BOSTON RED SOX (62-71) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (74-57) Saturday, September 1, 2012 • 9:05 p.m. ET • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA LHP Felix Doubront (10-6, 4.79) vs. RHP A.J. Griffi n (3-0, 2.42) Game #134 • Road Game #64 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM/850 AM, WWZN 1510 AM (Spanish) WEST COAST SWING: The Red Sox tonight continue a AUGUST RUSH: Red Sox batters led the Majors with 290 9-day, 9-game West Coast road trip with the 2nd of 3 tilts in hits in August, 1 shy of the club’s most in an August over RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall ........................................... 62-71 Oakland...The Sox were swept in a 3-game series by the An- the last 15 seasons since 1997 (291 in 2005)...Boston also AL East Standing ................ 4th, -14.0 GB gels in Anaheim to begin the trek and dropped last night’s topped the Majors with 70 doubles in August and ranked At Home ......................................... 32-38 series opener at Oakland, 20-2...Following this weekend’s 4th in the AL with 139 runs during the month. On Road ......................................... 30-33 series, the club concludes the trip with 3 contests in Seattle. Dustin Pedroia led the Majors with 12 doubles in August, In day games .................................. 19-19 The Sox gave up a season-high 20 runs last night and the matching the most of his career in a single month (also In night games ............................... 43-52 18-run margin of defeat was Boston’s largest since they lost 9/08)...He tied for 2nd in the AL with 40 hits and tied for April ............................................... 11-11 to the Yankees, 22-1, on 6/19/00 at Fenway Park...For the 3rd in the circuit with 16 extra-base hits in August...Jacoby May ................................................ 15-14 1st time in a game since at least 1918, 5 different Red Sox Ellsbury tied for 2nd in the Majors with 11 August doubles. June ............................................... 15-12 pitchers allowed at least 1 home run. July ................................................. 12-14 OFFENSIVE OUTPUT: Red Sox batters knocked 9 hits last August ............................................. 9-20 vs. AL East ...................................... 20-28 ROAD RUN: Of Boston’s remaining 29 games, 18 are on night and have combined for at least as many in 8 of their vs. AL Central ................................. 24-16 the road...The Sox are in the midst of a 26-game stretch from last 10 contests...Over the last 10 tilts, the team is batting vs. AL West ....................................... 7-20 8/9-9/5 during which they play 19 contests on the road, go- .312 (116-for-372) with 18 doubles, 11 homers and 54 runs. vs. National League.......................... 11-7 ing 7-14 in that stretch thus far. vs. RH starter .................................. 37-54 The Sox have lost 5 straight road contests, their longest LEADER BOARD: Boston batters have tallied a Major vs. LH starter .................................. 25-17 losing streak away from home this year and longest since League-high 457 extra-bases hits, including an ML-best Leading after 6 innings .................. 49-13 a 7-gamer on the road from 9/7-25/11...They are 8th in the 297 doubles this year...The club is 2nd in the Majors with Tied after 6 innings ............................ 6-8 AL at 30-33 (.476) in away games this year...The club is 29- 649 runs and 613 RBI, trailing only Texas (675 R/652 RBI)... Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 7-50 28 (.509) on the road since 4/23, 6th best in the AL in that They are 2nd in the AL in hits (1,250), 3rd in total bases (3rd Leading after 7 innings .................... 53-7 in ML, 2,014) and 4th in AVG (.270). Tied after 7 innings ............................ 3-9 time, despite losses in 17 of their last 26 road tilts. Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 5-55 MAKING AN IMPACT: Scott Podsednik is batting .354 Leading after 8 innings .................... 53-6 RECENT RESULTS: The Sox have lost their last 4 games and Tied after 8 innings ............................ 5-8 have dropped 6 of 8 sets since 8/2...Boston went 9-20 (.310) (45-for-127) in 39 games with the Red Sox, tops in the AL and 2nd in the Majors to PHI’s Kevin Frandsen (.357) among Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 3-57 in August, the club’s worst August mark since 2006 (9-21, Red Sox score 1st ........................... 37-19 .300)...The Sox are 19-28 (.404) since the All-Star break. players with at least 50 plate appearances this year...Pedro Opponents score 1st ...................... 25-52 Ciriaco is tied for 3rd in AVG among AL players in that group. Shutouts ............................................. 4-5 IN THE STANDINGS: The Red Sox are a season-high 9 TOP AL AVG, MIN. 50 PLATE APPEARANCES Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 4-30 games under .500 and in 4th place in the AL East, 14.0 PLAYER AB H AVG Scoring 3 or 4 runs ......................... 11-27 games behind the division-leading Yankees, which matches Scott Podsednik, BOS 127 45 .354 Scoring 5 or more runs ................... 47-14 their largest defi cit in the division this year...Boston trails Mike Trout, LAA 445 149 .335 Red Sox hit HR ............................... 50-40 the Orioles for 2nd place by 12.0 games and the club is 9.5 Pedro Ciriaco, BOS 156 52 .333 Red Sox hit 0 HR ............................ 12-31 games behind the 3rd-place Rays...The Sox are 12.0 games Andy Dirks, DET 219 73 .333 1-run games ................................... 13-17 out in the AL Wild Card race. Jeff Keppinger, TB 277 92 .332 2-run games ................................... 13-18 Walk-offs ............................................ 2-6 CLOSE CALLS: Despite last night’s 18-run defi cit, 12 of CENTER OF ATTENTION: Despite having a season-long Extra innings (home) .......................... 0-6 Extra innings (road)............................ 2-2 Boston’s last 16 games have been decided by 3 runs or less, 8-game hit streak and career-long tying 6-game stretch with multi-hits snapped Wednesday, Jacoby Ellsbury owns Extra innings (total) ........................... 2-8 with the club going 5-11 in those 16 tilts...3 of Boston’s last Series openers ................................ 16-27 9 contests have been decided in the last at-bat, including 2 a .327 AVG (16-for-49) with 10 runs over his last 11 games. Series fi nales .................................. 20-22 in extra innings, with 4, 1-run contests in that time. Series W-L-T (home) ....................10-11-0 APPROACHING 1,000: Dustin Pedroia has 995 hits, 5 shy Series W-L-T (road) .......................... 9-9-3 VS. OAKLAND: The Red Sox and A’s continue a 3-game series of becoming the 31st player in Sox history to reach 1,000 Series W-L-T (total) ......................19-20-3 in Oakland tonight, their last match-ups of 2012...The A’s hold in his career...He would be just the club’s 2nd primary 2nd Series sweeps (home) ........................ 2-6 a 6-1 advantage in the season series thus far, the 1st time the baseman to reach the mark, joining Bobby Doerr (2,042). Series sweeps (road) .......................... 1-3 Sox have dropped the season set to Oakland since 2009 (4-5). Series sweeps (total) .......................... 3-9 Boston has lost 6 straight to Oakland after winning their 27 PLAYERS, 34 STINTS: With LHP Franklin Morales go- Come-from-behind wins ......31, last 8/27 ing on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday (left shoulder in- Innings batting around.......15, last 8/12 (5th) 1st match-up of the season on 4/30...It is the Sox longest Games decided in last AB............... 10-17 losing stretch vs. the A’s since also losing 6 straight from fl ammation), the Red Sox have now had 27 different play- 6/13-8/3/69...Boston has not dropped 7 consecutive games ers on the DL this season for 34 separate stints, both of to the Athletics franchise since an 8-game spell against which are the most by a Sox team since at least 1971 and, VS. THE ATHLETICS All-Time Series (since 1901) ..........1,056-867-10 Philadelphia in 1932 (5/2-28). according to STATS, the most by any team since at least 1987...13 players who have been on the DL with the Sox All-Time vs. OAK (since 1968) ...........275-225 The Sox have lost all 4 games at the Coliseum this year this year are current or former All-Stars. In Boston .........................................160-91 and have won just 7 of their last 28 road games against the In Oakland ................................. 115-134* A’s dating back to 7/26/06...Boston was swept in its series ROSTER CROWD: Zach Stewart Wednesday night became *includes 2 games in Japan in 2008 in Oakland in July, their 1st time being swept by the A’s the 53rd player to appear for Boston this year, the most in 2012 vs. Oakland ..................................1-6 since 5/23-25/08 in Oakland (0-3). the Majors this year and 4 more than their entire 2011 total In Boston ...............................................1-2 (49)...The Red Sox have only used more than 53 players in In Oakland ............................................0-4 LASER SHOW: Dustin Pedroia has hit in each of the last a season once before, with 55 in 1996. DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 11 games, going 16-for-46 (.348) with 5 doubles, 2 home 4/30 H W11-6 Buchholz Milone 29 different non-pitchers have appeared in a game for 5/1 H L3-5 Parker Doubront runs, 7 RBI and 8 runs in the 11-game stretch...It is the 2nd- Boston this season, up from 23 a year ago.