BOSTON RED SOX (37-44) at NEW YORK YANKEES (41-38) Sunday, June 29, 2014 • 8:05 p.m. ET • Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY RHP John Lackey (8-5, 3.45) vs. RHP Chase Whitley (3-1, 4.07) Game #82 • Road Game #43 • TV: ESPN• Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCCM 1110 AM (Spanish) LAST NIGHT: The Red Sox won last night at Yankee Sta- SOX AND YANKS: Tonight the Red Sox and Yankees con- dium, 2-1...Jon Lester allowed 0 ER (1 R) over 8.0 innings clude a 3-game series in New York, the clubs’ 2nd set of the REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN for his 9th win of the season, lowering his ERA to 2.92... season in the Bronx...This is the 10th of 19 regular season Overall ........................................... 37-44 AL East Standing ....................4th, 7.0 GB Boston’s 2 runs came on solo homers off Tanaka by David games between these teams in 2014 (3-6 thus far)...They At Home ......................................... 20-19 Ross (3rd inning) and Mike Napoli (9th inning). meet next for 3 games at Fenway Park from 8/1-3. On Road ......................................... 17-25 The Sox became the 3rd team to defeat NYY’s In day games .................................... 9-14 Masahiro Tanaka, who lost in a complete game BALLPARK FIGURES: Boston is 26-26 (.500) at the cur- In night games ............................... 28-30 effort...Dustin Pedroia (3-for-4, 2B) now has 4 career rent Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009, tied with Se- March/April .................................... 13-14 hits against Tanaka, more than any other player (4). attle (12-12) for the best record here by visiting AL teams. May ................................................ 13-15 June ............................................... 11-15 The only other time Boston scored two runs, both on Last night Jon Lester earned his 9th win at this vs. AL East ...................................... 14-20 solo home runs, and beat the Yankees was 5/8/1953 ballpark, 4 more than any other visiting player here vs. AL Central ................................... 9-13 in an 11-inning game at Fenway...Dick Gernert (2nd (Felix Hernandez and David Price have 5 each)...It was vs. AL West ......................................... 8-8 inning) and Billy Goodman (walk-off 11th inning) hit his 4th start at this ballpark allowing 0 ER, passing vs. National League............................ 6-3 those homers in a complete game loss by Johnny Sain. Hernandez (3) for the most here as a visitor. vs. RH starter .................................. 23-30 vs. LH starter .................................. 14-14 Mike Napoli’s game-winning homer last night was his Leading after 6 innings .................... 25-3 STATE OF THE SOX: Boston has taken 2 of its last 3 6th shot at Yankee Stadium since joining the Red Sox, Tied after 6 innings ............................ 7-7 contests but has dropped 6 of their last 9 following a 7-4 most among all visitors here since the start of 2013. Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 5-34 stretch from 6/8-18...They are 17-15 since the start of a Leading after 7 innings .................... 27-1 season-long 7-game win streak on 5/26. ON THE OFFENSE: Boston has scored 3 runs or less in Tied after 7 innings .......................... 6-10 12 of its last 14 games beginning on 6/14...The Sox have The Sox are in 4th place in the AL East, 7.0 games Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 4-33 scored 34 total runs in that 14-game stretch (2.4 per game), Leading after 8 innings .................... 28-0 back in the division, and are 6.0 games back in the going 6-8 with a team ERA of 3.52 (49 ER/125.1 IP). Tied after 8 innings .......................... 7-10 race for the AL’s 2nd Wild Card playoff berth. Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 2-34 Among AL offenses, the Sox are 3rd in walks (284) Thursday’s off-day wrapped up a stretch of 36 games Red Sox score 1st ........................... 28-10 and 6th in times on base (990), but have scored 3.74 Opponent scores fi rst ....................... 9-34 played in 37 days that began on 5/20 (16-20)...Their runs per game, ahead of only Houston (3.73) and only off-day within that stretch was on 6/5 in Detroit Shutouts ............................................. 4-7 Tampa Bay (3.69) among AL teams. after fl ying in from Cleveland. Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 5-25 The Sox are seeing 4.02 pitches/PA, 2nd most in the Scoring 3 or 4 runs ......................... 11-10 Boston is 20-9 (.690) this year when tallying at least majors to MIN (4.06)...They have reached base a Scoring 5 or more runs ..................... 21-9 10 hits, and 32-19 (.627) when scoring at least 3 runs. Red Sox hit HR ............................... 22-24 MLB-leading 435 times on 2-strike counts. Red Sox hit 0 HR ............................ 15-20 1-run games ................................... 14-17 HALF-WAY POINT: Last night’s game marked the half- BROCK FROM THE TOP: Since being installed as the Red way point of the regular season...The team is below .500 2-run games ....................................... 7-5 Sox’ leadoff hitter on 5/23, Brock Holt ranks 3rd among all Walk-offs ............................................ 5-7 through 81 games for the 1st time since the 1997 club went major leaguers with 49 hits (HOU’s Jose Altuve and TEX’s Extra innings (home) .......................... 3-3 also won 37 of its fi rst 81 games...Boston went a team- Adrian Beltre, 50 each)...He has played all 330 innings of Extra innings (road)............................ 2-4 record 16 consecutive years with a winning record through Boston’s 35 games in that time while making starts at 5 dif- Extra innings (total) ........................... 5-7 81 games from 1998-2013. ferent positions (7 at 1B, 11 at 3B, 5 in LF, 2 in CF, 10 in RF). Series openers ................................ 10-17 Series fi nales .................................. 12-14 BROADCAST WEEKEND: All 3 games this weekend be- Holt has reached safely via hit, walk, or HBP in 32 of Series W-L-T (home) ........................7-5-2 tween the Red Sox and Yankees are national broadcasts... his 36 total leadoff starts this season (also 4/21)...His Series W-L-T (road) .......................... 4-8-0 Friday night’s game was on MLBN (outside NESN territory), .323 AVG (51-for-158) from the top spot is 3rd best Series W-L-T (total) ......................11-13-2 last night’s game is on FOX. among big league leadoff hitters with at least 100 PA. Series sweeps (home) ........................ 4-3 Series sweeps (road) .......................... 1-2 Tonight marks the club’s 5th appearance on ESPN’s His .321 AVG overall leads MLB rookies (min. 150 PA) and ranks 5th among all AL players (min. 200 PA). Series sweeps (total) .......................... 5-5 Sunday Night Baseball (2-2) and 3rd on the road (1-1). Come-from-behind wins ......15, last 6/25 Innings batting around....8, last 6/13 (7th) ROAD RUNNING: Tonight the Sox conclude a season- NAP IS BACK, NAVA TOO: In 19 games since returning Games decided in last AB............... 12-13 long-tying 10-game road trip (3-6 thus far) with the last from the DL on 6/8, Napoli is batting .309 (21-for-68) with 2 2B, 5 HR, 9 RBI, 9 BB, a .390 OBP, and a .559 SLG. of 3 games against the Yankees, having split their first 2 VS. THE YANKEES contests...Boston began the trip with 7 games on the west Daniel Nava is 19-for-57 (.333) and has reached base All-Time vs. NYY (since 1903) ......949-1,144-14 coast (2-5), going 1-3 in Oakland and 1-2 in Seattle. in 27 of 65 PA (.415 OBP) in 20 games since returning In Boston ...............................521-528-7 for his 3rd stint with the Red Sox on 6/2. In New York ........................... 429-616-7 Tonight’s game concludes a 28-day, 26-game stretch At Yankee Stadium ....................... 26-26 encompassing most of June (6/2-29) over which the 2014 vs. Yankees ................................ 3-6 Sox played only 7 games in Boston (6/12-18). MILLENIAL MAN: With 531 doubles, 18 triples, and 449 HR in his career for 998 extra-base hits, the most among In Boston .......................................... 1-2 In New York ...................................... 2-4 MOOKIE MOVES UP: Yesterday the Red Sox selected INF/ active left-handed hitters and 3rd most among all actives (Alex Rodriguez with 1,203; Albert Pujols with 1,064). DATE H/R SCORE WP LP OF Mookie Betts to the ML roster...The 21-year-old, who did 4/10 R L1-4 Pineda Buchholz not play in yesterday’s game, has reached base safely in 71 He is 2 extra-base hits shy of becoming the 36th 4/11 R W4-2 Lester Sabathia of 77 games this season between Double-A and Triple-A... player to reach the mark, the 16th left-handed hitter... 4/12 R L4-7 Kuroda Lackey Before this season, he had not played above Single-A. Only 10 others have at least as many doubles (531), 4/13 R L2-3 Nova Doubront triples (18), and homers (449) as Ortiz in his career. 4/22 H L3-9 Tanaka Lester 4/23 H W5-1 Lackey Pineda RAZOR THIN: Of the club’s last 14 games, 10 have been 4/24 H L5-14 Sabathia Doubront decided by 1 run, with Boston going 6-4 in those contests. DAVID AND WADE: Last night David Ortiz hit his 423rd 6/27 R L0-6 Nuno Workman Boston has played an AL-high 31 1-run games this double as a Red Sox, passing Wade Boggs (422) for 4th on 6/28 R W2-1 Lester Tanaka year, going 14-17 in those contests...In the majors, the team’s all-time list...He now trails only Carl Yastrzemski only Pittsburgh has played more 1-run games (34).