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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 (10): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES BOSTON RED SOX (1-0) vs. NEW YORK YANKEES (0-1) Saturday, October 6, 2018 • 8:15 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA LHP David Price (16-7, 3.58) vs. RHP Masahiro Tanaka (12-6, 3.75) ALDS Game 2 • TV: TBS • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, ESPN Radio, WCCM 1490 AM (Spanish) ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Red Sox defeated the Yankees, SEASON RECAP: The 2018 Boston Red Sox Season in Review 5-4, last night in Game 1 of the ALDS...J.D. Martinez hit a REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN book is now available for download at pressroom.redsox.com AL East Standing ...........................1st, +8.0 3-run HR in the 1st inning and the Sox scored 2 runs in (under “Media Guides”) and at www.redsoxpressbox.com. Home/Road ............................. 57-24/51-30 the 3rd, with Steve Pearce hitting an RBI single and Xander Day/Night ................................ 36-10/72-44 Bogaerts adding a sacrifice fly. ROSTER NEWS: MLB has approved a roster substitution March/April/May/June .... 2-1/19-6/18-11/17-10 Chris Sale earned his 1st career postseason win, allowing July/August/September .....19-6/18-9/15-11 for the Red Sox due to an injury sustained by RHP Steven vs. AL East ..........................................52-24 2 runs in 5.1 IP...In the 6th inning, Brandon Workman Wright...Wright, who has been diagnosed with inflamma- vs. AL Central .....................................19-14 struck out Gleyber Torres with 2 outs and the bases tion and loose body in his left knee, will be replaced on the vs. AL West .........................................21-12 loaded...Craig Kimbrel earned the save after allowing 1 Division Series roster by RHP Heath Hembree. vs. National League..............................16-4 run in 1.1 IP, striking out 3 batters and walking none. vs. RH/LH starter ..................... 87-38/21-16 In accordance with MLB rules, Wright is ineligible to Leading after 6 innings ........................84-6 participate in the remainder of the Division Series, Tied after 6 innings ..............................12-5 EARLY LEAD: The Red Sox have won 12 of the 18 postsea- as well as the ALCS if the Red Sox advance...Wright Trailing after 6 innings .......................12-43 son series in which they won Game 1, including 8 of 9 since would be eligible to return for the World Series. Leading after 7 innings ........................90-4 the start of 2004...When winning Game 1 of the ALDS, they Tied after 7 innings ..............................13-5 Trailing after 7 innings .........................5-45 have lost 1 series (1998) and won 4 (2004, ‘07, ‘08, ‘13). PRICE CHECK: Tonight’s Game 2 starter, David Price, Leading after 8 innings ........................97-1 The Red Sox have taken a 2-0 lead in a postseason series allowed 0 runs in the 2017 ALDS vs. HOU...After pitching Tied after 8 innings ................................7-3 9 times...They went on to win 8 of those, with the lone 2.2 scoreless innings in Game 2 at Minute Maid Park (1 Trailing after 8 innings .........................4-50 Red Sox score first ..............................74-15 exception being the 1986 World Series vs. NYM. H, 1 BB, 2 SO), he threw 4.0 scoreless innings in a Game Opponents score first .........................34-39 The Sox have taken a 2-0 lead in a Division Series 4 3 victory at Fenway Park (4 H, 1 BB, 4 SO). Come-from-behind wins .........................47 times, winning all 4: 2004 vs. ANA (won 3-0), 2007 vs. Price has made 4 quality starts in the postseason, but Shutouts ...............................................14-7 LAA (3-0), 2008 vs. LAA (3-1), and 2013 vs. TB (3-1). he received a total of 3 runs of support in those games Scoring less than 3 runs .......................8-25 Scoring 3 or 4 runs .............................20-17 (teams went 0-4)...Those starts came in the 2010 ALDS Scoring 5 or more runs .......................80-12 SOX & YANKS: The Red Sox have won each of their last 5 (Game 5 vs. TEX), 2011 ALDS (Game 3 vs. TEX), 2014 Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR .......... 85-24/23-30 postseason games vs. the Yankees...Prior to last night’s vic- ALDS (Game 3 vs. BAL), and 2015 ALCS (Game 6 at KC). 1-run/2-run games .................... 25-14/17-7 Walk-offs ................................................7-4 In the deciding game of the 2008 ALCS, Price helped tory, these teams last met in the postseason in the 2004 ALCS, Extra innings (home/road) ............... 5-1/3-4 when the Sox overcame a 3-games-to-none deficit en route to lead the Rays to the World Series with 1.1 scoreless Series openers/finales ............. 34-18/37-15 their World Series title...BOS is the only team in MLB history to innings against the Red Sox in Game 7 at Tropicana Series W-L-T (home) ......................... 19-5-2 overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-7 postseason series. Field, marking his only career save at the ML level. Series W-L-T (road) ........................... 14-7-5 Series W-L-T (total) ......................... 33-12-7 The only other teams to win 5 consecutive postseason Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 8-0/7-1 games against the Yankees are the New York Giants (8 SOXTOBER: The Red Sox are making their 24th postseason from 1921-23) and Detroit Tigers (5 from 2011-12). appearance, including their 10th in the last 16 years (2003- 18)...This is their 3rd straight playoff appearance, matching VS. THE YANKEES (REG. SEASON) BOS and NYY are meeting in the ALDS for the 1st time. All-Time (Since 1903) .... 991-1,189-14 the franchise’s longest streak (also 2003-05 and 2007-09). In Boston ................................. 544-549-7 J.D. POWER: J.D. Martinez (2-for-4) hit the 157th HR in Red The only other teams to qualify for the postseason in each In New York ............................. 447-640-7 At Current Yankee Stadium .........44-50 Sox postseason history...He became the 13th player to homer of the last 3 years (2016-18) are CLE, CHC, and LAD. 2018 ..................................................10-9 in his 1st career postseason game with the Red Sox; of those In Boston .............................................7-3 13, Martinez and Todd Walker (2003 ALDS-G1 at OAK) are the POSTSEASON HISTORY: The Red Sox are 92-83-1 all-time In New York .........................................3-6 only players to also record 2+ hits and 3+ RBI in that game. in postseason play...They are 19-15 in 34 postseason series, DATE H/R SCORE WP LP The only Red Sox player to homer in each of his first 2 having gone 6-6 in 12 trips to the ALDS (21-24 in DS play), 4/10 H W14-1 SALE Severino postseason games with the club is Jason Bay (2008). 5-5 in the ALCS (26-31), and 8-4 in the World Series (45-28-1). 4/11 H L7-10 Tanaka PRICE 4/12 H W6-3 PORCELLO Gray The Red Sox have won 3 of the last 14 World Series Martinez has 4 career postseason HR in only 8 games... 5/8 R L2-3 Robertson HEMBREE He is 1 of only 16 players in MLB history to homer in (2004, ‘07, ‘13), tied with the Giants for the most 5/9 R L6-9 Holder BARNES at least 4 of his first 8 playoff games...9 players have championships this century. 5/10 R W5-4 KELLY Betances homered in at least 5 of their first 9 postseason games RED SOX POSTSEASON APPEARANCES 6/29 R L1-8 Sabathia RODRIGUEZ 6/30 R W11-0 SALE Gray (most recent: Kyle Schwarber & Daniel Murphy in 2015). YEAR END MANAGER YEAR END MANAGER 7/1 R L1-11 Severino PRICE 1903 WS J. Collins 1998 ALDS J. Williams 8/2 H W15-7 JOHNSON Holder 1912 WS J. Stahl 1999 ALCS J. Williams 8/3 H W4-1 PORCELLO Severino ONE-TWO PUNCH: Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez 1915 WS B. Carrigan 2003 ALCS G. Little 8/4 H W4-1 EOVALDI Adams ranked 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the majors in both 1916 WS B. Carrigan 2004 WS T. Francona 8/5 H W5-4(10) BARNES Holder AVG (.346, .330) and SLG (.640, .629)...According to Elias, 1918 WS E. Barrow 2005 ALDS T. Francona 9/18 R L2-3 Green WORKMAN this is the 1st time teammates have finished 1st and 2nd 1946 WS J. Cronin 2007* WS T. Francona 9/19 R L1-10 Severino PRICE in both categories in the same season since 1903, when 1967 WS D. Williams 2008 ALCS T. Francona 9/20 R W11-6 WRIGHT Green 9/28 H L6-11 Happ JOHNSON the Pirates’ Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke did so. 1975* WS D. Johnson 2009 ALDS T. Francona 9/29 H L5-8 Lynn RODRIGUEZ Prior to Betts and Martinez, the last MLB duos to each 1986* WS J. McNamara 2013* WS J. Farrell 9/30 H W10-2 RODRIGUEZ Cessa hit .330+ with a 1.000+ OPS were Todd Helton/Larry 1988* ALCS J. McNamara/ 2016* ALDS J. Farrell VS. THE YANKEES (POSTSEASON) Walker (2001) and Joe DiMaggio/Lou Gehrig (1937).