BOS @ CLE, Monday, October 15, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 96-66, 1st, 2 up	SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (26, RHP, 15-12, 4.40) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (15-12) 204.2 191 100 100 80 201 25 4.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 10 GS 2-4 58.1 59 41 41 31 52 8 6.33 45 2007-10-05 LAA ND 4.2 7 3 3 3 3 0 96 38 2007-09-28 MIN W 8 6 2 2 2 8 1 119 68 2007-09-22 TBD ND 6.2 6 5 5 3 7 1 115 46 2007-09-14 NYY ND 5.2 4 2 2 5 7 0 120 55 2007-09-08 BAL L 2.2 6 8 8 3 2 2 72 13 2007-09-03 TOR W 5.1 10 7 7 1 3 1 98 22 2007-08-28 NYY L 6.1 6 5 5 3 2 2 110 40 2007-08-22 TBD L 6 2 2 2 4 8 1 111 64 2007-08-15 TBD L 6 8 6 6 3 5 0 101 34 2007-08-10 BAL ND 7 4 1 1 4 7 0 113 68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.CLE 1-1 12.2 16 6 6 3 9 1 4.26 48 2007-07-24 CLE W 7 4 0 0 3 5 0 98 71 2007-05-30 CLE L 5.2 12 6 6 0 4 1 106 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 51-30 Road: 45-36 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 71-43 vsLHP: 25-23 1-Run: 22-28 vsEast: 42-30 vsCntrl:22-13 vsWest: 20-17 IL:12-6 Last 20 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 5 Sat, Oct 13 CLE L 6-13(11) - 4 Fri, Oct 12 CLE W 10-3 - 3 Sun, Oct 7 @LAA W 9-1 - 2 Fri, Oct 5 LAA W 6-3 - 1 Wed, Oct 3 LAA W 4-0 - 162 Sun, Sep 30 MIN L 2-3 96-66 1st 2.0 up 161 Sat, Sep 29 MIN W 6-4 96-65 1st 3.0 up 160 Fri, Sep 28 MIN W 5-2 95-65 1st 3.0 up 159 Thu, Sep 27 MIN L 4-5 94-65 1st 2.0 up 158 Wed, Sep 26 OAK W 11-6 94-64 1st 3.0 up 157 Tue, Sep 25 OAK W 7-3 93-64 1st 3.0 up 156 Sun, Sep 23 @TBD L 4-5 92-64 1st 1.5 up 155 Sat, Sep 22 @TBD W 8-6 92-63 1st 2.5 up 154 Fri, Sep 21 @TBD W 8-1 91-63 1st 2.5 up 153 Wed, Sep 19 @TOR L 1-6 90-63 1st 1.5 up 152 Tue, Sep 18 @TOR L 3-4 90-62 1st 2.5 up 151 Mon, Sep 17 @TOR L 1-6 90-61 1st 3.5 up 150 Sun, Sep 16 NYY L 3-4 90-60 1st 4.5 up 149 Sat, Sep 15 NYY W 10-1 90-59 1st 5.5 up 148 Fri, Sep 14 NYY L 7-8 89-59 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Cleveland Indians, 96-66, 1st, 8 up	SP: Jake Westbrook (29, RHP, 6-9, 4.32) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-9) 152 159 78 73 55 93 13 4.32 2006 (15-10) 211.1 247 106 98 55 109 15 4.17 2005 (15-15) 210.2 218 121 105 56 119 19 4.49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 10 GS 3-3 63.2 72 30 27 20 43 4 3.82 50 2007-10-07 NYY L 5 9 6 6 0 1 1 79 26 2007-09-29 KCR ND 6.1 7 3 3 1 5 0 100 51 2007-09-23 OAK W 7 4 2 2 2 9 1 114 68 2007-09-18 DET ND 5 12 4 3 2 4 0 102 31 2007-09-12 CHW L 6 7 5 4 1 5 2 102 44 2007-09-07 LAA ND 7.2 5 2 2 5 2 0 111 58 2007-09-02 CHW L 5 11 4 3 3 6 0 104 34 2007-08-28 MIN W 6.2 10 3 3 2 4 0 104 44 2007-08-23 DET ND 8 5 0 0 2 3 0 104 73 2007-08-18 TBD W 7 2 1 1 2 4 0 89 71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.BOS 3-2 33.2 48 18 18 17 12 1 4.81 42 2007-07-23 BOS L 6 10 5 5 4 1 0 112 29 2006-08-03 BOS W 8 15 6 6 1 1 0 118 28 2006-04-25 BOS ND 5 6 2 2 6 2 0 98 43 2004-05-03 BOS W 6 6 0 0 2 3 0 103 61 2001-07-03 BOS W 6 5 1 1 2 4 1 90 60 2000-06-22 BOS L 2.2 6 4 4 2 1 0 50 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 52-29 Road: 44-37 ExtrInn:11-8 vsRHP: 64-47 vsLHP: 32-19 1-Run: 29-24 vsEast: 18-18 vsCntrl:48-24 vsWest: 21-15 IL: 9-9 Last 20 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 6 Sat, Oct 13 @BOS W 13-6 (11) - 5 Fri, Oct 12 @BOS L 3-10 - 4 Mon, Oct 8 @NYY W 6-4 - 3 Sun, Oct 7 @NYY L 4-8 - 2 Fri, Oct 5 NYY W 2-1 (11) - 1 Thu, Oct 4 NYY W 12-3 - 162 Sun, Sep 30 @KCR W 4-2 96-66 1st 8.0 up 161 Sat, Sep 29 @KCR L 3-4 95-66 1st 8.0 up 160 Fri, Sep 28 @KCR W 5-3 95-65 1st 8.0 up 159 Thu, Sep 27 @SEA L 2-4 94-65 1st 7.0 up 158 Wed, Sep 26 @SEA L 2-3 (10) 94-64 1st 7.5 up 157 Wed, Sep 26 SEA W 12-4 94-63 1st 7.5 up 156 Tue, Sep 25 @SEA W 4-3 (12) 93-63 1st 8.0 up 155 Sun, Sep 23 OAK W 6-2 92-63 1st 7.5 up 154 Sat, Sep 22 OAK L 3-9 91-63 1st 7.5 up 153 Fri, Sep 21 OAK W 4-3 91-62 1st 7.5 up 152 Wed, Sep 19 DET W 4-2 90-62 1st 7.5 up 151 Tue, Sep 18 DET W 7-4 89-62 1st 6.5 up 150 Mon, Sep 17 DET W 6-5 (11) 88-62 1st 5.5 up 149 Sun, Sep 16 KCR L 3-4 87-62 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Oct 13, 2007 CLE 13 @BOS 6 (11) W:Tom Mastny , L: Eric Gagne , S: none Fri, Oct 12, 2007 BOS 10 CLE 3 W:Josh Beckett , L: C.C. Sabathia , S: none Thu, Jul 26, 2007 BOS 14 @CLE 9 W:Julian Tavarez , L: Cliff Lee , S: none Wed, Jul 25, 2007 CLE 1 BOS 0 W:Fausto Carmona , L: Josh Beckett , S: Joe Borowski Tue, Jul 24, 2007 BOS 1 @CLE 0 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka , L: C.C. Sabathia , S: Jonathan Papelbon Mon, Jul 23, 2007 BOS 6 @CLE 2 W:Jon Lester , L: Jake Westbrook , S: Manny Delcarmen Wed, May 30, 2007 CLE 8 @BOS 4 W:Paul Byrd , L: Daisuke Matsuzaka , S: none Tue, May 29, 2007 BOS 4 CLE 2 W:Josh Beckett , L: Jeremy Sowers , S: Hideki Okajima Mon, May 28, 2007 BOS 5 CLE 3 W:Curt Schilling , L: Cliff Lee , S: Jonathan Papelbon Thu, Aug 03, 2006 CLE 7 @BOS 6 W:Jake Westbrook (8-7), L: Josh Beckett (13-6), S: Jason Davis (1) Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 5-2; 2006 - CLE won 4-3; 2005 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - CLE leads 1008-938 Totals exclude the postseason.

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.
Post - PA and OPS in the current postseason.
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 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

W. Taveras .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

T. Hunter .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 47.Borowski
G/S/vB 46.Fultz*
G/S/vB 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 40.Mastny
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd SB/CS HR/E

13.Cora* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 232/203 .246/.298/.386/.684 .385/.730 .777 1/1 3/5

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 8/1.625 4/.000 5/1.200 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 591/426 .268/.330/.382/.712 .751/.697 .668 28/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.500 7/.762 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 552/422 .270/.373/.423/.796 .638/.846 .763 4/2 11/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/98 .353/.394/.509/.902 .802/.931 .772 9/0 3/0

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 14/1.083 2/.500 ··· 8/1.214 ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .519 3/0 6/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 101/41 .218/.287/.287/.574 .633/.490 .750 0/0 1/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 12/.606 4/.000 8/.393 9/.222 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 653/473 .324/.378/.501/.879 .849/.890 .767 3/2 21/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 26/.641 5/2.000 4/1.250 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 630/455 .237/.294/.349/.643 .651/.640 .547 33/6 8/19

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/108 .202/.278/.360/.637 .771/.615 .659 0/0 5/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 10/.300 6/.000 6/1.100 10/1.178 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 667/457 .332/.445/.621/1.066 .852/1.171 1.005 3/1 35/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 581/395 .317/.380/.442/.823 .870/.800 .729 7/1 8/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/1.063 7/.453 3/2.667 7/.429 ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 2/4.000 569/408 .296/.388/.493/.881 1.095/.801 .871 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 10/1.267 4/.000 4/.000 5/1.400 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 518/371 .255/.367/.421/.787 .801/.782 .781 1/2 17/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 11/1.386 4/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 625/451 .288/.390/.453/.843 .815/.854 .889 4/2 16/3

IP 152.0 79.1 65.2 37.0 49.1 29.1 57.2 60.2 TOTAL .279/.362/.444/.806 .801/.808 .768 96/24 166/81

ERA-K/9

4.32/5.5

1.47/9.1

5.07/7.9

2.92/6.8

4.56/4.6

2.15/10.4

4.68/8.1

1.78/9.2

4.05/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mirabelli (35-10-6)
Varitek (63-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 648/.276 289/.183 292/.289 158/.228 207/.287 125/.234 262/.283 236/.187 .268 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Kielty
Hinske
Ellsbury 120/0/0/8
0/144/0/7
0/4/133/3
12/1/17/2
24/0/12/1
22/16/1/0

OPS .729 .485 .768 .662 .728 .616 .809 .531 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 345/.783 113/.617 152/.742 79/.629 68/.869 47/.548 103/.861 92/.450 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.669 176/.400 140/.798 79/.695 139/.661 78/.656 159/.777 144/.580 .723

Home 361/.752 136/.480 133/.698 78/.768 53/.761 65/.738 132/.847 120/.561 .732

HR/SB/CS 13/14/7 4/4/4 9/9/2 2/1/2 2/1/3 1/0/1 6/4/2 5/2/1 146/93/46

Usage ·······X ·X····o· ·oX···oX ··o····X ········ ·XX····X ·oX····· ·o····X·

Cleveland Indians Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.06 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 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm SB/CS HR/E

29.Barfield G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 444/323 .243/.270/.324/.594 .549/.610 .598 14/5 3/15

1.Blake G/S/vP 7/.286 2/2.000 3/.333 7/.762 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 10/.633 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .714 4/5 18/14

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 186/136 .283/.354/.421/.775 .950/.702 .710 0/0 3/1

25.Garko G/S/vP 6/1.667 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 541/378 .289/.359/.483/.842 .914/.812 .869 0/1 21/8

27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/.929 240/145 .297/.325/.374/.699 .678/.712 .769 1/2 1/3

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 301/198 .266/.318/.472/.790 .920/.722 .974 8/3 13/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.000 1/.000 6/.367 4/.250 3/.333 3/.666 1/5.000 661/420 .266/.385/.451/.837 .837/.836 .791 1/1 24/0

7.Lofton* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 5/1.000 1/.000 8/.542 2/.000 3/.666 20/.417 559/450 .296/.367/.414/.781 .545/.838 .800 23/7 7/3

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.667 2/2.000 1/.000 3/2.334 4/.833 3/.000 1/no AB 3/1.334 645/414 .301/.374/.505/.879 .825/.908 .865 0/0 25/5

8.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 295/139 .270/.324/.397/.721 .800/.636 .779 3/4 7/1

33.Nixon* G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 354/298 .251/.342/.336/.677 .571/.697 .700 0/0 3/4

2.Peralta G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 7/1.238 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 6/1.167 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .881 4/4 21/19

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .823 0/0 7/4

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 8/1.500 2/.000 3/.666 6/1.500 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.000 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .913 33/10 24/2

IP 204.2 44.0 52.0 63.0 40.2 69.0 58.1 55.1 TOTAL .268/.343/.428/.771 .798/.760 .800 72/41 178/92

ERA-K/9

4.40/8.8

2.05/8.4

3.81/8.8

4.57/7.1

3.10/5.7

2.22/8.2

1.85/13.0

3.42/5.0

3.87/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (70-33-6)
Shoppach (23-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 874/.246 176/.183 221/.245 275/.257 174/.240 272/.202 224/.146 222/.232 .247 Lofton
Sizemore
Michaels
Nixon
Gutierrez
Blake 50/83/0/8
0/160/0/4
74/1/27/4
0/0/87/4
9/8/88/3
0/0/7/2

OPS .731 .564 .667 .753 .695 .561 .463 .664 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 424/.744 73/.578 107/.575 77/.725 93/.805 98/.648 126/.400 92/.500 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 450/.719 103/.555 114/.754 198/.764 81/.565 174/.512 98/.543 130/.779 .711

Road 479/.714 88/.461 97/.617 173/.740 82/.664 134/.483 105/.358 116/.721 .683

HR/SB/CS 25/18/7 4/2/2 3/1/0 10/4/2 2/0/1 6/5/0 5/4/0 7/3/2 151/107/32

Usage ········ ·X······ ·oX····o ·o······ ·oX····· ·X·····X ·X······ ·oX·····

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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SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (26, RHP, 15-12, 4.40)

SP: Jake Westbrook (29, RHP, 6-9, 4.32)

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