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CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013 CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013 DIVISION CHAMPIONS (8): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES (0-0) vs. (0-0) Monday, April 3, 2017 • 2:05 p.m. ET • • Boston, MA RHP (0-0, ---) vs. RHP (0-0, ---) Game #1 • Home Game #1 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) FOR THE 117TH TIME: Boston begins its 117th AL season to- HAVE WE BENINTRODUCED?: , who morrow vs. PIT...The Red Sox are 57-58-1 all-time on Opening will be 22 years and 271 days old tomorrow, could become 2016 SEASON BREAKDOWN Day (excluding G2 of doubleheaders in 1903, 1948, and 1982). the Red Sox’ youngest starter in left field since AL East Standing...... 1st, +4.0 GA Home/Road...... 47-34/46-35 in 1962 (22 years, 231 days). Day/Night...... 27-23/66-46 STAYING HOME: This is the 41st time that the Red Sox April/May/June...... 14-10/18-10/10-16 have opened the regular season at home, snapping a streak KEYSTONE CONSISTENCY: and Xander July/August...... 15-10/17-13 of 6 consecutive years opening on the road...Including this Bogaerts have been the Red Sox’ Opening Day starters at September/October...... 19-8/0-2 year, Boston has opened at home in only 4 of the last 22 2B and SS, respectively, in each of the last 3 years (2014- vs. AL East/Central/West....43-33/15-18/21-12 seasons beginning in 1996 (also 2002, ‘09, ‘10). 16)...According to Elias, the only Red Sox to start as many vs. ...... 14-6 vs. RH/LH starter...... 73-52/20-17 The Red Sox are 23-17 in Opening Day games at home, as 4 consecutive Opening Day games as a 2B/SS tandem are 2B /SS (5 years, 1937-41) and Leading after 6 ...... 76-10 having won each of their last 2 and 5 of their last 6. Tied after 6 innings...... 6-11 2B /SS (5 years, 1901-05). Trailing after 6 innings...... 11-48 NATIONAL AFFAIR: Tomorrow’s game will mark only the Prior to Pedroia and Bogaerts, no Red Sox 2B/ Leading after 7 innings...... 82-7 2nd time the Red Sox have opened a season against an NL SS tandem had started as many as 3 consecutive Tied after 7 innings...... 4-10 team, having also done so in 2015 (at PHI, W 8-0). Opening Day games together since 2B and Trailing after 7 innings...... 6-52 Leading after 8 innings...... 82-2 The Sox own MLB’s best Interleague record since 2003 SS (1978-80). Tied after 8 innings...... 6-9 (.638, 166-94), well ahead of the 2nd-best mark in that Trailing after 8 innings...... 4-58 time (NYY; .585, 152-108)...The Sox are 211-152 (.581) SAFE BETTS: homered on Opening Day in Red Sox score first...... 63-27 all-time in Interleague action, just a half game behind 2015 (at PHI) and 2016 (at CLE)...He is 1 of 7 Red Sox to Opponents score first...... 30-42 NYY (.583, 211-151) for the majors’ best record. go deep in consecutive years on Opening Day, but no BOS ...... 5-6 player has ever done so in 3 straight years...In fact, Betts Scoring less than 3 runs...... 5-33 The Sox have won each of their last 5 Interleague has homered in all 4 “opening” games in his career, having Scoring 3 or 4 runs...... 10-21 games at Fenway Park, as well as 14 of their last 16 also a HR in the Sox’ home openers in 2015 and 2016. Scoring 5 or more runs...... 78-15 (.875) and 78 of their last 110 (.709) since 5/22/05. Red Sox hit HR...... 80-46 Red Sox hit 0 HR...... 13-23 TRENDING UPWARD: BOS won 71 games in 2014, 78 1-/2-run games...... 20-24/18-15 SOX & BUCS: The Sox are 5-7 all-time against the Pirates, in 2015, and 93 in 2016...Their 15-win improvement from Walk-offs...... 3-6 including 1-5 since the start of 2011...BOS has hosted the 2015 to 2016 was the largest in the majors...BOS last in- (home/road)...... 2-2/5-2 Bucs at Fenway only once prior to 2017, going 2-1 in 2005. creased its win total in 3 consecutive years from 2001-04 Series openers/finales...... 35-18/29-24 The only postseason meeting between these franchises (82 in 2001, 93 in 2002, 95 in 2003, 98 in 2004). Series W-L-T (home)...... 13-10-3 came in 1903, when the Boston Americans defeated Series W-L-T (road)...... 13-7-7 BACK TO WORK: The Red Sox return each of their top 5 Series W-L-T (total)...... 26-17-10 the Pirates, 5 games to 3, in the 1st modern World Series sweeps (home/road)...... 6-1/5-1 Series between the NL and AL. leaders in runs scored and each of their top 3 leaders in hits Come-from-behind wins...... 37, last 9/30 from a 2016 offense that paced the majors in runs (878), AVG (.282), OBP (.348), SLG (.461), and OPS (.810). OPENING ACT: Rick Porcello is making the 1st Opening VS. THE PIRATES Day start of his career...He has started his club’s 4th game All-Time...... 5-7 of the season 6 times (2009-12, ‘14, ‘16), the 3rd game BETTS & BOGEY: Mookie Betts and each In Boston...... 2-1 once (2013), and the 2nd game once (2015). have 388 hits since the start of 2015, tied for the majors’ In Pittsburgh...... 3-6 2nd-highest total in that time (Altuve-416). Porcello won the 2016 AL Award after leading 2017...... 0-0 the majors in wins (22) and SO/BB ratio (5.91)...The In Boston...... 0-0 Red Sox went 25-8 in his starts last season, including THE REMY REPORT: Jerry Remy enters his 30th season In Pittsburgh...... 0-0 17-3 in his final 20...BOS was 15-1 in his home starts. broadcasting Red Sox games for NESN (1988-2017)...Remy was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006. Porcello has pitched 6.0+ innings in each of his last 18 MOST WINS, RED SOX MANAGERS starts, the majors’ longest active streak. TEAM OF STARS: 11 of the 25 players on the Red Sox’ ac- Rk. Wins 7. ...... 411 CONSECUTIVE STARTS OF 5.0+ IP, RED SOX tive Opening Day roster have made at least 1 All-Star team 8. ...... 345 IN THE LIVE BALL ERA (SINCE 1920) (25 total selections)...4 of 13 position players have won a 9. ...... 339 STARTS YEARS W-L (%) Silver Slugger and 3 have won a Gold Glove...The Sox also 74* 2004-06 40-18 (.690) feature 3 Rookie of the Year honorees, the 2008 AL MVP (Pe- MOST GAMES, RED SOX HISTORY 56 1973-74 34-18 (.654) droia), and the 2016 AL winner (Porcello). Rk. Player Games 41 1991-92 24-11 (.686) In addition, (10-day DL) won the 2012 AL Cy 10. ...... 1,546 Rick Porcello 41 2015-16 26-8 (.765) 11. Dom DiMaggio...... 1,399 *Franchise record (source: Elias) Young Award and is a 5-time All-Star... (10-day DL) earned his 1st All-Star selection in 2016. 12. Dustin Pedroia...... 1,398 PEDEY AND YAZ: Dustin Pedroia is eyeing an 11th straight STREAKY BUSINESS: Mookie Betts did not strike out in OPENING DAY HR, RED SOX HISTORY Opening Day start, all at 2B since 2007...The only Red Sox Rk. Player HR with an Opening Day streak that long at any posi- his final 78 plate appearances of the 2016 regular season, beginning with his final PA on 9/2 vs. BAL...It is the longest 1. Carl Yastrzemski...... 6 tion is Carl Yastrzemski, who started 12 straight years in 2. ...... 5 LF from 1961-72...Jason Varitek (C, 2000-09), such streak by a Red Sox since Wade Boggs went 107 PA 3. Dustin Pedroia...... 4 (3B, 1983-92), and Dwight Evans (RF, 1978-87) had 10-year without a in 1991 (source: Elias). 4. ...... 3 streaks at their respective positions. Robbie Ross Jr. has not allowed a HR to his last 163 left- ...... 3 handed hitters faced (last: Hosmer on 6/19/15 in KC). ...... 3 Only Bobby Doerr (13) has made more Opening Day *Source: David Vincent, SABR starts at 2B for the Red Sox than Pedroia has. The Sox have won each of their last 10 games in which O.D. STARTS AS A RED SOX (1901-2016) Jackie Bradley Jr. hits at least 1 HR (began 7/29/16). Rk. Player Starts THE FIRST TIMERS: This is the 1st career appearance on an has not committed an in his last 1. Carl Yastrzemski...... 22 Opening Day roster for 7 Red Sox: Andrew Benintendi, Heath 52 games at 1B (last: 7/31/16 for TEX vs. KC). 2. Dwight Evans...... 17 Hembree, Eduardo Rodriguez, Robby Scott, Steve Selsky, Ben 3. Jim Rice...... 14 Taylor, and Christian Vazquez...Benintendi and Taylor were begins the 2017 season with the majors’ 4. Bobby Doerr...... 13 selected by the Red Sox less than 2 years ago in the 2015 longest active win streak (12-0 since 8/1/15). Ted Williams...... 13 June Draft (7th and 201st overall, respectively). 6. David Ortiz...... 12 has converted each of his last 19 save ...... 12 Taylor is the only player on the Sox’ active roster chances since 6/4/16, the majors’ 2nd-longest active 7. ...... 11 without any major league service time...He is the 1st streak behind BAL’s Zach Britton (49). 8. Wade Boggs, Dom DiMaggio, Red Sox player to make an O.D. roster as a non-roster Dustin Pedroia, Jason Varitek.... 10 invitee since Jackie Bradley Jr. in 2013, and the 1st SPRING REVIEW: The Red Sox finished their 2017 Grape- Red Sox pitcher to do so since Scott Atchison, Vicente fruit League slate at 18-14-3, only their 6th time earning UPCOMING MILESTONES Padilla, and Justin Thomas in 2012. that many wins in the last 45 years (1973- Rick Porcello...... 1,000 Career (993) 2017)...BOS led the GL in runs scored (201) and AVG (.285), ...... 1,000 Career Games (998) 14 players on the Red Sox’ 25-man roster were also while Sox pitchers paced the league with 306 SO. on the club’s 2016 Opening Day roster. Xander Bogaerts...... 100 Career Doubles (99) UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Tue., 4/4 Off Day - - - - Wed., 4/5 vs. PIT 7:10 p.m. LHP (0-0, ---) RHP Jameson Taillon (0-0, ---) NESN Thu., 4/6 vs. PIT 1:35 p.m. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (0-0, ---) RHP Chad Kuhl (0-0, ---) NESN/MLBN Red Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affiliates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM.

TODAY IN RED SOX HISTORY APRIL 3, 1992 (25 YEARS AGO): The Red Sox played their final spring training game in Winter Haven, FL, beating DET 14-4… Their move to Fort Myers ended a 27-year stretch of playing in Winter Haven.