WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013 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 (107-53) vs. NEW YORK YANKEES (99-61) Saturday, September 29, 2018 • 1:05 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-7, 3.88) vs. RHP Lance Lynn (9-10, 4.80) Game #161 • Home Game #80 • TV: FOX • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCCM 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox lead the majors with a FIRST IMPRESSION: Alex Cora’s 107 wins are the 2nd- franchise-record 107 wins, having surpassed the previous most ever for an individual in his 1st season as an MLB REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN AL East Standing ...........................1st, +8.0 mark of 105, which was set 106 years ago in 1912. manager, trailing only Ralph Houk (1961 Yankees, 109-53). Home/Road ............................. 56-23/51-30 The Sox are the only team without a losing streak of 4+ Cora also trails only Houk for the most victories in a Day/Night .................................. 35-9/72-44 games this season...Only twice in franchise history has manager’s 1st season with a team, having recently March/April/May/June .... 2-1/19-6/18-11/17-10 BOS gone an entire season without a losing streak of 4+ passed Jake Stahl (105; 1912 Red Sox), Dusty Baker (103; July/August/September .....19-6/18-9/14-10 vs. AL East ..........................................51-23 games (1903 and 2013; won World Series in both years). 1993 Giants), and Sparky Anderson (102; 1970 Reds). vs. AL Central .....................................19-14 MOST WINS IN RED SOX HISTORY vs. AL West .........................................21-12 Rk. Club W-L (Win %) Finish M-V-P! M-V-P!: In his last 5 games, Mookie Betts is 13-for- vs. National League..............................16-4 vs. RH/LH starter ..................... 86-37/21-16 1. 2018 107-53 (.669) -- 21 (.619) with 3 HR, 5 2B, 8 RBI, and 10 R...On the season, Leading after 6 innings ........................83-6 2. 1912 105-47 (.691) Won World Series he has 32 HR and 30 SB and leads the majors in AVG (.346), Tied after 6 innings ..............................12-5 3. 1946 104-50 (.675) Lost in World Series SLG (.641), runs (128), and XBH (84)...He also ranks 2nd in Trailing after 6 innings .......................12-42 4. 1915 101-50 (.669) Won World Series OBP (.438), OPS (1.079), and doubles (tied, 47). Leading after 7 innings ........................89-4 Tied after 7 innings ..............................13-5 Betts’ 128 runs are the most by a Red Sox since Wade Trailing after 7 innings .........................5-44 THE BEST AROUND: The Red Sox have secured MLB’s Boggs in 1988 (also 128)...The last Sox player with more Leading after 8 innings ........................96-1 best record of 2018 and will own home field advantage runs in a season was Dom DiMaggio in 1950 (131). Tied after 8 innings ................................7-3 throughout the postseason...This will be the 5th time the The only Red Sox ever to hit .340+ with 80+ XBH are Trailing after 8 innings .........................4-49 Sox finish with sole possession of MLB’s best record (also Red Sox score first ..............................73-15 Ted Williams (4 times) and Jimmie Foxx (1938). Opponents score first .........................34-38 1903, 1912, 1915, and 1946); they also held a share of Betts leads the majors in WAR, according to Baseball- Come-from-behind wins .........................47 MLB’s best record in 2007 and 2013...BOS won the World Reference (10.9) and FanGraphs (10.2)...That is currently Shutouts ...............................................14-7 Series in 5 of those previous 6 seasons (not 1946). tied for the 2nd-highest single-season bWAR for a Red Scoring less than 3 runs .......................8-25 Scoring 3 or 4 runs .............................20-17 Sox position player, trailing Carl Yastrzemski (12.5 in Scoring 5 or more runs .......................79-11 105, 106, 107...: The Red Sox are 1 of 15 teams since 1900 1967) and matching Ted Williams (10.9 in 1946). Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR .......... 84-23/23-30 to win as many as 107 games...9 of the previous 14 won the 1-run/2-run games .................... 25-14/17-7 World Series...11 teams since 1900 have won 108+ games. Walk-offs ................................................7-4 J.D. POWER: J.D. Martinez leads MLB in RBI (127) and Extra innings (home/road) ............... 5-1/3-4 MOST RECENT TEAMS TO WIN 107+ GAMES total bases (353)...He ranks 2nd in AVG (.330) and HR Series openers/finales ............. 34-18/36-15 Year Club Record Finish (42); 3rd in hits (186), SLG (.626), and OPS (1.028); and Series W-L-T (home) ......................... 19-4-2 2018 BOS 107-53 -- 5th in OBP (.402), runs (tied, 109), and XBH (tied, 81). Series W-L-T (road) ........................... 14-7-5 2001 SEA 116-46 Lost in ALCS Series W-L-T (total) ......................... 33-11-7 The only other player this season with at least 100 RBI, Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 8-0/7-1 1998 NYY 114-48 Won WS 100 runs scored, and a .300 AVG is Christian Yelich. 1986 NYM 108-54 Won WS 1975 CIN 108-54 Won WS The only Red Sox ever to finish a season batting at VS. THE YANKEES 1970 BAL 108-54 Won WS least .330 with 40+ HR and 125+ RBI are Ted Williams All-Time (Since 1903) .... 990-1,188-14 (1949) and Jimmie Foxx (1936, ‘38)...The last major In Boston ................................. 543-548-7 leaguer to do that was Miguel Cabrera (2012-13). MONTHS & YEARS: At 14-10 (.583) in September, the Red In New York ............................. 447-640-7 At Current Yankee Stadium .........44-50 Sox have a chance to post a .600+ win % in every month of the season, having reached that mark in April (.760), May GAME 1: The Red Sox’ postseason will begin Friday, 10/5, 2018 ....................................................9-8 at Fenway Park in Game 1 of the ALDS...They will take on In Boston .............................................6-2 (.621), June (.630), July (.760), and August (.667)...The only In New York .........................................3-6 season in which the Sox have had a .600+ win % in every the winner of the AL Wild Card Game, which is scheduled for Wednesday, 10/3 between the Yankees and A’s (at NYY). DATE H/R SCORE WP LP month from April-September is 1912. 4/10 H W14-1 SALE Severino The Sox are 293-191 (.605) in the last 3 seasons, marking The Sox have never faced the Yankees in the ALDS... 4/11 H L7-10 Tanaka PRICE the most wins in MLB in that time, as well as the most in Those teams last faced each other in the postseason in 4/12 H W6-3 PORCELLO Gray any 3-year span in BOS history (previous: 288, 2003-05). the 2004 ALCS (BOS won, 4-3)...BOS last faced OAK in 5/8 R L2-3 Robertson HEMBREE the postseason in 2003, earning a 3-2 win in the ALDS. 5/9 R L6-9 Holder BARNES 5/10 R W5-4 KELLY Betances #DODAMAGE: The Red Sox have 16 HR in their last 8 games... 6/29 R L1-8 Sabathia RODRIGUEZ They lead MLB in runs (861), runs per game (5.38), AVG SOX & YANKS: At 9-8 with 2 games remaining, the Red 6/30 R W11-0 SALE Gray (.268), OBP (.338), SLG (.452), OPS (.790), doubles (346), and Sox can secure a season series win over the Yankees with 7/1 R L1-11 Severino PRICE XBH (582)...They own MLB’s 3rd-lowest strikeout % (19.8). a victory today...BOS is 6-2 vs. NYY at home this season. 8/2 H W15-7 JOHNSON Holder Prior to last night, the Sox had won 21 consecutive This will be the 9th season in which both the Red Sox and 8/3 H W4-1 PORCELLO Severino games in which they scored 5+ runs...They have Yankees finish with a win % of at least .600...It previously 8/4 H W4-1 EOVALDI Adams happened in 1904, ‘42, ‘48-50, ‘77-78, and 2004. 8/5 H W5-4(10) BARNES Holder scored 5+ runs in a game an MLB-high 90 times (79- 9/18 R L2-3 Green WORKMAN 11), going 59-5 (.922) in those since 5/16. BOS is 51-23 (.689) vs. the AL East...In the Divisional Era, 9/19 R L1-10 Severino PRICE the best single-season record for any AL East team within 9/20 R W11-6 WRIGHT Green GRAND CENTRAL: The Red Sox hit their 10th grand slam the division belongs to the 1998 Yankees (.688, 33-15). 9/28 H L6-11 Happ JOHNSON of 2018 last night, the 2nd-highest season total in franchise history (11 in 2005)...The only other teams with 10+ grand DOUBLE BUBBLE: The 2018 Red Sox are the 1st MLB team HIGHEST WIN % IN RED SOX HISTORY slams this season are CIN (11) and CLE (11). since 1900 to have as many as 3 players record 40+ dou- Rk. Year Win % bles, all at the age of 25 or younger (Betts-47, Bogaerts-44, 1.