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Home , Aaron Cook (baseball), Alvin Davis, Andrew Miller (baseball), Billy Conigliaro, Brandon Duckworth, Bruce Hurst

(15-19) vs. (16-20) Monday, May 14, 2012 • 7:10 p.m. ET • , Boston, MA LHP (1-3, 4.29) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (4-2, 2.79) Game #35 • Game #19 • TV: NESN • Radio: WRKO 680 AM, WWZN 1510 AM (Spanish)

THREE IN A ROW: The Sox defeated the Indians 12-1 yes- FIRST 10 GAMES: With a homer and 2 RBI yesterday, Will terday, the club’s largest margin of victory this year, and Middlebrooks became the 3rd player to accumulate at least RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall ...... 15-19 have won 3 straight for the 1st time since a season-high 4 home runs and 13 RBI over his 1st 10 games in the Major AL East Standing ...... 5th, -6.5 GB 6-game winning streak from 4/23-28. leagues, according to Elias...The others to do that were KC’s At Home ...... 7-11 This 3-game stretch matches Boston’s longest home win Mark Quinn in September 1999 (5 HR, 15 RBI) and SEA’s On Road ...... 8-8 streak of the season, also 4/13-15...A victory tonight would in April 1984 (4 HR, 13 RBI). In day games...... 4-10 give the Red Sox 4 straight home wins for the 1st time since His 9 extra-base hits (5 2B, 4 HR) and 13 RBI are both the In night games ...... 11-9 a 9-game home win streak from 7/5-24/11. most by a Red Sox in his 1st 9 Big League contests since at April ...... 11-11 least 1918...Beginning in 1918, the only other Red Sox with May ...... 4-8 ON THE RECORD: Despite losses in 8 of their last 12 4 homers in his 1st 10 ML games are (5 in 1987) vs. AL East ...... 4-8 games since the start of May, the Sox are 11-9 (.550) in and (4 in 1969). vs. AL Central ...... 10-7 their last 20 tilts, tied for 5th best in the AL since 4/23...That Despite only 10 games, Middlebrooks is 3rd among AL vs. AL West ...... 1-4 stretch began with a 6-1 road trip from 4/23-29. rookie leaders in homers (4), RBI (13), total bases (30) and vs. ...... 0-0 XBH (9)...His 5 doubles are tied for the AL rookie lead. vs. RH starter...... 10-14 20/20: The Red Sox tonight continue a season-long stretch vs. LH starter ...... 5-5 of 20 games in 20 days between off days from 5/4-5/24... LASER SHOW: singled in the 7th inning Leading after 6 innings ...... 12-4 Tied after 6 innings ...... 1-3 They play 9 tilts at home and 11 on the road during that yesterday to extend his hitting streak to 14 games since span...The Sox are 4-6 to begin the 20-game stretch. Trailing after 6 innings ...... 2-12 4/29, over which he is batting .350 (21-for-60) with 8 Leading after 7 innings ...... 13-3 doubles, 2 homers, 11 RBI, 11 runs, 8 walks and 2 stolen Tied after 7 innings ...... 1-2 IN THE STANDINGS: The Sox are in 5th place in the AL bases...The 14-game stretch is the longest active streak East, 6.5 games behind the Orioles...This is the latest into a Trailing after 7 innings ...... 1-14 in the Majors and tied for the 3rd-longest in the AL this Leading after 8 innings ...... 13-1 calendar year that the club has been in 5th place since 1997 year after 15-gamers by MIN’s (4/6-21) (9/9)...The Sox are 11th in the AL overall. Tied after 8 innings ...... 1-2 and BAL’s Nolan Reimold (4/7-29). Trailing after 8 innings ...... 1-16 THE HOMESTAND: The Red Sox tonight play the 5th con- Pedroia is T-3rd in the AL with 46 hits and multi-hit games Red Sox score 1st ...... 9-6 test in a 6-game homestand which began with wins in 3 (14) and is T-2nd with 13 doubles...He leads the Majors in Opponents score fi rst ...... 6-13 hits, total bases (76) and XBH (19) as a 2nd baseman...He ...... 1-2 of 4 games against the Indians...They open a 2-game set Scoring less than 3 runs ...... 1-8 against the Mariners tonight...On Wednesday Boston em- also tops the AL in OBP (.381), SLG (.528) and OPS (.909) at the position. Scoring 3 or 4 runs ...... 2-8 barks on an 8-day, 8-game road trip through Tampa Bay Scoring 5 or more runs ...... 12-3 (5/16-17), Philadelphia (5/18-20) and Baltimore (5/21-23). EXTRA, EXTRA: The Sox lead the Majors with 142 extra- Red Sox hit HR ...... 12-7 25 of Boston’s 39 games from 4/30-6/10 are at home, base hits, including an ML-high 100 doubles..They have 14 Red Sox hit 0 HR ...... 3-12 including 18 home contests in 29 May games, their most more XBH and 24 more doubles than the next highest total 1- games ...... 3-4 games at Fenway Park in any month this season. for any teams this season (TEX, 128 XBH and KC, 76 2B). 2-run games ...... 3-5 The Sox are 7-11 at home this season (.389), the 4th- Walk-offs...... 0-2 Red Sox hitters are 2nd in the AL with a .276 AVG, 188 (home) ...... 0-2 worst home record in the Majors, and have dropped 11 of runs scored, 181 RBI, 339 hits and 561 total bases, trailing their last 15 tilts at Fenway Park since 4/16. Extra innings (road)...... 0-1 the Rangers in each category. Extra innings (total) ...... 0-3 Series openers ...... 6-5 SERIES MATTERS: The Sox took 3 of 4 games in their FULL : Yesterday Mauro Gomez became the Major weekend series against Cleveland after losing their previ- Series fi nales ...... 2-9 League-high 38th player to appear in a game for the Sox in 2012. Series W-L-T (home) ...... 2-4-0 ous 3 sets dating back to 4/30...Boston last won back-to- Series W-L-T (road) ...... 2-3-0 back home series winning 3 straight sets in 2011: 7/4-6 vs. STRONG RELIEF: With 3.0 scoreless innings last night, Series W-L-T (total) ...... 4-7-0 TOR (2-1), 7/7-10 vs. BAL (4-0) and 7/22-24 vs. SEA (3-0). Red Sox relievers have hurled 119.1 frames this season, Series sweeps (home) ...... 0-3 2nd most in the Majors after KC (130.0 IP)...Since 4/23, Sox Series sweeps (road) ...... 1-1 TEN IN NINE: Yesterday was Boston’s 9th game this sea- relievers lead the Majors in ERA (1.41) and innings (76.2)... Series sweeps (total) ...... 1-4 son scoring 10 or more runs, the most in the Majors and the Excluding Darnell McDonald’s 1.0 inning on 5/6 vs. BAL (3 Come-from-behind wins ...... 7, last 5/11 club’s most through the 1st 34 games of a season...The Red R), the Sox ‘pen has a 1.12 ERA (7 ER/56.1 IP) in May. Innings batting around... 8, last 5/13 (7th) Sox are just the 2nd team in the last 81 years to score 10+ Games decided in last AB...... 2-5 runs in 9 of the 1st 34 games of a season and the 1st AL Vicente Padilla has inherited 11 runners and none have team to do so since Baltimore and Chicago did it in 1901. scored, the most in the Majors without allowing 1 to score. 10+ RUNS IN 9 OF 1ST 34 GAMES (SINCE 1901) WRKO TONIGHT: With Celtics playoff games vs. Philadel- TEAM YEAR 10+ R G phia airing on WEEI, Red Sox games tonight, Wednesday VS. THE MARINERS 1900 11 night and Friday night will be broadcast on WRKO 680 AM. All-Time vs. Indians ...... 215-158 1901 10 In Boston...... 114-71 1901 9 REHAB UPDATE: Right-hander , on In Seattle ...... 101-87 St. Louis Cardinals 1901 9 the 15-day DL recovering from right elbow surgery, made At Safeco Field ...... 28-34 Brooklyn Dodgers 1930 9 his 4th rehab start Saturday night for -A Pawtucket vs. 2011 vs. Mariners ...... 5-4 1997 9 Columbus (CLE)...He allowed 5 runs on 5 hits and 1 walk In Boston...... 4-2 Boston Red Sox 2012 9 with 5 in a 5.1-inning no-decision as the PawSox In Seattle ...... 1-2 Boston’s 17 games with at least 10 hits are tied for the won 7-6...He is 0-1 with a 4.34 ERA (9 ER/18.2 IP) and 19 2nd-most such contests in the Majors this season (TEX, 18). strikeouts in 4 rehab starts thus far, including 1 with High- A Salem, 1 with -A Portland and 2 with Pawtucket. HOME HITS: Boston leads the Majors with 185 hits, 63 UPCOMING MILESTONES doubles, 85 extra-base hits and 313 total bases at home CHAMPS HONORED: The 2012 National Champion Boston Col- Milestone Player (current) this season...The Sox have tallied a .280 AVG, 102 runs lege men’s hockey team will throw a ceremonial 1st pitch tonight. 200 HR ...... Gonzalez (197) scored and 99 RBI, all of which top the AL. CHERRY TREE TONIGHT: The Consul General of Japan Sox All-Time List Player (current) VS. THE MARINERS: Boston and Seattle meet 9 times in will present the Red Sox with a cherry tree during tonight’s SO, 6th (Hurst, 1,043) ... Beckett (1,040) 2012...The current 2-game set is their only series in Boston pre-game ceremonies in recognition of the 100th anniver- MLB All-Time List Player (current) this year, the Sox fewest ever contests against the M’s at sary of Japan’s original gift of 3,000 cherry trees to Wash- HR, 56th (D. Evans, 385) ....Ortiz (T-385) Fenway Park in a season...They will meet in Seattle for a ington, DC in 1912, Fenway Park’s inaugural season. 4-game set from 6/28-7/1 and a 3-gamer from 9/3-5. The Sox won the season set vs. the Mariners in 2011 (5-4) BOBBY V. AT THE HELM: is in his 1st sea- and 2010 (7-3), taking back-to-back series for the 1st time son as Red Sox ...He ranks 4th among active Major THIS DATE IN FENWAY PARK HISTORY since 2003-04 (5-2, 5-4)...Boston has won 19 of its last 30 League skippers in games (2,223) and 5th in wins (1,132). 1965: hit for the cycle, games vs. SEA since 6/7/08 and 22 of 36 since 8/4/07. with a 2nd as a bonus, but the Boston has won its last 4 home games against the RED SOX MEDIA INFO 8 Red Sox runs weren’t enough, as the Mariners since 5/1/11, the club’s longest home win streak Media can access Red Sox game day information at http:// game went into extra innings and Dick against the M’s since a 7-gamer from 5/18/02-5/28/04. pressroom.redsox.com...Please contact a member of the Media Radatz uncustomarily gave up 4 runs to Relations department for login information. The Red Sox are 215-158 (.576) all-time against the Mari- the Tigers and went down to defeat, 12-8... ners, the top for any Media can also follow the Red Sox Media Relations department hit 2 homers, too, for the 2nd club against Seattle since the Mariners 1st season in 1977. on @BostonRedSoxPR. game in row. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Tues., 5/15 vs. SEA 4:05 p.m. RHP (2-4, 5.97) RHP Blake Beavin (1-3, 4.32) NESN Wed., 5/16 at TB 7:10 p.m. RHP (4-1, 8.31) RHP (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 TONIGHT’S STARTING 31-JON LESTER, LHP 1-3, 4.29 ERA, 7 starts 2012: 1-3, 4.29 ERA (20 ER/42.0 IP) in 7 GS 2011 vs. SEA: Did not face the Mariners in 2011 CAREER: 77-37, 3.57 ERA (396 ER/999.2 IP) in 162 G, 161 GS CAREER vs. SEA: 2-2, 3.97 ERA (20 ER/45.1 IP) in 7 GS 2012 : 2-1, 3.50 ERA (7 ER/18.0 IP) in 4 GS CAREER at FENWAY PARK: 36-16, 3.46 ERA (178 ER/463.0 IP) in 75 G, 74 GS LAST START: Took the loss as the Red Sox were defeated 4-3 at Kansas City on 5/9...Gave up 4 runs (1 ER) on 6 hits, 1 walk and 1 hit batter over 5.0 innings...The Sox made an in the in the 1st INSIDE THE NUMBERS inning that led to 3 unearned runs...Adrian Gonzalez knocked a 3-run double in the 3rd to tie the game 2012 AT FENWAY: 0-1, 11.25 ERA, 2 starts 3-3... drove in the winning run off Lester with a double in the 4th inning. 2012 ON THE ROAD: 1-2, 2.65 ERA, 5 starts Has allowed 1 or less in 7 of his 8 starts against Kansas City, including his last 6 in a 2012 vs. OPP: .250 (39-156), 3 HR row since 5/19/08...It is tied for the longest streak ever for a Major League starter against the Royals 2012 vs. LHB: .178 (8-45), 0 HR franchise (also Chad Ogea, 6/26/95-9/21/97). 2012 vs. RHB: .279 (31-111), 3 HR RED SOX MILESTONES: Is 2 starts shy of tying for 19th on the Red Sox all-time list (163 WHIP: 1.36 GS)...Passed Dutch Leonard for 20th on the list with his 161st start on 5/4 vs. BAL...Is the 6th left-hander SEASON HIGH K’s: 7, 4/28/12 at CWS in franchise history to make at least 160 starts with the club. CAREER HIGH K’s: 13, 7/24/10 at SEA Is 0.1 innings shy of reaching 1,000.0 IP for his career (999.2), all with Boston...Would become the 41st LAST WIN (Has made 2 starts since) hurler to toss 1,000.0 innings as a member of the Red Sox...Would be the 10th left-hander to reach the 4/28/12 at CWS (1-0 over ) milestone with Boston, 1st since and 1st overall since Josh Beckett on 6/9/11. LAST LOSS (Has made 0 starts since) 5/9/12 at KC (3-4 to Bruce Chen) HOME SWEET HOME: Is 36-16 (.692) in 75 career games (74 GS) at Fenway, tied for the 3rd-highest LAST (Has made 5 starts since) winning percentage among Red Sox left-handed starters at the ballpark since at least 1921. 4/11/12 at TOR (7th career, 1-3 loss to in 8 IP) VS. THE MARINERS: Did not pitch against Seattle in 2011...Last faced the Mariners on 9/13/10, a 5-1 LAST (Has made 116 starts since) Red Sox victory...Earned the win, going 8.0 innings with 1 run on 3 hits and 3 walks...Fanned 12 in the 7/3/08 at NYY (2nd career, 7-0 win over ) game and 25 over his 2 starts against Seattle in 2010. SHORTEST CAREER START Is 1-1 with a 2.38 ERA (6 ER/22.1 IP) and 34 strikeouts over his last 3 starts against the M’s since 7/5/09. 2.0 IP, 2 times, last 4/17/12 vs. TEX (L) THE K-ZONE: With 922 career strikeouts, is 10th on Boston’s all-time list... is next with 969...Has the 2nd-most K’s by a left-hander in Sox history behind Bruce Hurst (1,043)...His 16 games with at least 10 K’s are the most double-digit tilts by a Sox lefty and 4th-most overall by a Boston hurler behind Pedro Martinez (72), (68) and Joe Wood (18). Recorded his 900th career strikeout on 4/11 at Toronto when he fanned J.P. Arencibia in the 5th inning...Became the 2nd Red Sox left-hander (also Bruce Hurst) and 10th Boston hurler overall to reach that milestone. WINNING WAYS: Owns a 77-37 record in 162 career games (161 GS) for a .675 winning percentage, the 8th-highest mark in modern Major League history (since 1900, min. 75 decisions)...Went 76-34 (.691) from 2006-11, the 6th-highest win percentage by an AL pitcher in his 1st 6 ML seasons since 1901 (min. 100 decisions). CONTINUED SUCCESS: Since the start of the 2008 season, is 3rd in the American League with 66 wins behind NYY’s CC Sabathia (70) and DET’s (76)...Also ranks among circuit leaders (min. of 500.0 IP) in winning percentage (3rd, .653, 66-35), strikeouts per 9.0 IP (4th, 8.54), strikeouts (3rd, 812), ERA (8th, 3.38), opponent average (7th, .239), (7th, 855.1) and starts (5th, 135). SHOW OF SUPPORT: Has received 3.43 runs of support per 9.0 innings (16 RS/42.0 IP) over his 1st 7 starts of 2012, the lowest run support of any Red Sox (min. 2 GS)...It is the 8th-lowest rate of support among American League qualifiers this season...Prior to 2012, ranked 2nd among Major League qualifiers since 2006 with 5.93 runs of support per 9.0 IP (631 RS/957.2 IP) behind only Vicente Padilla (6.30 RSA, 520 RS/742.1 IP). In 2011, received an average of 6.86 runs of support per 9.0 innings (146 runs/191.2 IP), the 2nd-highest rate among Major League qualifiers behind ’ Derek Holland (7.64)...Received at least 6 runs of support in 10 of 31 starts, including 10 runs or more 5 times. PREVIOUS START: Did not factor in the decision as the Sox lost to Baltimore 6-4 in 13 innings at home on 5/4...Allowed 3 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks over 6.0 frames...Matched a season low with 2 strikeouts (also 4/17 vs. TEX)...Left with a 4-3 lead but the Orioles tied the game in the 7th...Baltimore scored twice in the 13th inning on an RBI by and by Mark Reynolds. Remained undefeated in 19 career starts against the O’s (14-0)...Has held Baltimore to 3 runs or less in each of his last 8 starts against the club at Fenway since 9/2/07, the longest such streak at home by a Sox starter against Baltimore since had a 9-game run from 6/1/68-6/27/71. MORE 2012 HIGHLIGHTS: Earned his 1st win of 2012 in the Sox 1-0 victory over CWS on the road on 4/28...Tossed 7.0 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts...Snapped a streak of 5 straight losses since 9/11/11, a career-long stretch...Also ended a career-high 8 consecutive starts without a win during that span...Tossed 7.0 innings but did not factor in the decision in a 6-5 victory on 4/23 at MIN...Took the loss as the Sox fell to TEX 18-3 on 4/17 in his 1st home start of 2012...Lasted 2.0 innings, matching his shortest career outing for the 3rd time and the 2nd time as a starter, also 8/20/10 vs. TOR...Tossed an 8.0-inning complete game but took the loss as the Sox fell at TOR 3-1 on 4/11...Retired 15 consecutive batters from the 3rd inning until the 8th...Did not factor in Boston’s 3-2 loss on at DET on 4/5... Allowed only run in the bottom of the 7th on back-to-back doubles...Became the 1st Sox pitcher to an opponent scoreless over his 1st 6.0 frames on Opening Day since Pedro Martinez on 3/31/03 at TB, and 1st Sox lefty to do so since Bruce Hurst on 4/2/84 at CAL. JON LESTER’S 2012 STARTS DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB K HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 4/5 L2-3 at DET --- 0-1 7.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 107/63 Aceves gave up a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th 4/11 L1-3 at TOR L 1-3 8.0 3 3 3 2 6 0 116/74 Recorded his 1st complete game (8 IP) since 6/27/10 at SF 4/17 L3-18 TEX L 2-7 2.0 8 7 7 4 2 1 80/46 Faced 10 batters and gave up 4 runs in a 49-pitch 2nd inning 4/23 W6-5 at MIN --- 5-5 7.0 6 5 5 4 4 1 112/71 Bard earned the win with 0.2 innings of relief in the 8th 4/28 W1-0 at CWS W 1-0 7.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 122/78 Snapped a career-long stretch of 8 starts without a win 5/4 L4-6 BAL (13) --- 4-3 6.0 5 3 3 3 2 1 99/60 The O’s scored twice in the 13th inning for the win 5/9 L3-4 KC L 3-4 5.0 6 4 1 1 3 0 108/69 Allowed 3 unearned runs in the 1st inning after a Sox error BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS STARTING ’ BREAKDOWN MARINERS CAREER vs. LESTER RED SOX CAREER vs. VARGAS QUALITY SOX PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI STARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC. Ackley --- 0 0 0 0 Aviles .333 3 1 0 1 Lester 7 4 16/42.0 3.43 2-5 Carp --- 0 0 0 0 Byrd .286 14 4 1 3 Beckett 6 4 26/34.2 6.75 2-4 Figgins .333 15 5 0 4 Gonzalez .333 9 3 0 0 Buchholz 7 1 42/39.0 9.69 4-3 Jaso --- 0 0 0 0 McDonald .000 2 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 .400 5 2 0 3 Ortiz .333 6 2 0 1 Ryan .667 3 2 0 0 Pedroia .167 6 1 0 0 Saunders .667 3 2 1 2 Punto .000 1 0 0 0 Seager --- 0 0 0 0 Ross --- 0 0 0 0 Smoak .000 3 0 0 0 Saltalamacchia .000 2 0 0 0 Suzuki .240 25 6 2 3 Shoppach .333 6 2 0 1 Wells .000 4 0 0 0 Sweeney 1.000 1 1 0 0

TOMORROW’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 SPRING TRAINING: 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: Missed his previous scheduled start on 5/5 vs. Baltimore with lat soreness...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 IP)...Cleveland plated 3 runs in the 2nd inning and 4 in the 3rd...Jack Hannahan hit a 2-run homer and knocked a 3-run shot...5 members of the Red Sox allowed 1 run over the final 6.2 innings. Allowed 7 runs in a start for the 2nd time this season (also 4/7 at DET)...Prior to 2012, had not allowed 7 runs in 39 straight starts dating back to 8/13/10. RED SOX MILESTONE: Has 1,040 strikeouts in his career with the Red Sox, 3 shy of Bruce Hurst (1,043) for 6th on the club’s all-time list... is next on the list with 1,075 strikeouts. VS. THE MARINERS: Last faced Seattle on 8/13/11 as the Red Sox were defeated 5-4...Took the loss, snapping his 6 game winning streak against the club...Allowed 5 runs on 8 hits and 1 walk while striking out 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. Red Sox Game Notes Page 3 BATTING NOTES 3-MIKE AVILES, SS .261 AVG 5 HR 21 RBI .295 OBP .435 SLG vs. RHP: 23-103 (.223), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 0-4, SB TRIP: 4-15, R, 2B, BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 0 G vs. LHP: 13-35 (.371), 3 HR CLE SERIES: 2-10, R, 2 RBI, SB, SF SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G, 4/17-27 (14-39) T-8th in the AL with team-high 6 multi-RBI games...5th among AL qualifi ers in AVG vs. LHP...Has started 32 of the Sox 34 games at SS...Leads ML with 21 RBI as a SS and T-2nd among that group with 5 homers...Has hit safely in 23 of his 32 tilts with a PA...0-for-4 yesterday snapped a 6-game hit streak (.310, 9-for-29). Started in the leadoff spot in 22 of BOS’ 26 games since 4/14, but none of the last 4...Hitting at a .284 clip (29-for-102) 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 .307 AVG (93-for-303) with 10 HR and 39 RBI in 67 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 .285 (68-for-239) since being acquired from KC on 7/30/11. 23-, OF .281 AVG 0 HR 4 RBI .299 OBP .297 SLG vs. RHP: 10-46 (.217), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-0 (def. rep CF) TRIP: 5-11, 2 R. SH, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 5 G (7-21, 2 R, SH, HBP) vs. LHP: 8-18 (.444), 0 HR CLE SERIES: 1-3 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G, 4/23-28 (8-24) Is 7-for-21 (.333) over current 5-game hit streak, 1 shy of his season-long stretch...At .444, owns 4th-best AVG vs. LHP in the AL since joining BOS on 4/23 (min. 15 PA). Has started in CF 17 times since joining BOS on 4/23 and appeared in 18 games at the position overall...Has hit safely in 13 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: 0-1 (def. rep. 1B) TRIP: DNP 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 yesterday 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 collected 118 homers and collected 501 RBI in the minors. 28-ADRIAN GONZALEZ, 1B .292 AVG 2 HR 19 RBI .359 OBP .431 SLG vs. RHP: 25-85 (.294), 1 HR YESTERDAY: 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B TRIP: 5-12, 2 R, 2 2B, 4 RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (2-4, 2 R, 2 2B) vs. LHP: 15-52 (.288), 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 recorded multi-hits in 7 of his last 10 games, batting .378 (17-for-45) in that span...Has hit safely in 6 of his last 7 tilts at .407 (11-for-27) and doubled in 5 of his last 6 contests with 7 total 2-baggers in that span. T-2nd in the AL with 13 doubles...Has reached in 28 of 34 tilts this season with hits in 24 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-, 3B .310 AVG 4 HR 13 RBI .356 OBP .714 SLG vs. RHP: 9-30 (.300), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 2-3, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB TRIP: 4-10, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (2-3, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB) vs. LHP: 4-12 (.333), 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 8 of his 1st 10 ML games...Is tied for the AL rookie lead with 5 doubles, and 3rd in HR, RBI and XBH (9) despite playing in just 10 tilts. Knocked his 4th homer yesterday 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 .600 AVG 0 HR 4 RBI .750 OBP 1.000 SLG vs. RHP: 6-10 (.600), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 2-2, 3 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 HBP, SB TRIP: DNP CURRENT STREAK: 4 G (6-10, 5 R, 4 2B, 4 RBI, 4 BB, 2 HBP, SB) vs. LHP: 0-0 (.000), 0 HR CLE SERIES: 6-10, 5 R, 4 2B, 4 RBI, 4 BB, 2 HBP, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 4 G, 5/10-pres. (6-10) Selected to ML roster prior to Thu. night’s game and has started in left in each of the last 4 games, hitting safely in each contest...Has reached base in 12 of 16 PA. 3 RBI yesterday matched 2nd-most of his career (also 6/23/10 at COL) behind 4 in ML debut on 6/12/10...Matched a career high with 2 walks in each Thu. and Fri. night’s games (5th and 6th time) and also had a double in both...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 home runs, 17 RBI, 19 runs, 14 walks and a stolen base...Primarily played LF (16 G), but also had appearances in RF (2 G) and at DH (9 G)...Hit at a .328 clip (22-for-67) off right-handers with the PawSox and was batting .452 (14-for-31) with 9 RBI in 8 May contests. 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 .348 AVG 7 HR 25 RBI .412 OBP .614 SLG vs. RHP: 29-86 (.337), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 1-3, 2 R, RBI, BB TRIP: 4-13, 3 R, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 4 G (4-15, 3 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB) vs. LHP: 17-46 (.370), 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 14 doubles and 2nd with 21 XBH...Ranks 2nd in the AL in home AVG (.386)...Also among AL’s top 5 in AVG (3rd), SLG (2nd), OBP (5th), OPS (2nd, 1.026), hits (T-3rd, 46), total bases (2nd, 81) and RBI (T-5th)...T-3rd in the AL with 14 multi-hit games...Has reached in 30 of 34 games. His 14 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. Leads all left-handed batters in AVG (.338) and SLG (.603) 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 (1,119) as DH. 15-DUSTIN PEDROIA, 2B .319 AVG 5 HR 18 RBI .381 OBP .528 SLG vs. RHP: 36-106 (.340), 4 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, R, 2B TRIP: 4-11, 4 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 4 BB, SB CURRENT STREAK: 14 G (21-60, 11 R, 8 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 8 BB, 2 SB, HBP, SF) vs. LHP: 10-38 (.263), 1 HR CLE SERIES: 7-17, 4 R, 3 2B, HR, 5 RBI, SF SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 14 G, 4/29-pres. (21-60) Has tallied a season-long 14-game hit streak, batting .350 (21-for-60) with 8 doubles, 2 homers, 11 RBI, 11 runs and 8 walks over the 14-game stretch...It is tied for the 4th-longest stretch of his career, marks the longest streak by a Red Sox in 2012 and is the longest active in the Majors. Among AL leaders is T-2nd with 13 doubles, T-3rd with 14 multi-hit games and 46 hits, 5th with 19 XBH, T-5th with 25 runs, and 6th with 76 total bases...Is 8th in the AL in AVG...Has hit in 21 of 22 contests since 4/20 at .344 (33-for-96)...Has reached safely in 31 of 34 games this year with at least 1 hit 29 times. 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-, INF .147 AVG 0 HR 3 RBI .302 OBP .176 SLG vs. RHP: 4-27 (.148), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-1 (def. rep. 2B) TRIP: 0-2, 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 .248 AVG 6 HR 23 RBI .318 OBP .479 SLG vs. RHP: 22-85 (.259), 5 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3, HBP TRIP: 2-11, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 0 G vs. LHP: 7-32 (.219), 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 in 26 of last 30 games with hits in 22, batting at a .266 clip (29-for-109) with 7 doubles, a triple, 6 HR, 23 RBI, 19 runs and 12 walks and a HBP. 9th in AL and 2nd on the Sox with 23 RBI (Ortiz, 25)...Has tallied 15 RBI over his last 19 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 .279 clip (200-for-716) off left-handed pitching, while his .557 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: 3-4, R, HR, 5 RBI TRIP: 1-3, 2B, BB 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 yesterday 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-, C .244 AVG 0 HR 5 RBI .358 OBP .400 SLG vs. RHP: 7-24 (.292), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 0-1 (PH) TRIP: 2-9, R, 3B, RBI CURRENT STREAK: 0 G vs. LHP: 4-21 (.190), 0 HR CLE SERIES: 1-3, HBP SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G, 4/13-27 (7-19) Single in the 4th Thurs. night vs. CLE marked his 300th career hit...Has made 13 starts behind the plate this year, reaching base in 11 of those contests. 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-2nd-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 22.59 AB/HR ranks 3rd among with at least 1,500 plate appearances since 2005 after (15.70) and Brian McCann (22.51). 12-RYAN SWEENEY, OF .333 AVG 0 HR 11 RBI .364 OBP .468 SLG vs. RHP: 35-96 (.365), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-5 TRIP: 1-6, R 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) Is T-4th in the AL in AVG and 4th in the circuit in AVG vs. RHP...T-2nd in the AL with 13 doubles with teammates Pedroia and Gonzalez, trailing Ortiz (14). Made 1st 4 starts of the year in the leadoff spot the last 4 games (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 53 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 1 0 0 6 Byrd 9/21/11 vs. MIL Wolf 123 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 93 8 4 0 0 12 2 2 0 0 0 4 Middlebrooks 5/13/12 vs. CLE Masterson 1 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 Nava 6/12/10 vs. PHI Blanton 170 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 Ortiz 5/7/12 at KC Sanchez 26 9 3 2 0 14 3 1 0 1 0 5 Pedroia 5/10/12 vs. CLE Sipp 13 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 3 5 1 0 0 6 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 9/26/11 vs. NYY Valdes 53 0 1 0 0 1 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 2011 AND CAREER BATTING VS. THE MARINERS 2011 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI .429 14 6 0 5 Aviles .333 63 21 1 14 --- 0 0 0 0 Byrd .266 169 45 3 22 --- 0 0 0 0 Gomez --- 0 0 0 0 .441 34 15 0 4 Gonzalez .301 193 58 6 28 --- 0 0 0 0 Middlebrooks --- 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 Nava .188 16 3 0 3 .286 35 10 1 6 Ortiz .262 355 93 24 67 .333 36 12 1 2 Pedroia .246 134 33 2 6 --- 0 0 0 0 Punto .200 120 24 1 9 --- 0 0 0 0 Ross .000 9 0 0 1 .348 23 8 0 4 Saltalamacchia .260 96 25 4 14 .263 19 5 0 2 Shoppach .291 79 23 2 10 .222 27 6 0 2 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- 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- 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- 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-5th 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 3 straight days from 5/10-12, the 3rd such streak of his career, also 3 straight days 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 yesterday 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 9th 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...Has gone at least 2.0 innings in each of his last 3 outings and a ML-high 7 of 14 appearances this year, including 3.0 innings 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 yesterday vs. CLE 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 scoreless 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 ranks 6th 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 yesterday 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 since tossed 4.0 scoreless frames over his last 3 outings. Activated from the 15-day DL on 4/27...Was placed on the DL on 4/4 (retro to 3/26) recovering from 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 (left hamstring strain). 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 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. 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. 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 2011 AND CAREER PITCHING VS. THE MARINERS 2011 CAREER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER PLAYER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER 0-0-0 2.70 2/0 3.1 3 1 Aceves 0-0-0 7.04 5/0 7.2 9 6 0-0-0 0.00 3/0 5.2 2 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 0.00 4/0 3.2 1 0 Bard 0-0-0 0.77 11/0 11.2 7 1 1-1-0 4.50 2/2 12.0 15 6 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 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Lester 2-2-0 3.97 7/7 45.1 47 20 0-0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 Miller 1-2-0 2.57 3/2 14.0 13 4 0-0-0 13.50 3/0 2.0 4 3 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 TEXAS 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 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 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 and 2B Oscar Tejeda optioned to Double-A Portland…RHPs Tony Pena Jr., Chorye Spoone and and OF Juan Carlos Linares reassigned to minor league camp. March 17 RHP Carlos Silva 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 and C 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 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 and Chris Carpenter, and OF placed on 60-day DL...RHPs Scott Atchison and Vicente Padilla, and LHP Justin Thomas selected to active Major League roster...INFs and Nate Spears, and OF 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 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 --- 34 (15-19) John Lackey, RHP Recovery from right elbow surgery (60-day) February 21 --- 34 (15-19) 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) --- 34 (15-19) 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) --- 34 (15-19) Andrew Bailey, RHP Recovery from right thumb surgery (60-day) April 4 --- 34 (15-19) Chris Carpenter, RHP Recovery from right elbow surgery (60-day) April 4 --- 34 (15-19) Ryan Kalish, OF Recovery from left shoulder surgery (60-day) April 4 --- 34 (15-19) Jacoby Ellsbury, OF Right shoulder subluxation (60-DAY) April 14 --- 27 (13-14) Jason Repko, OF Left shoulder sprain April 23 (April 21) --- 21 (11-10) Kevin Youkilis, 3B Low back strain May 2 (April 29) --- 14 (5-9) Aaron Cook, RHP Left knee laceration May 6 --- 8 (4-4) Darnell McDonald, OF Right oblique strain May 13 (May 12) --- 2 (2-0) 2012 Totals 14 Players 14 DL stints 354 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...... 8.0, 2 times, last B.eckett, 4/13 vs. TB. 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-present 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...... 1, 2 times, last 4/27 at CWS 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...... 13.0, 4/27 (6th).-4/28 (9th).

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 ...... 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 (52) Red Sox 20 31 32 11 26 12 19 20 15 2 188 2 Runs...... 30 Opponents 24 19 29 24 9 17 22 25 9 8 186 3 Runs...... 9 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 1 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 (27) STARTERS 12-14-0 5.67 193.2 215 131 122 88 134 27 Gonzalez...... 6 RELIEVERS 3-5-9 3.92 119.1 113 55 52 37 102 14 Ortiz...... 3 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 (22, 10-12), 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 (21, 10-11), Sweeney (11, 5-6) Shoppach...... 1 3rd: Gonzalez (14, 6-8), Ortiz (8, 4-4), Pedroia (12, 5-7) 4th: Gonzalez (18, 8-10), 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 (5, 3-2), 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 (10, 4-6), 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), 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 (9, 3-6), 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 (9, 3-6), Sweeney (1, 0-1) Byrd...... 2 Nava...... 2 STARTS BY POSITION (Total, Red Sox W-L) Ellsbury...... 1 C: Saltalamacchia (21, 9-12), Shoppach (13, 6-7) Punto...... 1 . 1B: Gonzalez (34, 15-19) INFIELD BASE HITS (30) 2B: Pedroia (34, 15-19) Pedroia...... 8 SS: Aviles (32, 14-18), Punto (2, 1-1) Ortiz...... 5 3B: Middlebrooks (10, 4-6), Punto (6, 1-5), Youkilis (18, 10-8) Aviles...... 3 Sweeney...... 3 LF: Anderson (1, 1-0), McDonald (12, 6-6), Nava (4, 3-1), Ross (17, 5-12) Byrd...... 2 CF: Byrd (17, 8-9), Ellsbury (7, 2-5), Repko (4, 1-3), Ross (3, 1-2), Sweeney (3, 3-0) Gonzalez...... 2 RF: McDonald (1, 0-1), Ross (11, 8-3), Sweeney (22, 7-15) McDonald...... 2 Ross...... 2 DH: Ortiz (34, 15-19) Middlebrooks...... 1 Punto...... 1 EJECTIONS (0) Youkilis...... 1 Last: , 8/13/11 at SEA, 4th inning by HP Mark Ripperger BASE HITS (0) WALK-OFF WINS (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: 21 SOLO HOMERS: 16 3-RUN HOMERS: 4 HOMERS ON THE ROAD: 17 2-RUN HOMERS: 16 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 (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)