BOS @ CLE, Thursday, October 18, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 96-66, 1st, 2 up	SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 20-7, 3.27) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (20-7) 200.2 189 76 73 40 194 17 3.27 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 10 GS 7-2 68.1 62 23 22 11 69 9 2.90 60 2007-10-12 CLE W 6 4 2 2 0 7 1 80 63 2007-10-03 LAA W 9 4 0 0 0 8 0 108 87 2007-09-27 MIN L 6 10 5 5 0 6 2 99 38 2007-09-21 TBD W 6 4 1 1 2 8 0 113 66 2007-09-15 NYY W 7 3 1 1 2 7 1 108 72 2007-09-09 BAL W 7 7 2 2 0 8 2 116 63 2007-09-04 TOR W 8 5 3 3 2 7 1 117 65 2007-08-29 NYY L 6.2 13 4 4 1 6 1 113 37 2007-08-24 CHW W 5.2 7 3 3 3 4 1 111 44 2007-08-17 LAA ND 7 5 2 1 1 8 0 104 68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.CLE 1-3 24.2 24 19 18 6 23 7 6.57 47 2007-07-25 CLE L 8 4 1 1 0 7 1 114 77 2007-05-29 CLE W 7 3 2 2 1 7 0 91 69 2006-08-03 CLE L 6 11 7 7 0 3 3 88 25 2006-04-27 CLE L 3.2 6 9 8 5 6 3 100 16
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 7 Tue, Oct 16 @CLE L 3-7 - 6 Mon, Oct 15 @CLE L 2-4 - 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Cleveland Indians, 96-66, 1st, 8 up	SP: C.C. Sabathia (26, LHP, 19-7, 3.21) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (19-7) 241 238 94 86 37 209 20 3.21 2006 (12-11) 192.2 182 83 69 44 172 17 3.22 2005 (15-10) 196.2 185 92 88 62 161 19 4.03 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 10 GS 6-2 69.1 59 27 27 21 55 5 3.50 57 2007-10-12 BOS L 4.1 7 8 8 5 3 0 85 15 2007-10-04 NYY W 5 4 3 3 6 5 2 114 46 2007-09-28 KCR W 7 8 3 3 1 4 1 96 52 2007-09-19 DET W 7 5 2 2 1 7 0 109 65 2007-09-14 KCR ND 7 7 4 4 2 13 0 115 58 2007-09-08 LAA W 9 5 1 1 1 3 0 103 75 2007-09-03 MIN W 8 6 0 0 1 6 0 100 75 2007-08-29 MIN W 6 7 2 2 2 2 0 109 50 2007-08-24 KCR L 8 5 2 2 2 6 0 119 68 2007-08-19 TBD ND 8 5 2 2 0 6 2 102 70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.BOS 2-4 48.1 51 22 21 8 35 8 3.91 53 2007-07-24 BOS L 7 5 1 1 0 7 0 106 70 2006-08-01 BOS W 8 10 1 1 1 8 1 111 65 2005-06-20 BOS L 4.2 9 9 9 0 5 2 91 15 2004-05-11 BOS ND 7 6 2 2 3 3 2 116 57 2004-05-06 BOS L 6.2 8 4 4 0 0 1 107 42 2002-09-17 BOS L 8 8 4 3 1 1 1 123 52 2001-08-29 BOS W 7 5 1 1 3 11 1 129 71
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 8 Tue, Oct 16 BOS W 7-3 - 7 Mon, Oct 15 BOS W 4-2 - 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:21-9
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Oct 16, 2007 CLE 7 BOS 3 W:Paul Byrd , L: Tim Wakefield , S: none Mon, Oct 15, 2007 CLE 4 BOS 2 W:Jake Westbrook , L: Daisuke Matsuzaka , S: Joe Borowski 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 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 52.Sabathia*
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 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 232/203 .246/.298/.386/.684 .385/.730 .777 1/1 3/5

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 8/.500 5/.000 5/1.200 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 591/426 .268/.330/.382/.712 .751/.697 .668 28/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 8/.661 4/.250 ··· 2/.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 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 8/1.214 ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .519 3/0 6/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP 35/1.045 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 10/.844 5/.000 9/.347 9/.222 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 653/473 .324/.378/.501/.879 .849/.890 .767 3/2 21/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 22/.818 5/2.000 4/1.250 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 630/455 .237/.294/.349/.643 .651/.640 .547 33/6 8/19

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 11/.282 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 22/.935 8/.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 6/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 2/.000 ··· 581/395 .317/.380/.442/.823 .870/.800 .729 7/1 8/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 26/1.915 9/.347 3/2.667 7/.429 ··· 3/3.334 2/.500 2/4.000 569/408 .296/.388/.493/.881 1.095/.801 .871 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 14/.547 4/.000 5/.000 5/1.400 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 518/371 .255/.367/.421/.787 .801/.782 .781 1/2 17/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 10/.944 6/.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 241.0 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

3.21/7.8

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 975/.259 289/.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 .684 .485 .768 .662 .728 .616 .809 .531 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.545 113/.617 152/.742 79/.629 68/.869 47/.548 103/.861 92/.450 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 762/.723 176/.400 140/.798 79/.695 139/.661 78/.656 159/.777 144/.580 .723

Home 550/.648 136/.480 133/.698 78/.768 53/.761 65/.738 132/.847 120/.561 .732

HR/SB/CS 20/10/10 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·· ·oo·X··· ··X·oX·· ·····o·· ········ ·Xo·XX·· ····oX·· ····o···

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 19.Beckett
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 5/.000 ··· 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 10/.700 3/2.000 3/.333 8/.661 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 10/.633 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .714 4/5 18/14

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 186/136 .283/.354/.421/.775 .950/.702 .710 0/0 3/1

25.Garko G/S/vP 7/.143 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 541/378 .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 5/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 301/198 .266/.318/.472/.790 .920/.722 .974 8/3 13/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 15/1.700 2/.000 1/.000 7/.310 4/.250 4/.250 3/.666 1/5.000 661/420 .266/.385/.451/.837 .837/.836 .791 1/1 24/0

7.Lofton* G/S/vP 24/.724 2/2.000 5/1.000 2/.000 8/.542 2/.000 3/.666 21/.396 559/450 .296/.367/.414/.781 .545/.838 .800 23/7 7/3

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 15/.557 2/2.000 1/.000 4/1.750 4/.833 4/.250 1/no AB 3/1.334 645/414 .301/.374/.505/.879 .825/.908 .865 0/0 25/5

8.Michaels G/S/vP 11/1.255 ··· ··· 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/.334 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 354/298 .251/.342/.336/.677 .571/.697 .700 0/0 3/4

2.Peralta G/S/vP 11/.788 4/1.833 1/2.000 8/1.071 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 7/1.000 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .881 4/4 21/19

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .823 0/0 7/4

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 15/.467 2/.000 3/.666 8/1.375 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 5/.000 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .913 33/10 24/2

IP 200.2 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

3.27/8.7

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 822/.245 176/.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 .663 .564 .667 .753 .695 .561 .463 .664 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 410/.684 73/.578 107/.575 77/.725 93/.805 98/.648 126/.400 92/.500 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 412/.641 103/.555 114/.754 198/.764 81/.565 174/.512 98/.543 130/.779 .711

Road 364/.637 88/.461 97/.617 173/.740 82/.664 134/.483 105/.358 116/.721 .683

HR/SB/CS 17/14/6 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·· ·Xo·X··· ····oX·· ·X··o··· ····oX·· ··X·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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Game Preview: BOS @ CLE, 8:00pm, Thursday, October 18, 2007 @Jacobs Field

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SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 20-7, 3.27)

SP: C.C. Sabathia (26, LHP, 19-7, 3.21)

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