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BOSTON RED SOX (49-61) vs. NEW YORK YANKEES (56-53) Sunday, August 3, 2014 • 8:00 p.m. ET • Fenway Park, Boston, MA RHP Clay Buchholz (5-7, 5.87) vs. RHP David Phelps (5-5, 3.89) Game #111 • Home Game #58 • TV: ESPN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) LAST NIGHT’S GAME: The Red Sox lost to the Yankees SOX AND YANKS: Tonight the Red Sox and Yankees con- last night at Fenway Park, 6-4, evening the 3-game series at clude a 3-game series in Boston, the clubs’ 2nd set of the REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN 1-1...Allen Webster took the loss in his 2nd ML start of the season at Fenway Park...This is the 13th of 19 regular sea- Overall ..............................................49-61 AL East Standing ....................5th, 12.5 GB season, allowing 4 runs on 2 hits and 6 walks in 2.2 innings. son games between these teams in 2014 (5-7 thus far), 5 of At Home ............................................27-30 Boston took a 3-0 lead with 3 runs in the bottom of which have been played at Fenway Park (2-3). On Road ............................................22-31 the 2nd inning, with 2 runs coming on a homer by In day games .....................................14-18 Mike Napoli, but gave up 4 runs in the top of the 3rd... QUALITY ABUNDANT: The Red Sox’ 63 quality starts this In night games ..................................35-43 year rank 2nd in the AL behind only the A’s (67). March/April .......................................13-14 The Sox scored in the 7th on a sac fl y by David Ortiz. May ...................................................13-15 Yoenis Cespedes went 1-for-4 with a run scored as The club is 1 shy of its total of 64 quality starts through June ..................................................12-16 Boston’s clean-up hitter in his Red Sox debut. 111 games in 2013 (64 QS in fi rst 111 G of 2013). July ....................................................10-15 August ..................................................1-1 vs. AL East .........................................19-31 SOX LATELY: Boston lost yesterday after snapping a KEEPING THE LEAD: The Red Sox are 38-0 this season when leading after 8 innings...Boston is the only major vs. AL Central ....................................16-16 3-game drought on Friday night...The Sox have dropped 9 vs. AL West ............................................8-8 of their last 11 games beginning on 7/22 after winning 8 league team that has not lost when ahead entering the 9th. vs. National League...............................6-6 of 9 from 7/9-21, a stretch that ended with 5 straight wins. Of Boston’s 49 wins, 11 have come in games the club vs. RH starter .....................................31-41 was not leading to begin the 9th inning (22%). vs. LH starter .....................................18-20 IN THE STANDINGS: The Red Sox are in 5th place, 12.5 Leading after 6 innings .......................35-4 KEEP THROWING: Boston leads the majors with 17,003 Tied after 6 innings ...............................8-8 games behind the division-leading Orioles...Boston is 5.0 Trailing after 6 innings ........................6-49 games behind the 4th-place Rays (53-56). pitches seen and is 2nd in MLB with 4.030 P/PA, barely shy Leading after 7 innings .......................37-1 of the Twins’ 4.031 mark. Tied after 7 innings .............................7-13 BUSY DEADLINE: The Red Sox made 4 trades on Thursday Mike Napoli ranks 3rd among MLB qualifiers with Trailing after 7 innings ........................5-47 prior to the non-waiver trade deadline at 4:00 p.m.: 4.46 P/PA...Brock Holt is 6th in the AL (4.21) and Leading after 8 innings .......................38-0 Tied after 8 innings .............................8-12 Acquired OF Yoenis Céspedes and a 2015 competitive Xander Bogaerts is 11th at 4.12. Trailing after 8 innings ........................3-49 balance draft pick from the Athletics for LHP Jon Red Sox score 1st ..............................36-14 Lester, OF Jonny Gomes, and cash considerations. ATOP THE CHARTS: David Ortiz ranks T-4th in the AL with Opponent scores fi rst ........................13-47 25 HR, 3rd with 79 RBI, and T-6th with 46 XBH...He leads Shutouts ..............................................6-11 Acquired OF/1B Allen Craig and RHP Joe Kelly from MLB left-handed hitters in RBI and tops AL left-handed bat- Scoring less than 3 runs ......................6-34 the Cardinals for RHP John Lackey, minor league LHP ters in homers (T-1st in MLB) and XBH (2nd in MLB). Scoring 3 or 4 runs ............................15-16 Corey Littrell, and cash considerations. Scoring 5 or more runs ......................28-11 Ortiz has driven in 6 of Boston’s 15 runs over the last Acquired minor league LHP Eduardo Rodriguez from Red Sox hit HR ..................................30-33 6 games...He has produced 15 of the club’s 40 runs Red Sox hit 0 HR ...............................19-28 the Orioles for LHP Andrew Miller. scored in the last 12 games (38%), with 11 of those 1-run games ......................................21-20 Acquired INF/OF Kelly Johnson from the Yankees for RBI on home runs (28% of the club’s 40 runs scored). 2-run games ........................................7-10 SS Stephen Drew and cash considerations. Walk-offs ...............................................8-7 Ortiz led MLB with 25 RBI in July, his first month atop Extra innings (home) .............................4-4 that chart since July 2006 (35) and his most in any Extra innings (road)...............................2-4 DEALING WITH THE YANKEES: Yesterday’s Kelly John- month since May 2010 (27). Extra innings (total) ..............................6-8 son/Stephen Drew trade was the 1st between the Red Sox Series openers ...................................15-21 and Yankees since 8/13/97, when Boston acquired RHP Tony ARMS IN THE OUTFIELD: Jackie Bradley Jr. (13) and Series fi nales .....................................17-18 Armas Jr. and a player to be named later (RHP Jim Mecir) for Series W-L-T (home) .......................... 8-8-3 newly-acquired Yoenis Cespedes (12) rank 1st and 2nd in C Mike Stanley and INF Randy Brown. Series W-L-T (road) .......................... 6-10-0 the majors in outfi eld assists. Series W-L-T (total) ........................ 14-18-3 Boston’s longest trade drought among MLB teams is Bradley Jr.’s 13 outfield assists are 6 more than any Series sweeps (home) ...........................5-5 now with Tampa Bay...The only trade between the Red other CF...All 12 of Cespedes’ assists are from LF, 3 Series sweeps (road) .............................1-2 Sox and Rays came on 7/21/99, when the Red Sox Series sweeps (total) .............................6-7 more than any other player from that position. acquired RHP Julio Santana for a player to be named Come-from-behind wins ........19, last 7/19 later (LHP Will Silverthorn) and cash. Cespedes’ 31 career OF assists rank 3rd in MLB since Innings batting around......11, last 7/21 (5th) 2012 (Alex Gordon, 40; Gerardo Parra, 33). Games decided in last AB..................15-15 STARS ON THE MOVE: Yoenis Cespedes and Jon Lester, both 2014 All-Stars, are the 1st players to be traded for DOUBLED OFF: Jackie Bradley Jr. picked up his 8th double VS. THE YANKEES each other in-season after being named an All-Star earlier play of the year yesterday, 5 more than any other MLB OF... All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903) ......951-1,145-14 in the year since 8/31/92, when the Athletics sent Jose Can- It is the most DP’s in a season by any OF since 2006 (WSH’s In Boston ...............................522-529-7 seco to the Rangers for Ruben Sierra and 2 others players Alfonso Soriano, 9), and most as a CF since 1996 (MIN’s In New York ........................... 430-616-7 At Yankee Stadium ....................... 27-26 (Source: Elias Sports Bureau). Rich Becker, 8)...The last rookie OF with as many as 8 DP’s in a season was Del Unser in 1968 (10). 2014 vs. Yankees ................................ 5-7 In Boston .......................................... 2-3 SERIES SWAP: The Red Sox and Cardinals became the 1st His 8 double plays are the most by a Red Sox OF since In New York ...................................... 3-4 teams that faced one another in the previous year’s World Dwight Evans in 1975 (8), most by Red Sox CF since DATE H/R SCORE WP LP Sereis to trade players that appeared in that World Series Nemo Leibold in 1921 (8). 4/10 R L1-4 Pineda Buchholz since Cardinals and Twins in 1988...That year, the Cardinals 4/11 R W4-2 Lester Sabathia acquired Tom brunansky from the Twins for Tommy Herr ON THE OFFENSE: The Red Sox rank last in the AL this 4/12 R L4-7 Kuroda Lackey (Source: Elias Sports Bureau). year with both 420 runs scored and 3.82 runs per game. 4/13 R L2-3 Nova Doubront 4/22 H L3-9 Tanaka Lester Boston is 25-15 (.625) when tallying at least 10 hits, 4/23 H W5-1 Lackey Pineda MAINE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME: Today Red Sox Third and 43-26 (.623) record when scoring at least 3 runs. 4/24 H L5-14 Sabathia Doubront Base Coach Brian Butterfi eld was 1 of 9 people inducted 6/27 R L0-6 Nuno Workman 6/28 R W2-1 Lester Tanaka into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in Portland...Butter- CLOSE CALLS: Boston has played an AL-high 41, 1-run fi eld was born in Bangor and resides in Orono. 6/29 R W8-5 Lackey Whitley game this season (21-20), 1 shy of Miami’s MLB-leading 8/1 H W4-3 Ranaudo Capuano 42...The Sox’ 21, 1-run wins rank 2nd in the AL to BAL 8/2 H L4-6 Kelley Webster HOME TALK: Tonight Boston ends a 6-game homestand (22)...KC is the only AL team with more 1-run losses (21).