BOSTON RED SOX (4-5) at NEW YORK YANKEES (4-5) Thursday, April 10, 2014 • 7:05 p.m. ET • Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY RHP Clay Buchholz (0-0, 12.46 ERA) vs. RHP Michael Pineda (0-1, 1.50) Game #10 • Road Game #4 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox defeated the Rangers IN HOMAGE: Red Sox SS Xander Bogaerts wears No. 2 in 4-2 last night to improve to 2-0 in rubber games this sea- honor of Yankees SS Derek Jeter, who is playing his 20th REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN son...It marked Boston’s 1st series victory of 2014 at home and fi nal ML season in 2014...Bogaerts is entering his 1st Overall ............................................. 4-5 in their 2nd home set...The Sox have now taken 2 of 3 series full ML season this year at age 21, while Jeter began his 1st AL East Standing ...............T-3rd, 1.0 GB to start the season wrapped around a 3-game sweep at the full ML season as a 21-year-old in 1996. At Home ........................................... 2-4 On Road ........................................... 2-1 hands of the Brewers to begin the home slate. Both received help learning the position from current In day games .................................... 1-3 Red Sox Third Base Coach Brian Butterfi eld. In night games ................................. 3-2 THROUGH NINE: At 4-5, Boston is 1 win off the pace of April ................................................. 4-5 the 2013 team, which started 5-4...The Sox also dropped SOX AND YANKS: Tonight marks the 1st of 19 regular vs. AL East ........................................ 2-1 at least 5 of their first 9 games in each of the 5 seasons vs. AL Central ................................... 0-0 preceding 2013, starting 4-5 in 2012, 2-7 in 2011, 4-5 in season games between the Sox and Yankees in 2014...They will next meet for a 3-game set in Boston from 4/22-24. vs. AL West ....................................... 2-1 2010, 3-6 in 2009, and 4-5 in 2008. vs. National League.......................... 0-3 With a 13-6 record against New York in 2013, the vs. RH starter .................................... 2-4 HIT THE ROAD: Boston begins its 1st multi-series road trip Sox became the 1st team to win 13 or more games vs. LH starter .................................... 2-1 of the season tonight with the 1st of 4 games at Yankee against the Yankees in a single season since the 1976 Leading after 6 innings .................... 4-0 Stadium...After Monday’s offday, the Sox end the 8-day, Orioles (13-5)...The Red Sox hadn’t won as many Tied after 6 innings .......................... 0-3 7-game trek with 3 contests at the White Sox in Chicago. games against the Yankees since 1973 (14-4). Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 0-2 Leading after 7 innings .................... 3-0 Boston opened the season on the road, winning 2 of The Sox went 7-3 in the Bronx last season, matching Tied after 7 innings .......................... 1-2 3 in Baltimore over a 4-day stretch from 3/30-4/3. their most wins here since the 1912 team won 8 times Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 0-3 in the Bronx (also 7-2 in 2011). Leading after 8 innings .................... 4-0 FOUR SO FAR: This season, the Sox have won all 4 times In 2013, the Red Sox fi nished 12.0 games ahead of Tied after 8 innings .......................... 0-2 they’ve scored 1st and are 0-5 when the opponent scores the Yankees, Boston’s largest season-ending lead over Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 0-3 1st...Boston is 4-0 when leading after the 6th inning. New York since the Sox fi nished 1991 in 2nd place, Red Sox score 1st ............................. 4-0 With 4 wins the Sox are 1 shy of the most in the 13.0 games ahead of the 5th-place Yanks. Opponents score fi rst ....................... 0-5 American League, shared by 6 AL teams...Boston is 1 Shutouts ........................................... 0-1 Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 0-3 of 7 teams with 4 wins, and 2 other clubs have 3 wins. KOJI MANIA: Koji Uehara has allowed no runs in 5 out- Scoring 3 or 4 runs ........................... 2-0 ings this season (5.0 IP), giving up a total of just 3 hits and Scoring 5 or more runs ..................... 2-2 KEEPING IT CLOSE: Boston has lost 5 games, including a no walks with 7 strikeouts. Red Sox hit HR ................................. 2-3 pair of 1-run decisions (Saturday night vs. MIL, Opening Day In his last 55 games since the start of July 2013, Red Sox hit 0 HR .............................. 2-2 at BAL)...2 losses have come in their opponents’ last at-bat including postseason and regular season, Uehara 1-run games ..................................... 1-2 (Friday and Saturday night vs. MIL). has allowed only 2 ER in 59.0 innings for a 0.31 ERA, 2-run games ..................................... 1-0 surrendering just 22 hits and 2 walks (.112 AVG, .121 Walk-offs .......................................... 0-0 DAVID IS CLUTCH: Last night David Ortiz turned a 2-1 OBP) while striking out 75 batters (11.4 SO/9.0 IP)...In Extra innings (home) ........................ 0-1 Extra innings (road).......................... 0-0 defi cit into an eventual 4-2 win with a 3-run homer in the that span he has converted 26 of his 27 save chances. bottom of the 8th inning...Since Ortiz joined the Red Sox in Extra innings (total) ......................... 0-1 Series openers .................................. 1-2 2003, he has hit 29 go-ahead homers in the 7th inning or ROOKIES ROLLING: Red Sox rookies Jackie Bradley Jr. later during the regular season...He is tied with Adam Dunn Series fi nales .................................... 2-1 (.400 AVG, .478 OBP) and Xander Bogaerts (.290 AVG, .405 Series W-L-T (home) ......................1-1-0 for the most such homers in MLB over that span. OBP) have combined for a .333 AVG (17-for-51) with 4 Series W-L-T (road) ........................1-0-0 doubles, 5 RBI, 9 walks, and 10 runs scored. Series W-L-T (total) ........................2-1-0 KNOCKS ENOUGH: Despite being held to a season-low Series sweeps (home) ...................... 0-1 Yesterday 23-year-old Bradley Jr. (0-for-0, 3 BB) and 4 hits yesterday, the Red Sox offense has totaled 86 hits Series sweeps (road) ........................ 0-0 on the season, tied with the Orioles for 2nd in the AL after 21-year-old Bogaerts (0-for-2, 2 BB) became the 1st Series sweeps (total) ........................ 0-1 the White Sox (93)...Boston’s .277 AVG ranks 3rd in the AL. pair of Red Sox age 23 or younger to each draw multi- Come-from-behind wins ........1, last 4/9 walks in a game since 7/27/75 at NYY (G2), when Innings batting around........................ 0 SCORING STORY: Despite all the hits, Boston’s average Dwight Evans and Fred Lynn both did it at age 23. Games decided in last AB................. 1-2 of 3.9 runs scored per game ranks 10th in the AL...The Sox THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON: The 2013 Red Sox led are hitting .277 on the season but just .215 (17-for-79) with the AL and tied for the best record in MLB at 97-65 (.599) VS. THE YANKEES runners in scoring position, 9th in the AL. en route to the franchise’s 8th World Series Championship. All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903) ....947-1,138-14 The Red Sox have grounded into 17 double plays this In Boston .............................520-526-7 With the 2013 World Series victory, Boston completed In New York .........................427-612-7 season, the most in the majors and the most by a Red the greatest turnaround season in baseball history... Sox team this early in a season in the last 100 years At Yankee Stadium ..................... 24-22 No other World Series Champ had a winning pct. the 2013 vs. Yankees ............................ 13-6 beginning in 1914...Colorado ranks 2nd in MLB with year before as low as Boston’s .426 mark in 2012. 13 GIDP and the Royals are the 2nd in the AL with 10. In Boston ........................................ 6-3 In New York .................................... 7-3 REPETITION PROPOSITION: The 2014 Red Sox are at- 4 FOR THE WIN: Yesterday the Sox defeated the Rang- tempting to become the 1st team to win back-to-back ers 4-2 at Fenway despite tallying a season-low 4 hits, the World Series titles since NYY won 3 in a row, 1998-2000. UPCOMING MILESTONES club’s fewest in the regular season since 9/17/13 vs. BAL. Milestone Player (current) The Red Sox have won consecutive World Series titles The 4 hits marked Boston’s fewest in a win over 100 HR ............................... Pedroia (99) once before, in 1915 and 1916...The only other time 500 RBI ............................ Pedroia (493) Texas since 7/25/88 at TEX, a 2-0 shutout by Roger the club won the AL crown in 2 straight years was Clemens...It tied the club’s fewest hits ever in a 1903 (won the WS) and 1904 (WS was not played). MLB All-Time Player (current) win over the Rangers in Boston for a 2nd time, also G as DH, 1st (Baines, 1,643) ......Ortiz (1,631) 6/12/77 in a 2-0 shutout by Luis Tiant. THREE OUT OF TEN: The Red Sox have won the World Se- ries in 3 of the last 10 years -- 2004, 2007, 2013 -- following MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST ON THE ROAD AGAIN: In 2013, the Red Sox went 44-37 an 86-year Championship drought...It marks the most titles Rk Player HR (.543) on the road, tying with OAK (also 44-37) for the 2nd- among MLB teams in the new century.