BOSTON RED SOX (77-55) VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (70-59) Tuesday, August 27, 2013 • 7:10 p.m. ET • Fenway Park, Boston, MA LHP Felix Doubront (9-6, 3.79) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (7-6, 3.19) Game #133 • Home Game #64 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WUFC 1510 AM (Spanish) BACK HOME: The Red Sox tonight begin a 9-game homes- MR. 2,000: With 1,993 career hits, David Ortiz is 7 shy of tand with the 1st of 3 games against the Orioles...They will 2,000...He would be just the 39th player ever with 2,000 RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall ........................................... 77-55 also host the White Sox (8/30-9/1) and Tigers (9/2-4) for 3 hits, 400 home runs, and 1,400 RBI...Among actives, only AL East Standing ....................1st, 1.5 GA games each on the homestand. Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez have done it. At Home ......................................... 40-23 18 of the Sox remaining 30 games will be played at On Road ......................................... 37-32 Fenway Park. KOJI’S ROLLING: Including his 1.1 shutout frames en In day games .................................. 24-12 route to earning a save Saturday, Koji Uehara has not al- In night games ............................... 53-43 On Sunday night, Boston ended a stretch in which lowed a run in 20.2 innings over his last 18 outings since April ................................................. 18-8 it played 16 of 19 games away from home...The Sox 7/9...It is the 2nd-longest active scoreless streak in MLB May ................................................ 15-15 went 9-10 in that span that began 8/5. after Atlanta’s Craig Kimbrel’s 21.1-inning stretch...It also June ............................................... 17-11 marks the longest single-season scoreless streak by a Sox July ................................................. 15-10 ON THE RECORD: At 77-55 (.583) the Red Sox have the reliever since Daniel Bard’s 26-1 inning run in 2011. August ........................................... 12-11 2nd-best record in the AL and 6th-best in the major leagues. vs. AL East ...................................... 30-24 This is Uehara’s longest career scoreless inning streak vs. AL Central ................................. 14-14 BEST AL RECORDS IN 2013 in MLB...His previous was 18.1 scoreless frames over vs. AL West ..................................... 20-12 TEAM W-L WPCT 22 games from 9/1/12-4/18/13. vs. National League.......................... 13-5 Detroit 77-54 .588 vs. RH starter .................................. 52-36 Boston 77-55 .583 vs. LH starter .................................. 25-19 JONNY IN THE CLUTCH: Jonny Gomes is batting .500 Leading after 6 innings .................... 59-7 Texas 76-55 .580 with runners in scoring position in August, going 7-for-14 Tampa Bay 74-55 .574 Tied after 6 innings ............................ 9-6 with 2 homers and 12 RBI in those situations...Overall on Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 9-42 Boston’s 77 wins are tied for 1st in the AL and tied for the season he is batting .364 with RISP with 28 RBI. Leading after 7 innings .................... 61-4 2nd in MLB behind Atlanta’s 78...The Sox have won 8 Tied after 7 innings ............................ 9-6 more games than they did all of last year (69-93). STARTING SOMETHING: Daniel Nava has reached in a Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 6-45 career-high 33 straight starts beginning 6/22, with a .344 Leading after 8 innings .................... 63-3 The Sox are the only AL team and 1 of 2 ML clubs AVG/.413 OBP/.426 SLG in those tilts...It is the longest ac- Tied after 8 innings ............................ 9-6 whose record has been above .500 all year (also ATL). tive on-base streak in MLB as a starter and the longest Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 4-45 Red Sox score 1st ........................... 52-14 single-season such streak by a Sox since Dustin Pedroia’s Opponents score fi rst ..................... 25-41 IN THE STANDINGS: The Sox are in 1st place in the AL 37 starts, 6/5-7/28/11. East, 1.5 games ahead of the Rays...They have held the top Shutouts ........................................... 7-10 Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 3-29 spot 23 of the last 26 days...Boston has been in 1st or T-1st WINNING LATE: The Red Sox are tied for the major league for an AL-high 124 days in 2013. Scoring 3 or 4 runs ......................... 14-17 lead with 11 walk-off wins, the Sox’ most in a season since Scoring 5 or more runs ..................... 60-9 1978 (11)...Boston last had more walk-off wins in 1961 Red Sox hit HR ............................... 49-24 SERIES TALK: Boston has tallied a major league-best 26 (12)...Boston’s 19 last at-bat wins are T-2nd in the AL with Red Sox hit 0 HR ............................ 28-31 series wins...The Sox have won their last 2 completed sets Cleveland behind Kansas City’s 20. 1-run games ................................... 16-15 after a season-high tying 3-series losing streak. 2-run games ................................... 13-13 Walk-offs .......................................... 11-6 THEFT ALERT: Jacoby Ellsbury tops MLB with 47 stolen Extra innings (home) .......................... 4-1 FRIENDLY FENWAY: The Sox have won 6 of their last 9 bases and has been caught 4 times, a 92.2% success rate... home games and 17 of their last 25 at home...Boston has Extra innings (road)............................ 4-4 He is 3 shy of his 3rd 50-steal season (50 in 2008, Red Sox Extra innings (total) ........................... 8-5 also taken 21 of its last 30 and 27 of its last 39 at Fenway. single-season record 70 in 2009)...He is the only Red Sox Series openers ................................ 24-19 The Sox’ .635 win percentage (40-23) at home ranks ever with multi 50-steal seasons...Since 2008, only Michael Series fi nales .................................. 26-17 2nd in the AL, trailing only Tampa Bay (.642, 43-24). Bourn has had 50 steals in as many as 3 seasons. Series W-L-T (home) ......................13-7-1 Series W-L-T (road) ........................ 13-8-1 The Sox lead MLB with a .464 SLG, 240 XBH, and 161 Boston leads MLB with an 83.9% success rate on the Series W-L-T (total) ......................26-15-2 doubles at home, and are 2nd with a .286 AVG, .351 base paths and is 3rd in the American League with Series sweeps (home) ........................ 5-1 OBP, and .814 OPS...Their 161 doubles at Fenway are 99 stolen bases...The Sox have already surpassed their Series sweeps (road) .......................... 2-1 37 more than any other club at home (2nd, CHC, 124). 2012 stolen base total (97). Series sweeps (total) .......................... 7-2 Come-from-behind wins ......28, last 8/13 HAD A NICE TRIP: The Red Sox went 4-2 on their 6-game OFFENSIVE LEADERS: The Sox lead MLB with 292 dou- Innings batting around........17, last 8/6 (6th) Interleague west coast trip to San Francisco and Los Ange- bles and 454 extra-base hits, and are 2nd among all major Games decided in last AB................. 19-9 les, taking 2 of 3 games against both the Giants and Dodg- league clubs with a .273 AVG, .345 OBP, 661 runs, 5.01 runs ers...The Sox were the 1st team to take a series from the per game, 1,257 hits, 2,008 total bases, 635 RBI, 471 walks, VS. THE ORIOLES Dodgers since they lost a set to the Pirates from 6/14-16. and 1,784 times on base. All-Time vs. O’s (since 1954) .... 523-444 In Boston .................................. 265-214 START UP: Sox starters posted a 1.17 ERA (6 ER/46.1 IP) MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: Dustin Pedroia is batting .393 In Baltimore ............................. 258-230 over the 6-game west coast trip...They held opponents to 2 (11-for-28) with 4 doubles, a triple, 2 RBI, and 6 runs over 2013 vs. Orioles ............................... 4-6 runs or less in all 6 games and 1 run or less 5 times. his current 7-game hit streak. In Boston .......................................... 1-2 The Red Sox starters have recorded a 2.76 ERA (25 In Baltimore ..................................... 3-4 ER/81.2 IP) over the last 12 games, holding opponents BUCHHOLZ REHAB: Clay Buchholz, on the 60-day disabled DATE H/R SCORE WP LP to 2 earned runs or fewer 10 times in that stretch. list with a neck strain, began a rehab assignment Sunday 4/8 H W3-1 Buchholz Chen night with Short-A Lowell at Hudson Valley (TB)...Buchholz Boston’s 3.82 starter ERA (339 ER/798.0 IP) is 2nd in 4/9 H L8-5 O’Day Hanrahan threw 38 pitches over 0.2 inning, yielding 3 runs (1 ER) on a 4/10 H L2-3 Matusz Mortensen the AL to Detroit’s 3.44. hit and 3 walks while recording a strikeout. 6/13 R L4-5 (13) McFarland Wilson 6/14 R L0-2 Tillman Dempster RECENT RESULTS: The Red Sox have won 4 of their last MINOR MATTER: The Red Sox completed a minor league 6/15 R W5-4 Lackey Garcia 6 but have dropped 6 of their last 11 and 9 of their last 16 trade today, acquiring OF Quintin Berry from the Kansas 6/16 R L3-6 Gonzalez Lester tilts...8 of their last 12 losses have come by 2 runs or less. City system in exchange for RHP Clayton Mortensen. 7/26 R L0-6 Tillman Lackey The Red Sox are 19-16 (.543) since the All-Star break, 7/27 R W7-3 Dempster Feldman 6th in the American League, after pacing the circuit in SOX IN THE AFL: The Arizona Fall League announced its 7/28 R W5-0 Lester Hammel the 1st half (.598, 58-39).