BOSTON RED SOX (0-1) vs. DETROIT TIGERS (1-0) Sunday, October 13, 2013 • 8:15 p.m. ET • Fenway Park, Boston, MA RHP Clay Buchholz (0-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (2-0, 3.00) ALCS Game 2 • TV: FOX • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, ESPN Radio, WUFC 1510 AM (Spanish) GAME 1 RECAP: Boston lost 1-0 at Fenway Park last night SOX AND TIGERS: The Red Sox are 3-5 against the Tigers POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE in the ALCS opener...The Sox were held to 1 hit -- a single this season (3-4 in regular season, 0-1 in postseason), de- The 2013 Red Sox Postseason Media by Daniel Nava with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning spite outscoring Detroit 43-36 in those 8 games...Boston Guide is currently available online at -- the club’s fewest hits in its 157 postseason games. won 2 of their 3 meetings at Fenway from 9/2-4. http://pressroom.redsox.com. It was the 6th time the Red Sox have been shut out in Despite losing 10 of their last 19 matchups beginning a postseason game...They were blanked at home for 5/29/11, Boston owns the AL’s best regular season REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN just the 2nd time in the postseason, also a 3-0 loss to record against the Tigers since 2008 at 27-16 (.628). Overall ........................................... 97-65 the Cubs in Game 5 of the 1918 World Series. AL East Standing ....................1st, 5.5 GA Sox batters struck out 17 times, tying the postseason DEADLINE DEAL: The Red Sox acquired RHPs Jake Peavy At Home ......................................... 53-28 record for a 9-inning game for the 3rd time...Astros from the White Sox and Brayan Villarreal from the Tigers as On Road ......................................... 44-37 part of a 3-team, 7-player trade on 7/30...Boston sent SS In day games .................................. 28-15 batters struck out 17 times in Game 1 of the 1998 In night games ............................... 69-50 NLDS vs. SD...Tigers batters did it in Game 1 of an Jose Iglesias and 3 minor leaguers to Detroit...OF Avisail Garcia went from Detroit to Chicago. April ................................................. 18-8 eventual 7-game World Series victory vs. NYY in 1968. May ................................................ 15-15 June ............................................... 17-11 ONTO GAME 2: The Red Sox are 13-16-1 all-time in the MOUND OF CLAY: Tonight’s starter Clay Buchholz owns July ................................................. 15-10 2nd game of a postseason set (9-4-1 at home)...The Sox a 1.20 ERA (4 ER/30.0 IP) and .152 opponent AVG (16-for- August ........................................... 16-12 have won 4 of their last 5 Game 2’s at home beginning with 105) in 4 career Fenway Park starts against Detroit...He has September ........................................ 16-9 the 2004 World Series...The club has lost the 2nd game in allowed 2 ER or fewer and gone 7.0 innings or more in all 4 vs. AL East ...................................... 44-32 of those starts, with 1 each in every season from 2009-12. vs. AL Central ................................. 19-15 its last 7 ALCS matchups beginning in 1988 after winning vs. AL West ..................................... 20-12 its 1st 2 ALCS Game 2’s in 1975 vs. OAK and 1986 vs. CAL. vs. National League.......................... 14-6 THE CONSTANT: David Ortiz has appeared in all 62 Red vs. RH starter .................................. 65-43 In 7 of the last 13 ALCS, the team losing Game 1 has Sox postseason games beginning in 2003...Tonight he could gone on to win the series. vs. LH starter .................................. 32-22 tie Jason Varitek’s club record of 63 postseason games. Leading after 6 innings .................... 77-7 Tied after 6 innings .......................... 9-10 FOR THE PENNANT: The Red Sox are in the ALCS for the Ortiz is the club’s all-time leader in postseason runs Trailing after 6 innings ................... 11-48 1st time since 2008 and the 10th time in team history since (43), hits (66), doubles (16), home runs (14), RBI (46), Leading after 7 innings .................... 78-5 the start of divisional play in 1969. walks (46), and XBH (32). Tied after 7 innings .......................... 11-9 Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 7-51 This is the 5th time that the Red Sox have reached the FLEET OF FOOT: The Sox lead MLB with a team-record 8 Leading after 8 innings .................... 81-3 ALCS since 2003 (2003-04, 2007-08, 2013), tying NYY postseason SB...The previous club high was 7 SB in 2004. Tied after 8 innings .......................... 10-8 for the most ALCS appearances in that 11-year span. Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 5-53 Jacoby Ellsbury (4 SB), Quintin Berry (2 SB), and Shane Red Sox score 1st ........................... 67-19 The Sox won the pennant in 2 of their last 3 trips to Victorino (2 SB) are the only players with multiple Opponents score fi rst ..................... 30-46 the ALCS -- 2004 and 2007 -- and swept the World steals this postseason...Ellsbury’s 9 career postseason Shutouts ........................................... 8-11 Series both years. SB are a new club record (prev., Johnny Damon, 8 SB). Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 5-33 Scoring 3 or 4 runs ......................... 17-21 RED SOX ALCS HISTORY Scoring 5 or more runs ................... 75-11 YEAR OPP. ALCS RESULT WS RESULT YOUTH SERVED: Xander Bogaerts, who turned 21 on Red Sox hit HR ............................... 62-31 1975 OAK W3-0 L3-4 10/1, is the 3rd-youngest player in club history to appear Red Sox hit 0 HR ............................ 35-34 1986 CAL W4-3 L3-4 in a postseason game, behind LHP Ken Brett (19 years old 1-run games ................................... 21-21 1988 OAK L0-4 --- in 1967 WS) and PH Babe Ruth (20 years old in 1915 WS). 2-run games ................................... 15-15 1990 OAK L0-4 --- Walk-offs .......................................... 11-7 1999 NYY L1-4 --- Last night Bogaerts became the youngest player Extra innings (home) .......................... 4-2 2003 NYY L3-4 --- to appear in an ALCS game since ANA’s Francisco Extra innings (road)............................ 6-4 2004 NYY W4-3 W4-0 Rodriguez in 2002...He was the youngest position Extra innings (total) ......................... 10-6 2007 CLE W4-3 W4-0 player in the ALCS since SEA’s Alex Rodriguez in 1995. Series openers ................................ 31-22 2008 TB L3-4 --- Series fi nales .................................. 32-21 2013 DET --- --- IN THE POSTSEASON: The Sox this year are making their Series W-L-T (home) ......................18-8-1 Series W-L-T (road) ........................ 15-9-2 21st overall postseason appearance in 113 seasons in the Series W-L-T (total) ......................33-17-3 GOING THE DISTANCE: Each of Boston’s last 4 ALCS AL, 1st since 2009...Boston has an 82-74-1 (.526) all-time Series sweeps (home) ........................ 7-1 since 2003 have gone the full 7 games...No other ALCS record in 157 postseason games...Only the Yankees (378), Series sweeps (road) .......................... 2-1 have gone the distance since a Red Sox win in 1986. Cardinals (224), Dodgers (179), Giants (168), Braves (164) Series sweeps (total) .......................... 9-2 have played more...The Athletics have also played 157. Come-from-behind wins ......36, last 9/22 OCTOBER BALL: Boston has outscored foes 26-13 in its 5 Innings batting around.......24, last 9/27 (1st) The Red Sox are 17-13 in 30 overall postseason series, Games decided in last AB............... 22-14 postseason games, with both losses by 1 run...Including the going 6-4 in the ALDS (19-18 in ALDS games), 4-5 in regular season, the club’s last 4 losses have been by 1 run. the ALCS (22-30 in ALCS games), and 7-4 in the World Boston’s 5.2 runs scored per game in 5 postseason Series (41-26-1 in World Series games). REGULAR SEASON VS. THE TIGERS contests this year leads MLB...They also top MLB Boston has made it to the postseason in 7 of the last All-Time vs. Tigers .............. 1,026-957-13 batting leaders with a .356 team OBP and 26 walks. In Boston .................................562-432-6 11 years from 2003-13, 1 of 3 teams with as many In Detroit .................................464-525-7 Club pitchers have a 2.62 ERA (13 ER/44.2 IP) this postseason berths in that span (STL, 7; NYY, 9). postseason, allowing 2 or 1 run in 3 of the 5 games. 2013 vs. Tigers ................................... 3-4 PLAYING HOST: The Red Sox claimed the AL’s best regular In Boston ............................................ 2-1 Boston’s 1.32 relief ERA (2 ER/13.2 IP) is the best In Detroit ............................................ 1-3 mark among 2013 postseason teams that reached at season record for the 1st time since 1986, thereby securing least the Division Series. homefi eld advantage in the ALDS and ALCS...The Sox would DATE H/R SCORE WP LP also host the World Series by virtue of an All-Star Game win. 6/20 R L3-4 Smyly Bailey 6/21 R W10-6 Lester Fister ALDS RECAP: The Red Sox defeated the Rays in 4 games The Red Sox’ 53-28 (.654) record at home in the 6/22 R L3-10 Scherzer Webster to claim their 6th ALDS victory, with all 6 in their last 8 trips regular season led the AL and ranked 3rd in MLB...The 6/23 R L5-7 Benoit Miller to the ALDS...The Red Sox were the 3rd team in the Wild Sox outscored opponents 419-320 on Yawkey Way. 9/2 H L0-3 Fister Lackey Card era (since 1995) to win a DS after a last-place fi nish Boston is 45-32-1 (.584) all-time in postseason games 9/3 H W2-1 Lester Scherzer the previous year (also TB in 2008 and SD in 1998).