BOSTON RED SOX (60-77) at NEW YORK YANKEES (70-65) Tuesday, September 2, 2014 • 7:05 p.m. ET • Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY RHP Joe Kelly (0-1, 3.86) vs. RHP Shane Greene (4-1, 3.09) Game #138 • Road Game #69 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) WRAP-AROUND RECAP: The Red Sox lost to the Rays SOX AND YANKS: Tonight the Red Sox begin a 3-game yesterday, 4-3 in 10 innings at Tropicana Field...Boston and series against the Yankees, their last games of the season in REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN Tampa Bay split the 4-game weekend wraparound series... the Bronx...Boston has won 3 of its last 5 against the Yanks Overall ..............................................60-77 AL East Standing ....................5th, 19.5 GB In those 4-games, the Red Sox were outscored 14-15 and but has lost 5-8 overall vs. NYY this season. At Home ............................................29-40 each team had 28 hits and 25 runners left on base. Mike Napoli leads all major leaguers with 11 homers On Road ............................................31-37 against the Yankees since joining the Red Sox in 2013. In day games .....................................17-23 SOX STATUS: The Red Sox have won 4 of their last 7 In night games ..................................43-54 March/April .......................................13-14 games but have dropped 11 of their last 15 beginning with BALLPARK FIGURES: Boston is 27-26 (.509) at the cur- an 8-game losing streak from 8/17-24...They are 11-14 in May ...................................................13-15 rent Yankee Stadium...It is the best record by any visiting AL June ..................................................12-16 their last 25 games beginning on 8/6. team since the ballpark opened in 2009. July ....................................................10-15 The club is 17 games under .500 and a season-high August ..............................................12-16 At 3-4 this year in the Bronx, the Sox need a sweep September .............................................0-1 19.5 games back in the division for a 3rd straight of the current series for a 4th winning season in the 7 day...They are 6.5 games behind the 4th-place Rays. vs. AL East .........................................23-35 years since the ballpark was built (2010-11, 2013). vs. AL Central ....................................16-17 vs. AL West ........................................12-17 ON THE ROAD: Boston is 4-3 thus far on a 10-game, 11- DIFFERENCE MAKER: Yoenis Cespedes tied yesterday’s vs. National League...............................9-8 day road trip...Tonight the Sox play the 1st of 4 games in game at 3-3 with a 7th inning single...In 28 games with vs. RH starter .....................................40-54 the Bronx...They opened the trip winning 2 of 3 in Toronto, the Red Sox, it was his 5th game-tying or go-ahead hit that vs. LH starter .....................................20-23 and then took 2 of 4 in Tampa over the long weekend. Leading after 6 innings .......................42-7 came in the 7th inning or later, already tied for the team Tied after 6 innings ...........................11-10 This is the team’s 2nd-to-last road trip of the year... lead this season (also David Ortiz)...He is batting .382 (13- Trailing after 6 innings ........................7-60 They visit KC (4G), PIT (3G), BAL (3G) from 9/11-21. for-34) with RISP since joining the Red Sox. Leading after 7 innings .......................44-4 The Sox have 12 home games remaining, with 3 each He has driven in a team-leading 23 of Boston’s 110 Tied after 7 innings ...........................10-15 Trailing after 7 innings ........................6-58 against all 4 division rivals. runs scored (21%) since joining the team on 8/2...His Leading after 8 innings .......................47-1 23 RBI are T-7th most in the AL during that span. Tied after 8 innings ...........................10-17 ROAD RULES: Boston has won 7 of its last 10 road games, Cespedes has the game-winning RBI in 4 of the club’s Trailing after 8 innings ........................3-59 including a season-long 5-game road win streak, 8/10-26... 11 wins since his debut...All 4 of his homers as a Red Red Sox score 1st ..............................43-21 Since 6/28, the club is 15-12 (.556) on the road. Sox have given the team a lead. Opponent scores fi rst ........................17-56 Shutouts ..............................................7-13 Boston has more wins this year in 68 road games (31) Of his 23 RBI for Boston, 9 have given the team a Scoring less than 3 runs ......................7-40 than 69 home games (29)...The club has a .456 win lead, more than double the next-most since his debut Scoring 3 or 4 runs ............................20-23 percentage on the road compared to .420 at home. (Pedroia ranks 2nd with 4)...In the majors only TB’s Scoring 5 or more runs ......................33-13 Evan Longoria (11) has more go-ahead RBI since 8/2. Red Sox hit HR ..................................38-39 FACING EAST: Of Boston’s last 32 games, a stretch that Red Sox hit 0 HR ...............................21-38 1-run games ......................................25-25 began last Monday, 25 (78%) are against division rivals ON THE OFFENSE: The Red Sox have scored 37 runs over 2-run games ........................................9-15 (4-3 thus far)...The club’s only remaining non-division foes their last 8 games (4-4) but rank last in the AL overall with Walk-offs ...............................................8-8 are KC (4G) and PIT (3G) to open the last road trip. both 526 runs scored and 3.84 runs per game. Extra innings (home) .............................4-5 Boston is 29-17 (.630) when tallying at least 10 hits, Extra innings (road)...............................4-6 RUNNING REVERSAL: Boston been successful in 12 of its and 46-23 (.667) record when scoring at least 4 runs. Extra innings (total) ............................8-11 last 13 stolen base attempts and has been caught stealing Series openers ...................................20-24 just twice in the team’s last 22 attempts beginning 7/12. Series fi nales .....................................19-25 CLOSE CALLS: Boston has played an AL-high 50 one-run Series W-L-T (home) ........................ 9-11-4 The Sox own the 2nd-best SB rate in the majors since games this year (25-25), 3 shy of the MLB lead (3 teams) Series W-L-T (road) .......................... 8-11-1 the All-Star break at 90.5% (19 of 21), trailing only and 8 more than the Sox played in all of 2013 (42, 21-21)... Series W-L-T (total) ........................ 17-22-5 Oakland (90.9%, 20 of 22)...Boston posted a major Their 25 one-run wins rank 2nd in the AL to Baltimore (27). Series sweeps (home) ...........................5-7 league-worst 60% rate (30 of 50) before the break. Series sweeps (road) .............................2-2 Boston is on pace for 59 one-run games, which would Series sweeps (total) .............................7-9 match the club-record originally set in 1961 (32-27). Come-from-behind wins ........24, last 8/16 STILL SLUGGING: David Ortiz ranks 5th in the AL with 30 Innings batting around.....16, last 8/29 (2nd) homers, tied with CHC’s Anthony Rizzo for the most among SATURDAY’S TRADE: Following Saturday night’s game, Games decided in last AB..................18-20 ML left-handed hitters...This is his 8th career 30-HR season, the Red Sox acquired INF/OF Jemile Weeks and minor all since joining the Red Sox in 2003, which ties Ted Wil- league INF Ivan De Jesus Jr. from the Orioles for INF/OF VS. THE YANKEES liams for the franchise mark. Kelly Johnson and minor league 3B Michael Almanzar. All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903) ......951-1,146-14 In Boston ...............................522-530-7 Ortiz ranks 3rd in the AL with 95 RBI...He is closing in Yesterday, Weeks became the 51st player to appear in on an 8th career 30-HR/100-RBI season, which would In New York ........................... 430-616-7 a game for the Red Sox this season, 3 more than in all At Yankee Stadium ....................... 27-26 pass Ted Williams (7) for the franchise record. of 2013 (48). 2014 vs. Yankees ................................ 5-8 In Boston .......................................... 2-4 DAVID TRENDING: David Ortiz tops MLB with 81 RBI QUALIFYING XANDER: 21-year-old Xander Bogaerts en- In New York ...................................... 3-4 since 5/1 and leads the AL in SLG (.593) since the All-Star. ters today’s game with 496 PA this season, 6 shy of the 502 DATE H/R SCORE WP LP He was among August AL leaders in OPS (2nd, 1.034), PA required to qualify for batting leaders. 4/10 R L1-4 Pineda Buchholz SLG (5th, .592), OBP (4th, .442), and AVG (9th, .342). 4/11 R W4-2 Lester Sabathia The Red Sox have not had a player as young as 21 4/12 R L4-7 Kuroda Lackey He has an active 16-game on-base (.397, 23-for-58, 4 qualify for batting leaders since Tony Conigliaro did it 4/13 R L2-3 Nova Doubront 2B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 13 BB, HBP), which began on 8/9. at 20 and 21 years old in 1965 and 1966. 4/22 H L3-9 Tanaka Lester 4/23 H W5-1 Lackey Pineda Beginning in 1920, the only other Red Sox qualifi ers 4/24 H L5-14 Sabathia Doubront RUSNEY’S START: Cuban OF Rusney (roos-NAY) Castillo, at age 21 or younger are Hall of Famers Bobby 6/27 R L0-6 Nuno Workman signed to a 7-year major league contract on 8/23, started Doerr (1938-39), Ted Williams (1939-40), and Carl 6/28 R W2-1 Lester Tanaka his U.S.