2012 Boston Red Sox season

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2012 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place5th (26 GB)
OwnersJohn W. Henry (Fenway Sports Group)
PresidentLarry Lucchino
General managerBen Cherington
ManagerBobby Valentine
TelevisionNESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
RadioBoston Red Sox Radio Network
(Joe Castiglione, Dave O'Brien, Jon Rish, Dale Arnold)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2012 Boston Red Sox season was the 112th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the five-team American League East with a record of 69 wins and 93 losses, 26 games behind the first-place New York Yankees. It was the first time the Red Sox finished last in their division since 1992. Under manager Bobby Valentine, the Red Sox finished with the third-lowest winning percentage in the American League.

On the heels of a 2011 season that ended with the team losing 20 of 27 games during September,[1] resulting in their elimination from playoff contention and the departure of manager Terry Francona,[2] the Red Sox struggled throughout their 2012 campaign under new manager Bobby Valentine. At the All-Star break the team was 43–43, and at the end of August they had fallen to 62–71. At 66–81 on September 16, the Red Sox were mathematically eliminated from the playoff race. On September 19, the team lost their 82nd regular season game, thus clinching their first losing season since 1997. On September 30, the Red Sox reached the 90-loss mark, assuring them of their first season with 90 or more losses since 1966. The next day, the team suffered their 91st loss of the season, to the arch-rival Yankees, the most defeats since their 100-loss season in 1965. On October 4, a day after their final game of the season, Valentine was fired,[3] with one year and two option years still remaining on his contract.

Offseason[edit]

November[edit]

  • Jonathan Papelbon, the closer of the Red Sox for seven seasons (20052011), signed a 4-year, $50 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • On November 29, 2011, Bobby Valentine accepted the Red Sox offer to become their new manager for the 2012 season.

December[edit]

January[edit]

Spring training[edit]

The Red Sox began spring training play at the new JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida, replacing City of Palms Park as their home field for spring training.

Regular season[edit]

Opening Day[edit]

Opening Day starter Jon Lester

The Red Sox opened their 2012 season on April 5, 2012, against the Detroit Tigers. Tigers closer José Valverde recorded his first blown save since September 2, 2010, allowing the Red Sox to tie the game in the 9th inning, but the Tigers won, 3–2, on a game-winning single by Austin Jackson.

Opening Day lineup[edit]

  2 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
15 Dustin Pedroia 2B
28 Adrián González* 1B
34 David Ortiz DH
20 Kevin Youkilis* 3B
12 Ryan Sweeney RF
  7 Cody Ross LF
39 Jarrod Saltalamacchia   C
  3 Mike Avilés SS
31 Jon Lester P
* Traded later in the season

April[edit]

After new closer Andrew Bailey injured his thumb days before Opening Day, the Red Sox went 1–5 over their first six games before mercifully hitting a three-game winning streak, resulting in a second consecutive undesirable start for the Red Sox after going 0–6 over their first six games in 2011. Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was placed on the 15-day disabled list after a shoulder injury during the home opener on April 13.[4]

During an interview aired on local television on April 15, manager Bobby Valentine ripped 3B Kevin Youkilis, saying he is not "as physically or emotionally into the game as he has been in the past". After outspoken defense of Youkilis by teammates Dustin Pedroia and Adrián González, Valentine turned on his own words, saying he "was totally behind him".[5] After Valentine's comments, the Red Sox plunged into a 5-game losing streak.

On April 20, the Red Sox celebrated 100 years at Fenway Park prior to the game against the New York Yankees with introductions of around 200 former Red Sox players, managers and coaches. Both teams wore throwback uniforms during the game similar to those used in the first major league game at Fenway Park.[6] The Red Sox had off-white uniforms and caps, with only the words "Red Sox" in red across the chest. The Yankees' uniforms were all grey with the only printing the letters "NY" on the caps and left breast.[7] After losing 4 consecutive games, the Red Sox took a 9–0 lead through 5 innings against the rival Yankees on April 21, but relief pitchers Vicente Padilla, Matt Albers, Franklin Morales, Alfredo Aceves, Justin Thomas, and Junichi Tazawa combined to allow 14 runs total in the 7th and 8th innings, as the Yankees prevailed by a score of 15–9, for the Red Sox' 5th consecutive loss.[8] After the game, the Red Sox traded pitcher Michael Bowden to the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Marlon Byrd to help out their outfield after the injuries to Carl Crawford before the season and Ellsbury earlier in the season.[9]

After their losing streak, the road was kind to the Red Sox, as they amassed a six-game winning streak by sweeping the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis and taking the first three games of a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox, including scoring 9 runs in 5 innings against Philip Humber, who had thrown a perfect game in his previous start.[10] In the end, the Red Sox closed out April with an 11–11 record.

May[edit]

The second month of the season did not start well for the Red Sox, as they went winless over their first five games in May. The Red Sox dropped the latter two games of a three-game series against the Oakland A's and were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in a three-game series that featured both 13- and 17-inning romps. On May 6, the Red Sox used all of their available bullpen pitchers in the lengthy 17-inning game and had to send in outfielder Darnell McDonald to pitch,[11] ultimately leading to a 9–6 setback. On a lighter note, however, rookie third baseman Will Middlebrooks hit a grand slam in that game for his first Major League home run, and would then hit 2 home runs in the Red Sox' next game, which they won to snap their losing streak.[12]

The Red Sox finally saw some measurable success at Fenway over and just after Mothers' Day weekend, taking three games of four from the Cleveland Indians and sweeping a quick two-game series over the Seattle Mariners before embarking on another road trip. During this time, McDonald went on the Disabled List, but the Red Sox recalled OF Daniel Nava and acquired OF Scott Podsednik, who had not played a Major League game since September 9, 2010. Podsednik was initially assigned to AAA Pawtucket for the time being. On this road trip, the Red Sox went 5–3, including taking 2 out of 3 games against the Philadelphia Phillies in their first interleague series of the year and 2 out of 3 games against the division-leading Orioles. Closer Alfredo Aceves had 4 saves in the 8-game road trip. While on the road trip, outfielders Cody Ross and Ryan Sweeney were injured, but 3B Kevin Youkilis returned from the Disabled List. With Middlebrooks settled into starting at third base, the Red Sox used Youkilis at first base with Adrián González playing right field. Podsednik and Che-Hsuan Lin were promoted from the minor leagues to help out in the injury-torn outfield.

On May 26, Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a pinch-hit, two-run home run off Fernando Rodney with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, to lift the Red Sox to a 3–2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park. It was the first walk-off home run of Saltalamacchia's career, while Rodney suffered the first blown save of the season after opening the year with a perfect 15-for-15 in save opportunities.[13]

On May 29, the Red Sox cruised to a 6–3 win over pitcher Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers to achieve a record of 25–24, their first winning record of the season.

June[edit]

The Red Sox entered June having finally amassed a winning record, but they soon found themselves struggling to keep it afloat. The Sox peaked at 28–25 on June 2, before slipping into a three-game setback. The Red Sox took 2 of 3 from the Toronto Blue Jays but only salvaged one game of a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles.

With a short period of divisional play now through, the Red Sox commenced with interleague play, facing off against the Washington Nationals, only to be swept by the Nats in the weekend series and yet again shoved below the .500 winning-percentage mark. Then, the Sox proceeded to try to rack up wins on the road over a six-game road voyage. They challenged the Miami Marlins, winning two of three games while visiting the new Marlins Park in Miami for the first time, and then proceeded to also take two of three games from the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Back at Fenway, starting pitcher Clay Buchholz continued his domination against Miami at Fenway on June 19, racking his 8th win of the season. On June 24, the Red Sox cruised to a 9–4 victory against Atlanta at Fenway in what was to become Kevin Youkilis' last game with the Red Sox before being traded to the Chicago White Sox. Fans, aware of the trade rumors, gave Youkilis a standing ovation after he hit a triple during the game. The Red Sox received utility player Brent Lillibridge and pitcher Zach Stewart (who was assigned to AAA Pawtucket) in the trade.[14] On June 24, 2012, the Red Sox completed interleague play for the 2012 regular season. They finished off their homestand by welcoming the Blue Jays to Fenway and winning two of three games against them.

To finish off June, the Red Sox set out on a seven-game western road swing beginning with the first three games of a four-game series against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle, having amassed a 1–2 record in the series before entering July.

July[edit]

The BoSox opened the month of July by ending the four-game Seattle series with a victory on July 1. The club traveled down the coast to Oakland, where they were swept by the Athletics in a 3-game series from July 2–4. Although they often have an afternoon home game on the Fourth of July, the Red Sox remained on the road during the holiday this season.

The Sox came home to Fenway Park to face the rival Yankees in a four-game series, which included a Saturday doubleheader created to compensate for a rained out Red Sox-Yankees game earlier in the year. The Red Sox lost 3 of 4 games against New York, dropping the Friday, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday games, and being victorious only in the Saturday night game. One bright spot for the Red Sox over the weekend was the surprising breakout performance of Pedro Ciriaco, making his debut with the Red Sox. Ciriaco amassed four hits and four RBIs in the Saturday night game, as his offensive prowess became the main storyline of the Red Sox' lone win of the series.

Boston headed into the All-Star Break at exactly .500, harboring a 43–43 record. They had gone 2–6 thus far in the month of July by that time.

In their first week after the All-Star Break, things began to pick up for the Red Sox, as they took 2 of 3 from the Rays at Tropicana Field. Returning home, the Red Sox faced a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox, the team to which fan favorite Kevin Youkilis had been traded from the Red Sox less than a month prior. Youkilis received a standing ovation in his first at bat returning to Fenway Park, and continued to receive strong applause and "Youk" calls as the series went on. Cody Ross exploded in this series, slamming two three-run home runs on July 18 against Chicago and again crushing another three-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth on July 19, vaulting the BoSox from a 1–0 deficit to a 3–1 victory. The Red Sox enjoyed this offensive prowess in spite of the loss of big hitter David Ortiz to the 15-day disabled list after injuring himself during a slide. Mauro Gómez took his place as designated hitter during his absence.

The Red Sox soon hit another bump in the road, however, getting swept in a vital intra-divisional series with Toronto, then proceeding to lose two of three to the Rangers. The Sox fell as low as 49–51 but were able to close out July with a strong surge, salvaging the Saturday and Sunday games of a weekend series against the Yankees in the Bronx after losing the Friday contest, and then winning the first two games of a three-game home series against Detroit, such that the BoSox were able to close out July on a four-game winning streak. The Sox went 12–14 in July, making it their worst month of the season thus far, but the club remained above .500 at 53–51.

August[edit]

Patch worn in memory of Johnny Pesky

The Red Sox fell into a rut yet again as they entered the season's fifth month. They opened August with four consecutive losses and by August 9 they came out victorious in only two of their last nine matchups. Beginning on August 10, the Sox began a pattern of alternating wins and losses. As of August 14, the Sox' record stood at a measly 57–60.

The club as a whole was jolted by the death of Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky on Monday, August 13, 2012, at the age of 92, in hospice care in the nearby North Shore suburb of Danvers. To honor Johnny's memory, the team added a black armband to the right sleeve of their road uniform, as well as added a black patch with a white no. 6 to their home uniform. Oddly, David Ortiz, Clay Buchholz, Vicente Padilla, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia were the only Red Sox players who attended Pesky's funeral, only for most of the team to appear at a bowling event led by pitcher Josh Beckett later that night, which angered fans, press, and front office executives alike.[15]

On August 16, Buchholz pitched the second immaculate inning in franchise history, striking out all three Baltimore Orioles batters on a total of nine pitches in the sixth inning.[16][17] After consecutive losses to the Orioles, the Sox recommenced their pattern of alternating wins and losses and traveled to Yankee Stadium for the second time in less than a month to take on the Bronx Bombers in a weekend series, which they lost, surrendering the Friday and Sunday games and salvaging only the Saturday contest.

Returning home, the Sox were swept by the Angels and ended a losing streak at four games by triumphing over Kansas City. With playoff hopes looking dim, Red Sox office management decided to look ahead to the following season by freeing up money in the payroll by performing a salary dump trade that sent Adrián González, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, and Nick Punto to the Dodgers in exchange for James Loney and four prospects: pitchers Allen Webster and Rubby De La Rosa, infielder Ivan De Jesus Jr., and outfielder Jerry Sands. The trade was finalized on August 25, 2012.[18]

The Red Sox took three of four from Kansas City but relapsed into another large rut as they commenced a West Coast road trip by being swept by the Angels (since the Angels also won all three of their games at Fenway Park against the Sox a week earlier, the Angels completely swept the season series against Boston, 6 games to 0) and losing extravagantly to the Oakland Athletics on Friday, August 31, by a score of 20–2; the game was the worst loss for the Red Sox in 12 years, as former Red Sox Brandon Moss, George Kottaras, and Josh Reddick hit home runs against their former team.[19] The Red Sox finished off an extremely shoddy August with a 9–20 record, only two wins more and the same number of losses as the Sox' infamous 7–20 record in their collapse of September 2011.

September and October[edit]

The Red Sox opened September in the middle of a weekend series against Oakland, losing their first game in September, 7–1, and losing again the following day by a score of 6–2, giving Oakland the sweep. The Athletics had previously swept the Red Sox in 2012 in July. On Labor Day, the Red Sox opened up a three-game swing in Seattle with yet another loss, bringing their losing streak to a season-worst seven games. The Red Sox came out of the spiral with a 4–3 win against Seattle on Tuesday, September 4, but the extreme damage of the losing streak and of the Sox' August 9–20 to the team's playoff hopes had already been done. The Red Sox slipped into last place in the American League East shortly afterward after being swept by the Toronto Blue Jays in a weekend series, allowing the Jays to hop over the Red Sox up to fourth place. Boston broke yet another losing streak with a bottom-ninth victory over the rival Yankees on Tuesday, September 11, in a game wherein Jacoby Ellsbury recorded a walk-off single for the 4–3 triumph.

Heading into a weekend series in Toronto, the Sox found some success, winning the three-game series by taking the first two games on Friday, September 14 and Saturday, September 15, resulting in the first consecutive victories for the BoSox since August 26–27. However, the very next day, on Sunday, September 16, the Sox fell to the Jays to put their record at 66–81, officially eliminating them, albeit unsurprisingly, from the playoff race for the third straight year.

On Wednesday, September 19, the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Red Sox, 13–3 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. As a result, the Red Sox are assured of their first losing season since 1997, when they went 78–84.

The Red Sox closed out home play with a five-game homestand at Fenway, losing four of those five games. Their last home victory of the year was a 2–1 decision against the Orioles on Sunday, September 23. Fenway hosted its final MLB game until 2013 on Wednesday, September 26, a 4–2 setback to Tampa Bay.

Embarking on a six-game road trip to close out their season, the Red Sox secured their first 90-loss season since 1966 with a loss to Baltimore on Sunday, September 30.

The Red Sox faced their archrival Yankees in the final series of the season and, fittingly, lost all three games, two of them by blowout scores of 10–2 and 14–2, and one in an extra-inning heartbreaker by a score of 4–3 after 12 innings.

Their final few weeks of the 2012 season poignantly summed up the season as a whole: the Red Sox ended the season with their eighth straight loss, and lost 12 of 13 to finish out the club's most disastrous season since the 1990s.

The 2012 season for the Red Sox was marred by injuries to key players, inconsistent play, massive unloading of players with large contracts, turmoil, and clubhouse drama featured by feuds between manager Bobby Valentine and players, feuds between Valentine and the coaching staff, and Valentine's persistent run-ins with the media.

Firing of Bobby Valentine and aftermath[edit]

On the final day of the season, it was announced that the Red Sox have plans to fire Bobby Valentine from his position as manager after this one season with him as manager of the club, according to "people familiar with the situation", as quoted from a CBS report on the issue.[20][21]

On Thursday, October 4, 2012, Valentine was officially fired from the position of manager of the Boston Red Sox after one season, confirming the earlier rumors.[3] He was replaced with Toronto Blue Jays manager John Farrell on Saturday, October 20, 2012.[22] The Red Sox proceeded to vault back into first place the following season, winning the 2013 World Series.

2012 Roster[edit]

2012 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Dustin Pedroia 141 563 81 163 39 3 15 65 20 48 .290 .449
Mike Avilés 136 512 57 128 28 0 13 60 14 23 .250 .381
Adrián González 123 484 63 145 37 0 15 86 0 31 .300 .469
Cody Ross 130 476 70 127 34 1 22 81 2 42 .267 .481
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 121 405 55 90 17 1 25 59 0 38 .222 .454
David Ortiz 90 324 65 103 26 0 23 60 0 56 .318 .611
Jacoby Ellsbury 74 303 43 82 18 0 4 26 14 19 .271 .370
Will Middlebrooks 75 267 34 77 14 0 15 54 4 13 .288 .509
Daniel Nava 88 267 38 65 21 0 6 33 3 37 .243 .390
Pedro Ciriaco 76 259 33 76 15 2 2 19 16 8 .293 .390
Ryan Sweeney 63 204 22 53 19 2 0 16 0 12 .260 .373
Scott Podsednik 63 199 19 60 7 0 1 12 8 6 .302 .352
Ryan Lavarnway 46 153 11 24 8 0 2 12 0 11 .157 .248
Kevin Youkilis 42 146 25 34 7 1 4 14 0 14 .233 .377
Kelly Shoppach 48 140 16 35 12 2 5 17 1 11 .250 .471
Nick Punto 65 125 14 25 6 0 1 10 5 19 .200 .272
Carl Crawford 31 117 23 33 10 2 3 19 5 3 .282 .479
Mauro Gómez 37 102 14 28 5 2 2 17 0 8 .275 .422
James Loney 30 100 5 23 2 0 2 8 0 5 .230 .310
Marlon Byrd 34 100 9 27 2 0 1 7 0 2 .270 .320
Ryan Kalish 36 96 12 22 3 0 0 5 3 6 .229 .260
Darnell McDonald 38 84 17 18 7 0 2 9 1 12 .214 .369
José Iglesias 25 68 5 8 2 0 1 2 1 4 .118 .191
Danny Valencia 10 28 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 .143 .250
Brent Lillibridge 10 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125
Che-Hsuan Lin 9 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250
Jason Repko 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091
Lars Anderson 6 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125
Iván De Jesús Jr. 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Nate Spears 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Guillermo Quiróz 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Pitcher Totals 162 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 .095
Team Totals 162 5604 734 1459 339 16 165 695 97 428 .260 .415

Source:[1]

Pitching[edit]

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Jon Lester 9 14 4.82 33 33 0 205.1 216 117 110 68 166
Clay Buchholz 11 8 4.56 29 29 0 189.1 187 104 96 64 129
Félix Doubront 11 10 4.86 29 29 0 161.0 162 95 87 71 167
Josh Beckett 5 11 5.23 21 21 0 127.1 131 75 74 38 94
Aaron Cook 4 11 5.65 18 18 0 94.0 117 68 59 21 20
Alfredo Aceves 2 10 5.36 69 0 25 84.0 80 51 50 31 75
Franklin Morales 3 4 3.77 37 9 1 76.1 64 38 32 30 76
Daniel Bard 5 6 6.22 17 10 0 59.1 60 42 41 43 38
Scott Atchison 2 1 1.58 42 0 0 51.1 42 10 9 9 36
Vicente Padilla 4 1 4.50 56 0 1 50.0 59 26 25 15 51
Daisuke Matsuzaka 1 7 8.28 11 11 0 45.2 58 43 42 20 41
Mark Melancon 0 2 6.20 41 0 1 45.0 45 31 31 12 41
Junichi Tazawa 1 1 1.43 37 0 1 44.0 37 7 7 5 45
Clayton Mortensen 1 1 3.21 26 0 0 42.0 32 15 15 19 41
Andrew Miller 3 2 3.35 53 0 0 40.1 28 15 15 20 51
Matt Albers 2 0 2.29 40 0 0 39.1 30 14 10 15 25
Craig Breslow 1 0 2.70 23 0 0 20.0 14 7 6 9 19
Rich Hill 1 0 1.83 25 0 0 19.2 17 4 4 11 21
Andrew Bailey 1 1 7.04 19 0 6 15.1 21 12 12 8 14
Pedro Beato 1 0 4.70 4 0 0 7.2 6 4 4 3 7
Chris Carpenter 1 0 9.00 8 0 0 6.0 7 6 6 10 2
Zach Stewart 0 2 22.24 2 2 0 5.2 17 14 14 0 3
Justin Germano 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 5.2 5 0 0 2 7
Justin Thomas 0 0 7.71 7 0 0 4.2 10 4 4 2 4
Michael Bowden 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 3
Darnell McDonald 0 1 27.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 3 3 2 0
Team Totals 69 93 4.70 162 162 35 1443.0 1449 806 754 529 1176

Source:[2]

Game log[edit]

Red Sox Win
Red Sox Loss
Game Postponed
Eliminated from Playoff Race
Boldface text denotes a Red Sox pitcher
Boston Red Sox 2012 Season Game Log — Season Record: (69–93), 5th in AL East
April (11–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/
Streak
1 April 5 @ Tigers 2–3 Valverde (1–0) Melancon (0–1) Comerica Park 45,027 0–1 L1
2 April 7 @ Tigers 0–10 Below (1–0) Beckett (0–1) Comerica Park 44,710 0–2 L2
3 April 8 @ Tigers 12–13 (11) Below (2–0) Melancon (0–2) Comerica Park 30,788 0–3 L3
4 April 9 @ Blue Jays 4–2 Atchison (1–0) Santos (0–1) Aceves (1) Rogers Centre 48,473 1–3 W1
5 April 10 @ Blue Jays 3–7 Drabek (1–0) Bard (0–1) Rogers Centre 26,351 1–4 L1
6 April 11 @ Blue Jays 1–3 Romero (1–0) Lester (0–1) Santos (1) Rogers Centre 25,285 1–5 L2
7 April 13 Rays 12–2 Beckett (1–1) Price (1–1) Fenway Park 37,032 2–5 W1
8 April 14 Rays 13–5 Buchholz (1–0) Badenhop (0–1) Fenway Park 38,024 3–5 W2
9 April 15 Rays 6–4 Padilla (1–0) Moore (0–1) Aceves (2) Fenway Park 38,024 4–5 W3
10 April 16 Rays 0–1 Shields (2–0) Bard (0–2) Rodney (4) Fenway Park 38,108 4–6 L1
11 April 17 Rangers 3–18 Lewis (2–0) Lester (0–2) Fenway Park 38,229 4–7 L2
12 April 18 Rangers 3–6 Holland (2–0) Beckett (1–2) Fenway Park 37,967 4–8 L3
13 April 20 Yankees 2–6 Nova (3–0) Buchholz (1–1) Fenway Park 36,770 4–9 L4
14 April 21 Yankees 9–15 Soriano (2–0) Aceves (0–1) Fenway Park 37,839 4–10 L5
April 22 Yankees Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 7 as part of a double-header
15 April 23 @ Twins 6–5 Bard (1–2) Capps (0–1) Aceves (3) Target Field 32,351 5–10 W1
16 April 24 @ Twins 11–2 Beckett (2–2) Blackburn (0–2) Target Field 33,651 6–10 W2
17 April 25 @ Twins 7–6 Buchholz (1–2) Hendriks (0–1) Aceves (4) Target Field 32,254 7–10 W3
18 April 26 @ White Sox 10–3 Doubront (1–0) Humber (1–1) Tazawa (1) U.S. Cellular Field 20,266 8–10 W4
19 April 27 @ White Sox 10–3 Bard (2–2) Danks (2–3) U.S. Cellular Field 20,414 9–10 W5
20 April 28 @ White Sox 1–0 Lester (1–2) Peavy (3–1) Aceves (5) U.S. Cellular Field 20,057 10–10 W6
21 April 29 @ White Sox 1–4 Floyd (2–3) Beckett (2–3) Thornton (1) U.S. Cellular Field 22,811 10–11 L1
22 April 30 Athletics 11–6 Buchholz (3–1) Milone (3–2) Fenway Park 37,359 11–11 W1
May (15–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/
Streak
23 May 1 Athletics 3–5 Parker (1–0) Doubront (1–1) Norberto (1) Fenway Park 37,225 11–12 L1
24 May 2 Athletics 2–4 McCarthy (2–3) Bard (2–3) Fuentes (1) Fenway Park 37,434 11–13 L2
25 May 4 Orioles 4–6 (13) Patton (1–0) Morales (0–1) Johnson (8) Fenway Park 37,223 11–14 L3
26 May 5 Orioles 2–8 Hammel (4–1) Cook (0–1) Fenway Park 37,581 11–15 L4
27 May 6 Orioles 6–9 (17) Davis (1–0) McDonald (0–1) Fenway Park 37,394 11–16 L5
28 May 7 @ Royals 11–5 Doubront (2–1) Sánchez (1–2) Padilla (1) Kauffman Stadium 19,502 12–16 W1
29 May 8 @ Royals 4–6 Mijares (2–1) Bard (2–4) Broxton (6) Kauffman Stadium 20,524 12–17 L1
30 May 9 @ Royals 3–4 Chen (1–4) Lester (1–3) Broxton (7) Kauffman Stadium 18,339 12–18 L2
31 May 10 Indians 3–8 Lowe (5–1) Beckett (2–4) Fenway Park 37,348 12–19 L3
32 May 11 Indians 7–5 Buchholz (4–1) Jiménez (3–3) Aceves (6) Fenway Park 37,438 13–19 W1
33 May 12 Indians 4–1 Doubront (3–1) McAllister (1–1) Aceves (7) Fenway Park 38,048 14–19 W2
34 May 13 Indians 12–1 Bard (3–4) Masterson (1–2) Fenway Park 37,611 15–19 W3
35 May 14 Mariners 6–1 Lester (2–3) Vargas (4–3) Fenway Park 37,334 16–19 W4
36 May 15 Mariners 5–0 Beckett (3–4) Beavan (1–4) Fenway Park 37,292 17–19 W5
37 May 16 @ Rays 1–2 Hellickson (4–0) Buchholz (4–2) Rodney (12) Tropicana Field 20,843 17–20 L1
38 May 17 @ Rays 5–3 Doubront (4–1) Moore (1–4) Aceves (8) Tropicana Field 19,842 18–20 W1
39 May 18 @ Phillies 4–6 Hamels (6–1) Bard (3–5) Papelbon (12) Citizens Bank Park 45,205 18–21 L1
40 May 19 @ Phillies 7–5 Lester (3–3) Blanton (4–4) Aceves (9) Citizens Bank Park 45,656 19–21 W1
41 May 20 @ Phillies 5–1 Beckett (4–4) Lee (0–2) Citizens Bank Park 45,586 20–21 W2
42 May 21 @ Orioles 8–6 Miller (1–0) Gregg (2–2) Aceves (10) Camden Yards 16,392 21–21 W3
43 May 22 @ Orioles 1–4 Matusz (4–4) Doubront (4–2) Johnson (16) Camden Yards 25,171 21–22 L1
44 May 23 @ Orioles 6–5 Bard (4–5) Arrieta (2–5) Aceves (11) Camden Yards 27,806 22–22 W1
45 May 25 Rays 4–7 Cobb (2–0) Lester (3–4) Rodney (15) Fenway Park 37,594 22–23 L1
46 May 26 Rays 3–2 Hill (1–0) Rodney (2–1) Fenway Park 38,099 23–23 W1
47 May 27 Rays 3–4 McGee (2–1) Aceves (0–2) Rodney (16) Fenway Park 37,844 23–24 L1
48 May 28 Tigers 7–4 Doubront (5–2) Fister (0–3) Fenway Park 37,921 24–24 W1
49 May 29 Tigers 6–3 Bard (5–5) Verlander (5–3) Aceves (12) Fenway Park 37,216 25–24 W2
50 May 30 Tigers 6–4 Albers (1–0) Dotel (1–2) Aceves (13) Fenway Park 37,195 26–24 W3
51 May 31 Tigers 3–7 Scherzer (5–3) Beckett (4–5) Fenway Park 37,629 26–25 L1
June (15–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/
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52 June 1 @ Blue Jays 7–2 Buchholz (5–2) Álvarez (3–5) Rogers Centre 29,678 27–25 W1
53 June 2 @ Blue Jays 7–4 Doubront (6–2) Drabek (4–6) Aceves (14) Rogers Centre 43,390 28–25 W2
54 June 3 @ Blue Jays 1–5 Hutchison (5–2) Bard (5–6) Rogers Centre 41,925 28–26 L1
55 June 5 Orioles 6–8 (10) Johnson (1–0) Aceves (0–3) Fenway Park 37,181 28–27 L2
56 June 6 Orioles 1–2 Chen (5–2) Beckett (4–6) Johnson (18) Fenway Park 37,243 28–28 L3
57 June 7 Orioles 7–0 Buchholz (6–2) Matusz (5–6) Fenway Park 37,307 29–28 W1
58 June 8 Nationals 4–7 Strasburg (7–1) Doubront (6–3) Clippard (6) Fenway Park 37,309 29–29 L1
59 June 9 Nationals 2–4 González (8–2) Matsuzaka (0–1) Clippard (7) Fenway Park 37,534 29–30 L2
60 June 10 Nationals 3–4 Gorzelanny (2–1) Aceves (0–4) Clippard (8) Fenway Park 37,467 29–31 L3
61 June 11 @ Marlins 1–4 Johnson (4–4) Beckett (4–7) Bell (13) Marlins Park 32,562 29–32 L4
62 June 12 @ Marlins 2–1 Buchholz (7–2) Buehrle (5–7) Aceves (15) Marlins Park 29,326 30–32 W1
63 June 13 @ Marlins 10–2 Doubront (7–3) Nolasco (6–5) Marlins Park 33,119 31–32 W2
64 June 15 @ Cubs 0–3 Dempster (3–3) Matsuzaka (0–2) Mármol (3) Wrigley Field 40,073 31–33 L1
65 June 16 @ Cubs 4–3 Lester (4–4) Samardzija (5–5) Aceves (16) Wrigley Field 40,766 32–33 W1
66 June 17 @ Cubs 7–4 Albers (2–0) Camp (2–4) Wrigley Field 38,531 33–33 W2
67 June 19 Marlins 7–5 Buchholz (8–2) Buehrle (5–8) Aceves (17) Fenway Park 37,701 34–33 W3
68 June 20 Marlins 15–5 Doubront (8–3) Nolasco (6–6) Fenway Park 37,362 35–33 W4
69 June 21 Marlins 6–5 Atchison (2–0) Mujica (0–3) Aceves (18) Fenway Park 37,261 36–33 W5
70 June 22 Braves 1–4 Jurrjens (1–2) Lester (4–5) Kimbrel (21) Fenway Park 37,281 36–34 L1
71 June 23 Braves 8–4 Morales (1–1) Delgado (4–8) Fenway Park 37,782 37–34 W1
72 June 24 Braves 9–4 Cook (1–1) Minor (3–6) Fenway Park 37,565 38–34 W2
73 June 25 Blue Jays 6–9 Álvarez (4–6) Doubront (8–4) Janssen (8) Fenway Park 37,208 38–35 L1
74 June 26 Blue Jays 5–1 Miller (2–0) Pérez (2–2) Fenway Park 37,755 39–35 W1
75 June 27 Blue Jays 10–4 Lester (5–5) Romero (8–2) Fenway Park 37,744 40–35 W2
76 June 28 @ Mariners 0–1 Hernández (6–5) Atchison (2–1) Safeco Field 20,692 40–36 L1
77 June 29 @ Mariners 5–0 Cook (2–1) Noesí (2–10) Safeco Field 23,094 41–36 W1
78 June 30 @ Mariners 2–3 (11) Kelley (2–2) Aceves (0–5) Safeco Field 31,311 41–37 L1
July (12–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/
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79 July 1 @ Mariners 2–1 (10) Padilla (2–0) League (0–5) Aceves (19) Safeco Field 34,065 42–37 W1
80 July 2 @ Athletics 1–6 Parker (5–3) Matsuzaka (0–3) O.co Coliseum 17,434 42–38 L1
81 July 3 @ Athletics 2–3 Blevins (2–0) Aceves (0–6) O.co Coliseum 35,067 42–39 L2
82 July 4 @ Athletics 2–3 Balfour (2–2) Cook (2–2) Cook (8) O.co Coliseum 28,240 42–40 L3
83 July 6 Yankees 8–10 Logan (4–0) Miller (2–1) Soriano (20) Fenway Park 38,066 42–41 L4
84 July 7 Yankees 1–6 García (3–2) Morales (1–2) Fenway Park 38,170 42–42 L5
85 July 7 Yankees 9–5 Doubront (9–4) Hughes (9–7) Fenway Park 37,791 43–42 W1
86 July 8 Yankees 3–7 Nova (10–3) Lester (5–6) Fenway Park 38,270 43–43 L1
July 10 All-Star Game NL 8–0 AL Matt Cain
NL, (SF)
Justin Verlander AL, (DET) Kauffman Stadium 40,933 Kansas City, MO
87 July 13 @ Rays 3–1 Morales (2–2) Hellickson (4–6) Aceves (20) Tropicana Field 29,089 44–43 W1
88 July 14 @ Rays 3–5 Price (12–4) Buchholz (8–3) Rodney (26) Tropicana Field 27,311 44–44 L1
89 July 15 @ Rays 7–3 Beckett (5–7) Shields (8–6) Tropicana Field 26,131 45–44 W1
90 July 16 White Sox 5–1 Padilla (3–0) Séptimo (0–1) Fenway Park 38,334 46–44 W2
91 July 17 White Sox 5–7 Humber (4–4) Lester (5–7) Reed (15) Fenway Park 37,771 46–45 L1
92 July 18 White Sox 10–1 Doubront (10–4) Hernández (0–1) Fenway Park 37,367 47–45 W1
93 July 19 White Sox 3–1 Aceves (1–6) Thornton (2–6) Fenway Park 38,414 48–45 W2
94 July 20 Blue Jays 1–6 Laffey (2–1) Beckett (5–8) Fenway Park 38,093 48–46 L1
95 July 21 Blue Jays 3–7 Villanueva (5–0) Cook (2–3) Fenway Park 38,170 48–47 L2
96 July 22 Blue Jays 7–15 Álvarez (6–7) Lester (5–8) Fenway Park 37,737 48–48 L3
97 July 23 @ Rangers 1–9 Feldman (4–6) Doubront (10–5) Rangers Ballpark 44,132 48–49 L4
98 July 24 @ Rangers 2–1 Padilla (4–0) Nathan (1–3) Aceves (21) Rangers Ballpark 41,237 49–49 W1
99 July 25 @ Rangers 3–5 Holland (7–5) Beckett (5–9) Nathan (20) Rangers Ballpark 44,104 49–50 L1
100 July 27 @ Yankees 3–10 Hughes (10–8) Cook (2–4) Yankee Stadium 49,571 49–51 L2
101 July 28 @ Yankees 8–6 Miller (3–1) Soriano (2–1) Aceves (22) Yankee Stadium 49,573 50–51 W1
102 July 29 @ Yankees 3–2 (10) Aceves (2–6) Robertson (1–4) Yankee Stadium 48,526 51–51 W2
103 July 30 Tigers 7–3 Buchholz (9–3) Scherzer (10–6) Fenway Park 37,784 52–51 W3
104 July 31 Tigers 4–1 (6) Mortensen (1–0) Verlander (11–7) Morales (1) Fenway Park 37,275 53–51 W4
August (9–20)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/
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105 August 1 Tigers 5–7 Porcello (8–6) Cook (2–5) Valverde (21) Fenway Park 37,213 53–52 L1
106 August 2 Twins 0–5 Deduno (3–0) Lester (5–9) Perkins (6) Fenway Park 37,191 53–53 L2
107 August 3 Twins 5–6 (10) Gray (6–1) Padilla (4–1) Burton (4) Fenway Park 37,285 53–54 L3
108 August 4 Twins 4–6 Burnett (4–3) Aceves (2–7) Burton (5) Fenway Park 37,914 53–55 L4
109 August 5 Twins 6–4 Morales (3–2) Blackburn (4–7) Aceves (23) Fenway Park 37,019 54–55 W1
110 August 6 Rangers 9–2 Cook (3–5) Darvish (11–8) Fenway Park 37,316 55–55 W2
111 August 7 Rangers 3–6 Dempster (6–5) Lester (5–10) Nathan (22) Fenway Park 38,416 55–56 L1
112 August 8 Rangers 9–10 Ogando (2–0) Mortensen (1–1) Nathan (23) Fenway Park 37,716 55–57 L2
113 August 9 @ Indians 3–5 Jiménez (9–11) Doubront (10–6) Perez (30) Progressive Field 19,639 55–58 L3
114 August 10 @ Indians 3–2 Buchholz (10–3) Seddon (0–1) Progressive Field 27,246 56–58 W1
115 August 11 @ Indians 2–5 McAllister (5–4) Morales (3–3) Perez (31) Progressive Field 27,894 56–59 L1
116 August 12 @ Indians 14–1 Lester (6–10) Kluber (0–1) Progressive Field 27,488 57–59 W1
117 August 14 @ Orioles 1–7 Chen (11–7) Beckett (5–10) Camden Yards 26,204 57–60 L1
118 August 15 @ Orioles 3–5 González (5–2) Cook (3–6) Johnson (35) Camden Yards 22,269 57–61 L2
119 August 16 @ Orioles 6–3 Buchholz (11–3) Ayala (4–4) Aceves (24) Camden Yards 25,483 58–61 W1
120 August 17 @ Yankees 4–6 Hughes (12–10) Morales (3–4) Soriano (30) Yankee Stadium 49,422 58–62 L1
121 August 18 @ Yankees 4–1 Lester (7–10) Phelps (3–4) Aceves (25) Yankee Stadium 49,466 59–62 W1
122 August 19 @ Yankees 1–4 Kuroda (12–8) Beckett (5–11) Soriano (31) Yankee Stadium 48,620 59–63 L1
123 August 21 Angels 3–5 Santana (7–10) Cook (3–7) Frieri (15) Fenway Park 37,794 59–64 L2
124 August 22 Angels 3–7 Weaver (16–3) Buchholz (11–4) Fenway Park 37,373 59–65 L3
125 August 23 Angels 13–14 (10) Frieri (3–0) Aceves (2–8) Fenway Park 37,829 59–66 L4
126 August 24 Royals 4–3 Lester (8–10) Herrera (1–2) Bailey (1) Fenway Park 37,228 60–66 W1
127 August 25 Royals 9–10 (12) Bueno (1–0) Tazawa (0–1) Holland (7) Fenway Park 37,103 60–67 L1
128 August 26 Royals 8–6 Beato (1–0) Smith (4–6) Melancon (1) Fenway Park 37,188 61–67 W1
129 August 27 Royals 5–1 Matsuzaka (1–3) Hochevar (7–12) Fenway Park 37,506 62–67 W2
130 August 28 @ Angels 5–6 Jepsen (3–2) Aceves (2–9) Angel Stadium 38,745 62–68 L1
131 August 29 @ Angels 3–10 Wilson (10–9) Stewart (1–3) Angel Stadium 37,841 62–69 L2
132 August 30 @ Angels 2–5 Greinke (12–5) Lester (8–11) Frieri (16) Angel Stadium 39,013 62–70 L3
133 August 31 @ Athletics 2–20 McCarthy (8–5) Cook (3–8) O.co Coliseum 20,121 62–71 L4
September/October (7–22)
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134 September 1 @ Athletics 1–7 Griffin (4–0) Doubront (10–7) O.co Coliseum 20,315 62–72 L5
135 September 2 @ Athletics 2–6 Anderson (3–0) Matsuzaka (1–4) O.co Coliseum 25,314 62–73 L6
136 September 3 @ Mariners 1–4 Vargas (14–9) Buchholz (11–5) Wilhelmsen (23) Safeco Field 21,641 62–74 L7
137 September 4 @ Mariners 4–3 Lester (9–11) Beavan (9–9) Bailey (2) Safeco Field 12,754 63–74 W1
138 September 5 @ Mariners 1–2 Millwood (5–12) Cook (3–9) Wilhelmsen (24) Safeco Field 13,037 63–75 L1
139 September 7 Blue Jays 5–7 Álvarez (8–12) Doubront (10–8) Fenway Park 37,156 63–76 L2
140 September 8 Blue Jays 2–9 Lincoln (5–2) Matsuzaka (1–5) Fenway Park 37,107 63–77 L3
141 September 9 Blue Jays 3–4 Lyon (2–2) Buchholz (11–6) Janssen (20) Fenway Park 37,226 63–78 L4
142 September 11 Yankees 4–3 Bailey (1–0) Robertson (1–7) Fenway Park 37,437 64–78 W1
143 September 12 Yankees 4–5 Phelps (4–4) Cook (3–10) Soriano (37) Fenway Park 37,230 64–79 L1
144 September 13 Yankees 0–2 Hughes (15–12) Doubront (10–9) Soriano (38) Fenway Park 38,134 64–80 L2
145 September 14 @ Blue Jays 8–5 Carpenter (1–0) Oliver (3–3) Bailey (3) Rogers Centre 21,888 65–80 W1
146 September 15 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Breslow (3–0) Delabar (4–2) Bailey (4) Rogers Centre 27,325 66–80 W2
147 September 16 @ Blue Jays 0–5 Lyon (3–2) Lester (9–12) Rogers Centre 21,698 66–81 L1
148 September 17 @ Rays 5–2 Cook (4–10) Cobb (9–9) Tropicana Field 11,722 67–81 W1
149 September 18 @ Rays 7–5 Doubront (11–9) Farnsworth (1–6) Bailey (5) Tropicana Field 11,502 68–81 W2
150 September 19 @ Rays 3–13 Archer (1–3) Matsuzaka (1–6) Tropicana Field 12,708 68–82 L1
151 September 20 @ Rays 4–7 Badenhop (2–2) Bailey (1–1) Tropicana Field 12,963 68–83 L2
152 September 21 Orioles 2–4 González (7–4) Lester (9–13) Johnson (46) Fenway Park 37,731 68–84 L3
153 September 22 Orioles 6–9 (12) Hunter (6–8) Aceves (2–10) Johnson (47) Fenway Park 37,570 68–85 L4
154 September 23 Orioles 2–1 Tazawa (1–1) Ayala (5–5) Bailey (6) Fenway Park 37,310 69–85 W1
155 September 25 Rays 2–5 Price (19–5) Buchholz (11–7) Fenway Park 37,045 69–86 L1
156 September 26 Rays 2–4 Cobb (10–9) Lester (9–14) Rodney (45) Fenway Park 37,247 69–87 L2
157 September 28 @ Orioles 1–9 Tillman (9–2) Cook (4–11) Camden Yards 33,518 69–88 L3
158 September 29 @ Orioles 3–4 Hunter (7–8) Doubront (11–10) Johnson (49) Camden Yards 46,311 69–89 L4
159 September 30 @ Orioles 3–6 Saunders (9–13) Stewart (1–4) Johnson (50) Camden Yards 41,257 69–90 L5
160 October 1 @ Yankees 2–10 Sabathia (15–6) Buchholz (11–8) Yankee Stadium 45,478 69–91 L6
161 October 2 @ Yankees 3–4 (12) Lowe (9–11) Miller (3–2) Yankee Stadium 41,564 69–92 L7
162 October 3 @ Yankees 2–14 Kuroda (16–11) Matsuzaka (1–7) Yankee Stadium 47,393 69–93 L8

Season standings[edit]

American League East[edit]

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 95 67 0.586 51–30 44–37
Baltimore Orioles 93 69 0.574 2 47–34 46–35
Tampa Bay Rays 90 72 0.556 5 46–35 44–37
Toronto Blue Jays 73 89 0.451 22 41–40 32–49
Boston Red Sox 69 93 0.426 26 34–47 35–46


American League Wild Card[edit]

Division Winners W L Pct.
New York Yankees 95 67 0.586
Oakland Athletics 94 68 0.580
Detroit Tigers 88 74 0.543
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Texas Rangers 93 69 0.574
Baltimore Orioles 93 69 0.574
Tampa Bay Rays 90 72 0.556 3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 89 73 0.549 4
Chicago White Sox 85 77 0.525 8
Seattle Mariners 75 87 0.463 18
Toronto Blue Jays 73 89 0.451 20
Kansas City Royals 72 90 0.444 21
Boston Red Sox 69 93 0.426 24
Cleveland Indians 68 94 0.420 25
Minnesota Twins 66 96 0.407 27

Record vs. opponents[edit]

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore 13–5 6–2 4–4 3–3 5–4 2–7 5–2 9–9 4–5 8–1 10–8 2–5 11–7 11–7
Boston 5–13 6–2 5–3 5–5 4–3 0–6 4–3 5–13 1–8 5–4 9–9 2–6 7–11 11–7
Chicago 2–6 2–6 11–7 6–12 6–12 3–5 14–4 5–2 3–3 8–1 4–3 6–3 6–4 9–9
Cleveland 4–4 3–5 7–11 10–8 8–10 5–4 6–12 1–5 2–8 4–4 4–4 4–5 2–4 8–10
Detroit 3–3 5–5 12–6 8–10 13–5 5–5 10–8 4–6 4–3 1–5 5–2 3–7 4–2 11–7
Kansas City 4–5 3–4 12–6 10–8 5–13 4–5 7–11 3–4 5–4 1–7 4–2 4–5 2–6 8–10
Los Angeles 7–2 6–0 5–3 4–5 5–5 5–4 6–3 4–5 9–10 11–8 1–9 10–9 4–4 12–6
Minnesota 2–5 3–4 4–14 12–6 8–10 11–7 3–6 3–4 4–5 2–8 1–5 2–8 2–5 9–9
New York 9–9 13–5 2–5 5–1 6–4 4–3 5–4 4–3 5–5 6–3 8–10 4–3 11–7 13–5
Oakland 5–4 8–1 3–3 8–2 3–4 4–5 10–9 5–4 5–5 12–7 5–4 11–8 5–4 10–8
Seattle 1–8 4–5 1–8 4–4 5–1 7–1 8–11 8–2 3–6 7–12 4–6 9–10 6–3 8–10
Tampa Bay 8–10 9–9 3–4 4–4 2–5 2–4 9–1 5–1 10–8 4–5 6–4 5–4 14–4 9–9
Texas 5–2 6–2 3–6 5–4 7–3 5–4 9–10 8–2 3–4 8–11 10–9 4–5 6–3 14–4
Toronto 7–11 11–7 4–6 4–2 2–4 6–2 4–4 5–2 7–11 4–5 3–6 4–14 3–6 9–9
Red Sox vs. National League
Team NL East  
ATL MIA NYM PHI WSH CHC
Boston 2–1 5–1 2–1 0–3 2–1

Awards and honors[edit]

All-Star Game

Farm system[edit]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Arnie Beyeler
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Kevin Boles
A-Advanced Salem Red Sox Carolina League Billy McMillon
A Greenville Drive South Atlantic League Carlos Febles
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Bruce Crabbe
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League George Lombard
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League José Zapata

Source:[25]
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket

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