Just a couple of quick notes from last night’s win in Anaheim:

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* – David Ortiz homered twice on Monday night, the 37th time that he’s hit multiple home runs in a game. Since 2000, he is tied for 3rd in multi-HR games:

43 – Alex Rodriguez
38 – Vladimir Guerrero
37 – David Ortiz
37 – Albert Pujols

That gives Papi 34 homers in Anaheim this month (including the home run derby).

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* – The Red Sox scored 6 runs last night. It was just the 2nd time in the last 14 games that they’ve put up 6+ runs. They are still 2nd in the majors as they’ve scored 6+ runs in 43% of their 2010 games (43-100):

48% – New York Yankees
43% – Boston Red Sox
42% – Texas Rangers

They have scored 6+ on the road in 20-50 (40%). That trails several teams including Tampa Bay, who leads the majors at 50%. But it’s better than the Yankees (38%).

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* – Since the all-star break ended, the Red Sox bullpen ERA is … Before I tell you, let me say that I didn’t believe it either until I checked it again … The Red Sox bullpen ERA since the all-star break is 2.91. That’s 4th best in the AL in that span:

1.61 – Cleveland Indians
2.19 – Oakland A’s
2.40 – Texas Rangers
2.91 – Boston Red Sox

Here are the individuals since the break (with IP in parentheses):

Papelbon – 0.00 (6.1)
Bard – 1.59 (5.2)
Atchison – 2.35 (7.2)
Ramirez – 3.86 (4.2)
Okajima – 4.50 (4.0)
Delcarmen – 10.13 (2.2)
Others – 3.38 (8.0)

The Royals pen ERA since the break is 9.56 with a 2.18 WHIP (walks plus hits per inning) over 37 innings.

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* – Clay Buchholz has now allowed multiple baserunners or a HR in the 1st inning in 9 straight starts (dating back to May 24). His first inning OPS allowed in that span is .874, but after the first inning it’s only .527. That’s the 3rd lowest such OPS allowed in the majors in that span (min. 130 batters faced from 2nd inning on):

.504 – Felix Hernandez, SEA
.519 – Cliff Lee, SEA/TEX
.527 – Clay Buchholz, BOS
.532 – Josh Johnson, FLA