BOSTON RED SOX (84-57) AT NEW YORK YANKEES (75-64) Thursday, September 5, 2013 • 7:05 p.m. ET • Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY RHP Jake Peavy (11-5, 3.91) vs. RHP Ivan Nova (8-4, 2.88) Game #142 • Road Game #70 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WUFC 1510 AM (Spanish) AMERICAN LEADER: At 84-57 (.596) the Red Sox own PAPI 2000: David Ortiz tallied his 2,000th career hit with RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN the best record in the AL and 3rd-best record in the majors. a 6th inning double last night...He became the 18th active Overall ........................................... 84-57 player to reach 2,000 hits and is the 39th player ever with AL East Standing ....................1st, 5.5 GA BEST MLB RECORDS IN 2013 2,000 hits, 400 homers, and 1,400 RBI...He is 1 of 3 actives At Home ......................................... 47-25 TEAM W-L WPCT to reach those marks (also Albert Pujols & Alex Rodriguez). On Road ......................................... 37-32 Atlanta 85-54 .612 In day games .................................. 25-13 LA Dodgers 83-56 .597 Ortiz has recorded nearly 87 percent of his hits as In night games ............................... 59-44 Boston 84-57 .596 a designated hitter (1,738 of 2,001) and is the only April ................................................. 18-8 Pittsburgh 81-58 .583 player in the 2000-hit club to record at least 75 May ................................................ 15-15 Detroit 81-59 .579 percent of his hits in the DH role...Hal McRae is the June ............................................... 17-11 next closest at 74.4 percent (1555 of 2091) (Elias). July ................................................. 15-10 Boston’s 84 wins are 1st in the AL and 2nd in MLB August ........................................... 16-12 behind Atlanta’s 85. September .......................................... 3-1 DAVID GOING DEEP: David Ortiz also hit 2 home runs The Sox are the only AL team and 1 of 2 ML clubs vs. AL East ...................................... 32-25 last night...It was his 41st career multi-homer game and vs. AL Central ................................. 19-15 whose record has been above .500 all year (also ATL). his 39th as Red Sox, extending his team record...They were vs. AL West ..................................... 20-12 his 25th and 26th homers of the season and he now has 9 vs. National League.......................... 13-5 TURN IT AROUND: The Red Sox have won 15 more games seasons with at least 25 home runs, all as a Red Sox, 2nd on vs. RH starter .................................. 56-38 than last year (69-93), marking the club’s largest increase the team’s all-time list behind Ted Williams’ 14. vs. LH starter .................................. 28-19 in wins -- outside of strike-shortened seasons in 1981 and Leading after 6 innings .................... 65-7 1994 -- since the 1967 “Impossible Dream” Red Sox (92- SOX AND YANKS: The Red Sox are 7-5 thus far in the Tied after 6 innings ............................ 9-7 70) won 20 more than the 1966 team (72-90). 19-game season series against New York...The clubs play 7 Trailing after 6 innings ................... 10-43 Leading after 7 innings .................... 67-4 times over the next 11 days, including 4 in the current set Tied after 7 innings .......................... 10-6 HIGH WATER MARK: The Red Sox are a season-high 27 and 3 more in Boston from 9/13-15. Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 6-47 games over .500, their 1st time being as many as 27 games The Sox have played their last 6 vs. the Yanks at Leading after 8 innings .................... 70-3 over since fi nishing play at 85-58 on 9/8/11...With a win Fenway...They won their 2 series in the Bronx earlier Tied after 8 innings ............................ 9-6 tonight, Boston will be 28 games over .500 for the 1st time in the season, taking their 1st 2 sets in NY for just the Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 4-47 since the end of play on 9/7/11 (85-57). 2nd time in 25 years beginning 1989 (also 2011). Red Sox score 1st ........................... 57-15 Opponents score fi rst ..................... 27-42 IN THE STANDINGS: The Sox are in 1st place in the AL Shutouts ........................................... 7-11 PITCHING IN: Beginning on 8/19, Red Sox pitchers lead Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 4-31 East, 5.5 games ahead of the Rays...It matches Boston’s MLB in ERA (2.42), opponent AVG (.198), opponent OPS largest division lead of the season. Scoring 3 or 4 runs ......................... 16-17 (.544), and WHIP (0.94)...Boston has held opponents to 3 Scoring 5 or more runs ..................... 64-9 Boston last held a larger AL East lead on 9/7/07 (6.5 runs or fewer in 13 of the club’s 15 games in that time. Red Sox hit HR ............................... 52-25 GA)...2007 is the only year in the past 18 seasons Red Sox hit 0 HR ............................ 32-32 Sox starters have an AL-best 2.69 ERA (31 ER/103.2 1-run games ................................... 20-16 beginning 1996 that the Sox have held a division lead IP) in that 15-game stretch, allowing 3 runs or fewer larger then 5.5 games (reached as high as 11.5 GA). 2-run games ................................... 13-13 in 13 times and yielding 1 run or fewer on 6 occasions. Walk-offs .......................................... 11-6 The Sox retook the division lead on 8/25 and have Extra innings (home) .......................... 4-1 held the top spot 32 of the last 35 days starting 7/31... STARTING SOMETHING: Daniel Nava has reached base Extra innings (road)............................ 4-4 They have been in 1st or T-1st an AL-high 133 days. safely in a career-high 39 straight starts beginning 6/22, Extra innings (total) ........................... 8-5 with a .357 AVG/.429 OBP/.476 SLG in those contests...It is Series openers ................................ 26-20 ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Red Sox tonight begin an the longest active on-base streak in MLB as a starter and Series fi nales .................................. 28-18 8-day, 7-game road trip with the 1st of 4 games against 4th-longest such streak in MLB this. Series W-L-T (home) ......................16-7-1 the Yankees in New York...The Sox will head to Tampa after Series W-L-T (road) ........................ 13-8-1 It is the longest on-base streak by a Red Sox since a Series W-L-T (total) ......................29-15-2 Sunday’s series fi nale in the Bronx and begin a 3-game set 44-start stretch by Kevin Youkilis from 7/12-9/10/08. Series sweeps (home) ........................ 6-1 with the Rays on Tuesday (9/10). Series sweeps (road) .......................... 2-1 At 37-32 (.536), Boston is tied with Detroit (also 37- KOJI’S ROLL: Koji Uehara has not allowed a run in his last Series sweeps (total) .......................... 8-2 32) for the 3rd-best road record in MLB behind the 25.0 inning, the longest scoreless streak of his career, in- Come-from-behind wins ........32, last 9/4 Dodgers (.588, 40-28) and Rangers (.577, 41-30). Innings batting around........20, last 9/4 (6th) cluding NPB...It is the longest active scoreless streak in the Games decided in last AB................. 20-9 AL and the 2nd-longest active streak in MLB (ATL’s Craig SOX LATELY: Including last night’s 20-4 victory over De- Kimbrel, 26.1 IP)...It is the longest streak by a Red Sox since VS. THE YANKEES troit, the Sox have won 5 of their last 6, 9 of their last 11, Daniel Bard went 26.1 IP from 5/27-7/31/11. All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903) ....941-1,137-14 and 11 of their last 15 tilts...The Sox are 1st in the majors The 25.0-IP scoreless streak has spanned 22 games In Boston ...............................517-526-7 with a 12-5 record (.706) since 8/17, and are tied for the beginning 7/9, the 2nd-longest consecutive scoreless In New York ...........................424-611-7 AL’s 3rd-best mark since the All-Star break at 26-18 (.591). outings streak in club history (Daniel Bard, 25 from At Yankee Stadium ....................... 21-21 The Red Sox went 7-2 on their homestand vs. the 5/27-7/31/11). 2013 vs. Yankees .............................. 7-5 Orioles (2-1), White Sox (0-3), and Tigers (2-1)...They Uehara has allowed just 7 of 80 batters faced to In Boston .......................................... 3-3 outscored opponents 59-27 and posted a 3.00 ERA. reach during the streak (.088 OBP)...The 73 batters In New York ...................................... 4-2 retired are the most by a Sox pitcher in a span of 80 DATE H/R SCORE WP LP SERIES TALK: With wins in 2 of 3 games vs. the Tigers to batters faced in a season over the last 50 years...He 4/1 R W8-2 Lester Sabathia start the week, the Sox claimed their MLB-best 29th series has retired each of his last 21 batters faced. 4/3 R W7-4 Buchholz Kuroda win...No other team has won more than 26 sets. 4/4 R L2-4 Pettitte Dempster He has been perfect in 15 of his 17 saves this year, 5/31 R L1-4 Sabathia Lester Boston has won its last 5 sets, its longest such streak including each of his last 6 tries...That ties the longest since a 5-series run from 6/11-27/12. 6/1 R W11-1 Doubront Hughes streak of perfect save tries in Red Sox history, also by 6/2 R W3-0(6) Buchholz Kuroda Jeff Russell, 5/12-6/13/93.