BOS @ DET, Friday, July 6, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 53-31, 1st, 12 up	SP: Julian Tavarez (34, RHP, 5-6, 4.39) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (5-6) 84 86 46 41 32 49 7 4.39 2006 (5-4) 98.2 110 54 49 44 56 10 4.47 2005 (2-3) 65.2 68 28 25 19 47 6 3.43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 41.1 43 20 16 13 24 3 3.48 50 2007-07-01 TEX L 5.2 7 2 1 3 2 0 106 48 2007-06-25 SEA L 4.1 6 6 3 3 1 0 87 31 2007-06-20 ATL W 7 3 0 0 1 4 0 97 74 2007-06-15 SFG W 7 6 2 2 2 3 0 103 58 2007-06-09 ARI ND 6 6 3 3 1 5 1 97 52 2007-06-04 OAK ND 5.2 9 3 3 2 3 1 107 40 2007-05-27 TEX ND 5.2 6 4 4 1 6 1 89 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 1-0 10.2 11 10 4 8 4 1 3.38 42 2007-05-17 DET W 7 4 1 1 4 3 0 104 64 2001-07-06 DET ND 3.2 7 9 3 4 1 1 93 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-14 Road: 25-17 ExtrInn: 1-3 vsRHP: 40-20 vsLHP: 13-11 1-Run: 14-10 vsEast: 19-9 vsCntrl: 9-4 vsWest: 13-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 84 Thu, Jul 5 TBD W 15-4 53-31 1st 12.0 up 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Detroit Tigers, 49-34, 2nd, 1 GB, 2½ up in WC	SP: Andrew Miller (22, LHP, 3-2, 3.81) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (3-2) 28.1 26 14 12 13 19 4 3.81 2006 (0-1) 10.1 8 9 7 10 6 0 6.10 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 28.1 26 14 12 13 19 4 3.81 51 2007-06-30 MIN L 5 6 6 5 2 4 1 98 35 2007-06-24 ATL W 6 4 0 0 2 2 0 88 64 2007-06-16 PHI L 6 7 4 3 3 6 2 108 47 2007-06-10 NYM W 5.1 5 4 4 3 5 1 100 44 2007-05-18 STL W 6 4 0 0 3 2 0 94 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-19 Road: 27-15 ExtrInn: 2-6 vsRHP: 32-27 vsLHP: 17-7 1-Run: 15-11 vsEast: 10-9 vsCntrl:17-15 vsWest: 8-6 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 83 Thu, Jul 5 CLE W 12-3 49-34 2nd 1.0 gb 82 Wed, Jul 4 CLE W 6-4 48-34 2nd 2.0 gb 81 Tue, Jul 3 CLE L 4-5 (11) 47-34 2nd 3.0 gb 80 Sun, Jul 1 MIN W 1-0 47-33 2nd 1.5 gb 79 Sat, Jun 30 MIN L 5-8 46-33 2nd 1.5 gb 78 Fri, Jun 29 MIN L 1-11 46-32 2nd 0.5 gb 77 Thu, Jun 28 TEX W 5-2 46-31 1st 0.5 up 76 Tue, Jun 26 TEX L 6-9 45-31 1st Tied 75 Mon, Jun 25 TEX L 3-8 45-30 1st 1.0 up 74 Sun, Jun 24 @ATL W 5-0 45-29 1st 2.0 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, May 17, 2007 BOS 4 DET 2 W:Brendan Donnelly (2-1), L: Wilfredo Ledezma (3-1), S: Hideki Okajima (2) Thu, May 17, 2007 BOS 2 DET 1 W:Julian Tavarez (2-4), L: Zach Miner (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (11) Tue, May 15, 2007 DET 7 @BOS 2 W:Justin Verlander (4-1), L: Tim Wakefield (4-4), S: none Mon, May 14, 2007 BOS 7 DET 1 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (5-2), L: Nate Robertson (3-3), S: none Wed, Aug 16, 2006 BOS 6 DET 4 W:David Wells (2-2), L: Justin Verlander (14-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (32) Tue, Aug 15, 2006 DET 3 @BOS 2 W:Fernando Rodney (6-3), L: Mike Timlin (5-2), S: Todd Jones (33) Mon, Aug 14, 2006 DET 7 @BOS 4 W:Nate Robertson (11-8), L: Josh Beckett (13-7), S: Todd Jones (32) Sun, Jun 04, 2006 BOS 8 @DET 3 W:Matt Clement (5-4), L: Zach Miner (0-1), S: none Sat, Jun 03, 2006 DET 6 BOS 2 W:Jeremy Bonderman (6-4), L: Tim Wakefield (4-7), S: Fernando Rodney (7) Fri, Jun 02, 2006 BOS 3 @DET 2 W:Rudy Seanez (1-0), L: Todd Jones (0-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (20) Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 3-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - BOS won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 999-938

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 5.95

NYM 4.60

WSN 3.67

RA/G

SDP 3.35

CHW 4.68

TBD 6.10

M. Ordonez .370

C. Granderson .284

D. Navarro .181

OBP

B. Bonds .514

T. Tulowitzki .358

D. Navarro .241

SLG

A. Rodriguez .660

J. Willingham .453

A. Kennedy .256

OPS

B. Bonds 1.121

M. DeRosa .814

D. Navarro .501

ERA

C. Young 2.00

D. Wells 4.16

R. Tejeda 6.70

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.70

D. Willis 6.15

A. Cook 2.72

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Miller*
G/S/vB Capellan
G/S/vB 52.Durbin
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 43.McBride*
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/122 .281/.331/.455/.786 .580/.814 .999 46/.754 0/1 2/3

10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 305/228 .265/.320/.389/.709 .864/.656 .724 88/.990 15/5 5/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 291/216 .265/.375/.404/.779 .695/.808 .780 95/1.042 1/2 6/4

12.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/88 .205/.323/.422/.745 .637/.758 .735 32/1.189 0/0 3/3

25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 321/226 .307/.358/.531/.889 .850/.905 .724 89/.778 2/0 14/12

23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 329/241 .192/.263/.282/.545 .730/.481 .396 77/.385 20/2 4/9

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/68 .178/.250/.274/.524 .533/.521 .509 24/.350 0/0 2/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 346/234 .313/.425/.545/.970 .678/1.116 .984 98/.776 1/0 13/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 265/184 .322/.405/.448/.853 .894/.834 .807 100/.856 1/0 3/3

22.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/74 .212/.282/.363/.645 .733/.585 .893 35/.347 0/1 4/3

24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 347/248 .289/.389/.473/.862 1.209/.734 .850 93/.912 0/0 11/1

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/192 .277/.368/.446/.814 .840/.804 .753 84/.807 1/0 8/5

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 343/248 .329/.420/.503/.923 .902/.931 .861 86/.798 2/1 9/2

IP 28.1 15.0 84.2 38.1 33.1 18.2 15.0 22.2 TOTAL .276/.360/.438/.798 .827/.787 .766 44/12 84/50

ERA-K/9

3.81/6.0

4.20/7.8

4.25/4.9

6.10/7.0

5.67/4.9

3.86/9.1

1.80/6.0

3.57/5.9

4.39/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mirabelli (24-5-5)
Varitek (26-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 130/.236 62/.200 369/.265 177/.299 151/.281 89/.233 64/.276 91/.224 .267 Ramirez
Crisp
Pena
Drew
Hinske 77/0/0/4
0/75/0/3
12/12/22/2
0/0/70/1
10/0/5/0

OPS .740 .656 .766 .830 .734 .700 .695 .617 .763

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.324 19/.576 178/.687 54/.824 85/.818 38/.562 18/.516 45/.365 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.832 43/.689 191/.842 123/.833 66/.623 51/.806 46/.768 46/.870 .780

Home 75/.739 36/.750 132/.901 100/1.060 72/.671 56/.752 14/.749 46/.535 .774

Last 28d days 104/.782 47/.648 103/.737 49/.952 43/.677 31/.611 14/.749 24/.477

HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 3/2/0 13/5/1 4/0/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/2 1/1/0 88/36/14

Usage ·····X·· o·X····· ··X····X ·X···X·· ·o··o··o ·oo···X· ·XX····· X·o··o··

Detroit Tigers Batters (5.95 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Tavarez
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Casey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 279/235 .295/.358/.390/.748 .856/.729 .757 82/.881 1/0 1/1

28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 356/286 .284/.338/.549/.887 .426/1.001 .831 108/.788 9/0 11/3

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 306/237 .328/.392/.579/.971 1.165/.931 .977 81/1.201 6/5 13/14

20.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/60 .301/.327/.350/.677 .740/.627 .736 28/.517 3/0 0/2

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 298/231 .251/.344/.427/.771 1.000/.706 .789 88/.819 5/1 11/9

27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 288/218 .219/.267/.385/.652 .949/.555 .531 70/.353 0/2 9/1

30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 353/270 .370/.448/.613/1.061 1.175/1.026 1.052 98/.931 2/0 13/1

8.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/46 .172/.221/.266/.487 .641/.400 .364 20/.528 0/0 1/3

14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 351/263 .334/.380/.433/.813 .828/.807 .910 103/.841 3/2 3/0

58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/65 .261/.307/.348/.655 .844/.625 .553 16/.621 0/0 0/1

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 294/211 .285/.299/.448/.747 .795/.728 .773 87/.745 0/2 8/4

3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 356/275 .298/.404/.549/.953 1.069/.921 .995 91/1.037 11/4 20/0

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/72 .242/.289/.492/.781 .905/.683 .830 39/.784 2/1 8/1

IP 84.0 8.1 21.0 41.0 32.0 31.0 21.1 TOTAL .290/.351/.473/.824 .886/.805 .831 42/17 98/51

ERA-K/9

4.39/5.2

2.16/6.5

3.43/6.0

0.88/8.1

1.69/12.7

2.61/7.0

5.06/4.2

3.69/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rabelo (6-4-3)
Rodriguez (30-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 367/.259 33/.154 93/.250 153/.156 126/.149 136/.226 90/.301 .247 Granderson
Monroe
Ordonez
Sheffield
Thames
Infante 0/81/0/6
74/0/0/5
0/0/77/3
7/0/6/1
9/0/7/0
0/12/6/0

OPS .717 .473 .765 .403 .476 .655 .883 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.697 14/.231 53/.786 54/.445 71/.433 56/.434 34/.578 .692

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 173/.736 19/.610 40/.734 99/.381 55/.530 80/.818 56/1.075 .709

Road 234/.717 15/.354 44/.777 81/.444 64/.275 42/.520 44/1.070 .654

Last 28d days 126/.643 30/.527 35/.830 42/.335 38/.352 48/.498 54/.817

HR/SB/CS 7/0/0 0/1/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 2/3/1 5/0/0 68/50/11

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

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: Julian Tavarez (34, RHP, 5-6, 4.39)

SP: Andrew Miller (22, LHP, 3-2, 3.81)

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