BOSTON RED SOX (69-90) at NEW YORK YANKEES (92-67) Monday, October 1, 2012 • 7:05 p.m. ET • Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY RHP Clay Buchholz (11-7, 4.22) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (14-6, 3.42) Game #160 • Road Game #79 • TV: NESN/MLBN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM/850 AM, WWZN 1510 AM (Spanish) FINAL TREK: The Red Sox tonight begin their fi nal series SLUGGING SOUTHPAWS: Cody Ross, who hit his 22nd of the 2012 season with the 1st of 3 games against the homer yesterday off Orioles lefty Joe Saunders, ranks 2nd in RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall ........................................... 69-90 Yankees in New York...Boston was swept in 3 games in Bal- the American League with a .651 SLG and 3rd with a 1.032 AL East Standing ................ 5th, -23.0 GB timore to begin this fi nal trip of the season. OPS vs. left-handed pitching...12 of Ross’ homers this year At Home ......................................... 34-47 The Sox are 35-43 (.449) in away games this year, tied have come off left-handers, tied for 5th-most in the AL. On Road ......................................... 35-43 for 9th in the AL...The .449 win percentage on the road is In day games .................................. 21-25 the club’s worst since going 29-52 (.358) away from home EXTRA, EXTRA: Boston leads the Majors with 334 dou- In night games ............................... 48-65 during the 1992 season. bles, 29 more than the next-highest total (Arizona, 305)... April ............................................... 11-11 The Red Sox are 3rd in the AL with 513 extra-base hits...The May ................................................ 15-14 EASTERN END: Beginning on 9/7, Boston’s fi nal 24 tilts are Sox have tallied at least 300 doubles and 500 extra-base June ............................................... 15-12 all vs. AL East rivals...The Sox are 6-15 thus far in those tilts. hits in each of the last 17 seasons beginning in 1996. July ................................................. 12-14 August ............................................. 9-20 Jacoby Ellsbury’s career .314 AVG (347-for-1,106) within ROSTER RECORD: The Red Sox have had 56 players ap- September ........................................ 7-19 the division is the 2nd-best mark among Major Leaguers pear in a game this year, establishing a new club record (pre- vs. AL East ...................................... 26-43 with at least 200 games vs. the AL East since 2007. viously 55 in 1996)...No other team has used more than 54 vs. AL Central ................................. 24-16 vs. AL West ....................................... 8-24 QUITE A RUN: With 90 losses this season, Boston is a sea- players in 2012...No AL club had used as many as 56 players in a season since the 2004 Royals (58)...All 36 players on the vs. National League.......................... 11-7 son-high 21 games under .500, and guaranteed its 1st losing Sox current active roster have played with the club this year. vs. RH starter .................................. 43-66 season since 1997 (78-84, .481)...The only other team to fi nish vs. LH starter .................................. 26-24 over .500 in all 14 years from 1998-2011 was the Yankees... Leading after 6 innings .................. 53-14 GOING DEEP: 22 different players have homered for the Tied after 6 innings .......................... 9-11 Boston tallied at least 90 wins 10 times in that 14-year span... Red Sox this year, tied for 3rd-most in the Majors (T-1st in Boston has endured just 7 losing campaigns since 1967. Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 7-65 the AL)...Only 2 previous Boston teams have had more play- Leading after 7 innings .................... 57-8 IT’S BEEN AWHILE: The Sox are in 5th place in the AL ers homer: 24 in 2009 and 23 in 1996. Tied after 7 innings .......................... 6-10 East, 23.0 games behind the division-leading Orioles and Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 5-72 27 PLAYERS, 34 STINTS: The Red Sox have had 27 dif- Leading after 8 innings .................... 57-7 Yankees, matching their largest defi cit in the division this ferent players on the DL this season for 34 separate stints, Tied after 8 innings .......................... 8-10 year...The Red Sox have not fi nished last in their division both of which are the most by a Sox team since at least Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 3-73 since 1992 when they went 73-89 (.451) and came in last 1971 and, according to STATS, the most by any team since Red Sox score 1st ........................... 38-26 in the 7-team AL East. at least 1987...13 players who have been on the DL with Opponents score 1st ...................... 31-64 Yesterday’s 6-3 loss in Baltimore marked the Sox 90th the Sox this year are current or former All-Stars. Shutouts ............................................. 4-7 of the season...The club had not reached the 90-loss mark Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 5-41 since 1966 when the Sox fi nished 72-90...Boston’s .434 win FENWAY FINALE: The Red Sox went 34-47 (.420) at Fen- Scoring 3 or 4 runs ......................... 14-33 pct. is its lowest since the 1962 club fi nished 62-100 (.383). way Park this year, posting their worst home record since Scoring 5 or more runs ................... 50-16 Red Sox hit HR ............................... 55-47 going 34-47 in 1965 and fi nishing under .500 at home for Red Sox hit 0 HR ............................ 14-43 VS. THE YANKS: The Red Sox are 5-10 against the Yankees the 1st time since 1997 (39-42, .481). this year and guaranteed their 1st season series loss vs. 1-run games ................................... 17-21 The Sox lead the Majors with 211 home doubles and top 2-run games ................................... 14-22 New York since 2007 (8-10)...The Sox have won 4 of their the AL with 308 extra-base hits...The 211 doubles tied for Walk-offs ............................................ 3-7 last 8 games against the Yanks after dropping 6 of their 1st their 3rd-highest total at Fenway Park since 1921 behind Extra innings (home) .......................... 0-7 7 meetings of the season. 218 in 2004 and 216 in 2003. Extra innings (road)............................ 2-2 The Red Sox have lost 13 of their last 19 contests with Extra innings (total) ........................... 2-9 their division rival dating back to 9/1/11 and 15 of their last 3-MILLION MARK: The Red Sox drew 3,043,003 fans Series openers ................................ 19-32 24 contests vs. NYY since 8/5/11 following a 7-game win during the 2012 campaign, surpassing the 3-million mark Series fi nales .................................. 21-30 streak against the Yanks from 4/10-6/9/11. for the 5th time in club history, all since 2008...Boston has Series W-L-T (home) ....................10-15-0 hosted 793 straight sell-outs at Fenway Park dating back Series W-L-T (road) ...................... 10-12-4 Boston is 13-6 in its last 19 contests at Yankee Stadium Series W-L-T (total) ......................20-27-4 dating back to 8/9/10...At 17-16, the Red Sox are the only to 5/15/03, the longest regular-season sellout streak in the Series sweeps (home) ........................ 2-8 visiting AL team with a winning record at the new Yankee history of major league sports. Series sweeps (road) .......................... 1-5 Stadium (since 2009). Series sweeps (total) ........................ 3-13 BOBBY V. AT THE HELM: Bobby Valentine, in his 1st sea- Come-from-behind wins ......37, last 9/18 YANKEE NEMESIS: Pedro Ciriaco is 18-for-42 (.429) with son as Red Sox manager, ranks 4th among active Major Innings batting around.......16, last 9/17 (7th) 7 RBI, 11 runs and 4 stolen bases in 11 career games vs. League skippers in games (2,348) and 5th in wins (1,186)... Games decided in last AB............... 14-20 the Yankees, all this year with Boston...Of his 17 multi-hit He is 40th on the all-time managerial wins list, 2 shy of games this season, 5 have come against New York, includ- Mike Hargrove (1,888). ing 4 games with at least 3 hits and a pair of 4-hit efforts. STAFF EXPANDED: Triple-A Pawtucket Manager Arnie TAZ-MANIA: Junichi Tazawa ranks 2nd in the AL (3rd in the Beyeler and Pitching Coach Rich Sauveur have joined the VS. THE YANKEES ML) among pitchers with at least 40.0 IP with a 1.50 ERA (7 team to assist the Red Sox coaching staff for the remainder All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903).. ..934-1129-14 ER/42.0 IP) behind only the Rays Fernando Rodney (.061)... of the season...The PawSox won the International League’s In Boston ................................... 514-523-7 Since 1916, only 2 Red Sox have posted a lower single- 2012 Governor’s Cup Championship. At Fenway Park ......................... 461-463-4 season mark while throwing at least 40.0 innings: Jonathan In New York ............................... 420-606-7 Papelbon, 0.92 in 2006 and Calvin Schiraldi, 1.41 in 1986. HOPE FOR SHANNON: Friend and colleague Shannon Forde, At Yankee Stadium ............................17-16 Tazawa’s 8.80 strikeout-to-walk ratio (44 Ks/5 BB) is best the Mets Sr. Director of Media Relations, is battling Stage 4 2012 vs. Yankees .................................5-10 in the Majors this season among hurlers with at least 40.0 IP. cancer and a fundraiser is being held 11/1 in NJ to help sup- In Boston ...............................................2-7 port her...To donate, go to hopeshinesforshannon.com. In New York ...........................................3-3 K’S FROM THE PEN: Red Sox relievers have combined for DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 33 strikeouts over 28.0 innings in the club’s last 7 games, TEK’S NEW POSITION: The Red Sox Thursday announced 4/20 H L2-6 Nova Buchholz walking only 9 batters in that time...Sox relievers have tallied Jason Varitek has been named Special Assistant to the Gen- 4/21 H L9-15 Soriano Aceves 100 K’s in September, 3rd-most in the AL during the month eral Manager...The former Sox captain retired in March after 7/6 H L8-10 Logan Miller spending his entire 15-year Major League career with Boston.