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BOSTON RED SOX SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES Boston Red Sox (6-11) vs. Minnesota Twins (9-8-2) Wednesday, March 13, 2019 • jetBlue Park at Fenway South • Lee County, FL Game Coverage: WEEI 850 AM • Twitter: @BostonRedSoxPR; @SoxNotes STATE OF THE SOX: Following a 3-game winning COAST TO COAST: The Red Sox’ regular season will streak, the Red Sox have lost each of their last 6 games... begin with an 11-game road trip in SEA (3/28-31), OAK DAYS UNTIL... In those 6 losses, the Sox were out-scored by a 44-10 (4/1-4), and ARI (4/5-7)...Following their Grapefruit Leaving Fenway South: 11 margin and out-hit, 75-31. League schedule in Florida, the Sox will travel to Mesa, (Sun., Mar. 24) During spring training in 2018, the Sox went 1-6-1 AZ, for 2 games against the Cubs on 3/25 & 3/26. from 3/3-11...They then won 14 of their remaining 15 Opening Day: 15 (Thu., Mar. 28 at SEA) games heading into the regular season. ROSTER MOVES: Yesterday, the Red Sox optioned 4 players to Triple-A Pawtucket: INF Michael Chavis, LHP Josh Taylor, Home Opener: 27 YESTERDAY’S NEWS: Yesterday, the Red Sox were dealt and RHPs Travis Lakins and Chandler Shepherd...They also (Tue., Apr. 9 vs. TOR) optioned RHP Denyi Reyes to Double-A Portland. a 4-3 loss by the Tigers here at jetBlue Park...David Price London Series: 108 made his spring training debut and allowed 2 runs in 3.0 In addition, 6 players were reassigned to minor league (Sat.-Sun., 6/29-30 vs. NYY) IP (2 H, 2 BB, 4 SO)...Matt Barnes, Bobby Poyner, Erasmo camp: C Austin Rei, OF Rusney Castillo, INF Tony Ramírez, and Jenrry Mejia each threw a scoreless inning. Renda, 1B Josh Ockimey, and RHPs Mike Shawaryn Regular Season Finale: 200 and Carson Smith. (Sun., 9/29 vs. BAL) NATHAN’S FAMOUS: Nathan Eovaldi is making his The Sox have 47 players in ML Spring Training 1st appearance of spring training today...His last outing camp: 33 on their 40-man roster and 14 non-roster IN CAMP: The Red Sox have 47 came in Game 3 of the World Series, when he threw 97 invitees...In 2018, 44 players appeared in at least 1 players in Major League Spring game for the Sox (23 pitchers, 21 position players). pitches in relief and allowed 2 runs (1 ER) from the 12th- Training Camp: 21 pitchers (5 NRI), 18th innings, the longest game in World Series history. 5 catchers (2 NRI), 13 infielders (3 Acquired by BOS on 7/25, Eovaldi posted a 3.33 ERA SILVER SLUGGER: J.D. Martinez singled in the 1st inning NRI), and 8 outfielders (4 NRI). (20 ER/54.0 IP) over 12 regular season appearances yesterday, after beginning his spring training 0-for-13...In (11 starts) with the Sox...In his Postseason debut, he 2018, he hit 0 HR in 49 spring training plate appearances; won both of his starts and made 4 relief appearances, he then hit 43 HR in the regular season, the most ever by a RED SOX SPRING LEADERS posting a 1.61 ERA (4 ER/22.1 IP) with 16 SO and 3 BB. Red Sox player in his 1st season with the club. Hitting Stat Leader Eovaldi faced the Twins twice in 2018, once as a In 2018, Mookie Betts was hitless in his first 16 Hits .........................................Devers (11) member of the Rays on 7/13 (2.2 IP, 8 R) and again as spring training at-bats before going on to win AL Runs ..... Brentz, Chavis, De La Guerra (6) a member of the Red Sox on 7/29 (7.0 IP, 0 R, 0 BB). MVP and leading MLB in AVG (.346) and SLG (.640). RBI ..................................... Chavis (10) Doubles ......................................Lin (4) CHAIRMAN’S CUP: The 2019 Chairman’s Cup between DUSTIN TIME: Dustin Pedroia made his 2019 spring HR ........................................ Chavis (4) the Red Sox and Twins continues today with the 5th of 7 debut on 3/7 vs. MIN, 282 days after his last game with AVG (min. 10 AB) ............Devers (.423) meetings between the teams (tied, 2-2). the Red Sox (5/29/18 vs. TOR)...In 3 games so far this OBP (min. 10 AB) .............Núñez (.444) The Red Sox and Twins are tied, 12-12-2, in the yearly spring, Pedroia is 2-for-4 with a run scored. SLG (min. 10 AB) ............. Chavis (.818) series, which began in 1993...Minnesota owns a 76- Pedroia is entering his 14th season with the Red Sox...The 71-1 edge in those contests. only other players entering at least their 14th consecutive Pitching Stat Leader MAYOR’S/CHAIRMAN’S CUP YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS season with their current team are Yadier Molina (STL, Innings ....................4 players tied (8.0) 16th), Felix Hernández (SEA, 15th), Adam Wainwright Year Winner Year Winner Appearances ................7 players tied (5) (STL, 15th), and Ryan Zimmerman (WSH, 15th). 1993 Minnesota 2006 Minnesota ERA (min. 5.0 IP).....Hernandez, Walden (1.13) 1994 Minnesota 2007 Boston Strikeouts ......Hernandez, Ramírez (11) 1995 Minnesota 2008 Boston WIN, DANCE, REPEAT: The Red Sox’ starting outfield 1996 Minnesota 2009 Boston alignment on Opening Day was the same in 2018 as it was HOW THEY WERE OBTAINED 1997 Boston 2010 Boston in 2017: LF Andrew Benintendi, CF Jackie Bradley Jr., and (RED SOX 40-MAN ROSTER) 1998 Boston 2011 Minnesota RF Mookie Betts...The last time BOS started the same OF alignment on O.D. in 3+ consecutive seasons was 1983-86 Amateur Draft Picks (14) 1999 Boston 2012 Boston (LF Jim Rice, CF Tony Armas, RF Dwight Evans). Barnes (2011-1st round), Benintendi 2000 Minnesota 2013 Boston (2015-1st round), Betts (2011-5th 2001 Minnesota 2014 TIE round), Bradley Jr. (2011-compensa- 2002 Minnesota 2015 Boston LONDON CALLING: The Red Sox and Yankees will play tion round), Chavis (2014-1st round), 2003 Minnesota 2016 Minnesota a 2-game series in London in 2019 (Sat.-Sun., 6/29-30)... 2004 Boston 2017 TIE The Sox will serve as the home team for both games, to Johnson (2012-1st round), Lakins be played at London Stadium...The London Series will (2015-6th round), Pedroia (2004- 2005 Minnesota 2018 Boston mark MLB’s 1st games played in Europe. 2nd round), Poyner (2015-14th SOX & TWINS: The Red Sox and Twins will face each The Sox last played a game outside of the U.S. and round), Shepherd (2014-13th round), other 6 times during the 2019 regular season, with 3 Canada in 2008, when they opened the season with Swihart (2011-1st round), Travis games scheduled for 6/17-19 at Target Field, and 3 2 games against the A’s at Japan’s Tokyo Dome. (2014-2nd round), Vázquez (2008-9th games set for 9/3-5 at Fenway Park. round), Workman (2010-2nd round). BOS defeated MIN in the 2018 season series (4-3)... YEAR IN REVIEW: The Red Sox won the 2018 World Series, going 119-57 between the regular season and Postseason... By Trade (10) The Sox hold a 313-311 edge since the Twins moved Brewer (From SD, Nov. 2018), to Minnesota prior to the 1961 season. They went 108-54 (.667) and set a single-season franchise record for wins, surpassing the previous mark of 105 (1912). Hembree (From SF, July 2014), The Sox finished with sole possession of MLB’s best M. Hernández (From CHC, Dec. HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE: The Red Sox have sold out 2014), Holt (From PIT, Dec. 2012), each of their last 130 home Grapefruit League games, includ- record for the 5th time (also 1903, 1912, 1915, 1946). The Sox went 11-3 in the Postseason, defeating the León (From WSH, Mar. 2015), ing each of their final 10 at City of Palms Park and all 120 at Porcello (From DET, Dec. 2014), jetBlue Park since its opening in 2012...The Sox have sold out Yankees (100-62), Astros (103-59), and Dodgers (92-71). 233 of their last 234 home Grapefruit League games. Rodriguez (From BAL, July 2014), Sale (From CWS, Dec. 2016), Taylor The Red Sox are in their 8th spring at the Fenway South TEAM OF THE CENTURY: The Red Sox have won 4 of the Spring Training and Player Development Complex in last 15 World Series titles (2004, ‘07, ‘13, ‘18), more than any (From ARI, May 2018), Thornburg Fort Myers, FL (2012-19)...This is the 27th consecutive other team in this century...They became the 3rd franchise to (From MIL, Dec. 2016). season the Sox have called Fort Myers their Spring win 4 World Series in a 15-year span, joining LAD (1955, ’59, Free Agents (8) Training home (1993-2019), having played at City ’63, ’65) and NYY (most recently 1996, ’98, ’99, 2000). Brasier (March 2018), Eovaldi (Dec. of Palms Park through 2011...Winter Haven, FL also 2018), Pearce (Nov. 2018), Martinez hosted the club for 27 years (1966-92). COACHING CONSISTENCY: Each member of the Red Sox’ (Feb. 2018), Moreland (Dec. 2017), 2018 coaching staff has returned for the 2019 season. Núñez (Feb. 2018), Price (Dec. 2015), BACK TO BACK: The Red Sox are attempting to win back- In 2018, Alex Cora became the 5th individual to win Walden (Dec. 2016). to-back World Series titles for the 2nd time in franchise a World Series in his 1st season as a manager...Ralph history (1915-16)...They also won consecutive AL pennants Houk (1961-62 Yankees) is the only manager ever to do International Free Agents (5) in 1903 (won WS) and 1904 (no WS played).