BOSTON RED SOX (5-6) at NEW YORK YANKEES (5-6) Saturday, April 12, 2014 • 1:05 p.m. ET • Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY RHP John Lackey (2-0, 1.38 ERA) vs. RHP Hiroki Kuroda (1-1, 2.92) Game #12 • Road Game #6 • TV: NESN/FS1 • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCCM 1110 AM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox defeated the Yankees STRONG ARMS: Red Sox pitchers have the 4th-best ERA 4-2 last night to even their 4-game series in the Bronx at in the AL this season at 3.45 (38 ER/99.0 IP)...The club leads REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN 1-1...Boston has taken 2 of its last 3 games and 3 of the the AL in both walk rate (2.1, 23 BB) and strikeout-to-walk Overall ............................................. 5-6 club’s last 5 contests. ratio (4.0, 93 SO), trailing only San Francisco (1.7 BB/9.0 IP, AL East Standing ..................5th, 1.0 GB 4.8 SO/BB ratio) among ML teams. At Home ........................................... 2-4 At 5-6, Boston is 2 wins off the pace of the 2013 On Road ........................................... 3-2 team, which started 7-4...The Sox also had a losing The Sox rank 5th in the AL in strikeouts (93) and have In day games .................................... 1-3 record through their first 11 games in each of the 5 the 3rd-fewest walks allowed (23). In night games ................................. 4-3 seasons preceding 2013: 4-7 in 2012, 2-9 in 2011, 4-7 April ................................................. 5-6 in 2010, 5-6 in 2009, and 5-6 in 2008. IN HOMAGE: Red Sox SS Xander Bogaerts wears No. 2 in vs. AL East ........................................ 3-2 honor of Yankees SS Derek Jeter, who is playing his 20th vs. AL Central ................................... 0-0 The Red Sox are tied with the Yankees for 3rd place vs. AL West ....................................... 2-1 in the American League East, just 1.0 game behind and fi nal ML season in 2014...Bogaerts is entering his 1st full ML season this year at age 21, while Jeter began his 1st vs. National League.......................... 0-3 division-leading TB and TOR (both 6-5). vs. RH starter .................................... 2-5 full ML season as a 21-year-old in 1996. vs. LH starter .................................... 3-1 LAST NIGHT’S WIN: Last night Jon Lester started and Leading after 6 innings .................... 5-0 earned the win, allowing 2 runs with 6 strikeouts in 6.0 SOX AND YANKS: Today marks the 3rd of 19 regular sea- Tied after 6 innings .......................... 0-3 innings...He became the 1st Red Sox left-hander in the last son games between the Sox and Yanks in 2014 (1-1 thus Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 0-3 100 years (1914-2014) to allow 2 ER or less and strike out far)...They meet next for a 3-game set in Boston, 4/22-24. Leading after 7 innings .................... 4-0 at least 6 batters in his fi rst 3 outings of a season. At 13-6 against New York in 2013, the Sox became Tied after 7 innings .......................... 1-2 the 1st team to win 13 or more games against the Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 0-4 Jonny Gomes and Grady Sizemore accounted for all Leading after 8 innings .................... 5-0 the team’s runs with a pair of 6-inning homers...It was Yankees in a single season since the 1976 Orioles (13- Tied after 8 innings .......................... 0-2 Boston’s 1st multi-homer inning since 9/4/13 vs. DET 5)...The Red Sox hadn’t won as many games against Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 0-4 (6th and 7th innings). the Yankees since 1973 (14-4). Red Sox score 1st ............................. 4-0 Opponents score fi rst ....................... 1-6 Junichi Tazawa fanned 2 batters over 1.1 scoreless IN THE BRONX: Boston is 25-23 (.521) at the current Yan- innings and has not allowed a run this season (5.2 IP, Shutouts ........................................... 0-1 kee Stadium, which opened in 2009...The Red Sox are the Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 0-4 0 R, 1 BB, 8 SO)...Edward Mujica recorded his 1st save only visiting AL team with a winning record here...The next- Scoring 3 or 4 runs ........................... 3-0 of the year with a scoreless 9th, the 1st Red Sox other best on that list is the Rays at 21-25 (.457). Scoring 5 or more runs ..................... 2-2 than Koji Uehara to earn a save since current Yankee Red Sox hit HR ................................. 3-4 Andrew Bailey did it on 6/15/13 at BAL. The Sox went 7-3 in the Bronx last season, matching Red Sox hit 0 HR .............................. 2-2 their most wins at NYY since the 1912 team won 8 1-run games ..................................... 1-2 TABLES TURNED: Grady Sizemore’s 3-run home run in the here (also 7-2 in 2011). 2-run games ..................................... 2-0 6th inning was the decisive blow last night in the Red Sox’ Walk-offs .......................................... 0-0 win over NYY’s CC Sabathia...Sizemore played 5 seasons COMFORT ZONE: Last night, Jon Lester earned the win, Extra innings (home) ........................ 0-1 with Sabathia in Cleveland (2004-08), and during that time allowing 2 ER over 6.2 IP...It was his ML-leading 10th win Extra innings (road).......................... 0-0 drove in the winning run in 11 of Sabathia’s victories...Ac- over the Yankees since the start of 2009...He moved to 8-3 Extra innings (total) ......................... 0-1 cording to Elias, that matches Alex Rodriguez for the most in his career at the current Yankee Stadium, the most wins Series openers .................................. 1-3 game-winning RBI to give Sabathia a victory. among any visitor here since the park opened in 2009. Series fi nales .................................... 2-1 Series W-L-T (home) ......................1-1-0 FIGHTING FOR .500: Both the Red Sox and Yankees en- According to Elias, Lester has defeated the Yankees Series W-L-T (road) ........................1-0-0 ter today’s game with a 5-6 record...This is the 1st time at least once in each of the last 7 seasons from 2008- Series W-L-T (total) ........................2-1-0 both the Red Sox and Yankees both have entered their 12th 14...He was already the only pitcher to beat the Yanks Series sweeps (home) ...................... 0-1 game of a season with a losing record since 1997, when in every season from 2008-13. Series sweeps (road) ........................ 0-0 both teams also started 5-6. Series sweeps (total) ........................ 0-1 ALWAYS ON: With a single and 2 walks last night, David Come-from-behind wins ......2, last 4/11 HIT THE ROAD: Boston continues its 1st multi-series road Ortiz has now reached base safely in each of his 24 games Innings batting around........................ 0 trip of the season tonight with the 2nd of 4 games at Yan- played against the Yankees since the start of 2012 (.427, Games decided in last AB................. 1-2 kee Stadium (1-1 thus far)...After Monday’s offday, the Sox 38-for-89, 13 2B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 20 BB)...It is tied for the finish out the 8-day, 7-game trek with 3 contests at the longest active on-base streak against NYY (Rajai Davis). VS. THE YANKEES White Sox in Chicago. All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903) ....948-1,139-14 ROOKIES ROLLING: Red Sox rookies Jackie Bradley Jr. In Boston .............................520-526-7 Thus far this season, the Red Sox are 3-2 on the road In New York .........................428-613-7 compared to 2-4 at home. (.308 AVG, .400 OBP) and Xander Bogaerts (.289 AVG, .400 OBP) have combined for a .297 AVG (19-for-64) with 4 At Yankee Stadium ..................... 25-23 In 2013, the Red Sox went 44-37 (.543) on the road, 1 doubles, 5 RBI, 12 walks, and 10 runs scored. 2014 vs. Yankees .............................. 1-1 win shy of the Rangers and Dodgers for the best road In Boston ........................................ 0-0 record in MLB (both 45-36). THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON: The 2013 Red Sox led In New York .................................... 1-1 the AL and tied for the best record in MLB at 97-65 (.599) DATE H/R SCORE WP LP BUNCHED UP: The Red Sox are 1 win shy of the AL lead...5 en route to the franchise’s 8th World Series Championship. 4/10 R L1-4 Pineda Buchholz AL teams have each won 6 games, including 2 in the AL 4/11 R W4-2 Lester Sabathia East (TB, TOR)...The Red Sox are 1 of 6 AL teams with 5 wins REPETITION PROPOSITION: The 2014 Red Sox are at- on the year...The 4 other AL teams each have 4 wins. tempting to become the 1st team to win back-to-back UPCOMING MILESTONES World Series titles since NYY won 3 in a row, 1998-2000. Milestone Player (current) KNOCKS ENOUGH: The Red Sox connected for 7 hits last The Red Sox have won consecutive World Series titles 100 HR ............................... Pedroia (99) night and are tied with the Yankees for 2nd in the AL with once before, in 1915 and 1916...The only other time 500 RBI ............................ Pedroia (493) 97 hits on the season, trailing only the White Sox (113). the club won the AL crown in 2 straight years was MLB All-Time Player (current) 1903 (won the WS) and 1904 (WS was not played). G as DH, 1st (Baines, 1,643) ......Ortiz (1,633) SCORING STORY: Despite all the hits, Boston’s average THREE OUT OF TEN: The Red Sox have won the World Se- of 3.6 runs scored per game ranks T-10th in the AL...The MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Sox are 4th in the AL with a .264 AVG but have hit just .196 ries in 3 of the last 10 years -- 2004, 2007, 2013 -- following (18-for-92) with runners in scoring position, 12th in the AL.