WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS (9): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM @SOXNOTES BACK IN THE POSTSEASON: The Red Sox clinched their 23rd postseason appearance on 9/20, when a 90 win at BAL was coupled with an Angels loss to the Indians...Boston has made 9 trips to the postseason in the past 15 years (200317), including in each of the last 2 seasons...this is the 1st time the Sox have reached the postseason in consecutive years since 200709. The Red Sox are 90811 alltime in postseason play... They are 1914 in 33 postseason series, having gone 65 in 11 trips to the ALDS (1922 in DS play), 55 in the ALCS (2631), and 84 in the World Series (45281). The Red Sox 8 World Series titles are tied with the Giants for 4th alltime behind the Yankees (27), Cardinals (11), and A s (9)...The Sox have won 3 of the last 13 World Series, tied with the Giants for the most championships this century. RED SOX POSTSEASON APPEARANCES YEAR END MANAGER YEAR END MANAGER 1903 WS J. Collins 1995* ALDS K. Kennedy 1912 WS J. Stahl 1998 ALDS J. Williams 1915 WS B. Carrigan 1999 ALCS J. Williams 1916 WS B. Carrigan 2003 ALCS G. Little 1918 WS E. Barrow 2004 WS T. Francona 1946 WS J. Cronin 2005 ALDS T. Francona 1967 WS D. Williams 2007* WS T. Francona 1975* WS D. Johnson 2008 ALCS T. Francona 1986* WS J. McNamara 2009 ALDS T. Francona 1988* ALCS J. McNamara/ 2013* WS J. Farrell J. Morgan 2016* ALDS J. Farrell 1990* ALCS J. Morgan 2017* J. Farrell * AL East Champions Bold Won World Series YOU AGAIN?: The Red Sox and Astros closed out their respective regularseason schedules with 4 games against each other at Fenway Park from 9/2810/1...This is the 1st time the Sox have ever begun a postseason against the team they played in their regularseason finale...the last teams to play each other in a regularseason finale and then in a postseason opener were the 2013 Reds and Pirates. This is the 1st time the Red Sox and Astros are meeting in the postseason. HOW THE EAST WAS WON: Boston clinched the organization s 9th AL East title with a 63 win over the Astros at Fenway Park on 9/30...The Sox took over sole possession of 1st place on 8/1 with a 1210, walkoff win over CLE, overcoming deficits of 50, 75, and 109...BOS remained in 1st place for the remainder of the season. From the nonwaiver trade deadline (7/31) through the end of the regular season, BOS owned the majors 2ndhighest win % (.643, 3620)...The Sox went 164 from 7/318/23, turning a 0.5game deficit in the AL East into a 4.5game lead during that stretch. MANAGING EXPECTATIONS: John Farrell has led the Red Sox to 3 AL East titles in a 5year span (2013, 16, 17)...He is the only manager in club history to finish in 1st place 3 times...it had been 101 years since a Red Sox team finished in 1st place in consecutive years (19151916). Prior to Farrell becoming manager in 2013, BOS won 2 AL East titles in the previous 22 seasons (19912012). The only other manager to lead BOS to the postseason 3 or more times is Terry Francona (5 times)...farrell is 119 in postseason games, all with BOS...He ranks 2nd alltime among Red Sox managers in postseason games managed and postseason wins. WINNING WAYS: The Red Sox finished tied with ARI for the 5thbest record in the majors (9369)...The Sox have won 90+ games in 11 of their 16 seasons under the current ownership group (HenryWerner, 2002present), tied with NYY for the most 90win seasons in that time...in 10 of those seasons, the Sox won 93+ games. BOSTON RED SOX (01) at HOUSTON ASTROS (10) Friday, October 6, 2017 1:05 p.m. CT/2:05 p.m. ET Minute Maid Park Houston, TX LHP Drew Pomeranz (176, 3.32) vs. LHP Dallas Keuchel (145, 2.90) ALDS Game 2 TV: FS1 Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, ESPN Radio, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) SERIES BUSINESS: This is the 16th time the Red Sox have lost the 1st game of a playoff series...in 7 of the previous 15 instances, they came back to win the series, including twice in the Division Series (1999 vs. CLE, 2003 vs. OAK). The Sox have lost the first 2 games of a Division Series 6 times, coming back to win 2 of those (1999 & 2003)...They also overcame a 2gamestonone deficit to win the 2004 ALCS (trailed NYY, 30). ROSTER NEWS: MLB has approved a roster substitution for the Red Sox due to the new acute injury sustained by infielder Eduardo Núñez...Núñez has been replaced on the Division Series roster by OF Chris Young...Núñez will be ineligible to return in the ALCS, but would be eligible to return for the World Series if the Red Sox advance. HOMECOMING: Three players on the Red Sox postseason roster were born in Texas: Brock Holt (Fort Worth), Carson Smith (Midland), and Chris Young (Houston). Young has 11 HR and 36 RBI in only 31 career games at Minute Maid Park, posting a.380/.417/.727 batting line at the venue (46for121)...Among players with at least 100 atbats here alltime (regular season only), Young ranks 1st in AB/RBI ratio (3.36), 2nd in SLG behind Chipper Jones (.736), and 3rd in AVG behind Jones and Joey Votto (both.400)...his AB/HR ratio of 11.00 ranks 2nd behind only Sammy Sosa (9.93). DEVERS ENDEAVORS: Yesterday, Rafael Devers became the youngest position player ever to appear in a postseason game for the Red Sox (20 years, 346 days)...the only other Red Sox to appear in a postseason game before their 21st birthday are Babe Ruth in 1915 and Ken Brett in 1967. No Red Sox player has ever hit a postseason HR before turning 21...The only 5 major leaguers to do that are Mickey Mantle, Andruw Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Manny Machado, and Bryce Harper. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The Red Sox ALDS roster features 11 pitchers and 14 position players...the club s only players who have never appeared in a postseason game are pitchers Eduardo Rodriguez and Carson Smith and position players Christian Vázquez and Deven Marrero. POSTSEASONED VETS (1): 6 of the Red Sox position players have appeared in 10+ postseason games: Dustin Pedroia (48), Mitch Moreland (34), Rajai Davis (18), Hanley Ramirez (17), Xander Bogaerts (16), and Chris Young (14). Ramirez, who came off the bench to replace DH Eduardo Núñez and went 2for3 yesterday, has posted a.350/.426/.567 batting line with 11 RBI in the postseason (21for60, 8 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR)...His.422 AVG (19for45) in Division Series games is the highest alltime among players with 40+ atbats in that round. POSTSEASONED VETS (2): 6 of the Red Sox pitchers have appeared in 5 or more postseason games: David Price (15), Joe Kelly (15), Rick Porcello (10), Addison Reed (10), Doug Fister (9), and Craig Kimbrel (8). Kimbrel has allowed 1 ER in 8.0 IP and held opponents to a.045 AVG (1for22) in the postseason. THE CONSTANT: Dustin Pedroia has started at 2B in all 48 Red Sox postseason games since 2007...The only players in ML history with as many postseason starts at 2B are Mark Lemke (61), Roberto Alomar (56), Chase Utley (54), Robinson Canó (51), and Joe Morgan (50). Among that group, the only players (along with Pedroia) to start 48+ consecutive postseason games for a single team are Lemke (55 for ATL from 199196) and Canó (51 for NYY from 200512). REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN AL East Standing... 1st, 2.0 GA Home/Road... 4833/4536 Day/Night... 2523/6846 April/May/June... 1311/1612/1612 July/August... 1314/189 September/October... 1710/01 vs. AL East...4135 vs. AL Central...2014 vs. AL West...1616 vs. National League...164 vs. RH/LH starter... 7550/1819 Leading after 6 innings...669 Tied after 6 innings...115 Trailing after 6 innings...1655 Leading after 7 innings...705 Tied after 7 innings...126 Trailing after 7 innings...1158 Leading after 8 innings...761 Tied after 8 innings...123 Trailing after 8 innings...565 Red Sox score first...6220 Opponents score first...3149 Shutouts...1110 Scoring less than 3 runs...436 Scoring 3 or 4 runs...1925 Scoring 5 or more runs...708 Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR... 6936/2433 1run/2run games... 2219/1012 Walkoffs...104 Extra innings (home/road)... 71/82 Series openers/finales... 3024/3123 Series WLT (home)... 1684 Series WLT (road)... 13103 Series WLT (total)... 29187 Series sweeps (home/road)... 63/60 Comefrombehind wins...43 VS. THE ASTROS AllTime (Regular Season)... 2716 In Boston...157 In Houston...129 2017... 34 In Boston...13 In Houston...21 DATE H/R W/L WP LP 6/16 R W21 Kelly Harris 6/17 R L17 Paulino Porcello 6/18 R W65 Price Musgrove 9/28 H L212 Peacock Rodriguez 9/29 H L23 Morton Fister 9/30 H W63 Pomeranz McCullers 10/1 H L34 McHugh Abad 10/5 R L28 Verlander Sale ALDS SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE EVENT SITE BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Sat., 10/7 Workout Day Fenway Park Sun., 10/8 Game 3 Fenway Park 2:38 p.m. RHP Doug Fister (59, 4.88) TBD FS1 Mon., 10/9 Game 4 Fenway Park TBD TBD TBD FS1 Tue., 10/10 Workout Day Minute Maid Park Wed., 10/11 Game 5 Minute Maid Park TBD TBD TBD FS1 Red Sox on the Radio: All Red Sox ALDS games are broadcast in English on ESPN Radio and on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affiliates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM. * Special thanks to the Elias Sports Bureau, BaseballReference.com, and STATS Inc. * POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE The 2017 Boston Red Sox Season in Review book is available for download at http://pressroom.redsox.com and will be posted to www.redsoxpressbox.com. RED SOX TEAM LEADERS Batting Hits...Betts (166) Doubles...Betts (46) Triples...Bogaerts (6) HR...Betts (24) RBI...Betts (102) Runs...Betts (101) SB...Betts (26) BB...Betts (77) AVG (min. 200 AB)...Pedroia (.293) OBP (min. 200 AB)...Pedroia (.369) SLG (min. 200 AB)...Devers (.482) OPS (min. 200 AB)...Devers (.819) Pitching ERA (min. 20.0 IP)...Kimbrel (1.43) Strikeouts... Sale (308) Wins... Pomeranz/Sale (17) Saves...Kimbrel (35) Appearances...Barnes (70) Starts... Porcello (33) Innings (Starter)... Sale (214.1) Innings (Reliever)...Kimbrel (69.0)
Red Sox Game Notes TODAY S STARTING PITCHER Page 2 31DREW POMERANZ, LHP WL ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG 2017 176 3.32 32 32 173.2 166 69 64 19 69 174.252 CAREER 4242 3.67 170 111 636.0 566 283 259 74 261 621.238 POSTSEASON: Is making his 1st career postseason start (2 relief outings, 00, 4.91 ERA, 2 ER/3.2 IP). Each of his 2 career postseason relief appearances came in the 2016 ALDS with BOS vs. CLE...Tossed 2.1 scoreless frames (3 H, BB, 5 SO) in Game 1 at CLE, and allowed 2 R in 1.1 IP (H, BB, 2 SO) in Game 3 at Fenway Park. TODAY S START: The Red Sox went 2210 in his starts this season, winning 14 of his fi nal 18. Made 10 starts against teams that qualifi ed for the postseason, going 61 with a 2.62 ERA (44 ER/55.0 IP)...BOS went 91 in those games. Posted a 5.29 ERA through his fi rst 7 starts, but went 143 with a 2.84 ERA (44 ER/139.2 IP) in 25 starts from 5/20 through the end of the season...among AL pitchers, only Corey Kluber (1.62) and Luis Severino (2.77) had lower ERAs in that time. Went 82 with a 3.01 ERA (28 ER/83.2 IP) in 15 starts after the AllStar break. His careerbest 17 wins tied Chris Sale for the team lead...the last ML team to have multiple LHP with 17+ wins in a single season was OAK in 2002 (Zito23, Mulder19). ON THE ROAD: Was 73 in 15 road starts this year...held the 6thlowest road ERA in the AL (3.19, 30 ER/84.2 IP). Went 70 over 10 road starts from 5/318/28 (2.64 ERA, 17 ER/59.2 IP)...Was 1 of 3 AL pitchers with such a streak in 2017 (also Brad Peacock8, Corey Kluber7), and 1 of 8 in MLB. 2017 RANKINGS: Allowed 2 or fewer R in a MLleading 23 starts, joining Babe Ruth (28 in 1916) and Roger Clemens (23 in 1990) as the only Red Sox since 1913 with 23+ such outings in a single season. Ranked among AL leaders in wins (T4th, 17), win % (4th,.739), ERA (7th, 3.32), starts (T9th, 32), SO (12th, 174), and SO/9.0 IP ratio (9th, 9.02). Was also among AL leaders in opponent AVG (12th,.252), opponent SLG (9th,.388), and opponent OPS (12th,.712). His.211 opponent AVG with RISP (30for142) was the 5thlowest mark in the AL and tied for the 9thlowest in MLB. VS. THE ASTROS: Earned the win in the Red Sox AL East titleclinching victory on 9/30 vs. HOU (6.0 IP, 3 H, R, 2 BB, 3 SO)...Also allowed just 1 R over 6.1 IP on 6/16 at HOU (ND, 4 H, 3 BB, 4 SO). 2017 HIGHLIGHTS: Set career highs in starts (32), wins (17), innings pitched (173.2), and strikeouts (174). 2017 7.0, 5/31 at CWS 8, 6/11 vs. DET 6, 2x, last 6/11 vs. DET 6, 5/9 at MIL 5, 3x, last 8/28 at TOR 11, 5/25 vs. TEX 2, 4x, last 9/2 at NYY 8, 6/278/28 2, 5/95/14 2, last 5/25 vs. TEX (11) 2017 103, 3.44 ERA, 17 GS 72, 3.19 ERA, 15 GS.252 (166659), 19 HR.293 (43147), 3 HR.240 (123512), 16 HR 1.35 SINGLEGAME HIGHS IP H R ER BB SO HR CG SHO WIN STREAK LOSS STREAK 10+ SO G SPLITS HOME ROAD OPP. AVG VS. LHB VS. RHB WHIP 176, 3.32 ERA CAREER 7.2, 8/15/16 at CLE 9, 3x, last 6/8/16 vs. ATL 8, 6/16/14 vs. TEX 7, 2x, last 6/16/14 vs. TEX 6, 8/4/16 at SEA 11, 2x, last 5/25/17 vs. TEX 3, 6/19/16 vs. WAS 8, 6/27/178/28/17 6, 7/179/15/12 5, last 5/25/17 vs. TEX (11) CAREER 2317, 3.75 ERA, 86 G, 55 GS 1925, 3.58 ERA, 84 G, 56 GS.238 (5662379), 74 HR.233 (130584), 10 HR.243 (4361795), 64 HR 1.30 VS. HOU WL ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO 2017 10 1.46 2 2 12.1 7 2 1 5 7 CAREER 22 3.69 12 7 39.0 38 16 4 18 33 at HOU 12 4.10 8 5 26.1 27 12 2 12 25 Posted the longest winning streak by a Red Sox in 2017 (80 in 12 starts from 6/278/28)...Was 1 of only 6 ML pitchers with a winning streak of 8+ games. Did not receive the loss in 14 consecutive starts from 6/168/28...Was joined by Clayton Kershaw (16) and Alex Wood (14) as the only pitchers with such a streak. DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 4/11 W81 BAL W 31 6.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 91/55 Earned his 1st career win at Fenway Park 4/16 W75 TB ND 54 4.1 5 5 5 2 10 2 103/65 Recorded his 4th career 10+ SO game 4/21 L02 at BAL L 02 5.2 5 2 2 2 4 1 102/60 Careerhigh 7th straight road GS with 2 or fewer R 4/28 W54 CHC W 52 6.0 6 2 2 2 7 2 95/63 Earned his fi rst career Interleague win 5/3 W42 BAL W 40 5.1 5 2 2 2 7 0 100/66 Retired 12 straight from 2nd batter of 1st to 1 out in 4th 5/9 L711 at MIL L 16 4.0 7 6 6 2 2 2 79/48 5th career GS w/4.0 or fewer IP and 6+ R (last 6/16/14 w/oak) 5/14 L211 TB L 23 3.0 3 2 2 3 3 0 57/33 Snapped careerlong streak of 15 straight GS with 2 or fewer BB 5/20 L38 at OAK ND 22 4.0 5 2 1 2 6 0 97/62 Reached 500.0 career IP 5/25 W62 TEX W 42 6.0 4 2 2 1 11 1 96/64 Reached 500 career SO 5/31 W41 at CWS W 41 7.0 7 1 1 0 8 0 108/72 1st start with 7.0+ IP since 8/15/16 at CLE (7.2) 6/6 W54 at NYY W 52 5.0 6 2 1 2 7 1 123/72 Careerhigh 123 pitches 6/11 L38 DET L 23 4.1 8 6 5 2 2 1 93/60 Seasonhigh 8 hits allowed 6/16 W21 at HOU ND 11 6.1 4 1 1 3 4 1 97/60 5th start this season with 6.0+ IP 6/21 L46 at KC ND 42 6.1 6 2 2 1 5 0 93/60 Has allowed 2 or fewer ER in 11 of his 14 starts this season 6/27 W92 MIN W 51 5.0 4 1 0 0 7 0 83/58 3rd career start with 7+ SO and 0 BB 7/2 W151 at TOR W 151 6.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 104/62 3rd consecutive road start with 2 or fewer ER over 6.0+ IP 7/7 W83 at TB W 72 6.0 6 2 2 5 6 0 109/67 Earned the win in his careerhightying 3rd consecutive start 7/14 W54 NYY ND 34 6.0 6 4 4 2 7 1 101/63 Seasonhigh 3rd straight start with 6.0+ IP 7/19 W51 TOR W 51 6.2 3 1 0 5 3 0 116/65 Longest scoreless outing since 7/7/16 with SD at LAD (7.0 IP) 7/25 L56 at SEA ND 34 5.0 4 3 3 4 7 1 105/67 Issued 4+ BB in consecutive starts for the 1st time in 2017 7/30 L35 KC ND 31 6.2 7 1 1 1 4 0 106/65 Made his 100th career start 8/5 W41 CWS W 41 6.1 7 1 1 1 8 1 100/68 Extended his careerlong winning streak to 5 8/12 W105 at NYY W 103 6.2 7 3 3 2 5 1 111/76 Earned his careerhigh 12th win (previous: 11 in 2016) 8/18 W96 NYY ND 20 3.1 4 0 0 1 4 0 60/39 Exited with 1 out in the 4th inning due to back spasms 8/23 W61 at CLE W 10 5.1 2 0 0 4 9 0 103/60 Extended his scoreless IP streak to 11.1 IP 8/28 W65 at TOR W 63 6.0 7 3 3 5 4 0 105/62 Earned his teamleading 8th consecutive win 9/2 L15 at NYY L 14 5.1 7 4 4 2 5 2 105/64 Snapped careerlong 8decision winning streak 9/8 W93 TB W 82 6.0 2 2 2 2 7 1 103/65 Fewest hits allowed (2) in a start of 6.0+ IP with BOS 9/14 W62 OAK W 31 6.0 5 1 1 3 5 0 111/69 Won his careerhigh 5th consecutive home decision 9/19 W10 at BAL ND 00 6.1 5 0 0 2 5 0 98/56 Careerhightying 3rd straight start with 6.0+ IP & 5 or fewer H 9/25 L64 TOR L 25 2.0 7 5 5 1 0 1 47/27 4th career start w/2.0 or fewer IP (last 9/13 with BOS vs. BAL) 9/30 W63 HOU W 51 6.0 3 1 1 2 3 0 83/53 Earned the win in BOS AL East titleclinching victory ASTROS CAREER VS. POMERANZ PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Altuve.412 17 7 0 1 Beltrán.182 11 2 0 0 Bregman.000 5 0 0 0 Centeno 0 0 0 0 Correa.600 5 3 0 0 Fisher.250 4 1 0 0 Gattis.077 13 1 0 3 Gonzalez.200 5 1 0 0 Gurriel.000 3 0 0 0 Maybin.333 6 2 0 0 McCann.182 11 2 1 1 Reddick 0 0 0 0 Springer.125 8 1 0 0 White 0 0 0 0 *Includes postseason RED SOX CAREER vs. KEUCHEL PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Benintendi 0 0 0 0 Betts.250 4 1 1 3 Bogaerts.143 7 1 1 2 Bradley Jr..333 6 2 0 1 Davis.000 17 0 0 0 Devers 0 0 0 0 Holt.400 5 2 0 1 Leon 0 0 0 0 Marrero 0 0 0 0 Moreland.077 13 1 0 0 Pedroia.286 7 2 0 1 Ramirez 1.000 2 2 0 1 Vázquez.400 5 2 0 0 Young.304 23 7 0 3 REGULAR SEASON STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN QUALITY SOX STARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC. Porcello 33 19 104/203.1 4.60 1617 Sale 32 23 119/214.1 5.00 2210 Wright 5 1 10/24.0 3.75 14 Rodriguez 24 12 66/136.1 4.36 1311 Pomeranz 32 17 128/173.2 6.63 2210 Johnson 5 2 21/27.0 7.00 50 Kendrick 2 0 5/8.1 5.40 02 Velázquez 3 0 8/14.1 5.02 03 Price 11 7 42/66.0 5.73 65 Fister 15 7 48/84.0 5.14 87 38DOUG FISTER SUNDAY S STARTING PITCHER WL ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG 2017 59 4.88 18 15 90.1 87 55 49 9 38 83.254 CAREER 8285 3.68 230 214 1356.1 1383 615 555 129 313 930.264 SUNDAY S START: Is 42 with a 2.60 ERA (16 ER/55.1 IP) in 9 career postseason appearances (8 starts). Allowed 3 R over 5.1 IP and received the loss in his last start on 9/29 vs. HOU (5 H, BB, 5 SO). Is 11 with a 3.44 ERA (7 ER/18.1 IP) in 3 career starts vs. HOU...Made 32 starts for the club in 2016. 59, 4.88 ERA LAST 5 REGULAR SEASON STARTS DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 9/6 TOR W 7.0 4 1 1 3 9 9/13 OAK L 4.0 6 6 6 1 4 9/18 at BAL 2.0 4 5 5 5 0 9/24 at CIN 5.1 9 3 3 0 9 9/29 HOU L 5.1 5 3 3 1 5 6.85 ERA 12 23.2 28 18 18 10 27
Red Sox Game Notes BATTING NOTES Page 3 6 16 ANDREW BENINTENDI, OF.271 AVG 20 HR 90 RBI.352 OBP.424 SLG vs. RHP: 129461 (.280), 19 HR YESTERDAY: 14 CAREER POSTSEASON: 413, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 11 G (8/518) vs. LHP: 26112 (.232), 1 HR 2017 ALDS: 14 POSTSEASON STREAK: 2 G (10/10/16pres.) Led 2017 rookies with 20 SB and ranked among leaders in hits (3rd, 155), runs (3rd, 84), RBI (T3rd, 90), doubles (T3rd, 26), and BB (2nd, 70). Became the 11th rookie in ML history to reach 20 HR and 20 SB, joining Ellis Burks (1987) and Nomar Garciaparra (1997) as the only Red Sox rookies to reach those totals...the only other rookies to reach those totals since 2000 are Mike Trout in 2012 and Chris Young in 2007. Homered in his first career postseason atbat in Game 1 of last season's ALDS vs. CLE...Became the youngest Red Sox player ever to homer in a postseason game (22), and the 3rd to homer in his 1st postseason plate appearance (also Jose Santiago, 1967 WS Game 1 and Todd Walker, 2003 ALDS Game 1). According to Elias, became the 2ndyoungest hitter in ML history to record a home run in his first postseason plate appearace (Brian McCann, 21 in 2005). Ranked 5th in the AL this season with a.351 AVG with RISP (47for134), including an ALbest.400 clip with RISP and 2 outs (24for60). Led BOS with 15 games with 3+ hits (8th in the AL) and tied for the club lead with 3 multihr games...had 2 walkoff RBI and 4 gamewinning RBI in extras. 6 50 MOOKIE BETTS, OF.264 AVG 24 HR 102 RBI.344 OBP.459 SLG vs. RHP: 128504 (.254), 19 HR YESTERDAY: 24, R, 2B CAREER POSTSEASON: 414, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 BB 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 8 G (7/1622) vs. LHP: 38124 (.306), 5 HR 2017 ALDS: 24, R, 2B POSTSEASON STREAK: 3 G (10/7pres.) 2017 marks his 2nd postseason (also 2016 ALDS vs. CLE)...In 4 postseason games, is 4for14 (.286) with 2 runs, 2 2B, 2 BB, and a.375 OBP. According to BaseballReference, fi nished 7th in the AL with 6.4 WAR this season...has led the Red Sox in each of the last 3 seasons (6.0 in 2015, 9.5 in 2016). Earned his 2nd career AllStar honors this season, hitting.264 (166for628) with 46 2B (3rd in MLB), 24 HR, 102 RBI, 101 runs, and 26 SB...Joined Justin Upton and Aaron Judge as the only AL players with 100+ runs and 100+ RBI...Is 1 of 2 ML players to reach those totals in each of the last 2 seasons (Nolan Arenado). Turns 25 on Saturday...Joined Ted Williams as the only Red Sox hitters ever with consecutive 100RBI seasons before turning 25. Became the fi rst Sox player with 20+ HR and 20+ SB in consecutive seasons...the only other Sox player with multiple such seasons is Jackie Jensen (1954, '59). Ranks 6th among actives with a.346 career AVG vs. HOU (28for81, min. 75 AB)...Ranks 5th with a.617 SLG and 3rd with a 1.037 OPS (7 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR). Has reached base in his last 18 regularseason games vs. HOU, the 2ndlongest streak ever by a Red Sox hitter vs. the club (Brock Holt, 20, 8/7/135/14/16). Led all players at all positions this season in ultimate zone rating (20.5) and ranked 2nd among all players in defensive runs saved (31). 6 2 XANDER BOGAERTS, SS.273 AVG 10 HR 62 RBI.343 OBP.403 SLG vs. RHP: 124462 (.268), 8 HR YESTERDAY: 04 CAREER POSTSEASON: 1143, 10 R, 3 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 6 BB 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 15 G (4/275/12) vs. LHP: 32109 (.294), 2 HR 2017 ALDS: 04 POSTSEASON STREAK: 3 G (2x) In his 4th ML season, tallied 94 runs, 156 hits, 32 2B, 6 3B, 10 HR, 62 RBI, and 15 SB...Since 2015, ranks 4th in the AL with 544 hits, 7th with 293 runs, 13th with 101 2B, and 8th with a.296 AVG. In his final 20 regularseason games of 2017, hit.321 (25for78) with 21 runs scored, 4 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, and a.430 OBP...Hit safely in his last 9 games. Since 2015, has hit.338 (26for77) with 7 2B, 4 HR, 17 RBI, and a.977 OPS in 18 games vs. HOU...Homered twice in his last regularseason game at HOU (6/18). Returns to postseason play after winning a World Series with the Red Sox in his first major league season in 2013 and playing in last year's ALDS...Selected to Boston s active roster on 8/19/13 and played just 18 regular season games before that championship run...at age 21, became the youngest Red Sox position player ever to appear in the postseason, and the 3rd Sox player to play in the postseason at age 21 or younger, joining Babe Ruth (191516) and Ken Brett (1967). Over 16 career postseason games, has hit.256 (11for43) with 10 runs scored, 3 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, and a.340 OBP. 6 19 JACKIE BRADLEY JR., OF.245 AVG 17 HR 63 RBI.323 OBP.402 SLG vs. RHP: 86366 (.235), 14 HR YESTERDAY: 03 CAREER POSTSEASON: 113 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 8 G (6/916) vs. LHP: 32116 (.276), 3 HR 2017 ALDS: 03 POSTSEASON STREAK: 1 G (10/10/16) Returns to the postseason this year after making his debut in last year's ALDS vs. CLE...In 133 games this year, hit.245 (118for482) with 17 HR and 63 RBI. In 20 career regularseason games vs. HOU, has hit.291 (23for79) with 9 runs, 4 2B, 3B, and 9 RBI...4 of his 5 XBH vs. HOU have come at Minute Maid Park. Finished 7th among lefthanded AL hitters with a.276 AVG (32for116) vs. LHP this season, and 3rd with a.361 OBP. Had 6 assists and 1 double play this season...leads AL outfi elders since 2014 with 14 double plays and is tied for 4th with 36 assists. BOS is 4312 (.781) in his 55 career games with a HR and 10440 (.722) in games with an RBI, including 184 in his last 22...Is 469 (.836) when he records 2+ RBI. 6 25 RAJAI DAVIS, OF.235 AVG 5 HR 20 RBI.293 OBP.348 SLG vs. RHP: 50217 (.230), 3 HR YESTERDAY: DNP CAREER POSTSEASON: 740, 4 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, BB, 4 SB 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 6 G (7/821) vs. LHP: 29119 (.244), 2 HR 2017 ALDS: POSTSEASON STREAK: 2 G (10/23/14) Returns to the postseason this year for the 3rd time after playing in the 2014 ALDS with DET and making a World Series run with CLE in 2016...In Game 7 of the 2016 WS, hit a 2run gametying home run off CHC's Aroldis Chapman with 2 outs in the bottom of the 8th. Stole 3 bases in Game 5 of the 2016 WS, tying a WS record (Honus Wagner in 1909, Willie Davis in '65, Lou Brock in '67 and '68, and Melvin Upton Jr. in 2008). Acquired by BOS from OAK on 8/23...In 117 games between the clubs, hit.235 (79for336) with 56 runs, 19 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 20 RBI, and 29 SB (T4th in the AL). 611 RAFAEL DEVERS, 3B.284 AVG 10 HR 30 RBI.338 OBP.482 SLG vs. RHP: 43172 (.250), 8 HR YESTERDAY: 03, RBI, SF CAREER POSTSEASON: 03, RBI, SF 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 8 G (2x, last 8/1119) vs. LHP: 2050 (.400), 2 HR 2017 ALDS: 03, RBI, SF POSTSEASON STREAK: Drove in a gametying RBI yesterday in the 4th...Has driven in a run in 4 straight games vs. HOU, including his final 3 regular season games and Game 1. At 20 years, 346 days old, became the youngest Red Sox position player to appear in a postseason game (previously Xander Bogaerts in 2013)...The only other Sox players to appear in a postseason game before their 21st birthday are Babe Ruth in 1915 (as a PH, primarily a pitcher at the time) and Ken Brett in 1967. Made his ML debut this season (7/25 at SEA) at 20 years old...in 58 ML games, hit.284 with an.819 OPS (63for222, 14 2B, 10 HR, 30 RBI, 34 R). According to Elias, became the fi rst player ever to hit 8 HR in his fi rst 20 ML games before turning 21...Homered for his fi rst ML hit on 7/26 at SEA (2nd game), becoming the youngest Red Sox hitter to HR since Tony Conigliaro in 1965. Joined Ted Williams and Tony Conigliaro as the only Sox hitters at age 20 or younger to record a multihr game, and the only ones to HR in consecutive games. 612 BROCK HOLT, INF/OF.200 AVG 0 HR 7 RBI.305 OBP.243 SLG vs. RHP: 21115 (.183), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP CAREER POSTSEASON: 410, R, 2B, HR, RBI 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 3 G (7/268/1) vs. LHP: 725 (.280), 0 HR 2017 ALDS: POSTSEASON STREAK: 2 G (10/67/16) Made his postseason debut in last year's ALDS, falling a triple shy of the cycle in Game 1...Was the 13th Red Sox hitter with a single, double, and home run in a postseason game, first since Mike Napoli on 10/17/13 at DET (ALCS Game 5). Played 64 games for BOS this season, with the Red Sox going 2314 in his 37 starts...hit.333 (3for9) with 2 2B in 10 pinchhit PA (.956 OPS). A Texas native, has hit.339 (37for109) with 17 R, 6 2B, 3B, HR, and 10 RBI in 30 career games vs. HOU...Has hit safely in 19 of his last 21 starts vs. the club. 63 SANDY LEON, C.225 AVG 7 HR 39 RBI.290 OBP.354 SLG vs. RHP: 43198 (.217), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 24, RBI CAREER POSTSEASON: 314, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 5 G (3x, last 6/207/1) vs. LHP: 1873 (.247), 2 HR 2017 ALDS: 24, RBI POSTSEASON STREAK: 1 G (2x) Went 2for4 yesterday and caught a runner stealing...made his postseason debut with the Red Sox in 2016, homering in Game 1 and catching each game. Opposing base runners are 1for3 in SB attempts in his playoff career...ranks 3rd among active catchers (min. 100 games) with a 38.6 career CCS% (44for114). In a careerhigh 85 games this season, hit.225 (61for271)...Tied a career high with 7 HR and set career highs in RBI (39) and BB (25). Caught 7 of the Red Sox' 11 team shutouts this year...ranked 2nd in the AL with a 3.41 catcher's ERA, the lowest by a qualifying Sox catcher since at least 1987.
Red Sox Game Notes BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) Page 4 617 DEVEN MARRERO, INF.211 AVG 4 HR 27 RBI.259 OBP.333 SLG vs. RHP: 20116 (.172), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP CAREER POSTSEASON: 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 7 G (6/277/3) vs. LHP: 1655 (.291), 4 HR 2017 ALDS: POSTSEASON STREAK: Is on his first career postseason roster...played a careerhigh 71 ML games over 5 stints this season, with the Red Sox going 2820 in his starts. In his final 20 road games of the 2017 regular season, hit.386 (17for44) with 13 runs scored, 4 2B, HR, 12 RBI, and a.977 OPS. Has played 109 career games for the Red Sox from 201517, making 50 starts at 3B, 9 at 2B, 5 at SS, and appearing in 1 game at 1B. 6 18 MITCH MORELAND, 1B.246 AVG 22 HR 79 RBI.326 OBP.443 SLG vs. RHP: 107435 (.246), 21 HR YESTERDAY: 13, R, BB CAREER POSTSEASON: 22100, 9 R, 6 2B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 10 BB 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 10 G (6/416) vs. LHP: 1873 (.247), 1 HR 2017 ALDS: 13, R, BB POSTSEASON STREAK: 8 G (10/20/1010/1/11) Scored BOS's fi rst run yesterday in his 34th career playoff game...reached the World Series in 2010 and 2011, batting.462 (6for13) with a 2B and a HR in 2010. 2017 marked his fi rst season with the Red Sox...Set career highs in games (149), AB (508), runs (73), doubles (34), and walks (57). Played 3 games of the Red Sox' seasonfinale 4game set with the Astros...Went 3for9 (.333) with 3 runs, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, and a 1.343 OPS. The Red Sox won 15 of his 21 games with a HR this season, including 8 of his fi nal 10...The club went 227 in his fi nal 29 regularseason games with a hit. Had 3 HR and 11 RBI in 27 PA after subbing into a game this year, batting.381/.519/.810 (8for21, 6 R, 5 BB). 6 15 DUSTIN PEDROIA, 2B.293 AVG 7 HR 62 RBI.369 OBP.392 SLG vs. RHP: 98345 (.284), 6 HR YESTERDAY: 03, BB CAREER POSTSEASON: 46193, 32 R, 14 2B, 5 HR, 25 RBI, 22 BB, 3 SB 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 9 G (2x, last 7/920) vs. LHP: 2161 (.344), 1 HR 2017 ALDS: 03, BB POSTSEASON STREAK: 7 G (10/16/0710/27/07) Has played in 48 postseason games, 3rdmost in Red Sox history behind David Ortiz (76) and Jason Varitek (63). Ranks among alltime Red Sox postseason leaders in 2B (2nd, 14), runs (3rd, 32), hits (4th, 46), HR (T6th, 5), XBH (3rd, 19), BB (3rd, 22), and RBI (25, 4th). Is playing in his 6th Division Series...Has doubled at least once in all 10 of his previous career postseason series. His.377 AVG in 33 career games vs. HOU is the 3rdhighest of all time (min. 100 AB, 49for130, 23 runs, 11 2B, 3B, HR, 18 RBI)...Has hit in 27 of 33 games. In his 12th season with the Red Sox this year, hit.293 (119for406) with a.369 OBP...Missed 38 games due to 3 DL stints...was 1 of 2 AL players with more walks than strikeouts this season (min. 300 PA, also Mike Trout)...Hit.330 (35for106) with RISP. 6 13 HANLEY RAMIREZ, 1B/DH.242 AVG 23 HR 62 RBI.320 OBP.429 SLG vs. RHP: 101390 (.259), 17 HR YESTERDAY: 23, 2B CAREER POSTSEASON: 2160, 7 R, 8 2B, 3B, HR, 11 RBI, 6 BB, 2 SB 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 9 G (6/237/4) vs. LHP: 19106 (.179), 6 HR 2017 ALDS: 23, 2B POSTSEASON STREAK: 4 G (10/37/13) Yesterday, became the fi rst Sox hitter in 105 years to come off the bench in a playoff game and record multiple hits (last Charley Hall, 1912 WS Game 1). Is a career.422/.469/.711/1.180 hitter in Division Series, having reached safely in 11 of 12 games played over 4 Series, hitting 8 2B...Among players with at least 40 Division Series AB, his AVG ranks 1st and his OPS ranks 2nd...Has hit.350/.426/.567/.993 overall in the playoffs over his career (17 games). Ranks 5th alltime vs. HOU in AVG (.366, min. 100 AB), 13th in SLG (.608), and 11th in OPS (1.030)...Is 85for232 with 41 R, 13 2B, 13 HR, and 43 RBI in 58 games. Hit.500 (8for16) in the 2013 NLDS with LAD vs. ATL, tying the record for extrabase hits in a single Division Series with 6 (4 2B, 3B, HR). Ranked 2nd on the Red Sox with 23 HR this season, reaching 20+ HR for the 8th career time...is 1 of 7 active hitters with 250+ HR and a.290+ career AVG. 6 7 CHRISTIAN VÁZQUEZ, C.290 AVG 5 HR 32 RBI.330 OBP.404 SLG vs. RHP: 79270 (.293), 3 HR YESTERDAY: DNP CAREER POSTSEASON: 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 8 G (5/206/3) vs. LHP: 1554 (.278), 2 HR 2017 ALDS: POSTSEASON STREAK: Was named to Boston's 2016 ALDS roster, but did not play...after making his fi rst Opening Day roster this season, led AL catchers with a careerhigh.290 AVG. Had more runs (43), hits (94), 3B (2), HR (5), and SB (7) in 2017 than he did in his first 2 ML seasons combined...doubled his career totals in 2B (18) and RBI (32). From 7/29 through the end of the season, his.346 AVG ranked 4th in the majors (min. 50 AB)...Went 46for133 with 13 XBH, 25 R, and 15 RBI in that time. Threw out 19 of 48 SB attempts this season (39.6%)...Has caught 42 of 100 in his career (42.0%), the best rate among active C (min. 100 G). 6 30 CHRIS YOUNG, OF.235 AVG 7 HR 25 RBI.322 OBP.387 SLG vs. RHP: 37143 (.259), 6 HR YESTERDAY: DNP CAREER POSTSEASON: 1446, 9 R, 2 2B, 5 HR, 9 RBI, 11 BB, 3 SB 2017 SEASONHIGH STREAK: 4 G (2x, last 5/306/11) vs. LHP: 20100 (.200), 1 HR 2017 ALDS: POSTSEASON STREAK: 4 G (10/27/11) Ranks 5th in postseason history with a 1.122 career OPS (min. 50 PA), trailing Lou Gehrig (1.214), Babe Ruth (1.214), Kyle Schwarber (1.178), and Troy Glaus (1.154). Has reached safely in all but 1 of his 14 postseason games, batting.304/.448/.674 with 11 BB, 2 2B, and 5 home runs...homered twice on 10/5/11 with ARI vs. MIL, 1 of just 16 multihomer games in NLDS history, and the only multihomer game in Diamondbacks postseason history. A Houston native, has hit.318 (76for239) with a.577 SLG and a.956 OPS in 66 career games vs. HOU...Among active players with at least 200 AB vs. HOU alltime, ranks 8th in AVG, 5th in SLG, and 6th in OPS. Hit.235 (57for243) this year with 30 runs, 12 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, 25 RBI, and 30 BB in 90 games...reached base in 10 of 19 pinchhit PA (.357/.526/.357). LAST HOME RUN MULTIHIT GAMES in 2017 MULTIRBI GAMES in 2017 PLAYER DATE, OPP. PITCHER AB SINCE 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI 6+RBI TOTAL Benintendi 9/25/17 vs. TOR Leone 23 27 13 0 2 42 13 5 0 0 2 20 Betts 9/30/17 vs. HOU Gregerson 4 30 9 5 0 44 12 9 2 0 2 25 Bogaerts 9/27/17 vs. TOR Santos 18 27 11 2 0 40 8 3 2 0 0 13 Bradley Jr. 9/17/17 at TB Odorizzi 46 25 5 0 0 30 13 3 1 0 0 17 Davis 8/3/17 at SF Blach 65 15 1 2 0 18 4 0 0 0 0 4 Devers 9/24/17 at CIN Stephens 32 16 1 1 0 18 7 1 0 0 0 8 Holt 10/6/16 at CLE Shaw 146 7 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 Leon 9/26/17 vs. TOR Dermody 10 10 3 0 0 13 7 1 2 0 0 10 Marrero 9/20/17 at BAL Miley 11 6 1 0 0 7 8 1 0 1 0 10 Moreland 9/28/17 vs. HOU Peacock 11 30 6 0 0 36 10 6 3 0 0 19 Pedroia 9/9/17 vs. TB Andriese 51 31 7 0 0 38 11 3 2 0 0 16 Ramirez 9/27/17 vs. TOR Estrada 15 29 5 0 0 34 12 3 0 0 0 15 Vázquez 9/14/17 at OAK Gossett 45 18 6 2 0 26 7 1 0 0 0 8 Young 8/6/17 vs. CWS Pelfrey 57 12 3 0 0 15 3 1 0 1 0 5 ** Includes regular and postseason 2017 vs. HOU CAREER vs. HOU CAREER AT MINUTE MAID PARK PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Benintendi.120 25 3 0 1.120 25 3 0 1.154 13 2 0 0 Betts.292 24 7 2 2.353 85 30 3 15.378 45 17 1 4 Bogaerts.259 27 7 2 5.277 101 28 4 18.229 48 11 2 8 Bradley Jr..160 25 4 0 2.280 82 23 0 9.250 40 10 0 5 Davis.174 23 4 0 0.144 111 16 0 4.050 40 2 0 0 Devers.158 19 3 0 5.158 19 3 0 5.000 3 0 0 1 Holt.500 8 4 0 0.339 109 37 1 10.362 47 17 1 6 Leon.231 13 3 0 1.318 22 7 0 1.333 9 3 0 1 Marrero.000 4 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moreland.217 23 5 1 4.218 220 48 8 29.157 102 16 1 5 Pedroia.167 18 3 0 1.368 133 49 1 19.391 87 34 1 12 Ramirez.353 17 6 0 1.370 235 87 13 43.337 104 35 3 10 Vázquez.111 18 2 0 0.289 45 13 0 6.316 19 6 0 5 Young.273 11 3 1 1.315 241 76 15 54.380 121 46 11 36 ** Includes all regular and postseason stats vs. HOU and at Minute Maid Park
Red Sox Game Notes BULLPEN NOTES Page 5 1ST BATTERS RELIEF HIGHS PITCHER LAST TIME OUT (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP INNINGS STRIKEOUTS 56Joe Kelly 10/5 at HOU ALDS Gm 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 41/54 26/11 0/4 3.0 (9/15 at TB) 3 (3 times) 46Craig Kimbrel 9/30 vs. HOU 1.0 2 1 1 0 3 49/67 13/1 35/39 2.0 (4/20 at TOR) 5 (3 times) 71Austin Maddox 10/5 at HOU ALDS Gm 1 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 11/13 8/0 / 2.1 (9/28 vs HOU) 2 (3 times) 24David Price 9/30 vs. HOU (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 5/5 2/0 / 2.2 (9/22 at CIN) 4 (9/22 at CIN) 43Addison Reed 9/30 vs. HOU 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 55/77 32/13 0/2 2.0 (3 times) 3 (2 times) 52Eduardo Rodriguez 9/28 vs. HOU (L, 67) start 1.2 6 5 5 2 2 1/1 / / 1.0 (4/19 at TOR) 2 (4/19 at TOR) 39Carson Smith 9/30 vs. HOU 0.0 3 1 1 0 0 5/8 2/1 1/1 2.0 (9/25 vs TOR) 2 (9/19 at BAL) REG SEASON BULLPEN TOTALS: 3.15 ERA 531.0 442 198 186 179 579 379/515 (74%) 250/69 39/57 56 JOE KELLY, RHP 4 1 0 SV 2.79 ERA vs. ALL:.202 (42208 ), 3 HR vs. RHB:.191 (26136 ), 2 HR vs. LHB:.222 ( 16 72), 1 HR WHIP: 1.19 Finished the 6th inning for Sale in yesterday s loss at HOU in Gm 1 (1.0 IP, 2 H, SO)...Allowed 2 inherited runners to score on McCann s 2run single. Appearing in his 4th Postseason...Has appeared in 15 career games (4 GS); 01, 3.18 ERA (12 ER/34.0 IP), 13 BB, 28 SO for STL (201213) & BOS (201617). Worked in a careerhigh 54 games in his 1st year working exclusively as a reliever...posted career lows in opp. AVG (.202), OBP (.294), SLG (.279), & OPS (.573) No runs allowed in 42 of 54 games this year...had a 1.19 ERA (4 ER/30.1 IP) in 29 road games and a 4.55 ERA (14 ER/27.2 IP) in 25 games at Fenway. Over his fi nal 16 appearances (since 8/19), held opponents to a.167 AVG (11for66) with 2 XBH (2B, HR) and 23 SO...Included a 2for26 (.077 AVG) vs. LHH. 46 CRAIG KIMBREL, RHP 5 0 35 SV 1.43 ERA vs. ALL:.140 (33235 ), 6 HR vs. RHB:.109 (14128), 2 HR vs. LHB:.178 ( 19 107 ), 4 HR WHIP: 0.68 Appearing in his 5th Postseason (2010, 12 & 13 with ATL & 2016 with BOS)...In 8 career games: 01, 1 SV, 1.13 ERA (1 ER/8.0 IP), H, 3 BB, 13 SO, 0.50 WHIP. Led ML relievers in SO/9.0 IP (16.43) & WHIP (0.68) & was T1st in SO (126)...Led AL relievers in ERA (1.43), and was 2nd in both SO/BB (9.0) & opp AVG (.140). Struck out 126 of 254 batters faced in 2017 (49.6%), the highest singleseason rate ever for Red Sox reliever...126 SO were most for a BOS reliever since 1964. With BOS (201617), has converted 66 of 72 SVO (91.6%), including 35 of 39 in 2017... Had 3 SV of more than 3 outs in 2017 & 11 in career (last: 6/6 at NYY). Has posted the lowest ERA (1.80) as a relief pitcher in MLB history (min. 400.0 IP)...Leads all ML relievers since 2011 in SV (290), SO (732), and opp. AVG (.156). 71 AUSTIN MADDOX, RHP 0 0 0 SV 0.52 ERA vs. ALL:.200 (1365 ), 1 HR vs. RHB:.150 (640 ), 0 HR vs. LHB:.280 ( 7 25 ), 1 HR WHIP: 0.87 Made his Postseason debut in yesterday s loss at HOU (1.0 IP, H, ER, HR, BB, SO)...Allowed a solo HR to Altuve; got Correa to fly out and struck out Reddick. Appearing in his 1st Postseason...Nonroster invite to BOS ML spring training saw his 1st ever ML action in 2017, appearing in 13 games over 4 ML stints. Began his ML career with a 16.1 scoreless IP streak (6/179/28)...Allowed 1st run of his career in his 13th appearance on 9/28 vs. HOU (B. McCann solo HR). With BOS, issued just 2 BB to 67 batters faced on the year...stranded all 8 of his inherited runners...held opponents hitless with RISP (0for10). Made ML debut on 6/17 at HOU...Began his season at DoubleA Portland and appeared in 27 games between there and TripleA Pawtucket before joining BOS. 24 DAVID PRICE, LHP 63 0 SV 3.38 ERA vs. ALL:.226 (65287 ), 8 HR vs. RHB:.232 (52224), 8 HR vs. LHB:.206 (13 63), 0 HR WHIP: 1.19 Appearing in his 8th Postseason...In 15 games (9 GS): 28, 1 SV, 5.54 ERA (41 ER/66.2 IP), 14 BB, 62 SO...In 6 games in relief: 20, 1 SV, 4.15 ERA (4 ER/8.2 IP). Finished the regular season with a 8.2IP scoreless streak, included his last outing in which he got a hold in the Sox divisionclinching win on 9/30 vs. HOU. Between starting and relieving in 2017, averaged 9.16 SO/9.0 IP (76 SO/74.2 IP)...Held opponents to a.209 AVG (14for67) with RISP. Made his season debut for BOS on 5/29 at CWS...Made 11 starts (53, 3.82 ERA) for the Sox (last: 7/22 at LAA)...7 of his 11 outings were quality starts. Has been a part of a divisionwinning team in each of the last 4 seasons (2014DET, 2015TOR, 2016 & 2017BOS). 43 ADDISON REED, RHP 1 1 0 SV 3.33 ERA vs. ALL:.168 (1695 ), 5 HR vs. RHB:.164 (955 ), 2 HR vs. LHB:.175 (7 40), 3 HR WHIP: 0.93 Appearing in his 3rd Postseason...In 10 appearances (all for NYM from 201516), is 01, 5.63 ERA (5 ER/8.0 IP), 3 BB, 4 SO. 24 of his 29 appearances with BOS were scoreless...allowed 10 total runs as a Red Sox, 7 of which came in 2 appearances at Yankee Stadium (0.1 IP, 5 hits, 7 ER, 2 HR)...In his other 27 appearances for BOS, posted a 1.01 ERA (3 ER/26.2 IP). Reached 70+ appearances for the 2nd straight season...ranked 13th among all ML relievers this year in BB/9.0 IP (1.78) and 18th in SO/BB ratio (5.07) Overall, between NYM & BOS in 2017: 23, 19 SV, 2.84 ERA (24 ER/76.0 IP), 15 BB, 76 SO, 77 G...Acquired from NYM in exchange for 3 MiLB pitchers on 7/31. 52 EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ, LHP 6 7 0 SV 4.19 ERA vs. ALL:.241 (126523 ), 19 HR vs. RHB:.230 (97421 ), 16 HR vs. LHB:.284 (29 102), 3 HR WHIP: 1.28 Appearing in his 2nd Postseason...Named to the Sox 2016 ALDS roster vs. CLE, but did not appear. Set career highs in 2017 in games (25), starts (24), IP (137.1), SO (150) & SO/9.0 IP (9.83). Ended the regular season going 22, 3.33 ERA (10 ER/27.0 IP) with 10 BB and 32 SO in 5 starts. Made 1 relief appearance for BOS in 2017, the only 1 of his ML career: 4/19 at TOR: 1.0 IP, 2 SO 39 CARSON SMITH, RHP 00 1 SV 1.35 ERA vs. ALL:.280 (725 ), 0 HR vs. RHB:.316 (619 ), 0 HR vs. LHB:.167 ( 1 6 ), 0 HR WHIP: 1.35 Appearing in his 1st Postseason. Began year on DL recovering from Tommy John surgery...made a total of 11 appearances as part of rehab assignments between Portland & TripleA Pawtucket. Made season debut on 9/5 vs. TOR and appeared in 8 games total: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 7 SO...Allowed only 1 hit in 6 AB with RISP (.167 AVG) for BOS. Has posted a 0.96 ERA (1 ER/9.1 IP) with 3 BB and 9 SO over his 11 appearances as a Red Sox (201617). 2017 VS. HOU CAREER VS. HOU CAREER AT MINUTE MAID PARK PLAYER WLSV ERA G/GS IP H ER WLSV ERA G/GS IP H ER WLSV ERA G/GS IP H ER Fister 010 5.06 1/1 5.1 5 3 110 3.44 3/3 18.1 19 7 370 4.56 17/17 92.2 102 47 Kelly 100 0.00 4/0 3.2 4 0 120 6.91 8/2 14.1 19 11 110 4.00 5/1 9.0 10 4 Kimbrel 002 2.25 4/0 4.0 4 1 009 4.30 16/0 14.2 13 7 006 3.68 8/0 7.1 7 3 Maddox 000 4.15 3/0 4.1 3 2 000 4.15 3/0 4.1 3 2 000 4.50 2/0 2.0 1 1 Pomeranz 100 1.46 2/2 12.1 7 2 220 3.69 12/7 39.0 38 16 120 4.10 8/5 26.1 27 12 Porcello 010 9.00 2/1 7.0 10 7 110 5.23 4/3 20.2 22 12 010 6.43 3/2 14.0 15 10 Price 100 3.52 3/1 7.2 8 3 520 2.79 10/8 58.0 47 18 400 3.96 4/4 25.0 22 11 Reed 000 0.00 2/0 2.0 0 0 013 2.57 7/0 7.0 3 2 001 0.00 2/0 2.0 0 0 Rodriguez 010 27.00 1/1 1.2 6 5 010 8.10 2/2 6.2 12 6 / Sale 010 12.60 1/1 5.0 9 7 520 2.38 7/7 53.0 38 14 120 4.95 3/3 20.0 21 11 Smith 000 1/0 0.0 3 1 112 1.98 14/0 13.2 9 3 110 3.38 6/0 5.1 4 2 * Includes regular and postseason