WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (9): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (14): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS (10): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES BOSTON RED SOX (42-36) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (28-49) Sunday, June 23, 2019 • 1:05 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA RHP Rick Porcello (5-6, 4.31) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (4-9, 3.28) Game #79 • Home Game #37 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCCM 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox are 8-2 in their last 10 SOX & JAYS: The Red Sox are 17-7 in series finales this games and are unbeaten in their last 3 series (2-0-1). season, including 15-3 in their last 18. REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN AL East Standing .......................3rd, 8.0 GB The Sox were 11-17 through 4/28 but are 31-19 (.620) 10 of the Red Sox’ 21 games from 6/21-7/18 will be Home/Road ............................. 18-18/24-18 since then, tied for MLB’s 5th-best record in that time. played against the Blue Jays (1-1 so far). Day/Night ................................ 16-13/26-23 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD STANDINGS The Sox are 33-13 (.717) against the Jays since the March/April/May ...............1-3/12-14/16-11 June .....................................................13-8 Team Record GB start of 2017...They have won 12 of their last 15 games vs. TOR at Fenway Park. vs. AL East ..........................................17-15 Tampa Bay Rays 44-33 (.571) +2.5 vs. AL Central .......................................11-6 Cleveland Indians 41-35 (.539) -- vs. AL West .........................................12-12 Boston Red Sox 42-36 (.538) -- WHAT A DIFFERENCE: The Red Sox’ run differential was a vs. National League................................2-3 season-worst -42 after their 2-game series at NYY in April... vs. RH/LH starter ....................... 33-23/9-13 They have since out-scored opponents, 345-247 (+98). Leading after 6 innings ........................32-6 SOX STREAKS: 5 Red Sox have an active hitting streak of Tied after 6 innings ................................7-3 5+ games: Michael Chavis (11), Christian Vázquez (8), Andrew MLB’S HIGHEST RUN DIFFERENTIALS SINCE 4/19 Trailing after 6 innings .........................3-27 Benintendi (7), Xander Bogaerts (7), and Eduardo Núñez (5). Rk. Team Run Differential Leading after 7 innings ........................34-7 Chavis owns the AL’s longest active hitting streak, during 1. Twins ............................... +101 (358-257) Tied after 7 innings ................................6-2 which he is batting .320 (16-for-50)...It is the longest hit 2. Dodgers ............................. +99 (284-185) Trailing after 7 innings .........................2-27 Leading after 8 innings ........................32-3 3. Red Sox ........................+98 (345-247) streak by a Red Sox rookie since Andrew Benintendi’s Tied after 8 innings ................................7-3 11-gamer in August 2017; the last Sox rookie with a Trailing after 8 innings .........................3-30 longer streak was Brock Holt in 2014 (12 G). WORKING OVERTIME: 5 of the Red Sox’ last 9 games Red Sox score first ..............................21-17 have lasted at least 3 hours and 50 minutes, including each Opponents score first .........................21-19 FOR THE RECORD: Xander Bogaerts has doubled in game of this series (3:58 and 3:50). Shutouts .................................................4-3 Scoring less than 3 runs .......................3-13 each of his last 7 games, tied for the longest such streak The Sox have played an MLB-high 7 games of 4+ Scoring 3 or 4 runs ...............................6-14 in AL history (source: Elias)...The last players to do that hours...They lead the AL with 9 extra-inning games. Scoring 5 or more runs .........................34-9 were Mitch Moreland and José Ramírez in 2017. Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR ............ 36-23/6-13 The modern MLB record for consecutive games with a WELCOME HOME: The Red Sox are 3-1 in their last 4 1-run/2-run games ........................ 11-9/6-8 double is 8 (Yadier Molina-2016 and Derrek Lee-2007). Walk-offs ................................................4-4 home games, after going 1-7 in their previous 8. Extra innings (home/road) ............... 2-2/4-1 Bogaerts leads the AL with 26 doubles, 2nd-most in The Sox have played only 36 home games, tied with Series openers/finales ............... 10-15/17-7 the majors (Josh Bell-27). the Tigers for the fewest in the AL. Series W-L-T (home) ........................... 2-4-5 The Sox rank 1st or 2nd in the AL in several offensive Series W-L-T (road) ............................. 7-6-0 SLUGGING SOX: Beginning 4/29, the Red Sox lead the stats at home, including doubles (1st, 83), runs per game Series W-L-T (total) ........................... 9-10-5 AL in runs per game (6.0), AVG (.278), and OBP (.353), and (2nd, 5.44), AVG (2nd, .264), and OBP (2nd, .342). Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 2-1/3-1 rank 2nd in SLG (.479) and OPS (.832). Come-from-behind wins .........................23 During their current 8-2 stretch, the Sox are averaging PITCHING IN: Red Sox pitchers lead MLB in strikeouts 6.7 runs per game (67 R) and batting .302 with an .895 (792) and rank 2nd in SO/9.0 IP (10.05) behind only HOU VS. THE BLUE JAYS OPS (120-for-397, 22 2B, 6 3B, 18 HR). (10.15)...The Sox have recorded 10+ SO in an MLB-high 45 All-Time ................................. 358-285 games, including 11 of their last 14 and each of their last 4. In Boston ....................................175-147 In Toronto ...................................183-138 EXTRA CREDIT: The Red Sox have hit at least 1 double In their last 8 games, Sox starting pitchers are 4-0 with At Rogers Centre ....................139-105 in all 21 games in June, MLB’s longest active streak...The a 2.40 ERA (12 ER/45.0 IP), 47 SO, and 9 BB. 2019................................................ 5-3 longest streak of 2019 belongs to the Orioles (25 G, 4/2-28). In Boston ............................................2-2 The Sox hit 1 triple in their first 42 games of the season RED HOT: Christian Vázquez hit a walk-off HR on Friday In Toronto ...........................................3-1 (through 5/14), but they lead MLB with 12 triples since and added a solo HR yesterday...He has 10 HR this season DATE H/R SCORE WP LP then...They have 11 triples in their last 24 games. (62 G), matching his total from his first 4 seasons (291 G). 4/9 H L5-7 Shoemaker Sale The Sox have at least 1 XBH in each of their last 92 regular Vázquez has hit .339 (43-for-127) in 37 games since 4/11 H W7-6 Walden Giles season games (beginning 9/15/18), MLB’s longest active 5/20 R W12-2 Price Jackson 5/4, the AL’s highest AVG in that time (min. 100 PA). 5/21 R L3-10 Stroman Rodriguez streak and the club’s longest since 2004-05 (164 G). Vázquez leads MLB catchers with 3 pickoffs. 5/22 R W6-5(13) Hembree Cordero 5/23 R W8-2 Weber Gaviglio PICK YOUR POISON: The Red Sox and Dodgers are the only 6/21 H W7-5(10) Workman Romano JUNIOR MINTS: In 31 games since 5/20, Jackie Bradley Jr. 6/22 H L7-8 Kingham Barnes teams with as many as 5 qualifying players with a .350+ OBP: has posted a .296/.387/.611/.998 batting line with 19 RBI, Xander Bogaerts (.389), Mookie Betts (.387), J.D. Martinez 18 runs, and 19 XBH (32-for-108, 11 2B, 7 HR, 11 BB, 5 HBP). (.369), Rafael Devers (.361), and Andrew Benintendi (.357). In that time, Bradley leads the Sox in SLG (.611)...7 of RED SOX TEAM LEADERS BOS is the only team with as many as 6 players with his last 11 hits have been XBH (4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR). Batting 12+ HR: Martinez (16), Bogaerts (14), Mitch Moreland Hits ...........................................Devers (92) (13), Betts (12), Michael Chavis (12), and Devers (12). Doubles ..................................Bogaerts (26) LONDON CALLING: The Red Sox and Yankees will play Triples..........................Benintendi, Betts (3) a 2-game series in London on Sat.-Sun., 6/29-30...The Sox HR ..........................................Martinez (16) BOTTOMS UP: In the Red Sox’ first 53 games of the will serve as the home team for both games, to be played RBI .........................................Bogaerts (51) season (through 5/26), their 6-7-8-9 hitters combined to at London Stadium...The London Series will mark MLB’s Runs .............................................Betts (61) post a .226/.306/.359/.665 batting line...In the 25 games first games ever played in Europe. SB...................................................Betts (9) since Brock Holt was reinstated from the 10-day IL on BB ................................................Betts (59) 5/27, the Sox’ 6-7-8-9 hitters have a .289/.341/.451/.792 The Sox last played a game outside of the U.S. and AVG (min. 100 AB) .................Devers (.309) line (112-for-388, 19 2B, 4 3B, 12 HR, 26 BB, 6 HBP, 2 SF). Canada in 2008, when they opened the season with OBP (min. 100 AB) ..............Bogaerts (.389) 2 games against the A’s at Japan’s Tokyo Dome. SLG (min. 100 AB) ............. Moreland (.543) The Sox’ .296 AVG and .365 OBP from the No. 6 spot OPS (min. 100 AB) ...............Bogaerts (.922) in the order both rank 1st in the AL.