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| 917 | BOSTON | +145 | Ov 8,-110 | +140 | Ov 8.5,+100 | | 918 | BALTIMORE | -155 | Un 8,-110 | -150 | Un 8.5,-120 |
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| All Games | 67-88 | -28.8 | 66-84 | 3.8 | 0.241 | 0.308 | 4.4 | 0.259 | 0.319 | | Road Games | 36-44 | -3.6 | 35-41 | 3.8 | 0.230 | 0.291 | 4.2 | 0.255 | 0.312 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 45-61 | -19.7 | 46-57 | 3.8 | 0.241 | 0.305 | 4.3 | 0.259 | 0.318 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -2.1 | 4-2 | 2.7 | 0.202 | 0.250 | 5.3 | 0.295 | 0.339 | | Grass Games | 59-76 | -26 | 57-74 | 3.7 | 0.243 | 0.311 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.320 | | Day Games | 18-25 | -9.6 | 17-24 | 3.8 | 0.229 | 0.304 | 4.2 | 0.250 | 0.310 | | Division | 27-42 | -17.1 | 31-36 | 3.8 | 0.240 | 0.302 | 4.8 | 0.263 | 0.325 |
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| All Games | 3.8 | 0.241 | 0.308 | 155 | 5314 | 1281 | 404 | 117 | 0.02 | 560 | 514 | 1272 | 57 | 1127 | 151 | 90 | | | | Road Games | 3.8 | 0.230 | 0.291 | 80 | 2799 | 645 | 195 | 72 | 0.03 | 293 | 237 | 702 | 32 | 553 | 75 | 35 | | | | Righty Starters | 3.8 | 0.241 | 0.305 | 106 | 3638 | 875 | 257 | 78 | 0.02 | 375 | 336 | 870 | 45 | 762 | 102 | 56 | | |
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| All Games | 3.29 | 1.262 | 479.4 | 193 | 175 | 459 | 44 | 146 | 433 | 21-27 | 35 | 18 | 66% | | Road Games | 3.18 | 1.290 | 223.3 | 89 | 79 | 221 | 24 | 67 | 202 | 8-15 | 23 | 10 | 69.7% |
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| All Games | 93-61 | +36.6 | 66-84 | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.308 | 3.6 | 0.243 | 0.303 | | Home Games | 50-30 | +15.8 | 30-46 | 4.2 | 0.259 | 0.309 | 3.5 | 0.236 | 0.296 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 71-43 | +32 | 53-57 | 4.5 | 0.261 | 0.311 | 3.8 | 0.244 | 0.305 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +2.2 | 2-4 | 4.9 | 0.280 | 0.317 | 2.4 | 0.191 | 0.257 | | Grass Games | 83-56 | +30 | 58-77 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.307 | 3.6 | 0.241 | 0.300 | | Day Games | 23-28 | -5.3 | 24-27 | 4.1 | 0.250 | 0.300 | 4.7 | 0.276 | 0.340 | | Division | 44-24 | +21.5 | 25-40 | 4.5 | 0.260 | 0.311 | 3.2 | 0.241 | 0.307 |
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| All Games | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.308 | 154 | 5328 | 1375 | 473 | 202 | 0.04 | 655 | 383 | 1216 | 42 | 1042 | 120 | 81 | | | | Home Games | 4.2 | 0.259 | 0.309 | 80 | 2698 | 699 | 236 | 107 | 0.04 | 323 | 196 | 606 | 19 | 536 | 67 | 43 | | | | Righty Starters | 4.5 | 0.261 | 0.311 | 114 | 3962 | 1036 | 344 | 144 | 0.04 | 501 | 283 | 894 | 35 | 780 | 83 | 61 | | |
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| All Games | 3.12 | 1.159 | 484 | 182 | 168 | 411 | 39 | 150 | 424 | 28-20 | 50 | 19 | 72.5% | | Home Games | 2.99 | 1.117 | 258.7 | 92 | 86 | 207 | 19 | 82 | 221 | 17-6 | 22 | 8 | 73.3% |
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| 9/7/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | 1-3 | L | +110 | 9 un | U | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 9/8/2014 | KELLY(R) | BALTIMORE | GONZALEZ(R) | 0-4 | L | -120 | 9 un | U | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | | 9/9/2014 | RANAUDO(R) | BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | 1-4 | L | +110 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | | 9/10/2014 | WORKMAN(R) | BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | 6-10 | L | +120 | 8.5 un | O | 8 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | | 9/11/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | HENDRIKS(R) | 6-3 | W | 115 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | | 9/12/2014 | WEBSTER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | 4-2 | W | 182 | 7 un | U | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | 9/13/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | GUTHRIE(R) | 1-7 | L | 130 | 7.5 un | O | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | | 9/14/2014 | KELLY(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | 8-4 | W | 155 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 9/16/2014 | RANAUDO(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | MORTON(R) | 0-4 | L | 170 | 7.5 ev | U | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 9/17/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | LIRIANO(L) | 1-9 | L | 160 | 7 un | O | 5 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | | 9/18/2014 | WORKMAN(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | COLE(R) | 2-3 | L | 205 | 7 ov | U | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 9/19/2014 | WEBSTER(R) | @ BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | 5-3 | W | 140 | 8 un | P | 9 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | | 9/20/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | @ BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | 2-7 | L | 155 | 8 un | O | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | | 9/21/2014 | KELLY(R) | @ BALTIMORE | GONZALEZ(R) | | | 9/23/2014 | RANAUDO(R) | TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | | | 9/24/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | | | 9/25/2014 | WORKMAN(R) | TAMPA BAY | HELLICKSON(R) | | | 9/26/2014 | WEBSTER(R) | NY YANKEES | CAPUANO(L) | | | 9/27/2014 | | NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | | | 9/28/2014 | | NY YANKEES | | |
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| 9/7/2014 | NORRIS(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | HELLICKSON(R) | 7-5 | W | 105 | 7.5 un | O | 10 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 0 | | 9/8/2014 | GONZALEZ(R) | @ BOSTON | KELLY(R) | 4-0 | W | 110 | 9 un | U | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | | 9/9/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | @ BOSTON | RANAUDO(R) | 4-1 | W | -120 | 8.5 ov | U | 10 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 9/10/2014 | CHEN(L) | @ BOSTON | WORKMAN(R) | 10-6 | W | -130 | 8.5 un | O | 15 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | | 9/12/2014 | GAUSMAN(R) | NY YANKEES | MCCARTHY(R) | 2-1 | W | -120 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | | 9/12/2014 | NORRIS(R) | NY YANKEES | MITCHELL(R) | 5-0 | W | -160 | 8 ev | U | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | | 9/13/2014 | GONZALEZ(R) | NY YANKEES | GREENE(R) | 2-3 | L | -130 | 7.5 un | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | | 9/14/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | 3-2 | W | -120 | 7 ev | U | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | 9/15/2014 | CHEN(L) | TORONTO | STROMAN(R) | 5-2 | W | -115 | 7.5 un | U | 10 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | | 9/16/2014 | JIMENEZ(R) | TORONTO | HUTCHISON(R) | 8-2 | W | +100 | 8 un | O | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | | 9/17/2014 | NORRIS(R) | TORONTO | HAPP(L) | 6-1 | W | -125 | 7.5 ev | U | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | | 9/19/2014 | GAUSMAN(R) | BOSTON | WEBSTER(R) | 3-5 | L | -150 | 8 un | P | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | | 9/20/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | BOSTON | DE LA ROSA(R) | 7-2 | W | -165 | 8 un | O | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | 9/21/2014 | GONZALEZ(R) | BOSTON | KELLY(R) | | | 9/22/2014 | CHEN(L) | @ NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | | | 9/23/2014 | NORRIS(R) | @ NY YANKEES | MCCARTHY(R) | | | 9/24/2014 | GAUSMAN(R) | @ NY YANKEES | GREENE(R) | | | 9/25/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | @ NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | | | 9/26/2014 | GONZALEZ(R) | @ TORONTO | HUTCHISON(R) | | | 9/27/2014 | CHEN(L) | @ TORONTO | HAPP(L) | | | 9/28/2014 | | @ TORONTO | | |
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| |  | BOSTON: BOSTON (AP) - Last season was one to remember for fans of the Red Sox - and one to forget for the players.
Soon after Boston's third World Series championship in 10 years, that bearded bunch decided to put it behind them and focus on what they must do to keep winning.
''It was a dream come true last year,'' pitcher Jake Peavy said. ''It's a new year. I think that's been a slogan of ours on the text messages that we've been exchanging with the guys, `Hey turn the page, it's a new year, it's 2014.' We haven't done anything and, obviously, some teams in our division got awfully better.''
The Red Sox won't be sneaking up on them, not after rebounding from a 69-93, last-place finish in the AL East to a 97-65 record, a 28-win improvement.
''You've got the bull's-eye on your back,'' second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. ''You want to get everybody's best, so I think it's going to be a fun challenge for everybody.''
John Farrell's disciplined, businesslike approach worked in his first year as Boston's manager. That, and the influx of players to improve the toxic clubhouse chemistry, made the one season under the animated Bobby Valentine seem like a distant memory.
Those players, including Jonny Gomes, Mike Napoli and Shane Victorino, return. The Red Sox lost center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury to the New York Yankees then signed Grady Sizemore as a possible replacement. Sizemore missed the last two seasons with knee and back injuries that required surgery but has had a healthy, productive spring training.
''In this group, no one's going to let anybody sit back and relax,'' Pedroia said. ''We're always going to push each other and make sure that we're respecting the game and playing the game the right way. If we do that, we should be all right.''
| | BALTIMORE: BALTIMORE (AP) - The transformation of the Baltimore Orioles clubhouse under manager Buck Showalter is complete.
No longer do the Orioles hope to win. They expect it.
When Showalter took over in July 2010, he inherited a team with the worst record in the majors. Having gone without a winning season since 1997, Baltimore could only hope Showalter's knack for orchestrating quick turnarounds would take hold in a town that had switched its allegiance from baseball to football.
By 2012, the Orioles were back. Baltimore won 93 games, beat Texas in the wild-card matchup and took the New York Yankees to the limit before falling in the AL division series.
After missing the postseason last year, the Orioles are poised for a return. They maintained the nucleus of a team that went 85-77 and was in contention to the final week, then added right-handed starter Ubaldo Jimenez and slugger Nelson Cruz to an already potent lineup that led the majors in home runs in 2013.
''When you have talent, you have confidence,'' right fielder Nick Markakis said. ''Put them together and good things usually happen. We've got that right now. We know we have a good team and we're going to roll with it.''
Although Jimenez and Cruz didn't come aboard until after the start of spring training, Showalter never wavered in his belief that the Orioles would challenge the defending champion Boston Red Sox and retooled Yankees in the AL East.
''I felt that way whether or not we added Nelson and Jimenez,'' he said. ''That's a poor reflection on me and my staff if we thought we needed more to win.''
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*Red Sox-Orioles Preview* =========================
By TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer
Boston (67-87) at Baltimore (92-61), 1:35 p.m. EDT
Although he may not get the opportunity to start in the opening round, Miguel Gonzalez is hoping to earn a spot if the Baltimore Orioles can advance further into the postseason.
The right-hander looks to continue his an outstanding 11-week stretch Sunday when the Orioles try to close ground in the race for the home-field advantage with a series win over the visiting Boston Red Sox.
Gonzalez has one of baseball's stingiest pitchers since the beginning of July, but he could give way to Chris Tillman, Wei-Yin Chen and Bud Norris if Baltimore (93-61) goes with three starters in the AL division series.
Despite having to work his way through a couple of stints in the minors, Gonzalez (9-8, 3.28 ERA) has made a case to join an expanded rotation in the later rounds by going 5-3 with a 2.03 ERA in his last 11 starts.
The right-hander overcame a rocky start to put up another quality start last Saturday. He allowed three runs in the second inning before giving up just one hit over his final four in a 3-2 loss to the visiting New York Yankees.
Gonzalez hadn't allowed more than two earned runs in an outing since allowing four versus Seattle on Aug. 2.
"I think that's the difference in major league pitchers - guys who can have success out there and keep you engaged in a game," manager Buck Showalter told MLB's official website after Gonzalez's last start.
Now he'll try to help the Orioles continue their pursuit of home-field advantage throughout the playoffs following Sunday's 7-2 victory for their 11th win in 13 games.
"We still have something to prove," said Adam Jones, who hit a pair of two-run homers. "We're trying to catch (the Los Angeles Angels) for the best record overall."
Gonzalez is 4-0 with a 2.18 ERA in five career starts versus Boston. He did not get a decision after allowing one earned run over eight innings in a 3-2 loss at Fenway Park on July 5, before giving up six hits over 6 1-3 innings in a 4-1 road win Sept. 8.
"Well, he made pitches," Boston manager John Farrell said after the last meeting. "He had a four-pitch mix working. He threw a lot of strikes."
Farrell's last-place Red Sox (67-88) have averaged 2.8 runs and hit .214 while dropping nine of 13.
Slugger David Ortiz provided one of the few highlights Saturday with a first-inning two-run homer. He's gone 4 for 9 with three home runs and five RBIs in the first two games of this series.
Joe Kelly (2-2, 4.21) also opposed Gonzalez earlier this month, allowing four runs over 6 1-3 innings. He gave up four runs in the second inning last Sunday, but followed with four scoreless in an 8-4 win at Kansas City.
Nelson Cruz, who had two hits when facing Kelly at Fenway, is 13 for 32 during an eight-game hitting streak.
Delmon Young is 4 for 6 in this set after finishing with three hits Saturday, while Jones is batting .371 with four homers and 13 RBIs in 17 games versus Boston this season.
Steve Pearce could be rested after he was scratched Saturday with a sore right wrist, while Nick Markakis has missed the past three games after being hit by a pitch in the shoulder.
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