BOSTON RED SOX GAME NOTES BOSTON RED SOX (78-63) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (70-70) Saturday, September 11, 2010 ● 9:05 p.m. ET Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum ● Oakland, CA RHP John Lackey (12-9, 4.48) vs. LHP Brett Anderson (4-6, 2.97) Game #142 ● Road Game #70 (36-33) ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Red Sox continue a 6-day, 6-game road trip with the 2nd of 3 games in Oakland…Boston will also visit Seattle (9/13-15) on their penultimate THE SOX AND ATHLETICS road trip…The club has an off-day next Thursday (9/16) before beginning a 6-day, 6- All-Time Series (since 1901) ... 1048-858-10 game homestand against the Blue Jays (9/17-19) and Orioles (9/20-22)…Of Boston’s remaining 21 regular season games, 12 are on the road and 9 will be at Fenway Park. All-Time vs. Oakland (since 1968) .. 267-216 ► The club has dropped 7 of their last 11 road games overall but has won 11 of their At Boston ......................................154-88 At Oakland ................................... 113-128 last 20 and 13 of their last 24 tilts away from home…They are 28-23 (.549) on the road since 5/22, the 3rd-best road mark in the American League in that time after the 2010 vs. Oakland................................. 3-4 White Sox (32-24, .571) and Yankees (25-19, .568). At Boston ........................................... 2-1 th rd At Oakland .......................................... 1-3 ► Overall, the club’s 36-33 (.522) road mark is 6 in the Majors and 3 in the AL after the Rays (42-29, .592) and Yankees (38-29, .567). 2010 VS. THE ATHLETICS RECORD KEEPER: At 78-63 (.553), the Sox are T-9th in the Majors, and tied with DATE SCORE WINNER LOSER SAVE th 6/1 W9-4 LACKEY Ross None CWS and TEX (both 78-63) for 4 in the AL after NYY (87-54, .617), TB (85-55, .607) 6/2 W6-4 MATSUZAKA Sheets PAPELBON and MIN (83-58, .589)…The club has lost 8 of its last 12 tilts but is 23-19 since 7/26. 6/3 L8-9 Mazzaro WAKEFIELD Bailey ► Boston is 3rd in the AL East, 9.0 games behind the 1st-place Yankees…The Sox are 7/19 W2-1 MATSUZAKA Sheets PAPELBON nd 7/20 L4-5 (10) Bailey RAMIREZ None tied with the White Sox for 2 in the AL Wild Card race, 7.5 games behind the Rays. 7/21 L4-6 Gonzalez BUCHHOLZ Wuertz KING OF THE HILL: Last night’s starter Clay Buchholz yielded 5 runs in 1.0+ inning 9/10 L0-5 Cahill BUCHHOLZ None BOLD – Fenway Park of work, the shortest non-injury-related start of his career…Despite the setback, ► The Sox continue a 3-game series in OAK Buchholz ranks 2nd in the American League with a 2.53 ERA (43 ER/152.2 tonight, their final set against the A’s this IP), trailing only Seattle’s Felix Hernandez (2.30) for tops in the circuit. year…The teams play a total of 9 times in SWEET RELIEF: The Red Sox bullpen combined for 7.0 scoreless innings last night…It 2010 with the Sox trailing 3-4 thus far. matches the club’s longest single-game scoreless relief effort since 2004, also ► Victories in the last 2 games of this series accomplished 5/30/08 at Baltimore (6 relievers) and 7/15/10 vs. TEX (4 relievers). will give Boston a win in the season set with rd LENDING ASSISTANCE: Ryan Kalish picked up his 3 career outfield assist last night Oakland, its 4th straight year with a win or th rd th in his 34 career Major League game, throwing out Coco Crisp at 3 base in the 4 split…The Sox have won or split 5 of the last nd inning…Since 1995, he is just the 2 Red Sox player to record 3 outfield assists that 6 season series with the A’s since 2004, st quickly, joining Brandon Moss, who tallied 3 in his 1 21 ML games from 2007-08. losing only in 2006 (3-7)…Boston is 35-29 OLD TRICKS: With a win over the Rays at 44 years, 37 days old on Wednesday night, overall vs. Oakland since the start of 2004. Tim Wakefield became the oldest Red Sox pitcher to earn a victory…He passed ► The Red Sox have won 2 of their last 5 Dennis Eckersley, who was 43 years, 349 days old in his last Sox win, 9/17/98 at BAL. and just 6 of their last 22 contests at the MARCO THE LEADER: Marco Scutaro went 4-for-5 with a double, 2 home runs, 3 RBI Coliseum dating back to 7/26/06…Boston and 3 runs as Boston’s lead-off hitter in Wednesday’s win over TB, matching career has not won a set in Oakland since 4/1-2/08 highs in homers (2nd time, also 7/22/09 vs. CLE with TOR) and hits (7th time, last (2-0), after the 2 clubs opened that season 8/9/09 vs. BAL with TOR)…According to Elias, he became the 4th player in Red Sox with a split (1-1) in Japan. history to record at least 4 hits and 2 home runs in the same game from the ► The Sox have won 7 of their last 13 tilts st vs. the A’s and 17 of 30 beginning 6/7/07. 1 slot in the batting order, joining Wade Boggs (8/6/84 vs. DET–GM 2), Darren Bragg (8/8/98 at TEX) and Johnny Damon (7/9/04 vs. TEX). ROSTER RECAP: On Thursday, Boston ► Scutaro leads the AL with 12 games of at least 3 hits as a shortstop and is tied for claimed right-hander Matt Fox off waivers st 1 in the AL with 43 multi-hit games at the position (also NYY’s Derek Jeter). from the Twins and now has 34 players on CROSSING 1,000: With his 2-run homer in the 2nd inning on Wednesday, Adrian the active roster (16 pitchers, 4 catchers, 6 Beltre collected his 1,000th and 1,001st career RBI…He became the 27th Major League infielders, 7 outfielders, 1 DH)…The club third baseman (played at least 50% of career games at 3rd base) to reach the also has 5 players currently on the DL. milestone since the stat was tracked in 1920 and is 1 of 4 active 3rd basemen, joining ► The Sox have had 50 different players Chipper Jones, Scott Rolen and Aramis Ramirez…Beltre leads the Sox with 95 RBI this appear in a game this year, most in the AL year, tied for 10th in the AL…His 40 RBI since the All-Star Break are T-2nd in the AL. and 3rd in the Majors behind the Marlins 30 ROCKS: David Ortiz knocked his 29th homer in Wednesday night’s win, topping his (52) and Pirates (51)…The club had 52 mark from 2009 (28)…He ranks 6th in the American League and is 1 shy of his 6th players appear in a game last year. nd career 30-HR campaign, 1st since 2007…The 6, 30-HR seasons will tie Manny ► Boston has used 23 pitchers in 2010, 2 nd most in the AL behind the Royals (25). Ramirez for 2 most in Red Sox history behind Ted Williams (8). TO THE VICTOR: Victor Martinez is batting .385 (20-for-52) with 5 homers and 12 LOVULLO WITH SOX: Triple-A Pawtucket RBI over his last 12 games dating back to 8/27…In that time ranks among AL leaders manager Torey Lovullo joined the Red Sox st nd th in Oakland yesterday. in homers (T-1 ), RBI (T-2 ) and batting average (5 )…He has hit safely in 14 of his last 15 games overall at .367 (22-for-60). YOUTH IS SERVED: On Monday vs. TB, 10 SPOTS: With Marco Scutaro’s 9th and 10th homers on Wednesday night, the Sox the Red Sox started 3, 22 year-old players: now have 8 players in double-digits in 2010 (also Beltre, Drew, Hall, Martinez, Ortiz, Lars Anderson (22 years, 346 days), Ryan Kalish (22, 162) and Yamaico Navarro (22, Pedroia and Youkilis), tied with the Yankees and Blue Jays for the most in the st Majors…It is the most by a Red Sox club since the 2003 squad boasted 9 310)…It was the 1 time Boston featured a players with 10 or more homers. starting lineup with at least 3 players under the age of 23 since 10/4/80 vs. Toronto TO THE NINES: Darnell McDonald is the only Major Leaguer with at least 9 (G2): Glenn Hoffman (22, 89), Reid Nichols homers and 9 sac hits in 2010…He is the 1st Sox player to do it since 1993, when (22, 60) and Chico Walker (21, 314). John Valentin (11 HR, 16 SH) and Billy Hatcher (9 HR, 11 SH) accomplished the feat. COMMUNITY CORNER STRIKING RESULTS: Red Sox hurlers have recorded 8 double-digit strikeout games th in their last 18 contests and 4 in 9 September tilts…Their 36 games with at least ► The 7 annual Day of Remembrance 10 K’s in 2010 lead the AL…Boston paces the AL with 1,036 strikeouts this season, blood drive took place today at Fenway Park including an AL-high 306 K’s since the beginning of August, trailing only the Padres earlier today…The American Red Cross, the (323), Phillies (322) and Dodgers (308) for the ML lead in that time.