TBD @ BOS, Thursday, July 5, 2007 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 33-50, 5th, 19 GB, 15½ GB in WC	SP: J.P. Howell (24, LHP, 1-2, 5.19) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (1-2) 34.2 42 21 20 14 34 4 5.19 2006 (1-3) 42.1 52 25 24 14 33 4 5.10 2005 (3-5) 72.2 73 55 50 39 54 9 6.19 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 39.2 48 23 22 14 38 5 4.99 47 2007-06-30 CLE L 4.1 8 5 5 1 5 1 95 31 2007-06-25 CHW ND 5 8 3 3 3 7 0 111 43 2007-06-19 ARI ND 5.1 9 4 4 4 4 1 107 34 2007-06-14 SDP L 7 4 2 1 3 2 0 94 62 2007-06-08 FLA ND 5 8 6 6 3 9 1 104 33 2007-06-03 KCR W 8 5 1 1 0 7 1 100 75 2006-09-28 CLE ND 5 6 2 2 0 4 1 99 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 0-0 4.2 5 5 4 3 7 1 7.71 40 2006-08-06 BOS ND 4.2 5 5 4 3 7 1 100 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 19-24 Road: 14-26 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 22-37 vsLHP: 11-13 1-Run: 11-10 vsEast: 8-13 vsCntrl:10-17 vsWest: 8-9 IL: 7-11 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 83 Wed, Jul 4 @BOS L 5-7 33-50 5th 19.0 gb 82 Tue, Jul 3 @BOS L 1-4 33-49 5th 18.0 gb 81 Mon, Jul 2 @CLE L 2-10 33-48 5th 17.0 gb 80 Sun, Jul 1 @CLE L 2-3 33-47 5th 16.0 gb 79 Sat, Jun 30 @CLE L 6-8 33-46 5th 16.0 gb 78 Fri, Jun 29 @CLE L 1-2 33-45 5th 16.0 gb 77 Thu, Jun 28 CHW L 1-5 33-44 5th 15.0 gb 76 Wed, Jun 27 CHW L 3-5 33-43 5th 14.5 gb 75 Tue, Jun 26 CHW L 1-6 33-42 4th 14.5 gb 74 Mon, Jun 25 CHW L 4-5 33-41 4th 14.5 gb Last 10: 0-10 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30:11-19
Boston Red Sox, 52-31, 1st, 11½ up	SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 11-2, 3.38) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TBD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (11-2) 96 86 38 36 20 83 6 3.38 2006 (16-11) 204.2 191 120 114 74 158 36 5.01 2005 (15-8) 178.2 153 75 67 58 166 14 3.38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 45.1 46 22 21 8 36 4 4.17 53 2007-06-30 TEX L 5 10 5 5 0 4 1 92 31 2007-06-24 SDP W 8 6 2 2 1 8 0 116 69 2007-06-19 ATL W 6 4 0 0 2 3 0 88 65 2007-06-14 COL L 5 10 6 6 1 1 2 100 23 2007-06-08 ARI W 8 5 3 2 0 8 1 93 70 2007-06-03 NYY ND 6.1 8 4 4 3 5 0 117 43 2007-05-29 CLE W 7 3 2 2 1 7 0 91 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBD 1-2 19.2 19 11 11 5 21 5 5.03 52 2006-09-27 TBD L 6.2 8 8 8 1 8 2 92 33 2006-07-03 TBD L 7 7 3 3 3 6 3 97 54 2006-05-25 TBD W 6 4 0 0 1 7 0 101 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-14 Road: 25-17 ExtrInn: 1-3 vsRHP: 40-20 vsLHP: 12-11 1-Run: 14-10 vsEast: 18-9 vsCntrl: 9-4 vsWest: 13-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 83 Wed, Jul 4 TBD W 7-5 52-31 1st 11.5 up 82 Tue, Jul 3 TBD W 4-1 51-31 1st 11.0 up 81 Mon, Jul 2 TEX W 7-3 50-31 1st 10.5 up 80 Sun, Jul 1 TEX L 1-2 49-31 1st 10.5 up 79 Sat, Jun 30 TEX L 4-5 49-30 1st 10.5 up 78 Fri, Jun 29 TEX W 2-1 49-29 1st 10.5 up 77 Wed, Jun 27 @SEA L 1-2 (11) 48-29 1st 9.0 up 76 Tue, Jun 26 @SEA L 7-8 48-28 1st 10.0 up 75 Mon, Jun 25 @SEA L 4-9 48-27 1st 10.0 up 74 Sun, Jun 24 @SDP W 4-2 48-26 1st 11.0 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jul 04, 2007 BOS 7 TBD 5 W:Tim Wakefield (9-8), L: Edwin Jackson (1-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (20) Tue, Jul 03, 2007 BOS 4 TBD 1 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (10-5), L: Scott Kazmir (5-5), S: none Wed, Sep 27, 2006 TBD 11 @BOS 0 W:Tim Corcoran (5-9), L: Josh Beckett (16-11), S: none Tue, Sep 26, 2006 BOS 5 TBD 1 W:Curt Schilling (15-7), L: Jason Hammel (0-5), S: none Sun, Aug 06, 2006 TBD 7 BOS 6 (10) W:Shawn Camp (4-0), L: Julian Tavarez (2-4), S: none Sat, Aug 05, 2006 TBD 8 BOS 5 W:Casey Fossum (6-4), L: David Wells (0-2), S: Brian Meadows (8) Fri, Aug 04, 2006 BOS 3 @TBD 2 W:Curt Schilling (14-4), L: Seth McClung (3-11), S: Jonathan Papelbon (30) Thu, Jul 06, 2006 BOS 12 @TBD 5 W:Tim Wakefield (7-8), L: James Shields (4-2), S: none Wed, Jul 05, 2006 TBD 5 BOS 2 W:Tim Corcoran (3-0), L: Jason Johnson (3-10), S: Brian Meadows (4) Tue, Jul 04, 2006 TBD 9 BOS 6 W:Jon Switzer (1-0), L: Curt Schilling (10-3), S: Shawn Camp (4) Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 2-0; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; 2005 - BOS won 13-6; All-Time - BOS leads 100-53

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

DET 5.88

NYM 4.58

WSN 3.69

RA/G

SDP 3.35

CLE 4.63

TBD 5.99

I. Suzuki .368

T. Tulowitzki .285

D. Navarro .179

OBP

B. Bonds .517

S. Casey .359

D. Navarro .240

SLG

A. Rodriguez .660

A. Gonzalez .455

A. Kennedy .256

OPS

B. Bonds 1.131

A. Gonzalez .814

D. Navarro .499

ERA

C. Young 2.00

D. Wells 4.16

K. Wells 6.06

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.70

B. Arroyo 6.09

A. Cook 2.72

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 39.Snyder
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Cantu G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 3/.666 10/.200 58/18 .231/.293/.250/.543 .603/.410 .614 16/.393 0/0 0/0

17.Casanova# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 43/31 .306/.395/.694/1.089 .933/1.150 1.281 38/1.137 0/0 4/2

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 9/.888 2/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.100 3/2.334 15/.467 359/244 .286/.335/.449/.784 .853/.751 .876 109/.592 21/6 6/4

31.Gomes G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 3/1.666 12/1.333 134/90 .246/.328/.458/.786 .850/.755 .775 75/.913 2/1 6/0

16.Harris G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 298/209 .305/.359/.463/.822 .832/.817 .810 114/.861 2/0 8/8

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/135 .290/.382/.432/.814 1.047/.691 .807 117/.683 7/3 3/4

10.Mohr G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.333 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 12/6 .167/.167/.417/.584 1.166/.000 .875 12/.584 0/1 1/0

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/3.000 219/158 .179/.240/.259/.499 .462/.511 .499 64/.420 1/0 1/3

14.Norton# G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 10/1.156 93/83 .195/.333/.299/.632 .425/.656 .496 53/.606 0/0 2/0

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 5/1.100 3/1.667 258/206 .285/.393/.612/1.005 .824/1.048 1.102 99/.969 0/0 19/4

52.Switzer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 17/1.475 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.400 345/249 .269/.316/.446/.762 .963/.690 .769 109/.878 1/4 13/8

9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/50 .219/.301/.274/.575 .676/.504 .306 30/.608 3/0 0/10

26.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 346/254 .269/.301/.401/.702 .740/.687 .729 109/.731 6/3 9/6

IP 96.0 8.1 21.0 41.0 32.0 30.0 19.1 TOTAL .260/.327/.425/.752 .812/.727 .775 65/28 97/70

ERA-K/9

3.38/7.8

2.16/6.5

3.43/6.0

0.88/8.1

1.69/12.7

2.40/6.9

5.59/4.7

3.69/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casanova (4-3-2)
Navarro (34-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 392/.234 33/.154 93/.250 153/.156 126/.149 130/.225 84/.312 .246 Young
Crawford
Gomes
Norton
Mohr 0/20/62/9
78/0/0/2
3/0/19/2
1/0/3/0
1/1/1/0

OPS .642 .473 .765 .403 .476 .650 .925 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 189/.691 14/.231 53/.786 54/.445 71/.433 54/.428 31/.568 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.596 19/.610 40/.734 99/.381 55/.530 76/.816 53/1.141 .706

Home 227/.697 18/.584 49/.752 72/.358 62/.683 88/.715 40/.767 .744

Last 28d days 136/.749 30/.527 35/.830 42/.335 38/.352 42/.464 48/.883

HR/SB/CS 6/4/0 0/1/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 2/3/1 5/0/0 68/49/11

Usage ····X··· X··X·o·· o·ooX··· ··oo·o·o oo···X·X ··X·X··· ··X·o···

Boston Red Sox Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays Pitchers (5.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 22.Camp
G/S/vB 15.Fossum*
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 41.Stokes
G/S/vB 45.Witasick
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cora* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 11/.382 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 12/.606 137/121 .283/.333/.458/.791 .580/.822 .601 48/.719 0/1 2/3

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 6/.000 10/.633 9/.333 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 299/224 .263/.316/.374/.690 .796/.654 .650 85/.907 15/5 4/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/1.500 ··· ··· 6/.733 287/215 .261/.373/.402/.775 .667/.812 .769 95/1.020 1/2 6/4

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/13 .286/.375/.357/.732 .000/.917 .732 16/.732 1/0 0/0

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 8/.250 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 94/85 .210/.309/.432/.741 .778/.735 .744 27/1.227 0/0 3/3

25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 17/.485 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 7/.453 315/222 .296/.349/.514/.863 .825/.879 1.004 87/.639 2/0 13/12

23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/.762 324/238 .192/.261/.282/.543 .706/.486 .711 76/.346 20/2 4/9

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/3.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 78/66 .178/.231/.274/.505 .533/.498 .501 22/.282 0/0 2/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 3/1.666 5/2.467 25/.775 12/2.083 4/2.250 ··· 3/.666 341/231 .307/.422/.541/.963 .671/1.108 .941 97/.778 1/0 13/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 259/180 .320/.402/.449/.851 .891/.835 .894 94/.853 1/0 3/3

22.Pena G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.000 13/.496 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 122/72 .216/.287/.369/.656 .733/.602 .484 33/.370 0/1 4/3

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.333 5/1.800 20/.900 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 14/1.571 343/246 .285/.385/.467/.852 1.177/.734 .855 93/.859 0/0 11/1

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 7/.929 11/.546 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 7/.619 265/190 .272/.362/.443/.805 .815/.801 .860 84/.764 1/0 8/5

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 3/2.000 7/.619 12/.533 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 343/248 .329/.420/.503/.923 .902/.931 .991 90/.792 2/1 9/2

IP 34.2 31.1 64.0 42.0 14.1 37.1 23.0 TOTAL .273/.356/.434/.790 .810/.783 .816 44/12 82/50

ERA-K/9

5.19/8.8

6.03/8.1

7.17/5.9

5.36/5.1

5.65/10.7

5.54/5.5

3.91/5.5

5.62/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mirabelli (24-5-5)
Varitek (25-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 160/.294 148/.328 303/.333 184/.287 65/.276 174/.348 105/.241 .291 Ramirez
Crisp
Pena
Drew
Hinske
Ellsbury 76/0/0/4
0/74/0/3
12/12/21/2
0/0/69/1
10/0/5/0
2/3/0/0

OPS .806 .874 .904 .812 .802 .890 .751 .829

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.994 42/.759 101/.791 80/.965 33/.456 81/.993 35/.790 .818

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.764 106/.913 202/.962 104/.697 32/1.136 93/.803 70/.726 .836

Road 76/1.029 51/1.114 128/.780 81/.709 23/.741 70/.777 54/.779 .836

Last 28d days 129/.884 43/.831 49/.752 67/.896 65/.802 50/.778 40/.711

HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 4/1/0 11/9/0 4/5/0 2/0/1 6/2/0 1/1/1 108/49/21

Usage ····X··· ·X·o·o·X X··o·o·· ··oX·o·X ·X··X·X· o···X·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: TBD @ BOS, 7:05pm, Thursday, July 5, 2007 @Fenway Park II

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SP: J.P. Howell (24, LHP, 1-2, 5.19)

SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 11-2, 3.38)

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