LEFT TURN: The Sox are 19-10 (.655) when facing a left-handed starter this season, the 3rd-best mark in the Majors behind the Giants (19-9, .679) and Yankees (21-11, .656)…Boston is 2nd in the Majors with both a .470 SLG and 43 homers off lefties.
ROSS IS BOSS: Cody Ross tallied his 10th career multi-homer game last night (3rd in 2012) with 3-run homers in the 3rd and 4th innings last night…He was the 1st Red Sox since Bill Mueller in 2003 to hit home runs with at least 2 men on base in back-to-back innings and he was the 1st Boston player to do that at Fenway Park since Mo Vaughn in 1997 (Elias).
- Ross’ 6 RBI in last night’s game were the most for a Sox batter this season and 1 shy of his career high.
IN THE CLUTCH: Adrian Gonzalez leads the Majors with a .404 AVG (38-for-94) with runners in scoring position…Gonzalez, who matched season highs with 3 hits and 4 RBI last night, has hit safely in 22 of his last 23 games with a .404 AVG (38-for-94) and 19 RBI in that time, including a .538 clip (14-for-26) with RISP.
