BOSTON RED SOX (97-64) AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES (84-77) Sunday, September 29, 2013 • 1:35 p.m. ET • Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD RHP Allen Webster (1-2, 9.55) vs. RHP Chris Tillman (16-7, 3.62) Game #162 • Road Game #81 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WUFC 1510 AM (Spanish) MAJOR LEADERS: At 97-64 (.602) the Red Sox own the TURN IT AROUND: The Red Sox have won 28 more games best record in the majors...The Sox’ 97 wins also top MLB. than last year (69-93)...It marks the club’s 2nd-largest in- RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall ........................................... 97-64 BEST MLB RECORDS IN 2013 crease in wins -- outside of strike-shortened seasons in AL East Standing ....................1st, 7.0 GA TEAM W-L WPCT 1981 and 1994 -- behind the 1st post-World War II team At Home ......................................... 53-28 Boston 97-64 .602 in 1946 (104-50), which won 33 more than 1945 (71-83). On Road ......................................... 44-36 St. Louis 96-65 .596 In day games .................................. 28-14 Atlanta 95-66 .590 SERIES TALK: With a victory today, the Red Sox would In night games ............................... 69-50 Oakland 95-66 .590 secure their 34th series win of the season...No other MLB April ................................................. 18-8 team has more than the Cardinals’ 32...According to STATS, May ................................................ 15-15 The Sox will fi nish the regular season with at least a June ............................................... 17-11 share of the best record in the majors (the Cardinals a 34th series win would place 2nd on Boston’s all-time single-season list behind 1946 (37). July ................................................. 15-10 can tie with a win and a Sox loss)...The last time Boston August ........................................... 16-12 completed a regular season with MLB’s best mark was RED SOX MOST SERIES WINS IN A SEASON September ........................................ 16-8 2007 when they tied with Cleveland (96-66, .593). YEAR SERIES WINS vs. AL East ...................................... 44-31 The last time the Red Sox were the outright leaders in 1946 37 vs. AL Central ................................. 19-15 2013 33 vs. AL West ..................................... 20-12 MLB was 1946 (104-50, .675)...The only other times 2007 33 vs. National League.......................... 14-6 the Sox have held sole possession of the majors’ best 1949 33 vs. RH starter .................................. 65-42 record were 1903, 1912, and 1915. 1948 33 vs. LH starter .................................. 32-22 Boston will fi nish the regular season as the outright Leading after 6 innings .................... 77-7 leaders in the American League for the 1st time since HIGH-WATER MARK: With a win today the Sox can Tied after 6 innings .......................... 9-10 1986 (95-66, .590, 3rd in the majors). match their season-high of 34 games over .500 (also after Trailing after 6 innings ................... 11-47 Leading after 7 innings .................... 78-5 Friday night’s win)...Prior to this season, Boston had not Tied after 7 innings .......................... 11-9 HOME FIELD CLINCH: After Oakland’s loss yesterday, the been more than 30 games over .500 since the 2004 team Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 7-50 Red Sox were guaranteed to fi nish with the AL’s best record topped out at 35 games over the mark. Leading after 8 innings .................... 81-3 thus securing home fi eld advantage for both the ALDS and Tied after 8 innings .......................... 10-8 the ALCS...The AL entrant will host the World Series by virtue SOX AND O’S: Boston trails the Orioles 8-10 in the season Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 5-52 of the AL’s All-Star Game win. series despite outscoring the O’s 78-64...The Sox are guar- Red Sox score 1st ........................... 67-18 anteed a loss in the season set vs. Baltimore for the 2nd Opponents score fi rst ..................... 30-46 Boston ended its regular season home slate at 53-28 Shutouts ........................................... 8-11 (.654), securing the best such mark in the AL this year. straight year but just the 2nd time in the last 9 seasons... Boston’s last 4 losses to Baltimore have been decided by a Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 5-33 total of 5 runs. Scoring 3 or 4 runs ......................... 17-21 CLIMBING THE CHARTS: This is the 7th Red Sox team to Scoring 5 or more runs ................... 75-10 win as many as 97 games, and just the 2nd in the last 35 Boston has a .444 win pct. vs. BAL and a .632 (36-21) Red Sox hit HR ............................... 62-30 years starting in 1979, along with the 2004 team. mark against the rest of the AL East. Red Sox hit 0 HR ............................ 35-34 1-run games ................................... 21-20 MOST WINS IN RED SOX FRANCHISE HISTORY END OF THE ROAD: Today the Sox conclude a 3-game set 2-run games ................................... 15-15 Walk-offs .......................................... 11-7 YEAR W-L WPCT in Baltimore, their fi nal regular season series...This will con- 1912 105-47 .691 Extra innings (home) .......................... 4-2 1946 104-50 .675 clude a season-ending 6-day, 5-game road trip, which began Extra innings (road)............................ 6-4 1915 101-50 .669 with a 2-game split in Colorado prior to Thursday’s off-day. Extra innings (total) ......................... 10-6 1978 99-64 .607 At 44-36 (.550), Boston has the 3rd-best road record Series openers ................................ 31-22 2004 98-64 .605 in the majors, behind the Dodgers and Rangers (both Series fi nales .................................. 32-20 2013 97-64 .602 .556, 45-36)...The Sox have won 9 of their last 13 and Series W-L-T (home) ......................18-8-1 1977 97-64 .602 Series W-L-T (road) ........................ 15-8-2 11 of their last 17 road games. Series W-L-T (total) ......................33-16-3 Boston ranks 2nd in the majors with 7 seasons of at Series sweeps (home) ........................ 7-1 least 95 wins since 2003, trailing only NYY’s 8. SOX LATELY: Boston is a major league-best 25-12 (.676) Series sweeps (road) .......................... 2-1 beginning on 8/17, outscoring opponents 231-129 in that Series sweeps (total) .......................... 9-2 OCTOBER BASEBALL: With a win on 9/19, Boston be- time...The Sox own the AL’s 2nd-best post-All-Star break Come-from-behind wins ......36, last 9/22 came the 1st AL team to clinch a postseason berth...It is record (.609, 39-25), behind only the Tigers (.612, 41-26). Innings batting around.......24, last 9/27 (1st) the club’s 21st overall playoff appearance, 1st since 2009. Games decided in last AB............... 22-14 This marks Boston’s 7th postseason appearance in 11 BATS ALIVE: Since 9/1, the Sox are averaging an ML-best VS. THE ORIOLES years since 2003...In that time, only STL (7 including 6.5 runs scored per game (156 R/24 G) and are 2nd with All-Time vs. O’s (since 1954) ...... 527-448 2013) and NYY (9) have as many postseason years. 1.54 homers per game (37 HR)...It would be the club’s high- In Boston .................................... 268-217 est scoring average in a September since 1938 (6.69) and In Baltimore ............................... 259-231 the club’s HR average in a September since at least 1921. At Camden Yards ........................ 103-70 AL EAST CHAMPS: Boston secured the AL East Champion- 2013 vs. Orioles ............................... 8-10 ship for the 1st time since 2007 with a win on 9/20...It is the SECOND TO NONE: Dustin Pedroia appeared in his 160th In Boston .......................................... 4-5 Sox’ 2nd division title in 18 years from 1996-2013 and their In Baltimore ..................................... 4-5 7th AL East title since the start of divisional play in 1969: game of the season at 2nd base yesterday...That passed his 2011 total (159) for the most in club history. DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, and now 2013. 4/8 H W3-1 Buchholz Chen This is Boston’s 15th overall 1st-place fi nish in 113 AL 4/9 H L8-5 O’Day Hanrahan MILESTONE MAN: David Ortiz hit his 30th home run of 4/10 H L2-3 Matusz Mortensen seasons, including 8 prior to the divisional era: 1903, the season Friday night for his 7th career 30-homer season, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, and 1967. 6/13 R L4-5 (13) McFarland Wilson all since joining the Sox in 2003...That ranks 2nd on the 6/14 R L0-2 Tillman Dempster With last year’s 5th-place fi nish, Boston has gone club’s all-time list behind Ted Williams’ 8 such campaigns. 6/15 R W5-4 Lackey Garcia worst-to-fi rst for the 1st time in franchise history... With 103 RBI, his most since 2007 (117), Ortiz has his 6/16 R L3-6 Gonzalez Lester Boston’s .426 win percentage in 2012 (69-93) marks 7th career 30 HR/100 RBI season, tying Williams for 7/26 R L0-6 Tillman Lackey the club’s lowest ever prior to a postseason campaign. 7/27 R W7-3 Dempster Feldman the most in club history...He is the only left-handed 7/28 R W5-0 Lester Hammel hitter to reach those marks 7 times in 11 years from 8/27 H W13-2 Doubront Chen SKIPPER SUCCESS: John Farrell is just the 7th manager 2003-13. 8/28 H W4-3 Breslow Hunter to lead the Red Sox to the postseason in his 1st year at 8/29 H L2-3 Tillman Lester the helm, joining Jake Stahl (1912), Ed Barrow (1918), Dick GRAND STAND: Boston has hit 5 grand slams in Septem- 9/17 H L2-3 Hunter Uehara Williams (1967), Joe Morgan (1988), Kevin Kennedy (1995), ber, the most in any month in team history...It matches the 9/18 H L3-5 (12) McFarland Morales and Terry Francona (2004)...Stahl, Barrow, and Francona 1983 Orioles for the most slams by any team in September.