BOSTON RED SOX (29-39) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (32-34) Friday, June 19, 2015 • 8:10 p.m. ET • Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2-1, 3.55) vs. RHP Yohan Pino (0-1, 0.64) Game #69 • Road Game #35 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Red Sox won in Atlanta last ROYAL MATCHUPS: This 3-game set is Boston’s only se- night, 5-2, rounding out their 4-game series with a split ries of the season at Kauffman Stadium...The Sox host the REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN at each location...5 of the game’s 7 runs scored in the 6th Royals at Fenway Park for 4 games from 8/20-23. Overall ..............................................29-39 AL East Standing ......................5th, 9.0 GB (3 scored by BOS, 2 by ATL), with all 5 of those unearned. Boston went 6-1 (.857) against the Royals last year, At Home ............................................16-18 The fi rst 9 Red Sox were retired in order by Shelby outscoring the AL Champions 32-21...It was the best On Road ............................................13-21 Miller before Brock Holt tripled to lead off the 4th record among all teams against KC last season...The In day games .....................................11-13 and later scored on a David Ortiz groundout...Boston Sox took all 3 games in Boston and 3 of 4 here in KC... In night games ..................................18-26 April ..................................................12-10 chased Miller with 3 runs on 5 hits in the 6th...With It also matched the Sox’ best ever mark against the May .................................................. 10-19 his 2nd hit in as many innings, Mookie Betts doubled Royals (also 6-1 in 2008). June ....................................................7-10 in Holt to extend the lead in the 7th. Boston has won 4 of its last 6 road games against the vs. AL East .........................................10-21 Starter Clay Buchholz did not allow an ER in 7.0 Royals beginning on 8/10/13, and the club is 16-12 at vs. AL Central ........................................2-5 vs. AL West ..........................................11-9 innings and picked up the win, while also working Kauffman Stadium beginning in 2007. vs. National League...............................6-4 a 10-pitch AB in the 5th (SO)...His last 7 starts (2.42 vs. RH starter .....................................21-28 ERA, 13 ER/48.1 IP) have lowered his season ERA A-OK AT THE K: In 23 career road games against the Roy- vs. LH starter .......................................8-11 to 3.87...He has not allowed an ER in his last 15.0 als, Dustin Pedroia is batting .381 (32-for-84) with 5 2B, 3 Leading after 6 innings .......................22-3 Interleague IP dating back to 9/17/14 at PIT (4th)... HR, 16 RBI, and 18 BB...His .491 OBP here is the best all- Tied after 6 innings ...............................3-7 Tommy Layne pitched a scoreless 8th and Koji Uehara time mark at Kauffman Stadium (min. 100 PA), while the Trailing after 6 innings ........................4-29 notched his 14th save with a perfect 9th. .381 AVG ranks 2nd among actives to Erick Aybar (.383). Leading after 7 innings .......................23-1 Tied after 7 innings ...............................4-7 Trailing after 7 innings ........................2-33 SOX LATELY: Boston has won 2 of its last 3 following a ON THE ROAD: Last night’s win snapped a 7-game road Leading after 8 innings .......................24-1 season-long 7-game losing streak from 6/9-16...The Sox losing streak in which the Sox managed to score just 16 Tied after 8 innings ...............................4-4 have scored 16 runs and tallied 36 hits in the past 3 games, runs...It was the Sox’ longest slide on the road since they Trailing after 8 innings ........................0-34 batting .330 with 7 2B, 4 3B, and 2 HR, but have been out- dropped their last 8 road games of 2012...Boston now has Red Sox score fi rst ...............................20-9 scored 58-44 in going 2-8 over their last 10 games. 2 wins in its last 13 road games dating back to 5/17. Opponents score fi rst ..........................9-30 Shutouts ................................................5-5 All but 1 of the 8 losses in that span are by 3 runs, and Overall this season, the Sox have averaged an AL-low Scoring less than 3 runs ......................5-21 3 of those losses came in 1-run games...During this 3.4 runs scored per game on the road (115 R/34 G) Scoring 3 or 4 runs ................................6-9 10-game stretch, club hurlers have an AL-high 5.52 compared to 4.4 R/G at home (150 R/34 G). Scoring 5 or more runs ........................18-9 ERA (54 ER/88.0 IP). Red Sox hit HR ..................................21-22 Red Sox hit 0 HR .................................8-17 BROCK STARRING: Brock Holt batted leadoff last night 1-run games ........................................9-10 STATE OF THE SOX: Boston enters its 11th of 14 straight and scored all 3 times he reached base, going 2-for-4 with 2-run games ..........................................6-8 days with a scheduled game (2-8 thus far)...Tonight’s game a triple and a walk...He has hit .319 (51-for-160) on the Walk-offs ...............................................2-4 is the 3rd in a stretch in which 12 of 15 contests will be on season and ranks 4th in the AL with a .408 OBP (min. 150 Extra innings (home) .............................0-1 the road (1-1 thus far)...The club has its shortest homestand PA)...In 6 leadoff starts, he has gone 14-for-27 (.519). Extra innings (road)...............................2-1 of the season next week, a 3-gamer against Baltimore be- Extra innings (total) ..............................2-2 ginning Tuesday. Holt has started each of Boston’s last 13 games at RF Series openers .....................................13-9 (5), LF (2), 3B (2), 1B (2), and 2B (2)...In those games Series fi nales .......................................9-13 With yesterday’s win, Boston improved to 29-39 he has a .408 AVG/.500 OBP/.633 SLG line (20-for-49, Series W-L-T (home) .......................... 4-5-3 (.426)...With Oakland falling to 29-40 (.420), the Sox 4 2B, 2 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 9 BB) while leading the majors Series W-L-T (road) ............................3-6-2 are out of the AL cellar...They are 10 games under with 29 times on base. Series W-L-T (total) ..........................7-11-5 .500, 1 shy of their season-worst mark. Series sweeps (home) ...........................1-1 Holt has 44 starts this year, including 28 in the team’s Series sweeps (road) .............................0-2 The Sox are in 5th place for a season-high 10th last 35 contests...For the 2nd straight season, he has Series sweeps (total) .............................1-3 straight day and are a season-high-tying 9.0 games made starts at these 7 positions: 1B (2), 2B (3), 3B Come-from-behind wins ............9, last 6/7 back (also after Monday’s loss), trailing the 1st-place (11), SS (5), LF (6), CF (2), and RF (15)...His starts have Innings batting around.....7, last 6/12 (1st) Rays (.559, 38-30). come in these spots in the batting order 1st (6), 2nd Games decided in last AB......................6-6 (12), 6th (6), 7th (12), 8th (7), and 9th (1). BOOMING JUNE: Boston’s offense leads the AL with 163 On Tuesday vs. ATL, he became the fi rst Red Sox to hit VS. THE ROYALS hits and 34 doubles in the month of June...The Sox are bat- for the cycle since John Valentin on 6/6/96 vs. CWS... All-Time vs. Royals ..............227-224 In Boston .................................126-100 ting .280 (163-for-582) this month, 2nd best in the AL be- He was the fi rst major leaguer to do it this season. hind TOR (.288)...Boston hit .245 in April and .237 in May. In Kansas City ......................... 101-124 At Kauffman Stadium ................91-110 Since the start of June, Dustin Pedroia, Brock Holt, FROM THE TOP: This season, Dustin Pedroia ranks 7th in Mookie Betts, David Ortiz, Xander Bogaerts, and the AL in AVG (.307, 81-for-264) and is 13th in OBP (.369)... 2014 vs. Royals ............................6-1 Pablo Sandoval have combined to bat .327 (109-for- Since taking over as Boston’s leadoff hitter on 5/23, he has In Boston .........................................3-0 In Kansas City ................................. 3-1 333) with 23 2B, 4 3B, 9 HR, 41 RBI, and 28 BB for a hit safely in 21 of those 24 games with a .350 AVG (2nd in .379 OBP, .501 SLG, and .881 OPS. AL) and a .389 OBP (11th in AL). UPCOMING MILESTONES Of those 6 players, all are hitting at least .300 during Pedroia is 6th in the AL in AVG (.332, 64-for-193 AB) Milestone Player (current) the month aside from Ortiz (.255), who leads the since 4/26 after entering that stretch with a .239 clip. 500 BB ..................................Pedroia (499) team in June with 3 HR and 11 RBI. 500 BB ...................................Napoli (494) STAN, WILLIE, MURRAY, AND PAPI: David Ortiz is sit- 500 G ...................................Breslow (498) X MARKS THE SPOT: Xander Bogaerts, who singled to ting on 475 career homers, tied with Hall of Famers Stan Sox All-Time List Player (current) drive in a run from third base last night, has hits in 9 of his Musial and Willie Stargell for 29th in MLB history...Ortiz’s SB, 7th (Parent, 129) .............Pedroia (126) last 18 AB with RISP dating back to 6/3 (.500)...Overall this 559 career doubles are 1 shy of tying Hall of Famer Eddie H, 10th (Malzone, 1,454) .......Pedroia (1,452) season, he leads the team and ranks 7th in the AL with a Murray and Jeff Kent (560 each) for 24th all-time.