By the numbers
22
Home runs by Evan Longoria – a team record for a Tampa Bay Rays rookie.
.391
Batting average of Jason Bay through his first five games with the Boston Red Sox. He has gone 9 for 23 during a five-game hitting streak with a home run, two doubles, seven RBIs and six runs scored.
26
Consecutive road games with at least one hit by Boston’s Dustin Pedroia – the most by a Red Sox player since Tris Speaker’s 29-game run in 1913.
2-15
Record of the Oakland Athletics since the All-Star break.