BOSTON RED SOX (0-0) vs. DETROIT TIGERS (0-0) Saturday, October 12, 2013 • 8:07 p.m. ET • Fenway Park, Boston, MA LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 2.35) vs. RHP Anibal Sanchez (0-1, 10.38) ALCS Game 1 • TV: FOX • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, ESPN Radio, WUFC 1510 AM (Spanish) FOR THE PENNANT: The Red Sox have reached the ALCS SOX AND TIGERS: The Red Sox went 3-4 in 7 regular POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE for the 1st time since 2008 and the 10th time in team his- season games against the Tigers, despite outscoring Detroit The 2013 Red Sox Postseason Media tory since the start of divisional play in 1969. 43-35...Boston won 2 of their 3 meetings at Fenway from Guide is currently available online at This is the 5th time that the Red Sox have reached the 9/2-4...Despite losing 10 of their last 19 matchups begin- http://pressroom.redsox.com. ALCS since 2003 (2003-04, 2007-08, 2013), tying NYY ning 5/29/11, Boston owns the AL’s best regular season re- for the most ALCS appearances in that 11-year span. cord against the Tigers since 2008 at 27-16 (.628). REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN The Sox won the pennant in 2 of their last 3 trips to Boston tallied a .520 SLG and .902 OPS against the ALCS -- 2004 and 2007 -- and swept the World Detroit, Boston’s 2nd-best marks against an AL Overall ........................................... 97-65 Series both years. team in 2013 (.554 SLG, .965 OPS vs. Houston), and AL East Standing ....................1st, 5.5 GA Detroit’s worst mark among any team this year. At Home ......................................... 53-28 On Road ......................................... 44-37 RED SOX ALCS HISTORY The Red Sox won 20-4 in their last meeting with the In day games .................................. 28-15 YEAR OPP. ALCS RESULT WS RESULT Tigers on 9/4 in Boston...It was Boston’s most runs in In night games ............................... 69-50 1975 OAK W3-0 L3-4 a game since a 25-6 win over the Marlins on 6/27/03... April ................................................. 18-8 1986 CAL W4-3 L3-4 The Sox matched a franchise record with 8 home runs. May ................................................ 15-15 1988 OAK L0-4 --- June ............................................... 17-11 1990 OAK L0-4 --- July ................................................. 15-10 1999 NYY L1-4 --- DEADLINE DEAL: The Red Sox acquired RHPs Jake Peavy August ........................................... 16-12 2003 NYY L3-4 --- from the White Sox and Brayan Villarreal from the Tigers as September ........................................ 16-9 2004 NYY W4-3 W4-0 part of a 3-team, 7-player trade on 7/30...Boston sent SS vs. AL East ...................................... 44-32 2007 CLE W4-3 W4-0 Jose Iglesias and 3 minor leaguers to Detroit...OF Avisail vs. AL Central ................................. 19-15 2008 TB L3-4 --- Garcia went from Detroit to Chicago. vs. AL West ..................................... 20-12 2013 DET --- --- vs. National League.......................... 14-6 JON ON THE SPOT: Tonight Jon Lester will start Game 1 vs. RH starter .................................. 65-43 vs. LH starter .................................. 32-22 GOING THE DISTANCE: Each of Boston’s last 4 ALCS of a postseason series for the 4th time in his career...He will Leading after 6 innings .................... 77-7 since 2003 have gone the full 7 games...No other ALCS pass Josh Beckett, Roger Clemens, and Pedro Martinez (3 Tied after 6 innings .......................... 9-10 have gone the distance since a Red Sox win in 1986. each) for the most Game 1 starts in team history. Trailing after 6 innings ................... 11-48 Lester is 2-1 with a 2.18 ERA (5 ER/20.2 IP) and 19 Leading after 7 innings .................... 78-5 OPEN IT UP: Boston is 17-13 all-time in the opening game Tied after 7 innings .......................... 11-9 strikeouts in his 3 career Game 1 outings, all quality Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 7-51 of a postseason set (8-5 at home)...The Sox have won 6 of starts (ALDS in 2008, 2009, 2013). their last 7 series openers in the postseason starting with Leading after 8 innings .................... 81-3 the 2007 ALDS...In Game 1 of an ALCS, the Red Sox are 4-5 Tied after 8 innings .......................... 10-8 LEADING OFF: Among batters with at least 5 AB, Ellsbury Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 5-53 (2-3 at home), but have taken 3 of their last 4. leads the 2013 postseason with a .500 AVG (9-for-18)...He Red Sox score 1st ........................... 67-19 also tops postseason leaderboards with 7 runs and 4 SB. Opponents score fi rst ..................... 30-46 ALDS RECAP: Boston defeated the Rays in 4 games to Shutouts ........................................... 8-11 claim their 6th ALDS victory, with all 6 in their last 8 trips to Ellsbury’s stolen base in Game 4 of the ALDS was the Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 5-33 the ALDS...The Sox outscored Tampa Bay 26-12 in the series, 9th of his career in the postseason, passing Johnny Scoring 3 or 4 runs ......................... 17-21 with the only loss by 1 run on a Game 3 walk-off. Damon (8) for the most in club history. Scoring 5 or more runs ................... 75-11 Red Sox hit HR ............................... 62-31 The Red Sox were the 3rd team in the Wild Card era He has at least 1 hit and 1 stolen base in all 4 Red Sox hit 0 HR ............................ 35-34 (since 1995) to win a DS after a last-place fi nish the postseason games, matching STL’s Lou Brock (1968) 1-run games ................................... 21-21 previous year (also TB in 2008 and SD in 1998). for the longest such streak to begin a postseason. 2-run games ................................... 15-15 Walk-offs .......................................... 11-7 Sox batters hit .286 and averaged 6.5 runs per game... THE CONSTANT: David Ortiz has appeared in all 61 Red Extra innings (home) .......................... 4-2 The club’s .390 OBP was its 2nd best in an ALDS (.403 Sox postseason games beginning in 2003, 2nd most in team Extra innings (road)............................ 6-4 in 2004) but its 2 homers were 2nd fewest (1 in 2009). Extra innings (total) ......................... 10-6 history to Jason Varitek’s 63...He is the club’s all-time leader Series openers ................................ 31-22 Club pitchers posted a 3.03 ERA, .225 opponent AVG, in postseason runs (43), hits (66), doubles (16), home runs Series fi nales .................................. 32-21 and 33 strikeouts in 35.2 IP...They had 3 times more (14), RBI (46), walks (46), and XBH (32). Series W-L-T (home) ......................18-8-1 SO than walks (11 BB), the club’s best ALDS ratio. Series W-L-T (road) ........................ 15-9-2 YOUTH SERVED: Xander Bogaerts, who turned 21 on Series W-L-T (total) ......................33-17-3 IN THE POSTSEASON: The Sox this year are making their 10/1, scored the tying run in ALDS Games 3 (PR in 9th in- Series sweeps (home) ........................ 7-1 21st overall postseason appearance in 113 seasons in the Series sweeps (road) .......................... 2-1 ning) and 4 (PH in 7th inning), his 1st postseason contests... Series sweeps (total) .......................... 9-2 AL, 1st since 2009...Boston has an 82-73-1 (.529) all-time He became the 3rd-youngest player in club history to ap- Come-from-behind wins ......36, last 9/22 record in 156 postseason games...Only the Yankees (378), pear in a postseason game behind LHP Ken Brett (19 years Innings batting around.......24, last 9/27 (1st) Cardinals (223), Dodgers (178), Giants (168), Braves (164), old in 1967) and PH Babe Ruth (20 years old in 1915). Games decided in last AB............... 22-14 and Athletics (157) have played at least as many. The last AL player as young as Bogaerts to appear in The Red Sox are 17-13 in 30 overall postseason series, a Championship Series game was a 20-year-old Alex going 6-4 in the ALDS (19-18 in ALDS games), 4-5 in Rodriguez for Seattle in 1995. REGULAR SEASON VS. THE TIGERS the ALCS (22-29 in ALCS games), and 7-4 in the World All-Time vs. Tigers .............. 1,026-957-13 Series (41-26-1 in World Series games). PLAYING HOST: By virtue of claiming the AL’s best regular In Boston .................................562-432-6 season record, Boston secured homefi eld advantage in the In Detroit .................................464-525-7 SEVEN SINCE ‘03: Boston has made it to the postseason ALDS and ALCS...The Sox would also have homefi eld advan- 2013 vs. Tigers ................................... 3-4 in 7 of the last 11 years from 2003-13, 1 of 3 teams with as tage in the World Series by virtue of an All-Star Game win. In Boston ............................................ 2-1 In Detroit ............................................ 1-3 many postseason berths in that span (STL, 7; NYY, 9). The Red Sox’ 53-28 (.654) record at home in the At 37-24 (.607), the Sox have the 2nd-best postseason regular season led the AL and ranked 3rd in MLB...The DATE H/R SCORE WP LP record among the 13 ML teams with at least 20 games Sox outscored opponents 419-320 on Yawkey Way. 6/20 R L3-4 Smyly Bailey since 2003, trailing only the Giants (.657, 23-17). 6/21 R W10-6 Lester Fister Boston is 45-31-1 (.592) all-time in postseason games 6/22 R L3-10 Scherzer Webster at home, including 38-29-1 (.567) at Fenway Park and 6/23 R L5-7 Benoit Miller AT THE HELM: John Farrell joined Terry Francona (2004), 19-9 (.679) since 2003...The Sox are 13-13 all-time in 9/2 H L0-3 Fister Lackey Ed Barrow (1918), and Jake Stahl (1912) as the only man- 26 ALCS games at Fenway, including 6-4 since 2004.