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STATE OF THE SOX: Tonight, the Red Sox continue a 9-game homestand and a stretch of 12 consecutive days with a game (1-3 so far). BOS is 3-6 in its last 9 games, on the heels of a 4-game winning streak from 4/15-18...The Sox have not had a losing streak of longer than 2 games this season. A LONG WAY TO GO: The Red Sox are 12-11, just 1 game behind the pace of last year’s squad (13-10) that finished with 93 wins...Since the current 10-team playoff format was established in 2012, 20 of the 50 teams to reach the postseason were 12-11 or worse after 23 games. CLOSE CALLS: 19 of the Red Sox’ 23 games have been decided by 3 runs or fewer, including 12 of the last 13...BOS is 10-9 in those 19 games. BOS has won its last 5 games decided by 1 run...The Sox are 8-5 in games decided by 1 or 2 runs, after going 38-39 in such games last season. SOX & CUBS: The Red Sox and Cubs are meeting in Inter- league play for the 5th time (also 2005, 2011, 2012, and 2014)...The only postseason meeting between these fran- chises came in 1918, when the Red Sox defeated the Cubs in the World Series, 4 games to 2...Neither team would win another World Series until 2004 (BOS). NATIONAL AFFAIR: Yesterday’s 7-4 loss to the Cubs snapped the Red Sox’ 6-game winning streak in Interleague play...The Sox are 21-7 against the NL since 9/4/15. Yesterday also snapped the Sox’ 9-game winning streak against NL teams at home...BOS has won 18 of its last 21 Interleague games at Fenway Park, as well as 82 of its last 115 since 5/22/05. With identical 215-153 (.584) records, the Red Sox and Yankees are tied for the best winning percentage in Interleague play since its inception in 1997...Since 2003, the Sox’ .642 winning percentage (170-95) in Interleague games ranks well ahead of the 2nd-best mark in that time (NYY; .586, 156-110). SENIOR CIRCUIT: Dustin Pedroia has hit .340 with a .402 OBP in 171 career Interleague games...Among players with at least 500 AB in Interleague play, Pedroia ranks 1st all- time in AVG and 5th all-time in OBP...He has recorded more walks (73) than strikeouts (71) vs. NL clubs. CLOSING TIME: Craig Kimbrel has struck out 20 of 39 batters faced this season, including 13 of his last 17...He is averaging 17.4 SO/9.0 IP, the 4th-best mark among ML re- lievers...His 8 saves lead the AL and rank 2nd in the majors. Kimbrel has converted each of his 23 career save opportunities at Fenway Park...He has allowed 0 runs and only 6 hits in those 23 games (23.0 IP, 4 BB, 40 SO). CONSECUTIVE SAVES CONVERTED AT FENWAY PARK PITCHER SAVES YEARS Tom Gordon 29 1998-99 Craig Kimbrel 23 2012-present Jonathan Papelbon 20 2009-10 THE ‘PEN IS MIGHTIER: Boston’s bullpen ranks among ML leaders in ERA (3rd, 2.31), opponent AVG (5th, .198), opponent SLG (2nd, .300), and HR/9.0 IP ratio (4th, 0.51)... Through the first 23 games of the 2016 season, the Sox’ bullpen had a 3.68 ERA and a .226 opponent AVG. APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY POWER: The Red Sox rank last in the majors in HR (14), but they have hit 6 in their last 5 games...In 2016, BOS ranked last in the AL in HR in April (19), but the club’s 189 HR from 5/1 through the end of the season ranked T-6th in the majors...The Sox’ 114 HR from 7/4 through the end of the season ranked 3rd in MLB behind only BAL (125) and STL (117). ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox lead the AL and rank 2nd in the majors in AVG (.273)...BOS also ranks 3rd in the AL and 5th in the majors in OBP (.334)...Sox batters are averaging 5.8 PA/SO, the highest mark in MLB. STEADY EDDIE: Since giving up 2 ER in the 1st inning on 4/13 vs. PIT, Eduardo Rodriguez has allowed 0 ER in his last 11.1 IP...He has surrendered only 2 hits to his last 45 batters faced (2-for-37, 8 BB, 16 SO); he has not allowed a hit to his last 40 right-handed batters faced (0-for-33, 7 BB, 14 SO). Rodriguez allowed only 1 hit in 6.0 IP on 4/23 at BAL, taking a no-hitter into the 5th inning...He has carried a no-hitter through 4.0 innings in 4 of his last 11 starts (also 8/16/16 at BAL, 9/4/16 at OAK, 9/20/16 at BAL). In 18 games (17 starts) since the 2016 All-Star break, Rodriguez has posted a 3.22 ERA and held opponents to a .203 AVG (95.0 IP, 70 H, 34 ER, 101 SO). SUPPORTING CAST: Eduardo Rodriguez has received 5 or more runs of support in 11 of his 44 career starts; in those 11 games, he is 10-0 with a 1.57 ERA and a .176 opponent AVG (74.1 IP, 47 H, 13 ER, 17 BB, 62 SO). HAVE WE BENINTRODUCED?: Andrew Benintendi—who entered 2017 ranked No. 1 in Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list—has homered in each of his last 2 games... He began the season 4-for-23 (.174), but he is batting .381 (24-for-63) since 4/11...He is the only major leaguer with a 5-hit game in 2017 (5-for-5 on 4/23 at BAL). Benintendi ranks among ML rookie leaders in hits (T-1st, 28), RBI (T-3rd, 14), runs (4th, 13), AVG (3rd, .326), and OBP (3rd, .388). START ME UP: Red Sox starters have a 2.68 ERA (17 ER/57.0 IP) in the club’s last 9 games (beginning 4/19), the 2nd-lowest mark in the majors during that time (LAA-2.59). PITCHING IN: Red Sox pitchers rank 5th in the majors in ERA (3.56) and 2nd in SO/9.0 IP (9.66)...The last 3 seasons in which the Sox had an ERA this low after 23 games were 2013 (3.47), 2007 (3.25), and 2004 (3.23), each of which ended with a World Series title. Red Sox pitchers have allowed 16 ER in the 1st inning this season (23.0 IP, 6.26 ERA), but they have posted a 3.21 ERA (65 ER/182.0 IP) in all other innings. HIGH FIVE: During his current 5-game hitting streak, Han- ley Ramirez is batting .368 (7-for-19) with 2 HR...In 2016, Ramirez hit only 1 HR in April; he finished the season with 30 HR and a career-best 111 RBI. REHAB NEWS: Brock Holt, who was placed on the 10-day DL with vertigo on 4/21, continued a rehab assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket last night and went 1-for-3...In 2 games with the PawSox—both as a DH—he is 2-for-6 (BB, R, RBI). DAILY DOUBLE: Mitch Moreland leads the majors outright in doubles (12), 7 of which have been hit on the road... The only other Red Sox player in the last 100 years with as many as 12 2B before May 1 is Mike Napoli (13 in 2013). Moreland began the season 0-for-12, but he has since posted a 1.012 OPS (24-for-72, 12 2B, 2 HR, 11 BB, HBP). GOLDEN GLOVE: Dustin Pedroia has not committed an error in his last 56 games (last: 8/19/16 at DET), totaling 202 chances in that time...He holds the longest errorless games and chances streaks at 2B in Red Sox history, logging 98 games and 439 total chances without a miscue from 7/30/09-5/19/10 and 7/29/09-5/20/10, respectively. SALE-ING ALONG: Chris Sale leads the majors with 52 SO...He also ranks 2nd in ERA (1.19) and innings (37.2). BOSTON RED SOX (12-11) vs. CHICAGO CUBS (13-10) Sunday, April 30, 2017 8:05 p.m. ET Fenway Park Boston, MA LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (1-1, 3.12) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-1, 4.50) Game #24 • Home Game #14 TV: ESPN Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN AL East Standing ....................... 3rd, 3.5 GB Home/Road ..................................... 8-5/4-6 Day/Night ........................................ 8-4/4-7 April ................................................... 12-11 vs. AL East .............................................. 7-7 vs. AL Central ......................................... 1-3 vs. AL West ............................................. 0-0 vs. National League................................ 4-1 vs. RH/LH starter ........................... 10-9/2-2 Leading after 6 innings .......................... 6-1 Tied after 6 innings ................................ 3-1 Trailing after 6 innings ........................... 3-9 Leading after 7 innings .......................... 8-0 Tied after 7 innings ................................ 2-1 Trailing after 7 innings ......................... 2-10 Leading after 8 innings ........................ 10-0 Tied after 8 innings ................................ 2-0 Trailing after 8 innings ......................... 0-11 Red Sox score first.................................. 6-4 Opponents score first ............................. 6-7 Shutouts................................................. 1-3 Scoring less than 3 runs ......................... 1-7 Scoring 3 or 4 runs ................................. 4-1 Scoring 5 or more runs ........................... 7-3 Red Sox hit HR ....................................... 7-4 Red Sox hit 0 HR .................................... 5-7 1-run/2-run games .......................... 5-2/3-3 Walk-offs................................................ 1-0 Extra innings (home/road)............... 1-0/1-0 Series openers/finales ..................... 5-4/5-3 Series W-L-T (home) ........................... 3-1-1 Series W-L-T (road) ............................. 1-2-0 Series W-L-T (total)............................. 4-3-1 Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 1-1/0-0 Come-from-behind wins ........................... 6 RED SOX ALL-TIME RANKINGS Rk. Player H 7. Bobby Doerr ............................. 2,042 8. Harry Hooper ........................... 1,707 9. Dustin Pedroia ................... 1,704 Rk. Player HR 17. Reggie Smith............................... 149 T18. Trot Nixon ................................... 133 T18. Dustin Pedroia ...................... 133 T18. Kevin Youkilis .............................. 133 Rk. Player 2B 5. Wade Boggs................................ 422 6. Bobby Doerr ................................ 381 7. Dustin Pedroia ...................... 376 Rk. Player SB 5. Heinie Wagner ............................ 141 T6. Larry Gardner .............................. 134 T6. Dustin Pedroia ..................... 134 TODAY IN RED SOX HISTORY APRIL 30, 1952 (65 YEARS AGO): In his final game of the season before rejoining the Marine Corps, Ted Williams hit a game- winning 2-run HR in the 7th inning, lifting the Red Sox to a 5-3 win over the Tigers. VS. THE CUBS All-Time ............................................. 6-8 In Boston.............................................3-5 In Chicago ...........................................3-3 2017 .................................................... 1-1 In Boston.............................................1-1 In Chicago ...........................................0-0 DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 4/28 H W5-4 Pomeranz Arrieta 4/29 H L4-7 Lackey Wright UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Mon., 5/1 vs. BAL 7:10 p.m. RHP Rick Porcello (1-3, 4.75) RHP Dylan Bundy (3-1, 1.65) NESN/ESPN Tue., 5/2 vs. BAL 7:10 p.m. LHP Chris Sale (1-2, 1.19) TBD NESN/MLBN Wed., 5/3 vs. BAL 7:10 p.m. LHP Drew Pomeranz (2-1, 4.15) RHP Kevin Gausman (1-2, 7.50) NESN Thu., 5/4 vs. BAL 7:10 p.m. RHP Steven Wright (1-3, 8.25) RHP Ubaldo Jiménez (1-1, 7.43) NESN/MLBN Red Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affiliates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM. 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 (8): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM @SOXNOTES MOST WINS, RED SOX MANAGERS Rk. Manager Wins 7. Don Zimmer ................................ 411 8. John Farrell ........................... 351

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STATE OF THE SOX: Tonight, the Red Sox continue a 9-game homestand and a stretch of 12 consecutive days with a game (1-3 so far).

BOS is 3-6 in its last 9 games, on the heels of a 4-game winning streak from 4/15-18...The Sox have not had a losing streak of longer than 2 games this season.

A LONG WAY TO GO: The Red Sox are 12-11, just 1 game behind the pace of last year’s squad (13-10) that finished with 93 wins...Since the current 10-team playoff format was established in 2012, 20 of the 50 teams to reach the postseason were 12-11 or worse after 23 games.

CLOSE CALLS: 19 of the Red Sox’ 23 games have been decided by 3 runs or fewer, including 12 of the last 13...BOS is 10-9 in those 19 games.

BOS has won its last 5 games decided by 1 run...The Sox are 8-5 in games decided by 1 or 2 runs, after going 38-39 in such games last season.

SOX & CUBS: The Red Sox and Cubs are meeting in Inter-league play for the 5th time (also 2005, 2011, 2012, and 2014)...The only postseason meeting between these fran-chises came in 1918, when the Red Sox defeated the Cubs in the World Series, 4 games to 2...Neither team would win another World Series until 2004 (BOS).

NATIONAL AFFAIR: Yesterday’s 7-4 loss to the Cubs snapped the Red Sox’ 6-game winning streak in Interleague play...The Sox are 21-7 against the NL since 9/4/15.

Yesterday also snapped the Sox’ 9-game winning streak against NL teams at home...BOS has won 18 of its last 21 Interleague games at Fenway Park, as well as 82 of its last 115 since 5/22/05.

With identical 215-153 (.584) records, the Red Sox and Yankees are tied for the best winning percentage in Interleague play since its inception in 1997...Since 2003, the Sox’ .642 winning percentage (170-95) in Interleague games ranks well ahead of the 2nd-best mark in that time (NYY; .586, 156-110).

SENIOR CIRCUIT: Dustin Pedroia has hit .340 with a .402 OBP in 171 career Interleague games...Among players with at least 500 AB in Interleague play, Pedroia ranks 1st all-time in AVG and 5th all-time in OBP...He has recorded more walks (73) than strikeouts (71) vs. NL clubs.

CLOSING TIME: Craig Kimbrel has struck out 20 of 39 batters faced this season, including 13 of his last 17...He is averaging 17.4 SO/9.0 IP, the 4th-best mark among ML re-lievers...His 8 saves lead the AL and rank 2nd in the majors.

Kimbrel has converted each of his 23 career save opportunities at Fenway Park...He has allowed 0 runs and only 6 hits in those 23 games (23.0 IP, 4 BB, 40 SO).

CONSECUTIVE SAVES CONVERTED AT FENWAY PARK

PITCHER SAVES YEARS Tom Gordon 29 1998-99 Craig Kimbrel 23 2012-present Jonathan Papelbon 20 2009-10

THE ‘PEN IS MIGHTIER: Boston’s bullpen ranks among ML leaders in ERA (3rd, 2.31), opponent AVG (5th, .198), opponent SLG (2nd, .300), and HR/9.0 IP ratio (4th, 0.51)...Through the first 23 games of the 2016 season, the Sox’ bullpen had a 3.68 ERA and a .226 opponent AVG.

APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY POWER: The Red Sox rank last in the majors in HR (14), but they have hit 6 in their last 5 games...In 2016, BOS ranked last in the AL in HR in April (19), but the club’s 189 HR from 5/1 through the end of the season ranked T-6th in the majors...The Sox’ 114 HR from 7/4 through the end of the season ranked 3rd in MLB behind only BAL (125) and STL (117).

ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox lead the AL and rank 2nd in the majors in AVG (.273)...BOS also ranks 3rd in the AL and 5th in the majors in OBP (.334)...Sox batters are averaging 5.8 PA/SO, the highest mark in MLB.

STEADY EDDIE: Since giving up 2 ER in the 1st inning on 4/13 vs. PIT, Eduardo Rodriguez has allowed 0 ER in his last 11.1 IP...He has surrendered only 2 hits to his last 45 batters faced (2-for-37, 8 BB, 16 SO); he has not allowed a hit to his last 40 right-handed batters faced (0-for-33, 7 BB, 14 SO).

Rodriguez allowed only 1 hit in 6.0 IP on 4/23 at BAL, taking a no-hitter into the 5th inning...He has carried a no-hitter through 4.0 innings in 4 of his last 11 starts (also 8/16/16 at BAL, 9/4/16 at OAK, 9/20/16 at BAL).

In 18 games (17 starts) since the 2016 All-Star break, Rodriguez has posted a 3.22 ERA and held opponents to a .203 AVG (95.0 IP, 70 H, 34 ER, 101 SO).

SUPPORTING CAST: Eduardo Rodriguez has received 5 or more runs of support in 11 of his 44 career starts; in those 11 games, he is 10-0 with a 1.57 ERA and a .176 opponent AVG (74.1 IP, 47 H, 13 ER, 17 BB, 62 SO).

HAVE WE BENINTRODUCED?: Andrew Benintendi—who entered 2017 ranked No. 1 in Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list—has homered in each of his last 2 games...He began the season 4-for-23 (.174), but he is batting .381 (24-for-63) since 4/11...He is the only major leaguer with a 5-hit game in 2017 (5-for-5 on 4/23 at BAL).

Benintendi ranks among ML rookie leaders in hits (T-1st, 28), RBI (T-3rd, 14), runs (4th, 13), AVG (3rd, .326), and OBP (3rd, .388).

START ME UP: Red Sox starters have a 2.68 ERA (17 ER/57.0 IP) in the club’s last 9 games (beginning 4/19), the 2nd-lowest mark in the majors during that time (LAA-2.59).

PITCHING IN: Red Sox pitchers rank 5th in the majors in ERA (3.56) and 2nd in SO/9.0 IP (9.66)...The last 3 seasons in which the Sox had an ERA this low after 23 games were 2013 (3.47), 2007 (3.25), and 2004 (3.23), each of which ended with a World Series title.

Red Sox pitchers have allowed 16 ER in the 1st inning this season (23.0 IP, 6.26 ERA), but they have posted a 3.21 ERA (65 ER/182.0 IP) in all other innings.

HIGH FIVE: During his current 5-game hitting streak, Han-ley Ramirez is batting .368 (7-for-19) with 2 HR...In 2016, Ramirez hit only 1 HR in April; he finished the season with 30 HR and a career-best 111 RBI.

REHAB NEWS: Brock Holt, who was placed on the 10-day DL with vertigo on 4/21, continued a rehab assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket last night and went 1-for-3...In 2 games with the PawSox—both as a DH—he is 2-for-6 (BB, R, RBI).

DAILY DOUBLE: Mitch Moreland leads the majors outright in doubles (12), 7 of which have been hit on the road...The only other Red Sox player in the last 100 years with as many as 12 2B before May 1 is Mike Napoli (13 in 2013).

Moreland began the season 0-for-12, but he has since posted a 1.012 OPS (24-for-72, 12 2B, 2 HR, 11 BB, HBP).

GOLDEN GLOVE: Dustin Pedroia has not committed an error in his last 56 games (last: 8/19/16 at DET), totaling 202 chances in that time...He holds the longest errorless games and chances streaks at 2B in Red Sox history, logging 98 games and 439 total chances without a miscue from 7/30/09-5/19/10 and 7/29/09-5/20/10, respectively.

SALE-ING ALONG: Chris Sale leads the majors with 52 SO...He also ranks 2nd in ERA (1.19) and innings (37.2).

BOSTON RED SOX (12-11) vs. CHICAGO CUBS (13-10)Sunday, April 30, 2017 • 8:05 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA

LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (1-1, 3.12) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-1, 4.50)Game #24 • Home Game #14 • TV: ESPN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish)

REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWNAL East Standing .......................3rd, 3.5 GBHome/Road ..................................... 8-5/4-6Day/Night ........................................ 8-4/4-7April ...................................................12-11vs. AL East ..............................................7-7vs. AL Central .........................................1-3vs. AL West .............................................0-0vs. National League................................4-1vs. RH/LH starter ........................... 10-9/2-2Leading after 6 innings ..........................6-1Tied after 6 innings ................................3-1Trailing after 6 innings ...........................3-9Leading after 7 innings ..........................8-0Tied after 7 innings ................................2-1Trailing after 7 innings .........................2-10Leading after 8 innings ........................10-0Tied after 8 innings ................................2-0Trailing after 8 innings .........................0-11Red Sox score first ..................................6-4Opponents score first .............................6-7Shutouts .................................................1-3Scoring less than 3 runs .........................1-7Scoring 3 or 4 runs .................................4-1Scoring 5 or more runs ...........................7-3Red Sox hit HR .......................................7-4Red Sox hit 0 HR ....................................5-71-run/2-run games .......................... 5-2/3-3Walk-offs ................................................1-0Extra innings (home/road) ............... 1-0/1-0Series openers/finales ..................... 5-4/5-3Series W-L-T (home) ........................... 3-1-1Series W-L-T (road) ............................. 1-2-0Series W-L-T (total) ............................. 4-3-1Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 1-1/0-0Come-from-behind wins ...........................6

RED SOX ALL-TIME RANKINGSRk. Player H7. Bobby Doerr ............................. 2,0428. Harry Hooper ........................... 1,7079. Dustin Pedroia ................... 1,704

Rk. Player HR17. Reggie Smith............................... 149T18. Trot Nixon ................................... 133T18. Dustin Pedroia ...................... 133T18. Kevin Youkilis .............................. 133

Rk. Player 2B5. Wade Boggs ................................ 4226. Bobby Doerr ................................ 3817. Dustin Pedroia ...................... 376

Rk. Player SB5. Heinie Wagner ............................ 141T6. Larry Gardner .............................. 134T6. Dustin Pedroia ..................... 134

TODAY IN RED SOX HISTORY APRIL 30, 1952 (65 YEARS AGO): In his final game of the season before rejoining the Marine Corps, Ted Williams hit a game-winning 2-run HR in the 7th inning, lifting the Red Sox to a 5-3 win over the Tigers.

VS. THE CUBSAll-Time ............................................. 6-8 In Boston .............................................3-5 In Chicago ...........................................3-3

2017 .................................................... 1-1 In Boston .............................................1-1 In Chicago ...........................................0-0

DATE H/R SCORE WP LP4/28 H W5-4 Pomeranz Arrieta4/29 H L4-7 Lackey Wright

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPSDATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Mon., 5/1 vs. BAL 7:10 p.m. RHP Rick Porcello (1-3, 4.75) RHP Dylan Bundy (3-1, 1.65) NESN/ESPNTue., 5/2 vs. BAL 7:10 p.m. LHP Chris Sale (1-2, 1.19) TBD NESN/MLBNWed., 5/3 vs. BAL 7:10 p.m. LHP Drew Pomeranz (2-1, 4.15) RHP Kevin Gausman (1-2, 7.50) NESNThu., 5/4 vs. BAL 7:10 p.m. RHP Steven Wright (1-3, 8.25) RHP Ubaldo Jiménez (1-1, 7.43) NESN/MLBNRed Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affiliates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM.

WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS (8): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009

@BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES

MOST WINS, RED SOX MANAGERSRk. Manager Wins7. Don Zimmer ................................ 4118. John Farrell ........................... 351

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TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER

W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG2017 1-1 3.12 4 3 17.1 10 7 6 3 12 22 .172CAREER 14-14 4.17 45 44 246.0 229 120 114 32 89 220 .244

TONIGHT’S START: Has not allowed an ER in his last 11.1 IP after giving up 2 ER in the 1st on 4/13 vs. PIT. Has carried a no-hitter through 4.0 IP in 4 of his last 11 starts (8/16/16 at BAL, 9/4/16

at OAK, 9/20/16 at BAL, and 4/23/17 at BAL). Has not allowed a hit to his last 40 RHB faced (0-for-33, 7 BB, 14 SO). Leads ML southpaws (min. 30 RHB faced) with a .132 opponent AVG (7-for-53) vs. RHB. Surrendered only 2 hits to his last 45 batters faced (2-for-37, .054 AVG, 8 BB, 16 SO). Has held opponents to a .172 AVG (10-for-58) this season, the 8th-lowest mark among

AL pitchers (min. 50 batters faced) and 12th-lowest in the majors. Has not given up a HR to the last 76 LHB faced (last Brett Gardner on 7/16/16). Will be making his 2nd home start of 2017...Struck out 8 Pirates and allowed 3 runs (2

ER) on 4 hits over 5.1 innings in his 1st start at Fenway Park this season on 4/13. Holds a 3.22 ERA (34 ER/95.0 IP) and .203 opponent AVG (70-for-344) in 18 games (17

starts) since the 2016 All Star break...Ranks among ML leaders (min. 75.0 IP) during that time in opponent AVG (3rd) and opponent SLG (5th, .337)...His 9.57 SO/9.0 IP in those 18 outings ranks 9th in the AL.

Has 5+ SO in each of his last 6 starts (49 SO, 20 BB), tied for the longest such streak of his career (also 7/22-8/16/16).

Has not allowed more than 4 hits in 10 of his last 12 starts dating back to 8/11/16. Is 10-6 with a 3.39 ERA (54 ER/143.1 IP) over 26 career night appearances (25 GS).

Last start: Earned his 1st win of the season on 4/23 at BAL...Carried a no-hitter into the 5th inning before allowing his only hit, a single to Chris Davis.VS. THE CUBS:

Is making his 1st career appearance against the Cubs. Has allowed 6 ER over 16.2 IP (3.24 ERA) in his last 3 Interleague starts...Is 1-2 with a 5.82

ERA (14 ER/21.2 IP) in 4 career Interleague outings (all starts).2016 HIGHLIGHTS:

Allowed 3 or fewer ER in 7 consecutive starts (7/16-8/16) after being recalled from Pawtucket on 7/15/16...Posted a 2.52 ERA (11 ER/39.1 IP) and a 1.14 WHIP in those outings while striking out 39 and walking 12.

On 9/4 at OAK, did not allow a hit until surrendering an infi eld single to Marcus Semien with 2 outs in the 8th inning...Finished with 1 hit allowed over 8.0 scoreless innings...Was the 1st Sox starter to throw 8.0+ innings and allow 1 or 0 hits since Jon Lester on 5/3/14, also vs. OAK.

Posted a 2.89 ERA (9 ER/28.0 IP) in 5 September starts (.192 AVG, 30 SO, 7 BB).CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Received 5 or more runs of support in 11 of his 44 career starts...Is 10-0 with a 1.57 ERA and .176 opponent AVG (74.1 IP, 47 H, 13 ER, 17 BB, 62) in those 11 outings. Is 13-2 with a 1.74 ERA, a .185 opponent AVG, and a 0.90 WHIP in 22 starts when pitching at least 6.0 innings (145.0 IP, 96 H, 28 ER, 112 SO)...Allowed 3 earned

runs or fewer in each of those 22 outings, 2 earned runs or fewer in 20, and 1 or 0 earned runs in 14. Earned the win at Yankee Stadium on 7/16/16, allowing just 1 earned run over 7.0 frames...Became the 1st Red Sox since 1913 to give up 2 or fewer earned runs

in each of his fi rst 5 career starts vs. NYY...Would extend that streak on 8/11 vs. NYY at Fenway (7.0 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 6 SO), becoming the 1st ML starter to limit the Yankees to 2 or fewer ER in each of his fi rst 6 starts vs. the club since Mike Garcia did so in his fi rst 6 from 1949-51 (Drew Smyly later joined that group).

Had a 0.44 ERA (1 ER/20.2 IP) after his fi rst 3 ML starts, allowing 8 hits total while striking out 21...According to Elias, was the 1st pitcher in baseball history to go at least 6.0 IP while allowing no more than 1 run or 3 hits in each of his fi rst 3 ML games.

52-EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ, LHP 1-1, 3.12 ERA

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS

IPHRERBBSOHRCG

SHOWIN STREAKLOSS STREAK

10+ SO G

20176.0 IP, 4/23 at BAL

5, 4/8 at DET4, 4/8 at DET4, 4/8 at DET4, 4/13 vs. PIT8, 4/13 vs. PIT2, 4/8 at DET

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1, 4/23-present1, 4/8

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CAREER8.0, 2x, last 9/4/16 at OAK

11, 6/27/16 at TB9, 2x, last 6/27/16 at TB9, 2x, last 6/27/16 at TB

5, 10/1/16 at TOR13, 9/26/16 at TB4, 6/5/16 vs. TOR

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3, 8/18-9/6/154, 7/22-9/10/16

1, 9/25/16 at TB (13)

SPLITS

HOMEROAD

OPP. AVGVS. LHBVS. RHB

WHIP

20170-0, 3.38 ERA, 1 GS

1-1, 3.00 ERA, 3 G, 2 GS.172 (10-58), 3 HR

.600 (3-5), 0 HR.132 (7-53), 3 HR

1.27

CAREER6-6, 4.71 ERA, 22 GS

8-8, 3.64 ERA, 23 G, 22 GS.244 (229-939), 32 HR

.278 (57-205), 8 HR.234 (172-734), 23 HR

1.29

CUBS CAREER VS. RODRIGUEZ PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBIAlmora Jr. - 0 0 0 0Baez - 0 0 0 0Bryant - 0 0 0 0Contreras - 0 0 0 0Heyward - 0 0 0 0Jay - 0 0 0 0Montero - 0 0 0 0Rizzo - 0 0 0 0Russell - 0 0 0 0Schwarber - 0 0 0 0Szczur - 0 0 0 0Zobrist .000 3 0 0 0

RED SOX CAREER vs. HENDRICKS

PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Benintendi - 0 0 0 0Betts - 0 0 0 0Bogaerts - 0 0 0 0Bradley Jr. - 0 0 0 0d’Arnaud - 0 0 0 0Hernandez - 0 0 0 0Leon - 0 0 0 0Moreland - 0 0 0 0Pedroia - 0 0 0 0Ramirez .333 3 1 0 1Rutledge .000 4 0 0 0Vázquez - 0 0 0 0Young - 0 0 0 0

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VS. CUBS W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO

Is making his 1st career appearance vs. CHC

STARTING PITCHERS’ BREAKDOWN

QUALITY SOXSTARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC.Porcello 5 4 8/30.1 2.37 2-3Sale 5 5 4/37.2 0.96 3-2Wright 5 1 10/24.0 3.75 1-4Rodriguez 3 1 8/16.1 4.41 2-1Pomeranz 4 2 11/21.2 4.57 3-1Johnson 1 0 6/5.0 10.80 1-0

TOMORROW’S STARTING PITCHER22-RICK PORCELLO, RHP 1-3, 4.75 ERA

W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG2017 1-3 4.75 5 5 30.1 36 21 16 6 9 32 .277CAREER 108-85 4.21 250 246 1498.2 1621 766 701 165 342 1025 .276

2017 REGULAR SEASON GAME LOGDATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO4/3 vs. PIT W 6.1 6 3 3 1 54/9 at DET - 6.0 11 4 3 1 84/14 TB L 4.1 8 8 8 2 54/19 at TOR L 7.0 6 3 0 1 54/26 NYY L 6.2 5 3 2 4 94.75 ERA 1-3 30.1 36 21 16 9 32

TOMORROW’S START: Has tossed a quality start in 4 of his 5 starts of 2017 and in 17 of his last 18 outings since 7/29/16. Went 1-1 with a 3.13 ERA (8 ER/23.0 IP), .169 opponent AVG, and a 0.61 WHIP over 3 starts

against the Orioles in 2016.

2017 REGULAR SEASON GAME LOGDATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES4/8 L1-4 at DET L 1-4 5.0 5 4 4 3 5 2 80/41 Made his fi rst career start in the month of April4/13 W4-3 PIT ND 2-3 5.1 4 3 2 4 8 1 107/63 Held PIT hitless from the 2nd through the 5th innings4/19 L0-3 at TOR ND 0-3 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12/9 1st career relief appearance4/23 W6-2 at BAL W 6-0 6.0 1 0 0 5 7 0 108/61 4th career GS of 6.0+ IP and 0 R allowed (last 9/4/16 at OAK)

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16 - ANDREW BENINTENDI , OF .326 AVG 3 HR 14 RBI .388 OBP .477 SLG vs. RHP: 22-69 (.319), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 1-3, R, HR, 2 RBI HOMESTAND: 2-14, 3 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-7, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI)vs. LHP: 6-17 (.353), 0 HR CHC SERIES: 2-7, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G (4/16-20)

Has homered in his last 2 games, his fi rst career pair of consecutive games with a HR...Leads the majors with 3 Interleague HR this season.In his last 16 games, is batting .381 (24-for-63) with 11 R, 4 2B, 10 RBI, and a .962 OPS...Is tied for 2nd in the AL with 4 games with 3+ hits...Ranks among AL leaders with a .326 AVG (9th), .388 OBP (T-15th), and 28 hits (8th)...Is batting .333 (17-for-51) with a .937 OPS in 13 home games this year.Has hit .329 (48-for-146) with a .938 OPS in 164 career PA vs. RHP...All of his 21 XBH, and 48 of his 59 hits overall, have come off of right-handers...With RISP, has hit .357 (15-for-42) with a 1.018 OPS, including a .407 clip (11-for-27) with a 1.182 OPS with RISP and 2 outs.Has reached base in 19 of 22 games played this year...Ranks among Sox rookies through any April with 13 R (T-3rd), 28 hits (3rd), 3 HR (T-4th), and 14 RBI (2nd).Went 5-for-5 on 4/23 at BAL, recording the majors’ first 5-hit game of 2017 and the first by an AL hitter since Mookie Betts on 8/26/16 (last in the majors was Steve Selsky on 9/26/16 with CIN vs. STL)...Became the youngest Sox hitter with 5+ hits in a game since Tony Conigliaro on 4/16/67 at NYY...According to Elias, became the youngest Sox hitter ever to go 5-for-5...The previous youngest was Babe Ruth, who went 5-for-5 on 5/9/18 at Washington at age 23.Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as baseball’s No. 1 prospect...In 56 ML games, has hit .309/.372/476 with 29 runs, 15 2B, 3B, 5 HR, and 28 RBI.

50 - MOOKIE BETTS , OF .304 AVG 2 HR 11 RBI .368 OBP .456 SLG vs. RHP: 21-64 (.328), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4 HOMESTAND: 4-15, R, 2 2B CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-8, R, 2B)vs. LHP: 3-15 (.200), 0 HR CHC SERIES: 2-8, R, 2B SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G (4/16-20)

Is off to a 17-for-48 (.354) start at home this season, with 5 2B in his last 8 Fenway games...His 5 2B at home are tied for 2nd in the AL.Has 20 hits, including 8 XBH, 11 RBI, and a team-high 3 SB in his last 14 games (.357/20-for-56, 8 R, 6 2B, 2 HR, .971 OPS)...Since the start of 2016, leads MLB with 74 multi-hit games and ranks among ML leaders in hits (238, 2nd), runs (131, 5th), 2B (48, T-4th), RBI (124, 8th), and TB (395, 3rd). Hit his fi rst career HR vs. the Cubs on 7/2/14 at Fenway...Is a career .310/.351/.505 hitter in 51 games vs. the NL (65-for-210, 13 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR, 34 RBI)...Is bat-ting .342 (40-for-117) with a .946 OPS in his last 29 games vs. NL opponents.Gave the Red Sox a lead with a 3-run home run in the 1st inning on Sunday before reaching base 3 more times in the game...Was his first 3-run homer since 8/16/16, also at Camden Yards...Those 2 HR are his only career go-ahead 3-run HR...11 of his 56 career HR have come in the 1st inning.Recorded a game-winning, bases-loaded 2B in the top of the 10th on 4/20 at TOR, the 100th of his career...Was his 2nd career game-winning RBI in extra innings, 1st since ending a 19-inning marathon on 4/10/15 at NYY with a sac fly...Is a career .370/.387/.741 hitter with the bases loaded (10-for-27, 4 2B, 2 HR, 30 RBI).Is 7 for his fi rst 18 (.389) with RISP, including 3-for-9 with 2 outs...Among AL hitters with RISP since the start of 2016, ranks 4th with a .358 AVG (57-for-159), 2nd with a .642 SLG, and 4th with a 1.055 OPS...With 2 outs and RISP in that time, has hit .394 (5th in the AL) with a .487 OBP (3rd), a .727 SLG (2nd), and a 1.214 OPS (2nd).Leads the majors with 1.33 walks per strikeout (8 BB/6 SO)...Went 129 PA without a strikeout from 9/12/16-4/19, the longest streak by a Red Sox hitter since Denny Doyle in 1975 (159 PA), and the longest by any hitter since Juan Pierre in 2004 (147 PA; source: Elias).

2 - XANDER BOGAERTS , SS .310 AVG 0 HR 5 RBI .355 OBP .352 SLG vs. RHP: 18-58 (.310), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, R, 3B HOMESTAND: 3-14, R, 3B, BB CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (3-10, R, 3B, BB)vs. LHP: 4-13 (.308), 0 HR CHC SERIES: 2-7, R, 3B, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G (2x, last 4/18-23)

Yesterday, hit his 6th career triple (last 9/30/16 vs. TOR), the 3rd by a Red Sox hitter this season (last Christian Vázquez, 4/11 vs. TB)...Ranks 3rd in MLB since 2015 with 410 hits and 4th with 116 multi-hit games...His 179 2-strike hits in that time are 13 more than any other major leaguer.Is 20 for his last 59 (.339), having hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games with an AB...Is 8-for-23 (.348) with 3 of his 5 RBI in the 7th-9th innings this year.Since the start of 2015, is batting .315 (28-for-89) with 18 runs and 15 RBI in 23 home Interleague games.Hit his 100th career 2B on 4/16...Became the 5th Red Sox hitter with 100 career 2B before turning 25 since 1913, joining Bobby Doerr, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, and Tony Conigliaro...Made his 1st All-Star appearance in 2016, starting at SS for the AL, and earned his 2nd consecutive Silver Slugger Award.Has a .411 career AVG on first pitches (62-for-151), the highest mark in franchise history (min. 120 PA).In 439 games (433 starts) at SS, owns the highest fielding percentage at the position in Red Sox history (.979; min. 200 games at SS).

19 - JACKIE BRADLEY JR. , OF .231 AVG 1 HR 6 RBI .295 OBP .359 SLG vs. RHP: 5-28 (.179), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, RBI HOMESTAND: 2-14, 2 RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-8, 2 RBI)vs. LHP: 3-7 (.429), 1 HR CHC SERIES: 2-8, 2 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G (4/3-7)

In each of his last 2 games, has an RBI single in his 1st AB 3 of his 6 RBI have given the Red Sox a lead...Reinstated from the 10-day DL on 4/21 after missing 12 games with a right knee sprain...Since 4/27/16, has hit .301 (82-for-272) with 42 R, 16 2B, 4 3B, 12 HR, 48 RBI, and a .905 OPS in 76 games at Fenway.Leads active major leaguers in career stolen base success rate (92.0), having stolen 23 bags in 25 tries (min. 25 attempts)...Is 1-for-1 so far this season.In 108 career games with an RBI, the Red Sox are 78-30 (.722)...The club has won 40 of 55 such games at home (.727).Started in LF for the 2016 AL All-Star team, his fi rst career nod...Following the season, was a fi nalist for the AL Gold Glove in CF and a Sporting News All-Star.Hit 26 HR and drove in 87 runs in 156 games in 2016 after recording 14 HR and 83 RBI in 238 games over his fi rst 3 ML seasons.

11 - CHASE d’ARNAUD , INF/OF .375 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI .500 OBP .375 SLG vs. RHP: 0-2 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: --- CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-for-4, R, BB)vs. LHP: 3-6 (.500), 0 HR CHC SERIES: --- SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G (4/15-pres.)

Claimed off waivers from ATL Thursday and added to the 25-man roster Friday...In 10 PA over 11 games this year, has reached 5 times (.375/3-for-8, 2 BB) and scored 5 times...Has hit .231 (94-for-407) with 52 runs, 20 2B, 5 3B, HR in 170 games over 6 seasons with PIT (2011, 2012-14), PHI (2015), and ATL (2016-17).Last season alone, appeared at SS (21 games), 3B (19), 2B (10), LF (8), CF (4), and RF (1)...Has never played at Fenway Park...Made his major league debut against the Red Sox on 6/24/11 with the Pirates...Tripled for his first career hit.Last season, ranked 2nd in the majors with a .360 batting AVG (9-for-25) as a pinch hitter...In 42 career pinch-hit PA is 11-for-37 (.297) with a .385 OBP.

640- MARCO HERNANDEZ , INF .286 AVG 0 HR 2 RBI .314 OBP .327 SLG vs. RHP: 9-34 (.265), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, 2B HOMESTAND: 4-14, 2B CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (3-8, 2B)vs. LHP: 5-15 (.333), 0 HR CHC SERIES: 3-8, 2B SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 4 G (4/21-26)

Hit his 2nd 2B of the season and the 3rd of his career yesterday...Has hit in 6 of his last 7 games (.348/8-for-23)...Debuted with Boston in 2016 and is 29-for-100 (.290) with 16 runs, 3 2B, HR, and 7 RBI in 57 ML games since...In 26 home games, is 15-for-47 (.319) with 8 R, 3 2B, and 2 RBI.Is 3-for-8 with a 2B so far vs. CHC, who originally signed him in 2009...In 6 career Interleague games, has gone 6-for-15 (.400) with 3 R, 2 2B, and an RBI.Led the Grapefruit League this spring with 5 triples and ranked 2nd with 8 doubles, batting .377/.433/.672 in 22 contests (23-for-61).

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LAST HOME RUN MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMESPLAYER DATE, OPP. PITCHER AB SINCE 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI 6+RBI TOTALBenintendi 4/29/17 vs. CHC Lackey 1 3 3 0 1 7 2 1 0 0 0 3Betts 4/23/17 at BAL Gausman 17 4 2 1 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 3Bogaerts 9/29/16 at NYY Sabathia 83 4 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1Bradley Jr. 4/22/17 at BAL Aquino 19 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1d’Arnaud 7/1/16 vs. MIA Nicolino 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hernandez 5/30/16 at BAL Givens 85 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Leon 4/5/17 vs. PIT Bastardo 42 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2Moreland 4/23/17 at BAL Gausman 13 4 3 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 2Pedroia 9/25/16 at TB Odorizzi 68 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1Ramirez 4/29/17 vs. CHC Lackey 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2Rutledge 8/21/15 vs. KC Cueto 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Vázquez 5/1/16 vs. NYY Betances 162 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1Young 9/12/16 vs. BAL Worley 89 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

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63- SANDY LEON , C .180 AVG 1 HR 6 RBI .196 OBP .280 SLG vs. RHP: 3-32 (.094), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 0-6, BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-15vs. LHP: 6-18 (.333), 1 HR CHC SERIES: --- SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 2 G (4/3-5)

In 17 career Interleague starts, has caught 5 shutouts...Is 7-for-14 with 2 2B, 2 HR, and 7 RBI in the last 3 games in which he has caught shutouts.Has thrown out 3 of 8 attempted steals this season...Ranks 2nd among active C (min. 100 G) with a 41.3% caught stealing percentage (31-for-75).Recorded his 3rd game-winning RBI of the season on 4/15 in just his 8th game (T-2nd in the AL)...Had 2 career game-winning RBI before 2017 (both last year).Hit .310 (78-for-252) in 78 games last year, best among ML primary catchers (min. 100 AB) and best by a Sox catcher (min. 250 AB) since Carlton Fisk in 1977 (.315).

18 - MITCH MORELAND , 1B .286 AVG 2 HR 10 RBI .375 OBP .500 SLG vs. RHP: 21-71 (.296), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 0-3, R, BB HOMESTAND: 1-11, 2 R, 2B, RBI, 3 BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-5vs. LHP: 3-13 (.231), 0 HR CHC SERIES: 1-6, 2 R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 7 G (4/7-13)

Leads the majors with 12 doubles, which tied for the most by a Red Sox hitter through 22 team games (also George Kell, 1953) and are the 2nd-most by a Sox hitter through April since 1913 (Mike Napoli, 13 in 2013)...His RBI double Friday was his team-leading 14th XBH, tied for 3rd in the AL...Has reached base in 19 of his last 21 games (.320/.414/.560, 12 R, 12 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 11 BB).Hit his 2nd home run of the season, and first road HR in a Red Sox uniform, on 4/23 at BAL...Ranks among AL leaders in hits (T-19th, 24), total bases (T-17th, 42), and multi-hit games (T-14th, 7)...Has hit .400 (6-for-15) so far with RISP this season...Is batting .321 (9-for-28) in the 7th inning and after.All 14 of his XBH have come in his last 72 AB (.333/24-for-72)...According to Elias, became the 5th ML hitter in the last 70 years to reach 10 2B in his fi rst 14 games (George Brett in 1983, Troy Glaus in 1999, Rafael Palmeiro in 2002, Torii Hunter in 2007)...Established a new Sox record and tied an AL record with 7 straight games with a 2B from 4/7-13 (5 others, last Brian Roberts in 2004).Recorded his team-leading 11th BB yesterday in his 23rd game (96 PA, 8.73 PA/ BB)...Last season, walked 35 times in 503 PA over 147 games (14.37 PA/BB).

15 - DUSTIN PEDROIA , 2B .288 AVG 0 HR 5 RBI .354 OBP .301 SLG vs. RHP: 19-61 (.311), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 3-4 HOMESTAND: 6-14, R, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (5-7, R, BB)vs. LHP: 2-12 (.167), 0 HR CHC SERIES: 5-7, R, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 8 G (4/3-12)

Recorded a season-high 3 hits yesterday, his 4th straight multi-hit game vs. CHC (.647/11-for-17)...Has reached base safely in 16 of his fi rst 19 games, hitting in 15 and drawing 8 walks compared to just 9 SO...In 11 career games vs. CHC, has hit .362 (17-for-47), including a .455 mark (15-for-33) in 8 home games.Has a career .3398 AVG (229-for-674) in Interleague games, the highest mark of all time (min. 500 AB), over Mike Piazza (.3395). Is 3 hits shy of Harry Hooper’s 1,707 career hits with Boston, ranking 8th on the club’s all-time list...His next SB will pass Larry Gardner for 6th in Sox history.Is 27 for his last 58 (.466) with runners in scoring position since 8/9/16, the best mark in the majors under those conditions in that time (min. 50 AB).Finished among 2016 leaders with a .318 AVG (3rd in the AL, 8th in MLB) and 201 hits (3rd in the AL, 4th in MLB)...Is 1 of 5 Red Sox with multiple 200-hit seasons.Is errorless in 83 chances so far this year...Last season, won the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award and the Fielding Bible Award as the majors’ top 2B.

13 - HANLEY RAMIREZ , DH/1B .250 AVG 2 HR 9 RBI .305 OBP .368 SLG vs. RHP: 18-68 (.265), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, R, HR, RBI HOMESTAND: 6-14, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB CURRENT STREAK: 5 G (7-19, 3 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI)vs. LHP: 1-8 (.125), 0 HR CHC SERIES: 3-8, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G (4/3-14)

Hit a 469-foot solo HR over the Green Monster yesterday, the longest at Fenway Park this season...11 of his last 21 HR have come with 2 outs.Recorded his 2nd game-winning RBI of the season Friday (also 4/18 at TOR) with a single in his first AB...Has hit safely in 15 of 19 games.Is a career .305/.391/.536 hitter in 58 games vs. CHC (67-for-220, 15 2B, 12 HR, 36 RBI)...In his last 31, is batting .360 (45-for-125) with 10 2B, 9 HR, and 27 RBI.Followed Mookie Betts’ 3-run HR with 1 of his own on 4/23 at BAL, becoming the latter half of the Sox’ first pair of back-to-back HR this season (last 9/6/16 at SD, Bradley Jr. and Young)...Since joining the Red Sox, has been involved in 6 of the club’s 13 sets of consecutive HR.Has 17 HR and 48 RBI in his last 42 regular season games at Fenway (.333/.409/.699)...Leads the majors at home since the 2016 All-Star break with a .692 SLG and ranks 3rd with a 1.100 OPS (min. 100 PA)...His .943 home OPS last season ranked 9th in the AL, while his 70 home RBI ranked 4th in MLB.

32 - JOSH RUTLEDGE , INF .000 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI .000 OBP .000 SLG vs. RHP: 0-3 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 0-4 CURRENT STREAK: 0-20vs. LHP: 0-1 (.000), 0 HR CHC SERIES: --- SEASON-HIGH STREAK: ---

Returned from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the DL Tuesday after missing the first 19 games of the season with a left hamstring strain...In 5 rehab games with Pawtucket (4) and Portland (1), went 1-for-12 with 2 runs, 1 HR, 1 RBI, and 3 BB...Made 3 starts at 3B and 2 as DH.In 28 games with Boston in 2016, hit .265 (13-for-49) with 9 runs, 6 2B, 3 RBI, and a .345 OBP...Made 10 starts at 3B and 2 at 2B...Also played 1 game at SS.Since joining the Red Sox in 2015, has hit .308 vs. LHP (12-for-39, 3 2B)...Is 8-for-24 (.333) in that time when leading off an inning.

7 - CHRISTIAN VAZQUEZ , C .452 AVG 0 HR 4 RBI .485 OBP .645 SLG vs. RHP: 13-28 (.464), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4 HOMESTAND: 3-8, RBI CURRENT STREAK: 6 G (9-23, 2 2B, 2 RBI)vs. LHP: 1-3 (.333), 0 HR CHC SERIES: 3-8, RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G (4/16-pres.)

Singled last night to extend his hitting streak to a season-long 6 games (T-3rd-longest of his career)...Is 14-for-31 (.452) with 4 2B, 3B, 4 RBI in 10 games this year, hitting safely in 8 of 9 games with an AB...Is 18 for his last 42 (.429) at Fenway since 6/18/16.Went 4-for-4 with a 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, and his first career SB on 4/11 vs. BAL, reaching in his first 7 PA of 2017...Became the first Red Sox hitter to reach base safely in his first 7 PA of any season since Ted Cox in 1977 (first 7; source: Elias)...The last Red Sox C with 4+ hits and a SB in a game was Johnny Peacock on 9/21/38.Has caught 3 of 5 attempted thefts this year, and 26 of 57 over the course of his career (45.6%), the highest percentage among active catchers (min. 100 G).

30 - CHRIS YOUNG , OF .241 AVG 0 HR 2 RBI .339 OBP .278 SLG vs. RHP: 11-41 (.268), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP HOMESTAND: 0-1, RBI CURRENT STREAK: 0-3vs. LHP: 2-13 (.154), 0 HR CHC SERIES: --- SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G (4/15-17)

Has reached multiple times in 8 of 14 games with an AB this year...Since joining the Red Sox, has hit .367/.457/.833 in Interleague games (11-for-30, 5 2B, 3 HR).Has a career .503 SLG in 43 games vs. CHC (13 2B, 3B, 8 HR in 151 AB)...Ranks 13th among ML hitters vs. the club (min. 150 PA).Combined to hit .391 and slug .717 in the 8th and 9th innings in 2016 (18-for-46, 6 2B, 3 HR)...Is 4-for-14 with a 2B and 2 RBI in those frames so far in 2017.Over the course of his career, 475 of his 1,046 hits have gone for extra bases (45.4%)...Marks the 4th-highest such percentage among actives (min. 500 hits).

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2017 vs. CHC CAREER vs. CHC CAREER AT FENWAY PARKPLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBIBenintendi .286 7 2 2 3 .286 7 2 2 3 .345 84 29 3 15Betts .250 8 2 0 0 .200 20 4 1 2 .324 774 251 27 126Bogaerts .286 7 2 0 0 .111 18 2 0 0 .310 960 298 23 130Bradley Jr. .250 8 2 0 2 .250 12 3 0 2 .268 620 166 20 98d’Arnaud - 0 0 0 0 .107 28 3 0 0 - 0 0 0 0Hernandez .375 8 3 0 0 .375 8 3 0 0 .319 47 15 0 2Leon - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 .284 204 58 3 19Moreland .167 6 1 0 1 .100 20 2 0 1 .271 85 23 5 13Pedroia .714 7 5 0 0 .362 47 17 0 3 .316 2,823 893 69 366Ramirez .375 8 3 1 2 .305 220 67 12 36 .285 565 161 28 106Rutledge - 0 0 0 0 .220 41 9 2 8 .257 74 19 1 7Vázquez .375 8 3 0 1 .375 8 3 0 1 .271 188 51 2 20Young - 0 0 0 0 .245 151 37 8 23 .300 200 60 5 24

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58-Fernando Abad 4/29 vs. CHC 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 5/7 3/0 -/- 1.0 (2 times) 2 (4/28 vs CHC)68-Matt Barnes 4/23 at BAL 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 7/9 4/2 -/- 2.0 (4/9 at DET) 3 (4/9 at DET)37-Heath Hembree 4/28 vs. CHC (H, 6) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 8/11 9/3 -/- 3.1 (4/22 at BAL) 5 (4/22 at BAL) 56-Joe Kelly 4/28 vs. CHC (H, 1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 6/9 9/4 -/- 2.2 (4/16 vs TB) 2 (4/26 vs NYY) 46-Craig Kimbrel 4/28 vs. CHC (SV, 8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 5/10 2/0 8/9 2.0 (4/20 at TOR) 5 (4/20 at TOR)63-Robby Scott 4/29 vs. CHC 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 6/9 5/2 0/1 1.0 (3 times) 1 (4 times)64-Ben Taylor 4/29 vs. CHC 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 3/5 4/2 -/- 3.2 (4/12 vs BAL) 3 (2 times)BULLPEN TOTALS: 2.31 ERA 70.0 50 19 18 29 70 44/66 (67%) 39/13 8/10

1ST BATTERS RELIEF HIGHSPITCHER LAST TIME OUT (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP INNINGS STRIKEOUTS

58-FERNANDO ABAD, LHP 0-0 0 SV 5.06 ERAvs. ALL: .348 (8-23), 1 HR vs. RHB: .357 (5-14), 1 HR vs. LHB: .333 (3-9), 0 HR WHIP: 1.69

Has pitched in each of the last 2 games, including 0.2 IP yesterday (HR, SO)...Earned his 1st hold of 2017 on Friday vs. CHC (0.2 IP, 2 SO).Four of his seven appearances this season are scoreless...Has worked less than 1.0 inning in 5 times, including 0.2-inning stints in each of his last 5 games.Holding opponents to a .111 AVG (1-for-9) with RISP this season; 2-for-14 (.143 AVG) dating to 8/21/16.Is in 1st full season with BOS after being acquired from MIN on 8/1/16...Posted a 3.66 ERA with 41 SO in 46.2 IP in 57 games between MIN & BOS in 2016.

68-MATT BARNES, RHP 2-0 0 SV 3.60 ERAvs. ALL: .182 (6-33), 1 HR vs. RHB: .176 (3-17), 0 HR vs. LHB: .188 (3-16), 1 HR WHIP: 1.20

Allowed 1 run in 1.1 IP on 4/23 at BAL (1.1 IP, H, ER, SO)...Threw a scoreless 7th inning and got the 1st out of the 8th before being ejected for throwing behind Machado...Was the 1st ejection of his ML career...Served a 4-game suspension by MLB from Wednesday-yesterday.Despite allowing 4 ER over his last 2 appearances in 2.2 IP, has posted a 2.50 ERA (5 ER/18.0 IP) over his last 21 appearances dating back to 8/30/16.Ranks 3rd among Red Sox relievers in appearances (9) and SO (11).Earned wins on 4/9 at DET & 4/13 vs. PIT...Missed 2 games while on the bereavement list from 4/6-8; was reinstated pregame on 4/9.Made his 2nd consecutive Opening Day roster...Led BOS in appearances (62) and relief innings (66.2) in 2016, his 1st full big league season.

37-HEATH HEMBREE, RHP 0-1 0 SV 1.42 ERAvs. ALL: .208 (10-48), 0 HR vs. RHB: .195 (8-41), 0 HR vs. LHB: .286 (2-7), 0 HR WHIP: 1.11

Got the 1st out of the 8th inning Friday night vs. CHC (0.1 IP, 2 H)...Credited with his team-leading 6th hold of the year.Has made 8 straight scoreless appearances since 4/10 at DET (10.2 IP, 2 BB, 11 SO).Has not allowed an ER over his last 11 appearances (12.1 IP) at Fenway Park dating to last season (since 9/13/16).Holding opponents to a .143 AVG (2-for-14) with RISP this season.Made his 1st career Opening Day roster in 2017; in his 4th year in the Sox organization.

.56-JOE KELLY, RHP 2-0 0 SV 2.13 ERAvs. ALL: .200 (9-45), 0 HR vs. RHB: .189 (7-37), 0 HR vs. LHB: .250 (2-8), 0 HR WHIP: 1.18

Allowed 1 run on 2 hits with 1 SO in 0.2 IP Friday vs. CHC...Allowed 1 inherited runner to score (to Scott) in the 7th...Credited with his 1st hold of the year. Prior to Friday vs. CHC, had thrown 7.2 scoreless innings over his last 5 appearances (since 8th inning on 4/12 vs. BAL).His win on 4/16 vs. TB extended his active winning streak to a ML-best 14 games (since 8/1/15)...His streak is now tied with Roger Clemens (1986) for the longest in Red Sox history since 1913.Has worked 2.0+ IP in 4 of his 9 appearances this season; Threw a season high 2.2 IP on 4/16 vs. TB...Earned the win in his season debut, 4/5 vs. PIT.In 3rd full season w/ BOS & 1st working exclusively as a reliever...Prior to 2017, started in 79 of 123 career ML games...Opened 2016 in BOS starting rotation.

.46-CRAIG KIMBREL, RHP 1-0 8 SV 1.74 ERAvs. ALL: .139 (5-36), 1 HR vs. RHB: .000 (0-19), 0 HR vs. LHB: .294 (5-17), 1 HR WHIP: 0.68

Picked up his league-leading 8th SV of the year Friday night vs. CHC (1.0 IP, H, 3 SO)...Struck out Bryant, Rizzo & Russell swinging (Zobrist doubled).Has retired 21 of the last 23 batters he has faced, 15 via strikeout (spans 7 games)...In his last 6 complete appearances, has retired 19 of 21, 15 via strikeout.1st in AL in saves (8), 3rd in SO/9.0 IP (17.42; 20 SO/10.1 IP), 12th in WHIP...Dating to last season, no hits allowed to RHH’s in the last 21 AB’s against him.Despite his blown save on 4/20 at TOR, remains a perfect 23-for-23 in career save chances at Fenway Park (includes 1 with ATL); streak is now the 2nd longest of its kind in Fenway Park history behind Tom Gordon (29, 1998-99)...As a Red Sox (2016-17), has converted 39 of his 42 career SV opps (92.9%).Blew the save on 4/20 at TOR, snapping a streak of 25 consecutive saves converted dating to 6/4/16; wound up earning the win in that game at TOR.

63-ROBBY SCOTT, LHP 0-0 0 SV 2.08 ERAvs. ALL: .188 (3-16), 0 HR vs. RHB: .286 (2-7), 0 HR vs. LHB: .111 (1-9), 0 HR WHIP: 1.15

Was charged with the 1st run of his ML career (15th career app) Friday vs. CHC (0.1 IP, ER, BB, SO)...Also charged with an unearned run yesterday (0.0 IP, H).Holding LHH to a .190 AVG (4-21) with no XBH, BB or HB over his ML career.Had not allowed a run over the first 14 appearances of his ML career (10.0 IP), prior to Friday vs. CHC...Was the longest streak by a Red Sox pitcher to begin a ML career since at least 1913.Has faced just 1 batter in 5 of his 9 games this season...His 9 appearances lead Red Sox left-handers.Made 1st career Opening Day roster...In 7th pro season since signing with BOS out of independent ball in 2011...Made ML debut for BOS in 2016 (7 gm, 0 R).64-BEN TAYLOR, RHP 0-0 0 SV 1.17 ERAvs. ALL: .179 (5-28), 1 HR vs. RHB: .158 (3-19), 1 HR vs. LHB: .222 (2-9), 0 HR WHIP: 1.30

Recalled Friday from Triple-A Pawtucket for his 3rd stint with BOS this year...Allowed 1 hit over 2.0 scoreless innings yesterday vs. CHC.Fanned the first 3 batters he faced over his first 2 ML appearances on 4/7 & 4/8 at DET...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, is the only Red Sox pitcher in the expansion era (since 1961) to strike out each of his first 3 batters faced in the major leagues.Was selected to the Sox active roster on 4/1 for 1st ML stint of his career...Had never appeared higher than Double-A...Was a non-roster invitee to Red Sox spring training in 2017.

2017 VS. CHC CAREER VS. CHC CAREER AT FENWAY PARKPLAYER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ERAbad 0-0-0 6.75 2/0 1.1 1 1 0-1-0 3.52 15/1 15.1 13 6 0-1-0 6.75 14/0 12.0 13 9Barnes --- / --- / 4-5-1 5.35 59/2 69.0 74 41Hembree 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 0.1 2 0 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 0.1 2 0 2-0-0 1.50 41/0 54.0 54 9Kelly 0-0-0 13.50 1/0 0.2 2 1 3-2-0 3.19 10/6 42.1 40 15 12-5-0 4.18 32/20 122.2 124 57Kimbrel 0-0-1 0.00 1/0 1.0 1 0 0-1-9 2.03 14/0 13.1 12 3 1-4-23 2.58 40/0 38.1 18 11Pomeranz 1-0-0 3.00 1/1 6.0 6 2 3-0-0 1.64 4/4 22.0 14 4 2-2-0 5.40 13/9 48.1 52 29Porcello -- / 1-0-0 5.40 2/2 10.0 16 6 21-11-0 4.02 36/36 226.0 228 101Rodriguez -- / -- / 6-6-0 4.71 22/22 122.1 124 64Sale -- / 2-1-0 1.23 5/3 22.0 16 3 2-2-1 2.44 9/6 44.1 35 12Scott 0-0-0 27.00 2/0 0.1 1 1 0-0-0 27.00 2/0 0.1 1 1 1-0-0 1.13 10/0 8.0 4 1Taylor 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 2.0 1 0 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 2.0 1 0 0-0-0 1.50 3/0 6.0 5 1Wright 0-1-0 7.11 1/1 6.1 7 5 0-1-0 7.11 1/1 6.1 7 5 12-6-0 4.54 27/21 142.2 151 72

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1 4/3 D PITTSBURGH W5-3 1-0 T-1st -- PORCELLO (1-0) Cole (0-1) KIMBREL (1) 36,594* 1 36,594 4/4 OFF DAY 2 4/5 N PITTSBURGH W3-0 2-0 T-1st -- KELLY (1-0) Bastardo (0-1) 36,137 2 72,731 4/6 D PITTSBURGH T-1st -- PPD (Rain) 3 4/7 D at Detroit L5-6 2-1 2nd -1.0 Rodriguez (1-0) HEMBREE (0-1) 45,013* 1 45,013 4 4/8 D at Detroit L1-4 2-2 3rd -2.0 Zimmermann (1-0) RODRIGUEZ (0-1) 32,622 2 77,635 5 4/9 D at Detroit W7-5 3-2 3rd -1.0 BARNES (1-0) Rondon (0-1) KIMBREL (2) 33,662 3 111,297 6 4/10 D at Detroit L1-2 3-3 3rd -1.5 Wilson (1-0) SALE (0-1) Rodriguez (2) 24,672 4 135,969 7 4/11 N BALTIMORE W8-1 4-3 3rd -0.5 POMERANZ (1-0) Bundy (1-1) 37,497* 3 110,228 8 4/12 N BALTIMORE L5-12 4-4 3rd -1.5 Givens (2-0) WRIGHT (0-1) 32,211 4 142,439 9 4/13 D PITTSBURGH W4-3 5-4 T-2nd -1.5 BARNES (2-0) Nicasio (0-2) KIMBREL (3) 32, 400 5 174,83910 4/14 N TAMPA BAY L5-10 5-5 4th -2.5 Archer (2-0) PORCELLO (1-1) 36,813 6 211,65211 4/15 D TAMPA BAY W2-1 6-5 3rd -1.5 SALE (1-1) Hunter (0-1) KIMBREL (4) 36,686* 7 248,33812 4/16 D TAMPA BAY W7-5 7-5 3rd -1.5 KELLY (2-0) Farquhar (0-1) KIMBREL (5) 36,209 8 284,547 13 4/17 D TAMPA BAY W4-3 8-5 3rd -1.0 WRIGHT (1-1) Snell (0-2) KIMBREL (6) 37,318* 9 321,86514 4/18 N at Toronto W8-7 9-5 T-1st -- JOHNSON (1-0) Stroman (1-2) 29,281 5 165,25015 4/19 N at Toronto L0-3 9-6 3rd -1.0 Liriano (1-1) PORCELLO (1-2) Osuna (1) 30,842 6 196,09216 4/20 D at Toronto W4-1 10-6 3rd -1.0 KIMBREL (1-0) Grilli (0-2) 44,283 7 240,37517 4/21 N at Baltimore L0-2 10-7 3rd -2.0 Bundy (3-1) POMERANZ (1-1) Brach (3) 34,442 8 274,81718 4/22 N at Baltimore L2-4 10-8 3rd -3.5 Aquino (1-0) WRIGHT (1-2) O’Day (1) 35,457 9 310,27419 4/23 D at Baltimore W6-2 11-8 3rd -2.5 RODRIGUEZ (1-1) Gausman (1-2) KIMBREL (7) 35,522 10 345,796 4/24 Off Day 11-8 3rd -2.0 4/25 N NEW YORK-AL 3rd -2.0 PPD (Rain)20 4/26 N NEW YORK-AL L1-3 11-9 3rd -3.0 Severino (2-1) PORCELLO (1-3) Chapman (5) 32,072 10 353,937 21 4/27 N NEW YORK-AL L0-3 11-10 3rd -3.5 Tanaka (3-1) SALE (1-2) 34,054 11 387,99122 4/28 N CHICAGO-NL W5-4 12-10 3rd -2.5 POMERANZ (2-1) Arrieta (3-1) KIMBREL (8) 37,054* 12 425,04523 4/29 D CHICAGO-NL L7-4 12-11 3rd -3.5 Lackey (2-3) WRIGHT (1-3) Davis (6) 36,776* 13 461,82124 4/30 N CHICAGO-NL 25 5/1 N BALTIMORE26 5/2 N BALTIMORE27 5/3 N BALTIMORE 28 5/4 N BALTIMORE 29 5/5 N at Minnesota 30 5/6 D at Minnesota 31 5/7 D at Minnesota 5/8 Off Day32 5/9 N at Milwaukee 33 5/10 N at Milwaukee 34 5/11 D at Milwaukee 35 5/12 N TAMPA BAY 36 5/13 N TAMPA BAY 37 5/14 D TAMPA BAY 5/15 OFF DAY

DAILY HOME ATT. ROAD ATT. GM# DATE D/N OPPONENT SCORE REC. POS. GA/GB WINNING PITCHER LOSING PITCHER SAVE ATT. NO. TOTAL NO. TOTAL

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2017 TRANSACTIONS

March 14 LHP Brian Johnson and Henry Owens and RHP Brandon Workman optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...3B Rafael Devers, OF Junior Lake, and C Jordan Procyshen reassigned to minor league camp.

March 17 RHP Kyle Martin and LHP Luis Ysla optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Marcus Walden reassigned to minor league camp.March 26 RHP Noe Ramirez optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...OFs Brian Bogusevic, Rusney Castillo, Allen Craig, INF Matt Dominguez, C Jake DePew, and RHP Hector Velazquez

reassigned to minor league camp.March 27 INF Deven Marrero, OF Steve Selsky, and C Blake Swihart optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...C Dan Butler and 1B Sam Travis reassigned to minor league camp.March 28 RHP Kyle Kendrick reassigned to minor league camp.March 29 LHP Edgar Olmos reassigned to minor league camp.March 30 LHP Drew Pomeranz placed on 10-day disabled list with a left forearm flexor strain.March 31 OF Bryce Brentz outrighted to Triple-A Pawtucket...RHPs Jamie Callahan, Austin Maddox, and Chandler Shepherd reassigned to minor league camp.April 1 RHP Ben Taylor selected to active ML roster from Double-A Portland...OF Steve Selsky recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...INF Marco Hernandez optioned to Triple-A

Pawtucket...LHP Roenis Elias placed on 10-day DL...LHP David Price placed on 10-day DL...INF Josh Rutledge placed on 10-day DL (retro to 3/30)...RHP Carson Smith placed on 10-day DL...RHP Tyler Thornburg placed on 10-day DL.

April 6 RHP Matt Barnes placed on bereavement list...RHP Noe Ramirez recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...LHP Robbie Ross Jr. placed on 10 day DL (retro to 4/3)...INF Deven Marrero recalled from Pawtucket.

April 7 SS Xander Bogaerts placed on bereavement list...INF Marco Hernandez recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket.April 9 RHP Matt Barnes reinstated from bereavement list...RHP Noe Ramirez optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.April 10 INF Deven Marrero optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.April 11 SS Xander Bogaerts reinstated from bereavement list...OF Jackie Bradley Jr. placed on 10-day DL (retro to 4/9)...LHP Drew Pomeranz activated from 10-day DL.April 13 LHP Robbie Ross activated from 10-day DL...RHP Ben Taylor optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.April 17 LHP Eduardo Rodriguez placed on paternity leave list...RHP Ben Taylor recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket.April 18 LHP Brian Johnson recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Ben Taylor optioned to Pawtucket.April 19 LHP Eduardo Rodriguez reinstated from paternity leave list...LHP Brian Johnson optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.April 21 OF Jackie Bradley Jr. activated from 10-day DL...INF/OF Brock Holt placed on 10-day DL.April 25 3B Pablo Sandoval placed on 10-day DL (retro to 4/24)...INF Josh Rutledge activated from 10-day DL.April 26 RHP Matt Barnes suspended for 4 games.April 27 INF/OF Chase d’Arnaud claimed off waivers from Atlanta...RHP Carson Smith transferred to 60-day DL.April 28 INF/OF Chase d’Arnaud added to active 25-man roster...OF/INF Steve Selsky optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (4/27)...RHP Ben Taylor recalled from Pawtucket...LHP Robbie

Ross Jr. optioned to Pawtucket (4/27).April 30 RHP Matt Barnes reinstated from suspended list.

DISABLED LIST

Roenis Elias Right oblique strain April 3 --- 23 (12-11)Drew Pomeranz Left forearm flexor strain March 30 Aprill 11 6 (3-3)David Price Left elbow strain April 3 --- 23 (12-11)Josh Rutledge Left hamstring strain April 3 (March 30) April 25 19 (11-8)Carson Smith Recovery from Tommy John surgery April 3 --- 23 (12-11)Tyler Thornburg Right shoulder impingement April 3 --- 23 (12-11)Robbie Ross Jr. Influenza April 6 (April 3) April 13 8 (4-4)Jackie Bradley Jr. Right knee sprain April 11 (April 9) April 21 12 (8-4)Brock Holt Vertigo April 21 --- 7 (2-5)Pablo Sandoval Right knee sprain April 25 (April 24) --- 4 (1-3)2017 Totals 10 Players 10 DL stints 148 Games Missed

DATE TRANSACTION

PLAYER INJURY PLACED ON DL (RETRO) REINSTATED GAMES MISSED

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5 hits in a game ...........................................Andrew Benintendi, 4/23 at BAL6 hits in a game ...................Nomar Garciaparra, 6/21/03 at PHI (13 innings) 6 RBI in a game ............................................ Hanley Ramirez, 8/12/16 vs. ARI7 or more RBI in a game .............................Mookie Betts, 8/14/16 vs. ARI (8)10 RBI in a game (ties club record) ........Nomar Garciaparra, 5/10/99 vs. SEA3 home runs in a game (ties club record) ......... Mookie Betts, 8/14/16 vs. ARIGame-ending home run ...................Sandy Leon, 4/5/17 vs. PIT (12th inning)Pinch-hit grand slam ............................................... Mike Carp, 9/11/13 at TB2 grand slams in a game ......................................Bill Mueller, 7/29/03 at TEXHome run in 1st ML game .............Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI (grand slam)HR in 1st Red Sox PA ....................Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI (grand slam) Grand Slam in 1st Red Sox PA............................Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI Inside-the-park home run............. Blake Swihart, 8/28/15 at NYM (10th inn.)Homered from both sides of the plate ......... Victor Martinez, 5/17/10 at NYYPitcher collected a hit........ Rick Porcello, 4/25/16 at ATL, 1B off Julio Teheran Pitcher hit a home run .................. Josh Beckett, 6/14/09 at PHI off J.A. HappHit for the cycle .................................................... Brock Holt, 6/16/15 vs. ATLHitting streak of at least 30 games .....Nomar Garciaparra (30), 7/26-8/29/97Hitting streak of at least 20 games ........ Jackie Bradley Jr. (29), 4/24-5/26/16.................................................................... Xander Bogaerts (26), 5/6-6/2/16Straight steal of home ..................................Jacoby Ellsbury, 4/26/09 vs. NYYSteal of home on double steal ............................. Travis Shaw, 4/21/16 vs. TB5 steals in a game (club record) ..................... Jacoby Ellsbury, 5/30/13 at PHI

No-hitter ...................................................Jon Lester, 5/19/08 vs. KC (W, 7-0)One-hitter ............................................... Jon Lester, 5/10/13 vs. TOR (W, 5-0)15 or more strikeouts in a game .................... Jon Lester (15), 5/3/14 vs. OAKPosition player pitched .....................................Ryan LaMarre, 7/2/16 vs. LAAPitcher played another defensive position .... Javier Lopez (RF), 4/30/09 at TB

Walk-off win ..................................................... 4/5/17 vs. PIT (3-0 in 12 innings)Scored 20 runs in a game..................................................... 8/15/15 vs. SEA (22)Had 20 hits in a game ............................................ 7/4/16 vs. TEX (21, 9 innings)Scored 10 runs in an inning .......................6/20/11 vs. SD (10 runs in 7th inning)Hit 8 home runs in a game (club record) ....................2 times, last 9/4/13 vs. DETHit 4 consec. HR (club & MLB record) .....................4/22/07 vs. NYY (3rd inning): ...................................... Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell & Jason Varitek Hit game-ending HR in back-to-back games .........................5/10-11/05 vs. OAK:................................................. 5/10 (9th inning, Kevin Millar off Octavio Dotel), ................................................ 5/11 (9th inning, Jason Varitek off Octavio Dotel)Turned a triple play ............................................. 8/16/11 vs. TB (4th inning, G2): ..................................3B Jed Lowrie to 2B Dustin Pedroia to 1B Adrian GonzalezHit into a triple play ......................... 8/6/01 vs. TEX (4th inning, Scott Hatteberg)Back-to-back 1-0 wins ............................................................. 7/18-19/06 vs. KC

INDIVIDUAL BATTING

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING

TEAM

Most runs, game ................................................8, 2 times, last 4/18 at TORMost runs, inning .....................................5, 3 times, last 4/28 vs. CHC (1st)Most hits, game (9 innings) .................................................. 17, 4/16 vs. TBMost hits, game (extra innings) .....................................8, 4/5 vs. PIT (12th) Most hits, inning .............................................. 6, 2 times, last 4/28 vs. CHCConsecutive hits, inning ...................................................6, 4/3 vs. PIT (5th) Fewest hits, game ................................................................ 3, 4/27 vs. NYY Most doubles, game................................................................ 5, 4/16 vs. TB Most triples, game ........................................... 1, 3 times, last 4/29 vs. CHCMost home runs, game ..........................................................3, 4/23 at BALMost home runs, inning .........................................................2, 4/23 at BALMost extra-base hits ............................................................... 6, 4/16 vs. TBMost stolen bases, game .......................................................3, 4/20 at TORMost walks, game (9 innings) ..................................................6, 4/9 at DET Most walks, game (extra innings) ..................................6, 4/5 vs. PIT (12th) Most strikeouts, game (9 innings) .................. 10, 2 times, last 4/28 vs. CHCMost strikeouts, game (extra innings) ... 10, 2 times, last 4/20 at TOR (10th) Most hit by pitch, game ...........................................................2, 4/8 at DETMost left on base (9 innings) ................................................ 12, 4/14 vs. TB Most left on base (extra innings) ...................................8, 4/5 vs. PIT (12th)

Most hits .............................................................5, Benintendi, 4/23 at BAL Most runs ..................................................3, 2 times, last Betts 4/18 at TORMost doubles ..........................................2, 2 times, last Benintendi, 4/16 vs. TBMost triples ........................................1, 2 times, last Vázquez, 4/11 vs. BALMost home runs .........1, 14 times, last Ramirez and Benintendi, 4/29 vs. CHC Most extra-base hits ......................... 2, 6 times, last Benintendi, 4/16 vs. TBMost total bases .........................................7, 3 times, Moreland, 4/15 vs.TB Most RBI .................................................................4, Pedroia, 4/11 vs. BALMost stolen bases ....................................2, 2 times, last Betts, 4/20 at TOR Most walks ..............................................2, 6 times, last Betts, 4/23 at BAL Most strikeouts .................................... 3, 4 times, last Váquez, 4/23 at BAL Longest hitting streak ...................................................8, Pedroia, 4/3-4/12

Most strikeouts (9 innings).................................................... 15, 4/15 vs. TB Most strikeouts (extra innings) ..............................18, 4/20 at TOR (10 inn.)Most walks (9 innings) ..................................... 7, 2 times, last 4/26 vs. NYYMost walks, (extra innings) ................. 1, 2 times, last 4/20 at TOR (10 inn.) Fewest walks ........................................................................ 0, 4/27 vs. NYYMost runs allowed, game ...................................................12, 4/12 vs. BAL Most runs allowed, inning ............................................6, 4/12 vs. BAL (1st) Most hits allowed, game (9 innings) ...................................17, 4/12 vs. BALMost hits allowed, game (extra inning) .............5, 2 times, last 4/20 at TOR Fewest hits allowed, game ...................................................... 3, 4/15 vs. TBMost hits allowed, inning ......................... 6, 2 times, last 4/22 at BAL (4th) Most home runs allowed, game ............................................5, 4/12 vs. BAL Most consecutive scoreless inn. ......14.0, 2 times, last 4/19 (3rd)-4/20 (8th)

Most innings pitched, starter ................8.0, 2 times, last Sale, 4/27 vs. NYY Fewest innings pitched, starter ............................. 1.1, Wright, 4/12 vs. BALMost innings pitched, reliever ....................3.2, 2 times, last Scott, 4/14 vs. TB Most strikeouts, starter ............................................... 13, Sale, 4/20 at TOR Most strikeouts, reliever ............................. 5, 2 times, Hembree, 4/22 at BAL Most walks allowed .............................................5, Rodriguez, 4/23 at BAL Longest winning streak ............................. 2, 2 times, last Kelly, 4/5-PresentLongest losing streak .............................................3, Porcello, 4/14-Present Most consec. scoreless inn. starter .............................. 15.0, Sale, 4/15-4/27 Most consec. scoreless inn. reliever ................. 10.2, Hembree, 4/10-PresentMost runs allowed ................................8, 2 times, last Porcello, 4/14 vs. TBMost earned runs allowed ....................8, 2 times, last Porcello, 4/14 vs. TBMost hits allowed ................................................... 11, Porcello, 4/9 at DETFewest hits allowed, CG ......................................................................... N/AMost home runs allowed ......................4, 2 times, last Porcello, 4/14 vs. TB Most pitches thrown ..........................................118, Porcello, 4/26 vs. NYY

Longest winning streak .............................................................4, 4/15-4/18Longest losing streak ............................................2, 3 times, last 4/26-4/27Most games over .500 ............................ 4, 2 times, last 4/20 at TOR (10-6)Most games under .500 ............................................................................. 0 Longest game, innings ........................................................... 12, 4/5 vs. PITLongest game, time (9 innings) .........................................3:48, 4/18 at TOR Longest game, time (extra innings) ...........................3:53, 4/5 vs. PIT (12th) Shortest game, time ........................................................ 2:21, 4/27 vs. NYYShortest game, time (9 innings) ...................................... 2:21, 4/27 vs. NYYLargest crowd, Fenway Park .........................................37,497, 4/11 vs. BAL Smallest crowd, Fenway Park ...................................... 32,027, 4/26 vs. NYY Largest crowd, road ........................................................45,013, 4/7 at DETSmallest crowd, road ....................................................24,672, 4/10 at DETLargest winning margin ............................................... 7, 4/11 vs. BAL (8-1) Largest losing margin.......................................... 7, 4/12 vs. BAL(lost, 5-12) Largest deficit overcome to win .... 2, 2 times, last 4/18 at TOR (down 0-2, won 8-7) Largest lead relinquished to lose...........................3, 4/29 vs. CHC (led 3-0, lost, 3-7)Most double plays turned .................................3, 2 times, last 4/12 vs. BALMost double plays turned by opponent .......... 3, 4 times, last 4/28 vs. CHCMost errors .......................................................................... 4, 4/29 vs. CHCMost errors by an opponent ..................................................2, 4/11 vs. BALMost stolen bases by an opponent ........................................2, 4/19 at TOR

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RED SOX 12 10 9 5 13 1 9 17 5 6 87OPPONENTS 18 10 10 9 8 5 18 4 9 0 91

STARTERS 7-10 4.20 135.0 136 72 63 42 150 26RELIEVERS 5-1-8 2.31 70.0 50 19 18 29 70 4

LEON 3 8 37.5 1 0VÁZQUEZ 3 5 60.0 3 0

RUNS BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL

PITCHING BREAKDOWN W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR

CATCHING BREAKDOWN CS SBA CS% PB PICKOFFS

EJECTIONS (2 in 2017)

4/21/17 at BAL (9th inning) Brian Butterfield by 3B umpire Alan Porter4/23/17 at BAL (8th inning) Matt Barnes by HP umpire Andy Fletcher

4/5/17 vs. PIT (12th inning), Sandy Leon 3-run home run

WALK-OFF WINS (1 in 2017)

STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (TOTAL, RED SOX W-L)

1st: Bogaerts (6, 3-3), Holt (2, 0-2), Pedroia (15, 9-6) 2nd: Benintendi (20, 12-8), Bradley Jr. (1, 0-1), Pedroia (2, 0-2)3rd: Benintendi (2, 0-2), Betts (20, 11-9), Bogaerts (1, 1-0) 4th: Moreland (5, 0-5), Ramirez (17, 11-6), Young (1, 1-0)5th: Bogaerts (1, 1-0), Moreland (17, 11-6), Ramirez (2, 0-2), Sandoval (2, 0-2), Young (1, 0-1)6th: Bogaerts (10, 6-4), Bradley Jr. (5, 1-4), Moreland (1, 1-0), Pedroia (2, 1-1), Selsky (1, 1-0), Young (4, 2-2) 7th: Bradley Jr. (5, 3-2), Hernandez (1, 1-0), Holt (1, 0-1), Leon (3, 1-2), Rut-ledge (1, 0-1), Sandoval (8, 5-3), Vázquez (1, 1-0), Young (3, 1-2)8th: Hernandez (2, 0-2), Leon (4, 2-2), Sandoval (7, 4-3), Vázquez (5, 3-2), Young (5, 3-2)9th: Hernandez (11, 5-6), Holt, (2, 2-0), Leon (7, 3-4), Vázquez (3, 2-1)

STARTS BY POSITION (TOTAL, RED SOX W-L)

C: Leon (14, 6-8), Vázquez (9, 6-3)1B: Moreland (23, 12-11)2B: Hernandez (4, 2-2), Pedroia (19, 10-9)SS: Bogaerts (18, 11-7), Hernandez (5, 1-4)3B: Hernandez (5, 3-2), Holt (1, 0-1), Rutledge (1, 0-1), Sandoval (16, 9-7)LF: Benintendi (11, 5-6), Holt (2, 2-0), Young (10, 5-5)CF: Benintendi (11, 7-4), Bradley Jr. (11, 4-7), Selsky (1, 1-0)RF: Betts (20, 11-9), Young (3, 1-2)DH: Holt (2, 0-2), Ramirez (19, 11-8), Sandoval (1, 0-1), Young (1, 1-0)

OUTFIELD ASSISTS (2 in 2017)

Andrew Benintendi.............................................................................................2

RED SOX MANAGER CHALLENGES

TOTAL OVERTURNED CONFIRMED STOOD 7 2 0 5

HOMERS AT HOME: 8 SOLO HOMERS: 7 3-RUN HOMERS: 4 HOMERS ON THE ROAD: 6 2-RUN HOMERS: 3 GRAND SLAMS: 0

HOME RUN NOTES

2-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (9 in 2016)Last: Hanley Ramirez, 9/18/16 vs. NYY

3-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (3 in 2016)Last: Mookie Betts, 8/14/16 at ARI

PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (3 in 2016)Last: Aaron Hill, 9/27/16 vs. NYY off Tommy Layne

GRAND SLAMS BY RED SOX (6 in 2016)Last: Dustin Pedroia, 9/24/16 at TB off Danny Farquhar

FIRST-INNING LEADOFF HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (6 in 2016)Last: Mookie Betts, 7/30/16 at LAA off Hector Santiago

WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (1 in 2017) Sandy Leon, 4/5/17 vs. PIT off Antonio Bastardo

INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (0 in 2016)Last: Blake Swihart, 8/28/15 at NYM off Carlos Torres (10th inning)

INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS AT FENWAY PARK (0 in 2016)Last: Jacoby Ellsbury, 9/19/11 vs. BAL (G2) off Jeremy Accardo

BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (1 in 2017)Mookie Betts and Hanley Ramirez, 4/23 at BAL (1st)

BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (0 in 2016)Last: David Ortiz, Josh Reddick and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 7/7/11 vs. BAL (7th)

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