SOLID CLAY: Tonight’s starter Clay Buchholz has yielded just 5 earned runs over his last 5 starts (39.0 IP) for a 1.15 ERA while going 2-0 (team 4-1) in those contests.
ELLS AND THE O’S: Jacoby Ellsbury went 2-for-4 with a double and RBI last night to extend his hitting streak against Baltimore to 38 games dating back to 4/17/09, batting .418 (71-for-170) in that stretch…It is the longest hit streak ever recorded against the Orioles franchise, ahead of Earl Averill (from 1929-31) and Jimmie Foxx (1935-36), who each had 31-game stretches against the St. Louis Browns.
- According to Elias, Ellsbury’s 38-game hit streak vs. the Orioles is the 2nd-longest stretch since 1900 for any player versus any team behind only Vladimir Guerrero’s 44-game hit streak vs. Texas from 4/9/04-8/4/06.
10 AGAIN: Dustin Pedroia has hit safely in each of his last 10 games at a .447 clip (17-for-38) with 5 doubles, a triple, 4 RBI, 8 runs and 5 walks in the 10-game stretch…It is his 2nd double digit hit streak of the season behind a 14-gamer, 4/29-5/13.
