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BOSTON RED SOX (4-6) at NEW YORK YANKEES (5-5) Friday, April 11, 2014 • 7:05 p.m. ET • Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY LHP Jon Lester (0-2, 2.51 ERA) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (1-1, 7.50) Game #11 • Road Game #5 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox fell to the Yankees 4-1 last night in the 1st game of a 4-game series in the Bronx... The Sox have now dropped 3 of 4 series openers in 2014. SOX AND YANKS: Tonight marks the 2nd of 19 regular season games between the Sox and Yankees in 2014...They will next meet for a 3-game set in Boston from 4/22-24. REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN Overall ............................................. 4-6 AL East Standing..................5th, 1.0 GB At Home........................................... 2-4 On Road........................................... 2-2 At 4-6, Boston is 2 wins off the pace of the 2013 team, which started 6-4...The Sox also dropped at least 6 of their first 10 games in each of the 4 seasons preceding 2013, starting 4-6 in 2012, 2-8 in 2011, 4-6 in 2010, and 4-6 in 2009. With a 13-6 record against New York in 2013, the Sox became the 1st team to win 13 or more games against the Yankees in a single season since the 1976 In day games.................................... 1-3 In night games ................................. 3-3 April................................................. 4-6 vs. AL East........................................ 2-2 vs. AL Central................................... 0-0 vs. AL West....................................... 2-1 vs. National League.......................... 0-3 vs. RH starter.................................... 2-5 vs. LH starter.................................... 2-1 Leading after 6 innings .................... 4-0 Tied after 6 innings .......................... 0-3 Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 0-3 Leading after 7 innings .................... 3-0 Tied after 7 innings .......................... 1-2 Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 0-4 Leading after 8 innings .................... 4-0 Tied after 8 innings .......................... 0-2 Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 0-4 Red Sox score 1st............................. 4-0 Opponents score first....................... 0-6 Shutouts........................................... 0-1 Scoring less than 3 runs................... 0-4 Scoring 3 or 4 runs........................... 2-0 Scoring 5 or more runs..................... 2-2 Red Sox hit HR ................................. 2-4 Red Sox hit 0 HR .............................. 2-2 1-run games..................................... 1-2 2-run games..................................... 1-0 Walk-offs.......................................... 0-0 Extra innings (home)........................ 0-1 Extra innings (road).......................... 0-0 Extra innings (total) ......................... 0-1 Series openers.................................. 1-3 Series finales.................................... 2-1 Series W-L-T (home)......................1-1-0 Series W-L-T (road)........................1-0-0 Series W-L-T (total)........................2-1-0 Series sweeps (home) ...................... 0-1 Series sweeps (road) ........................ 0-0 Series sweeps (total)........................ 0-1 Come-from-behind wins .............. 1, 4/9 Innings batting around........................ 0 Games decided in last AB................. 1-2 Orioles (13-5)...The Red Sox hadn’t won as many games against the Yankees since 1973 (14-4). The Red Sox have fallen to 5th place in the AL East, but are just 1.0 game behind NYY, TB, and TOR for 1st place (all 5-5). The Sox went 7-3 in the Bronx last season, matching their most wins here since the 1912 team won 8 times in the Bronx (also 7-2 in 2011). In 2013, the Red Sox finished 12.0 games ahead of the Yankees, Boston’s largest season-ending lead over New York since the Sox finished 1991 in 2nd place, 13.0 games ahead of the 5th-place Yanks. HIT THE ROAD: Boston continues its 1st multi-series road trip of the season tonight with the 2nd of 4 games at Yankee Stadium (0-1 thus far)...After Monday’s offday, the Sox finish out the 8-day, 7-game trek with 3 contests at the White Sox in Chicago. COMFORT ZONE: Tonight’s starter Jon Lester is 7-3 in his career at the current Yankee Stadium, the most wins among any visitor here since the park opened in 2009...David Price ranks 2nd on that list with a 5-2 record at this ballpark. Boston opened the season on the road, winning 2 of 3 in Baltimore over a 4-day stretch from 3/30-4/3. In 2013, the Red Sox went 44-37 (.543) on the road, 1 win shy of the Rangers and Dodgers for the best road <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">record in MLB (both 45-36). </li><li style="flex:1">ALWAYS ON: With a double last night, David Ortiz has </li></ul>now reached base safely in each of his 23 games played against the Yankees since the start of the 2012 season, 1 shy of Rajai Davis (24) for the longest active on-base streak against NYY...In those 23 games, Ortiz is batting .425 (37- for-87) with 13 doubles, 3 homers, 12 RBI, and 18 walks. FOUR SO FAR: This season, the Sox have won all 4 times they’ve scored 1st and are 0-6 when the opponent scores 1st...Boston is 4-0 when leading after the 6th inning. BUNCHED UP: In the AL, 1 team has won 6 games (OAK) and 1 team has won 3 games (MIN)...The 13 remaining AL teams all have either 4 (6 teams) or 5 (7 teams) victories. KOJI MANIA: Koji Uehara has allowed no runs in 5 outings this season (5.0 IP), giving up a total of just 3 hits and no walks with 7 strikeouts. KEEPING IT CLOSE: Boston has lost 6 games, including a pair of 1-run decisions and none by more than 4 runs...2 losses have come in their opponents’ last at-bat (Friday and Saturday night vs. MIL). In his last 55 games since the start of July 2013, including postseason and regular season, Uehara has allowed only 2 ER in 59.0 innings for a 0.31 ERA, surrendering just 22 hits and 2 walks (.112 AVG, .121 OBP) while striking out 75 batters (11.4 SO/9.0 IP)...In that span he has converted 26 of his 27 save chances. Over the club’s 1st 10 games, the Sox have been outscored by just 5 runs, 41-36. ROOKIES ROLLING: Red Sox rookies Jackie Bradley Jr. (.364 AVG, .462 OBP) and Xander Bogaerts (.314 AVG, .415 OBP) have combined for a .333 AVG (19-for-57) with 4 doubles, 5 RBI, 10 walks, and 10 runs scored. KNOCKS ENOUGH: The Red Sox were held to a seasonlow 4 hits last night for a 2nd straight game...The Red Sox offense has totaled 90 hits on the season, tied with the Yankees for 2nd in the AL after the White Sox (102). With 2 hits last night, Bogaerts now has 11 hits on the season...Since 1941, the only other Red Sox player age 21 or younger to reach double-digits in hits in the team’s 1st 10 games of a season was Tony Conigliaro in 1965 (15). BIRTHDAY BOYS: Today both Trot Nixon (turning 40) and Jason Varitek (turning 42) are celebrating birthdays today. VS. THE YANKEES All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903)....947-1,139-14 In Boston.............................520-526-7 In New York.........................427-613-7 At Yankee Stadium ..................... 24-23 SCORING STORY: Despite all the hits, Boston’s average of 3.6 runs scored per game ranks 13th in the AL...The Sox are hitting .264 on the season but just .202 (17-for-84) with runners in scoring position, 11th in the AL. THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON: The 2013 Red Sox led the AL and tied for the best record in MLB at 97-65 (.599) en route to the franchise’s 8th World Series Championship. 2014 vs. Yankees.............................. 0-1 In Boston........................................ 0-0 In New York.................................... 0-1 The Red Sox have grounded into 17 double plays this season, the most in the majors and the most by a Red Sox team this early in a season in the last 100 years beginning in 1914...Colorado ranks 2nd in MLB with 13 GIDP and the Royals and Indians are tied for 2nd in the AL with 10 each. No other World Series Champ had a winning pct. the year before as low as Boston’s .426 mark in 2012. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">DATE H/R SCORE WP </li><li style="flex:1">LP </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4/10 L1-4 Pineda Buchholz </li><li style="flex:1">R</li></ul>REPETITION PROPOSITION: The 2014 Red Sox are at- tempting to become the 1st team to win back-to-back World Series titles since NYY won 3 in a row, 1998-2000. UPCOMING MILESTONES Milestone Player (current) 100 HR............................... Pedroia (99) 500 RBI ............................ Pedroia (493) The Red Sox have won consecutive World Series titles once before, in 1915 and 1916...The only other time the club won the AL crown in 2 straight years was 1903 (won the WS) and 1904 (WS was not played). STRONG ARMS: Red Sox pitchers have the 6th-best ERA in the AL this season at 3.60 (36 ER/90.0 IP)...The club leads the AL in both walk rate (2.1, 21 BB) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.0, 84 SO), trailing only San Francisco (1.7 BB/9.0 IP, 4.8 SO/BB ratio) among ML teams. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">MLB All-Time </li><li style="flex:1">Player (current) </li></ul>G as DH, 1st (Baines, 1,643)......Ortiz (1,632) THREE OUT OF TEN: The Red Sox have won the World Se- ries in 3 of the last 10 years -- 2004, 2007, 2013 -- following an 86-year Championship drought...It marks the most titles among MLB teams in the new century. The Sox rank 5th in the AL in strikeouts (84) and have the 3rd-fewest walks allowed overall (21). MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rk Player 42 Juan Gonzalez Andruw Jones Paul Konerko 45 David Ortiz HR 434 434 434 433 STARTERS’ LUCK: Clay Buchholz gave up 4 runs, but only 2 earned runs, last night against the Yankees...Red Sox starters have now given up 2 ER or fewer in 7 of the 1st 10 games of the season, but the club has gone just 3-4 in those games, with Boston starters going 2-3 in those games. Since new ownership took over in 2002, the Red Sox have won 1,102 games, 2nd in MLB to NYY’s 1,160. SOPHOMORE SKIPPER: John Farrell led the Red Sox to RED SOX ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST the World Championship in 2013, his debut season as Red <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Rk Player </li><li style="flex:1">HR </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Sox manager...He was named </li><li style="flex:1">‘ AL Man- </li></ul>IN HOMAGE: Red Sox SS Xander Bogaerts wears No. 2 in honor of Yankees SS Derek Jeter, who is playing his 20th and final ML season in 2014...Bogaerts is entering his 1st full ML season this year at age 21, while Jeter began his 1st full ML season as a 21-year-old in 1996. 12345<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Ted Williams </li><li style="flex:1">521 </li></ul>452 382 379 375 ager of the Year and finished 2nd in BBWAA balloting. Carl Yastrzemski Jim Rice Dwight Evans David Ortiz The only skippers to win a World Series in each of their first 2 years piloting a team are Ralph Houk (1961-62 with NYY) and Casey Stengel (1949-53 with NYY). UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE Sat., 4/12 Sun., 4/13 OPP. at NYY at NYY BOS TIME 1:05 p.m. 8:05 p.m. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">RED SOX STARTER </li><li style="flex:1">OPPOSING STARTER </li></ul>RHP Hiroki Kuroda (1-1, 2.92) Ivan Nova (1-1, 8.68) TV NESN/FS1 ESPN RHP John Lackey (2-0, 1.38 ERA) LHP Felix Doubront (1-1, 9.00) Red Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affiliates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM or WCCM 1110 AM. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Red Sox Game Notes </li><li style="flex:1">Page 2 </li></ul>TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">31-JON LESTER, LHP </li><li style="flex:1">0-2, 2.51 ERA, 2 starts </li></ul>W-L 0-2 ERA 2.51 G2GS 2IP 14.1 H13 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">R</li><li style="flex:1">ER HR BB SO </li></ul>14 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS 2014 CAREER <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">6</li><li style="flex:1">4</li><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">2</li></ul>2014 7.1, 4/6 vs. MIL 7, 4/6 vs. MIL 4, 4/6 vs. MIL 2, 2 times, last: 4/6 vs. MIL 1, 2 times, last: 4/6 vs. MIL 8, 3/31 at BAL 1, 3/31 at BAL --- CAREER 100-58 3.75 223 222 1390.2 1311 609 579 130 499 1251 IP HRER BB SO HR CG SHO 9.0, 7 times, last: 5/10/13 vs. TOR 12, 5/20/11 vs. CHC 11, 7/22/12 vs. TOR 11, 7/22/12 vs. TOR 7, 2 times, last: 6/11/13 at TB 13, 7/24/10 at SEA TONIGHT’S START & 2014 NOTES: Is 0-2 to begin the season for the 4th time in his career (also 2012, 2010, and 2009)...Has never started a season 0-3. Has posted an 8-8 record with a 4.13 ERA (61 ER/133.0 IP) in 21 road starts since the beginning of the 2013 season...Has worked at least 5.0 frames in all but 1 of those appearances (4.2 IP, 6/11/13 at TB)...Is 54-31 with a 3.73 ERA (304 ER/734.0 IP) in his career on the road. 4, 7/22/12 vs. TOR 10, last: 5/10/13 vs. TOR 3, last: 5/10/13 vs. TOR 8, 4/28-6/16/10 Owns a career 11-11 record and 3.92 ERA (96 ER/220.2 IP) in 36 April/March starts, his lowest win total in any month...Has fanned 192 career batters in April/ March, also his lowest total in any month. --- --- WIN STREAK LOSS STREAK <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2, 3/31 at BAL-Present </li><li style="flex:1">4, 7/18-8/4/10 </li></ul>Last start: Took the loss in his 2nd regular season start on 4/6 vs. MIL...Allowed just 2 earned runs (4 R) on 7 hits and 1 walk over 7.1 innings...Punched out 6 batters while tossing 108 pitches (71 strikes)...Retired 16 batters in a row between a 2nd-inning single and a 7th-inning double...Exited the contest after giving up a single in the 8th frame with BOS losing 3-0...The Brewers would go on to win, 4-0, to finish off a sweep of the Red Sox. SPLITS <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2014 </li><li style="flex:1">CAREER </li></ul>46-27, 3.77 ERA, 105 G, 104 GS 54-31, 3.73 ERA, 118 GS .250 (1311-5243), 130 HR .239 (320-1340), 37 HR .254 (991-3903), 93 HR 1.30 HOME ROAD OPP. AVG VS. LHB VS. RHB WHIP 0-1, 2.45 ERA, 1 GS 0-1, 2.57 ERA, 1 GS .241 (13-54), 1 HR .000 (0-12), 0 HR .310 (13-42), 1 HR 1.05 The Red Sox have provided just 1 run in support over his 1st two starts of the season (14.1 IP) 2014 SPRING TRAINING: Went 1-1 and posted a team-low 0.71 ERA (1 ER/12.2 IP) in Grapefruit League action among Red Sox hurlers with at least 10.0 IP...Ranked 4th on the club with 14 strikeouts and walked just 3 over his 3 starts...Limited opponents to a .159 AVG, lowest on the team (min. 10.0 IP)...Allowed no more than 1 run in any of his 3 GL starts. VS. THE YANKEES W-L 2-1 ERA 3.29 G4<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">GS IP </li><li style="flex:1">H</li><li style="flex:1">R</li><li style="flex:1">ER HR BB SO </li></ul>23 Made his 3rd and final Grapefruit League start on 3/21 at PHI, striking out 5 while allowing 4 hits, all singles, over 5.2 innings...Exited with a 2-0 lead but PHI scored 2 runs in the 8th inning of an eventual 10-inning tie game, 2-2...Threw 95 pitches over 6.0 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 7, on 3/26 in a start with High-A Salem at the Fenway South Player Development Complex...Took the loss in 2nd GL start on 3/15 vs. PHI, allowing 1 run on 2 hits and 1 walk while fanning 5 over 4.0 innings...Made 1st GL start on 3/10 vs. TB, earning the win and striking out 4 over 3.0 scoreless innings...Threw 38 pitches over parts of 3 innings in a simulated game on 3/5. 2013 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4</li><li style="flex:1">27.1 24 10 10 </li><li style="flex:1">0</li><li style="flex:1">9</li></ul>CAREER <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">11-5 </li><li style="flex:1">3.96 26 26 154.2 156 70 68 13 61 153 </li></ul>VS. THE YANKEES: Is 11-5 in 26 career starts against the Yankees, T-2nd most starts against any ML team in his career...Has posted a 3.96 ERA (68 ER/154.2 IP) with a 8.90 SO/9.0 IP ratio against NYY, the 3rd-highest rate against the club in ML history (min. 125.0 IP), trailing only Pedro Martinez’s 10.84 and Randy Johnson’s 9.24. Has collected 9 wins against the Yankees since the beginning of 2009, tied with David Price for the most by a major leaguer versus the club in that span. Was 2-1 with a 3.29 ERA (10 ER/27.1 IP) in 4 starts against NYY in 2013, his 2nd-most innings pitched against any ML club...Did not allow a homer vs. the Yankees last season, the only AL East team he held without a HR...Made 3 starts at Yankee Stadium in 2013, going 1-1 with a 4.19 ERA (9 ER/19.1 IP). Earned the win in his last start against the Yankees, 9/14/13 at Fenway Park, as the Red Sox won, 5-1...Allowed just 1 run on 3 hits over 8.0 innings..Struck out 5 while tossing 116 pitches (80 strikes)...Did not factor into the decision in his last start at Yankee Stadium as BOS lost, 4-3, on 9/8/13...Worked 8.0 frames, allowing 3 runs on 10 hits while fanning 6...He threw 115 pitches (77 strikes) in the outing. 2013 & CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: In 2013, went 15-8 (.652) with a 3.75 ERA (89 ER/213.1 IP) to lead the Red Sox in wins, starts (33), innings pitched, strikeouts (177), and quality starts (20)...Ranked 4th among American League southpaws in quality starts...Matched career high for games started (also 2008 and 2012)...Won 15 games for the 5th time in his career. Went 4-1 with a 1.56 ERA (6 ER/34.2 IP) in 5 postseason starts for the Red Sox through the ALDS, ALCS, and World Series. Made 2 World Series starts for BOS, earning the win in both appearances while posting a 0.59 ERA (1 ER/15.1 IP) and fanning 15 batters to just 1 walk. His 1,251 career strikeouts are the most in club history for a left-handed pitcher and 5th most overall on the franchise list...Also ranks among Sox all-time lefty leaders in wins (3rd) and starts (2nd)...His 17 games with at least 10 SO are the most double-digit strikeout contests by a Sox southpaw and 4th most overall by a BOS hurler. Since the start of the 2008 season, is tied for 3rd in the AL with 89 wins with Jered Weaver, behind only Justin Verlander (102), and CC Sabathia (95)...Also ranks among AL leaders in SO/9.0 IP (6th, 8.24), SO (4th, 1141), starts (4th, 196), IP (5th, 1,246.1), win pct. (11th, .614, 89-56), opp. AVG (7th, .247), and ERA (10th, 3.64) in that time. 2014 REGULAR SEASON GAME LOG DATE 3/31 4/6 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP </li><li style="flex:1">H</li></ul>6R24<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ER BB SO HR PIT/STRIKES </li><li style="flex:1">NOTES </li></ul>L1-2 at BAL L0-4 MIL LL 1-2 0-3 7.0 7.1 22 11 86 10 104/73 108/71 Made 4th straight OD start, best streak all-time for BOS LHP. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Took 2nd straight L despite 2nd straight QS. </li><li style="flex:1">7</li></ul>2014 SPRING TRAINING GAME LOG BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">DATE OPP </li><li style="flex:1">DEC </li></ul>WIP 3.0 H1247 R0101<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ER BB </li><li style="flex:1">K</li></ul>4YANKEES CAREER vs. LESTER RED SOX CAREER vs. SABATHIA 3/10 3/15 3/21 TB PHI at PHI 01011113 PLAYER Anna Beltran Cervelli Ellsbury Gardner Jeter Johnson McCann Roberts Solarte Soriano Suzuki <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">AVG. AB </li><li style="flex:1">H</li></ul>02202HR RBI PLAYER Bogaerts Bradley, Jr. Carp <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">AVG. AB </li><li style="flex:1">H</li></ul>0009092HR RBI <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">L</li><li style="flex:1">4.0 </li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul>--- .400 .333 --- .182 .333 .000 .500 .217 --- 0560 000001002002 002008002014 .000 .000 .000 .250 .000 .273 .167 .250 .305 .222 .273 .333 .286 245 36 1 33 12 0001021201221 0005083632231<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">--- </li><li style="flex:1">5.2 </li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul>

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