BOSTON RED SOX (9-10) vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (8-9) Monday, April 21, 2014 • 11:05 a.m. ET • Fenway Park, Boston, MA RHP Clay Buchholz (0-1, 5.51) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (2-1, 4.76) Game #20 • Home Game #10 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: Last night the Red Sox defeated the PATRIOTS’ DAY: Today’s game is at 11:05 a.m., as is the Orioles 6-5 in a 9-inning walk-off victory, taking a 2-games- tradition on Patriots’ Day, a holiday in Massachusetts and REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN to-1 lead in the 4-game set at Fenway Park...The Sox came Maine that celebrates the anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride Overall ............................................. 9-10 AL East Standing .................T-3rd, 2.0 GB back from a 5-0 deficit entering the bottom of the 6th. and the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775...The At Home ............................................. 4-5 Boston has matched a season-high with 2 consecutive day is also marked by the running of the Boston Marathon, On Road ............................................. 5-5 wins (3rd time) and has taken 4 of the club’s last 5 which goes through nearby Kenmore Square. In day games ...................................... 2-4 contests following a 3-8 stretch from 4/4-15. Patriots’ Day at Fenway Park has traditionally been In night games ................................... 7-6 April ................................................. 9-10 With a win today, the Sox would reach the .500 mark a single game with an 11:00/11:05 a.m. start since 1968 with a few exceptions, last in 2007 (10:05 a.m. vs. AL East .......................................... 5-5 for the 1st time since the club fell to 2-2 after a loss to vs. AL Central ..................................... 2-1 MIL in the home opener on 4/4. scheduled start)...On a number of occasions prior to vs. AL West ......................................... 2-1 that time, the Sox played a split doubleheader on vs. National League............................ 0-3 The Sox would also take their 4th of 6 series in 2014 Patriots’ Day with 2 admissions...Fans would watch vs. RH starter ...................................... 4-9 with a win today...Currently the club has a 1-1 mark the fi nish of the Boston Marathon between games. vs. LH starter ...................................... 5-1 in series play at home and 2-1 mark on the road. Boston has been scheduled to play at home on Leading after 6 innings ...................... 5-0 Patriots’ Day every year since 1959, with games Tied after 6 innings ............................ 2-4 TIGHT DIVISION: At 9-10 (.474), Boston is tied with TB postponed due to weather (1959, 1961, 1965, 1984) Trailing after 6 innings ....................... 2-6 Leading after 7 innings ...................... 5-0 (also 9-10) for 3rd place in the AL, percentage points ahead and players strike (1995). of BAL (.471, 8-9)...The AL East is the tightest division in Tied after 7 innings ............................ 3-3 baseball, with all 5 teams within 2.0 games of one another. Trailing after 7 innings ....................... 1-7 PATRIOTIC SUCCESS: The Sox are 68-50 (.576) all-time Leading after 8 innings ...................... 6-0 Since each league divided into 3 divisions for the on Patriots’ Day, with 26 doubleheaders between 1903 and Tied after 8 innings ............................ 2-3 1994 season, this is the closest the AL East has been 1966...Boston has won on 10 of the last 13 Patriots’ Days Trailing after 8 innings ....................... 1-7 entering games of April 21...The last division that beginning in 2001. Red Sox score 1st ............................... 6-1 was this tight through games of April 20 was the NL The Red Sox are 4-1 in 5 previous Patriots’ Day Opponents score fi rst ......................... 3-9 Central in 2011, with all 6 teams within 2.0 games. Shutouts ............................................. 0-1 matchups against the Orioles, last in 2009 (12-1 win). Scoring less than 3 runs ..................... 0-6 WALK-OFF WIN: The Red Sox won yesterday’s game when RED SOX ALL-TIME PATRIOTS’ DAY OPPONENTS Scoring 3 or 4 runs ............................. 5-2 Scoring 5 or more runs ....................... 4-2 Dustin Pedroia scored from 3B on a walk-off thowing er- TEAM W-L TEAM W-L Baltimore Orioles 4-1 New York Yankees 22-11 Red Sox hit HR ................................... 6-7 ror by Baltimore LF David Lough following Mike Carp’s PH Red Sox hit 0 HR ................................ 3-2 Chicago White Sox 2-2 Oakland Athletics 0-1 lineout...It was the Sox’ 1st walk-off win on an opponent’s 1-run games ....................................... 2-4 error since 6/30/13 vs. TOR (fi elding error by 1B Josh Thole). Cleveland Indians 2-5 Philadelphia Athletics 10-10 2-run games ....................................... 5-0 Detroit Tigers 5-4 Seattle Mariners 1-0 Walk-offs ............................................ 1-1 It was the Red Sox’ 1st walk-off win since Game 2 of Kansas City Royals 0-1 Tampa Bay Rays 1-3 the 2013 ALCS (Saltalamacchia single), and the club’s Extra innings (home) .......................... 0-1 Los Angeles Angels 1-0 Texas Rangers 3-0 Extra innings (road)............................ 1-0 1st regular season walk-off since the team’s 11th and Milwaukee Brewers 1-2 Toronto Blue Jays 1-3 Extra innings (total) ........................... 1-1 fi nal 2013 walk-off, 8/1 vs. SEA (Daniel Nava single). Minnesota Twins 1-0 Washington Senators 13-7 Series openers .................................... 1-5 TOTAL 68-50 Series fi nales ...................................... 3-2 HOME STRETCH: Tonight marks the Red Sox’ 4th game Series W-L-T (home) ........................1-1-0 in a stretch of playing 15 of 18 at home from 4/18-5/7 (2-1 MARATHON MONDAY: The 118th Boston Marathon Series W-L-T (road) .......................... 2-1-0 thus far)...A 3-game set in Toronto from 4/25-27 accounts begins at approximately 9:00 a.m. resulting in a number Series W-L-T (total) ..........................3-2-0 for their only road games in that 20-day span, which opens Series sweeps (home) ........................ 0-1 of street closures, including parts of Commonwealth Ave., Series sweeps (road) .......................... 0-0 with the current 7-day, 7-game homestand against the Ori- Beacon St., and Kenmore Square...Fans attending the game oles (4 games) and Yankees (3 games). Series sweeps (total) .......................... 0-1 are encouraged to use public transportation. Come-from-behind wins ........5, last 4/20 Boston is 4-2 in its last 6 home games after a 3-game Innings batting around...........................0 sweep at the hands of MIL to begin the home slate. FACING THE O’S: The Sox and Orioles conclude a 4-game Games decided in last AB................... 4-3 series in Boston tonight, their 7th of 19 games this season CLOSE CALLS: Of Boston’s 19 games this season, 11 have (4-2) and 3rd here (2-1)...They meet next 6/9-11 in BAL. VS. THE ORIOLES been decided by 2 runs or fewer (58%), with the Sox going All-Time vs. O’s (since 1954) ...... 531-451 The Sox are 12-13 against the O’s since the start of In Boston .................................... 270-218 7-4 in those 11 contests...The 11 games decided by 2 runs 2013, but 9 of those 13 losses were by 2 runs or less. or fewer are the most among AL teams (T-6th in MLB). In Baltimore ............................... 261-233 At Camden Yards ........................ 105-72 7 of Boston’s games have been decided in a team’s LEFT IS RIGHT: Boston is 5-1 this year when facing a left- last at-bat (4-3). handed starter, matching NYY (also 5-1) and SF (5-4) for the 2014 vs. Orioles ................................. 4-2 most wins among ML teams when opposing a leftie starter. In Boston .......................................... 2-1 Of the club’s 10 losses, 4 have been decided by 1 run, In Baltimore ..................................... 2-1 tying KC and LAA for the most 1-run losses in the AL. In his career, including regular and postseason, Xander Bogaerts is batting .406 (13-for-32) with a DATE H/R SCORE WP LP The Sox’ 10 losses have been decided by an average .548 OBP (8 BB, 2 HBP) against left-handed pitching. 3/31 R L1-2 Britton Lester of 2.5 runs...Boston’s largest margin of defeat is 4 4/2 R W6-2 Lackey Jimenez runs, done 3 times, most recently on Friday night. QUALITY OFFERINGS: Boston pitchers have quality starts 4/3 R W4-3 Doubront Chen in all but 6 of the team’s 19 games this season. 4/18 H L4-8 Tillman Lackey RELIEF LEADER: Red Sox relievers have allowed just 4 ER 4/19 H W4-2 Tazawa Norris in 29.0 innings over the club’s last 10 games beginning on The club’s 13 quality starts rank 2nd in the AL to OAK 4/20 H W6-5 Mujica Matusz 4/10 (1.24 ERA), improving the overall team bullpen ERA to (15) and match the club’s most QS within the team’s 2.30, the best mark in the AL and 4th best in MLB. fi rst 19 games of a season over the last 25 years from UPCOMING MILESTONES 1989-2014 (also 13 in 2001). Milestone Player (current) Boston has won all 5 games this season when leading 100 HR ................................. Pedroia (99) after 7 innings, and all 6 games when leading after 8. Sox starters have allowed 2 ER or less in 12 of their quality starts, tied with OAK for the AL lead.