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973 | TORONTO | +145 | Ov 9,+100 | +105 | Ov 8.5,-110 | 974 | BOSTON | -155 | Un 9,-120 | -115 | Un 8.5,-110 |
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All Games | 58-50 | +7.4 | 52-52 | 4.6 | 0.265 | 0.329 | 4.3 | 0.256 | 0.322 | Road Games | 28-27 | +6 | 27-27 | 4.4 | 0.255 | 0.325 | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.321 | vs Right-handed Starters | 44-35 | +9 | 38-37 | 4.8 | 0.267 | 0.331 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.325 | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +5.7 | 4-1 | 6.7 | 0.326 | 0.399 | 3.0 | 0.211 | 0.272 | Grass Games | 25-23 | +5.8 | 23-24 | 4.6 | 0.260 | 0.329 | 3.9 | 0.247 | 0.313 | Night Games | 38-29 | +9 | 36-30 | 4.9 | 0.265 | 0.334 | 4.4 | 0.265 | 0.328 | Division | 25-19 | +7.8 | 26-16 | 5.0 | 0.275 | 0.337 | 4.4 | 0.265 | 0.329 |
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All Games | 4.6 | 0.265 | 0.329 | 108 | 3688 | 976 | 339 | 130 | 0.04 | 477 | 351 | 754 | 51 | 762 | 95 | 54 | 89 | 66 | Road Games | 4.4 | 0.255 | 0.325 | 55 | 1912 | 488 | 157 | 57 | 0.03 | 234 | 197 | 368 | 22 | 407 | 55 | 28 | 38 | 30 | Righty Starters | 4.8 | 0.267 | 0.331 | 79 | 2694 | 719 | 246 | 93 | 0.03 | 358 | 258 | 563 | 41 | 550 | 68 | 46 | 67 | 46 |
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All Games | 4.37 | 1.395 | 323.3 | 168 | 157 | 310 | 31 | 141 | 285 | 14-13 | 32 | 13 | 71.1% | Road Games | 4.48 | 1.351 | 154.7 | 81 | 77 | 138 | 15 | 71 | 138 | 8-8 | 17 | 8 | 68% |
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All Games | 48-59 | -22.8 | 44-59 | 3.8 | 0.246 | 0.316 | 4.3 | 0.259 | 0.316 | Home Games | 26-28 | -12.6 | 20-33 | 3.8 | 0.251 | 0.326 | 4.3 | 0.258 | 0.314 | vs Left-handed Starters | 17-20 | -7.4 | 16-19 | 4.0 | 0.251 | 0.324 | 4.8 | 0.262 | 0.321 | Past 7 Games | 1-6 | -5.4 | 3-3 | 2.0 | 0.201 | 0.259 | 6.1 | 0.307 | 0.390 | Grass Games | 44-50 | -17.5 | 37-54 | 3.8 | 0.247 | 0.318 | 4.2 | 0.258 | 0.314 | Night Games | 34-41 | -15.2 | 34-39 | 3.9 | 0.254 | 0.321 | 4.5 | 0.267 | 0.322 | Division | 18-29 | -14.9 | 22-24 | 3.7 | 0.242 | 0.310 | 4.7 | 0.266 | 0.324 |
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All Games | 3.8 | 0.246 | 0.316 | 107 | 3652 | 899 | 285 | 82 | 0.02 | 389 | 374 | 862 | 32 | 790 | 113 | 64 | 106 | 67 | Home Games | 3.8 | 0.251 | 0.326 | 54 | 1804 | 452 | 149 | 33 | 0.02 | 188 | 202 | 411 | 16 | 408 | 58 | 42 | 54 | 34 | Lefty Starters | 4.0 | 0.251 | 0.324 | 37 | 1274 | 320 | 111 | 27 | 0.02 | 142 | 138 | 303 | 8 | 288 | 41 | 25 | 36 | 35 |
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All Games | 3.52 | 1.288 | 309 | 130 | 121 | 298 | 27 | 100 | 301 | 14-18 | 24 | 10 | 70.6% | Home Games | 3.62 | 1.261 | 171.4 | 73 | 69 | 160 | 12 | 56 | 160 | 11-8 | 10 | 6 | 62.5% |
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7/18/2014 | DICKEY(R) | TEXAS | DARVISH(R) | 1-5 | L | +100 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7/19/2014 | STROMAN(R) | TEXAS | LEWIS(R) | 4-1 | W | -165 | 9 un | U | 12 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7/20/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | TEXAS | TEPESCH(R) | 9-6 | W | -170 | 8 ov | O | 15 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 7/21/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | BOSTON | LACKEY(R) | 1-14 | L | -105 | 8.5 un | O | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 7/22/2014 | HAPP(L) | BOSTON | PEAVY(R) | 7-3 | W | +105 | 9 un | O | 13 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 7/23/2014 | DICKEY(R) | BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 6-4 | W | +105 | 8.5 un | O | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 7/24/2014 | STROMAN(R) | BOSTON | DE LA ROSA(R) | 8-0 | W | -110 | 8 ov | P | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7/25/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | 4-6 | L | 120 | 8 un | O | 10 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 7/26/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | @ NY YANKEES | CAPUANO(L) | 6-4 | W | 120 | 8.5 ov | O | 9 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 7/27/2014 | HAPP(L) | @ NY YANKEES | GREENE(R) | 5-4 | W | 115 | 9 ov | P | 12 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7/28/2014 | DICKEY(R) | @ BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 14-1 | W | 130 | 9 ov | O | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7/29/2014 | STROMAN(R) | @ BOSTON | DE LA ROSA(R) | 4-2 | W | -105 | 8.5 un | U | 12 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7/30/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ BOSTON | WORKMAN(R) | | 7/31/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | @ HOUSTON | COSART(R) | | 8/1/2014 | HAPP(L) | @ HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | | 8/2/2014 | DICKEY(R) | @ HOUSTON | OBERHOLTZER(L) | | 8/3/2014 | STROMAN(R) | @ HOUSTON | FELDMAN(R) | | 8/5/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | BALTIMORE | NORRIS(R) | | 8/6/2014 | | BALTIMORE | | |
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7/18/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | 5-4 | W | -120 | 8 un | O | 10 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 7/19/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | 2-1 | W | -130 | 8 un | U | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7/20/2014 | LESTER(L) | KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | 6-0 | W | -155 | 7.5 un | U | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7/21/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ TORONTO | HUTCHISON(R) | 14-1 | W | -105 | 8.5 un | O | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7/22/2014 | PEAVY(R) | @ TORONTO | HAPP(L) | 3-7 | L | -115 | 9 un | O | 11 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 7/23/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | 4-6 | L | -115 | 8.5 un | O | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7/24/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | @ TORONTO | STROMAN(R) | 0-8 | L | 100 | 8 ov | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 7/25/2014 | LESTER(L) | @ TAMPA BAY | PRICE(L) | 4-6 | L | 130 | 6.5 un | O | 10 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 7/26/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | HELLICKSON(R) | 0-3 | L | -105 | 3.5 ov | U | 8 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7/27/2014 | WEBSTER(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | 3-2 | W | 125 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7/28/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | 1-14 | L | -140 | 9 ov | O | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 7/29/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | TORONTO | STROMAN(R) | 2-4 | L | -105 | 8.5 un | U | 7 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 7/30/2014 | WORKMAN(R) | TORONTO | BUEHRLE(L) | | 8/1/2014 | LACKEY(R) | NY YANKEES | CAPUANO(L) | | 8/2/2014 | WEBSTER(R) | NY YANKEES | GREENE(R) | | 8/3/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | NY YANKEES | PHELPS(R) | | 8/5/2014 | | @ ST LOUIS | KELLY(R) | | 8/6/2014 | | @ ST LOUIS | | |
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| | | TORONTO: TORONTO (AP) - All winter long, the Blue Jays' primary concern was upgrading the starting pitching. The biggest story in Toronto this spring, though, is the one about the free agent arm that got away.
After months of inaction, the Blue Jays thought they'd landed right-hander Ervin Santana on a one-year deal in early March. But when injury concerns flared up in Atlanta, Santana signed a similar deal with the Braves instead.
''I think it's pretty obvious we were involved, it didn't work out. I'm trying to take the high road here,'' general manager Alex Anthopoulos said after Santana turned him down, saying he'd rather pitch in a spacious National League park than face AL East foes in Toronto's hitter-friendly dome.
Anthopoulos, who'd previously come ''extremely close'' to acquiring a starter through trade, must now start the season with almost the same staff he took north last year. Right-handed knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, the 2012 NL Cy Young winner, will be the opening-day starter again, while left-hander Mark Buehrle gets the third slot.
But none of the other three leading contenders, right-handers Brandon Morrow and Drew Hutchison, and left-hander J.A. Happ, have ever pitched 200 innings, and all three are coming off injuries. Morrow was limited to 10 starts last year by a nerve problem in his forearm, Hutchison hasn't pitched in the majors since elbow surgery in 2012, and Happ missed most of 2013 after being hit in the head by a line drive. Happ dimmed his own chances with an awful spring.
Santana, who has topped the 200-inning mark five times, would have given the Blue Jays valuable depth. Without him, there's more chance they'll need starts from touted but untested youngsters like Kyle Drabek, Sean Nolin, and Marcus Stroman.
Still, a confident Dickey insisted Santana would have been more ''bonus'' than ''necessity'' to Toronto. ''I feel like we have what we need,'' he said.
| | 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.''
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (TORONTO-BOSTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Blue Jays-Red Sox Preview* ===========================
By KEVIN CHROUST STATS Writer
Toronto (57-50) at Boston (48-58), 7:10 p.m. EDT
Boston's Jon Lester and Toronto's Mark Buehrle have taken entirely different paths to identical records.
It's Lester who has been far better of late, and the Blue Jays are likely happy his outstanding recent run with the Red Sox has led to his being scratched from Wednesday night's meeting as trade rumors swirl.
Buehrle has been anything but impressive, and given Lester's recent success, Blue Jays hitters should prefer replacement Brandon Workman as they go for a second straight three-game sweep at Fenway Park.
The Boston ace has done nothing but increase his value in recent starts, leading the Red Sox (48-59) to announce after Tuesday's 4-2 loss that Lester wouldn't make his scheduled turn in the rotation with Thursday's trade deadline looming.
"In light of all the uncertainty surrounding Jon Lester, it's probably in everyone's best interest that he does not make that start," manager John Farrell said.
The decision might have been made easier with the Red Sox having now lost seven of eight by a 50-17 margin.
"Obviously we're not in the position that we want to be in," Dustin Pedroia said. "We haven't played very well and our record shows that."
Workman (1-3, 4.13 ERA), who will be recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket, lost his last three big league starts before being sent down on July 8. He's 1-3 with a 4.50 ERA in eight starts this season and has only faced Toronto in a 2013 relief appearance.
While Lester's 10-7 record includes a 4-0 mark and 1.07 ERA in eight starts since last being tagged with a loss on June 7, Buehrle (10-7, 3.19) has gone nearly two months without a victory after a 10-1 start.
Since last winning on June 1, the left-hander is 0-6 with a 4.83 ERA in nine outings. His latest was unquestionably his worst of the year, as Buehrle surrendered six runs and nine hits with a pair of home runs in just three innings of Friday's 6-4 road loss to the New York Yankees.
"I don't feel like I've thrown (bad enough) not to get a win in the last two months," Buehrle told MLB's official website. "Obviously these last couple of outings, I have, I've pretty much tanked. But before that, I felt like I was throwing pretty good.
"I think the ball's not going to guys, it's finding holes now. When you're going lucky, when you're going good, those balls go to your defensive guys."
The one loss he suffered during his impressive start was to Boston on April 25. He's 1-1 with a 5.84 ERA in two starts against the Red Sox this season. At Fenway Park, he's 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA in four starts since joining Toronto prior to the 2013 season.
Pedroia is 15 for 40 (.375) against Buehrle while David Ortiz is 25 for 79 (.316) with 13 extra-base hits.
The Blue Jays (58-50) have owned the season series, winning five straight, all five contests in Boston and nine of 12 overall. They're also 9-3 since the All-Star break with four straight wins to get within 2 1/2 games of Baltimore for the AL East lead.
Despite the absence of Brett Lawrie, Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Lind, Toronto has had no shortage of offense with a .324 average and 6.18 runs per game over its last 11.
Melky Cabrera is batting .388 in 12 games against Boston this season while Jose Bautista isn't far behind at .362.
Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli was out of the lineup Tuesday due to swelling on the ring finger of his left hand.
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| Last Updated: 3/19/2024 6:03:28 AM EST. |
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