BOSTON RED SOX (90-59) VS. NEW YORK YANKEES (79-69) Saturday, September 14, 2013 • 1:05 p.m. ET • Fenway Park, Boston, MA LHP Jon Lester (13-8, 3.86) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (13-12, 4.82) Game #150 • Home Game #74 • TV: FOX • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WUFC 1510 AM (Spanish) MAJOR LEADERS: At 90-59 (.604) the Red Sox own the LEFTY LEDGER: The Sox, who today face lefty CC Sabathia, RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN best record in the majors. have won their last 9 games when facing a left-handed starter Overall ........................................... 90-59 dating back to 8/21 at SF vs. Barry Zito. AL East Standing ....................1st, 8.5 GA BEST MLB RECORDS IN 2013 At Home ......................................... 48-25 TEAM W-L WPCT FINAL HOMESTAND: The Sox today continue their fi nal On Road ......................................... 42-34 Boston 90-59 .604 In day games .................................. 26-14 Atlanta 88-59 .599 regular-season homestand of 2013 with the 2nd of 3 tilts vs. the Yankees...The Sox will also host the Orioles (9/17-19) In night games ............................... 64-45 LA Dodgers 86-61 .585 April ................................................. 18-8 Oakland 86-61 .585 and Blue Jays (9/20-22) over the 10-day, 9-game stretch. May ................................................ 15-15 St. Louis 86-61 .585 The Sox are an AL-best 48-25 (.658) at home, the 2nd- June ............................................... 17-11 best home record in MLB behind Atlanta (.708, 51- July ................................................. 15-10 NIFTY 90: With an 8-4 victory last night, the Sox tallied 21), and have won 6 of their last 7, 8 of their last 10, August ........................................... 16-12 their MLB-best 90th win, reaching the mark for the 5th time 11 of their last 15, and 14 of their last 19 home tilts. September .......................................... 9-3 in the last 7 years beginning in 2007...It is the 9th time in vs. AL East ...................................... 38-27 the last 12 seasons that Boston has won at least 90 games vs. AL Central ................................. 19-15 SOX AND YANKS: The Red Sox and Yankees meet for the vs. AL West ..................................... 20-12 and 11th in 16 campaigns since 1998...Over that longer last time this season this weekend...The Sox are 11-6 thus span, only the Yankees have more 90-win seasons with 13. vs. National League.......................... 13-5 far in the 19-game season series vs. New York, claiming the vs. RH starter .................................. 59-40 This season marks just the 3rd time since 1951 (also season set for the 2nd time since 2005 (also 2011, 12-6). vs. LH starter .................................. 31-19 1986 and 2007) that Boston has recorded 90 wins The Sox are 4-3 vs. the Yanks at Fenway this season... Leading after 6 innings .................... 70-7 before its 150th game of the year. Tied after 6 innings ............................ 9-8 They went 7-3 against the Yankees in the Bronx, Trailing after 6 innings ................... 11-44 winning all 3 sets in New York...2013 is the 4th time Leading after 7 innings .................... 71-4 TURN IT AROUND: The Red Sox have won 21 more games the Sox have won 3 series vs. the Yanks in NY, also Tied after 7 innings .......................... 11-7 than last year (69-93), marking the club’s largest increase doing it in 1912, 1913, and 1975. Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 7-48 in wins -- outside of strike-shortened seasons in 1981 and Leading after 8 innings .................... 74-3 1994 -- since the 1946 team (104-50) won 33 more games HONORING MO: The Red Sox will pay tribute to Yankees Tied after 8 innings .......................... 10-6 than 1945 (71-83). closer Mariano Rivera in a pre-game ceremony before Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 5-49 Outside of strike-shortened years, the Sox only other tomorrow night’s game, the all-time saves leader’s last Red Sox score 1st ........................... 62-16 regular-season contest at Fenway Park...Fans coming to the Opponents score fi rst ..................... 28-43 season-to-season increase larger than 21 games was Shutouts ........................................... 8-11 1911-12 (27 G: 78-75 in 1911 and 105-47 in 1912). game are invited to be seated by approximately 7:30 p.m. Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 5-31 Scoring 3 or 4 runs ......................... 16-19 .500 DAYS: The Red Sox are a season-high tying 31 games KOJI’S ROLL: Including a perfect 9th last night, Koji Ue- Scoring 5 or more runs ..................... 69-9 over .500, the most in MLB...They were also 31 games over hara has retired each of his last 37 batters faced...That is Red Sox hit HR ............................... 57-27 after a win on Wednesday night...It marked the 1st time the longest stretch of consecutive batters retired by a Red Red Sox hit 0 HR ............................ 33-32 they’ve been as many as 31 games over since the end of Sox pitcher in club history according to SABR (prev., 32 by 1-run games ................................... 21-18 play on 8/31/11 (83-52)...Boston hasn’t been 32 games Ellis Kinder in 1952)...It is the longest such stretch for any 2-run games ................................... 14-13 over .500 since ending the 2004 season at 98-64. reliever since Bobby Jenks retired 41 straight batters in Walk-offs .......................................... 11-7 2007, which according to SABR is the longest such stretch Extra innings (home) .......................... 4-1 The Sox are the only AL team and 1 of 2 ML clubs Extra innings (road)............................ 6-4 whose record has been above .500 all year (also ever for a reliever. Extra innings (total) ......................... 10-5 ATL)...This season will mark the 6th time the Red Sox Uehara has not allowed a run in his last 30.1 IP, the Series openers ................................ 29-20 will remain above .500 all season, also accomplishing longest scoreless streak of his career, including NPB... Series fi nales .................................. 28-20 the feat in 1912, ‘17, ‘18, ‘40, and ‘46. It is the longest scoreless streak in MLB on the season Series W-L-T (home) ......................16-7-1 (prev. COL’s Rex Brothers, 30.0 IP from 4/10-6/27) and Series W-L-T (road) ........................ 15-8-1 the longest single-season scoreless streak for a Red Series W-L-T (total) ......................31-15-2 IN THE STANDINGS: The Sox are in 1st place in the AL Series sweeps (home) ........................ 6-1 East, 8.5 games ahead of the Rays...It is the largest division Sox reliever since Dick Radatz’s 33.0-inning stretch Series sweeps (road) .......................... 2-1 lead for any AL club...Boston was a season-high 9.5 games from 5/13-6/14/1963. Series sweeps (total) .......................... 8-2 up after a win on Wednesday night. The streak has spanned 27 games beginning 7/9, Come-from-behind wins ........34, last 9/6 Prior to this season, 2007 is the only other year in the the longest consecutive scoreless outings streak in Innings batting around........23, last 9/7 (4th) past 18 seasons beginning in 1996 that the Red Sox club history...The previous mark was Daniel Bard’s Games decided in last AB............... 22-11 have held a division lead as large...They reached as 25-gamer from 5/27-7/31/11. high as 11.5 games ahead that year. Uehara has been perfect in 17 of 19 saves this year, VS. THE YANKEES All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903) ....945-1,138-14 The Sox retook the division lead on 8/25 and have including each of his last 8 tries...That is the longest streak of perfect save tries in Sox history, passing Jeff In Boston ...............................518-526-7 held the top spot 41 of the last 44 days starting 7/31... In New York ...........................427-612-7 They have been in 1st or T-1st an AL-high 142 days. Russell’s 6 straight from 5/12-6/13/93 for the mark. At Yankee Stadium ....................... 24-22 Boston’s magic number to clinch a playoff spot is 4 2013 vs. Yankees ............................ 11-6 and the division is 7. RUN AROUND: The Red Sox, who lead the majors with 777 runs, have scored an MLB-best 86 runs in 12 games In Boston .......................................... 4-3 In New York ...................................... 7-3 in September...The Sox are tied for MLB lead with 23 home SOX LATELY: The Red Sox topped the Yankees 8-4 in their runs in September, including 22 over their last 9 games. DATE H/R SCORE WP LP homestand opener last night after going 5-2 on their road 4/1 R W8-2 Lester Sabathia trip to New York (3-1) and Tampa Bay (2-1) at 5-2...Both 4/3 R W7-4 Buchholz Kuroda losses on the trip came by only 1 run. GRAND STAND: Jarrod Saltalamacchia knocked a game- 4/4 R L2-4 Pettitte Dempster winning grand slam in the 7th inning of last night’s vic- 5/31 R L1-4 Sabathia Lester The Sox have won 8 of their last 10, 11 of their last tory...It was the 8th by a Red Sox this season, tops in the 14, 15 of their last 19, and 17 of their last 23 tilts... 6/1 R W11-1 Doubront Hughes majors...The Sox have hit 4 slams in September, matching 6/2 R W3-0(6) Buchholz Kuroda They are 1st in the AL and 2nd in MLB with an 18-7 the club’s most ever in any month (also August 1950, June 7/19 H W4-2 Doubront Pettitte record (.720) since 8/17, and have the AL’s 3rd-best 1987, May 1999, and August 2001)...Only the 1983 Orioles 7/20 H L2-5 Kuroda Lackey mark since the All-Star break at 32-20 (.615).