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BOSTON RED SOX SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES Boston Red Sox (0-2) vs. Baltimore Orioles (2-0) Sunday, March 2, 2014 • JetBlue Park, Lee County, FL CHECKING THE SLATE: Today’s contest against the Rays THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON: The 2013 Red Sox led is the Red Sox’ 3rd Grapefruit League game of the season... the AL and tied for the best record in MLB at 97-65 (.599) MEDIA GUIDE: The 2014 Boston Red On Friday, the Sox began a stretch of 31 games against en route to the franchise’s 8th World Series Championship. Sox Media Guide can be accessed on- major league opponents this spring over 30 days from 2/27- line at http://pressroom.redsox.com. 3/29...Boston will play split-squad games on 3/8 and 3/11... The Red Sox won the deciding Game 6 of the 2013 The club’s only off-day this spring comes on 3/12. World Series over STL in Boston on 10/30, 120 days ago...It was the club’s 1st WS clinch at home in 95 IN CAMP: Boston has 58 players in years, since Game 6 of the 1918 World Series at FACING THE O’S: The Red Sox host the Orioles today at Major League Spring Training Camp, JetBlue Park, the clubs’ 1st of 6 match-ups this spring...They Fenway Park (2-1 over CHC). including 18 non-roster invitees...The meet next in split-squad action on Sunday, with a 1:05 p.m. game in Sarasota and a 7:05 p.m. contest in Fort Myers. THREE OUT OF TEN: The Red Sox have won the World Se- breakdown: 30 pitchers (11 invitees), ries in 3 of the last 10 years -- 2004, 2007, 2013 -- following 6 catchers (1 invitee), 13 infi elders (5 The Red Sox and Orioles will face off in Baltimore for an 86-year Championship drought...It marks the most titles invitees), and 9 outfi elders (1 invitee). their 2014 regular season opener on 3/31 at 3:05 p.m. among MLB teams in the new century. The Sox went 8-11 against the O’s in 2013 regular Since new ownership took over in 2002, the Red Sox season play, but 8 of those 11 losses were by 2 runs have won 1,098 games, 2nd in MLB to NYY’s 1,155. or fewer...Baltimore was the only AL East team with a HOW THEY WERE OBTAINED RED SOX 40-MAN ROSTER winning record against the Red Sox last season. TURNAROUND TITLE: With the 2013 World Series victory, Boston completed the greatest turnaround season in base- Amateur Draft Picks (14): Bradley REMEMBERING MONICA: A moment of silence will be ball history...No other World Series Champ had a winning Jr. (2011-compensation round), Brentz held prior to today’s National Anthem to remember Orioles pct. the year before as low as Boston’s .426 mark in 2012. (2010-compensation round), Britton (2007- Public Relations Director Monica Pence Barlow, who passed 23rd round), Buchholz (2005-compensation away Friday after a courageous battle against lung cancer. The 2013 Sox joined the 1991 Twins as the only teams round), Cecchini (2010-4th round), Hassan ever to win a WS one season after a last-place fi nish. (2009-20th round), Lavarnway (2008-6th YESTERDAY’S GAME: Yesterday the Red Sox fell to 0-2 in round), Lester (2002-2nd round), Middle- Grapefruit League, losing a 2nd straight game to the Twins, REPETITION PROPOSITION: The 2014 Red Sox will at- brooks (2007-5th round), Pedroia (2004-2nd tempt to become the 1st team to win back-to-back World this time by a 6-2 score at Hammond Stadium...The Sox round), Ranaudo (2010-compensation round), must now win at least 3 of the clubs’ remaining 4 games Series titles since the Yankees won 3 in a row, 1998-2001. Vazquez (2008-9th round), Wilson (2009-2nd to secure at least a tie in this year’s Chairman’s Cup series. The Red Sox have won consecutive World Series titles round), Workman (2010-2nd round). Boston was outhit 9-6, with 3B Garin Cecchini (2-for- once before, in 1915 and 1916...The only other time By Trade (9): Badenhop (From Brewers, 3, 2B) accounting for 2 of those knocks...LF Daniel the club won the AL crown in 2 straight years was Nov. 2013), Breslow (From Diamondbacks, Nava (1-for-2, HR, BB) put the Sox on the board with a 1903 (won the WS) and 1904 (WS was not played). July 2012), Carp (From Mariners, Feb. 2013), solo shot in the 1st inning in his fi rst plate appearance De La Rosa (From Dodgers, Oct. 2012), Her- of the spring. SOPHOMORE SKIPPER: John Farrell returns for a 2nd rera (From Rockies, Dec. 2013), Holt (From season as Red Sox Manager after guiding the team to Pirates, Dec. 2012), Peavy (From White Sox, Starter RHP Allen Webster gave up 3 runs on 4 hits the 2013 World Series Championship in his 1st year at the and a walk over 1.2 IP and suffered the loss...LHP Jose July 2013), Webster (From Dodgers, Aug. helm...He joined Terry Francona (2004), Ed Barrow (1918), 2012), Wright (From Indians, July 2012). Mijares surrendered 3 runs in 0.2 innings of relief, but and Jake Stahl (1912) as the only managers to win the Free Agents (14): Butler (July 2009), Capua- Boston’s 5 other hurlers combined for scoreless relief. World Series in their 1st year piloting the Red Sox. no (Feb. 2014), Gomes (Dec. 2012), Lackey BACK AT IT: Of the 10 pitchers who threw the most in- Farrell led the Sox to a 97-65 (.599) regular season (Dec. 2009), Miller (Dec. 2010), Mujica (Dec. nings for Boston in the 2013 regular season, 9 are returning record in 2013, tied with STL for the best in baseball... 2013), Napoli (Jan. 2013), Nava (Jan. 2008), to the club...The only exception is Ryan Dempster, who an- He became the 1st skipper to earn a share of MLB’s Ortiz (Jan. 2003), Pierzynski (Dec. 2013), Ross nounced this spring that he would not be pitching in 2014. best record in his 1st year at the helm of a team since (Nov. 2012), Sizemore (Jan. 2014), Uehara PIT’s Bill Virdon in 1972. (Dec. 2012), Victorino (Dec. 2012). THROWING STRIKES: 2013 All-Star RHP Edward Mujica, Farrell fi nished 2nd in 2013 AL Manager of the Year International Free Agents (3): Bogaerts who joined the Red Sox as a free agent in November, is voting...He was ‘ AL Manager (Aug. 2009), Doubront (July 2004), Tazawa slated to make his spring debut today...He issued just 5 of the Year and the Boston Baseball Writers’ MLB (Dec. 2008). walks in 64.2 innings with the Cardinals last season and his Manager of the Year. average of 0.7 BB/9.0 IP was the best in baseball among all pitchers with at least 10.0 innings in 2013. MANY RETURNS: Boston’s coaching staff has returned in INSIDE THE 2013 SEASON its entirety for the 1st time since all 2007 coaches came Mujica (1.39 BB/9.0 IP) and teammate Koji Uehara FINAL RECORD: 97-65 (.599) (1.20 BB/9.0 IP) have the two lowest career walk rates back for the 2008 season...Torey Lovullo returns as Bench WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS among all pitchers with at least 150.0 IP since 1930. Coach, Greg Colbrunn as Hitting Coach, Juan Nieves as Pitching Coach, Brian Butterfi eld as Third Base Coach, Arnie 1ST IN AL EAST, 5.5 GA TB PROSPECTING LEADERS: The Red Sox lead MLB with Beyeler as First Base Coach, Victor Rodriguez as Assistant HOME: 53-28; ROAD: 44-37 both 8 players on ’s 2014 Top 100 Pros- Hitting Coach, and Dana LeVangie as Bullpen Coach. WORLD CHAMPS: The Red Sox tied pects List, and 9 players on MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects for MLB’s best regular season record List...SS Xander Bogaerts ranks as the No. 2 prospect in JETBLUE PARK: The Red Sox are playing their 3rd spring and went 11-5 in the postseason to baseball on both lists. at the Fenway South Spring Training and Player Develop- ment Complex in Fort Myers, FL...The complex’s main fi eld, earn the club’s 8th World Series title. According to , the Red Sox have the JetBlue Park, mimics the playing dimensions of Fenway Park NO LOSING STREAKS: For just the 2nd-best farm system in baseball after the Pirates. in Boston, including a Green Monster in LF...JetBlue Park’s 2nd time in 113 seasons of franchise total capacity is approx. 11,000, with 9,900 fi xed seats. YAZ THE YOUNGER: Mike Yastrzemski, grandson of Hall history, the Red Sox went an entire sea- of Famer and Red Sox legend Carl, is a minor leaguer in the The Sox have called Fort Myers, FL their Spring son without a losing streak longer than Orioles farm system...Carl, whose No. 8 has been retired by Training home for the last 22 seasons beginning in 3 games...They also did it in 1903. the Red Sox, holds the all-time Red Sox records in games 1993, playing at City of Palms Park through 2011... THE MARGINS: The Red Sox led MLB (3,308), runs (1,816), hits (3,419), doubles (646), RBI Only Winter Haven, FL hosted the club for more with a +197 run differential (853 RS, (1,844), extra-base hits (1,157), and total bases (5,539).