BOSTON RED SOX (4-6) vs. TEXAS RANGERS (8-2) Wednesday, April 17, 2012 • 7:10 p.m. ET • Fenway Park, Boston, MA LHP Jon Lester (0-1, 2.40) RHP Colby Lewis (1-0, 1.42) Game #11 • Home Game #5 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM/850 AM, WWZN 1510 AM (Spanish) HOME COOKING: The Red Sox took 3 of 4 games against STRONG START: David Ortiz is 9-for-16 (.563) with 4 the Rays from Friday through Monday in their 1st home doubles, 1 homer, 8 RBI and 2 walks over his last 4 games, RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall ............................................. 4-6 series of the season after starting the season 1-5 on a including 3 multi-hit efforts and a pair of 3-hit games in AL East Standing ................ 5th, -2.0 GB 6-game, season-opening road trip through Detroit (0-3) that time...Overall, Ortiz is tied for the Major League lead At Home ........................................... 3-1 and Toronto (1-2)...Overall the Sox have won 4 of 7 tilts with 6 doubles and is pacing the AL in AVG (.410)...He also On Road ........................................... 1-5 following an 0-3 start. ranks among the top 3 AL batters in hits (T-2nd, 16), multi- In day games .................................... 3-5 The Red Sox have taken at least 3 of their 1st 4 games at hit games (T-2nd, 5), XBH (T-2nd, 7), RBI (3rd, 10). In night games ................................. 1-1 Fenway Park for the 1st time since going 3-1 to begin their April ................................................. 4-6 home slate in 2007...Boston won its 1st 3 games at home IN THE STANDINGS: The Red Sox are in 5th place in the AL vs. AL East ........................................ 4-3 for the 1st time since 2001 (4-0). East, 2.0 games behind the 1st-place Orioles...Each of Bos- vs. AL Central ................................... 0-3 Boston outscored Tampa Bay 31-12 in 4 games during the ton’s 1st 15 games of the season are against teams that fin- vs. AL West ....................................... 0-0 1st series of the year at Fenway...The Sox scored 31 runs in ished 2011 with a .500 record or better...The current homes- vs. National League.......................... 0-0 the 1st 3 tilts of the series, the club’s most ever in their 1st tand features 10 games vs. teams with 91+ wins last season. vs. RH starter .................................... 2-5 vs. LH starter .................................... 2-1 3 home games of a season. DRAFT ORDER: The 2012 First-Year Player Draft order was Leading after 6 innings .................... 2-1 Tonight Boston continues its 10-day, 9-game home stand announced today...Boston is 1 of 4 clubs with 2 picks in Tied after 6 innings .......................... 1-2 with the 1st of 2 games against Texas...Following Thurs- the 1st round (24th, 31st) and have 3 of the 1st 37 overall. Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 1-3 day’s off-day, the Red Sox welcome the Yankees to Fenway Leading after 7 innings .................... 3-1 Park for 3 games from 4/20-22...This 10-day stretch ties EXPO CLAIMED: Luis Exposito, designated for assignment Tied after 7 innings .......................... 0-0 Boston’s longest at home in 2012, also a 10-day, 10-game by Boston on Sunday, was claimed off waivers by Baltimore. Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 1-5 home stand from 7/30-8/8. Leading after 8 innings .................... 3-1 WEEKLY WINNERS: 3 Red Sox farmhands earned weekly Tied after 8 innings .......................... 0-0 PATRIOTS’ DAY LOSS: The Red Sox yesterday dropped honors in their respective leagues...RHP Ross Ohlendorf was Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 1-5 a 1-0 decision to the Rays on in the annual Patriots’ Day/ Triple-A International League Pitcher of the Week for 4/9-15 Red Sox score 1st ............................. 1-1 Boston Marathon early game (11:05 a.m. start)...The Sox after allowing just 2 hits and 1 walk in a 6.0-inning start Opponents score first ....................... 3-5 fell to 67-50 (.573) all-time on Patriots’ Day, including 26 for Pawtucket on 4/10, an 8-0 win over Lehigh Valley (PHI)... Shutouts ........................................... 0-2 doubleheaders between 1903 and 1966...Boston has won OF Juan Carlos Linares was Double-A Eastern League Player Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 0-4 9 of its last 12 Patriots’ Day contests beginning in 2001. of the Week for 4/5-15 after batting .405 (15-for-37) with 3 Scoring 3 or 4 runs ........................... 1-1 Scoring 5 or more runs ..................... 3-1 Tampa Bay has now accounted for 3 of the last 6 visiting doubles, 3 homers and 8 RBI in the Sea Dogs 1st 11 games... Red Sox hit HR ................................. 3-1 1-0 wins at Fenway Park dating back to 2000...According RHP Matt Barnes was 1-0 with 16 K’s in 10.0 scoreless in- Red Sox hit 0 HR .............................. 1-5 to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only team other than Tampa nings with Single-A Greenville, allowing just 3 hits and 2 1-run games ..................................... 0-3 Bay with 3 1-0 road wins at Fenway over the last 40 years walks over his 1st 2 professional starts for South Atlantic 2-run games ..................................... 2-1 is Oakland, whose 3 wins date back to 1973. League Pitcher of the Week honors during 4/5-15. Walk-offs .......................................... 0-2 Extra innings (home) ........................ 0-0 BATTERS UP: Even after being shut out on 4 hits by the RED SOX REPORT: The team’s official TV show, Red Sox Extra innings (road).......................... 0-1 Rays yesterday, Boston is batting .321 (43-for-134) with 13 Report, debuts every Tuesday on NESN...Tonight’s episode Extra innings (total) ......................... 0-1 doubles and 7 homers in 4 games at Fenway Park in 2012... chronicles the significance Fenway Park’s left field has had Series openers .................................. 2-1 Overall this year, Boston leads the Majors this season with on the park and the club, from Duffy’s Cliff, the Green Mon- Series finales .................................... 0-3 27 doubles and tops the AL in runs (53) and RBI (tied, 51). ster, the Fisk Pole and the Monster Seats, to Ted, Yaz, Rice and Series W-L-T (home) ......................1-0-0 Manny...The show debuts at 5:30 p.m. on NESN and will re- Series W-L-T (road) ........................0-2-0 FENWAY 100: Fenway Park, America’s Most Beloved Ball- air tomorrow at 3:00 and 5:30 p.m., and Friday at 7:00 p.m. Series W-L-T (total) ........................1-2-0 park and the oldest operating Major League ballpark in the Series sweeps (home) ...................... 0-0 United States, is celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2012 with REHAB STINTS: Carl Crawford, on the 15-day DL recover- Series sweeps (road) ........................ 0-1 a series of special events and programs...The club’s matchup ing from left wrist surgery, appeared as designated hitter in Series sweeps (total) ........................ 0-1 with the Yankees on Friday (4/20) marks the 100th anniver- an extended Spring Training game today at Boston’s Fenway Come-from-behind wins ......3, last 4/14 sary of the 1st Major League game played at Fenway Park. South complex in Lee County, FL. Innings batting around...2, last 4/13 (8th) The Red Sox are hosting an open house at Fenway Park Left-hander Andrew Miller, on the 15-day DL with a left Games decided in last AB................. 1-2 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday (4/19), the eve of hamstring strain, struck out all 3 batters faced in a scoreless the ballpark’s 100th birthday...Throughout the day, fans can frame of relief yesterday at Syracuse (WAS), his 5th rehab enter the ballpark free of charge to visit areas not gener- outing (2 with Single-A Greenville, 3 with PawSox)...He has ally accessible to fans, including the Red Sox clubhouse and 9 K’s in 5.0 innings while allowing 4 runs thus far on rehab. VS. THE RANGERS All-Time vs. Texas (since 1972) ..... 217-205 inside the Green Monster, as well as walk around the field’s Lefty Rich Hill, on the 15-day DL while recovering from In Boston .................................... 128-82 warning track...Autograph sessions featuring returning Red left elbow surgery, made his 4th rehab appearance last In Texas ...................................... 89-123 Sox alumni will be conducted every hour on the half hour... night, fanning 2 in a scoreless, 1.0-inning start for High-A Concession stands will also be open. 2011 vs. Rangers .............................. 4-6 Salem vs. Lynchburg (ATL)...He has a 1.80 ERA (1 ER/5.0 In Boston .......................................... 1-2 IP) with 10 K’s and 1 walk over his 4 rehab appearances (2 In Texas ............................................ 3-4 VS. THE RANGERS: Boston opens a 2-game set against with Single-A Greenville and 2 with Salem) and is slated to Texas tonight, the 1st of 8 contests with the Rangers in pitch again for Salem tomorrow night vs. Lynchburg. 2012...The Sox travel to Texas just once in 2012 from 7/23- 25...The Rangers return to Boston for 3 games from 8/6-8. BOBBY V. AT THE HELM: Bobby Valentine is in his 1st sea- Tonight’s game marks the earliest in the calendar year son as Red Sox manager...A veteran of more than 40 years UPCOMING MILESTONES the Red Sox have hosted the Rangers since 1988, when the in pro baseball, he has previously managed parts of 15 Ma- Milestone Player (current) club’s met 1st for the 1st time at Fenway Park on 4/15.