BOS @ TBD, Friday, September 21, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 90-63, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 19-6, 3.20) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TBD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (19-6) 188.2 175 70 67 38 180 15 3.20 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 5-1 50 48 17 16 9 48 6 2.88 60 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 2007-08-11 BAL W 8.2 8 2 2 0 8 0 115 68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBD 2-2 25.2 28 14 14 6 30 5 4.91 52 2007-07-05 TBD W 6 9 3 3 1 9 0 105 50 2006-09-27 TBD L 6.2 8 8 8 1 8 2 92 33 2006-07-03 TBD L 7 7 3 3 3 6 3 97 54 2006-05-25 TBD W 6 4 0 0 1 7 0 101 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-28 Road: 43-35 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 66-40 vsLHP: 24-23 1-Run: 22-25 vsEast: 40-29 vsCntrl:20-11 vsWest: 18-17 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 147 Wed, Sep 12 TBD W 5-4 89-58 1st 5.0 up 146 Tue, Sep 11 TBD W 16-10 88-58 1st 5.0 up 145 Mon, Sep 10 TBD L 0-1 87-58 1st 5.0 up 144 Sun, Sep 9 @BAL W 3-2 87-57 1st 5.5 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 63-90, 5th, 27 GB, 25½ GB in WC	SP: Scott Kazmir (23, LHP, 13-8, 3.54) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (13-8) 195.2 189 87 77 85 220 18 3.54 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 2005 (10-9) 186 172 90 78 100 174 12 3.77 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 44.2 40 19 17 15 60 6 3.43 58 2007-09-15 SEA W 6 3 1 0 2 11 0 100 73 2007-09-10 BOS W 7 5 0 0 2 10 0 118 75 2007-09-04 BAL ND 7 9 4 4 1 5 2 103 47 2007-08-30 BAL W 5 7 5 4 3 5 2 98 37 2007-08-25 OAK W 8 5 3 3 0 13 1 105 73 2007-08-20 BOS L 5.2 7 6 6 4 8 1 108 35 2007-08-14 BOS ND 6 4 0 0 3 8 0 95 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 30.2 28 10 9 13 40 1 2.64 59 2007-09-10 BOS W 7 5 0 0 2 10 0 118 75 2007-08-20 BOS L 5.2 7 6 6 4 8 1 108 35 2007-08-14 BOS ND 6 4 0 0 3 8 0 95 69 2007-07-29 BOS ND 6 6 0 0 1 8 0 97 67 2007-07-03 BOS L 6 6 4 3 3 6 0 113 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 35-40 Road: 28-50 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 43-65 vsLHP: 20-25 1-Run: 20-20 vsEast: 26-37 vsCntrl:14-24 vsWest: 16-18 IL: 7-11 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 153 Wed, Sep 19 @LAA L 1-2 63-90 5th 27.0 gb 152 Tue, Sep 18 @LAA L 1-2 63-89 5th 27.0 gb 151 Mon, Sep 17 @LAA L 7-10 63-88 5th 27.0 gb 150 Sun, Sep 16 @SEA W 9-2 63-87 5th 27.0 gb 149 Sat, Sep 15 @SEA W 6-2 62-87 5th 28.0 gb 148 Fri, Sep 14 @SEA L 1-2 61-87 5th 28.0 gb 147 Thu, Sep 13 @SEA L 7-8 61-86 5th 28.0 gb 146 Wed, Sep 12 @BOS L 4-5 61-85 5th 27.5 gb 145 Tue, Sep 11 @BOS L 10-16 61-84 5th 26.5 gb 144 Mon, Sep 10 @BOS W 1-0 61-83 5th 25.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Sep 12, 2007 BOS 5 TBD 4 W:Jonathan Papelbon (1-2), L: Al Reyes (2-3), S: none Tue, Sep 11, 2007 BOS 16 TBD 10 W:Bryan Corey (1-0), L: Jon Switzer (0-1), S: none Mon, Sep 10, 2007 TBD 1 @BOS 0 W:Scott Kazmir (12-8), L: Curt Schilling (8-7), S: Al Reyes (24) Wed, Aug 22, 2007 TBD 2 BOS 1 W:Edwin Jackson (4-12), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-10), S: Al Reyes (19) Tue, Aug 21, 2007 BOS 8 @TBD 6 W:Jon Lester (2-0), L: Andy Sonnanstine (2-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (30) Mon, Aug 20, 2007 BOS 6 @TBD 0 W:Tim Wakefield (15-10), L: Scott Kazmir (9-8), S: none Wed, Aug 15, 2007 TBD 6 @BOS 5 W:Andy Sonnanstine (2-8), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-9), S: Al Reyes (18) Tue, Aug 14, 2007 BOS 2 TBD 1 W:Eric Gagne (3-0), L: Al Reyes (1-2), S: none Mon, Aug 13, 2007 BOS 3 TBD 0 W:Tim Wakefield (14-10), L: James Shields (9-8), S: Jonathan Papelbon (28) Sun, Jul 29, 2007 TBD 5 BOS 2 W:Gary Glover (4-3), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-8), S: none Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 11-4; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; 2005 - BOS won 13-6; All-Time - BOS leads 109-57

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 5.88

OAK 4.63

WSN 4.10

RA/G

SDP 3.97

MIL 4.78

TBD 5.80

M. Ordonez .353

J. Rollins .294

J. LaRue .153

OBP

B. Bonds .483

T. Glaus .366

J. LaRue .247

SLG

C. Ross .667

G. Atkins .478

A. Gonzalez .254

OPS

C. Ross 1.080

R. Cano .837

J. LaRue .530

ERA

J. Peavy 2.39

J. Maine 4.04

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

K. Wells 6.49

S. Trachsel 3.04

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays Pitchers (5.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 27.Dohmann
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 28.Reyes
G/S/vB 46.Ridgway*
G/S/vB 53.Salas
G/S/vB 41.Stokes
G/S/vB 52.Switzer*
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB 45.Witasick
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 32/17 .115/.250/.154/.404 .354/.448 .620 25/.480 0/0 0/1

11.Clayton G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 5/.000 1/no AB 6/.967 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 11/1.182 10/.200 211/148 .253/.303/.342/.645 .633/.650 .669 1/.000 2/1 1/7

13.Cora* G/S/vP 9/.536 2/.000 3/.000 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.606 222/193 .237/.288/.369/.657 .385/.701 .739 33/.350 1/1 2/5

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 24/.640 8/.625 3/.333 7/.143 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.167 2/.500 3/.333 572/411 .270/.332/.386/.718 .762/.701 .677 95/.669 26/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 7/1.096 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.667 2/.000 1/.000 5/.400 6/.733 521/394 .261/.365/.397/.762 .621/.808 .749 88/.804 3/2 9/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 90/71 .366/.411/.549/.960 .757/1.016 .632 68/1.015 8/0 3/0

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 197/177 .216/.330/.425/.755 .900/.739 .550 47/.825 3/0 6/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP 20/1.239 ··· ··· 11/.382 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 89/33 .244/.303/.321/.624 .634/.606 .777 39/.758 0/0 1/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 26/.976 3/1.334 5/1.200 4/1.250 6/1.166 ··· 3/.667 2/3.500 3/.666 10/.472 7/.453 613/439 .327/.382/.501/.883 .868/.888 .768 113/.914 3/2 19/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 14/.428 3/1.334 2/1.500 7/1.143 6/1.867 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.661 598/429 .240/.296/.352/.649 .663/.643 .539 97/.630 30/6 7/19

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 11/.775 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 118/99 .219/.299/.390/.690 .771/.675 .700 1/2.000 0/0 5/1

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 25/20 .182/.280/.227/.507 .650/.472 .452 17/.561 0/0 0/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 39/.521 2/1.000 5/.000 15/1.783 7/1.229 ··· 2/2.500 2/1.500 4/1.500 6/1.100 3/.666 631/429 .319/.434/.592/1.027 .784/1.147 .994 117/1.156 3/0 31/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 16/1.163 1/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 1/.000 548/369 .318/.381/.436/.816 .841/.804 .736 114/.729 6/1 7/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 45/.523 3/.833 4/.250 6/.834 9/.555 ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 3/2.667 3/1.000 14/1.571 548/388 .292/.385/.495/.880 1.092/.796 .871 17/1.145 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 27/.670 3/.333 4/2.500 6/1.583 5/.900 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 7/.619 487/348 .252/.357/.395/.752 .804/.732 .741 82/.737 1/1 13/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 31/.554 3/2.167 7/.143 4/1.833 6/.333 ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 607/434 .288/.392/.456/.848 .820/.859 .889 88/.960 4/2 16/3

IP 195.2 21.2 27.2 72.0 56.2 0.0 34.2 61.1 13.2 69.2 30.1 TOTAL .278/.361/.439/.800 .795/.801 .763 88/22 151/78

ERA-K/9

3.54/10.1

8.31/10.4

3.58/5.5

5.13/5.6

4.76/11.0

/0.0

3.89/6.2

7.19/5.0

9.22/7.9

5.43/9.9

5.34/5.3

5.53/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (9-2-0)
Mirabelli (32-9-5)
Varitek (58-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 841/.254 109/.318 117/.263 317/.294 236/.212 2/1.000 161/.241 287/.345 65/.345 296/.253 142/.250 .290 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Kielty
Moss
Hinske
Ellsbury 115/0/0/8
0/139/0/7
0/3/126/3
9/1/15/2
9/0/3/1
24/0/12/1
18/10/0/0

OPS .721 .877 .765 .844 .687 3.000 .795 .930 .934 .740 .781 .823

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 207/.616 51/.997 57/.672 141/.856 123/.763 1/2.000 81/.778 139/.945 23/.511 127/.704 56/.842 .834

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 634/.756 58/.770 60/.853 176/.834 113/.603 1/4.000 80/.813 148/.915 42/1.160 169/.767 86/.735 .815

Home 445/.728 52/.821 53/.671 164/.827 124/.550 / 88/.678 163/.894 29/.796 136/.784 63/.695 .794

Last 28d days 134/.708 47/1.056 47/.883 35/.924 40/.673 2/3.000 31/1.169 12/.417 20/.826 47/.639 15/.354

HR/SB/CS 18/11/8 1/3/0 3/3/1 11/5/1 11/2/0 0/0/0 7/2/1 11/3/1 1/0/1 9/4/0 2/1/1 185/88/39

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

Tampa Bay Devil Rays Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS

19.Beckett
G/S/vB

41.Corey
G/S/vB

17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB

83.Gagne
G/S/vB

43.Hansack
G/S/vB

48.Lopez*
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

Last 28d

SB/CS

HR/E

17.Casanova# G/S/vP

···

1/no AB

···

2/1.000

4/.750

73/51

.234/.301/.547/.848

.754/.889

.289

8/.250

0/0

6/3

13.Crawford* G/S/vP

···

627/421

.315/.355/.466/.820

.837/.812

.764

100/.793

50/10

11/4

31.Gomes G/S/vP

···

···

365/259

.249/.323/.468/.791

.915/.740

.754

91/.756

11/3

16/0

29.Guzman G/S/vP

···

1/no AB

···

19/13

.294/.368/.471/.839

.333/1.098

.808

13/.846

0/0

16.Harris G/S/vP

···

···

576/414

.286/.343/.434/.777

.897/.731

.755

104/.870

4/1

12/13

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP

···

···

519/349

.284/.355/.407/.762

.860/.715

.783

117/.770

11/8

7/7

30.Navarro# G/S/vP

···

406/287

.230/.291/.355/.645

.749/.599

.601

79/.975

3/1

8/10

14.Norton# G/S/vP

···

214/190

.230/.355/.343/.698

.577/.713

.616

53/.915

1/1

4/0

8.Paul G/S/vP

···

···

···

···

114/80

.192/.236/.250/.486

.628/.421

.597

21/.488

1/0

1/2

23.Pena* G/S/vP

···

···

573/422

.277/.399/.601/.999

.941/1.021

1.063

124/1.263

1/0

40/8

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP

···

///

0/0

2.Upton G/S/vP

···

519/378

.307/.390/.527/.917

.900/.923

.865

119/.948

19/8

24/14

3.Velandia G/S/vP

2/1.000

···

20/16

.600/.700/.867/1.567

.500/1.750

20/1.567

0/0

9.Wilson G/S/vP

···

···

284/197

.247/.298/.347/.645

.660/.639

.693

93/.719

6/1

2/20

26.Young G/S/vP

···

646/478

.290/.319/.408/.727

.771/.712

.705

118/.790

8/3

12/7

188.2

5.2

39.2

47.1

7.2

38.2

67.0

55.0

53.1

130.1

51.2

TOTAL

.270/.337/.435/.772

.823/.751

.757

124/46

176/109

ERA-K/9

3.20/8.6

0.00/6.3

2.27/8.2

4.18/8.4

4.70/5.8

3.03/5.8

2.28/8.1

1.96/13.6

3.88/6.8

4.97/5.3

3.66/4.7

3.88/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casanova (8-4-4)
Navarro (64-26-6)
Paul (13-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA

772/.241

19/.188

162/.200

202/.251

38/.273

166/.245

264/.196

213/.149

237/.222

581/.277

208/.242

.247

Young
Upton
Gomes
Crawford
Norton

0/29/124/16
0/72/0/11
18/0/32/5
139/0/0/3
2/0/4/0

OPS

.650

.528

.609

.688

.914

.689

.555

.473

.717

.776

.688

.706

vs LHB (BF-OPS)

385/.674

9/.347

66/.626

97/.602

23/.963

89/.765

94/.655

120/.394

95/.661

292/.737

88/.509

.694

vs RHB (BF-OPS)

387/.627

10/.708

96/.598

105/.768

15/.833

77/.597

170/.500

93/.574

142/.755

289/.815

120/.818

.716

Road

340/.648

7/.619

84/.484

90/.654

18/.603

79/.619

134/.483

102/.369

101/.719

320/.792

110/.731

.685

Last 28d days

143/.749

19/.528

46/.570

27/.745

12/.432

34/.772

34/1.282

35/.473

36/.798

58/.746

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Game Preview: BOS @ TBD, 7:10pm, Friday, September 21, 2007 @Tropicana Field

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SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 19-6, 3.20)

SP: Scott Kazmir (23, LHP, 13-8, 3.54)

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