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BOSTON RED SOX (4-6) at NEW YORK YANKEES (5-5) Friday, April 11, 2014 • 7:05 p.m. ET • Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY LHP Jon Lester (0-2, 2.51 ERA) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (1-1, 7.50) Game #11 • Road Game #5 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox fell to the Yankees 4-1 SOX AND YANKS: Tonight marks the 2nd of 19 regular last night in the 1st game of a 4-game series in the Bronx... season games between the Sox and Yankees in 2014...They REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN The Sox have now dropped 3 of 4 series openers in 2014. will next meet for a 3-game set in Boston from 4/22-24. Overall ............................................. 4-6 AL East Standing ..................5th, 1.0 GB At 4-6, Boston is 2 wins off the pace of the 2013 team, With a 13-6 record against New York in 2013, the At Home ........................................... 2-4 which started 6-4...The Sox also dropped at least 6 of Sox became the 1st team to win 13 or more games On Road ........................................... 2-2 their first 10 games in each of the 4 seasons preceding against the Yankees in a single season since the 1976 In day games .................................... 1-3 2013, starting 4-6 in 2012, 2-8 in 2011, 4-6 in 2010, Orioles (13-5)...The Red Sox hadn’t won as many In night games ................................. 3-3 and 4-6 in 2009. games against the Yankees since 1973 (14-4). April ................................................. 4-6 vs. AL East ........................................ 2-2 The Red Sox have fallen to 5th place in the AL East, The Sox went 7-3 in the Bronx last season, matching vs. AL Central ................................... 0-0 but are just 1.0 game behind NYY, TB, and TOR for 1st their most wins here since the 1912 team won 8 times vs. AL West ....................................... 2-1 place (all 5-5). in the Bronx (also 7-2 in 2011). vs. National League.......................... 0-3 vs. RH starter .................................... 2-5 HIT THE ROAD: Boston continues its 1st multi-series road In 2013, the Red Sox fi nished 12.0 games ahead of the Yankees, Boston’s largest season-ending lead over vs. LH starter .................................... 2-1 trip of the season tonight with the 2nd of 4 games at Yan- Leading after 6 innings .................... 4-0 kee Stadium (0-1 thus far)...After Monday’s offday, the Sox New York since the Sox fi nished 1991 in 2nd place, 13.0 games ahead of the 5th-place Yanks. Tied after 6 innings .......................... 0-3 finish out the 8-day, 7-game trek with 3 contests at the Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 0-3 White Sox in Chicago. Leading after 7 innings .................... 3-0 COMFORT ZONE: Tonight’s starter Jon Lester is 7-3 in his Tied after 7 innings .......................... 1-2 Boston opened the season on the road, winning 2 of career at the current Yankee Stadium, the most wins among 3 in Baltimore over a 4-day stretch from 3/30-4/3. Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 0-4 any visitor here since the park opened in 2009...David Price Leading after 8 innings .................... 4-0 In 2013, the Red Sox went 44-37 (.543) on the road, 1 ranks 2nd on that list with a 5-2 record at this ballpark. Tied after 8 innings .......................... 0-2 win shy of the Rangers and Dodgers for the best road Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 0-4 record in MLB (both 45-36). ALWAYS ON: With a double last night, David Ortiz has Red Sox score 1st ............................. 4-0 now reached base safely in each of his 23 games played Opponents score fi rst ....................... 0-6 FOUR SO FAR: This season, the Sox have won all 4 times against the Yankees since the start of the 2012 season, 1 Shutouts ........................................... 0-1 they’ve scored 1st and are 0-6 when the opponent scores shy of Rajai Davis (24) for the longest active on-base streak Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 0-4 1st...Boston is 4-0 when leading after the 6th inning. against NYY...In those 23 games, Ortiz is batting .425 (37- Scoring 3 or 4 runs ........................... 2-0 for-87) with 13 doubles, 3 homers, 12 RBI, and 18 walks. Scoring 5 or more runs ..................... 2-2 Red Sox hit HR ................................. 2-4 BUNCHED UP: In the AL, 1 team has won 6 games (OAK) Red Sox hit 0 HR .............................. 2-2 and 1 team has won 3 games (MIN)...The 13 remaining AL KOJI MANIA: Koji Uehara has allowed no runs in 5 out- 1-run games ..................................... 1-2 teams all have either 4 (6 teams) or 5 (7 teams) victories. ings this season (5.0 IP), giving up a total of just 3 hits and 2-run games ..................................... 1-0 no walks with 7 strikeouts. Walk-offs .......................................... 0-0 KEEPING IT CLOSE: Boston has lost 6 games, including In his last 55 games since the start of July 2013, Extra innings (home) ........................ 0-1 a pair of 1-run decisions and none by more than 4 runs...2 including postseason and regular season, Uehara Extra innings (road).......................... 0-0 losses have come in their opponents’ last at-bat (Friday and has allowed only 2 ER in 59.0 innings for a 0.31 ERA, Extra innings (total) ......................... 0-1 Saturday night vs. MIL). surrendering just 22 hits and 2 walks (.112 AVG, .121 Series openers .................................. 1-3 OBP) while striking out 75 batters (11.4 SO/9.0 IP)...In Series fi nales .................................... 2-1 Over the club’s 1st 10 games, the Sox have been Series W-L-T (home) ......................1-1-0 outscored by just 5 runs, 41-36. that span he has converted 26 of his 27 save chances. Series W-L-T (road) ........................1-0-0 Series W-L-T (total) ........................2-1-0 KNOCKS ENOUGH: The Red Sox were held to a season- ROOKIES ROLLING: Red Sox rookies Jackie Bradley Jr. Series sweeps (home) ...................... 0-1 low 4 hits last night for a 2nd straight game...The Red Sox (.364 AVG, .462 OBP) and Xander Bogaerts (.314 AVG, .415 Series sweeps (road) ........................ 0-0 offense has totaled 90 hits on the season, tied with the OBP) have combined for a .333 AVG (19-for-57) with 4 Series sweeps (total) ........................ 0-1 Yankees for 2nd in the AL after the White Sox (102). doubles, 5 RBI, 10 walks, and 10 runs scored. Come-from-behind wins .............. 1, 4/9 With 2 hits last night, Bogaerts now has 11 hits on Innings batting around........................ 0 Games decided in last AB................. 1-2 BIRTHDAY BOYS: Today both Trot Nixon (turning 40) and the season...Since 1941, the only other Red Sox player Jason Varitek (turning 42) are celebrating birthdays today. age 21 or younger to reach double-digits in hits in the team’s 1st 10 games of a season was Tony Conigliaro VS. THE YANKEES SCORING STORY: Despite all the hits, Boston’s average in 1965 (15). All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903) ....947-1,139-14 of 3.6 runs scored per game ranks 13th in the AL...The Sox In Boston .............................520-526-7 THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON: The 2013 Red Sox led In New York .........................427-613-7 are hitting .264 on the season but just .202 (17-for-84) with At Yankee Stadium ..................... 24-23 runners in scoring position, 11th in the AL. the AL and tied for the best record in MLB at 97-65 (.599) en route to the franchise’s 8th World Series Championship. 2014 vs. Yankees .............................. 0-1 The Red Sox have grounded into 17 double plays this In Boston ........................................ 0-0 season, the most in the majors and the most by a Red No other World Series Champ had a winning pct. the In New York .................................... 0-1 year before as low as Boston’s .426 mark in 2012. Sox team this early in a season in the last 100 years DATE H/R SCORE WP LP beginning in 1914...Colorado ranks 2nd in MLB with 4/10 R L1-4 Pineda Buchholz 13 GIDP and the Royals and Indians are tied for 2nd REPETITION PROPOSITION: The 2014 Red Sox are at- in the AL with 10 each. tempting to become the 1st team to win back-to-back World Series titles since NYY won 3 in a row, 1998-2000. UPCOMING MILESTONES STRONG ARMS: Red Sox pitchers have the 6th-best ERA The Red Sox have won consecutive World Series titles Milestone Player (current) once before, in 1915 and 1916...The only other time 100 HR ............................... Pedroia (99) in the AL this season at 3.60 (36 ER/90.0 IP)...The club leads 500 RBI ............................ Pedroia (493) the AL in both walk rate (2.1, 21 BB) and strikeout-to-walk the club won the AL crown in 2 straight years was ratio (4.0, 84 SO), trailing only San Francisco (1.7 BB/9.0 IP, 1903 (won the WS) and 1904 (WS was not played). MLB All-Time Player (current) 4.8 SO/BB ratio) among ML teams. G as DH, 1st (Baines, 1,643) ......Ortiz (1,632) THREE OUT OF TEN: The Red Sox have won the World Se- The Sox rank 5th in the AL in strikeouts (84) and have ries in 3 of the last 10 years -- 2004, 2007, 2013 -- following the 3rd-fewest walks allowed overall (21).