BOS @ NYY, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, , 1st, 8 up	SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (26, RHP, 13-10, 3.76) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (13-10) 170 153 71 71 63 172 18 3.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 44.1 34 16 16 23 47 4 3.25 58 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 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 2-0 13 13 10 10 5 14 1 6.92 46 2007-04-27 NYY W 6 5 4 4 4 7 0 117 49 2007-04-22 NYY W 7 8 6 6 1 7 1 108 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 0-0 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB Last 10: 0-0 Last 20: 0-0 Last 30: 0-0
New York Yankees, , 2nd, 8 GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: Andy Pettitte (35, LHP, 11-7, 3.69) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (11-7) 173 185 77 71 55 114 10 3.69 2006 (14-13) 214.1 238 114 100 70 178 27 4.20 2005 (17-9) 222.1 188 66 59 41 171 17 2.39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-1 48 45 14 14 17 41 2 2.63 59 2007-08-22 LAA W 7 5 1 1 2 6 1 95 67 2007-08-17 DET W 8 5 1 1 1 5 0 104 72 2007-08-12 CLE W 7.1 7 2 2 2 4 0 97 58 2007-08-06 TOR W 5.2 6 3 3 4 7 0 114 48 2007-08-01 CHW W 7 6 1 1 2 6 0 117 65 2007-07-27 BAL L 7 8 3 3 3 5 0 104 51 2007-07-22 TBD W 6 8 3 3 3 8 1 96 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 24.2 39 21 21 12 18 2 7.66 36 2007-06-03 BOS ND 4.1 7 5 5 1 3 0 83 31 2007-05-23 BOS W 7 9 1 1 1 2 0 106 56 2007-04-27 BOS L 4.2 6 5 5 5 5 1 102 32 2007-04-20 BOS ND 6.1 8 2 2 2 3 1 100 50 2003-09-05 BOS L 2.1 9 8 8 3 5 0 70 9
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 0-0 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB Last 10: 0-0 Last 20: 0-0 Last 30: 0-0
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Sep 17, 2006 BOS 5 @NYY 4 W:Javier Lopez (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (3-5), S: Mike Timlin (8) Sun, Sep 17, 2006 BOS 6 @NYY 3 W:Bryan Corey (2-1), L: Ron Villone (3-3), S: Mike Timlin (7) Sat, Sep 16, 2006 NYY 7 BOS 5 W:Scott Proctor (6-4), L: Craig Breslow (0-2), S: Kyle Farnsworth (5) Sat, Sep 16, 2006 BOS 5 @NYY 2 W:Josh Beckett (15-10), L: Chien-Ming Wang (17-6), S: Mike Timlin (6) Mon, Aug 21, 2006 NYY 2 @BOS 1 W:Cory Lidle (10-9), L: David Wells (2-3), S: Kyle Farnsworth (2) Sun, Aug 20, 2006 NYY 8 @BOS 5 (10) W:Mariano Rivera (5-5), L: Craig Hansen (1-1), S: none Sat, Aug 19, 2006 NYY 13 @BOS 5 W:Randy Johnson (14-9), L: Josh Beckett (13-8), S: none Fri, Aug 18, 2006 NYY 14 @BOS 11 W:Mike Myers (1-0), L: Mike Timlin (5-3), S: none Fri, Aug 18, 2006 NYY 12 @BOS 4 W:Chien-Ming Wang (14-5), L: Jason Johnson (3-12), S: none Thu, Jun 08, 2006 BOS 9 @NYY 3 W:Curt Schilling (9-2), L: Jaret Wright (3-4), S: none Season Series: 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; 2005 - NYY won 10-9; All-Time - NYY leads 1089-907

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 5.92

CHC 4.62

WSN 3.95

RA/G

BOS 3.93

KCR 4.84

TBD 5.95

M. Ordonez .355

K. Johnson .292

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .495

A. Rios .362

S. Thorman .253

SLG

R. Braun .648

G. Sizemore .472

N. Punto .258

OPS

B. Bonds 1.091

A. Ethier .826

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 2.12

C. Zambrano 3.95

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

C. James 6.40

S. Trachsel 2.81

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.33 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 34.Henn*
G/S/vB 65.Hughes
G/S/vB 31.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 52.Vizcaino
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/4 .182/.438/.273/.710 .450/2.000 .913 16/.710 0/0 0/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 9/.333 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 5/.200 200/176 .254/.309/.395/.705 .467/.740 .785 35/.678 1/1 2/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 14/.665 5/.400 ··· 7/1.166 ··· ··· ··· 8/.750 7/.286 497/354 .273/.336/.390/.726 .746/.717 .699 99/.673 21/5 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 15/1.396 3/.000 ··· 12/1.983 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/1.111 442/328 .262/.362/.394/.756 .650/.794 .763 80/.879 2/2 7/

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 8/.536 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.600 ··· 155/138 .208/.329/.423/.752 .853/.740 .647 26/.906 3/0 5/

32.Kielty# G/S/vP 6/.567 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 5/.250 67/24 .259/.313/.345/.658 .611/.726 .853 27/.892 0/0 1/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 12/.697 7/.286 ··· 20/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 8/.661 11/1.212 521/366 .323/.378/.511/.889 .900/.884 .808 113/.968 2/2 17/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 22/.627 4/1.167 ··· 16/.467 5/.650 ··· ··· 14/.536 9/.777 517/367 .240/.296/.347/.643 .671/.631 .520 102/.729 28/6 6/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 37/.878 1/no AB ··· 9/.333 4/.833 ··· ··· 20/.979 5/.200 534/356 .324/.436/.581/1.017 .769/1.149 1.019 112/1.174 2/0 24/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 10/.700 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/2.667 450/295 .319/.391/.440/.831 .835/.829 .783 104/.851 5/0 6/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 77/1.135 3/.666 ··· 7/.715 4/2.417 ··· ··· 41/.565 9/1.111 545/388 .290/.383/.487/.870 1.063/.796 .853 106/.669 0/0 19/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 51/.870 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 30/.900 7/1.096 414/293 .264/.357/.410/.768 .783/.761 .722 82/.690 1/1 11/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 12/1.667 4/.500 ··· 9/.819 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 5/.200 536/382 .291/.386/.453/.839 .850/.835 .882 117/.697 3/2 13/

IP 173.0 44.2 9.0 51.1 33.2 38.2 10.2 56.0 66.1 TOTAL .279/.362/.440/.802 .798/.802 .780 69/20 127/

ERA-K/9

3.69/5.9

3.22/6.4

0.00/15.0

4.21/6.7

7.49/6.9

5.35/8.4

5.91/13.5

3.38/9.2

3.66/6.9

4.57/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (3-2-0)
Varitek (50-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 729/.279 198/.239 31/.103 228/.256 166/.297 160/.221 49/.237 233/.266 287/.211 .272 Ramirez
Crisp
Kielty
Drew
Hinske 114/0/0/8
0/120/0/5
5/1/11/1
0/3/106/1
19/0/12/0

OPS .725 .689 .265 .751 .898 .680 .875 .670 .657 .763

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.847 75/.884 9/.347 112/.882 60/.790 79/.772 21/1.143 108/.651 120/.729 .811

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 560/.689 123/.579 22/.232 116/.633 106/.961 81/.593 28/.688 125/.687 167/.605 .729

Home 323/.763 90/.625 10/.200 106/.652 83/.659 66/.821 29/.721 108/.691 138/.698 .741

Last 28d days 139/.611 19/.433 31/.265 39/.544 57/1.196 119/.747 34/.665 53/.807 51/.605

HR/SB/CS 10/13/6 2/4/5 0/0/0 7/9/2 5/0/1 5/6/1 3/2/0 4/2/1 4/5/1 120/115/35

Usage ·····X·· X·o····· ···o·o·· ·X·o···X X··X··Xo ·X·····X X··X··X· ···X·X·X ·X·X··Xo

New York Yankees Batters (5.92 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (3.93 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 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 18.Matsuzaka
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

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 7/.143 2/3.000 5/.400 14/.297 7/.143 3/.333 7/.571 4/1.250 35/1.207 9/.985 561/421 .289/.369/.447/.816 .587/.894 .921 105/1.100 21/6 15/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 242/204 .224/.340/.463/.803 .661/.832 .960 50/.688 0/0 13/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 8/.536 6/1.167 3/1.334 489/349 .293/.346/.431/.777 .694/.790 .723 113/.839 11/4 8/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.250 6/.334 6/1.000 5/.650 5/.800 9/.472 5/1.200 539/360 .302/.351/.480/.830 .837/.827 .858 108/.977 3/4 14/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 7/.762 2/.000 8/.000 18/.922 15/.748 19/.210 481/351 .264/.356/.379/.734 .685/.753 .809 86/.928 20/2 8/

17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/31 .292/.358/.667/1.025 1.209/.894 1.438 30/1.010 0/0 6/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 6/1.467 2/.500 4/4.000 3/1.167 6/1.467 4/.500 5/1.067 2/2.000 18/.808 19/.223 221/165 .263/.362/.484/.846 .832/.849 .894 42/.944 1/0 12/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 7/1.571 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.571 2/1.000 9/.347 4/1.000 18/.398 31/.817 586/446 .318/.388/.433/.821 .850/.811 .828 104/.646 12/8 8/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/.833 3/.000 3/.666 7/.572 8/1.232 516/351 .306/.376/.519/.895 .789/.944 .926 111/.976 3/1 23/

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 170/128 .238/.259/.306/.565 .724/.511 .566 32/.657 2/1 0/

12.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 196/140 .288/.326/.373/.699 .628/.726 .789 73/.578 0/2 2/

20.Posada# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.167 4/.000 2/1.500 12/1.889 15/.833 480/334 .329/.413/.534/.946 .924/.956 .900 85/1.028 2/0 16/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 7/.629 3/1.167 5/1.400 6/1.000 20/.666 22/.868 578/427 .306/.413/.633/1.047 .911/1.092 1.020 112/1.022 18/2 43/

IP 170.0 30.0 43.1 32.2 170.0 61.2 46.2 47.2 122.2 44.0 TOTAL .291/.365/.464/.829 .763/.854 .865 99/30 164/

ERA-K/9

3.76/9.1

2.40/9.0

3.74/8.7

2.76/5.5

3.76/9.1

1.17/7.7

1.74/13.7

3.78/6.4

4.84/5.5

2.86/4.5

3.71/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (26-11-2)
Posada (86-25-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 716/.240 122/.202 183/.246 138/.237 716/.240 235/.172 181/.146 210/.232 545/.276 173/.228 .245 Cabrera
Matsui
Abreu
Damon
Duncan
Betemit 18/102/5/12
99/0/0/5
0/0/127/3
14/45/1/1
2/0/6/1
1/0/1/0

OPS .704 .609 .671 .675 .704 .458 .464 .712 .768 .652 .695

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 336/.667 51/.715 86/.578 71/.713 336/.667 80/.464 102/.371 88/.623 277/.712 71/.492 .684

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 380/.735 71/.538 97/.755 67/.634 380/.735 155/.454 79/.584 122/.778 268/.823 102/.761 .704

Road 404/.676 69/.483 83/.599 72/.635 404/.676 125/.449 92/.329 88/.721 312/.779 99/.766 .669

Last 28d days 110/.683 43/.705 51/1.006 12/.417 110/.683 41/.556 31/.165 41/.949 90/.734 46/.548

HR/SB/CS 18/15/7 3/2/2 3/1/0 1/0/1 18/15/7 3/2/0 4/4/0 5/5/2 12/0/0 6/1/2 110/84/27

Usage ·····X·· ·o·o··Xo ·X·o·X·· ··oo···· ·····X·· ···X··X· ·o····o· ··XX···· ·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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Game Preview: BOS @ NYY, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 @Yankee Stadium II

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SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (26, RHP, 13-10, 3.76)

SP: Andy Pettitte (35, LHP, 11-7, 3.69)

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