKEES: Made his only start vs. NYY on 4/17/13 at Yankee Stadium, allowing 3 ER on 4 H, 3 BB in 6.2 IP (3 SO) in a no-decision effort...is 5-3, 4.44 ERA (35 ER/71.0 IP) with 62 SO in 12 career starts vs. AL teams. LAST START: Tossed a spring-high 6.0 IP on 3/26 vs. MIN, recording 4 SO and allowing 3 ER on 4 H, 1 BB. 2015 SPRING TRAINING GAME LOG DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/3 BC - 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 3/9 at STL - 3.0 3 0 0 2 2 3/15 at PHI - 3.0 6 4 4 3 0 3/21 at PIT - 5.0 2 0 0 2 5 3/26 MIN - 6.0 4 3 3 1 4 3.71 ERA 0-0 17.0 15 7 7 8 11
Red Sox Game Notes Page 3 BATTING NOTES 50-MOOKIE BETTS, OF.250 AVG 1 HR 1 RBI.333 OBP.625 SLG vs. RHP: 1-5 (.200), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 ROAD TRIP: 2-8 (.250), 2 R, HR, RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-4 vs. LHP: 1-3 (.333), 1 HR PHI SERIES: 2-8 (.250), 2 R, HR, RBI, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G (4/6) Named to the 1st Opening Day roster of his career...at 22 years old, became youngest Red Sox player with an Opening Day HR since Tony Conigliaro (20 in 1965)...Also became BOS youngest Opening Day leadoff hitter since Rico Petrocelli (21 in 1965) and youngest Opening Day CF since Conigliaro (19 in 1964). Had a.429 AVG/.467 OBP/.750 SLG line in 19 Grapefruit League games...led the Grapefruit League in extra-base hits (12) and SLG...Ranked 4th among all Spring Training batters in AVG, 5th in OBP, and 3rd in SLG...Also paced Sox batters in runs (15), 2B (8), and 3B (2)...Hit inside-the-park HR on 3/22 vs. PHI. In 2014, climbed from Double-A to Triple-A and made ML debut at 21 years old...hit.291 (55-for-189) with 12 2B, 3B, and 5 HR in 52 games over 3 stints with BOS...Took over as Boston s leadoff hitter on 9/6 and batted.305 (25-for-82) with a.387 OBP in that role over the last 21 games of the season. Named Red Sox 2014 Minor League Player of the Year by both Baseball America and the Boston Baseball Writers...Led the Red Sox farm system with a.346 AVG (138-for-399)...Struck out only 50 times compared to 61 walks, posting a.431 OBP. 2-XANDER BOGAERTS, SS.143 AVG 0 HR 1 RBI.250 OBP.143 SLG vs. RHP: 1-5 (.200), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, RBI ROAD TRIP: 1-7 (.143), RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-4, RBI) vs. LHP: 0-2 (.000), 0 HR PHI SERIES: 1-7 (.143), RBI, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G (4/8) Named to the 2nd Opening Day roster of his career...in 2014, at 21 years, 181 days old became the youngest Red Sox SS to start on Opening Day since Everett Scott (21 years, 146 days) in 1914...Played 162 regular season and 12 postseason games as a major leaguer from 2013-14, all before turning 22. Posted a.271 AVG/.368 OBP/.458 SLG line with 6 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, and 8 BB in 20 Grapefruit League games. In 2014, led BOS and all major leaguers age 21 or younger with 144 games played, the most games by a Red Sox that young since Tony Conigliaro in 1966... From 8/31 through the remainder of the season, ranked 10th among AL leaders in AVG (.320) and SLG (.500). Ranked among AL rookie leaders in 2014 in hits (3rd, 129), XBH (T-3rd, 41), 2B (3rd, 28), BB (T-3rd, 39), runs (4th, 60), HR (5th, 12), and RBI (5th, 46). 5-ALLEN CRAIG, INF/OF 1.000 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI 1.000 OBP 1.000 SLG vs. RHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 1-1 (1.000), R CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-5, 2 R) vs. LHP: 1-1 (1.000), 0 HR PHI SERIES: 1-1 (1.000), R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G (4/6) Has 495 career hits in 499 games...made his 1st Opening Day roster with BOS...Was on STL s Opening Day roster in 2010-11 and 2013-14 (began 2012 on DL). Hit.250 (13-for-52) with 4 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, and 7 BB in 19 Grapefruit League games...hit inside-the-park HR on 4/1 vs. TOR...Played primarily 1B and LF. In 2014, hit.215 (99-for-461) in 126 games between STL and BOS...Acquired by the Red Sox at the non-waiver trade deadline...was 1 of only 3 players to play at least 1,000 defensive innings without committing an error (also BAL s Nick Markakis and TB s Desmond Jennings). Ranks 2nd in the majors with a.361 AVG with RISP over the last 4 seasons (2012-15)...Led all ML players in the category in 2012 (.400) and 2013 (.454). Has a career line of.319 AVG/.396 OBP/.505 SLG in 51 Interleague games...in 2013, led MLB with a.452 AVG (28-for-62) and.521 OBP in Interleague play. 10-RYAN HANIGAN, C.200 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI.429 OBP.200 SLG vs. RHP: 0-4 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-2, R, BB ROAD TRIP: 1-5 (.200), R, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-4 vs. LHP: 1-1 (1.000), 0 HR PHI SERIES: 1-5 (.200), R, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G (4/6) Is in his 1st season with BOS after being traded twice in one day on 12/19/14...First went from the Rays to the Padres in a 3-team deal (also Nationals)...Later that day, acquired by the Red Sox from SD in exchange for 3B Will Middlebrooks. Appeared in 11 Grapefruit League games, batting.292 (7-for-24) with 3 R and only 2 SO. In 2014, appeared in 84 games in his only season with the Rays...Missed time with 2 trips to the DL...The Rays went 33-33 in his 66 starts (44-52 otherwise). Is 1 of only 3 active players with at least 1,500 career PA and more walks (221) than strikeouts (198)...The others are Joe Mauer and Albert Pujols. Owns the best catcher s ERA (3.60) and fielding pct. (.996) among active players with at least 500 games behind the plate...has caught 2 no-hitters, both thrown by Reds RHP Homer Bailey, on 9/28/12 at PIT and 7/2/13 vs. SF. 26-BROCK HOLT, INF/OF --- AVG 0 HR 0 RBI --- OBP --- SLG vs. RHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: --- CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (3-14, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI) vs. LHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR PHI SERIES: --- SEASON-HIGH STREAK: --- Named to the 1st Opening Day roster of his career...last played on 9/5 vs. TOR, missing Boston s last 21 games of the season due to concussion symptoms. Hit.283 (13-for-46) with 8 R, 3 RBI, and a.421 OBP in 20 Grapefruit League games...ranked T-4th among all players in Spring Training with 6 SB in only 6 attempts...also T-4th in Spring Training with 11 BB against only 6 SO...Played 1B (12 defensive innings), 2B (25), 3B (18), SS (34), LF (7), CF (4), and RF (3). Named 2014 Red Sox Rookie of the Year by the Boston Baseball Writers after leading the club (min. 250 PA) with a.281 AVG as the primary leadoff hitter... Became the 1st Sox player ever to start at 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, and RF in a single season, the only major leaguer to accomplish the feat in 2014. Has played in 156 major league games between PIT (2012) and BOS (2013-14)...Was acquired by BOS as part of a 6-player deal on 12/26/12. 3-SANDY LEON, C --- AVG 0 HR 0 RBI --- OBP --- SLG vs. RHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: --- CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-9 vs. LHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR PHI SERIES: --- SEASON-HIGH STREAK: --- Named to 1st Opening Day roster of his career...acquired by BOS from the Nationals in exchange for cash considerations on 3/30/15. Combined with WSH (13 G) and BOS (4 G) to hit.267 (8-for-30) with a R, 2B, and 4 RBI in 17 Grapefruit League games. Was not on WSH s 2014 Opening Day roster, but was recalled on 4/2 and made 10 starts at catcher in April...Over 4 stints with the Nationals, hit.156 (10-for- 64) with a 2B, HR, and 3 RBI while throwing out 5 of 8 potential base stealers...in 51 G with Triple-A Syracuse, caught 12 of 21 would-be base stealers (57%). Has hit.189 (18-for-95) with 3 2B, HR, 5 RBI, and 9 R in 34 career ML games, all with WSH (2012-14)...The Nats won 16 of his 26 starts (.615) in that time. Has caught 48% (187 of 389) of attempted base stealers between the major and minor leagues over the last 5 seasons. 12-MIKE NAPOLI, 1B.000 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI.200 OBP.000 SLG vs. RHP: 0-4 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 ROAD TRIP: 0-4 (.000), BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-19 vs. LHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR PHI SERIES: 0-4 (.000), BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: --- In 10th ML season and 3rd with BOS...Has made 4 Opening Day starts at 1B (2011-12 with TEX, 2013-14 with BOS) and 2 at catcher (2007-08 with LAA). Tied for the Grapefruit League lead with 6 HR, his 2nd consecutive Spring Training leading BOS in homers...also paced the Sox in SLG (.875) and ranked 2nd in RBI (11)...Hit.400 (16-for-40) with 7 R and a.467 OBP in 17 games. Underwent successful surgery to address his sleep apnea n 11/4/14 at Massachusetts General Hospital...Last played on 9/17/14 at PIT. Paced the Red Sox with 9 game-winning RBI in 2014...Led the majors with a career-best.450 OBP against left-handed pitching. Led MLB with an average of 4.47 pitches/pa in 2014 (min. 400 PA)...Career rate of 4.35 pitches/pa ranks 2nd among active major leaguers (Jayson Werth-4.40). Has hit each of the Red Sox last 2 walk-off home runs: 6/18/14 vs. MIN (off Casey Fien, 10th inning) and 7/21/13 vs. NYY (off Adam Warren, 11th inning). 29-DANIEL NAVA, OF/1B.000 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI.000 OBP.000 SLG vs. RHP: 0-4 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-for-4, R ROAD TRIP: 0-for-4 (.000), R CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-8 vs. LHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR PHI SERIES: 0-for-4 (.000), R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: --- Made the Red Sox' Opening Day roster for the 3rd consecutive season...has played 396 career games over parts of 5 seasons with BOS (2010, 2012-15). Had a.293 AVG/.453 OBP/.439 SLG line with 7 R, 3 2B, HR, and 4 RBI in 17 Grapefruit League games...ranked 2nd on the club in BB (10)...Played 1B, LF, and RF. Made his 1st career Opening Day start in 2014, leading off for BOS and playing RF...Hit.313 in June,.349 in July,.280 in August, and.299 in September...Recorded a career-high 9 outfield assists...combined to start 88 games in the OF, including a club-high 69 games and 57 starts in RF. Owns a career.291 AVG/.384 OBP/.427 SLG line against RHP...Led BOS in games (299) and starts (264) in the OF from 2012-14.
Red Sox Game Notes Page 4 BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) 34-DAVID ORTIZ, DH/1B.000 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI.000 OBP.000 SLG vs. RHP: 0-2 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-1 ROAD TRIP: 0-5 (.000) CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-11 vs. LHP: 0-3 (.000), 0 HR PHI SERIES: 0-5 (.000) SEASON-HIGH STREAK: --- Made his team-high 11th career Opening Day start for the Red Sox on Monday at PHI...Started at 1B after making his previous 10 Opening Day starts at DH. Needs 2 HR to tie Chipper Jones (468) for 32nd place on MLB s all-time HR list and 4 RBI to tie Joe DiMaggio (1,537) for 46th on MLB s all-time RBI list...also has 547 career doubles and needs only 1 to surpass Manny Ramirez for sole possession of 27th place on MLB s all-time doubles list. Is in his 13th consecutive season with BOS, tied with PHI s Chase Utley for the longest continuous tenure with current major league team among active players...his 1,657 games for the Red Sox are the most among active players for any single team, as are his 408 HR with BOS. Appeared in 14 Grapefruit League games, all at DH...Hit.222 (8-for-36) with a 2B, HR, 10 RBI, and 4 BB...Ranked 3rd on the club in RBI. In 2014, earned his 5th Thomas A. Yawkey Award as the Red Sox MVP in a vote of Boston BBWAA members...led BOS and placed among AL leaders with 35 HR (T-5th), 104 RBI (6th), and a.517 SLG (8th) in 142 G...No other AL player drove in a higher percentage of his team s runs than Ortiz s 16.4% (104 of 634). Owns all-time records as a DH in hits (1,891), XBH (906), 2B (474), HR (415), RBI (1,344), BB (1,019), runs (1,111), AB (6,559), and games (1,754). 15-DUSTIN PEDROIA, 2B.429 AVG 2 HR 2 RBI.556 OBP 1.286 SLG vs. RHP: 1-3 (.333), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-2, 2 BB ROAD TRIP: 3-7 (.429), 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-3 vs. LHP: 2-4 (.500), 2 HR PHI SERIES: 3-7 (.429), 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G (4/6) Recorded 4th career multi-homer game on Monday at PHI (2 HR), the 1st by a Red Sox on Opening Day since Carlton Fisk in 1973...Became just the 2nd second baseman in MLB history with a multi-homer game on Opening Day (also ARI's Felipe Lopez in 2009). Ranks 2nd on the current team with 9 career Opening Day starts for the Red Sox, all at 2B from 2007-15...Is the only Red Sox player in the last 100 years to hit safely in each of his first 9 career Opening Day games (.421, 16-for-38, 2 2B, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB). Went 17-for-53 (.321) with 5 R, 3 2B, HR, and 8 RBI in 20 Grapefruit League games...ranked T-2nd on the club in hits...hit grand slam on 3/5 at MIN. Collected his 4th Rawlings Gold Glove Award at 2B in 2014...Committed a single-season career-low 2 errors...posted a career-best and MLB-leading.997 fielding pct. at 2B (654 chances), the best-ever mark for a Red Sox 2B (prev. Mark Loretta in 2006,.994)...Named Red Sox Heart and Hustle Award Winner. Leads active players with a career.336 AVG (188-for-560) in Interleague games (min. 250 PA). 13-HANLEY RAMIREZ, LF.250 AVG 2 HR 5 RBI.333 OBP 1.000 SLG vs. RHP: 0-5 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 ROAD TRIP: 2-8 (.250), 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-4 vs. LHP: 2-3 (.667), 2 HR PHI SERIES: 2-8 (.250), 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G (4/6) Went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 5 RBI on Monday at PHI, becoming the 3rd Red Sox player ever to hit a grand slam on Opening Day (also Jack Clark in 1991 and Carlton Fisk in 1973)...Became the 1st player to record at least 2 HR and 5 RBI in his 1st start for the Red Sox (Source: Elias Sports Bureau). Signed a 4-year contract with the Red Sox in November...Returns to the organization that signed him as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2000...Was the Red Sox top prospect entering the 2003, 2004, and 2005 seasons...made ML debut with 2 games for BOS in late 2005. Hit.263 (15-for-57) with 4 R and a HR in 20 Grapefruit League games...led the Sox in RBI (12) and ranked 2nd in 2B (5). Is in his 1st season as an OF after playing only SS (1,077 G) and 3B (98 G) in his first 10 ML seasons (2005-14). In 2014, hit.283 (127-for-449) with 35 2B, 13 HR, 71 RBI, 56 BB, and 14 SB in 128 games for the division-champion Dodgers as the club s primary SS. Veteran of 11 ML seasons between the Red Sox (2005, 2015), Marlins (2006-12), and Dodgers (2013-14) joined Miguel Cabrera, Matt Holliday, and Albert Pujols as the only active major leaguers to begin the 2015 season with at least a.300 AVG and a.500 SLG in 5,000 or more PA (.300 AVG/.373 OBP/.500 SLG). 48-PABLO SANDOVAL, 3B.250 AVG 0 HR 1 RBI.333 OBP.250 SLG vs. RHP: 2-4 (.500), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 2-3, RBI, BB ROAD TRIP: 2-8 (.250), RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (2-8, RBI, BB) vs. LHP: 0-4 (.000), 0 HR PHI SERIES: 2-8 (.250), RBI, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G (4/8) Recorded his 1st hits and 1st RBI as a member of the Red Sox on Wednesday...Is in his 1st season with BOS after signing a 5-year contract through 2019 with a club option for 2020 in November...Spent his first 7 years in the majors with SF, winning the World Series in all 3 trips to the postseason (2010, 2012, 2014). Hit.259 (14-for-54) with 5 R, HR, and 4 RBI in 19 Grapefruit League games...ranked T-3rd on the team in 2B (4). Helped the Giants to the 2014 World Series title, batting.366 (26-for-71) with 7 2B, 5 RBI, and 5 BB...Started all 17 of SF s postseason games and reached safely in 16 of them...set an all-time record for any single postseason with 26 hits...reached in all 4 PA in Game 7 of the WS (3-for-3, 2B, HP). His career.344 postseason AVG (53-for-154) is the best in ML history (min. 150 PA in the postseason)...his career World Series AVG of.426 ranks 2nd all-time to David Ortiz (.455) among those with at least 50 PA in the Fall Classic. 18-SHANE VICTORINO, OF.000 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI.400 OBP.000 SLG vs. RHP: 0-1 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 0-3 (.000), 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-for-7 vs. LHP: 0-2 (.000), 0 HR PHI SERIES: 0-3 (.000), 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: --- Made 2nd Opening Day start for the Red Sox on Monday at PHI (also 2013)...Started 6 consecutive Opening Day games for the Phillies from 2007-12. Went 8-for-42 (.190) with 4 R, 2 2B, 3B, and 4 RBI in 16 Grapefruit League games. Limited to 30 games in 2014 due to 3 stints on the DL with 2 different injuries...had season-ending back surgery on 8/5/14...Formerly a switch-hitter, batted right-handed all season...hit.325 (13-for-40) against LHP and.241 (20-for-83) vs. RHP. In Interleague play since the start of the 2011 season, ranks T-4th among qualifying major leaguers in AVG (.343, 59-for-172), 2nd in OBP (.424) and 6th in SLG (.599)...His.382 AVG (29-for-76) in Interleague games since joining the Red Sox in 2013 ranks 4th among all major leaguers with at least 50 PA in that span. Is the all-time MLB leader among Hawaiian-born players in at-bats (4,455), runs (712), hits (1,233), 2B (227), 3B (68), HR (107), and RBI (482). LAST HOME RUN MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES PLAYER DATE, OPP. PITCHER AB SINCE 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI 6+RBI TOTAL Betts 4/6/15 at PHI Hamels 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bogaerts 9/14/14 at KC Vargas 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Craig 8/26/14 at TOR Santos 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hanigan 9/12/14 at TOR Happ 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Holt 9/4/14 at NYY Capuano 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leon 4/14/14 at MIA Slowey 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Napoli 9/1/14 at TB Smyly 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nava 9/14/14 at KC Crow 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ortiz 9/20/14 at BAL Tillman 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pedroia 4/6/15 at PHI Hamels 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ramirez 4/6/15 at PHI Diekman 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 Sandoval 9/5/14 at DET Farmer 81 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Victorino 7/25/14 at TB Price 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 VS. PHI CAREER VS. PHI CAREER AT CITIZENS BANK PARK PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Betts.250 8 2 1 1.250 8 2 1 1.500 4 2 1 1 Bogaerts.143 7 1 0 1.143 7 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 Craig 1.000 1 1 0 0.273 88 24 3 9.304 46 14 2 6 Hanigan.200 5 1 0 0.246 61 15 2 5.200 30 6 1 4 Holt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Leon - - - - -.364 11 4 0 0.200 5 1 0 0 Napoli.000 4 0 0 0.200 25 5 1 2.214 14 3 0 0 Nava.000 4 0 0 0.216 37 8 2 8.176 17 3 1 3 Ortiz.000 5 0 0 0.275 109 30 7 24.235 51 12 4 10 Pedroia.429 7 3 2 2.255 98 25 5 12.221 77 17 4 7 Ramirez.250 8 2 2 5.296 463 137 21 54.300 230 69 13 32 Sandoval.250 8 2 0 1.270 159 43 4 19.205 78 16 2 9 Victorino.000 3 0 0 0.167 6 1 0 1.281 1,742 489 42 179
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 32-Craig Breslow --- - - - - - - -/- -/- -/- --- --- 59-Tommy Layne 4/6 at PHI 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1/1 -/- -/- 1.0 (4/6 at PHI) --- 54-Edward Mujica --- - - - - - - -/- -/- -/- --- --- 41-Alexi Ogando 4/8 at PHI 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1/1 -/- -/- 1.0 (4/8 at PHI) 1 (4/8 at PHI) 28-Robbie Ross Jr. 4/8 at PHI 1.0 0 1 0 0 2 0/1 -/- -/- 1.0 (4/8 at PHI) 2 (4/8 at PHI) 36-Junichi Tazawa 4/6 at PHI 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 -/- -/- 1.0 (4/6 at PHI) --- 46-Anthony Varvaro --- - - - - - - -/- -/- -/- --- --- 2015 BULLPEN TOTALS: 0.00 ERA 4.0 0 1 0 1 3 3/4 (75%) -/- -/- 32-CRAIG BRESLOW, LHP 0-0 0 SV --- ERA vs. ALL: --- (0-0), 0 HR vs. RHB: --- (0-0), 0 HR vs. LHB: --- (0-0), 0 HR WHIP: --- Spring 2015: 1-0, 1.50 ERA (1 ER/6.0 IP), 5 H, 2 BB, 2 SO in 6 games...made his final appearance of the spring on Thursday, 4/2 vs. MIN (1.0 IP, 2 H, R ER). 2015 marks his 7th career Opening Day roster, and 3rd consecutive with the Red Sox. Entered the year with the 4th-lowest ERA (3.20) among active LHP s with at least 450.0 IP, trailing C. Kershaw (2.48), C. Sale (2.76) & M. Bumgarner (3.06). Has pitched in 60-or-more games in each of the last 6 seasons (since 2009) for a total of 403, 5th highest among ML relievers & 2nd among LHP s to R. Choate. Went 2-4, 5.96 ERA (36 ER/54.1 IP) in 60 games for BOS in 2014...Finished 5th on the staff in appearances despite missing the 1st week of games due to injury. 59-TOMMY LAYNE, LHP 0-0 0 SV 0.00 ERA vs. ALL:.000 (0-3), 0 HR vs. RHB:.000 (0-1), 0 HR vs. LHB:.000 (0-2), 0 HR WHIP: 1.00 Made his season debut Monday, 4/6 at PHI...Finished the game with a scoreless 9th inning (1.0 IP, BB). Spring 2015: 0-0, 1.00 ERA (1 ER/9.0 IP), 4 H, 3 BB, 11 SO in 9 games...made his final appearance of the spring on Friday, 4/3 vs. MIN (1.0 IP, H, BB). Has made his 1st career Opening Day roster...is in his 2nd season with the Sox after joining the organization as a non-roster invitee for 2014 spring training. Has made a total 71 relief appearances over his ML career between SD (2012-13) & BOS (2014-15), posting a 1.99 ERA (10 ER/45.1 IP) with 45 SO. Began 2014 with Pawtucket and was an IL All-Star...Spent 2nd half of season with BOS, posting a 0.95 ERA (2 ER/19.0 IP) with a.159 AVG vs. LHH in 30 games. 54-EDWARD MUJICA, RHP 0-0 0 SV --- ERA vs. ALL: --- (0-0), 0 HR vs. RHB: --- (0-0), 0 HR vs. LHB: --- (0-0), 0 HR WHIP: --- Spring 2015: 2-0, 4.50 ERA (4 ER/8.0 IP), 12 H, 0 BB, 4 SO in 8 games (1 GS)...Made his final appearance of the spring on Friday, 4/3 vs. MIN (1.0 IP, H). 2015 marks his 7th career Opening Day roster and 2nd with the Red Sox (2009-10 with SD; 2011-12 with MIA and 2013 with STL). Enters the season with the highest SO/BB ratio (4.8; 393 SO/82 BB) since 1900 among pitchers with 400.0 innings pitched. Made 64 appearances last season (T-3rd on team) in his 1st season with the Sox...Ended the season posting a 2.08 ERA (9 ER/39.0 IP) over his fi nal 42 games. Recorded 8 SV in 9 chances last season for BOS...Has 49 SV for his ML career, including a career-high 37 for STL in 2013.. 41-ALEXI OGANDO, RHP 0-0 0 SV 0.00 ERA vs. ALL:.000 (0-3), 0 HR vs. RHB:.000 (0-2), 0 HR vs. LHB:.000 (0-1), 0 HR WHIP: 0.00 Made his season and Red Sox debut last night at PHI, throwing a scoreless 8th inning with 1 SO...Was his 1st ML appearance since 6/3/14 vs BAL. Spring 2015: 0-0, 7.94 ERA (5 ER/5.2 IP), 7 H, 2 BB, 6 SO in 6 games...made his fi nal appearance of the spring on 4/1 vs. MIN (0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, SO). 2015 marks his 5th career Opening Day roster (all consecutive), and 1st with BOS (2011-14 with TEX). For his ML career in relief, has gone 9-4 with a 3.25 ERA (50 ER/138.1 IP), while posting a 8.6 SO/9.0 IP ratio (132 SO/138.1 IP) in 135 appearances. In his 1st season with BOS after being signed as a free agent on 1/30/15...Wore No. 23 during spring training and has since switched to No. 41. 28-ROBBIE ROSS JR, LHP 0-0 0 SV 0.00 ERA vs. ALL:.000 (0-3), 0 HR vs. RHB:.000 (0-1), 0 HR vs. LHB:.000 (0-2), 0 HR WHIP: 0.00 Made his season/red Sox debut last night at PHI...Allowed 1 run - unearned - & struck out 2 in the 7th...Revere reached on a 3-base error & scored on a SF. Spring 2015: 0-0, 2.16 ERA (2 ER/8.1 IP), 8 H, 1 BB, 8 SO in 8 games...made his final appearance of the spring on Saturday, 4/4 at MIN (1.0 IP, SO). 2015 marks his 4th career Opening Day roster (all consecutive) and 1st with the Red Sox...Spent the fi rst 6 years of his pro career in the Rangers organization. In 1st season with BOS after being acquired from TEX via trade on 1/27/15...Went 5-4, 4.33 ERA (29 ER/60.1 IP) in 12 games (9 starts) for the Rangers in 2014. Has made 151 career appearances in the majors, between TEX and BOS, with 139 coming in relief...is 12-2, 3.25 ERA (53 ER/146.2 IP) as a reliever. 36-JUNICHI TAZAWA, RHP 0-0 0 SV 0.00 ERA vs. ALL:.000 (0-3), 0 HR vs. RHB: --- (0-0), 0 HR vs. LHB:.000 (0-3), 0 HR WHIP: 0.00 Made his season debut on Monday, 4/6 at PHI with a scoreless 8th inning...retired all 3 batters he faced. Spring 2015: 1-0, 4.50 ERA (4 ER/8.0 IP), 6 H, 1 BB, 7 SO in 8 games...made his final appearance of the spring on Friday, 4/3 vs. MIN (1.0 IP, H, SO). Has made his 3rd consecutive Opening Day roster...led all Red Sox pitchers with 71 games in 2014, his 2nd straight year with that many appearances. Over the previous 3 seasons (2012-14), his 5.3 SO/BB ratio (181 SO/34 BB) ranked 5th among all AL relievers. Went 4-3, 2.86 ERA (20 ER/63.0 IP) over 71 games last year for BOS...Did not allow a run in 55 of his 71 games (77%). 46-ANTHONY VARVARO, RHP 0-0 0 SV --- ERA vs. ALL: --- (0-0), 0 HR vs. RHB: --- (0-0), 0 HR vs. LHB: --- (0-0), 0 HR WHIP: --- Spring 2015: 0-0, 1.08 ERA (1 ER/8.1 IP), 7 H, 1 BB, 7 SO in 7 games...made his final appearance of the spring on Friday, 4/3 vs. MIN (1.1 IP, H, SO). Has made his 3rd career Opening Day roster (2013-14 with ATL), and 1st with BOS...Went 3-3, 2.63 ERA (16 ER/54.2 IP) in 61 games for ATL last year. In 1st season with BOS after being acquired from ATL via trade on 12/17/14...Drafted by SEA, spent the past 4 years (2011-14) in the ATL organization. Over his ML career, has held LHH to a.196 AVG (53-for-270), which includes a.149 (11-for-74) mark against lefties last season with the Braves. 2015 VS. PHI CAREER VS. PHI CAREER AT CITIZENS BANK PARK PLAYER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER Breslow 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 0-0-0 3.18 5/0 5.2 5 2 0-0-0 0.00 2/0 3.0 1 0 Buchholz 1-0-0 0.00 1/1 7.0 3 0 1-0-0 0.00 1/1 7.0 3 0 1-0-0 0.00 1/1 7.0 3 0 Layne 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 1.0 0 0 0-1-0 2.70 5/0 3.1 1 1 0-0-0 0.00 2/0 1.2 0 0 Masterson 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 1-1-0 5.56 4/2 11.1 13 7 1-1-0 5.56 4/2 11.1 13 7 Miley 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 1-1-0 4.24 3/3 17.0 15 8 0-1-0 6.55 2/2 11.0 13 8 Mujica 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 3-0-3 1.09 23/0 24.2 19 3 1-0-1 1.98 12/0 13.2 11 3 Ogando 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 1.0 0 0 0-0-0 7.71 2/0 2.1 3 2 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 1.0 0 0 Porcello 0-1-0 4.50 1/1 6.0 6 3 1-1-0 4.50 2/2 12.0 13 6 0-1-0 4.50 1/1 6.0 6 3 Ross 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Tazawa 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 1.0 0 0 0-0-0 3.00 3/0 3.0 4 1 0-0-0 0.00 2/0 2.0 1 0 Varvaro 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 0-0-0 1.59 17/0 17.0 11 3 0-0-0 0.00 8/0 7.0 3 0 Wright 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0
Red Sox Game Notes Page 6 2015 REGULAR SEASON DAY-BY-DAY DAILY HOME ATT. ROAD ATT. GM# DATE D/N OPPONENT SCORE REC. POS. GA/GB WINNING PITCHER LOSING PITCHER SAVE ATT. NO. TOTAL NO. TOTAL 1 4/6 D at Philadelphia W8-0 1-0 T-1st --- BUCHHOLZ(1-0) Hamels (0-1) 45,549 1 45,549 4/7 Off Day 1-0 T-2nd -0.5 2 4/8 N at Philadelphia L2-4 1-1 T-2nd -0.5 Harang (1-0) PORCELLO 0-1) Papelbon (1) 26,465 2 72,014 3 4/9 N at Philadelphia 4 4/10 N at NY Yankees 5 4/11 D at NY Yankees 6 4/12 N at NY Yankees 7 4/13 D WASHINGTON 8 4/14 N WASHINGTON 9 4/15 D WASHINGTON 4/16 OFF DAY 10 4/17 N BALTIMORE 11 4/18 D BALTIMORE 12 4/19 D BALTIMORE 13 4/20 D BALTIMORE 14 4/21 N at Tampa Bay 15 4/22 N at Tampa Bay 16 4/23 N at Tampa Bay 17 4/24 N at Baltimore 18 4/25 N at Baltimore 19 4/26 D at Baltimore 20 4/27 N TORONTO 21 4/28 N TORONTO 22 4/29 N TORONTO 4/30 OFF DAY 23 5/1 N NY YANKEES 24 5/2 D NY YANKEES 25 5/3 N NY YANKEES 26 5/4 N TAMPA BAY 27 5/5 N TAMPA BAY 28 5/6 N TAMPA BAY 5/7 OFF DAY 29 5/8 N at Toronto 30 5/9 D at Toronto 31 5/10 D at Toronto 32 5/11 N at Oakland 33 5/12 N at Oakland 34 5/13 D at Oakland 35 5/14 N at Seattle 36 5/15 N at Seattle 37 5/16 N at Seattle 38 5/17 D at Seattle 5/18 Off Day 39 5/19 N TEXAS 40 5/20 N TEXAS 41 5/21 N TEXAS 42 5/22 N LA ANGELS 43 5/23 N LA ANGELS 44 5/24 D LA ANGELS 45 5/25 D at Minnesota 46 5/26 N at Minnesota 47 5/27 D at Minnesota 48 5/28 N at Texas 49 5/29 N at Texas 50 5/30 N at Texas 51 5/31 D at Texas 52 6/1 N MINNESOTA 53 6/2 N MINNESOTA 54 6/3 N MINNESOTA 55 6/4 D MINNESOTA 56 6/5 N OAKLAND 57 6/6 D OAKLAND 58 6/7 D OAKLAND 6/8 OFF DAY 2015 TRANSACTIONS DATE March 18 March 20 March 26 March 30 March 31 April 2 April 3 TRANSACTION INFs Sean Coyle and Travis Shaw optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...RHPs Miguel Celestino, Keith Couch, and Noe Ramirez, and 1B/OF Bryan LaHair reassigned to minor league camp. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez and C Blake Swihart optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket. OF Bryce Brentz, 3B/OF Garin Cecchini, and RHPs Heath Hembree and Zeke Spruill optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...LHP Henry Owens reassigned to minor league camp...rhp Mitchell Boggs released. C Sandy Leon acquired from Washington Nationals in exchange for cash considerations...c Christian Vazquez placed on 60-day DL with a right elbow sprain. RHP Felipe Paulino released. OFs Jackie Bradley Jr. and Rusney Castillo optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Dalier Hinojosa, SS Deven Marrero, and C Matt Spring reassigned to minor league camp. RHPs Matt Barnes and Brandon Workman optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...LHP Dana Eveland reassigned to minor league camp...rhp Joe Kelly placed on 15-day DL (retroactive to March 27) with a right biceps strain. April 5 RHP Koji Uehara placed on 15-day DL (retroactive to March 27) with a left hamstring strain...lhp Edwin Escobar placed on 15-day DL (retroactive to March 29) with left elbow inflammation...lhp Brian Johnson, Cs Luke Montz and Humberto Quintero, INFs Jeff Bianchi and Jemile Weeks, and OF Quintin Berry reassigned to minor league camp. DISABLED LIST PLAYER INJURY PLACED ON DL (RETRO) REINSTATED GAMES MISSED Christian Vazquez Right elbow sprain March 30 --- 2 (1-1) Joe Kelly Right biceps strain April 3 (March 27) --- 2 (1-1) Koji Uehara Left hamstring strain April 5 (March 27) --- 2 (1-1) Edwin Escobar Left elbow inflammation April 5 (March 29) --- 2 (1-1) 2015 Totals 4 Players 4 DL stints 8 Games Missed
Red Sox Game Notes Page 7 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS TEAM BATTING Most runs, game...8, 4/6 at PHI Most runs, inning...4, 4/6 at PHI Most hits, game (9 innings)...9, 4/6 at PHI Most hits, game (extra innings)... 0, Most hits, inning... 2, 3 times, last 4/6 at PHI (5th, 7th, 9th) Consecutive hits, inning...2, 4/6 at PHI (7th) Fewest hits, game...3, 4/8 at PHI Most doubles, game... 0, Most triples, game... 0, Most home runs, game...5, 4/6 at PHI Most home runs, inning...2, 4/6 at PHI (5th) Most stolen bases, game...1, 4/6 at PHI Most walks, game (9 innings)...7, 4/6 at PHI Most walks, game (extra innings)... 0, Most strikeouts, game (9 innings)...10, 4/8 at PHI Most strikeouts, game (extra innings)... 0, Most hit by pitch, game... 0, Most left on base (9 innings)...7, 4/6 at PHI Most left on base (extra innings)... 0, INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most hits...3, Pedroia, 4/6 at PHI Most runs... 2, 3 times, last Betts, Pedroia, Ramirez, 4/6 at PHI Most doubles...0, Most triples... 0, Most home runs... 2, 2 times, last Pedroia & Ramirez, 4/6 at PHI Most extra-base hits... 2, 2 times, last Pedroia & Ramirez, 4/6 at PHI Most total bases...9, Pedroia, 4/6 at PHI Most RBI...5, Ramirez, 4/6 at PHI Most stolen bases...1, Victorino, 4/6 at PHI Most walks... 2, 2 times, last Pedroia, 4/8 at PHI Most strikeouts...3, 2 times, last Ortiz & Sandoval, 4/6 at PHI Longest hitting streak.. 1, 7 players, last Bogaerts & Sandoval (4/8-present) TEAM PITCHING Most strikeouts (9 innings)...9, 4/6 at PHI Most strikeouts (extra innings)... 0, Most walks (9 innings)... 2, 2 times, last 4/8 at PHI Most walks, (extra innings)... 0, Fewest walks... 2, 2 times, last 4/8 at PHI Most runs allowed, game...4, 4/8 at PHI Most runs allowed, inning...3, 4/8 at PHI Most hits allowed, game (9 innings)...6, 4/8 at PHI Most hits allowed, game (extra inning)... 0, Fewest hits allowed, game...3, 4/6 at PHI Most hits allowed, inning...2, 2 times, last 4/8 at PHI (6th) Most home runs allowed, game...1, 4/8 at PHI Most consecutive scoreless inn... 14.0, 4/6 (1st)-4/8 (5th) INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most innings pitched, starter... 7.0, Buchholz, 4/6 at PHI Fewest innings pitched, starter... 6.0, Porcello, 4/8 at PHI Most innings pitched, reliever...1.0, 4 times, last Ogando & Ross, 4/8 at PHI Most strikeouts, starter... 9, Buchholz, 4/6 at PHI Most strikeouts, reliever...2, Ross, 4/8 at PHI Most walks allowed... 2, Porcello, 4/8 at PHI Longest winning streak...1, Buchholz, 4/6-present Longest losing streak...1, Porcello, 4/6-present Most consecutive scoreless inn. starter...7.0, Buchholz, 4/6-present Most consecutive scoreless inn. reliever..1.0, 3 times, last Ogando, 4/8-present Most runs allowed... 3, Porcello, 4/8 at PHI Most earned runs allowed... 3, Porcello, 4/8 at PHI Most hits allowed... 6, Porcello, 4/8 at PHI Fewest hits allowed, CG... 0, Most home runs allowed... 1, Porcello, 4/8 at PHI Most pitches thrown... 101, Porcello, 4/8 at PHI MISCELLANEOUS TEAM Longest winning streak... 1, 4/6 Longest losing streak... 1, 4/8-present Most games over.500... 1, last 4/7 at PHI (1-0) Most games under.500... 0, Longest game, innings... 9, 2 times, last 4/8 at PHI Longest game, time (9 innings)...3:01, 4/6 at PHI Longest game, time (extra innings)... 0, Shortest game, time...2:54, 4/8 at PHI Largest crowd, Fenway Park... 0, Smallest crowd, Fenway Park... 0, Largest crowd, road...45,549, 4/6 at PHI Smallest crowd, road...26,465, 4/8 at PHI Largest winning margin...8, 4/6 at PHI Largest losing margin...2, 4/8 at PHI Largest deficit overcome to win... 0, Largest lead relinquished to lose... 0, Most double plays turned... 0, Most errors...2, 4/8 at PHI Most errors by an opponent...2, 4/8 at PHI Most stolen bases by an opponent...1, 4/8 at PHI INDIVIDUAL BATTING THE LAST TIME THE SOX... TEAM 5 hits in a game... Brock Holt, 7/13/14 at HOU 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...mike Napoli, 6/18/14 vs. MIN (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...joe Kelly, 8/12/14, 1B off Mat Latos 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... Mike Napoli, 6/22/14 at OAK 5 steals in a game (club record)... Jacoby Ellsbury, 5/30/13 at PHI Walk-off win...9/5/14 vs. TOR (9-8 in 10 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