BOS @ NYY, Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 80-52, 1st, 7 up	SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 16-5, 3.21) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (16-5) 160 147 60 57 33 152 10 3.21 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 50 45 17 16 10 52 4 2.88 61 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 2007-08-11 BAL W 8.2 8 2 2 0 8 0 115 68 2007-08-05 SEA W 6.2 8 1 1 2 9 0 107 61 2007-07-31 BAL L 8 9 5 5 2 6 1 110 48 2007-07-25 CLE L 8 4 1 1 0 7 1 114 77 2007-07-20 CHW W 6 4 3 3 2 10 1 114 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 2-2 26 35 28 26 21 19 4 9.00 32 2007-06-03 NYY ND 6.1 8 4 4 3 5 0 117 43 2007-04-21 NYY W 6.2 9 5 4 2 7 0 106 43 2006-09-16 NYY W 6 4 2 2 5 4 1 112 55 2006-08-19 NYY L 5.2 7 9 9 9 2 1 121 12 2006-06-05 NYY L 1.1 7 8 7 2 1 2 45 9
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-23 Road: 40-29 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 58-31 vsLHP: 22-21 1-Run: 18-19 vsEast: 30-18 vsCntrl:20-11 vsWest: 18-17 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 132 Tue, Aug 28 @NYY L 3-5 80-52 1st 7.0 up 131 Sun, Aug 26 @CHW W 11-1 80-51 1st 7.5 up 130 Sat, Aug 25 @CHW W 14-2 79-51 1st 6.5 up 129 Fri, Aug 24 @CHW W 10-1 78-51 1st 6.5 up 128 Fri, Aug 24 @CHW W 11-3 77-51 1st 6.5 up 127 Wed, Aug 22 @TBD L 1-2 76-51 1st 5.0 up 126 Tue, Aug 21 @TBD W 8-6 76-50 1st 6.0 up 125 Mon, Aug 20 @TBD W 6-0 75-50 1st 5.0 up 124 Sun, Aug 19 LAA L 1-3 74-50 1st 4.0 up 123 Sat, Aug 18 LAA W 10-5 74-49 1st 5.0 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
New York Yankees, 73-59, 2nd, 7 GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Roger Clemens (44, RHP, 5-5, 4.34) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (5-5) 83 87 45 40 22 60 7 4.34 2006 (7-6) 113.1 89 34 29 29 102 7 2.30 2005 (13-8) 211.1 151 51 44 62 185 11 1.87 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 38 48 24 19 8 29 3 4.50 47 2007-08-24 DET ND 5 6 6 6 3 3 1 95 31 2007-08-18 DET W 6 10 2 2 0 8 1 108 52 2007-08-07 TOR W 6 2 1 1 1 6 0 90 69 2007-08-02 CHW ND 1.2 9 8 3 0 0 0 39 15 2007-07-28 BAL L 6.1 8 4 4 3 6 0 113 44 2007-07-23 KCR W 7 4 2 2 0 3 1 94 64 2007-07-18 TOR ND 6 9 1 1 1 3 0 99 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 2-3 27 38 29 26 9 24 5 8.67 34 2003-09-06 BOS L 3.1 7 7 5 2 2 2 77 22 2003-08-31 BOS W 6.2 6 4 4 2 3 0 112 47 2003-07-05 BOS L 5.1 6 8 7 2 3 2 95 27 2003-05-26 BOS L 5.2 10 8 8 2 9 0 133 24 2003-05-21 BOS W 6 9 2 2 1 7 1 100 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 42-24 Road: 31-35 ExtrInn: 3-6 vsRHP: 59-40 vsLHP: 14-19 1-Run: 11-17 vsEast: 23-25 vsCntrl:27-11 vsWest: 13-15 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 132 Tue, Aug 28 BOS W 5-3 73-59 2nd 7.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 27 @DET L 0-16 72-59 2nd 8.0 gb 130 Sun, Aug 26 @DET L 4-5 72-58 2nd 7.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 25 @DET W 7-2 72-57 2nd 6.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 24 @DET L 6-9 (11) 71-57 2nd 6.5 gb 127 Wed, Aug 22 @LAA W 8-2 71-56 2nd 5.0 gb 126 Tue, Aug 21 @LAA L 9-18 70-56 2nd 6.0 gb 125 Mon, Aug 20 @LAA L 6-7 (10) 70-55 2nd 5.0 gb 124 Sun, Aug 19 DET W 9-3 70-54 2nd 4.0 gb 123 Sat, Aug 18 DET W 5-2 69-54 2nd 5.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Aug 28, 2007 NYY 5 BOS 3 W:Andy Pettitte (12-7), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-11), S: Mariano Rivera (21) Sun, Jun 03, 2007 NYY 6 @BOS 5 W:Brian Bruney (2-1), L: Jonathan Papelbon (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (5) Sat, Jun 02, 2007 BOS 11 NYY 6 W:Hideki Okajima (1-0), L: Scott Proctor (0-3), S: none Fri, Jun 01, 2007 NYY 9 @BOS 5 W:Chien-Ming Wang (4-4), L: Tim Wakefield (5-6), S: none Wed, May 23, 2007 NYY 8 BOS 3 W:Andy Pettitte (3-3), L: Curt Schilling (4-2), S: none Tue, May 22, 2007 BOS 7 @NYY 3 W:Julian Tavarez (3-4), L: Mike Mussina (2-3), S: none Mon, May 21, 2007 NYY 6 BOS 2 W:Chien-Ming Wang (3-3), L: Tim Wakefield (4-5), S: none Sun, Apr 29, 2007 BOS 7 @NYY 4 W:Julian Tavarez (1-2), L: Chien-Ming Wang (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (8) Sat, Apr 28, 2007 NYY 3 BOS 1 W:Kei Igawa (2-1), L: Tim Wakefield (2-3), S: Mariano Rivera (1) Fri, Apr 27, 2007 BOS 11 @NYY 4 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-2), L: Andy Pettitte (1-1), S: none Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 7-6; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; 2005 - NYY won 10-9; All-Time - NYY leads 1095-914

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 5.91

CHC 4.62

WSN 3.94

RA/G

BOS 3.94

KCR 4.82

TBD 5.96

M. Ordonez .359

A. Ethier .292

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .491

R. Spilborghs .362

S. Thorman .252

SLG

R. Braun .643

R. Martin .473

N. Punto .256

OPS

B. Bonds 1.079

J. Guillen .827

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 2.12

C. Wang 3.95

A. Eaton 6.23

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

M. Belisle 6.34

S. Trachsel 2.81

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Clemens
G/S/vB 39.Britton
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
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 0/0

13.Cora* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· 9/.333 ··· 6/.666 5/.200 200/176 .254/.309/.395/.705 .467/.740 .785 35/.678 1/1 2/4

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 5/.400 ··· 7/1.166 ··· 9/.666 7/.286 501/355 .270/.333/.386/.719 .730/.715 .688 99/.637 21/5 5/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 12/1.983 ··· 1/.000 9/1.111 446/329 .259/.359/.390/.749 .632/.791 .750 84/.834 2/2 7/6

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 14/.445 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.600 ··· 156/139 .206/.327/.420/.747 .853/.734 .636 25/.884 3/0 5/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 5/.250 67/24 .259/.313/.345/.658 .611/.726 .853 27/.892 0/0 1/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 12/.432 2/2.000 7/.286 1/2.000 20/.500 ··· 8/.661 11/1.212 525/367 .324/.379/.511/.890 .895/.887 .811 113/1.006 2/2 17/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 9/.333 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 16/.467 ··· 15/.498 9/.777 521/368 .240/.296/.350/.646 .686/.630 .528 101/.778 28/6 6/16

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 21/.654 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 9/.333 ··· 20/.979 5/.200 538/357 .322/.433/.577/1.010 .758/1.145 1.006 112/1.057 2/0 24/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/2.667 454/295 .318/.390/.438/.828 .826/.829 .777 103/.865 5/0 6/5

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 60/.697 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 7/.715 ··· 41/.565 9/1.111 548/388 .292/.385/.495/.880 1.092/.796 .871 105/.749 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 21/.449 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 31/.870 7/1.096 418/294 .265/.359/.418/.777 .820/.759 .740 82/.740 1/1 12/5

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 4/.500 1/no AB 9/.819 ··· 6/.533 5/.200 540/383 .290/.387/.451/.838 .841/.836 .879 117/.710 3/2 13/3

IP 83.0 5.0 44.2 10.0 51.1 10.2 57.0 66.1 TOTAL .279/.361/.440/.801 .799/.802 .780 69/20 129/69

ERA-K/9

4.34/6.5

1.80/3.6

3.22/6.4

0.00/15.3

4.21/6.7

5.91/13.5

3.32/9.3

3.66/6.9

4.55/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (3-2-0)
Varitek (51-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 352/.269 17/.063 198/.239 36/.121 228/.256 49/.237 236/.262 287/.211 .272 Ramirez
Crisp
Kielty
Drew
Hinske 115/0/0/8
0/121/0/5
6/1/11/1
0/3/107/1
20/0/12/0

OPS .722 .368 .689 .316 .751 .875 .661 .657 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 146/.690 5/.000 75/.884 12/.258 112/.882 21/1.143 110/.639 120/.729 .806

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.744 12/.530 123/.579 24/.345 116/.633 28/.688 126/.681 167/.605 .732

Home 175/.686 7/.143 90/.625 15/.343 106/.652 29/.721 111/.671 138/.698 .740

Last 28d days 88/.894 / 19/.433 36/.316 36/.595 34/.665 56/.762 51/.605

HR/SB/CS 7/13/3 1/0/0 2/4/5 0/0/0 7/9/2 3/2/0 4/2/1 4/5/1 122/115/35

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

New York Yankees Batters (5.91 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (3.94 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 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

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 61/.759 2/3.000 5/.400 15/.277 3/.333 7/.571 4/1.250 9/.985 565/424 .287/.368/.444/.812 .582/.891 .913 105/1.022 21/6 15/4

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 243/205 .223/.339/.460/.799 .661/.827 .952 51/.673 0/0 13/6

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 17/.607 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 4/1.750 8/.536 3/1.334 492/352 .291/.344/.429/.773 .694/.785 .716 112/.807 11/4 8/2

24.Cano* G/S/vP 16/1.409 4/2.083 1/.000 4/.250 6/1.000 5/.650 5/.800 5/1.200 543/364 .302/.350/.482/.832 .837/.829 .860 107/.946 3/4 14/11

18.Damon* G/S/vP 16/.875 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 8/.000 18/.922 19/.210 485/355 .266/.357/.387/.744 .685/.766 .828 85/.902 20/2 9/1

17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/31 .292/.358/.667/1.025 1.209/.894 1.438 29/.863 0/0 6/0

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 15/1.600 2/.500 4/4.000 3/1.167 4/.500 5/1.067 2/2.000 19/.223 221/165 .263/.362/.484/.846 .832/.849 .894 42/.944 1/0 12/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP 18/.544 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 9/.347 4/1.000 31/.817 590/450 .318/.388/.438/.827 .850/.819 .840 103/.699 12/8 9/15

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 9/.583 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 3/.000 3/.666 8/1.232 520/355 .303/.373/.514/.887 .789/.933 .911 110/.855 3/1 23/3

26.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 170/128 .238/.259/.306/.565 .724/.511 .566 32/.657 2/1 0/4

12.Phillips G/S/vP 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 199/143 .289/.326/.372/.699 .628/.725 .786 71/.621 0/2 2/0

20.Posada# G/S/vP 10/.900 4/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 4/.000 2/1.500 15/.833 484/338 .331/.413/.536/.949 .924/.960 .906 84/.948 2/0 16/4

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 19/.743 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 5/1.400 6/1.000 22/.868 582/431 .305/.414/.630/1.045 .911/1.089 1.016 111/1.064 19/2 43/10

IP 160.0 31.1 43.1 33.0 61.2 46.2 47.2 44.0 TOTAL .291/.364/.465/.829 .763/.855 .866 100/30 166/70

ERA-K/9

3.21/8.6

2.30/8.9

3.74/8.7

2.73/5.5

1.17/7.7

1.74/13.7

3.78/6.4

2.86/4.5

3.72/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 656/.238 127/.202 183/.246 139/.235 235/.172 181/.146 210/.232 173/.228 .245 Cabrera
Matsui
Abreu
Damon
Duncan
Betemit 18/103/5/12
99/0/0/5
0/0/128/3
15/45/1/1
2/0/6/1
1/0/1/0

OPS .636 .618 .671 .669 .458 .464 .712 .652 .696

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 313/.680 55/.742 86/.578 72/.702 80/.464 102/.371 88/.623 71/.492 .685

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.597 72/.530 97/.755 67/.634 155/.454 79/.584 122/.778 102/.761 .706

Road 281/.584 74/.506 83/.599 73/.626 125/.449 92/.329 88/.721 99/.766 .672

Last 28d days 118/.610 45/.690 51/1.006 11/.455 41/.556 31/.165 41/.949 46/.548

HR/SB/CS 10/11/3 3/2/2 3/1/0 1/0/1 3/2/0 4/4/0 5/5/2 6/1/2 112/85/27

Usage ····X··· X·o·o··X ··X·o·X· o··oo··· ····X··X ··o····o ···XX··· ····X·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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SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 16-5, 3.21)

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