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TORONTO ( HUTCHISON ) |
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| 913 | BOSTON | +100 | Ov 8.5,-115 | -115 | Ov 8.5,+100 | | 914 | TORONTO | -110 | Un 8.5,-105 | +105 | Un 8.5,-120 |
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| All Games | 46-52 | -17.2 | 39-56 | 3.9 | 0.247 | 0.319 | 4.2 | 0.256 | 0.311 | | Road Games | 20-26 | -7 | 20-24 | 3.9 | 0.239 | 0.307 | 4.3 | 0.259 | 0.313 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 29-34 | -12 | 25-37 | 3.8 | 0.245 | 0.315 | 3.9 | 0.255 | 0.307 | | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +4.7 | 3-4 | 5.4 | 0.295 | 0.377 | 2.0 | 0.209 | 0.257 | | Turf Games | 2-1 | +0.9 | 1-2 | 5.3 | 0.267 | 0.362 | 4.7 | 0.269 | 0.309 | | Night Games | 33-35 | -9.4 | 29-37 | 3.9 | 0.252 | 0.323 | 4.4 | 0.265 | 0.317 | | Division | 16-22 | -9.3 | 17-21 | 3.7 | 0.242 | 0.314 | 4.5 | 0.260 | 0.313 |
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| All Games | 3.9 | 0.247 | 0.319 | 98 | 3342 | 824 | 261 | 72 | 0.02 | 358 | 353 | 780 | 30 | 730 | 105 | 61 | 92 | 59 | | Road Games | 3.9 | 0.239 | 0.307 | 46 | 1604 | 384 | 116 | 40 | 0.02 | 173 | 156 | 391 | 14 | 336 | 47 | 20 | 42 | 25 | | Righty Starters | 3.8 | 0.245 | 0.315 | 63 | 2140 | 525 | 157 | 48 | 0.02 | 223 | 217 | 494 | 22 | 457 | 66 | 36 | 58 | 28 |
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| All Games | 3.31 | 1.260 | 285.7 | 114 | 105 | 270 | 25 | 90 | 281 | 14-17 | 23 | 9 | 71.9% | | Road Games | 3.26 | 1.302 | 121.3 | 49 | 44 | 120 | 14 | 38 | 125 | 3-9 | 13 | 3 | 81.3% |
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| All Games | 51-48 | +1.7 | 46-51 | 4.5 | 0.260 | 0.324 | 4.3 | 0.257 | 0.324 | | Home Games | 27-22 | -0.7 | 22-25 | 4.8 | 0.273 | 0.331 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.323 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 38-33 | +4.5 | 33-36 | 4.6 | 0.261 | 0.326 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.329 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -0.8 | 4-3 | 4.6 | 0.291 | 0.352 | 5.4 | 0.277 | 0.351 | | Turf Games | 27-22 | -0.7 | 22-25 | 4.8 | 0.273 | 0.331 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.323 | | Night Games | 34-27 | +6.7 | 31-29 | 4.8 | 0.262 | 0.331 | 4.4 | 0.264 | 0.329 | | Division | 18-17 | +2.2 | 20-15 | 4.7 | 0.266 | 0.326 | 4.5 | 0.269 | 0.337 |
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| All Games | 4.5 | 0.260 | 0.324 | 99 | 3382 | 881 | 304 | 119 | 0.04 | 425 | 318 | 706 | 43 | 698 | 83 | 52 | 81 | 65 | | Home Games | 4.8 | 0.273 | 0.331 | 49 | 1649 | 450 | 165 | 69 | 0.04 | 223 | 142 | 366 | 23 | 332 | 34 | 25 | 45 | 35 | | Righty Starters | 4.6 | 0.261 | 0.326 | 71 | 2422 | 633 | 215 | 83 | 0.03 | 312 | 231 | 524 | 33 | 497 | 56 | 44 | 59 | 45 |
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| All Games | 4.35 | 1.422 | 294 | 153 | 142 | 286 | 24 | 132 | 258 | 13-13 | 28 | 12 | 70% | | Home Games | 4.02 | 1.451 | 154.3 | 76 | 69 | 159 | 11 | 65 | 134 | 6-5 | 13 | 5 | 72.2% |
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| 7/7/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | CARROLL(R) | 0-4 | L | -210 | 10 un | U | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 7/8/2014 | WORKMAN(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | 3-8 | L | -170 | 9.5 ov | O | 10 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | | 7/9/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | 5-4 | W | +105 | 7.5 ov | O | 9 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | | 7/10/2014 | LESTER(L) | CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 4-3 | W | -160 | 8 un | U | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | 7/11/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ HOUSTON | FELDMAN(R) | 8-3 | W | -130 | 7.5 un | O | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | | 7/12/2014 | PEAVY(R) | @ HOUSTON | OBERHOLTZER(L) | 2-3 | L | -130 | 8.5 un | U | 13 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 7/13/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ HOUSTON | PEACOCK(R) | 11-0 | W | -130 | 8 ev | O | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 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) | | | 7/22/2014 | PEAVY(R) | @ TORONTO | HAPP(L) | | | 7/23/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | | | 7/24/2014 | | @ TORONTO | STROMAN(R) | | | 7/25/2014 | LESTER(L) | @ TAMPA BAY | PRICE(L) | | | 7/26/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | | | 7/27/2014 | PEAVY(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | HELLICKSON(R) | | | 7/28/2014 | | TORONTO | | |
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| 7/7/2014 | HAPP(L) | @ LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | 2-5 | L | 160 | 8.5 ev | U | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | | 7/8/2014 | DICKEY(R) | @ LA ANGELS | SKAGGS(L) | 4-0 | W | 160 | 8 un | U | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 7/9/2014 | STROMAN(R) | @ LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | 7-8 | L | 135 | 8 un | O | 12 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | | 7/11/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | 8-5 | W | 125 | 7 ov | O | 11 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | | 7/12/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | 3-10 | L | 110 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 1 | | 7/13/2014 | DICKEY(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | PRICE(L) | 0-3 | L | 170 | 6.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | | 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) | | | 7/22/2014 | HAPP(L) | BOSTON | PEAVY(R) | | | 7/23/2014 | DICKEY(R) | BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | | | 7/24/2014 | STROMAN(R) | BOSTON | | | | 7/25/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | | | 7/26/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | @ NY YANKEES | GREENE(R) | | | 7/27/2014 | HAPP(L) | @ NY YANKEES | WHITLEY(R) | | | 7/28/2014 | | @ BOSTON | | |
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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.''
| | 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.
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*Red Sox-Blue Jays Preview* ===========================
Boston (45-52) at Toronto (50-48), 7:07 p.m. EDT
John Lackey has endured some woes while facing the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Boston Red Sox starter hasn't faced Melky Cabrera much in recent years but figures to be challenged this time against the player who is second in the majors in hits.
Cabrera wielded a hot bat over the weekend and will try to help the Blue Jays defeat the Red Sox for a fifth straight time Monday night in Toronto.
Lackey (10-6, 3.79 ERA) is 5-8 with a 5.43 ERA in 20 starts against Toronto (51-48) for his second-worst ERA against any AL club. Cabrera has faced him more than any Toronto hitter, going 10 for 31 although he's just 0 for 2 off the right-hander over the last two years.
The left fielder went 7 for 13 as the Blue Jays took two of three at home from Texas this past weekend. He turned in his second straight three-hit effort in Sunday's 9-6 victory, ending a 24-game homerless drought with a seventh-inning solo shot.
Cabrera, who has 124 hits to trail only Houston's Jose Altuve, had three RBIs Sunday to match his total from his previous 17 games.
"The All-Star break did him wonders," manager John Gibbons said. "He just needed to refresh a little bit. His hand speed, bat speed looks a little bit better."
Cabrera is hitting .342 during a nine-game streak against Boston, going 8 for 17 with two homers, three doubles, six runs scored and four RBIs in the last four meetings.
The Red Sox (46-52) should be confident heading into this four-game series as winners of four straight and seven of eight.
Brock Holt is 14 for 28 over his last six games for Boston and entered Sunday as one of baseball's best two-strike hitters with a .265 average. He went 5 for 9 in the last series against Toronto between May 20-22.
The Red Sox capped a three-game home sweep against Kansas City with Sunday's 6-0 victory. The sweep came despite limited production from Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz.
Pedroia was 1 for 12 and left eight runners on base while Ortiz, who has a team-high 64 RBIs, was limited to a double in 13 at-bats.
Ortiz has gone 16 straight at-bats without a hit against Toronto, and he's 0 for 6 against Drew Hutchison (6-8, 4.16), who starts Monday.
Hutchison, who is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in two career starts against the Red Sox, has surrendered nine runs over 11 innings in consecutive defeats.
The right-hander is 2-4 with a 6.75 ERA in seven home starts.
Boston's Mike Napoli and Xander Bogaerts figure to return to the lineup after they got Sunday off. Napoli is third on the team with 35 RBIs and Bogaerts is seventh with 24.
Manager John Farrell said he will be careful with players on this seven-game trip exclusively on artificial turf. That means he plans to not use Shane Victorino in the outfield at some point after the 33-year old returned Saturday for his first action since May 23 since he was out due to a right hamstring injury.
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