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Page 1.331.Indd BOSTON RED SOX (0-0) AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES (0-0) Monday, March 31, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. ET • Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD LHP Jon Lester (0-0, ---) vs. RHP Chris Tillman (0-0, ---) Game #1 • Road Game #1 • TV: NESN/ESPN2 • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WWZN 1510 AM (Spanish) FOR THE 114TH TIME: Boston begins its 114th AL season COMEBACK KID: It has been 922 days -- more than 2 and today in Baltimore...The Red Sox are 55-57-1 all-time on a half years -- since Grady Sizemore last played in a major REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN Opening Day (excluding G2 of twinbills in 1903, 1948, 1982). league game on 9/22/11 with the Indians. Overall ............................................. 0-0 AL East Standing ................................--- Boston has taken 4 of 6 season openers beginning in The 3-time All-Star will be the 1st major leaguer with At Home ........................................... 0-0 2008, and 5 of the club’s last 8 starting in 2006. at least 850 games played to return to the big leagues On Road ........................................... 0-0 after a 2-year absence since Carlos Baerga, who was In day games .................................... 0-0 ON THE ROAD: This is the 74th time that the Red Sox have out of MLB from 2000-01 before returning in 2002, In night games ................................. 0-0 opened the regular season on the road (32-40-1), the 4th also with the Red Sox (Source: Elias Sports Bureau). April ................................................. 0-0 year in a row (2011 at TEX, 2012 at DET, and 2013 at NYY). vs. AL East ........................................ 0-0 THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON: The 2013 Red Sox led vs. AL Central ................................... 0-0 Including this year, Boston has opened on the road 16 the AL and tied for the best record in MLB at 97-65 (.599) vs. AL West ....................................... 0-0 of 19 seasons starting in 1996, going 7-8. en route to the franchise’s 8th World Series Championship. vs. National League.......................... 0-0 With an 8-2 Opening Day win last season on 4/1/13, the vs. RH starter .................................... 0-0 The Red Sox won the deciding Game 6 of the 2013 vs. LH starter .................................... 0-0 Sox became the 1st team to open a season with a win World Series over STL in Boston on 10/30...It was the over the Yankees in the Bronx since the 1982 White Sox. Leading after 6 innings .................... 0-0 club’s 1st WS clinch at home in 95 years, since Game Tied after 6 innings .......................... 0-0 6 of the 1918 WS at Fenway Park (2-1 over CHC). Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 0-0 ORIOLE OPENERS: The Sox open against the Orioles for With the 2013 World Series victory, Boston completed Leading after 7 innings .................... 0-0 the 1st time since 4/4/04 (7-2 loss at BAL), and the 11th Tied after 7 innings .......................... 0-0 time overall, having split the 1st 10...Note that in 1955 and the greatest turnaround season in baseball history... No other World Series Champ had a winning pct. the Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 0-0 1982, the Red Sox played their 1st regular season games Leading after 8 innings .................... 0-0 against an Orioles club that had already opened its season. year before as low as Boston’s .426 mark in 2012. Tied after 8 innings .......................... 0-0 Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 0-0 This is just the 3rd opener between these division WHITE HOUSE VISIT: Tomorrow the Red Sox will visit rivals over the 25 seasons beginning in 1990, with all Red Sox score 1st ............................. 0-0 the White House, where they will be honored by President Opponents score fi rst ....................... 0-0 3 of those in the last 14 years (also 2001). Obama for the team’s 2013 World Series Championship. Shutouts ........................................... 0-0 The Sox have lost 3 straight Opening Day games Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 0-0 against BAL since a 2-0 win at Memorial Stadium to REPETITION PROPOSITION: The 2014 Red Sox will at- Scoring 3 or 4 runs ........................... 0-0 begin 1982...They are 2-5 when opening against the tempt to become the 1st team to win back-to-back World Scoring 5 or more runs ..................... 0-0 O’s since taking the 1st 3 in 3 straight years, 1955-57. Series titles since the Yankees won 3 in a row, 1998-2000. Red Sox hit HR ................................. 0-0 The Red Sox have won consecutive World Series titles Red Sox hit 0 HR .............................. 0-0 B-GIN IN B-MORE: This is Boston’s 9th time opening once before, in 1915 and 1916...The only other time 1-run games ..................................... 0-0 against the Orioles franchise in BAL (4-4), with each of the the club won the AL crown in 2 straight years was 2-run games ..................................... 0-0 1903 (won the WS) and 1904 (WS was not played). Walk-offs .......................................... 0-0 past 6 of those games being played in the Charm City (2- Extra innings (home) ........................ 0-0 4)...These clubs last opened at Fenway Park in 1966. THREE OUT OF TEN: The Red Sox have won the World Se- Extra innings (road).......................... 0-0 The Sox’ last 2 Opening Days against the O’s have Extra innings (total) ......................... 0-0 ries in 3 of the last 10 years -- 2004, 2007, 2013 -- following Series openers .................................. 0-0 been at Camden Yards (0-2)...Before that, Boston an 86-year Championship drought...It marks the most titles went 4-2 in its season openers at Memorial Stadium. Series fi nales .................................... 0-0 among MLB teams in the new century. Series W-L-T (home) ......................0-0-0 THE OTHER O’S: On 4/26/1901 the then-Boston Americans Since new ownership took over in 2002, the Red Sox Series W-L-T (road) ........................0-0-0 have won 1,098 games, 2nd in MLB to NYY’s 1,155. Series W-L-T (total) ........................0-0-0 played the franchise’s 1st game on the road against the Series sweeps (home) ...................... 0-0 original Baltimore Orioles, who became the NY Highlanders Series sweeps (road) ........................ 0-0 in 1903, and then the Yankees in 1913...Boston lost 10-6. BACK AT IT: Last year the Sox posted their best team ERA (3.79) since 2002 (3.75)...9 of the 10 pitchers who threw Series sweeps (total) ........................ 0-0 the most innings for Boston in the 2013 regular season are Come-from-behind wins ..................... 0 LEFTY RECORD: Today marks Jon Lester’s 4th career back with the club...The only exception is Ryan Dempster, Innings batting around........................ 0 Opening Day start, all from 2011-14...His 4 straight Opening who announced this spring that he would not pitch in 2014. Games decided in last AB................. 0-0 Day starts pass Babe Ruth (1916-18) and Mel Parnell (1952- 54) for the longest streak by an left-hander in club history. SOPHOMORE SKIPPER: John Farrell led the Red Sox to VS. THE ORIOLES It is the 5th-longest Opening Day streak for a Red Sox the World Championship in 2013, his debut season as Red All-Time vs. O’s (since 1954) .... 527-449 starting pitcher overall, trailing only Pedro Martinez Sox manager...He was named ‘ AL Man- In Boston .................................. 268-217 (7, 1998-2004), Roger Clemens (7, 1988-94), Dennis ager of the Year and fi nished 2nd in BBWAA balloting. In Baltimore ............................. 259-232 Eckersley (5, 1979-83), and Cy Young (5, 1904-08). The only skippers to win a World Series in each of their At Camden Yards ...................... 103-71 fi rst 2 years piloting a team are Ralph Houk (1961-62 OPENING NOTES: David Ortiz has 9 Opening Day starts 2014 vs. Orioles ............................... 0-0 with NYY) and Casey Stengel (1949-53 with NYY). In Boston ........................................ 0-0 for the Red Sox, all at DH (2004-12) and with a 10th today In Baltimore ................................... 0-0 would tie Wade Boggs and Dom DiMaggio for 8th on the MANY RETURNS: Along with Farrell, Boston’s coaching team’s all-time list (Yastrzemski is 1st with 22)...This would staff has returned in its entirety for the 1st time since all be Ortiz’s 12th Opening Day start overall, all at DH, tying 2007 coaches came back for the 2008 season. UPCOMING MILESTONES Don Baylor’s all-time record at the position (1977-88). Milestone Player (current) Dustin Pedroia ranks 2nd among current Red Sox ROTATION REDUX: The expected rotation following Jon 100 HR ............................... Pedroia (99) with 7 Opening Day starts for the team, all at 2B from Lester is: John Lackey (Wed.), Felix Doubront (Thu.), Jake 500 RBI ............................ Pedroia (493) 2007-13...He has the 2nd-most Opening Day starts at Peavy (Fri. vs. MIL), and Clay Buchholz (Sat. vs. MIL). 2B in club history after Bobby Doerr (13). MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Other than Ortiz, Pedroia, and Lester, no current Sox SPRING REVIEW: The Red Sox went 11-17-2 in 30 Grape- fruit League games but won 10 of their last 23 contests. Rk Player HR made an Opening Day start for the club prior to 2013. 42 Juan Gonzalez 434 A.J. Pierzynski has made 13 straight Opening Day Boston topped Grapefruit League teams with 29 HR, Andruw Jones 434 starts (2001-13), the longest active streak at catcher... led by Mike Napoli, who tied for 2nd in the GL with 5. Paul Konerko 434 Only 3 actives have longer streaks overall: Paul Starters LHP Jon Lester (0.71), RHP Jake Peavy (2.13), 45 Cal Ripken Jr.
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