BOSTON RED SOX (52-41) Vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (42-49) Monday, July 17, 2017 • 7:10 P.M
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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 (8): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES BOSTON RED SOX (52-41) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (42-49) Monday, July 17, 2017 • 7:10 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-2, 3.54) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (9-5, 3.28) Game #94 • Home Game #44 • TV: NESN/ESPN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox are 3-6 in their last 9 SOX & JAYS: The Red Sox are 42-40 against the Blue Jays games, on the heels of a 6-game win streak from 6/29-7/4. under John Farrell (2013-17), including 21-14 in the last 35 REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN meetings...The Sox have won 4 in a row vs. TOR; they have AL East Standing ....................... 1st, 3.0 GA At 52-41, the Red Sox own the 2nd-best record in the Home/Road ............................. 27-16/25-25 AL and the 6th-best record in the majors. not won 5 straight against the Jays since April-May 2010. Day/Night ................................ 17-14/35-27 The Sox are 2 games behind their 2016 pace (54-39); Since the start of 2016, 21 of 25 meetings between April/May/June ..............13-11/16-12/16-12 last year’s squad lost 6 of its next 7 contests to fall to the Red Sox and Blue Jays have been decided by 3 July .........................................................7-6 55-45 through 100 games. runs or fewer, including 7 by 2 runs and 8 by 1 run. vs. AL East ..........................................19-20 vs. AL Central .......................................11-9 AMERICAN LEAGUE’S BEST RECORDS vs. AL West ...........................................11-8 RK. TEAM RECORD RUN DIFF SERIES BUSINESS: All 6 games between the Sox and vs. National League..............................11-4 vs. RH/LH starter ....................... 42-32/10-9 1. Astros 62-30 (.674) +167 Jays this season have been played in Toronto...This is the Leading after 6 innings ........................37-4 2. Red Sox 52-41 (.559) +63 1st time since 1997 the teams did not play each other at Fenway Park until after the All-Star break. Tied after 6 innings ................................7-4 3. Rays 49-44 (.527) +19 Trailing after 6 innings .........................8-33 The Sox swept the Jays in a 3-game set from 6/30-7/2, Leading after 7 innings ........................39-2 their 1st sweep of TOR in a series of any length since Tied after 7 innings ................................7-4 EASTERN STANDARD: The Red Sox lead the 2nd-place 2011 (3 games at TOR, 6/10-12). Rays by 3.0 games in the AL East...BOS has been alone in Trailing after 7 innings .........................6-35 Leading after 8 innings ........................44-1 1st place in the division since the end of play on 6/29. Tied after 8 innings ................................7-1 ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox have scored 7+ runs and Trailing after 8 innings .........................1-39 recorded 12+ hits in each of their last 3 games against the Red Sox score first ..............................36-13 TURNING POINT: The Red Sox fell to 4th place at 21-21 Jays...BOS is batting .318 with a .396 OBP vs. TOR in 2017. following a season-long 3-game losing streak from 5/18-20 Opponents score first .........................16-28 BOS earned a 15-1 win in the clubs’ last meeting on Shutouts .................................................4-8 at OAK...Since 5/21, the Sox’ .608 winning percentage (31- Scoring less than 3 runs .......................2-24 20) ranks 4th in MLB behind LAD, HOU, and WSH. 7/2, tied for the largest margin of victory for either club in the all-time series (3rd time). Scoring 3 or 4 runs .............................11-12 Scoring 5 or more runs .........................39-5 NO TIME TO REST: The Red Sox played a 16-inning game Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR .......... 37-21/15-20 against the Yankees on Saturday (in 5 hours, 50 minutes) STEADY EDDIE: Eduardo Rodriguez last pitched for BOS 1-run/2-run games ........................ 12-9/6-8 Walk-offs ................................................4-2 and followed up with a day/night doubleheader yesterday. on 6/1 at BAL, when he allowed 7 ER in 5.2 IP before being placed on the DL with a right knee subluxation the Extra innings (home/road) ............... 3-1/4-1 BOS will play 24 games in 24 days out of the All-Star following day...He had thrown a quality start in each of Series openers/finales ............. 18-13/18-13 break, including 14 games in 13 days from 7/14-26. Series W-L-T (home) ........................... 9-3-3 his 7 starts prior, going 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA and a .204 Series W-L-T (road) ............................. 7-7-2 opponent AVG in that time (44.0 IP, 32 H, 11 ER, 44 SO). Series W-L-T (total) ......................... 16-10-5 DAMAGE CONTROL: The Red Sox have lost as many as 3 Rodriguez has allowed 1 ER in his last 16.1 IP at Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 3-1/2-0 consecutive games only once this season (3, 5/18-20)...The Fenway Park...The Red Sox have won each of his 3 Come-from-behind wins .........................21 only other teams without a losing streak of 4+ games this home starts this season. season are the Dodgers and Astros. VS. THE BLUE JAYS All-Time ................................. 330-273 LEADING OFF: Mookie Betts leads the AL in doubles In Boston ....................................159-139 HOME COOKIN’: The Red Sox’ .628 winning percentage at (29)...He is the only major leaguer with at least 15 HR and home (27-16) ranks 1st in the AL and 3rd in the majors... In Toronto ...................................171-134 15 steals in 2017 and is the only Red Sox player ever to At Rogers Centre ....................127-101 BOS is 15-7 (.682) at Fenway since 5/23. reach those totals in 3 consecutive seasons. 2017................................................ 5-1 42 of the Sox’ 73 games after the All-Star break will MOOKIE BETTS STATS SINCE START OF 2015 be at home, including 18 of their first 24. In Boston ............................................0-0 STAT AL RANK MLB LEADER In Toronto ...........................................5-1 279 Runs 1st Goldschmidt (283) DATE H/R SCORE WP LP PITCHING IN: The Red Sox lead the AL and rank 3rd in the 113 Doubles 1st Murphy (115) 4/18 R W8-7 Johnson Stroman majors in ERA (3.72)...BOS last finished a season as the AL’s 192 XBH 1st Arenado (224) 4/19 R L0-3 Liriano Porcello ERA leader in 2007 (3.87) and 2000 (4.23). 490 Hits 2nd Altuve (537) 4/20 R W4-1 Kimbrel Grilli In their last 18 games since 6/26, the Sox have posted 635 Times on Base 3rd Votto (781) 6/30 R W7-4(11) Boyer Loup a 2.77 ERA, the lowest mark in the AL and 2nd-lowest 245 RBI T-7th Encarnacion (288) 7/1 R W7-1 Sale Liriano in MLB behind only the Dodgers (2.26). 7/2 R W15-1 Pomeranz Biagini GOLDEN GLOVE: Dustin Pedroia has not committed RED SOX TEAM LEADERS START ME UP: Red Sox starting pitchers have allowed an error in his last 112 games (last: 8/19/16 at DET), the longest streak ever by a Red Sox 2B and the longest by any Batting only 1 ER in the club’s last 3 games (21.2 IP, 0.42 ERA)... Hits ...........................................Betts (102) They lead the AL with a 2.84 ERA since 6/20 (46 ER/146.0 2B since Darwin Barney (141 in 2012) (source: Elias). Doubles .......................................Betts (29) IP) and have a 2.37 ERA in July (22 ER/83.2 IP). Pedroia has 0 errors in his last 394 chances, 45 shy of Triples......................................Bogaerts (4) Sox starters lead the AL in innings (556.0) and his own club record for a 2B (439, 2009-10). HR ...............................................Betts (17) strikeouts (586)...BOS ranks T-2nd in the majors with RBI ..............................................Betts (55) Runs ............................................Betts (65) 3 complete games (MIN-4, CLE-3). PUT ME IN, COACH: Mookie Betts has started each of SB................................................Betts (16) the Sox’ last 89 games (beginning 4/9), the club’s longest BB ...............................................Betts (44) SOX & SIX: Red Sox starting pitchers have thrown at least streak since Dustin Pedroia started 94 consecutive games AVG (min. 100 AB) ............... Pedroia (.307) 6.0 innings in each of the club’s last 8 games, tied for their from 2011-12 (source: Elias). OBP (min. 100 AB) ............... Pedroia (.385) SLG (min. 100 AB) ....................Betts (.489) longest such streak of the season (also 4/23-5/2)...BOS OPS (min. 100 AB) ....................Betts (.842) starters have thrown 6.0+ innings in 12 of 13 games in July. HAMMERIN’ HANLEY: Since 8/31/16, the Red Sox are 23-4 (.852) in games in which Hanley Ramirez hits at least Pitching ERA (min. 10.0 IP) ................Kimbrel (1.35) SUMMER SALE EVENT: Chris Sale leads MLB in strike- 1 HR (8-0 since 6/1)...Ramirez has homered in 5 of his last Strikeouts ....................................Sale (191) outs (191) and innings (135.1)...He also leads AL pitchers 18 games since 6/23, batting .315 (23-for-73) in that time.