IN CAMP: Boston has 58 players in Major League Spring Training Camp, in-cluding 18 non-roster invitees: 30 pitch-ers (8 NRI), 6 catchers (3 NRI), 12 infield-ers (3 NRI), and 10 outfielders (4 NRI).

LET’S PLAY TWO: Today the Red Sox break for their 1st split-squad action this spring...One squad will remain in Fort Myers to host the Rays, while another heads to Ham-mond Stadium to take on the Twins.Boston’s only other split-squad date this spring is March 25, when the club will host the Phillies and travel to play the Rays.

SOX & RAYS, TAKE 3: The Red Sox host the Rays to-day for the 3rd of 5 Grapefruit League meetings between these teams...BOS earned a 19-2 win over the Rays on 3/2 here at JetBlue Park, snapping a 5-game losing streak against TB in spring training action.The Sox and Rays will play each other 19 times during the regular season, beginning with a 4-game set at Fenway Park from 4/14-17...BOS will not travel to Tropicana Field until a 4-game series from 7/6-9.

PITCHING & DEFENSE: The Sox have posted a 2.44 ERA (19 ER/70.0 IP) in their last 8 Grapefruit League games, af-ter they recorded a 6.23 ERA (36 ER/52.0 IP) in their first 6.Yesterday's 4-0 win over BAL marked the Sox' 1st shutout victory in a Grapefruit League game since 3/9/15 at STL, their 1st at JetBlue Park since 3/15/13 vs. MIN.BOS pitchers are averaging 9.0 SO/9.0 IP (122 SO/122.0 IP) in Grapefruit League action this spring, the 5th-best ratio among all ML teams.The Red Sox lead the AL and rank 3rd in the majors with a .986 fielding percentage this spring, having committed only 7 errors in 14 games.

BIRTHDAY PROCESSION: Red Sox non-roster invitee Jordan Procyshen turns 24 years old today (born 3/11/93).

KINGS OF THE SPRING: Sam Travis has hit .390 and slugged .695 (23-for-59, 6 2B, 4 HR) with 21 RBI in 32 ca-reer Grapefruit League games (2015-17)...5 of his 6 hits this spring have gone for extra bases (2 HR, 3 2B).Marco Hernandez has posted a .447/.509/.702 batting line in 26 career Grapefruit League games with BOS from 2015-17 (21-for-47, 6 BB, 8 2B, 2 3B, 12 R, 11 RBI).

WORLD TOUR: SS Xander Bogaerts (Netherlands), LHP Fernando Abad (Dominican Republic), and minor league OF Mike Meyers (Israel) are representing the Red Sox at the 2017 World Baseball Classic...The Netherlands and Israel have ad-vanced to the 2nd round (3/12-16 at the Tokyo Dome).The Netherlands went 2-1 in Pool A at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea...They defeated Korea, 5-0, and earned a walk-off win over Chinese Taipei, 6-5, before suffering a 4-2 loss to Israel...Bogaerts started all 3 games at 3B (2-for-10, 3B, 2 BB, RBI, R).Meyers and Team Israel went 3-0 in Pool A...Meyers scored the winning run in a 2-1, 10-inning victory over Korea, then walked and scored a run in the club’s 15-7 win over Chinese Taipei.Abad allowed 1 hit in a scoreless 6th inning in Team Dominican Republic’s 9-2 win vs. Team Canada on Thursday at Marlins Park in Miami...The club will take on the United States tonight (6:30 p.m.) and Colombia tomorrow (12:30 p.m.).Eduardo Rodriguez (Venezuela) is in the Designated Pitchers Pool; he is not on the active roster in the 1st round, but he could be added in subsequent rounds.

MANAGING EXPECTATIONS: John Farrell returns for his 5th season as Red Sox Manger, having been named the 46th manager in club history on 10/21/12...On 2/21/15, he signed a contract extension through the 2017 season with a club option for 2018; the team exercised that option on 12/5/16.Farrell enters the 2017 season with 493 managerial wins between the Red Sox (339) and Blue Jays (154)...He finished 4th in BBWAA AL Manager of the Year voting in 2016 after leading BOS to the AL East title...He and Joe Morgan (1988, 1990) are the only managers in Red Sox history to lead the club to multiple division titles.

GOOD, BETTER, BETTS: Mookie Betts has hit safely in each of his last 14 Grapefruit League games dating back to 3/24/16, scoring at least once in 11 of those contests...In that span, he is 21-for-41 (.512) with 15 runs scored. Overall from 2015-17, Betts has batted .400 and slugged .707 (56-for-140, 16 2B, 3 3B, 7 HR) with 37 runs scored in 47 Grapefruit League games.

PACKING ‘EM IN: The Red Sox have sold out each of their last 95 home Grapefruit League games, including each of their final 10 at City of Palms Park and all 85 at JetBlue Park since its opening in 2012...The Sox have sold out 203 of their last 204 home Grapefruit League games overall. The Red Sox are in their 6th spring at the Fenway South Spring Training and Player Development Complex in Fort Myers, FL since moving here in 2012...The complex’s main field, JetBlue Park, has a total capacity of approximately 11,000 (9,900 fixed seats). This is the 25th consecutive season the Sox have called Fort Myers, FL their Spring Training home (1993-2017), having played at City of Palms Park through 2011...Only Winter Haven, FL hosted the club for more springs (27 years from 1966-92).

HAVE WE BENINTRODUCED?: In his last 5 games, Andrew Benintendi is 9-for-17 with 2 HR, 4 2B, 6 RBI, and 3 R.Benintendi is ranked No. 1 overall in Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list...Since the list debuted in 1990, the only other Red Sox player to begin a season ranked No. 1 overall is Daisuke Matsuzaka (2007).Also representing the Red Sox on Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list are 3B Rafael Devers (No. 18) and LHP Jason Groome (No. 43).

YOUTH BRIGADE: Dustin Pedroia (born 8/17/83), Chris Young (9/5/83), and Hanley Ramirez (12/23/83) are the old-est players in Red Sox camp, and they are only 33 years old.The youngest player in camp is 20-year-old non-roster invitee Rafael Devers (born 10/24/96)...8 players on the Red Sox’ 40-man roster are younger than 25: Andrew Benintendi (22), Eduardo Rodriguez (23), Mookie Betts (24), Xander Bogaerts (24), Marco Hernandez (24), Henry Owens (24), Blake Swihart (24), and Luis Ysla (24).6 of the Red Sox’ 18 non-roster invitees are younger than 25 years old: Devers (20), Jamie Callahan (22), Jordan Procyshen (24), Sam Travis (23), Chandler Shepherd (24), and Ben Taylor (24).

BUY LOCAL: Of the 58 players in Red Sox camp, only Matt Barnes was born in New England (Danbury, CT)...5 players were born in FL: Brian Johnson (Lakeland), Austin Maddox (Jacksonville), Deven Marrero (Miami), Chris Sale (Lake-land), and Robby Scott (Miami).15 players in camp were born outside of the 50 United States, including 5 in the Dominican Republic, 4 in Venezuela, 2 in Cuba, 1 in Puerto Rico, 1 in Canada, 1 in Mexico, and 1 in Aruba.

NATIONAL HEADLINES: The Red Sox will conclude their spring training schedule with 3 games against WSH: 3/30 at JetBlue Park, 3/31 at Nationals Park in DC, and 4/1 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.

DEFENDING CHAMPS: The Red Sox won the 2016 AL East Division title with a 93-69 record, finishing 4.0 games ahead of BAL (89-73) and TOR (89-73)...BOS began July with a 5.0-game deficit and suffered a 21-2 loss to LAA at Fenway on 7/2, but their .610 winning percentage (50-32) from 7/3 through the remainder of the season led the AL and ranked 2nd in MLB behind only the Cubs (.642, 52-29).The AL East has seen 3 different champions in the past 3 years (2014-BAL, 2015-TOR, 2016-BOS)...The Sox have been crowned division champions 8 times: 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, and 2016.BOS won 71 games in 2014, 78 in 2015, and 93 in 2016...Their 15-win improvement from 2015 to 2016 was the largest in the majors.

Tampa Bay Rays (6-6-1) at Boston Red Sox (6-7-1)Saturday, March 11, 2017 • JetBlue Park at Fenway South • Lee County, FL

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPSDATE OPP. TIME RED SOX PITCHERS OPPOSING PITCHERSSat., 3/11 at MIN 1:05 p.m. LHP Henry Owens, RHP Chandler Shepherd, RHP Kyle Gibson, RHP Matt Belisle, LHP Ryan O’Rourke, RHP Ben Taylor, RHP Marcus Walden RHP Ryan Pressly, LHP Buddy Boshers vs. TB 1:05 p.m. LHP Chris Sale, RHP Matt Barnes, LHP Robby Scott, RHP Alex Cobb, RHP Jacob Faria, RHP Neil Wagner, RHP Noe Ramirez, RHP Brandon Workman RHP Jeff Ames, RHP Diego MorenoSun. 3/12 at PHI 1:07 p.m. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP Robbie Ross Jr., RHP Aaron Nola, RHP Ben Lively, RHP Michael Mariot, RHP Heath Hembree, RHP Craig Kimbrel, RHP Edubray Ramos RHP Kyle Martin, LHP Luis YslaMon. 3/13 at TOR 1:07 p.m. RHP Steven Wright, RHP Hector Velazquez, LHP Brian Johnson, TBD RHP Austin Maddox, RHP Jamie Callahan, LHP Edgar Olmos

RED SOX 2017 SPRING TRAINING STATISTICAL LEADERS

Batting Stat LeaderAVG (min. 10 AB) ......Mookie Betts (.500) Hits ...Benintendi/Hernandez/Marrero (9)Doubles ............Andrew Benintendi (4)HR .............................5 players tied (2)Runs ..............................Betts/Craig (7)RBI ....... Hanley Ramirez/Sam Travis (7)BB .............................4 players tied (4)

Pitching Stat LeaderWins ...................... Kendrick/Rodriguez (2)Innings .......................... Kyle Kendrick (13)Strikeouts ...................... Kyle Kendrick (10)Appearances ................... 5 players tied (5)Starts ............................... Kyle Kendrick (3)Saves ................................Maddox/Ysla (1)

HOW THEY WERE OBTAINED (RED SOX 40-MAN ROSTER)

Amateur Draft Picks (14)Barnes (2011-1st round), Benintendi (2015-1st round), Betts (2011-5th round), Bradley Jr. (2011-compensation round), Brentz (2010-compensation round), Johnson (2012-1st round), Mar-rero (2012-1st round), Martin (2013-9th round), Owens (2011-1st round), Pedroia (2004-2nd round), N. Ramirez (2011-4th round), Swihart (2011-1st round), Vazquez (2008-9th round), Workman (2010-2nd round)

By Trade (17)Abad (From Twins, Aug. 2016), Elias (From Mariners, Dec. 2015), Hembree (From Giants, July 2014), Hernandez (From Cubs, Dec. 2014), Holt (From Pi-rates, Dec. 2012), Kelly (From Cardinals, July 2014), Kimbrel (From Padres, Nov. 2015), Leon (From Nationals, Mar. 2015), Pomeranz (From Padres, July 2016), Por-cello (From Tigers, Dec. 2014), Rodriguez (From Orioles, July 2014), Ross Jr. (From Rangers, Jan. 2015), Sale (From White Sox, Dec. 2016), Smith (From Mariners, Dec. 2015), Thornburg (From Brewers, Dec. 2016), Wright (From Indians, July 2012), Ysla (From Giants, Aug. 2015)

Free Agents (6)Moreland (Dec. 2016), Price (Dec. 2015), H. Ramirez (Nov. 2014), San-doval (Nov. 2014), Scott (Aug. 2011), Young (Dec. 2015)

International Free Agents (1)Bogaerts (Aug. 2009)

Off Waivers (1)Selsky (From Reds, Jan. 2017)

Rule 5 Draft Pick (1)Rutledge (From Rockies, 2016)

BOSTON RED SOX SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES

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2017 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS

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TODAY’S RED SOX PITCHERS vs. TB

DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV/RADIO Saturday, 3/11 TAMPA BAY JetBlue Park 1:05 p.m. NESNplus/WEEI 850 AM at Minnesota Lee County (Hammond) 1:05 p.m. Sunday, 3/12 at Philadelphia Clearwater 1:07 p.m. NESN/WEEI 850 AMMonday, 3/13 at Toronto Dunedin 1:07 p.m. WEEI 850 AMTuesday, 3/14 TORONTO JetBlue Park 1:05 p.m. WEEI 850 AMWednesday, 3/15 at Tampa Bay Port Charlotte 1:05 p.m. WEEI 850 AMThursday, 3/16 PITTSBURGH JetBlue Park 6:05 p.m. NESN/WEEI 850 AMFriday, 3/17 HOUSTON (Split Squad) JetBlue Park 1:05 p.m. WEEI 850 AMSaturday, 3/18 at Minnesota Lee County (Hammond) 1:05 p.m. NESN/WEEI 850 AMSunday, 3/19 MINNESOTA JetBlue Park 1:05 p.m. NESN/WEEI 93.7 FMMonday, 3/20 BALTIMORE JetBlue Park 1:05 p.m. WEEI 850 AMTuesday, 3/21 at New York Yankees Tampa 6:35 p.m. NESN/WEEI 850 AMWednesday, 3/22 Camp Day Thursday, 3/23 PITTSBURGH JetBlue Park 1:05 p.m. WEEI 850 AMFriday, 3/24 at Toronto Dunedin 1:07 p.m. MLB NetworkSaturday, 3/25 PHILADELPHIA JetBlue Park 1:05 p.m. NESN/WEEI 93.7 FM at Tampa Bay Port Charlotte 1:05 p.m. Sunday, 3/26 at Minnesota Lee County (Hammond) 1:05 p.m. NESN/WEEI 850 AMMonday, 3/27 at Baltimore Sarasota 1:05 p.m. ESPN/WEEI 850 AMTuesday, 3/28 at Pittsburgh Bradenton 6:05 p.m. NESNplus/WEEI 850 AMWednesday, 3/29 MINNESOTA JetBlue Park 1:05 p.m. WEEI 850 AMThursday, 3/30 WASHINGTON JetBlue Park 1:05 p.m. WEEI 850 AMFriday, 3/31 at Washington Nationals Park 4:05 p.m. NESNplus/WEEI 850 AMSaturday 4/1 at Washington U.S. Naval Academy 2:05 p.m. WEEI 850 AM

41-CHRIS SALE, LHP 1 G, 0-0, 4.50 ERA2017 SPRING: Made his spring debut on Monday at HOU, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) over 2.0 innings while striking out 2...2016 IN REVIEW: Finished 5th in AL Cy Young Award voting and 16th in AL MVP voting...Went 17-10 with a 3.34 ERA (84 ER/226.2 IP) and 233 SO in 32 starts...Was named to his 5th consecutive All-Star Team...Set career highs in innings, starts, and complete games, and matched his career best in wins (also 2012) and quality starts (23; also 2013 and 2015)...Won each of his first 9 starts, posting a 1.58 ERA and .163 opponent AVG in that span.

68-MATT BARNES, RHP 4 G, 0-0, 2.08 ERA2017 SPRING: Has not allowed a run in his 3 most recent outings...Pitched his 3rd consecutive scoreless inning on Tuesday at WSH...Also pitched a scoreless frame on 3/4 at PIT...Tossed a hitless 4th inning on 3/1 at BAL...Recorded 4 outs in his spring debut on 2/25 vs. MIN (3 SO, 1 ER)...2016 IN REVIEW: Led BOS with 62 appearances and 66.2 relief IP (T-19th in AL)...Held opponents to a .181 AVG (15-for-83) with RISP, 3rd-lowest among AL pitchers (min. 75 AB).

63-ROBBY SCOTT, LHP 4 G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA2017 SPRING: Has not allowed a run in 5 outings this spring, including a scoreless frame in an exhibition vs. Team USA on Thursday at JetBlue Park...Is 1 of only 2 Red Sox pitchers who has yet to allow a run in as many as 5 appearances (also Brandon Workman)...Threw his 4th scoreless inning on Monday at HOU...Pitched a scoreless 4th inning on 3/3 at ATL...Held STL scoreless on 2/27...Recorded 2 SO on 2/24 vs. NYM...2016 IN REVIEW: Made his ML debut with 7 scoreless games (6.0 IP, 1-0, 6 H, 5 SO)...Earned the Lou Gorman Award and Pawtucket’s Most Valuable Pitcher and Community Spirit awards.

66-NOE RAMIREZ, RHP 5 G, 0-0, 1.80 ERA2017 SPRING: Has recorded multiple SO in 3 of his 5 appearances this spring...Was charged with a blown save on Wednesday at NYM despite not being charged with a run...Struck out 2 in a hitless frame on Sunday vs. the Braves...Allowed his 1st ER of the spring on 3/2 vs. TB...Tossed a scoreless 4th inning on 2/27 vs. STL...Also threw a scoreless 6th on 2/24 vs. NYM...2016 IN REVIEW: Appeared in 14 games over 8 ML stints with BOS...Averaged a career-best 11.1 SO/9.0 IP (54 SO/43.2 IP) in 30 games for Pawtucket...Had a 14.0-inning scoreless streak from 5/10-6/28 (11 G, 10 SO, 0 BB).

67-BRANDON WORKMAN, RHP 5 G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA2017 SPRING: Has not allowed a run in 5 outings this spring...Made his 5th appearance on Wednesday at NYM, striking out 2...Also threw a scoreless frame on Sunday vs. ATL...On 3/2 vs. TB, dealt his 3rd straight scoreless outing...Struck out 2 in a scoreless 7th inning on 2/27 vs. STL...Threw a scoreless 8th on 2/24 vs. NYM...2016 IN REVIEW: Spent the year on the DL recovering from Tommy John surgery...Placed on the DL on 4/2...Made 10 appearances over 2 separate rehab assignments with the Rookie-level GCL Red Sox, Short-A Lowell, and Double-A Portland.

DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT RECORD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. Thursday, 2/23 NORTHEASTERN JetBlue Park W 9-6 --- SHEPHERD Jahn BUTTREY 7,608Friday, 2/24 NEW YORK METS JetBlue Park L 3-2 0-1 Lugo OWENS Robles 9,877Saturday, 2/25 MINNESOTA JetBlue Park W 8-7 1-1 OLMOS Chargois MADDOX 9,882Sunday, 2/26 at Tampa Bay Port Charlotte L 7-3 1-2 Archer VELAZQUEZ --- 5,165Monday, 2/27 ST. LOUIS JetBlue Park L 7-2 1-3 Wacha JOHNSON --- 9,511Tuesday, 2/28 NEW YORK YANKEES JetBluePark L5-4 1-4 Sheffield MADDOX Ramirez 9,849Wednesday, 3/1 at Baltimore Sarasota L 12-5 1-5 Bundy OWENS --- 7,086Thursday, 3/2 TAMPA BAY JetBlue Park W 19-2 2-5 RODRIGUEZ De Leon --- 9,430Friday, 3/3 at Atlanta Disney W 9-1 3-5 PORCELLO Freeman --- 8,414Saturday, 3/4 at Pittsburgh Bradenton L 3-2 3-6 LeBlanc VELAZQUEZ Light 7,893Sunday,3/5 ATLANTA JetBluePark W11-1 4-6 KENDRICK Foltynewicz --- 9,744Monday, 3/6 at Houston West Palm Beach T 5-5 4-6-1 --- --- --- 5,142Tuesday, 3/7 at Washington West Palm Beach W 5-3 5-6-1 RODRIGUEZ Worley YSLA 6,071Wednesday, 3/8 at New York Mets Port St. Lucie L 8-7 5-7-1 Wilk JOHNSON Taylor 6,538Thursday,3/9 TEAMUSA(WBC) JetBluePark W7-5 --- BEEKS Stankiewicz GROVER 8,521Friday,3/10 BALTIMORE JetBluePark W4-0 6-7-1 KENDRICK Jimenez --- 9,957

DEFENSIVE INNINGS - GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE GAMES

DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO2/24 NYM - 1.0 0 0 0 0 22/27 STL - 1.0 1 0 0 0 13/2 TB - 1.0 3 1 1 0 23/5 ATL - 1.0 0 0 0 1 23/8 at NYM - 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO2/25 MIN - 1.1 2 1 1 1 33/1 at BAL - 1.0 0 0 0 1 03/4 at PIT - 1.0 1 0 0 0 03/7 at WSH - 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO2/24 NYM - 1.0 1 0 0 0 12/27 STL - 1.0 0 0 0 1 23/2 TB - 1.0 1 0 0 1 03/5 ATL - 1.0 1 0 0 0 03/8 at NYM - 2.0 2 0 0 1 2

DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO2/24 NYM - 1.0 2 0 0 0 22/27 STL - 1.0 0 0 0 1 13/3 at ATL - 1.0 0 0 0 1 03/6 at HOU - 1.0 1 0 0 1 03/9 USA - 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO3/6 at HOU - 2.0 4 2 1 0 2

PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF TOTAL PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF TOTAL PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF TOTALBetts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 29 Devers 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 39 Ramirez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Benintendi 0 0 0 0 0 37 5 0 42 Dominguez 0 14 0 25 0 0 0 0 39 Rutledge 0 0 8 20 0 0 0 0 28Bogaerts 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 Hernandez 0 0 29 0 26 0 0 0 55 Sandoval 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 38Bogusevic 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 15 34 Holt 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 28 Selsky 0 3 0 0 0 0 29 7 39Bradley Jr. 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 37 Lake 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 18 34 Swihart 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28Brentz 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 33 46 Leon 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Travis 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 48Butler 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Marrero 0 0 27 0 36 0 0 0 63 Vazquez 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27Castillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 2 41 Moreland 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Young 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 29Craig 0 18 0 0 0 5 0 0 23 Pedroia 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 11DePew 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Procyshen 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16