2014 Boston Red Sox season

The 2014 Boston Red Sox season was the 114th 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 71–91, twenty-five games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

2014 Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	71–91 (.438)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	John W. Henry (Fenway Sports Group)
President	Larry Lucchino
General manager	Ben Cherington
Manager	John Farrell
Television	NESN (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy, Dennis Eckersley, Jon Rish, Jamie Erdahl, Adam Pellerin, Leah Hextall)
Radio	WEEI-FM Boston Red Sox Radio Network (Joe Castiglione, Dave O'Brien, Sean Grande, Lou Merloni, Uri Berenguer, Juan Oscar Baez)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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It was the second last-place finish for the team in three years, and they were the second defending World Series champions to finish last in their division, the first having been the 1998 Florida Marlins. They also became the first MLB team to finish last in one season, win the World Series the next, and finish last again the following season.^[1]

Offseason

November

• On November 1, 2013, the Red Sox picked up their $13 million club option on their ace pitcher Jon Lester for 2014.^[2]
• On November 11, 2013, Boston announced that Jacoby Ellsbury, Stephen Drew and Mike Napoli have all declined the qualifying offer from the club and hit the free agent market.^[3]

December

• On December 3, 2013, the Red Sox signed catcher A. J. Pierzynski to a one-year, $8.25 million contract.^[4]
• On December 3, 2013, just hours after Boston's signing of Pierzynski, catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia signed a 3-year, $21 million deal with the Miami Marlins.^[5]
• On December 3, 2013, a third and final offseason move culminated the day with an announcement with major implications for the league and free agency market. Outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury signed a 7-year, $153 million deal with the New York Yankees.^[6]
• On December 12, 2013, the Red Sox resigned Mike Napoli to a two-year contract.^[7]
• On December 18, 2013, the Red Sox signed Japanese pitcher Shunsuke Watanabe to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.^[8]
• On December 18, 2013, the Red Sox traded pitcher Franklin Morales to the Colorado Rockies for infielder Jonathan Herrera.^[9]

January

• On January 22, 2014, the Red Sox signed outfielder Grady Sizemore to a one-year deal, initially only worth $750,000 but with a possible $6 million in incentives. Sizemore had been out of baseball since 2011 due to injuries.^[10]

February

• On February 16, 2014, one day after pitchers and catchers reported, Ryan Dempster announced he will not pitch in 2014.^[11]
• On February 20, 2014, the Red Sox signed Chris Capuano to a one-year worth $2,250,000 contract with incentives to make the contract worth up to $5,000,000

March

• On March 23, 2014, the Red Sox and David Ortiz agreed on a 1-year contract extension through the 2015 season worth $16 million with a club/vesting option for 2016 and a club option for 2017.

During the season

Opening Day

Opening Day starter Jon Lester

The 2014 Red Sox season opened on March 31, with a 2–1 road loss against the Baltimore Orioles.^[12]

Opening Day lineup

29	Daniel Nava	RF
15	Dustin Pedroia	2B
34	David Ortiz	DH
12	Mike Napoli	1B
37	Mike Carp	LF
38	Grady Sizemore	CF
2	Xander Bogaerts	SS
40	A. J. Pierzynski	C
16	Will Middlebrooks	3B
31	Jon Lester	P

April

• On April 7, the Red Sox signed infielder Ryan Roberts. He is designated for assignment 11 days later, but stays with the organization.

May

• On May 21, the Red Sox sign Stephen Drew.

June

• On June 18, the Red Sox release Grady Sizemore.

July

• On July 1, the Red Sox release Chris Capuano.
• On July 9, the Red Sox release A. J. Pierzynski.
• On July 26, the Red Sox traded Jake Peavy to the San Francisco Giants for LHP Edwin Escobar and RHP Heath Hembree.
• On July 30, the Red Sox traded Félix Doubront to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later (Marco Hernández).
• On July 31, the Red Sox traded Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes and cash considerations to the Oakland Athletics for OF Yoenis Céspedes and a competitive balance draft pick. The Red Sox traded John Lackey to the St. Louis Cardinals for Allen Craig and Joe Kelly. The Red Sox traded Andrew Miller to the Baltimore Orioles for Eduardo Rodríguez. The Red Sox traded Stephen Drew to the New York Yankees for Kelly Johnson.

August

• On August 1, the Red Sox release Mike Carp.
• On August 22, 2014, the Red Sox sign Rusney Castillo to a 7-year, $72.5 million deal.

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	96	66	.593	—	50‍–‍31	46‍–‍35
New York Yankees	84	78	.519	12	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	13	46‍–‍35	37‍–‍44
Tampa Bay Rays	77	85	.475	19	36‍–‍45	41‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox	71	91	.438	25	34‍–‍47	37‍–‍44

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	98	64	.605
Baltimore Orioles	96	66	.593
Detroit Tigers	90	72	.556

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Kansas City Royals	89	73	.549	+1
Oakland Athletics	88	74	.543	—
Seattle Mariners	87	75	.537	1
Cleveland Indians	85	77	.525	3
New York Yankees	84	78	.519	4
Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	5
Tampa Bay Rays	77	85	.475	11
Chicago White Sox	73	89	.451	15
Boston Red Sox	71	91	.438	17
Houston Astros	70	92	.432	18
Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	18
Texas Rangers	67	95	.414	21

Record vs. opponents

2014 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2014 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CHW	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	5–1	3–4	1–5	4–3	3–4	4–2	4–3	13–6	2–4	5–2	12–7	6–1	11–8	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	4–3	2–5	1–5	4–3	6–1	2–5	4–2	7–12	3–4	1–5	9–10	4–2	7–12	9–11
Chicago	1–5	3–4	—	9–10	9–10	3–3	6–13	1–5	9–10	2–5	4–3	3–4	5–2	2–4	5–2	11–9
Cleveland	4–3	5–2	10–9	—	8–11	5–2	10–9	2–5	11–8	4–3	2–4	2–4	4–2	6–1	2–4	10–10
Detroit	5–1	5–1	10–9	11–8	—	4–3	13–6	3–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	2–4	3–4	4–3	1–5	12–8
Houston	3–4	3–4	3–3	2–5	3–4	—	3–3	7–12	3–3	4–2	8–11	9–10	2–5	11–8	4–3	5–15
Kansas City	4–3	1–6	13–6	9–10	6–13	3–3	—	3–3	11–8	4–3	5–2	2–5	4–2	5–1	4–3	15–5
Los Angeles	2–4	5–2	5–1	5–2	4–3	12–7	3–3	—	7–0	2–4	10–9	7–12	5–2	14–5	5–2	12–8
Minnesota	3–4	2–4	10–9	8–11	10–9	3–3	8–11	0–7	—	3–4	1–6	5–2	2–4	2–5	4–2	9–11
New York	6–13	12–7	5–2	3–4	4–3	2–4	3–4	4–2	4–3	—	2–4	3–3	8–11	4–3	11–8	13–7
Oakland	4–2	4–3	3–4	4–2	2–5	11–8	2–5	9–10	6–1	4–2	—	9–10	4–2	9–10	4–3	13–7
Seattle	2–5	5–1	4–3	4–2	4–2	10–9	5–2	12–7	2–5	3–3	10–9	—	4–3	9–10	4–3	9–11
Tampa Bay	7–12	10–9	2–5	2–4	4–3	5–2	2–4	2–5	4–2	11–8	2–4	3–4	—	5–2	8–11	10–10
Texas	1–6	2–4	4–2	1–6	3–4	8–11	1–5	5–14	5–2	3–4	10–9	10–9	2–5	—	2–4	10–10
Toronto	8–11	12–7	2–5	4–2	5–1	3–4	3–4	2–5	2–4	8–11	3–4	3–4	11–8	4–2	—	13–7

Red Sox vs. National League

Team	NL Central
	CHC	CIN	MIL	PIT	STL	ATL
Boston	0–3	4–0	0–3	0–3	1–2	4–0

Roster

2014 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 35 Burke Badenhop 68 Matt Barnes 32 Craig Breslow 66 Drake Britton 11 Clay Buchholz 55 Chris Capuano 62 Rubby De La Rosa 22 Félix Doubront 71 Edwin Escobar 38,37 Heath Hembree 56 Joe Kelly 41 John Lackey 59 Tommy Layne 31 Jon Lester 30 Andrew Miller 54 Edward Mujica 44 Jake Peavy 63 Anthony Ranaudo 36 Junichi Tazawa 19 Koji Uehara 64 Allen Webster 52,30 Alex Wilson 67 Brandon Workman 65 Steven Wright		Catchers 61 Dan Butler  3 David Ross 40 A. J. Pierzynski 55 Christian Vázquez Infielders  2 Xander Bogaerts 70 Garin Cecchini  7 Stephen Drew 10 Jonathan Herrera 26 Brock Holt  7 Kelly Johnson 20 Ryan Lavarnway 16 Will Middlebrooks 12 Mike Napoli 34 David Ortiz 15 Dustin Pedroia 72 Carlos Rivero  7 Ryan Roberts  7 Jemile Weeks		Outfielders 50 Mookie Betts 25 Jackie Bradley Jr. 73 Bryce Brentz 39 Corey Brown 37 Mike Carp 38 Rusney Castillo 52 Yoenis Céspedes  5 Allen Craig  5 Jonny Gomes 68 Alex Hassan 29 Daniel Nava 38 Grady Sizemore 18 Shane Victorino		Manager 53 John Farrell Coaches 86 Brian Abraham (bullpen catcher) 43 Arnie Beyeler (first base) 13 Brian Butterfield (third base) 28 Greg Colbrunn (hitting) 77 Tim Hyers (interim hitting)[13] 58 Dana LeVangie (bullpen) 17 Torey Lovullo (bench) 88 Alex Martinez (bullpen catcher) 47 Juan Nieves (pitching) 57 Vic Rodriguez (assistant hitting)

Player stats

Batting

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 = Bases on balls; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Dustin Pedroia	135	551	72	153	33	0	7	53	6	51	.278	.396
Xander Bogaerts	144	538	60	129	28	1	12	46	2	39	.240	.362
David Ortiz	142	518	59	136	27	0	35	104	0	75	.263	.517
Brock Holt	106	449	68	126	23	5	4	29	12	33	.281	.381
Mike Napoli	119	415	49	103	20	0	17	55	3	78	.248	.419
Jackie Bradley Jr.	127	384	45	76	19	2	1	30	8	31	.198	.266
Daniel Nava	113	363	41	98	21	0	4	37	4	33	.270	.361
A. J. Pierzynski	72	256	19	65	10	1	4	31	0	9	.254	.348
Will Middlebrooks	63	215	14	41	10	0	2	19	1	15	.191	.265
Jonny Gomes	78	209	22	49	7	0	6	32	0	26	.234	.354
Yoenis Céspedes	51	201	27	54	10	3	5	33	4	7	.269	.423
Mookie Betts	52	189	34	55	12	1	5	18	7	21	.291	.444
Grady Sizemore	52	185	14	40	10	2	2	15	5	19	.216	.324
Christian Vázquez	55	175	15	42	9	0	1	20	0	19	.240	.309
David Ross	50	152	16	28	7	0	7	15	0	16	.184	.368
Stephen Drew	39	131	11	23	6	1	4	11	1	14	.176	.328
Shane Victorino	30	123	14	33	6	1	2	12	2	6	.268	.382
Allen Craig	29	94	7	12	3	0	1	2	1	9	.128	.191
Jonathan Herrera	42	90	10	21	1	2	0	9	1	7	.233	.289
Mike Carp	42	86	9	17	5	1	0	9	0	11	.198	.279
Rusney Castillo	10	36	6	12	1	0	2	6	3	3	.333	.528
Garin Cecchini	11	31	6	8	3	0	1	4	0	3	.258	.452
Jemile Weeks	14	26	6	8	3	0	0	3	2	4	.308	.423
Bryce Brentz	9	26	5	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	.308	.385
Kelly Johnson	10	25	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.160	.200
Ryan Roberts	8	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.105	.105
Dan Butler	7	19	1	4	3	0	0	2	0	1	.211	.368
Ryan Lavarnway	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Alex Hassan	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125
Carlos Rivero	4	7	1	4	2	0	1	3	0	1	.571	1.286
Corey Brown	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.158	.158
Team Totals	162	5551	634	1355	282	20	123	601	63	535	.244	.369

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Pitching

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
Clay Buchholz	8	11	5.34	28	28	0	170.1	182	108	101	54	132
Jon Lester	10	7	2.52	21	21	0	143.0	128	52	40	32	149
John Lackey	11	7	3.60	21	21	0	137.1	137	60	55	32	116
Jake Peavy	1	9	4.72	20	20	0	124.0	131	67	65	46	100
Rubby De La Rosa	4	8	4.43	19	18	0	101.2	116	51	50	35	74
Brandon Workman	1	10	5.17	19	15	0	87.0	88	57	50	36	70
Burke Badenhop	0	3	2.29	70	0	1	70.2	70	20	18	19	40
Koji Uehara	6	5	2.52	64	0	26	64.1	51	18	18	8	80
Junichi Tazawa	4	3	2.86	71	0	0	63.0	58	23	20	17	64
Joe Kelly	4	2	4.11	10	10	0	61.1	47	29	28	32	41
Edward Mujica	2	4	3.90	64	0	8	60.0	69	28	26	14	43
Félix Doubront	2	4	6.07	17	10	0	59.1	69	45	40	26	43
Allen Webster	5	3	5.03	11	11	0	59.0	58	35	33	28	36
Craig Breslow	2	4	5.96	60	0	1	54.1	73	40	36	28	37
Andrew Miller	3	5	2.34	50	0	0	42.1	25	13	11	13	69
Anthony Ranaudo	4	3	4.81	7	7	0	39.1	39	21	21	16	15
Chris Capuano	1	1	4.55	28	0	0	31.2	34	17	16	15	29
Alex Wilson	1	0	1.91	18	0	0	28.1	20	8	6	5	19
Steven Wright	0	1	2.57	6	1	0	21.0	21	8	6	4	22
Tommy Layne	2	1	0.95	30	0	0	19.0	14	4	2	8	14
Heath Hembree	0	0	4.50	6	0	0	10.0	11	5	5	5	6
Matt Barnes	0	0	4.00	5	0	0	9.0	11	4	4	2	8
Drake Britton	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	6.2	5	0	0	2	4
Edwin Escobar	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	2
Mike Carp	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	1	1	5	0
Team Totals	71	91	4.01	162	162	36	1465.2	1458	715	653	482	1213

Source:

Game log

Red Sox Win	Red Sox Loss	Game Postponed	Eliminated from Playoff Race
Boldface text denotes a Red Sox pitcher

Boston Red Sox 2014 Season Game Log — Season Record: (71–91), 5th in AL East
March/April (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 March 31 @ Orioles 1–2 Britton (1–0) Lester (0–1) Hunter (1) Camden Yards 46,685 0–1 L1 2 April 2 @ Orioles 6–2 Lackey (1–0) Jiménez (0–1) Camden Yards 25,708 1–1 W1 3 April 3 @ Orioles 4–3 Doubront (1–0) Chen (0–1) Uehara (1) Camden Yards 20,880 2–1 W2 4 April 4 Brewers 2–6 Kintzler (1–0) Mujica (0–1) Fenway Park 36,728 2–2 L1 5 April 5 Brewers 6–7 (11) Thornburg (1–0) Badenhop (0–1) Rodríguez (2) Fenway Park 35,729 2–3 L2 6 April 6 Brewers 0–4 Gallardo (2–0) Lester (0–2) Fenway Park 35,958 2–4 L3 7 April 7 Rangers 5–1 Lackey (2–0) Scheppers (0–1) Fenway Park 35,842 3–4 W1 8 April 8 Rangers 7–10 Pérez (1–0) Doubront (1–1) Fenway Park 34,142 3–5 L1 9 April 9 Rangers 4–2 Miller (1–0) Ogando (0–1) Uehara (2) Fenway Park 33,585 4–5 W1 10 April 10 @ Yankees 1–4 Pineda (1–1) Buchholz (0–1) Phelps (1) Yankee Stadium 42,821 4–6 L1 11 April 11 @ Yankees 4–2 Lester (1–2) Sabathia (1–2) Mujica (1) Yankee Stadium 44,121 5–6 W1 12 April 12 @ Yankees 4–7 Kuroda (2–1) Lackey (2–1) Kelley (2) Yankee Stadium 48,572 5–7 L1 13 April 13 @ Yankees 2–3 Nova (2–1) Doubront (1–2) Kelley (3) Yankee Stadium 46,081 5–8 L2 14 April 15 @ White Sox 1–2 Webb (1–0) Badenhop (0–2) U.S. Cellular Field 13,402 5–9 L3 15 April 16 @ White Sox 6–4 (14) Capuano (1–0) García (0–1) Badenhop (1) U.S. Cellular Field 13,302 6–9 W1 16 April 17 @ White Sox 3–1 Lester (2–2) Belisario (1–2) Uehara (3) U.S. Cellular Field 17,454 7–9 W2 17 April 18 Orioles 4–8 Tillman (2–1) Lackey (2–2) O'Day (1) Fenway Park 36,408 7–10 L1 18 April 19 Orioles 4–2 Tazawa (1–0) Norris (0–2) Uehara (4) Fenway Park 37,689 8–10 W1 19 April 20 Orioles 6–5 Mujica (1–1) Matusz (1–1) Fenway Park 33,947 9–10 W2 20 April 21 Orioles 6–7 Chen (3–1) Buchholz (0–2) Hunter (5) Fenway Park 37,513 9–11 L1 21 April 22 Yankees 3–9 Tanaka (3–0) Lester (2–3) Fenway Park 37,041 9–12 L2 22 April 23 Yankees 5–1 Lackey (3–2) Pineda (2–2) Fenway Park 37,015 10–12 W1 23 April 24 Yankees 5–14 Sabathia (3–2) Doubront (1–3) Fenway Park 37,356 10–13 L1 24 April 25 @ Blue Jays 8–1 Peavy (1–0) Buehrle (4–1) Rogers Centre 29,411 11–13 W1 25 April 26 @ Blue Jays 7–6 Buchholz (1–2) Morrow (1–2) Uehara (5) Rogers Centre 40,322 12–13 W2 26 April 27 @ Blue Jays 1–7 Dickey (2–3) Lester (2–4) Rogers Centre 45,260 12–14 L1 27 April 29 Rays 7–4 Lackey (4–2) Gomes (1–1) Uehara (6) Fenway Park 34,794 13–14 W1 — April 30 Rays Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: May 1)
May (13–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 28 May 1 Rays 1–2 Gomes (2–1) Peavy (1–1) Balfour (5) Fenway Park 35,621 13–15 L1 29 May 1 Rays 5–6 McGee (2–0) Uehara (0–1) Balfour (6) Fenway Park 33,465 13–16 L2 30 May 2 Athletics 7–1 Buchholz (2–2) Straily (1–2) Fenway Park 34,850 14–16 W1 31 May 3 Athletics 6–3 Lester (3–4) Milone (0–3) Uehara (7) Fenway Park 37,042 15–16 W2 32 May 4 Athletics 2–3 (10) Johnson (3–2) Capuano (1–1) Fenway Park 35,649 15–17 L1 33 May 6 Reds 4–3 (12) Breslow (1–0) Ondrusek (0–2) Fenway Park 36,004 16–17 W1 34 May 7 Reds 4–3 Breslow (2–0) Hoover (1–4) Uehara (8) Fenway Park 37,072 17–17 W2 35 May 9 @ Rangers 0–8 Darvish (3–1) Buchholz (2–3) Globe Life Park 45,392 17–18 L1 36 May 10 @ Rangers 8–3 Lester (4–4) Pérez (4–3) Globe Life Park 47,964 18–18 W1 37 May 11 @ Rangers 5–2 Lackey (5–2) Ross (1–4) Uehara (9) Globe Life Park 41,407 19–18 W2 38 May 13 @ Twins 6–8 Perkins (1–0) Miller (1–1) Target Field 23,949 19–19 L1 39 May 14 @ Twins 9–4 Doubront (2–3) Correia (1–5) Target Field 26,802 20–19 W1 40 May 15 @ Twins 3–4 (10) Duensing (1–2) Miller (1–2) Target Field 29,628 20–20 L1 41 May 16 Tigers 0–1 Scherzer (6–1) Lester (4–5) Nathan (11) Fenway Park 37,225 20–21 L2 42 May 17 Tigers 1–6 Porcello (7–1) Lackey (5–3) Fenway Park 37,608 20–22 L3 43 May 18 Tigers 2–6 Sánchez (1–2) Peavy (1–2) Fenway Park 35,006 20–23 L4 44 May 20 Blue Jays 4–7 Happ (3–1) Doubront (2–4) Janssen (4) Fenway Park 37,904 20–24 L5 45 May 21 Blue Jays 4–6 Hutchison (3–3) Buchholz (2–4) Janssen (5) Fenway Park 36,116 20–25 L6 46 May 22 Blue Jays 2–7 Buehrle (8–1) Lester (4–6) Fenway Park 36,018 20–26 L7 47 May 23 @ Rays 0–1 Oviedo (1–0) Miller (1–3) Tropicana Field 20,898 20–27 L8 48 May 24 @ Rays 5–6 (15) Ramos (2–3) Miller (1–4) Tropicana Field 23,569 20–28 L9 49 May 25 @ Rays 5–8 Peralta (2–3) Breslow (2–1) Balfour (9) Tropicana Field 26,199 20–29 L10 50 May 26 @ Braves 8–6 Mujica (2–1) Thomas (1–2) Uehara (10) Turner Field 48,501 21–29 W1 51 May 27 @ Braves 6–3 Lester (5–6) Varvaro (1–1) Uehara (11) Turner Field 37,168 22–29 W2 52 May 28 Braves 4–0 Lackey (6–3) Floyd (0–2) Fenway Park 36,189 23–29 W3 53 May 29 Braves 4–3 Uehara (1–1) Kimbrel (0–1) Fenway Park 36,292 24–29 W4 54 May 30 Rays 3–2 (10) Miller (2–4) Oviedo (1–2) Fenway Park 35,820 25–29 W5 55 May 31 Rays 7–1 De La Rosa (1–0) Odorizzi (2–5) Fenway Park 37,076 26–29 W6
June (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 56 June 1 Rays 4–0 Lester (6–6) Bédard (2–4) Fenway Park 37,688 27–29 W7 57 June 2 @ Indians 2–3 Masterson (3–4) Lackey (6–4) Allen (4) Progressive Field 14,078 27–30 L1 58 June 3 @ Indians 3–5 Hagadone (1–0) Peavy (1–3) Allen (5) Progressive Field 18,738 27–31 L2 59 June 4 @ Indians 4–7 (12) Carrasco (1–3) Mujica (2–2) Progressive Field 20,209 27–32 L3 60 June 6 @ Tigers 2–6 Smyly (3–4) De La Rosa (1–1) Comerica Park 39,762 27–33 L4 61 June 7 @ Tigers 6–8 Scherzer (7–2) Lester (6–7) Comerica Park 43,359 27–34 L5 62 June 8 @ Tigers 5–3 Lackey (7–4) Chamberlain (1–3) Uehara (12) Comerica Park 33,835 28–34 W1 63 June 9 @ Orioles 0–4 Norris (5–5) Peavy (1–4) Camden Yards 19,729 28–35 L1 64 June 10 @ Orioles 1–0 Workman (1–0) Tillman (5–3) Uehara (13) Camden Yards 24,184 29–35 W1 65 June 11 @ Orioles 0–6 Chen (7–2) De La Rosa (1–2) Camden Yards 25,886 29–36 L1 66 June 12 Indians 5–2 Lester (7–7) Tomlin (4–3) Uehara (14) Fenway Park 37,750 30–36 W1 67 June 13 Indians 10–3 Lackey (8–4) Masterson (4–5) Fenway Park 35,772 31–36 W2 68 June 14 Indians 2–3 Axford (2–3) Breslow (2–2) Allen (7) Fenway Park 37,181 31–37 L1 69 June 15 Indians 2–3 (11) Allen (3–1) Tazawa (1–1) Fenway Park 37,356 31–38 L2 70 June 16 Twins 1–0 De La Rosa (2–2) Correia (3–8) Uehara (15) Fenway Park 35,693 32–38 W1 71 June 17 Twins 2–1 Lester (8–7) Hughes (7–3) Mujica (2) Fenway Park 36,835 33–38 W2 72 June 18 Twins 2–1 (10) Uehara (2–1) Fien (3–4) Fenway Park 36,489 34–38 W3 73 June 19 @ Athletics 2–4 Kazmir (9–2) Peavy (1–5) Otero (1) O.co Coliseum 24,371 34–39 L1 74 June 20 @ Athletics 3–4 Abad (2–2) Miller (2–5) Doolittle (10) O.co Coliseum 28,602 34–40 L2 75 June 21 @ Athletics 1–2 (10) Otero (6–1) Mujica (2–3) O.co Coliseum 32,873 34–41 L3 76 June 22 @ Athletics 7–6 (10) Uehara (3–1) Abad (2–3) O.co Coliseum 36,067 35–41 W1 77 June 23 @ Mariners 3–12 Hernández (9–2) Lackey (8–5) Safeco Field 26,860 35–42 L1 78 June 24 @ Mariners 2–8 Beimel (2–1) Peavy (1–6) Safeco Field 20,015 35–43 L2 79 June 25 @ Mariners 5–4 Buchholz (3–4) Iwakuma (5–4) Uehara (16) Safeco Field 27,333 36–43 W1 80 June 27 @ Yankees 0–6 Nuño (2–4) Workman (1–1) Yankee Stadium 48,522 36–44 L1 81 June 28 @ Yankees 2–1 Lester (9–7) Tanaka (11–3) Uehara (17) Yankee Stadium 48,433 37–44 W1 82 June 29 @ Yankees 8–5 Lackey (9–5) Whitley (3–2) Uehara (18) Yankee Stadium 48,124 38–44 W2 83 June 30 Cubs 0–2 Arrieta (5–1) Peavy (1–7) Rondón (10) Fenway Park 37,814 38–45 L1
July (10–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 84 July 1 Cubs 1–2 Strop (1–3) Uehara (3–2) Rondón (11) Fenway Park 36,748 38–46 L2 85 July 2 Cubs 9–16 Villanueva (4–5) Workman (1–2) Fenway Park 37,055 38–47 L3 86 July 4 Orioles Postponed due to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Arthur. Rescheduled for July 5 as part of a day-night doubleheader.[14] 86 July 5 Orioles 3–2 Uehara (4–2) McFarland (1–2) Fenway Park 35,714 39–47 W1 87 July 5 Orioles 4–7 Brach (3–0) Lackey (9–6) Britton (13) Fenway Park 36,468 39–48 L1 88 July 6 Orioles 6–7 (12) Brach (4–0) Mujica (2–4) Britton (14) Fenway Park 35,811 39–49 L2 89 July 7 White Sox 0–4 Carroll (3–5) Buchholz (3–5) Fenway Park 35,114 39–50 L3 90 July 8 White Sox 3–8 Danks (8–6) Workman (1–3) Fenway Park 35,345 39–51 L4 91 July 9 White Sox 5–4 Uehara (5–2) Guerra (0–1) Fenway Park 36,218 40–51 W1 92 July 10 White Sox 4–3 (10) Miller (3–5) Belisario (3–6) Fenway Park 37,547 41–51 W2 93 July 11 @ Astros 8–3 Lackey (10–6) Feldman (4–6) Minute Maid Park 27,264 42–51 W3 94 July 12 @ Astros 2–3 Fields (2–4) Peavy (1–8) Qualls (10) Minute Maid Park 26,322 42–52 L1 95 July 13 @ Astros 11–0 Buchholz (4–5) Peacock (3–6) Minute Maid Park 20,681 43–52 W1 ASG July 15 All-Star Game NL 3–5 AL Scherzer (AL, DET) Neshek (NL, STL) Perkins (AL, MIN) Target Field Minneapolis, MN ASG ASG The Red Sox were represented in the All-Star game by Jon Lester and Koji Uehara. 96 July 18 Royals 5–4 Buchholz (5–5) Downs (0–3) Uehara (19) Fenway Park 37,743 44–52 W2 97 July 19 Royals 2–1 De La Rosa (3–2) Duffy (5–10) Uehara (20) Fenway Park 37,878 45–52 W3 98 July 20 Royals 6–0 Lester (10–7) Ventura (6–7) Fenway Park 37,439 46–52 W4 99 July 21 @ Blue Jays 14–1 Lackey (11–6) Hutchison (6–9) Rogers Centre 27,905 47–52 W5 100 July 22 @ Blue Jays 3–7 Happ (8–5) Peavy (1–9) Cecil (4) Rogers Centre 29,269 47–53 L1 101 July 23 @ Blue Jays 4–6 Dickey (8–10) Buchholz (5–6) Janssen (15) Rogers Centre 35,696 47–54 L2 102 July 24 @ Blue Jays 0–8 Stroman (6–2) De La Rosa (3–3) Rogers Centre 46,683 47–55 L3 103 July 25 @ Rays 4–6 Price (11–7) Tazawa (1–2) McGee (10) Tropicana Field 23,136 47–56 L4 104 July 26 @ Rays 0–3 Balfour (1–3) Lackey (11–7) Tropicana Field 26,659 47–57 L5 105 July 27 @ Rays 3–2 Webster (1–0) Archer (6–6) Uehara (21) Tropicana Field 25,221 48–57 W1 106 July 28 Blue Jays 1–14 Dickey (9–10) Buchholz (5–7) Fenway Park 37,974 48–58 L1 107 July 29 Blue Jays 2–4 Stroman (7–2) De La Rosa (3–4) Janssen (17) Fenway Park 38,275 48–59 L2 108 July 30 Blue Jays 1–6 Buehrle (11–7) Workman (1–4) Fenway Park 38,203 48–60 L3
August (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 109 August 1 Yankees 4–3 Ranaudo (1–0) Capuano (1–2) Uehara (22) Fenway Park 37,782 49–60 W1 110 August 2 Yankees 4–6 Kelley (2–3) Webster (1–1) Robertson (28) Fenway Park 37,302 49–61 L1 111 August 3 Yankees 7–8 Rogers (1–0) Breslow (2–3) Robertson (29) Fenway Park 38,035 49–62 L2 112 August 5 @ Cardinals 2–3 Neshek (5–0) Tazawa (1–3) Rosenthal (35) Busch Stadium 43,432 49–63 L3 113 August 6 @ Cardinals 2–1 Tazawa (2–3) Rosenthal (1–6) Uehara (23) Busch Stadium 42,733 50–63 W1 114 August 7 @ Cardinals 2–5 Wainwright (14–6) Workman (1–5) Neshek (3) Busch Stadium 44,570 50–64 L1 115 August 8 @ Angels 4–2 Webster (2–1) Weaver (12–7) Uehara (24) Angel Stadium 38,016 51–64 W1 116 August 9 @ Angels 4–5 (19) Shoemaker (10–4) Workman (1–6) Angel Stadium 42,159 51–65 L1 117 August 10 @ Angels 3–1 De La Rosa (4–4) Smith (4–1) Uehara (25) Angel Stadium 36,300 52–65 W1 118 August 12 @ Reds 3–2 Layne (1–0) Broxton (4–1) Uehara (26) Great American Ball Park 35,903 53–65 W2 119 August 13 @ Reds 5–4 Ranaudo (2–0) Leake (9–11) Mujica (3) Great American Ball Park 32,870 54–65 W3 120 August 14 Astros 9–4 Webster (3–1) Feldman (6–9) Fenway Park 38,065 55–65 W4 121 August 15 Astros 3–5 (10) Sipp (3–2) Breslow (2–4) Fenway Park 37,016 55–66 L1 122 August 16 Astros 10–7 Wilson (1–0) Fields (2–6) Fenway Park 37,652 56–66 W1 123 August 17 Astros 1–8 McHugh (6–9) Kelly (2–3) Fenway Park 36,717 56–67 L1 124 August 18 Angels 2–4 Wilson (10–8) Workman (1–7) Jepsen (1) Fenway Park 35,170 56–68 L2 125 August 19 Angels 3–4 Smith (5–1) Uehara (5–3) Street (34) Fenway Park 35,471 56–69 L3 126 August 20 Angels 3–8 Rasmus (3–1) Buchholz (5–8) Fenway Park 35,136 56–70 L4 127 August 21 Angels 0–2 Shoemaker (12–4) De La Rosa (4–5) Grilli (12) Fenway Park 36,160 56–71 L5 128 August 22 Mariners 3–5 Leone (6–2) Uehara (5–4) Rodney (37) Fenway Park 36,433 56–72 L6 129 August 23 Mariners 3–7 Wilhelmsen (2–2) Workman (1–8) Fenway Park 36,905 56–73 L7 130 August 24 Mariners 6–8 Leone (7–2) Webster (3–2) Rodney (38) Fenway Park 37,022 56–74 L8 131 August 25 @ Blue Jays 4–3 (10) Uehara (6–4) Sanchez (2–1) Breslow (1) Rogers Centre 26,041 57–74 W1 132 August 26 @ Blue Jays 11–7 (11) Tazawa (3–3) Janssen (3–2) Rogers Centre 27,321 58–74 W2 133 August 27 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Stroman (8–5) Layne (1–1) Cecil (5) Rogers Centre 30,285 58–75 L1 134 August 29 @ Rays 8–4 Ranaudo (3–0) Archer (8–7) Tropicana Field 16,107 59–75 W1 135 August 30 @ Rays 0–7 Odorizzi (10–11) Webster (3–3) Tropicana Field 17,463 59–76 L1 136 August 31 @ Rays 3–0 Buchholz (6–8) Cobb (9–7) Tropicana Field 16,822 60–76 W1
September (11–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 137 September 1 @ Rays 3–4 (10) Balfour (2–6) Badenhop (0–3) Tropicana Field 10,543 60–77 L1 138 September 2 @ Yankees 9–4 Kelly (3–3) Greene (4–2) Yankee Stadium 40,334 61–77 W1 139 September 3 @ Yankees 1–5 Kuroda (10–8) Ranaudo (3–1) Yankee Stadium 40,007 61–78 L1 140 September 4 @ Yankees 4–5 Warren (3–5) Uehara (6–5) Yankee Stadium 44,708 61–79 L2 141 September 5 Blue Jays 9–8 (10) Layne (2–1) Janssen (3–3) Fenway Park 35,667 62–79 W1 142 September 6 Blue Jays 4–3 Buchholz (7–8) Happ (9–9) Mujica (4) Fenway Park 36,677 63–79 W2 143 September 7 Blue Jays 1–3 Dickey (12–12) De La Rosa (4–6) Janssen (22) Fenway Park 36,261 63–80 L1 144 September 8 Orioles 0–4 González (9–7) Kelly (3–4) Fenway Park 35,894 63–81 L2 145 September 9 Orioles 1–4 Tillman (12–5) Ranaudo (3–2) Britton (34) Fenway Park 37,008 63–82 L3 146 September 10 Orioles 6–10 Chen (15–4) Workman (1–9) Fenway Park 35,374 63–83 L4 147 September 11 @ Royals 6–3 Buchholz (8–8) Hendriks (1–2) Mujica (5) Kauffman Stadium 28,673 64–83 W1 148 September 12 @ Royals 4–2 Webster (4–3) Ventura (12–10) Mujica (6) Kauffman Stadium 19,191 65–83 W2 149 September 13 @ Royals 1–7 Guthrie (11–11) De La Rosa (4–7) Kauffman Stadium 26,627 65–84 L1 150 September 14 @ Royals 8–4 Kelly (4–4) Vargas (11–9) Kauffman Stadium 19,065 66–84 W1 151 September 16 @ Pirates 0–4 Morton (6–12) Ranaudo (3–3) PNC Park 34,698 66–85 L1 152 September 17 @ Pirates 1–9 Liriano (6–10) Buchholz (8–9) PNC Park 34,785 66–86 L2 153 September 18 @ Pirates 2–3 Cole (10–5) Workman (1–10) Melancon (30) PNC Park 36,862 66–87 L3 154 September 19 @ Orioles 5–3 (10) Tazawa (4–3) O'Day (5–2) Mujica (7) Camden Yards 39,079 67–87 W1 155 September 20 @ Orioles 2–7 Tillman (13–5) De La Rosa (4–8) Camden Yards 43,015 67–88 L1 156 September 21 @ Orioles 3–2 Kelly (5–4) González (9–9) Mujica (8) Camden Yards 38,329 68–88 W1 157 September 23 Rays 2–6 Cobb (10–8) Buchholz (8–10) Fenway Park 35,566 68–89 L1 158 September 24 Rays 11–3 Ranaudo (4–3) Odorizzi (11–13) Fenway Park 35,741 69–89 W1 159 September 25 Rays 11–1 Webster (5–3) Hellickson (1–5) Fenway Park 36,590 70–89 W2 160 September 26 Yankees 2–3 Capuano (3–4) Wright (0–1) Robertson (39) Fenway Park 37,605 70–90 L1 161 September 27 Yankees 10–4 Kelly (6–4) Tanaka (13–5) Fenway Park 37,147 71–90 W1 162 September 28 Yankees 5–9 Pineda (5–5) Buchholz (8–11) Fenway Park 36,879 71–91 L1
Reference:[15]

Awards and honors

• Dustin Pedroia – Gold Glove Award (2B)

All-Star Game

• Jon Lester, reserve P
• Koji Uehara, reserve P (roster replacement)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Kevin Boles
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Billy McMillon
A-Advanced	Salem Red Sox	Carolina League	Carlos Febles
A	Greenville Drive	South Atlantic League	Darren Fenster
A-Short Season	Lowell Spinners	New York–Penn League	Joe Oliver
Rookie	GCL Red Sox	Gulf Coast League	Tom Kotchman
Rookie	DSL Red Sox	Dominican Summer League	José Zapata

Source:^[16]
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket, GCL Red Sox^[17]