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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 (9): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES BOSTON RED SOX 10, HOUSTON ASTROS 3 ALDS Game 3 • Sunday, October 8, 2017 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Houston 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 2 RED SOX Boston 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 0 x 10 15 0 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: Kelly (1-0) Loss: Liriano (0-1) Save: None Doug Fister 38 (20) Joe Kelly 22 (13) Time of Game: 3:38 Attendance: 38,010 (1st sellout) Weather: 72°, wind SW at 16 mph David Price 57 (37) Astros HR: Correa (2) Addison Reed 7 (5) Red Sox HR: Devers (1), Bradley Jr. (1) Carson Smith 13 (10) ASTROS RED SOX NOTES (1-2) Pitcher # (Strikes) Brad Peacock 58 (39) THE RED SOX won Game 3 of this ALDS matchup, improving to 91-82-1 all-time in postseason play. Francisco Liriano 12 (8) Lance McCullers Jr. 49 (30) Scored 10 runs, their highest total in a postseason game since Game 1 of the 2013 ALDS vs. TB (12)...Their 15 hits marked Chris Devenski 12 (6) their highest total in a playoff game since Game 3 of the 2007 WS vs. COL (15). Joe Musgrove 14 (11) Luke Gregerson 10 (6) Overcame a 3-run deficit, tying the Red Sox’ largest overcome to win an ALDS game (also Game 5 of the 1999 ALDS at CLE). Was their 15th victory of the season after trailing by 3 or more runs...Their 14 such wins in the regular season were their most in any season since 1959 (16, source: Elias)...Have overcome defi cits of 3+ runs in 6 of their last 11 wins (since 9/15). Have allowed 3 or more runs in the 1st inning 16 times this season...Came back to win in 8 of those games. Scored 6 runs in the 7th inning, 1 shy of the club's single-inning Division Series record (7, 10/7/07 at LAA, 10/5/04 at ANA). Marked their 3rd ever postseason win in which their starting pitcher did not fi nish the 2nd inning...Their other 2 such wins came in Games 4 and 5 of the 1999 ALDS vs. CLE. DAVID PRICE (4.0 IP, 4 H, BB, 4 SO) threw 4.0 scoreless innings of relief, marking the longest postseason relief effort by a Red Sox pitcher since Pedro Martinez in Game 5 of the 1999 ALDS vs. CLE (6.0 IP). Joined Martinez, Tex Hughson (4.1 IP, 1946 WS G6), and Ray Collins (7.0 IP, 1912 WS G6) as the only pitchers in club history with 4.0+ scoreless innings of relief in a playoff game. Since returning from the disabled list, has thrown 15.1 scoreless innings over 7 relief outings (including 2 in the postseason)...Has allowed 8 hits and 4 BB while striking out 19. HANLEY RAMIREZ (4-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI) recorded his fi rst game with 4+ hits since 5/14/15, and his fi rst career such game in the playoffs. Is the 15th game with 4+ hits in Red Sox postseason history (fi rst since Jacoby Ellsbury in Game 4 of the 2013 ALCS)...Is the 3rd 4-for-4 game in franchise postseason history (also Rich Gedman and Spike Owen in 1986, source: ESPN Stats & Info). Tied a playoff career high with 3 RBI...Has 13 RBI in 14 career Division Series games. Ranks fi rst in Division Series history with a career .442 AVG (23-for-52) in 14 DS games (min. 50 AB)...Is a career .373 hitter (25-for-67) in 19 playoff games. Between the regular season and the playoffs, has reached base safely in his last 18 games vs. the Astros, batting .400 (26-for-65)...Is a career .376 hitter (91- for-242) in 61 combined games against the club, reaching in 55 of those. RAFAEL DEVERS (2-for-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB) gave BOS a 4-3 lead with a 2-run HR, becoming the youngest hitter in Red Sox history with a postseason home run. Is the 6th hitter in postseason history to homer before turning 21...Joined Mickey Mantle, Andruw Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Manny Machado, and Bryce Harper. Finished the game with 3 RBI, tying his single-game career high (9/22 at CIN)...Since RBI became an offi cial stat in 1920, the only other hitters with 3+ RBI in a playoff game before their 21st birthdays are Joe Garagiola (1946), Andruw Jones (twice in 1996), and Miguel Cabrera (twice in 2003). Was his 11th career HR, 7 of which have come at home and 3 of which have given BOS a lead...Has driven in a run on an XBH in each of his last 4 home games. JACKIE BRADLEY JR. (1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI) added to the Red Sox' lead with his fi rst career postseason HR, a 3-run shot in the 7th...Has 5 RBI this series. Was his 9th career HR with multiple runners on base, including 2 this regular season (5/30 at CWS and 6/1 at BAL, both 3-run HR). MITCH MORELAND (3-for-5, 3 R, 2B) singled twice and doubled, marking his fi rst career 3-hit postseason game. Scored multiple runs (3) for the fi rst time in any of his 36 career postseason games...Has 7 career 2B in the playoffs, including 3 in his last 5 such games. Between the regular season and the postseason, has hit safely and scored at least 1 run in each of his last 6 starts, 5 of which have come vs. HOU. SANDY LEON (2-for-4, RBI) drove in the Red Sox' fi rst run with an RBI single in the 2nd inning, and added a single in the 3rd. Has gone 4-for-8 (.500) this series...Has 3 RBI in 5 career playoff games, including 1 in each of his 2 games this series. JOE KELLY (1.2 IP, 2 H) stranded 2 inherited runners in the 2nd inning and pitched a scoreless 3rd...Earned his fi rst career postseason win. Lowered his career postseason ERA to 3.03 (12 ER/35.2 IP)...Has held opponents scoreless in 11 of 12 postseason relief appearances (1.29 ERA, 2 ER/14.0 IP). DUSTIN PEDROIA (1-for-5) singled in his 1st AB...Has reached base 73 times in his postseason career, tying Jason Varitek for 3rd in Red Sox history. Has started each of the Red Sox' 50 postseason games since the start of 2007...Became the 6th player in ML history to make as many as 50 playoff starts at 2B, joining Mark Lemke (61), Roberto Alomar (56), Chase Utley (54), Robinson Canó, and Joe Morgan (50). ASTROS NOTES (2-1) THE ASTROS scored 3 runs in the 1st inning but allowed 10 unanswered runs as they were not able to complete their fi rst postseason sweep in franchise history. The 10 runs marked their most surrendered in a postseason contest since Game 1 of the 2004 NLDS at ATL (10). Have scored multiple runs in the 1st inning during each game of the series (7 total runs, 4 total HR). Have hit .343 (37-for-108) during the series, the club's highest mark ever in a single postseason series (previously the 2004 NLDS, .322 AVG, 58-for-180). Have homered 7 times in the series, the 3rd-most during a single Division Series in franchise history (11 in 2004 vs. ATL, 9 in 2015 vs. KC)...Are also tied for the most by a club vs. BOS in a single Division Series (CWS: 7 in 2005, CLE-7 in 1998, CLE-7 in 1999). CARLOS CORREA (1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI) hit a 3-2 pitch over the CF wall in the 1st inning for a 2-run HR, extending HOU's lead to 3-0. Drove in multiple runs for the 2nd-straight game (4 RBI in Game 2)...Is just the 5th time an Astro has recorded consecutive multi-RBI contests in the postseason...Is the 4th time ever an Astro has recorded 1+ HR and 2+ RBI in consecutive postseason games. His 6 RBI this series are the 4th-most by an Astro in a single Division Series (Beltrán-9 in 2004, Caminiti-8 in 1999, Ensberg-7 in 2005). YULI GURRIEL (4-for-4) tied an Astros' single-game postseason record with 4 hits in the contest (also Carlos Beltrán, Carlos Correa, and Terry Puhl). His 4 hits also tied a ML single-game postseason rookie record (also Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Correa, Jacoby Ellsbury, Chad Fonville, Joe Garagiola, Derek Jeter, and Buster Posey). Is the 1st player with 4+ hits in a postseason game vs. BOS since Carl Crawford (5) and Willy Aybar (4) each did so in Game 4 of the 2008 ALCS for TB. JOSE ALTUVE (3-for-4, BB) collected 3 hits for the 2nd time this series (also 3 hits in Game 1)...Has multiple hits in all 3 games of the series, tying the longest postseason streak of multi-hit games in Astros' franchise history (also Willy Taveras in 2005, Lance Berkman did so twice in 2004, Craig Biggio in 2004).