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Game Preview: BOS @ BAL, 7:05pm, Friday, August 10, 2007 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

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Boston Red Sox, 69-45, 1st, 6 up

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (26, RHP, 13-8, 3.70)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (13-8)           151   139  62  62  52 152 17    3.70      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  44.1  43  17  17  16  42  8    3.45   55 
 2007-08-04    SEA   W   7     6   2   2   2  10  2     113   65 
 2007-07-29    TBD   L   6.1   8   2   2   1   6  1     113   54 
 2007-07-24    CLE   W   7     4   0   0   3   5  0      98   71 
 2007-07-19    CHW   L   5     2   3   3   6   6  0     109   51 
 2007-07-14    TOR   W   6     9   4   4   2   2  2     110   38 
 2007-07-08    DET   L   5    10   6   6   1   4  3      90   26 
 2007-07-03    TBD   W   8     4   0   0   1   9  0     122   82 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL    Has never faced BAL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-20   Road:   33-25   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  52-27   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 25-13   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 16-15 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug  8  @LAA  W   9-6       69-45  1st  6.0 up
113 Tue, Aug  7  @LAA  L   4-10      68-45  1st  5.0 up
112 Mon, Aug  6  @LAA  L   2-4       68-44  1st  6.0 up
111 Sun, Aug  5  @SEA  W   9-2       68-43  1st  7.0 up
110 Sat, Aug  4  @SEA  W   4-3       67-43  1st  7.0 up
109 Fri, Aug  3  @SEA  L   4-7       66-43  1st  7.0 up
108 Thu, Aug  2   BAL  W   7-4       66-42  1st  8.0 up
107 Wed, Aug  1   BAL  W   5-4       65-42  1st  7.0 up
106 Tue, Jul 31   BAL  L   3-5       64-42  1st  7.0 up
105 Sun, Jul 29  @TBD  L   2-5       64-41  1st  8.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Baltimore Orioles, 52-61, 4th, 16½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (28, LHP, 12-4, 3.09)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-4)           154.1 122  55  53  48 192 19    3.09      
 2006 (15-11)          196.1 196  92  82  69 171 16    3.76      
 2005 (6-8)            141.2 139  66  63  57 125 10    4.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-0  47.1  28  13  13  16  63  8    2.47   67 
 2007-08-05    TBD   W   6.2   9   3   3   0  11  2     115   55 
 2007-07-31    BOS   W   6     2   2   2   5   6  1     112   61 
 2007-07-25    TBD   W   6     6   1   1   2   8  1     109   62 
 2007-07-20    OAK   W   7     1   1   1   3  11  1     105   79 
 2007-07-13    CHW   W   7     3   0   0   2   7  0      98   76 
 2007-07-07    TEX   W   9     2   0   0   0  15  0     109   98 
 2007-07-02    CHW  ND   5.2   5   6   6   4   5  3     101   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      3-2  27    20  13  12  17  19  1    4.00   52 
 2007-07-31    BOS   W   6     2   2   2   5   6  1     112   61 
 2006-09-29    BOS   L   5     7   4   4   4   3  0     101   36 
 2006-09-13    BOS   W   7     2   0   0   2   5  0     108   76 
 2006-05-17    BOS   W   7     2   1   1   3   3  0     100   69 
 2006-05-06    BOS   L   2     7   6   5   3   2  0      73   19 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-27   Road:   25-34   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  34-44   vsLHP:  18-17   1-Run:   9-22
 vsEast: 22-16   vsCntrl:15-15   vsWest:  9-18 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Thu, Aug  9   SEA  L   8-13      52-61  4th 16.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug  8   SEA  L   4-8       52-60  4th 16.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug  7   SEA  L   3-10      52-59  4th 15.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5  @TBD  W  11-3       52-58  4th 15.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4  @TBD  L   2-9       51-58  4th 15.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3  @TBD  W   3-1       51-57  4th 14.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  2  @BOS  L   4-7       50-57  4th 15.5 gb
106 Wed, Aug  1  @BOS  L   4-5       50-56  4th 14.5 gb
105 Tue, Jul 31  @BOS  W   5-3       50-55  4th 13.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29   NYY  L   6-10      49-55  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 02, 2007 BOS  7  BAL  4    W:Tim Wakefield (13-9), L: Rob Bell (3-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 BOS  5  BAL  4    W:Javier Lopez (2-1), L: John Parrish (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (24)
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 BAL  5 @BOS  3    W:Erik Bedard (11-4), L: Josh Beckett (13-5), S: Jamie Walker (4)
Sun, May 13, 2007 BOS  6  BAL  5    W:J.C. Romero (1-0), L: Chris Ray (3-3), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2007 BOS 13  BAL  4    W:Javier Lopez (1-0), L: Jon Leicester (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 11, 2007 BAL  6 @BOS  3    W:Brian Burres (1-1), L: Julian Tavarez (1-4), S: Chris Ray (8)
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 BOS  5 @BAL  2    W:Josh Beckett (5-0), L: Chris Ray (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (7)
Wed, Apr 25, 2007 BOS  6 @BAL  1    W:Curt Schilling (3-1), L: Daniel Cabrera (1-2), S: none

Sun, Oct 01, 2006 BOS  9  BAL  0 (5)   W:Devern Hansack (1-1), L: Hayden Penn (0-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 30, 2006 BAL  5 @BOS  4    W:Chris Ray (4-4), L: Mike Timlin (6-6), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 6-2; 2006 - BOS won 15-3; 2005 - BOS won 10-8; All-Time - BOS leads 1098-907

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.95

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.81

WSN  4.68

TBD  6.18

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

J. Encarnacion  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .496

S. Taguchi  .361

M. Olivo  .252

SLG

R. Braun  .665

M. Mora  .463

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

G. Dobbs  .820

R. Langerhans  .549

ERA

C. Young  1.82

J. Francis  4.06

J. Contreras  6.49

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

J. Guthrie  6.31

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB
28.Baez
G/S/vB
30.Bell
G/S/vB
25.Birkins*
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
36.Parrish*
G/S/vB
23.Shuey
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 174/156 .255/.310/.405/.715 .513/.739 .841 31/.455 1/1 2/4
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 6/.167 3/2.667 7/1.286 ··· 5/1.350 1/no AB ··· 9/.777 435/319 .276/.340/.401/.741 .795/.721 .706 115/.831 20/5 5/1
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.900 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 385/281 .254/.358/.382/.740 .634/.781 .735 81/.673 2/2 6/5
25.Lowell G/S/vP 14/.310 4/.250 12/1.600 2/.500 6/.333 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 447/317 .311/.362/.501/.863 .829/.877 .749 111/.847 2/2 15/14
23.Lugo G/S/vP 30/.629 5/1.000 5/.400 2/5.000 7/.286 6/.833 2/no AB 3/.000 451/323 .228/.290/.329/.619 .703/.586 .494 112/.767 27/4 6/13
28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 6/.500 4/.000 6/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 3/2.334 ··· 3/.667 112/94 .210/.288/.380/.668 .694/.663 .673 31/.905 0/0 5/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .143/.250/.143/.393 .000/.453 .393 8/.393 0/0 0/0
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 26/.897 18/1.083 22/1.559 2/1.500 1/.000 10/1.000 5/.200 12/1.750 459/308 .319/.431/.560/.991 .768/1.106 .971 102/.995 2/0 19/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 7/.143 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 386/258 .326/.399/.447/.846 .846/.847 .805 108/.837 5/0 5/3
22.Pena G/S/vP 13/1.248 3/3.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 167/93 .219/.293/.391/.684 .835/.566 .970 35/.827 0/1 5/3
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 20/.594 21/.538 21/1.381 2/.500 14/1.357 10/1.133 1/2.000 4/2.000 477/345 .296/.388/.511/.899 1.145/.809 .894 119/1.042 0/0 19/1
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 19/.511 10/1.357 15/1.015 1/.000 18/1.149 5/.900 5/2.050 13/.581 362/254 .261/.356/.403/.759 .732/.771 .705 79/.589 1/1 9/5
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 20/.313 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 462/335 .306/.400/.477/.877 .892/.872 .890 118/.751 3/2 12/3
IP 154.1 39.0 23.2 12.2 46.0 41.2 18.1 43.2 TOTAL .278/.360/.441/.801 .808/.798 .770 65/18 114/61
ERA-K/9 3.09/11.2 5.77/5.5 4.94/4.9 9.95/5.7 2.93/4.9 5.40/7.8 7.36/5.9 3.09/6.0 4.41/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mirabelli (30-8-5)
 Varitek (43-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 625/.214 167/.225 105/.269 67/.367 198/.276 199/.252 81/.300 178/.241 .252  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Pena
 Drew
 Moss
100/0/0/7
0/105/0/5
21/12/34/3
0/1/93/1
3/0/1/0
OPS .632 .741 .805 1.033 .632 .744 .817 .606 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.733 65/.945 40/1.219 20/1.247 60/.748 83/.729 23/1.089 82/.635 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 485/.604 102/.612 65/.574 47/.943 138/.582 116/.751 58/.716 96/.581 .685
Home 254/.613 89/.640 56/.696 34/1.155 107/.701 90/.857 32/.572 90/.638 .727
Last 28d days 129/.600 35/.483 59/.964 19/.892 52/.665 36/.911 38/.675 41/.635
HR/SB/CS 19/3/2 6/4/0 3/3/0 2/0/0 0/2/1 2/0/0 1/2/1 2/2/1 105/69/24
Usage ····X··· ····o·o· ·X·····X ··X··X·· ··X·X··· ·oo··o·· ·oo··X·· ··o···oo
Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
83.Gagne
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
39.Snyder
G/S/vB
51.Tavarez
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.800 145/122 .219/.306/.273/.579 .590/.577 .599 22/.808 0/1 1/3
12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 40/34 .237/.275/.316/.591 .000/.699 .742 12/1.053 1/1 0/0
31.Gibbons* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 4/.000 9/.347 10/.700 285/238 .229/.274/.350/.624 .749/.599 .549 59/.650 0/0 6/2
14.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.000 22/1.056 7/.929 185/110 .302/.339/.391/.730 .700/.750 .700 61/.742 1/2 1/3
55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 13/.607 13/.385 11/.920 268/193 .266/.362/.384/.746 .728/.754 .877 74/.876 1/2 5/6
19.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/.750 12/1.000 18/.745 420/314 .260/.302/.403/.705 .775/.682 .736 87/.782 0/0 8/4
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 4/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 10/1.200 6/.666 490/338 .293/.354/.445/.799 .675/.857 .795 104/.904 14/3 11/1
15.Millar G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 5/2.600 12/1.278 7/1.238 363/244 .269/.380/.433/.813 .723/.856 .860 97/.752 0/1 10/1
5.Mora G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 4/.833 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 8/1.857 20/.768 351/261 .272/.340/.463/.803 .823/.797 .821 14/1.129 7/2 13/7
17.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 4/1.833 13/.693 5/.000 394/270 .269/.309/.382/.691 .820/.632 .815 107/.896 31/7 5/3
16.Payton G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 8/.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/.750 10/.200 4/.000 339/242 .260/.301/.362/.663 .777/.618 .639 82/.560 4/2 4/5
1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.750 2/.000 3/.333 5/1.850 10/.844 12/.733 502/345 .316/.400/.467/.867 .688/.946 .849 107/.926 34/6 9/6
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.750 2/2.500 3/.333 15/.667 15/.708 27/.684 359/265 .303/.352/.424/.776 .894/.735 .799 46/.748 2/0 10/9
IP 151.0 23.0 36.1 55.1 40.2 43.1 109.0 36.1 TOTAL .274/.337/.408/.745 .746/.744 .763 97/28 86/57
ERA-K/9 3.70/9.1 2.35/9.0 2.48/8.2 0.98/7.5 1.99/13.0 2.91/6.4 5.20/5.3 3.47/4.0 3.81/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (21-5-6)
 Hernandez (39-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 636/.243 93/.195 148/.215 207/.167 161/.159 190/.220 493/.293 144/.242 .251  Markakis
 Patterson
 Payton
 Gibbons
 Fahey
 Millar
0/0/112/10
0/107/0/6
85/17/2/2
43/0/2/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .713 .552 .588 .445 .504 .666 .805 .703 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.677 38/.647 70/.458 68/.411 88/.434 79/.541 249/.773 53/.500 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 340/.743 55/.491 78/.707 139/.461 73/.587 111/.758 244/.836 91/.819 .721
Road 351/.705 50/.513 63/.466 107/.417 84/.362 75/.611 290/.800 79/.856 .684
Last 28d days 136/.787 52/.642 42/.881 43/.535 31/.579 48/.641 101/1.010 41/.416
HR/SB/CS 17/11/5 2/2/2 2/1/0 3/2/0 4/4/0 3/4/1 11/0/0 6/1/2 98/73/20
Usage ·····X·· ··X·o·o· ·X···X·X ·X··o··o ·o···X·· ··X·X··· ·ooX···· ·X·o··X·

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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