BOS @ BAL, Friday, August 10, 2007 Game Preview

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

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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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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Game Preview: BOS @ BAL, 7:05pm, Friday, August 10, 2007 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

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

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

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