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971 | BOSTON | -105 | Ov 7.5,+100 | +105 | Ov 7,-105 | 972 | CHI WHITE SOX | -105 | Un 7.5,-120 | -115 | Un 7,-115 |
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All Games | 6-9 | -5.5 | 4-11 | 3.5 | 0.236 | 0.310 | 3.9 | 0.258 | 0.306 | Road Games | 4-5 | -1.6 | 2-7 | 3.2 | 0.218 | 0.295 | 3.2 | 0.232 | 0.279 | vs Left-handed Starters | 4-1 | +2.8 | 2-3 | 5.0 | 0.254 | 0.362 | 4.2 | 0.237 | 0.294 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1.5 | 2-5 | 3.1 | 0.172 | 0.277 | 3.4 | 0.230 | 0.289 | Grass Games | 6-9 | -5.5 | 4-11 | 3.5 | 0.236 | 0.310 | 3.9 | 0.258 | 0.306 | Night Games | 5-5 | -1.5 | 3-7 | 4.2 | 0.246 | 0.318 | 3.8 | 0.251 | 0.299 |
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All Games | 3.5 | 0.236 | 0.310 | 15 | 518 | 122 | 33 | 12 | 0.02 | 48 | 56 | 127 | 6 | 114 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 11 | Road Games | 3.2 | 0.218 | 0.295 | 9 | 317 | 69 | 19 | 9 | 0.03 | 28 | 35 | 78 | 5 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | Lefty Starters | 5.0 | 0.254 | 0.362 | 5 | 177 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 0.02 | 23 | 30 | 44 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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All Games | 2.42 | 1.138 | 48.3 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 11 | 49 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 80% | Road Games | 0.68 | 0.912 | 26.3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
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All Games | 8-7 | +1.6 | 10-5 | 5.7 | 0.268 | 0.339 | 5.5 | 0.256 | 0.347 | Home Games | 6-3 | +3.1 | 7-2 | 5.9 | 0.264 | 0.345 | 5.6 | 0.220 | 0.326 | vs Left-handed Starters | 1-1 | +0.4 | 1-1 | 9.0 | 0.359 | 0.412 | 3.5 | 0.237 | 0.328 | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1.5 | 5-2 | 5.1 | 0.239 | 0.327 | 5.9 | 0.240 | 0.345 | Grass Games | 8-7 | +1.6 | 10-5 | 5.7 | 0.268 | 0.339 | 5.5 | 0.256 | 0.347 | Night Games | 4-2 | +2.9 | 4-2 | 6.3 | 0.266 | 0.353 | 4.5 | 0.216 | 0.324 |
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All Games | 5.7 | 0.268 | 0.339 | 15 | 541 | 145 | 46 | 20 | 0.04 | 82 | 58 | 138 | 11 | 116 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | Home Games | 5.9 | 0.264 | 0.345 | 9 | 330 | 87 | 30 | 14 | 0.04 | 50 | 41 | 95 | 6 | 74 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | Lefty Starters | 9.0 | 0.359 | 0.412 | 2 | 78 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 0.08 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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All Games | 6.37 | 1.771 | 48 | 36 | 34 | 47 | 2 | 38 | 32 | 3-5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | Home Games | 5.97 | 1.644 | 34.7 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 31 | 23 | 3-3 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
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4/3/2014 | DOUBRONT(L) | @ BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | 4-3 | W | 100 | 9 un | U | 14 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4/4/2014 | PEAVY(R) | MILWAUKEE | ESTRADA(R) | 2-6 | L | -140 | 8.5 ev | U | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4/5/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | MILWAUKEE | PERALTA(R) | 6-7 | L | -180 | 8.5 un | O | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4/6/2014 | LESTER(L) | MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | 0-4 | L | -155 | 8.5 ov | U | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4/7/2014 | LACKEY(R) | TEXAS | SCHEPPERS(R) | 5-1 | W | -150 | 9 ov | U | 14 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4/8/2014 | DOUBRONT(L) | TEXAS | PEREZ(L) | 7-10 | L | -120 | 9.5 un | O | 14 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4/9/2014 | PEAVY(R) | TEXAS | ROSS(L) | 4-2 | W | -140 | 8.5 ov | U | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4/10/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | 1-4 | L | -105 | 8.5 un | U | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4/11/2014 | LESTER(L) | @ NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 4-2 | W | -125 | 8 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4/12/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | 4-7 | L | 100 | 8.5 un | O | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4/13/2014 | DOUBRONT(L) | @ NY YANKEES | NOVA(R) | 2-3 | L | 100 | 9 un | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4/15/2014 | PEAVY(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | JOHNSON(R) | 1-2 | L | -140 | 8 un | U | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4/16/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | 6-4 | W | -125 | 7.5 un | O | 6 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4/17/2014 | LESTER(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | | 4/18/2014 | LACKEY(R) | BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | | 4/19/2014 | DOUBRONT(L) | BALTIMORE | NORRIS(R) | | 4/20/2014 | PEAVY(R) | BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | | 4/21/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | | 4/22/2014 | LESTER(L) | NY YANKEES | | | 4/23/2014 | LACKEY(R) | NY YANKEES | | | 4/24/2014 | | NY YANKEES | | |
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4/3/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | MINNESOTA | HUGHES(R) | 9-10 | L | -135 | 7.5 ev | O | 13 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4/4/2014 | JOHNSON(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | GUTHRIE(R) | 5-7 | L | 140 | 8.5 un | O | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4/5/2014 | DANKS(L) | @ KANSAS CITY | CHEN(L) | 3-4 | L | 135 | 8 un | U | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4/6/2014 | SALE(L) | @ KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | 5-1 | W | 105 | 7 un | U | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4/7/2014 | PAULINO(R) | @ COLORADO | LYLES(R) | 1-8 | L | 135 | 10 un | U | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4/8/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | @ COLORADO | MORALES(L) | 15-3 | W | 140 | 9.5 un | O | 19 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4/9/2014 | JOHNSON(R) | @ COLORADO | NICASIO(R) | 4-10 | L | 155 | 10 un | O | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 4/10/2014 | DANKS(L) | CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | 7-3 | W | +120 | 8 ov | O | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4/11/2014 | SALE(L) | CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | 9-6 | W | -155 | 8 un | O | 11 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4/12/2014 | PAULINO(R) | CLEVELAND | MASTERSON(R) | 6-12 | L | +115 | 9 ov | O | 8 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4/13/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 4-3 | W | -115 | 8.5 ov | U | 9 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4/15/2014 | JOHNSON(R) | BOSTON | PEAVY(R) | 2-1 | W | +130 | 8 un | U | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4/16/2014 | DANKS(L) | BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 4-6 | L | +115 | 7.5 un | O | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 4/17/2014 | SALE(L) | BOSTON | LESTER(L) | | 4/18/2014 | PAULINO(R) | @ TEXAS | PEREZ(L) | | 4/19/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | @ TEXAS | LEWIS(R) | | 4/20/2014 | JOHNSON(R) | @ TEXAS | ROSS(L) | | 4/21/2014 | DANKS(L) | @ DETROIT | SANCHEZ(R) | | 4/22/2014 | SALE(L) | @ DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | | 4/23/2014 | PAULINO(R) | @ DETROIT | SMYLY(L) | | 4/24/2014 | | @ DETROIT | | |
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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.''
| | CHI WHITE SOX: CHICAGO (AP) - From rock bottom last season to contention this year? The Chicago White Sox see no reason why it can't happen.
They're ready to put last season's 99-loss wreck behind them and make a jump at least back to respectability, if not a run at the AL Central title.
They see a team with solid pitching, a new slugger in Jose Abreu and renewed vigor. Now, all they have to do is back it up.
''You have to pitch, you have to hit, you have to score,'' said manager Robin Ventura, entering his third season. ''You have to play defense. You have to do all of them in our division. Detroit has won it the last few years. They have a combination of everything. Unless you do that, you're not going to be close. We proved that last year.''
They had the pitching part down last season. The rest? Well, that's where things got dicey.
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (BOSTON-CHI WHITE SOX) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Red Sox-White Sox Preview* ===========================
By TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer
Boston (5-9) at Chicago (8-6), 8:10 p.m. EDT
Aside from a late scoring outburst by the Boston Red Sox with an infielder on the mound, runs have been hard to come by in the first two games with the Chicago White Sox.
That's not likely to change with a pair of tough left-handers taking the hill in the series finale at U.S. Cellular Field.
Chris Sale looks to lead the White Sox to their fifth victory in seven games Thursday night, while Jon Lester will try to help the Red Sox win two in a row for the first time since their opening series.
Boston (6-9) tied the game at three on Grady Sizemore's sacrifice fly in the ninth inning Wednesday before breaking through with two runs in the 14th when the White Sox (8-7) ran out of relievers.
Jackie Bradley Jr. provided the key drive with a two-run double off second baseman-turned-pitcher Leury Garcia as Boston snapped a three-game skid with a marathon 6-4 win.
The Red Sox and White Sox have combined for just 13 runs over 23 innings while splitting the first two of the three-game set. With only six hits in the 14 innings, Boston's batting average dropped to .172 over its last seven games.
Since hitting .303 with 7.5 runs per game in its previous six, Chicago has batted .181 while scoring six times in the series.
Although Sale's 3.19 run-support average was third-worst among qualifying pitchers in 2013, he's received five runs in each of his outings en route to his first 3-0 start since joining the rotation in 2012.
Sale (3-0, 2.66 ERA) picked up another win Friday despite not having his best stuff, surrendering three runs and six hits while throwing 105 pitches over five innings in a 9-6 home win over Cleveland.
"Fastball command was not nearly where I wanted it to be, breaking ball was not really sharp, couldn't really command that," Sale told the team's official website. "It was a combination of a lot of things, not finding a rhythm, not getting into a groove and really doing what I'm supposed to do."
Sale might not have to deal with Boston slugger Mike Napoli, whose status is uncertain after he dislocated his left ring finger in a 2-1 loss in the series opener.
Following a two-start absence due to a wrist injury, Dustin Pedroia went 2 for 6 and scored three runs Wednesday after going 3 for 27 in his previous six.
Though he received one run of support while taking the loss in his first two outings, the Red Sox scored four for Lester (1-2, 2.57) in a 4-2 win at Yankee Stadium on Friday. The southpaw allowed two runs and six hits while throwing 113 pitches over 6 2-3 innings.
"I don't feel like I threw the ball as well the first two, but sometimes you need games like this to appreciate the ones where you glide through," Lester said. "This was a little bit of a grinder."
Lester has had to grind through four of his last six starts against the White Sox, going 2-4 with a 7.27 ERA while allowing seven home runs. Paul Konerko has gone 10 for 25 with three homers and Dayan Viciedo is 5 for 11 with a home run in the matchup.
Konerko is expected to make his first home start Thursday, while Alexei Ramirez looks to break Frank Thomas' 18-year-old club record by hitting safely in 16 straight games to start a season.
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| Last Updated: 5/2/2024 7:16:30 PM EST. |
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