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Home , Billy Conigliaro, Cody Ross, Darnell McDonald, Dave Stapleton (pitcher), Drake Britton, Earl Webb

(16-19) vs. (16-21) Tuesday, May 15, 2012 • 4:05 p.m. ET • , Boston, MA RHP (2-4, 5.97) vs. RHP Blake Beavin (1-3, 4.32) Game #36 • Home Game #20 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM/850 AM, WWZN 1510 AM (Spanish)

FOUR IN HAND: The Red Sox began a 2-game series with THANKS, WAKE DAY: Today the Red Sox honor Tim Wake- the Mariners last night with a 6-1 victory for the club’s 4th fi eld in a pre-game ceremony expected to begin at approxi- RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall ...... 16-19 straight win...Boston has won 4 straight games for the 1st mately 3:30 p.m....The knuckleballer won more games at AL East Standing ...... 5th, -5.5 GB time since a season-high 6-game win streak from 4/23-28. Fenway Park than any in history and played 19 years At Home ...... 8-11 This 4-game stretch is Boston’s longest home win streak in the Majors, including 17 with Boston...He announced his On Road ...... 8-8 of the season and the club’s longest overall since a 9-game retirement on 2/17 at JetBlue Park at Fenway South. In day games...... 4-10 home win streak from 7/5-24/11. In night games ...... 12-9 The Red Sox have outscored opponents 29-8 during the VS. THE MARINERS: Boston and Seattle meet 9 times in April ...... 11-11 4-game , including 22-3 over the last 3 tilts...Red Sox 2012...The current 2-game set is their only series at Fenway May ...... 5-8 pitching has held opponents to 1 run in each of the last 3 Park this year, the Sox fewest ever contests against the M’s vs. AL East ...... 4-8 games, the club’s longest streak allowing 1 run or less since in Boston in a season...They will meet for 2 sets in Seattle, vs. AL Central ...... 10-7 a 3-gamer from 4/16-18/11...The team’s last longer such with a 4-gamer from 6/28-7/1 and a 3-gamer from 9/3-5. vs. AL West ...... 2-4 streak was 4 games from 9/12-15/09. Boston has won its last 5 home games against the vs. ...... 0-0 Mariners since 5/1/11, the club’s longest home win streak vs. RH starter...... 10-14 The Red Sox are looking for a 5th straight quality start vs. LH starter ...... 6-5 today for the 1st time since an 8-game stretch, 5/22-29/11. against the M’s since a 7-gamer from 5/18/02-5/28/04. The Sox won the season set vs. the Mariners in 2011 (5-4) Leading after 6 innings ...... 13-4 Tied after 6 innings ...... 1-3 ON THE RECORD: Boston is 5-8 in May but 12-9 (.571) in and 2010 (7-3), taking back-to-back series for the 1st time Trailing after 6 innings ...... 2-12 the last 21 tilts, 5th best in the AL since 4/23...That stretch since 2003-04 (5-2, 5-4)...Boston has won 20 of its last 31 Leading after 7 innings ...... 14-3 began with a 6-1 road trip from 4/23-29...At 16-19, the Sox games vs. SEA since 6/7/08 and 23 of 37 since 8/4/07. Tied after 7 innings ...... 1-2 are 1 game shy of their 2011 mark through 35 tilts (17-18). The Red Sox are 216-158 (.578) all-time against the Mari- Trailing after 7 innings ...... 1-14 ners, the top winning percentage for any Leading after 8 innings ...... 14-1 20/20: The Red Sox today continue a season-long stretch of club against Seattle since the Mariners 1st season in 1977. Tied after 8 innings ...... 1-2 20 games in 20 days between off days from 5/4-5/24...They Trailing after 8 innings ...... 1-16 play 9 tilts at home and 11 on the road during that span... 11 GAMES IN: Despite only 11 games, Red Sox score 1st ...... 10-6 The Sox are 5-6 to begin the 20-game stretch. ranks 3rd among AL rookie leaders in homers (4), RBI (13), Opponents score fi rst ...... 6-13 total bases (31) and XBH (9)...His 5 doubles are tied for the ...... 1-2 IN THE STANDINGS: The Sox are in 5th place in the AL AL rookie lead. Scoring less than 3 runs ...... 1-8 East, 5.5 the Orioles and Rays...It is the club’s His 9 XBH (5 2B, 4 HR) and 13 RBI (tied, Scoring 3 or 4 runs ...... 2-8 smallest defi cit since 5/2 and the latest into a calendar year in 1991) are both the most by a Red Sox in his 1st 11 Big Scoring 5 or more runs ...... 13-3 that Boston has been in 5th place since 1997 (9/9). Red Sox HR ...... 13-7 League contests since at least 1918...Starting in 1918, the Red Sox hit 0 HR ...... 3-12 only other Red Sox with 4 homers in his 1st 11 ML games 1-run games ...... 3-4 THE HOMESTAND: The Sox tonight play the fi nal contest are (5 in 1987) and (4 in 1969). in a 6-game homestand having won 4 of the 1st 5 games 2-run games ...... 3-5 in the stretch, including 3 of 4 against the Indians and the On Sunday Middlebrooks became the 3rd player with at Walk-offs...... 0-2 1st of 2 against the Mariners last night...Tomorrow Boston least 4 homers and 13 RBI in his 1st 10 games in the Major (home) ...... 0-2 embarks on an 8-day, 8-game road trip to Tampa Bay (5/16- leagues, joining KC’s Mark Quinn in 1999 (5 HR, 15 RBI) Extra innings (road)...... 0-1 and SEA’s Alvin Davis in 1984 (4 HR, 13 RBI) (Elias). Extra innings (total) ...... 0-3 17), Philadelphia (5/18-20) and Baltimore (5/21-23). Series openers ...... 7-5 With a win today Boston would take back-to-back home EXTRA, EXTRA: The Sox lead the Majors with 147 extra- Series fi nales ...... 2-9 series for the 1st time since winning 3 in July 2011: 7/4-6 vs. base hits, including an ML-high 103 doubles..They have 18 Series W-L-T (home) ...... 2-4-0 TOR (2-1), 7/7-10 vs. BAL (4-0) and 7/22-24 vs. SEA (3-0). more XBH and 27 more doubles than the next-highest total Series W-L-T (road) ...... 2-3-0 25 of Boston’s 39 games from 4/30-6/10 are at home, for any teams this season (TEX, 129 XBH and KC, 76 2B). Series W-L-T (total) ...... 4-7-0 including 18 home contests in 29 May games, their most Red Sox hitters are 2nd in the AL with a .276 AVG, 194 Series sweeps (home) ...... 0-3 games at Fenway Park in any month this season. runs scored, 187 RBI, 348 hits and 579 total bases, trailing Series sweeps (road) ...... 1-1 Series sweeps (total) ...... 1-4 The Sox are 8-11 at home this season (.421), the 6th- the Rangers in each category. worst home record in the Majors, and have dropped 11 of Come-from-behind wins ...... 7, last 5/11 Innings batting around... 8, last 5/13 (7th) their last 16 tilts at Fenway Park since 4/16. STRONG RELIEF: Red Sox relievers have hurled 119.1 Games decided in last AB...... 2-5 frames this season, 3rd most in the Majors after KC (132.1 GOING THE DISTANCE: earned the complete IP) and BAL (122.2)...Since 4/23, Sox relievers lead the Ma- game victory last night, allowing just 1 run over 9.0 in- jors in ERA (1.41) and innings (76.2)...Excluding Darnell VS. THE MARINERS nings...It was his 8th career , all since 2008... McDonald’s 1.0 inning on 5/6 vs. BAL (3 R), the Sox ‘pen All-Time vs. Mariners ...... 216-158 (14) and CC Sabathia (10) are the only lefties with has a 1.12 ERA (7 ER/56.1 IP) in May. In Boston...... 115-71 at least that many complete games in the AL in that time. Vicente Padilla has inherited 11 runners and none have In Seattle ...... 101-87 It was the the 1st complete game by a Sox pitcher at scored, the most in the Majors without allowing 1 to score. At Safeco Field ...... 28-34 Fenway since Lester did it 5/20/10 vs. MIN...Boston’s streak 2012 vs. Mariners ...... 1-0 of 155 games without a pitcher throwing a CG at home STREAK SNAPPED: went 0-for-3 with a In Boston...... 1-0 was more than the next-longest streak of its kind walk last night, ending his hitting streak at 14 games...It In Seattle ...... 0-0 in team history, which was 75 from 4/16-9/30/2006 (Elias). had been the longest active hit streak in the Majors and the DATE H/R SCORE WP LP longest by a Red Sox in 2012...Pedroia has hit safely in 29 5/14 H W6-1 Lester Vargas 10-SPOTS: Boston has scored at least 10 runs a ML-high of 35 games this season, including 16 of 19 at Fenway Park. 9 times this year, the club’s most ever through the 1st 35 games of a season...They are the 1st AL club to score dou- REHAB UPDATE: , on the 15-day DL UPCOMING MILESTONES ble-digit runs 9 times in the 1st 35 games of a season since recovering from right elbow surgery, is slated to make his Milestone Player (current) the 1950 Yankees (9) and the 1st team overall to do it since 5th rehab start for -A Pawtucket Thursday nigh at Dur- 200 HR ...... Gonzalez (197) the Rockies in 2000 (9), who won 11-7 in their 36th tilt. ham (TB)...He is 0-1 with a 4.34 ERA (9 ER/18.2 IP) and 19 Sox All-Time List Player (current) Boston’s 17 games with at least 10 hits are tied for the K’s in 4 rehab starts thus far, including 1 with High-A Salem, SO, 6th (Hurst, 1,043) ... Beckett (1,040) 2nd-most such contests in the Majors this season (TEX, 18). 1 with Double-A Portland and 2 with Pawtucket. MLB All-Time List Player (current) HR, T-56th (D. Evans, 385) .....Ortiz (385) HOME HITS: Boston leads the Majors with 194 hits, 66 EIGHT FOR BRENTZ: Double-A Portland DH doubles, 90 extra-base hits and 331 total bases at home went 3-for-4 with a double last night at Reading...Including this season...The Sox have tallied a .281 AVG, 108 runs a 5-for-5 effort on Sunday at Trenton, he hit in 8 straight THIS DATE IN FENWAY PARK HISTORY scored and 105 RBI, all of which top the AL. plate appearances through the 4th inning last night. 1998: hit a in his 1st ever Fenway Park at-bat. The 2nd-inning BIRTHDAY BOY: Starter Josh Beckett turned 32 years old BOBBY V. AT THE HELM: Bobby Valentine is in his 1st sea- solo home run off Jose Rosado was part of today...Today is his 2nd career outing on his birthday...He son as Red Sox manager...He ranks 4th among active Major a 5-run Red Sox rally that carried them to a won with 7.0 innings of 1-run ball and 6 K’s and just 2 base League skippers in games (2,224) and 5th in wins (1,133). 5-2 win over the Royals. runners allowed, both singles, on 5/15/06 vs. BAL. 1951: Boston invited players from the RED SOX MEDIA INFO original 1901 Boston Americans back to BACKSTOP BLASTS: knocked his 1st hom- Media can access Red Sox game day information at http://press- Fenway, including , to celebrate er of the season last night...The Red Sox are tied with COL room.redsox.com...Please contact a member of the Media Relations the AL’s 50th anniversary...Old-timers from for the ML lead with 19 extra-base hits from their backstops department for login information...Media can also follow the Red other teams joined the festivities, driven and also lead the AL with a .516 SLG from the position. 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UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Wed., 5/16 at TB 7:10 p.m. RHP (4-1, 8.31) RHP Jeremy Hellickson (3-0, 2.95) NESN/ESPN Thurs., 5/17 at TB 7:10 p.m. LHP Felix Doubront (3-1, 4.46) LHP (1-3, 5.31) NESN/MLBN Red Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM/850 AM and network affi liates, and in Spanish on Spanish Béisbol Productions WWZN 1510 AM. Red Sox Game Notes Page 2 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 19-JOSH BECKETT, RHP 2-4, 5.97 ERA, 6 starts 2012: 2-4, 5.97 ERA (23 ER/34.2 IP) in 6 GS 2011 vs. SEA: 1-1, 4.50 ERA (6 ER/12.0 IP) in 2 GS CAREER: 127-85, 3.88 ERA (757 ER/1,756.1 IP) in 285 G, 282 GS CAREER vs. SEA: 6-2, 3.39 ERA (22 ER/58.1 IP) in 9 GS 2012 : 2-0, 0.95 ERA (2 ER/19.0 IP) in 5 GS CAREER at FENWAY PARK: 40-24, 4.33 ERA (272 ER/565.2 IP) in 88 GS LAST START: Took the loss as the Red Sox were defeated by the Indians 8-3 on 5/10 at Fenway... Allowed 7 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks in 2.1 innings, his shortest start since 8/17/08 vs. TOR (8 R in 2.1 INSIDE THE NUMBERS IP)...Cleveland plated 3 runs in the 2nd inning and 4 in the 3rd...Jack Hannahan hit a 2-run homer and 2012 AT FENWAY: 1-2, 5.71 ERA, 3 starts Jason Kipnis knocked a 3-run shot...5 members of the Red Sox allowed 1 run over the fi nal 6.2 2012 ON THE ROAD: 1-2, 6.23 ERA, 3 starts innings...Missed his previous scheduled start on 5/5 vs. Baltimore with lat soreness. 2012 vs. OPP: .266 (37-139), 9 HR Allowed 7 runs in a start for the 2nd time this season (also 4/7 at DET)...Prior to 2012, had not allowed 2012 vs. LHB: .297 (22-74), 6 HR 7 runs in 39 straight starts dating back to 8/13/10. 2012 vs. RHB: .231 (15-65), 3 HR WHIP: 1.39 BIRTHDAY BOY: Turned 32 years old today...Is making his 2nd career appearance on his birthday (also SEASON HIGH K’s: 8, 4/29/12 at CWS 2006)...Earned the win with 7.0 innings of 1-run ball with 6 and just 2 base runners allowed, CAREER HIGH K’s: 13, 4/27/08 at TB both singles, on 5/15/06 vs. BAL. LAST WIN (Has made 2 starts since) RED SOX MILESTONE: Has 1,040 strikeouts in his career with the Red Sox, 3 shy of (1,043) 4/24/12 at MIN (10-2 over Nick Blackburn) for 6th on the club’s all-time list... is next on the list with 1,075 strikeouts. LAST LOSS (Has made 0 starts since) HOME SWEET HOME: Has held opponents to 1 run or less in 8 of 17 starts at Fenway Park since the 5/10/12 vs. CLE (3-8 to ) start of 2011 and is 7-4 with a 3.20 ERA (38 ER/107.0 IP) overall at home in that time...In 2011, ranked LAST COMPLETE GAME (Has made 22 starts since) 10th among American League leaders with a 2.71 ERA at home (27 ER/89.2 IP). 6/15/11 at TB (3-0 win over Jeremy Hellickson) LAST (Has made 22 starts since) IN THE SUN: Has compiled a 29-13 record (.690) in 52 day games since joining the Red Sox in 2006, the 6/15/11 at TB (3-0 win over Jeremy Hellickson) 8th best winning percentage in day games among Major League qualifi ers over that span. SHORTEST CAREER START VS. THE M’S: Last faced Seattle on 8/13/11 as the Sox were defeated 5-4...Took the loss, snapping his 6 1.0 IP, 2 times, last 5/7/03 for FLA vs. SF (L) game win streak against the club...Allowed 5 runs on 8 hits and 1 walk while fanning 6 over 5.0 innings. Is 6-1 in 8 starts against Seattle since joining Boston in 2006...Has struck out 5 or more in each of his 9 career starts against the M’s. WINNING WAYS: Ranks 6th in the Major Leagues with 101 wins since 2005 and is 4th in the American League with 86 victories since the start of the 2006 campaign, trailing DET’s (111), CLE/NYY’s CC Sabathia (101) and LAA’s (87). Has compiled a .628 winning percentage (86-51) since joining the Red Sox in 2006, the 9th-best mark in club history (min. 100 decisions). STRIKING RESULTS: Is 5th in the Majors with 1,510 strikeouts since the start of the 2003 campaign...Ranks tied for 5th in the American League with 1,040 K’s with Boston since 2006...Is 9th in the American League during that span with 1,147.1 innings...Joined Derek Lowe, CC Sabathia and Javier Vazquez as the only hurlers in baseball to record at least 100 strikeouts in each of the last 10 seasons from 2002-11. His ratio of 8.16 strikeouts per 9.0 innings with Boston ranks 3rd in team history (min. 1,000.0 IP) behind Pedro Martinez (10.95, 1998-2004) and (8.40, 1984-96) and 5th in the American League since 2006 (min. 1,000.0 IP). CHASING DR. K: Has fanned at least 1 batter in each of his 285 career Major League games (since 9/4/2001), the longest active streak in the Majors and the 2nd longest to begin a career since 1900 after ’s streak of 349 games from 4/7/84-9/3/97. A-MAY-ZING: In 2011, posted a 1.00 ERA (4 ER/36.0 IP) in 6 May starts, the best mark by a Red Sox pitcher with at least 25.0 innings in May since 2000 (Pedro Martinez, 0.86) and the lowest ERA by a Red Sox in any full month (min. 25.0 IP) since September 2003 (Martinez, 0.82). EXPERIENCE MATTERS: Is in his 7th season with Boston (since 2006)...With Tim Wakefi eld’s retirement in the offseason, is now the longest-tenured pitcher on the team as the only current Red Sox pitcher who began the 2006 season on the roster. PREVIOUS OUTING: Took the loss as Boston was defeated 4-1 at the White Sox on 4/29...Gave up 3 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks over 6.2 innings...Tied a career high with 126 pitches (also 5/20/04 vs. HOU with FLA)...Allowed 3 runs in the 1st inning on an RBI single by Alex Rios and 2-run homer by ...Tossed 5.2 scoreless innings to fi nish his outing...Gavin Floyd held the Red Sox hitless over his 1st 6.1 innings...Dustin Pedroia singled to break up the no-hit bid and came around to score on a single by Cody Ross. MORE 2012 HIGHLIGHTS: Earned his 2nd win in the Sox 11-2 victory at MIN on 4/24...Tossed 7.0 innings in a losing effort as the Red Sox were defeated by TEX 6-3 at Fenway on 4/18...Went 8.0 innings to earn the 12-2 win over TB in Boston’s home opener on 4/13...Improved to 4-0 with a 2.41 ERA (9 ER/33.2 IP) in 5 home-opening starts for the Sox (also 2006-07 and 2009-10)...Suffered the loss as Boston fell to DET 10-0 on the road on 4/7...Allowed 5 home runs to DET hitters including 2 apiece to and Miguel Cabrera, matching the most that he has given up in a game in his career (also 8/23/09 vs. NYY)...Gave up 7 runs, the most that he has surrendered since allowing 7 on 8/8/10 at NYY. 2011 IN REVIEW: Posted his best marks in 10 full ML seasons in ERA (2.89), opponent AVG (.211) and WHIP (1.03)...Made 3rd career All-Star team...Led the team and ranked among AL leaders in ERA (5th), opponent AVG (3rd), WHIP (4th), win pct. (7th, .650) and K/BB ratio (11th, 3.37)...Tied for AL lead with 7 scoreless starts. Ranked 6th in the American League with a .186 (75-for-403) opponent clip vs. left-handers, the 2nd-lowest mark by a qualifying Red Sox starter in 30 years after Pedro Martinez’s 2000 season (.150)...Was also 6th in the AL in opponent AVG with runners in scoring position (.193). JOSH BECKETT’S 2012 STARTS DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB K HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 4/7 L0-10 at DET L 0-7 4.2 7 7 7 1 3 5 83/59 Gave up 2 homers apiece to Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder 4/13 W12-2 TB W 12-1 8.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 94/61 The Red Sox scored 8 runs on 8 hits in the 8th inning 4/18 L3-6 TEX L 2-3 7.0 7 3 3 1 7 1 110/68 Retired his fi nal 12 batters faced 4/24 W11-2 at MIN W 10-2 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 100/65 Struck out the side in order in the 6th inning, his fi nal frame 4/29 L1-4 at CWS L 1-3 6.2 6 3 3 3 8 1 126/85 Tossed 5.2 scoreless frames after allowing 3 runs in the 1st 5/10 L3-8 CLE L 1-7 2.1 7 7 7 2 2 2 56/34 Cleveland plated 3 runs in the 2nd inning and 4 in the 3rd BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS STARTING ’ BREAKDOWN MARINERS CAREER vs. BECKETT RED SOX CAREER vs. BEAVAN QUALITY SOX PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI STARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC. Ackley .500 6 3 0 0 Aviles .500 2 1 0 1 Lester 8 5 22/51.0 3.88 3-5 Carp .400 5 2 1 3 Byrd --- 0 0 0 0 Beckett 6 4 26/34.2 6.75 2-4 Figgins .308 26 8 0 1 Gonzalez .500 6 3 0 0 Buchholz 7 1 42/39.0 9.69 4-3 Jaso .000 6 0 0 0 McDonald --- 0 0 0 0 Doubront 7 3 35/38.1 8.22 5-2 Kawasaki --- 0 0 0 0 Middlebrooks --- 0 0 0 0 Bard 6 3 21/37.2 5.02 2-4 Liddi --- 0 0 0 0 Nava --- 0 0 0 0 Cook 1 0 0/2.2 0.00 0-1 Montero --- 0 0 0 0 Ortiz .429 7 3 1 2 Ryan .250 4 1 0 0 Pedroia .333 6 2 0 0 Saunders .500 2 1 0 0 Punto --- 0 0 0 0 Seager --- 0 0 0 0 Ross --- 0 0 0 0 Smoak .000 5 0 0 0 Saltalamacchia .667 3 2 0 0 Suzuki .233 30 7 1 2 Shoppach --- 0 0 0 0 Wells .500 2 1 1 2 Sweeney .000 6 0 0 0

TOMORROW’S STARTING PITCHER 11-CLAY BUCHHOLZ, RHP 4-1, 8.31 ERA, 7 starts 2012: 4-1, 8.31 ERA (36 ER/39.0 IP) in 7 GS 2011 vs. TB: 1-0, 1.80 ERA (1 ER/5.0 IP) in 1 GS CAREER: 39-25, 4.02 ERA (217 ER/486.0 IP) in 85 G, 83 GS CAREER vs. TB: 5-2, 2.38 ERA (15 ER/56.2 IP) in 9 GS 2012 SPRING TRAINING: 2-2, 5.23 ERA (12 ER/20.2 IP) in 5 GS CAREER at TROPICANA FIELD: 3-1, 2.23 ERA (8 ER/32.1 IP) in 5 GS LAST START: Earned his 4th win of the season as the Red Sox defeated the Indians 7-5 on 5/11 at Fenway...Allowed 4 runs (3 ER) on 8 hits, 3 walks and 1 hit batter over 6.1 innings, his 1st quality start of the season...Did not record a for the 2nd time in his career (also 8/20/08 at BAL)...Gave up just 1 run over his 1st 6 innings...Left with the bases loaded in the 7th and all 3 runners scored in the frame. Snapped a streak of 6-consecutive starts to begin the season having allowed 5 or more earned runs in each...It was the longest such streak for a Red Sox pitcher since Red Ruffi ng in 1925 (8, 6/27-7/28). Claimed his 1st career victory against Cleveland...Has earned a win against every AL club besides Boston. VS. THE RAYS: Faced Tampa Bay earlier this season, an 8-5 Red Sox victory at Fenway on 4/14...Earned his 1st win of 2012 after allowing 5 runs over 7.0 innings... Allowed 6 hits and walked 1 while striking out 5...Retired 12 of the fi nal 13 batters that he faced...Gave up 5 runs, snapping an 8-game stretch to begin his career against Tampa Bay over which he had allowed 3 earned runs or less in each contest. Red Sox Game Notes Page 3 BATTING NOTES 3-MIKE AVILES, SS .254 AVG 5 HR 21 RBI .287 OBP .423 SLG vs. RHP: 23-104 (.221), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4 STAND: 2-14, R, 2 RBI, SB, SF CURRENT STREAK: 0 G vs. LHP: 13-38 (.342), 3 HR CLE SERIES: 2-10, R, 2 RBI, SB, SF SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G, 4/17-27 (14-39) T-10th in the AL with team-high 6 multi-RBI games...Has started 33 of the Sox 35 games at SS...Tied for ML lead with 21 RBI as a SS and T-2nd among that group with 5 HR. Has hit safely in 23 of his 33 tilts with a PA...Posted a 6-game hit streak from 5/6-12 (.310, 9-for-29) but 0-for-8 over last 2 contests. Started in the leadoff spot in 23 of BOS’ 27 games since 4/14...Hitting at a .274 clip (29-for-106) with 17 runs in those contests...Ranks T-1st in HR (5) and T-2nd in the Majors in RBI (16) while batting in the 1-hole...Owns career .303 AVG (93-for-307) with 10 HR and 39 RBI in 68 career leadoff starts. Tied career high with season-best 4 RBI on 4/30 vs. OAK (4th time), including a 3-run HR...Homered in back-to-back games 4/24-25 at MIN for the 2nd time this season (also 4/14-15 vs TB) and 4th time in is career...Matched his career highs with 4 hits (6th time), 3 XBH (2nd time) and 2 doubles (6th time) on 4/24 at MIN. Posted season-high 9-game hit streak from 4/17-27 (14-for-39, .359, 8 RBI), tied for 2nd-longest hit streak of his career behind a 12-gamer (7/7-22/08). Made 3rd Opening Day appearance/start on 4/5 at DET, 1st with the Sox...Batting .280 (68-for-243) since being acquired from KC on 7/30/11. 23-, OF .284 AVG 0 HR 5 RBI .296 OBP .299 SLG vs. RHP: 10-46 (.217), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-3, RBI, SF STAND: 2-6, RBI, SF CURRENT STREAK: 6 G (8-24, 2 R, RBI, SF, SH, HBP) vs. LHP: 9-21 (.429), 0 HR CLE SERIES: 1-3 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G, 2 times, last 5/6-pres. (8-24) Is 8-for-24 (.333) over current 6-game hit streak, matching his season-long stretch (also 4/23-28)...At .429, is T-4th-best AVG vs. LHP in the AL since joining BOS on 4/23 (min. 15 PA). Has started in CF 18 times since joining BOS on 4/23 and appeared in 19 games at the position overall...Has hit safely in 14 contests with the Sox, including 5 multi-hit efforts. Tallied season-high 6-game hit streak to start tenure with the Sox from 4/23-28 (8-for-24, .333), the longest streak to begin a Red Sox career by an in-season acquisition since hit in his 1st 7 games with the club from 8/1-8/08. Acquired with cash considerations from CHC on 4/21 for RHP Michael Bowden and a PTBNL...Started in CF in all 13 of his games with CHC this year and reached base safely in 6 of those contests, going 3-for-43 with 2 RBI, 3 walks and a run. 50-MAURO GOMEZ, 1B .000 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI .000 OBP .000 SLG vs. RHP: 0-1 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP STAND: 0-1 CURRENT STREAK: 0 G vs. LHP: 0-0 (---), 0 HR CLE SERIES: 0-1 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 0 G Selected to the Major League roster Sunday and made Big League debut as a defensive replacement at 1st base in the 8th inning vs. CLE...Struck out in only PA. Played in 34 games with Triple-A Pawtucket to start the season...At the time of his call-up ranked 2nd in the with 10 homers, 11 doubles (tied), 22 XBH, 33 RBI and 83 total bases...Also placed among circuit leaders in hits (T-4th) and SLG (5th, .610)...Batted .294 (40-for-136) with the PawSox. Signed by the Red Sox as a minor league free agent in February, he has also played in the Rangers (2004-09) and Braves (2010-11) systems...Has clubbed 118 homers and collected 501 RBI in the minors. 28-ADRIAN GONZALEZ, 1B .293 AVG 2 HR 20 RBI .363 OBP .436 SLG vs. RHP: 25-86 (.291), 1 HR YESTERDAY: 1-3, 2B, RBI, BB STAND: 7-18, 4 R, 6 2B, RBI, 3 BB, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (3-7, 2 R, 3 2B, RBI, BB) vs. LHP: 16-54 (.296), 1 HR CLE SERIES: 6-15, 4 R, 5 2B, 2 BB, HBP SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 3 times, last 5/7-11 (9-19) Has hit safely in 7 of his last 8 tilts at .400 (12-for-30) with 5 RBI and doubled in 6 of his last 7 contests with 8 total 2-baggers in that span...Has multi-hits in 7 of his last 11 games, batting .375 (18-for-48) in that span. 2nd in the AL with 14 doubles and 3rd among AL qualifi ers with a .405 clip with RISP (15-for-37)...Has reached in 29 of 35 tilts this season with hits in 25 and multi-hits in 12...Tied for ML lead with 78 multi-hit games since the start of 2011...Drew 500th career walk 5/2 vs. OAK. Drove in only run in BOS’ 1-0 win 4/28 at CWS and drove in game-winning run on an RBI-single in 5th 4/25 at MIN. Knocked 2nd homer as part of a 2-for-4 effort 4/17 vs. TEX...Is 3 shy of 200 career HR. Made 2nd consecutive Opening Day start at 1st base for the Red Sox on 4/5 at DET, his 7th Opening Day start in a row overall including 2006-10 with SD. 64-WILL MIDDLEBROOKS, 3B .304 AVG 4 HR 13 RBI .347 OBP .674 SLG vs. RHP: 10-31 (.323), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, R STAND: 5-20, 4 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (3-7, 4 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB) vs. LHP: 4-15 (.267), 2 HR CLE SERIES: 4-16, 3 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 5/2-9 (9-22) Has hit safely in 9 of his 1st 11 ML games...Is tied for the AL rookie lead with 5 doubles, and 3rd in HR, RBI and XBH (9) despite playing in just 11 tilts. Knocked his 4th homer Sunday and collected 2 RBI to bring season total to 13...Became the 3rd player to accumulate at least 4 homers and 13 RBI over his 1st 10 games in the Majors, joining KC’s Mark Quinn in 1999 (5 HR, 15 RBI) and SEA’s Alvin Davis in 1984 (4 HR, 13 RBI) (Elias). Notched an XBH in each of his 1st 5 ML games, the 2nd Major Leaguer since 1900 to accomplish the feat (Enos Slaughter, 1st 5 games, 4/19-23/38 with STL)...No other Red Sox had ever tallied an XBH in more than his 1st 2 games...His 9 total XBH (4 2B, 3 HR) in his 1st 5 tilts matched the most by a Major Leaguer in his 1st 5 games since 1918 (also Chris Dickerson in 2008 with CIN). Went deep twice on 5/7 at KC in his 4th Major League game, the 1st Red Sox with a multi-homer game within his 1st 4 ML tilts since Dave Stapleton hit 2 in his 2nd game on 5/31/80 vs. MIL...Became just the 2nd Red Sox since 1918 with 3 homers in his 1st 4 ML games, also Billy Conigliaro from 4/11-17/69 (3 HR). Drove in 9 runs in his 1st 4 games, matching the Major League record (Elias)...Hit a game-tying for his 1st ML homer on 5/6 vs. BAL. Went 2-for-3 with a walk and on 5/2 vs. OAK in ML debut after being recalled from Triple-A PawSox prior to the game...Was 1st Red Sox to reach 3 times in his ML debut since Morgan Burkhart on 6/27/00 vs. BAL (2 H, BB) and 1st Sox with 2 hits and SB in his debut since Steve Dillard on 9/28/75 vs. CLE (2 H, SB). At time of promotion to BOS, was pacing the Sox system and ranked 2nd in the International League with 9 homers and 27 RBI in 24 games with the PawSox...Was tied for the IL lead with 31 hits and also placed among IL batting leaders in SLG (3rd, .677), total bases (3rd, 63), runs (T-4th, 18) and AVG (T-9th, .333). 66-, OF .583 AVG 1 HR 6 RBI .750 OBP 1.167 SLG vs. RHP: 6-10 (.600), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-2, R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB STAND: 7-12, 6 R, 4 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 6 BB, 2 HBP, SB CURRENT STREAK: 5 G (7-12, 6 R, 4 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 6 BB, 2 HBP, SB) vs. LHP: 1-2 (.500), 1 HR CLE SERIES: 6-10, 5 R, 4 2B, 4 RBI, 4 BB, 2 HBP, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 5/10-pres. (7-12) Selected to ML roster prior to Thu. night’s game and has started in left in each of the last 5 games, hitting safely in each contest...Has reached base in 15 of 20 PA. 2-run homer in the 4th last night vs. SEA (off Jason Vargas) marked 2nd-career roundtripper, 1st since hitting a grand slam in 1st ML PA on 6/12/10 vs. PHI (span of 171 AB)...Also walked twice last night for the 3rd time this year and 7th time in his career. 3 RBI Sunday vs. CLE matched 2nd-most of his career (also 6/23/10 at COL) behind 4 in ML debut on 6/12/10...Tallied 3rd career OF , getting Jack Hannahan at the plate in the 2nd inning on Friday night. Played in 27 tilts with Triple-A Pawtucket to start the year, batting .316 (30-for-95) with 7 doubles, a triple, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 19 runs, 14 walks and a stolen base...Primar- ily played LF (16 G), but also had appeared in RF (2 G) and at DH (9 G)...Hit at a .328 clip (22-for-67) off RHP and was batting .452 (14-for-31) with 9 RBI in 8 May tilts. Signed by the Red Sox as a minor league free agent in Jan. of 2008...Prior to current stint, appeared in 60 career Major League games, all with the Red Sox in 2010...Made Big League debut against the Phillies on 6/12/10 and became the 2nd player ever to connect for a grand slam on his 1st pitch seen in the Major Leagues. Bio is on p. 546 of the Red Sox media guide. 34-, DH .346 AVG 7 HR 26 RBI .408 OBP .610 SLG vs. RHP: 29-87 (.333), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, R, 2B, RBI STAND: 5-19, 4 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 5 G (5-19, 4 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB) vs. LHP: 18-49 (.367), 4 HR CLE SERIES: 4-15, 3 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G, 4/17-24 (12-24) Is 1st in the AL with 15 doubles and 2nd with 22 XBH...Ranks 2nd in the AL in home AVG (.378) and day AVG (.444)...Also among AL’s top 5 in AVG (3rd), SLG (3rd), OBP (5th), OPS (2nd, 1.018), hits (3rd, 47), total bases (T-2nd, 83) and RBI (T-5th)...T-3rd in the AL with 14 multi-hit games. His 15 doubles are 2nd-most by a LH Sox batter in the team’s 1st 34 games of a season since since 1918, trailing only Earl Webb’s 20 in 1931. Has tallied a 5-game hit streak (5-for-19, 3 RBI), 1 shy of his season high...Has reached in 31 of 35 games. Leads all left-handed batters in AVG (.338) and SLG (.604) vs. LHP since start of 2011 (min. 130 PA)...Is 3rd among AL LHB in AVG vs. LHP in 2012. Knocked team-high 7th homer (T-10th in AL) on 5/7 at KC, his 4th in a row vs. LHP...Matched single-game career high for the 38th time with 2 HR on 4/30 vs. OAK, his 36th multi-homer game with BOS to pass (35) for sole possession of 2nd on the Sox all-time list, 1 after (37)...Both HR came off LHP Tommy Milone, his 1st career multi-HR tilt with both coming against a lefty...Is 2nd in the Majors with 36 multi-homer games since 2003, trailing only (40). His 34 hits in April set a career high for the month (27 in 2006 and 2007)...His .405 AVG was also a career best for April and 7th for a Red Sox in that month since 1921 (min. 50 PA)...The last Sox to bat .400 in April was in 2001 (.408). 8th among actives and T-56th all-time with 385 career HR (also )... is next at 389...Owns all-time mark for HR (340) and RBI (1,120) as DH. 15-DUSTIN PEDROIA, 2B .313 AVG 5 HR 18 RBI .378 OBP .517 SLG vs. RHP: 36-107 (.336), 4 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3, R, BB STAND: 7-20, 5 R, 3 2B, HR, 5 RBI, BB, SF CURRENT STREAK: 0 G vs. LHP: 10-40 (.250), 1 HR CLE SERIES: 7-17, 4 R, 3 2B, HR, 5 RBI, SF SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 14 G, 4/29-5/13 (21-60) 0-for-3 last night snapped season-high 14-game hit streak over which he hit .350 (21-for-60) with 8 doubles, 2 homers, 11 RBI, 11 runs and 8 walks...It tied for the 4th-longest stretch of his career, is the longest streak by a Red Sox in 2012 and was the longest active in the Majors. With a walk last night, has reached safely in each of his last 15 contests since 4/29...Has hit in 21 of 23 contests since 4/20 at .333 (33-for-99)...Has reached safely in 32 of 35 games this year with at least 1 hit 29 times. Among AL leaders is T-3rd with 13 doubles and 14 multi-hit games, T-4th with 46 hits and 26 runs, T-5th with 19 XBH, and T-8th with 76 total bases...Is 9th in the AL in AVG. Collected 3 walks on 5/6 vs. BAL and 5/7 at KC to tie career high for 7th and 8th times. Knocked a 1-out single in the 7th on 4/29 at CWS to break up Gavin Floyd’s no-hit bid...Hit 9th career triple and fi nished a home run shy of the cycle on 4/25 at MIN. Made 6th straight Opening Day start at 2nd base (2007-12) 4/5 at DET and has hit safely in each, going 9-for-22 (.409) with 2 doubles, 2 homers, 4 RBI and 2 walks. Red Sox Game Notes Page 4 BATTING NOTES (CONTINUED) 5-NICK PUNTO, INF .147 AVG 0 HR 3 RBI .302 OBP .176 SLG vs. RHP: 4-27 (.148), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP STAND: 1-5, 2 R, BB CURRENT STREAK: 0 G vs. LHP: 1-7 (.143), 0 HR CLE SERIES: 1-5, 2 R, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G, 4/8-10 (4-10) Has 6 starts at 3rd base (9 G total) and 2 at SS...Also has 2 appearances at 2nd base...Has reached base in 6 of 8 starts (5-for-27, 5 BB). Snapped an 0-for-19 slide with a 2nd-inning single Friday night vs. CLE...Has 8 walks in his last 14 games with a PA, including career high-tying 3 walks on 5/1 vs. OAK (7th time). Went 3-for-6 with 3 RBI on 4/8 at DET as BOS’ leadoff hitter in 1st start, at 3rd base...Was 3rd career game with at least 3 hits and 3 RBI, 1st since 9/10/06 vs. DET while with MIN...Made Sox debut as a defensive replacement at 3rd base in the bottom of the 9th inning on 4/5 at DET, his 7th career Opening Day appearance. Signed a 2-year deal with BOS on 12/14/11...Previously appeared in the Majors with PHI (2001-03), MIN (2004-10) and STL (2011). 7-CODY ROSS, OF .256 AVG 6 HR 23 RBI .324 OBP .488 SLG vs. RHP: 23-86 (.267), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 2-4, R, 2B STAND: 4-13, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (2-4, R, 2B) vs. LHP: 8-35 (.229), 1 HR CLE SERIES: 2-9, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HBP SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 4 G, 3 times, last 5/4-7 (4-19) Has reached safely in each of his last 10 contests, hitting in 8 (9-for-39, 5 BB, HBP)...Has reached in 27 of last 31 games with hits in 23, batting at a .274 clip (31- for-113) with 8 doubles, a triple, 6 HR, 23 RBI, 20 runs and 12 walks and a HBP. T-9th in AL and 2nd on the Sox with 23 RBI (Ortiz, 26)...Has tallied 15 RBI over his last 20 tilts...Collected at least 1 RBI in 5 straight tilts from 4/21-27 (9 RBI), tied for longest career stretch with an RBI (also 5/15-19/10, 5 RBI). 2nd on the club with 6 HR (Ortiz, 7)...Hit 4th and 5th homers in fi nal 2 PA 4/23 at MIN, a game-tying 2-run shot in the 7th and go-ahead solo shot in the 9th for the deciding run...Was 8th career multi-HR game, 1st since 5/23/10 at CWS with FLA...Became 1st Red Sox with a game-tying and game-winning home run, each in the 7th inning or later, since Dwight Evans on 6/23/90 vs. BAL (Elias). Homered in back-to-back games 4/14-15 vs. TB, the 3rd Red Sox in the last decade with 2 HR in his 1st 3 home tilts (G. Kapler in 2003, D. McDonald in 2010) (Elias). Knocked 1st homer as a Red Sox 4/14 vs. TB and collected 4 RBI, his most since 5/31/10 vs. MIL with FLA (4)...Made Sox debut as Opening Day LF on 4/5 at DET. Owns a career .280 clip (201-for-719) off left-handed pitching, while his .556 SLG vs. southpaws is the 8th-best mark in the Majors since 2003. 39-, C .250 AVG 5 HR 15 RBI .281 OBP .512 SLG vs. RHP: 20-77 (.260), 5 HR YESTERDAY: DNP STAND: 4-13, R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (4-7, R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI) vs. LHP: 1-7 (.143), 0 HR CLE SERIES: 4-13, R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 4/20-26 (10-21) Knocked 5th homer and fi nished 3-for-4 with a season-high 5 RBI Sunday vs. CLE...The 5 RBI were the 2nd-highest total of his career behind 7 on 8/22/07 at BAL with TEX. 12 of his 21 hits have been for extra bases (7 2B, 5 HR)...Ranks 1st in the AL in doubles (7), and 2nd in XBH (12) and SLG (.544) as . Has hit safely in 12 of his last 14 starts at a .339 clip (19-for-56)...Batting .322 (19-for-59) with 6 doubles, 4 homers and 13 RBI in his last 17 games overall after starting the season with 2 hits in his 1st 9 tilts (.080 AVG). Has 21 starts behind the plate and 25 games caught overall...Has thrown out 2 of last 5 attempted base stealers over his last 6 starts. Caught all 17 innings on 5/6 vs. BAL, the longest complete game played by a Red Sox catcher since went all 19 innings on 7/9/06 at CWS. Drove in at least 2 runs in 3 straight tilts from 4/23-26 (7 RBI), the longest such stretch of his career...Homered twice 4/26 at CWS, 3rd career multi-HR tilt and 1st since 8/22/07 with TEX at BAL...Matched career high on 4/21 vs. NYY with 4 hits for the 2nd time, prev. 8/22/07 at BAL with TEX (G1). 10-KELLY SHOPPACH, C .265 AVG 1 HR 6 RBI .368 OBP .469 SLG vs. RHP: 7-25 (.280), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 2-4, R, HR, RBI STAND: 3-7, R, HR, RBI, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (2-4, R, HR, RBI) vs. LHP: 6-24 (.250), 1 HR CLE SERIES: 1-3, HBP SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 4/13-27 (7-19) Has made 14 starts behind the plate this year, reaching base in 12 of those contests. Knocked 1st homer of the season last night vs. SEA, his 1st as a Red Sox and 2nd career at Fenway Park (also 5/30/07 with CLE)...Snapped a 17-game, 54 AB homerless stretch. Notched 1st career triple 5/7 at KC in his 472nd Major League game...His 471 games without a triple had been the most among active Major Leaguers, and his 1,525 career plate appearances entering that at-bat were the 4th-most PA ever without recording a triple and tops among active players. Posted season-high 5-game hit streak, 4/13-27 (.368, 7-for-19, 4 RBI)...Reached 4 times 4/13 vs. TB (3-4, HBP) and swiped 1st career stolen base...Marked 1st at- tempted stolen base in his 464th career ML game, which had been the longest active streak of games to begin a career without a stolen base attempt. Has been hit by a pitch 4 times this year, T-3rd-most in the Majors, including twice on 4/8 at DET, his 1st start with BOS since 6/4/05 vs. LAA. Career rate of 22.28 AB/HR ranks 2nd among with at least 1,500 plate appearances since 2005 after (15.71). 12-RYAN SWEENEY, OF .333 AVG 0 HR 11 RBI .364 OBP .468 SLG vs. RHP: 35-96 (.365), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP STAND: 4-18, R, RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-5) vs. LHP: 2-15 (.133), 0 HR CLE SERIES: 4-18, R, RBI, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G, 4/17-28 (15-36) 4th in the AL in AVG and 3rd in the circuit in AVG vs. RHP...T-3rd in the AL with 13 doubles. Made 1st 4 starts of the year in the leadoff spot in his last 4 games from 5/10-13 (50 career starts in the 1-hole), hitting safely in 3 of those contests. Had a season-high 4 hits on 5/6 vs. BAL...Has hit safely in 24 of his 29 games with a PA. Doubled in 4 straight tilts from 4/20-24, his longest career streak with at least 1 XBH...Hit 11 doubles in April, tied for the most by a Red Sox in that month since at least 1921 (also , 2006; Jose Offerman, 1999). Committed a miscue 4/23 at MIN, his 1st since 8/15/09 vs. CWS with OAK, snapping a 221-game errorless streak in the OF...Set an OAK record for an OF with 209 errorless tilts in a row to begin that stretch.

LAST HOME RUN MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES PLAYER DATE, OPP. PITCHER AB SINCE 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI 6+RBI TOTAL Aviles 4/30/12 vs. OAK Norberto 57 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 1 0 0 6 Byrd 9/21/11 vs. MIL Wolf 126 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gomez No ML HR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez 4/17/12 vs. TEX Uehara 96 8 4 0 0 12 2 2 0 0 0 4 Middlebrooks 5/13/12 vs. CLE Masterson 5 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 Nava 5/14/12 vs. SEA Vargas 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 Ortiz 5/7/12 at KC Sanchez 30 9 3 2 0 14 3 1 0 1 0 5 Pedroia 5/10/12 vs. CLE Sipp 16 11 3 0 0 14 3 1 0 0 0 4 Punto 9/27/11 at HOU Abreu 37 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Ross 5/12/12 vs. CLE McAllister 7 6 1 0 0 7 2 2 1 0 0 5 Saltalamacchia 5/13/12 vs. CLE Wheeler 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 5 Shoppach 5/14/12 vs. SEA Vargas 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sweeney 7/27/11 vs. TB Shields 207 8 1 1 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 1

RED SOX 2012 AND CAREER BATTING VS. THE MARINERS 2012 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI .000 4 0 0 0 Aviles .313 67 21 1 14 .333 3 1 0 1 Byrd .267 172 46 3 23 --- 0 0 0 0 Gomez --- 0 0 0 0 .333 3 1 0 1 Gonzalez .301 196 59 6 29 .250 4 1 0 0 Middlebrooks .250 4 1 0 0 .500 2 1 1 2 Nava .222 18 4 1 5 .250 4 1 0 1 Ortiz .262 359 94 24 68 .000 3 0 0 0 Pedroia .241 137 33 2 6 --- 0 0 0 0 Punto .200 120 24 1 9 .500 4 2 0 0 Ross .154 13 2 0 1 --- 0 0 0 0 Saltalamacchia .260 96 25 4 14 .500 4 2 1 1 Shoppach .301 83 25 3 11 --- 0 0 0 0 Sweeney .237 177 42 0 11 Red Sox Game Notes Page 5 BULLPEN NOTES 1ST BATTERS REG. SEASON RELIEF HIGHS PITCHER LAST TIME OUT (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP INNINGS STRIKEOUTS 91-Alfredo Aceves 5/12 vs. CLE (S, 7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10/15 3/2 7/9 2.2 (5/4 vs. BAL) 6 (5/4 vs. BAL) 32-Matt Albers 5/13 vs. CLE 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10/14 11/4 0/1 2.0 (3 times) 2 (2 times) 48-Scott Atchison 5/13 vs. CLE 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 10/15 14/6 0/0 4.0 (4/17 vs. TEX) 3 (3 times) 53- 5/13 vs. CLE 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 5/7 5/2 0/0 2.0 (5/6 vs. BAL) 3 (5/1 vs. OAK) 30- 5/12 vs. CLE (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5/5 6/1 0/0 1.2 (5/10 vs. CLE) 3 (5/6 vs. BAL) 46-Franklin Morales 5/11 vs. CLE (H, 7) 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 10/14 7/1 0/0 2.0 (2 times) 3 (4/8 at DET) 44-Vicente Padilla 5/12 vs. CLE (H, 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 8/13 11/0 1/2 4.0 (4/8 at DET) 4 (4/8 at DET) 2012 BULLPEN TOTALS 119.1 113 55 52 37 102 66/104 (63.5%) 79/26 8/13 91-ALFREDO ACEVES, RHP 0-1 7 SV 6.14 ERA vs. ALL: .263 (15-57), 1 HR vs. RHB: .208 (5-24), 1 HR vs. LHB: .303 (10-33), 0 HR WHIP: 1.57 With a perfect 9th inning Saturday night vs. CLE saved his 2nd straight game for the 1st time in his career...Ranks T-6th in the AL with 7 saves...Protected 1-run 9th-inning leads in his 3 previous chances, 4/23-28 after never previously entering a ML game in the 9th (or later) with a 1-run lead (Elias). Pitched on 3 straight days from 5/10-12, the 3rd such streak of his career, also 3 days in a row from 8/4-6/11 and 4 in a row from 9/25-28/11. Has a 1.54 ERA (2 ER/11.2 IP) with 15 strikeouts over his last 9 outings, including a season-high 6-game scoreless streak from 4/23-5/6 (8.2 IP)...Ranks T-12th among AL relievers with 11.66 strikeouts per 9.0 innings (19 K’s/14.2 IP) overall this year. Tallied season highs in K’s (6) and IP (2.2) 5/4 vs. BAL, with all 6 K’s in his 1st 2 frames...The 6 K’s matched his 2nd most in a game (7 on 5/4/09 vs. BOS with NYY). Has gone at least 2.0 innings twice this season and in 51 of his Major League relief outings, the most such games by an AL reliever since 2008. Owns a career record of 24-4 (.857), tied for the best winning percentage in Major League history for any player with at least 15 decisions (also Luis Aloma, 18-3). 32-MATT ALBERS, RHP 0-0 0 SV 1.72 ERA vs. ALL: .185 (10-54), 2 HR vs. RHB: .156 (5-32), 1 HR vs. LHB: .227 (5-22), 1 HR WHIP: 0.83 Threw a perfect 8th inning Sunday vs. CLE and has allowed just 1 run in his last 9 outings since 4/24 (0.79 ERA, 1 ER/11.1 IP)...Suffered blown save 5/8 at KC, entering the 8th with 2 on and no outs and yielding a go-ahead home run to his 1st batter faced (Butler) before retiring the next 2. Ranks 10th among AL relievers in WHIP...Has allowed just 2 earned runs in his last 13 appearances (1.20 ERA, 15.0 IP)...11 of 14 outings this year have been score- less and 8 of those 11 scoreless outings have been at least 1.0 inning...Has stranded 7 of 11 inherited runners. Went 2.0 scoreless frames 5/6 vs. BAL...Was his 2nd straight 2.0-inning outing, matching his longest of 2012 for the 3rd time...Pitched 2.0 perfect frames to close out the Sox 10-3 win on 4/27 at CWS, his longest perfect tilt since 7/8/11 vs. BAL (2.0 IP). Ranks 2nd in the AL with 87 relief outings longer than 1.0 inning since the start of the 2008 season, including 5 this year. 48-SCOTT ATCHISON, RHP 1-0 0 SV 1.17 ERA vs. ALL: .205 (17-83), 1 HR vs. RHB: .171 (7-41), 1 HR vs. LHB: .238 (10-42), 0 HR WHIP: 0.91 Leads the Majors with 23.0 innings in relief...Is tied for the Major League lead with at least 2.0 in 7 of 15 appearances this year, including 3.0 in- nings or more 3 times...Has 17 K’s over last 14 appearances since 4/9 (21.2 IP), allowing just 2 runs in that time (0.83 ERA). Pitched a scoreless 8th inning Sunday vs. CLE for his 3rd game fi nished of the year and has not allowed a run in a career-high 8 straight tilts since 4/29 (11.1 IP)... Tossed scoreless 15th and 16th innings 5/6 vs. BAL, 1 day after going 3.0 frames 5/5 vs. BAL, which tied his longest career scoreless outing (6th time, 2nd in 2012). Threw a career-high 4.0 innings in relief of Lester on 4/17 vs. TEX, allowing 1 run on a solo homer (Young) in the 6th, his fi nal frame. Earned the win in the Sox 1st victory of 2012 on 4/9 at TOR with 3.0 shutout IP and 3 K’s...Tied for his longest career scoreless outing, since also done 5/5 vs. BAL. Owns a 2.36 ERA (14 ER/53.1 IP) since the start of 2011...His 1.88 mark (10 ER/48.0 IP) since 5/20/11 is 5th best in the AL in that time (min. 45.0 IP). 53-RICH HILL, LHP 0-0 0 SV 1.35 ERA vs. ALL: .095 (2-21), 0 HR vs. RHB: .100 (1-10), 0 HR vs. LHB: .091 (1-11), 0 HR WHIP: 1.05 Fanned 2 batters in a perfect 7th inning Sunday vs. CLE, his 6th straight scoreless outing since 5/1 (6.0 IP)...Came in with the bases loaded Friday night vs. CLE and faced 2 batters, allowing runners in, his only inherited runners permitted to score this season. Went 2.0 scoreless IP 5/6 vs. BAL, his longest relief since 8/15/06 at HOU for CHC (2.0)...Fanned 3 in 1.2 scoreless IP 5/1 vs. OAK, his most relief K’s since 8/15/06 (3). On 4/29 at CWS made 1st Major League appearance since 6/1/11 vs. CWS, allowing 1 run on 1 hit and 2 walks in 0.2 innings...Was his 1st run allowed with BOS, snapping a club-record 15-game scoreless stretch to begin a Red Sox career (12.0 IP)...Has given up just that 1 run in 22 career tilts with BOS for a 0.48 ERA (18.2). Activated from the 15-day DL on 4/27...Was placed on the DL on 4/4 (retro to 3/26) recovering from Tommy John surgery performed on 6/9/11...Appeared in 8 rehab tilts with Single-A Greenville (2 G), High-A Salem (3 G) and Triple-A Pawtucket (3 G)...Combined for 2.00 ERA (2 ER/9.0 IP) and 18 K’s with 5 hits and 2 walks allowed. Has held Major League left-handers to a .206 clip (67-for-326) in his career...Has 34 K’s and a .167 opponent AVG (17-for-102) in 29.1 career ML relief innings. 30-ANDREW MILLER, LHP 0-0 0 SV 0.00 ERA vs. ALL: .125 (2-16), 0 HR vs. RHB: .000 (0-4), 0 HR vs. LHB: .167 (2-12), 0 HR WHIP: 0.40 Tossed perfect 7th inning Saturday night vs. CLE for his 2nd hold...Has holds in back-to-back games for the 1st time in his career, also Friday night vs. CLE (0.2 scoreless IP, allowing 1 of 3 inherited runners to score)...Also pitched Thursday night, his 1st career stretch appearing on 3 straight days. Has retired 15 of 17 batters faced with 5 strikeouts in 5.0 innings over 5 outings since being activated from the DL on 5/6. Pitched 1.1 perfect frames with 3 K’s in relief in season debut 5/6 vs. BAL, stranding 2 runners in the 4th and fanning the side in order in the 5th. Began the year on the 15-day DL with a left hamstring strain...Made 12 rehab appearances between Single-A Greenville (2 games) and Triple-A Pawtucket (10 games)...Combined to strike out 26 batters in 13.0 innings while posting a 4.85 ERA (7 ER) and collecting 1 save...Held left-handed batters to a .056 clip (1-for-18). Since 1st round (6th overall) selection in 2006 Draft, has ML experience in all 7 seasons with the Tigers (2006-07), Marlins (2008-10) and Red Sox (2011-12). 46-FRANKLIN MORALES, LHP 0-1 0 SV 4.38 ERA vs. ALL: .306 (15-49), 0 HR vs. RHB: .370 (10-27), 0 HR vs. LHB: .227 (5-22), 0 HR WHIP: 1.62 Allowed 2 base runners in 0.1 innings Friday night vs. CLE for his 1st hold since 4/30 and his 7th of the year, T-4th most in the AL and tops among AL left-hand- ers...11 of 14 appearances have been scoreless, including 7 of his last 8 since 4/23 (2.70 ERA, 2 ER/6.2 IP). Threw 2.0 scoreless frames 5/6 vs. BAL, matching his longest career relief outing (6th time, 2nd in 2012)...Tagged with loss 5/4 vs. BAL, allowing 2 runs in the 13th. Has not allowed a run in his last 22 road games since 6/28/11 at PHI (19.2 IP), the most consecutive scoreless outings on the road ever by a Red Sox LHP and the most for a Sox hurler on the road overall since ’s 25-gamer, 9/23/05-7/8/06 (28.1 IP)...According to Elias, his 19.2 scoreless innings in those games are 5.1 shy of the club’s all-time scoreless streak on the road by a left-hander, a 25.0-inning run by Dutch Leonard in 1914...Is 1-0 with 7 holds in those contests. In 1st full season with the Red Sox after being acquired from the Rockies on 5/19/11...Is holding left-handers to a .204 clip (45-for-221) in his Major League career. 44-VICENTE PADILLA, RHP 1-0 1 SV 5.40 ERA vs. ALL: .283 (17-60), 2 HR vs. RHB: .367 (11-30), 1 HR vs. LHB: .200 (6-30), 1 HR WHIP: 1.40 Pitched a perfect 8th inning Saturday night vs. CLE for his 5th hold...Was his 2nd in as many games, also Friday night vs. CLE when he stranded 2 base runners in 0.2 perfect IP...Earned his 1st 3 holds of the season in 3 straight games, 4/25-4/30, matching his longest career streak, also 7/5-8/00 with ARI. Has stranded all 11 inherited runners this year, the most inherited runners without allowing 1 to score in the Majors...Has entered with the bases loaded twice. Has a 1.17 ERA (1 ER/7.2 IP) in his last 8 outings since 4/25...Has not allowed an ER in 9 of 13 outings this year. Collected his 1st save of 2012 with 2.2 scoreless IP 5/7 at KC, his 6th career save (last 5/11/11 at PIT for LAD) and his only save longer than 1.0 IP. Earned the win with 1.2 scoreless innings of relief 4/15 vs. TB, his 8th career victory in relief and 1st since 6/15/01 vs. BAL with PHI...Tossed 4.0 shutout frames out of the pen with 4 K’s 4/8 at DET, his longest career scoreless relief outing and his longest relief outing overall since a career-long 5.0 innings, 9/5/01 for PHI vs. NYM. Is the 2nd Nicaraguan-born player in Sox history, joining Devern Hansack (2006-08)...His 105 ML wins rank 2nd among Nicaraguans after Dennis Martinez (245). RED SOX 2012 AND CAREER PITCHING VS. THE MARINERS 2012 CAREER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER PLAYER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Aceves 0-0-0 7.04 5/0 7.2 9 6 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Albers 2-0-0 1.29 11/0 14.0 8 2 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Atchison 1-0-0 0.00 3/0 3.2 0 0 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Bard 0-0-0 0.77 11/0 11.2 7 1 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Beckett 6-2-0 3.39 9/9 58.1 54 22 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Buchholz 1-0-0 2.92 2/2 12.1 11 4 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Doubront 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 1.1 0 0 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Hill 2-0-0 1.93 3/2 14.0 10 3 1-0-0 1.00 1/1 9.0 8 1 Lester 3-2-0 3.48 8/8 54.1 55 21 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Miller 1-2-0 2.57 3/2 14.0 13 4 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Morales 0-0-0 13.50 3/0 2.0 4 3 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Padilla 5-5-0 4.07 16/14 86.1 93 39 Red Sox Game Notes Page 6 2012 REGULAR SEASON DAY-BY-DAY DAILY HOME ATT. ROAD ATT. DATE D/N OPPONENT SCORE REC. POS. GA/GB WINNING PITCHER LOSING PITCHER SAVE ATT. NO. TOTAL NO TOTAL 4/5 D at Detroit L2-3 0-1 5th -1.0 Valverde (1-0) MELANCON (0-1) 45,027 1 45,027 4/6 OFF DAY T4th -1.0 4/7 D at Detroit L0-10 0-2 T4th -2.0 Below (1-0) BECKETT (0-1) 44,710 2 89,737 4/8 D at Detroit L12-13 (11) 0-3 T4th -3.0 Below (2-0) MELANCON (0-2) 30,788 3 120,525 4/9 N at Toronto W4-2 1-3 T4th -2.5 ATCHISON (1-0) Santos (0-1) ACEVES (1) 48,473 4 168,998 4/10 N at Toronto L3-7 1-4 5th -2.5 Drabek (1-0) BARD (0-1) 26,351 5 195,349 4/11 D at Toronto L1-3 1-5 5th -3.5 Romero (1-0) LESTER (0-1) Santos (1) 25,285 6 220,634 4/12 OFF DAY 5th -3.0 4/13 D TAMPA BAY W12-2 2-5 5th -2.0 BECKETT (1-1) Price (1-1) 37,032 1 37,032 4/14 D TAMPA BAY W13-2 3-5 5th -2.0 BUCHHOLZ (1-0) Badenhop (0-1) 38,024 2 75,056 4/15 D TAMPA BAY W6-4 4-5 T4th -1.0 PADILLA (1-0) Moore (0-1) ACEVES (2) 38,024 3 113,080 4/16 D TAMPA BAY L0-1 4-6 5th -2.0 Sheilds (2-0) BARD (0-2) Rodney (4) 38,108 4 151,188 4/17 N L3-18 4-7 5th -3.0 Lewis (2-0) LESTER (0-2) 38,229 5 189,417 4/18 N TEXAS L3-6 4-8 5th -3.0 Holland (2-0) BECKETT (1-2) 37,967 6 227,384 4/19 OFF DAY 5th -3.5 4/20 D NEW YORK L2-6 4-9 5th -3.5 Nova (3-0) BUCHHOLZ (1-1) 36,770 7 264,154 4/21 D NEW YORK L9-15 4-10 5th -4.5 Soriano (2-0) ACEVES (0-1) 37,839 8 301,993 4/22 N NEW YORK 4-10 5th -4.5 PPD (Rain) 4/23 N at Minnesota W6-5 5-10 5th -4.5 BARD (1-2) Capps (0-1) ACEVES (3) 32,351 7 252,985 4/24 N at Minnesota W11-2 6-10 5th -3.5 BECKETT (2-2) Blackburn (0-2) 33,651 8 286,636 4/25 N at Minnesota W7-6 7-10 5th -3.5 BUCHHOLZ (2-1) Hendriks (0-1) ACEVES (4) 32,254 9 318,890 4/26 N at Chi White Sox W10-3 8-10 5th -3.5 DOUBRONT (1-0) Humber (1-1) TAZAWA (1) 20,266 10 339,156 4/27 N at Chi White Sox W10-3 9-10 5th -3.5 BARD (2-2) Danks (2-3) 20,414 11 359,570 4/28 N at Chi White Sox W1-0 10-10 5th -2.5 LESTER (1-2) Peavy (3-1) ACEVES (5) 20,057 12 379,627 4/29 D at Chi White Sox L1-4 10-11 5th -3.5 Floyd (2-3) BECKETT (2-3) Thornton (1) 22,811 13 402,438 4/30 N OAKLAND W11-6 11-11 5th -3.5 BUCHHOLZ (3-1) Milone (3-2) 37,359 9 339,352 5/1 N OAKLAND L3-5 11-12 5th -4.5 Parker (1-0) DOUBRONT (1-1) Norberto (1) 37,225 10 376,577 5/2 N OAKLAND L2-4 11-13 5th -5.5 McCarthy (2-3) BARD (2-3) Fuentes (1) 37,434 11 414,011 5/3 OFF DAY 5th -6.0 5/4 N BALTIMORE L4-6(13) 11-14 5th -7.0 Patton (1-0) MORALES (0-1) Johnson (8) 37,223 12 451,234 5/5 D BALTIMORE L2-8 11-15 5th -7.0 Hammel (4-1) COOK (0-1) 37,581 13 488,815 5/6 D BALTIMORE L6-9(17) 11-16 5th -7.5 Davis (1-0) MCDONALD (0-1) 37,394 14 526,209 5/7 N at Kansas City W11-5 12-16 5th -6.5 DOUBRONT (2-1) Sanchez (1-2) PADILLA (1) 19,502 14 421,940 5/8 N at Kansas City L4-6 12-17 5th -6.5 Mijares (2-1) BARD (2-4) Broxton (6) 20,524 15 442,464 5/9 N at Kansas City L3-4 12-18 5th -7.5 Chen (1-4) LESTER (1-3) Broxton (7) 18,339 16 460,803 5/10 N CLEVELAND L3-8 12-19 5th -7.5 Lowe (5-1) BECKETT (2-4) 37,348 15 563,557 5/11 N CLEVELAND W7-5 13-19 5th -7.5 BUCHHOLZ (4-1) Jimenez (3-3) ACEVES (6) 37,438 16 600, 995 5/12 N CLEVELAND W4-1 14-19 5th -7.5 DOUBRONT (3-1) McAllister (1-1) ACEVES (7) 38,048 17 639,043 5/13 D CLEVELAND W12-1 15-19 5th -6.5 BARD (3-4) Masterson (1-3) 37,611 18 676,654 5/14 N SEATTLE W6-1 16-19 5th -5.5 LESTER (2-3) Vargas (4-3) 37,334 19 713,988 5/15 D SEATTLE 5/16 N at Tampa Bay 5/17 N at Tampa Bay 5/18 N at Philadelphia 5/19 N at Philadelphia 5/20 D at Philadelphia 5/21 N at Baltimore 5/22 N at Baltimore 5/23 D at Baltimore 5/24 OFF DAY 5/25 N TAMPA BAY 5/26 N TAMPA BAY 5/27 D TAMPA BAY 5/28 D DETROIT 5/29 N DETROIT 5/30 N DETROIT 5/31 N DETROIT 2012 TRANSACTIONS Feb. 21 RHP and a (RHP Aaron Kurcz on 3/15) acquired from the in exchange for a player to be named later (1B Jair Bogaerts, 3/29)…With the trade the compensation for Theo Epstein joining the Cubs as President of Baseball Operations was completed...LHP Rich Hill selected to 40-man Major League roster...RHPs Bobby Jenks and placed on 60-day DL. March 16 OF Che-Hsuan Lin and 3B Will Middlebrooks optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket…LHP Drake Britton and 2B Oscar Tejeda optioned to Double-A Portland…RHPs Tony Pena Jr., Chorye Spoone and Alex Wilson and OF Juan Carlos Linares reassigned to minor league camp. March 17 RHP released. March 18 RHP Stolmy Pimentel optioned to Double-A Portland. March 19 RHP Will Inman reassigned to minor league camp. March 23 RHPs and Junichi Tazawa and C Luis Exposito optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket…RHP Brandon Duckworth, LHP Jesse Carlson, C Max St. Pierre and OF Alex Hassan reassigned to minor league camp. March 27 1B Lars Anderson and SS Jose Iglesias optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket…RHPs Justin Germano and Doug Mathis, and OF Josh Kroeger reassigned to minor league camp. April 2 RHPs Aaron Cook and Ross Ohlendorf reassigned to minor league camp. April 4 LHP Rich Hill, RHPs Daisuke Matsuzaka and Andrew Miller, and OF placed on 15-day DL (retro to 3/26)...RHPs Andrew Bailey and Chris Carpenter, and OF Ryan Kalish placed on 60-day DL...RHPs Scott Atchison and Vicente Padilla, and LHP Justin Thomas selected to active Major League roster...INFs Pedro Ciriaco and Nate Spears, and OF Jason Repko assigned to Triple-A Pawtucket...C Daniel Butler assigned to Double-A Portland. April 7 LHPs Rich Hill and Andrew Miller sent to Single-A Greenville on rehab assignment. April 14 OF placed on 15-day DL...OF Che-Hsuan Lin recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. April 15 OF Jason Repko and INF/OF Nate Spears selected to active Major League roster...OF Che-Hsuan Lin optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket after the April 14 game...RHP Michael Bowden and C Luis Exposito designated for assignment. April 18 RHP Junichi Tazawa recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Mark Melancon optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket. April 21 OF Marlon Byrd and cash considerations acquired from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for RHP Michal Bowden and a player to be named later...INF/OF Nate Spears designated for assignment. April 23 OF Jason Repko placed on 15-day DL (retro to (4/21)...1B/OF Lars Anderson recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. April 26 INF/OF Nate Speart outrighted to Triple-A Pawtucket. April 27 LHP Rich Hill activated from 15-day DL...LHP Justin Thomas optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket. May 1 SS Jose Iglesias recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Junichi Tazawa and 1B/PF Lars Anderson optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket. May 2 RHP Clayton Mortensen and 3B Will Middlebrooks recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...3B placed on 15-day DL (retro to 4/29). May 3 RHP Aaron Cook selected to active Major League roster from Triple-A Pawtucket...SS Jose Iglesias options to Triple-A Pawtucket...OF Carl Crawford transferred to 60-day DL. May 6 RHP Aaron Cook placed on 15-day DL...LHP Andrew Miller activated from 15-day DL. May 10 OF Daniel Nava selected to active Major League roster...RHP Clayton Mortensen optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...LHP Justin Thomas designated for assignment. May 11 OF Darnell McDonald placed on 15-day DL...1B Mauro Gomez selected to active Major League roster...OF Jacoby Ellsbury transferred to 60-day DL. DISABLED LIST PLAYER INJURY PLACED ON DL REINSTATED GAMES MISSED Bobby Jenks, RHP Recovery from back surgery (60-day) February 21 --- 35 (16-19) John Lackey, RHP Recovery from right elbow surgery (60-day) February 21 --- 35 (16-19) Rich Hill, LHP Recovery from left elbow surgery April 4 (March 26) April 27 18 (8-10) Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP Recovery from right elbow surgery April 4 (March 26) --- 35 (16-19) Andrew Miller, LHP Left hamstring strain April 4 (March 26) May 6 26 (11-15) Carl Crawford, OF Recovery from left wrist surgery (60-day) April 4 (March 26) --- 35 (16-19) Andrew Bailey, RHP Recovery from right thumb surgery (60-day) April 4 --- 35 (16-19) Chris Carpenter, RHP Recovery from right elbow surgery (60-day) April 4 --- 35 (16-19) Ryan Kalish, OF Recovery from left shoulder surgery (60-day) April 4 --- 35 (16-19) Jacoby Ellsbury, OF Right shoulder subluxation (60-DAY) April 14 --- 28 (14-14) Jason Repko, OF Left shoulder sprain April 23 (April 21) --- 22 (12-10) Kevin Youkilis, 3B Low back strain May 2 (April 29) --- 15 (6-9) Aaron Cook, RHP Left knee laceration May 6 --- 9 (5-4) Darnell McDonald, OF Right oblique strain May 13 (May 12) --- 3 (3-0) 2012 Totals 14 Players 14 DL stints 366 Games Missed Red Sox Game Notes Page 7 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS TEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most runs, game...... 13, 4/14 vs. TB. Most innings pitched, starter...... 9.0, Lester, 5/14 vs. SEA Most runs, inning...... 8, 4/13 vs. TB. (8th). Fewest innings pitched, starter...... 2.0, Lester, 4/17 vs. TEX. Most hits, game (9 innings)...... 18, 4/24 at MIN . Most innings pitched, reliever...... 4.0, 2 times, last Atchison, 4/17 vs. TEX. Most hits, game (extra innings)...... 18, 4/8 at DET Most strikeouts, starter...... 8, 2 times, last Doubront, 5/1 vs. OAK Most hits, inning...... 8, 4/13 vs. TB. (8th) . Most strikeouts, reliever...... 6, Aceves, 5/4 vs. B.AL Consecutive hits, inning...... 6, 4/13 vs. TB. (8th) Most walks allowed...... 7, B.ard, 4/16 vs. TB . Fewest hits, game...... 3, 2 times, last 4/19 at CWS Longest winning streak...... 3, B.uchholz, 4/25-present Most doubles, game...... 6, 3 times 5/11 vs. CLE Longest losing streak...... 2, 5 times, last B.eckett, 4/29-present Most triples, game...... 1, 3 times, last 5/4 vs. B.AL Most consecutive scoreless inn. starter...... 11.0, Lester, 4/23 (6th).-5/4 (2nd). Most home runs, game...... 5, 4/14 vs. TB . Most consecutive scoreless inn. reliever...... 11.1, Atchison, 4/29-present Most home runs, inning...... 2, 2 times, last 4/30 vs. OAK (5th). Most runs allowed...... 7, 5 times, last B.eckett 5/10 vs. CLE Most stolen bases, game...... 2, 2 times, last 5/13 vs. CLE Most earned runs allowed...... 7, 4 times, last B.eckett 5/10 vs. CLE Most walks, game (9 innings)...... 8, 5/11 vs. CLE Most hits allowed...... 10, B.uchholz 4/25 at MIN . Most walks, game (extra innings)...... 5, 5/4 vs. B.AL Fewest hits allowed, CG...... 3, Lester, 4/11 at TOR Most strikeouts, game (9 innings)...... 12, 4/29 at CWS Most home runs allowed...... 5, 2 times, last B.uchholz, 4/20 vs. N .YY Most strikeouts, game (extra innings)...... 18, 5/6 vs. B.AL Most pitches thrown...... 126, B.eckett, 4/29 at CWS Most , game ...... 3, 2 times, last 5/13 vs. CLE Most left on base (9 innings)...... 13, 5/11 vs. CLE MISCELLANEOUS TEAM Most left on base (extra innings)...... 13, 4/8 at DET Longest winning streak...... 6, 4/23-4/28 Longest losing streak...... 5, 2 times, last 5/1-5/6 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest game, innings...... 17, 5/6 vs. B.AL Most hits...... 4, 5 times, last Sweeney, 5/6 vs. B.AL (17 inn.). Longest game, time (9 innings)...... 3:57, 5/11 vs. CLE Most runs...... 3, 7 times, last Middlebrooks and N .ava, 5/13 vs. CLE Longest game, time (extra innings)...... 6:07, 5/6 vs. B.AL Most doubles...... 2, 11 times, last Gonzalez and N .ava, 5/13 vs. CLE Shortest game, time...... 2:13, 4/11 at TOR Most triples...... 1, 3 times, last Ross, 5/4 vs. B.AL Largest crowd, Fenway Park...... 38,229 , 4/17 vs. TB. Most home runs ...... 2, 4 times, last Middlebrooks, 5/7 at KC Smallest crowd, Fenway Park...... 36,770, 4/20 vs. N .YY Most extra-base hits...... 3, 2 times, last Middlebrooks, 5/7 at KC Largest crowd, road...... 48,473, 4/9 at TOR Most total bases...... 10, Middlebrooks, 5/7 at KC Smallest crowd, road...... 18,339, 5/9 at KC Most RB.I...... 5, 3 times, last Saltalamacchia, 5/13 vs. CLE Largest winning margin...... 11, 5/13 vs. CLE Most stolen bases...... 1, 12 times, last Aviles and N .ava, 5/13 vs. CLE Largest losing margin...... 15, 4/17 vs. TEX. Most walks...... 3, Punto, 5/1 vs. OAK Largest deficit overcome to win...... 4, 4/14 vs. TB. Most strikeouts...... 5, Ross, 5/6 vs. B.AL (17 inn.) Largest lead relinquished to lose...... 9, 4/21 vs. N Y . Y Longest hitting streak...... 14, Pedroia 4/29-5/13 Most double plays turned...... 6, 5/6 vs. B.AL (17 inn.). Most errors...... 3, 5/6 vs. B.AL (17 inn.). TEAM PITCHING Most errors by an opponent...... 3, 5/4 vs. B.AL Most strikeouts (9 innings)...... 14, 5/1 vs. OAK Most stolen bases by an opponent...... 4, 5/1 vs. OAK Most strikeouts (extra innings)...... 15, 5/6 vs. B.AL Most walks (9 innings)...... 8, 2 times, last 4/21 vs. N .YY Most walks, (extra innings)...... 10, 5/6 vs. B.AL Fewest walks...... 0, 5/14 vs. SEA Most runs allowed, game...... 18, 4/17 vs. TEX. Most runs allowed, inning...... 8, 4/17 vs. TEX. (8th). Most hits allowed, game (9 innings)...... 21, 4/17 vs. TEX. Most hits allowed, game (extra innings)...... 17, 4/8 at DET Fewest hits allowed, game...... 3, 2 times, last 5/12 vs. CLE Most hits allowed, inning...... 7, 2 times, last 5/5 vs. B.AL (3rd). Most home runs allowed, game...... 6, 4/17 vs. TEX. Most consecutive scoreless inn...... 14.0, 5/13 (4th).-5/14 (8th).

THE LAST TIME THE SOX... INDIVIDUAL BATTING TEAM 5 hits in a game...... Dustin Pedroia, 6/24/10 at COL Walk-off win...... 8/7/11 vs. N .YY (3-2 in 10 innings). 6 hits in a game...... N .omar Garciaparra, 6/21/03 at PHI (13 innings). Scored 20 runs in a game...... 6/27/03 vs. FLA (25). 6 RB.I in a game...... Jacoby Ellsbury, 8/6/11vs. N .YY Had 20 hits in a game...... 9/19/11 vs. B.AL 7 or more RB.I in a game...... J.D. Drew (7)., 6/8/07 at ARI Scored 10 runs in an inning...... 6/20/11 vs. SD (10 runs in 7th inning). 10 RB.I in a game (ties club record)...... N .omar Garciaparra, 5/10/99 vs. SEA Hit 7 home runs in a game...... 7/4/03 at N YY . 3 home runs in a game...... Dustin Pedroia, 6/24/10 at COL Hit 8 home runs in a game...... 7/4/77 vs. TOR (club record). Game-ending home run...... Jacoby Ellsbury, 8/3/11 vs. CLE (9th inning). Hit 4 consec. HR (club and MLB. record)...... 4/22/07 vs. N .YY (3rd inning).: Pinch-hit grand slam...... , 6/7/03 at MIL Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek 2 grand slams in a game...... B.ill Mueller, 7/29/03 at TEX. Hit game-ending HR in back-to-back games...... 5/10/05 vs. OAK HR in 1st ML game...... Daniel N .ava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI (grand slam). (9th inn., Kevin Millar off O. Dotel)., 5/11/05 vs. OAK (9th, Jason Varitek off Dotel). HR in 1st Red Sox PA...... Daniel N .ava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI (grand slam). Turned a triple play...... 8/16/11 vs. TB. (4th inning, Game 2).: Grand Slam in 1st Red Sox PA...... Daniel N .ava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI 3B. to 2B. Dustin Pedroia to 1B. Adrian Gonzalez Inside-the-park home run...... Jacoby Ellsbury, 9/19 /11vs. B.AL (Game 2). Hit into a triple play...... 8/6/01 vs. TEX. (4th inning, ). Homered from both sides of the plate...... Victor Martinez, 5/17/10 at N .YY B.ack-to-back 1-0 wins...... 7/18-19/06 vs. KC Pitcher collected a base hit..... John Lackey, 6/29/11 at PHI, 2B. off V. Worley Pitcher hit a home run...... Josh B.eckett, 6/14/09 at PHI off J.A. Happ Hit for the cycle...... , 6/6/96 vs. CWS Hit streak of at least 30 G...... N .omar Garciaparra (30)., 7/26-8/29/97 Single-seas. hit streak of at least 20 G..... Dustin Pedroia (25)., 6-29-7/28/11 Straight steal of home...... Jacoby Ellsbury, 4/26/09 vs. N .YY Steal of home on double steal...... Ryan Kalish, 10/3/10 vs. N YY . 4 steals in a game (ties club record)...... Jacoby Ellsbury, 8/9/10 at N YY . INDIVIDUAL PITCHING N .o-hitter...... Jon Lester, 5/19/08 vs. KC (W, 7-0). One-hitter...... Josh B.eckett, 6/15/11 at TB. (W, 3-0). 15 or more strikeouts in a game...... Pedro Martinez (16)., 4/8/01 vs. TB. pitched...... Darnell McDonald, 5/6/12 vs. B.AL Pitcher played another position...... Javier Lopez (right field), 4/30/09 at TB Red Sox Game Notes Page 8 BREAKDOWNS RUNS BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL MULTI-RUN INNINGS (54) Red Sox 22 31 32 15 26 12 19 21 15 2 194 2 Runs...... 31 Opponents 24 19 29 24 9 17 22 25 10 8 187 3 Runs...... 10 4 Runs...... 6 WINNING AND LOSING MARGINS 5 Runs...... 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 6 Runs...... 1 RUNS WON BY 3 3 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 7 Runs...... 0 RUNS LOST BY 4 5 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 8 Runs...... 1 9 Runs...... 0 PITCHING BREAKDOWN 10 Runs...... 0 W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR GO-AHEAD RBI (28) STARTERS 13-14-0 5.46 202.2 223 132 123 88 140 27 Gonzalez...... 6 RELIEVERS 3-5-9 3.92 119.1 113 55 52 37 102 14 Ortiz...... 4 Pedroia...... 3 CATCHING BREAKDOWN Ross...... 3 CS SBA CS% PB PICKOFFS Middlebrooks...... 2 Sweeney...... 2 Saltalamacchia 3 16 18.8% 2 0 Youkilis...... 2 Shoppach 1 5 20.0% 3 1 Aviles...... 1 Byrd...... 1 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (Total, Red Sox W-L) Ellsbury...... 1 1st: Aviles (23, 11-12), Ellsbury (6, 2-4), Punto (2, 0-2), Sweeny (4, 3-1) McDonald...... 1 Punto...... 1 2nd: Ellsbury (1, 0-1), Middlebrooks (1, 0-1), Pedroia (22, 11-11), Sweeney (11, 5-6) Shoppach...... 1 3rd: Gonzalez (14, 6-8), Ortiz (9, 454), Pedroia (12, 5-7) 4th: Gonzalez (19, 9-10), Ortiz (5, 0-5), Pedroia (1, 0-1), Ross (4, 2-2), Youkilis (6, 5-1) 2-OUT RBI (66) 5th: Aviles (1, 0-1), Gonzalez (2, 1-1), Middlebrooks (6, 4-2), Ortiz (21, 11-10), Ross (1, 0-1), Youkilis (4, 0-4) Aviles...... 9 Gonzalez...... 8 6th: McDonald (3, 1-2), Middlebrooks (2, 1-1), Nava, (4, 3-1), Ross (11, 5-6), Shoppach (1, 1-0), Sweeney (6, 0-6), Saltalamacchia...... 8 Youkilis (8, 5-3) Ross...... 7 7th: Aviles (1, 0-1), McDonald (5, 3-2), Nava (1, 1-0), Punto (2, 0-2), Ross (11, 5-6), Saltalamacchia (10, 4-6), Shoppach (2, 1-1), Middlebrooks...... 6 Ortiz...... 6 Sweeney (3, 2-1) Pedroia...... 6 8th: Anderson (1, 1-0), Aviles (3, 1-2), Byrd (10, 4-6), Middlebrooks (2, 0-2), McDonald (2, 1-1), Ross (5, 3-2), McDonald...... 4 Saltalamacchia (11, 5-6), Shoppach (1, 1-0) Shoppach...... 3 Sweeney...... 3 9th: Aviles (5, 3-2), Byrd (8, 5-3), McDonald (3, 1-2), Punto (4, 2-2), Repko (4, 1-3), Shoppach (10, 4-6), Sweeney (1, 0-1) Byrd...... 2 Nava...... 2 STARTS BY POSITION (Total, Red Sox W-L) Ellsbury...... 1 C: Saltalamacchia (21, 9-12), Shoppach (14, 7-7) Punto...... 1 . 1B: Gonzalez (35, 16-19) INFIELD BASE HITS (32) 2B: Pedroia (35, 16-19) Pedroia...... 8 SS: Aviles (33, 15-18), Punto (2, 1-1) Ortiz...... 5 3B: Middlebrooks (11, 5-6), Punto (6, 1-5), Youkilis (18, 10-8) Aviles...... 3 Byrd...... 3 LF: Anderson (1, 1-0), McDonald (12, 6-6), Nava (5, 4-1), Ross (17, 5-12) Sweeney...... 3 CF: Byrd (18, 9-9), Ellsbury (7, 2-5), Repko (4, 1-3), Ross (3, 1-2), Sweeney (3, 3-0) Gonzalez...... 2 RF: McDonald (1, 0-1), Ross (12, 9-3), Sweeney (22, 7-15) McDonald...... 2 Ross...... 2 DH: Ortiz (35, 16-19) Middlebrooks...... 1 Punto...... 1 EJECTIONS (0) Shoppach...... 1 Last: , 8/13/11 at SEA, 4th inning by HP umpire Mark Ripperger Youkilis...... 1

WALK-OFF WINS (0) BUNT BASE HITS (0) Last: 8/7 vs. NYY, 10th inning, RBI single, scoring Darnell McDonald (pinch-running for David Ortiz) OUTFIELD ASSISTS (7) Ross...... 3 McDonald...... 2 Byrd...... 1 Nava...... 1

HOME RUN NOTES HOMERS AT HOME: 23 SOLO HOMERS: 17 3-RUN HOMERS: 4 HOMERS ON THE ROAD: 17 2-RUN HOMERS: 17 GRAND SLAMS: 2 2-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (4 in 2012) FIRST-INNING LEADOFF HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (0 in 2012) Cody Ross, 4/23/12 at MIN Last: Jacoby Ellsbury, 7/6/11 vs. TOR Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 4/26/12 at CWS WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (0 in 2012) David Ortiz, 4/30/12 vs. OAK Jacoby Ellsbury, 8/3/11 vs. CLE off Joe Smith (9th) Will Middlebrooks, 5/7/12 at KC INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (0 in 2012) 3-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (0 in 2012) Jacoby Ellsbury, 9/19/11 vs. BAL (G 2) off Jeremy Accardo Last: Dustin Pedroia, 6/4/10 at COL INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS AT FENWAY PARK (0 in 2012) PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (0 in 2012) Jacoby Ellsbury, 9/19/11 vs. BAL (G 2) off Jeremy Accardo Last: Yamaico Navarro, 7/2/11 at HOU off J.A. Happ BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (1 in 2012) GRAND SLAMS BY RED SOX (2 in 2012) Kevin Youkilis and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 4/26/12 at CWS (3rd) Kevin Youkilis, 4/26/12 at CWS off Philip Humber BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (0 in 2012) Will Middlebrooks, 5/6/2012 vs. BAL off Tommy Hunter David Ortiz, Josh Reddick and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 7/7/11 vs. BAL (7th)