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Sox Streakers for April 20

Who's Hot:
-Curt Schilling (2-0 with an 0.60 E.R.A. in last two starts, vs. Texas and Los Angeles)
-Coco Crisp (4 for his last 12)
-Mike Lowell (5 for his last 20 with 2 doubles, 1 homer and 5 RBI)
-David Ortiz (9 for his last 23 with 3 doubles, 3 homers and 9 RBI)
-Jonathan Papelbon (has struck out 11 of 19 batters faced for the season)

Who's Not:
-Julio Lugo (0 for his last 8)
-Dustin Pedroia (0 for his last 11 and 1 for his last 26)
-Manny Ramirez (6 for his last 36)
-Jason Varitek (2 for his last 17)
-Kevin Youkilis (1 for his last 13)

Yankees vs. Schilling:
Bobby Abreu: 10 for 27 (.370), 0 HR
Robinson Cano: 6 for 17 (.353), 1 HR
Jorge Posada: 10 for 29 (.345), 1 HR
Johnny Damon: 5 for 18 (.278), 1 HR
Jason Giambi: 7 for 27 (.259), 4 HR
Derek Jeter: 9 for 39 (.231), 1 HR
Alex Rodriguez: 6 for 31 (.194), 2 HR
Melky Cabrera: 1 for 10 (.100), 0 HR

Red Sox vs. Pettitte
Julio Lugo: 4 for 8 (.500), 0 HR
Manny Ramirez: 25 for 59 (.424), 3 HR
David Ortiz: 9 for 22 (.409), 1 HR
J.D. Drew: 3 for 8 (.375), 2 HR
Jason Varitek: 13 for 36 (.361), 0 HR
Coco Crisp: 0 for 4
Mike Lowell: 0 for 1
Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis have never faced Pettitte.
All told, then, the Red Sox regular nine starters are 54 for 138 against Pettitte -- that's a .391 batting average -- with 6 home runs.

More Stuff
-The Red Sox have allowed three runs or fewer in nine straight games, the team's longest streak since April 1988 (11 straight).
-Boston's bullpen pitched 7.2 scoreless innings at Toronto. The Sox pen has the lowest E.R.A. (2.52) of any American League team.
-Papelbon has converted all 14 of his career save attempts in the month of April.
-The Yankees are 17-11 against the Red sox since July 14, 2005.
-The Yankees have won seven in a row at Fenway, the team's longest winning streak in Boston since 1979-81 (11 games).
-Since 1903, the series stands like this: Yanks 1,076, Red Sox 882. At Fenway, the series is all tied up, 437 apiece.
-Oh yeah, and the Red Sox will wear green uniforms tonight.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 3:01 PM to Projo Sox Streakers | Permalink