BOS @ TBD, Saturday, September 22, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 91-63, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (26, RHP, 14-12, 4.41) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TBD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (14-12) 190 179 93 93 75 186 23 4.41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 39 40 31 31 23 34 6 7.15 42 2007-09-14 NYY ND 5.2 4 2 2 5 7 0 120 55 2007-09-08 BAL L 2.2 6 8 8 3 2 2 72 13 2007-09-03 TOR W 5.1 10 7 7 1 3 1 98 22 2007-08-28 NYY L 6.1 6 5 5 3 2 2 110 40 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBD 1-3 26.1 22 10 10 9 28 2 3.42 59 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 2007-07-29 TBD L 6.1 8 2 2 1 6 1 113 54 2007-07-03 TBD W 8 4 0 0 1 9 0 122 82
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-28 Road: 44-35 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 66-40 vsLHP: 25-23 1-Run: 22-25 vsEast: 41-29 vsCntrl:20-11 vsWest: 18-17 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 63-91, 5th, 28 GB, 25½ GB in WC	SP: Andy Sonnanstine (24, RHP, 6-9, 5.68) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-9) 120.1 137 78 76 23 92 16 5.68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 41 42 21 20 7 37 3 4.39 52 2007-09-16 SEA W 7 6 1 1 2 8 1 97 67 2007-09-11 BOS ND 3.1 8 5 5 1 3 1 80 26 2007-09-05 BAL W 6 9 2 2 0 6 0 83 52 2007-08-31 NYY W 8 2 1 0 0 5 0 104 81 2007-08-26 OAK W 5 5 2 2 2 7 0 96 54 2007-08-21 BOS L 5 8 7 7 0 5 0 99 28 2007-08-15 BOS W 6.2 4 3 3 2 3 1 102 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-1 15 20 15 15 3 11 2 9.00 36 2007-09-11 BOS ND 3.1 8 5 5 1 3 1 80 26 2007-08-21 BOS L 5 8 7 7 0 5 0 99 28 2007-08-15 BOS W 6.2 4 3 3 2 3 1 102 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 35-41 Road: 28-50 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 43-66 vsLHP: 20-25 1-Run: 20-20 vsEast: 26-38 vsCntrl:14-24 vsWest: 16-18 IL: 7-11 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 154 Fri, Sep 21 BOS L 1-8 63-91 5th 28.0 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 Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Sep 21, 2007 BOS 8 @TBD 1 W:Josh Beckett (20-6), L: Scott Kazmir (13-9), S: none 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) Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 12-4; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; 2005 - BOS won 13-6; All-Time - BOS leads 110-57

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 5.86

OAK 4.62

WSN 4.09

RA/G

SDP 3.95

MIL 4.76

TBD 5.82

M. Ordonez .354

B. Phillips .293

J. LaRue .153

OBP

B. Bonds .483

R. Spilborghs .366

J. LaRue .247

SLG

C. Ross .659

F. Thomas .475

P. Bako .253

OPS

C. Ross 1.067

M. Reynolds .836

P. Bako .528

ERA

J. Peavy 2.36

J. Maine 4.04

A. Eaton 6.33

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

K. Wells 6.49

S. Trachsel 3.04

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays Pitchers (5.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Sonnanstine
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 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 32/17 .115/.250/.154/.404 .354/.448 .620 21/.249 0/0 0/1

11.Clayton G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 ··· 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 28/.226 1/1 2/5

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 7/.929 8/.625 3/.333 8/.125 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.167 2/.500 3/.333 576/412 .268/.332/.384/.715 .756/.699 .673 89/.672 27/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 8/.500 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 85/.836 3/2 9/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 95/71 .372/.421/.558/.979 .871/1.016 .728 73/1.037 8/0 3/0

12.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 202/179 .211/.327/.415/.742 .836/.730 .531 48/.724 3/0 6/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 11/.382 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 94/35 .235/.309/.309/.617 .645/.570 .750 37/.816 0/0 1/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 8/1.339 4/2.250 6/1.000 4/1.250 6/1.166 ··· 3/.667 2/3.500 3/.666 10/.472 7/.453 618/441 .326/.380/.504/.884 .853/.896 .772 108/.863 3/2 20/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 6/.833 4/1.417 2/1.500 8/1.000 6/1.867 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 3/.666 2/.000 8/.661 603/431 .238/.295/.350/.645 .650/.643 .534 91/.643 30/6 7/19

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 26/21 .217/.308/.348/.656 .650/.654 .718 18/.771 0/0 0/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 8/.946 2/1.000 6/.000 15/1.783 7/1.229 1/5.000 2/2.500 2/1.500 4/1.500 6/1.100 3/.666 636/430 .322/.436/.598/1.034 .816/1.143 1.009 112/1.129 3/0 32/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 3/1.333 4/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 1/.000 553/370 .318/.383/.436/.819 .855/.802 .743 114/.767 6/1 7/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.367 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 8/1.333 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 5/1.800 4/.250 4/2.500 7/2.257 5/.900 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 7/.619 492/350 .252/.358/.400/.758 .796/.743 .753 82/.692 1/1 14/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 8/.375 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 81/.880 4/2 16/3

IP 120.1 22.2 29.0 73.0 56.2 0.0 34.2 61.1 14.1 69.2 30.1 TOTAL .278/.361/.440/.801 .796/.802 .766 89/22 154/78

ERA-K/9

5.68/6.9

8.34/11.1

3.41/6.2

5.18/5.8

4.76/11.0

/0.0

3.89/6.2

7.19/5.0

8.79/7.6

5.43/9.9

5.34/5.3

5.54/7.5

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 508/.288 115/.322 121/.253 321/.293 236/.212 5/1.000 161/.241 287/.345 68/.344 296/.253 142/.250 .290 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Kielty
Moss
Hinske
Ellsbury 115/0/0/8
0/140/0/7
0/3/126/3
9/1/16/2
10/0/3/1
24/0/12/1
19/11/0/0

OPS .790 .934 .737 .850 .687 3.667 .795 .930 .922 .740 .781 .824

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.833 55/1.003 59/.646 144/.875 123/.763 3/3.500 81/.778 139/.945 25/.553 127/.704 56/.842 .837

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.742 60/.869 62/.822 177/.830 113/.603 2/4.000 80/.813 148/.915 43/1.132 169/.767 86/.735 .814

Home 230/.837 58/.935 57/.619 168/.838 124/.550 3/5.000 88/.678 163/.894 32/.782 136/.784 63/.695 .797

Last 28d days 118/.651 49/1.137 51/.802 39/.962 40/.673 5/3.667 31/1.169 12/.417 23/.804 47/.639 15/.354

HR/SB/CS 16/1/6 2/3/0 3/3/1 12/5/1 11/2/0 1/0/0 7/2/1 11/3/1 1/0/1 9/4/0 2/1/1 188/89/39

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

Tampa Bay Devil Rays Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
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 Hm 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 9/.444 1/4.000 4/2.083 ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 8/.804 4/1.750 6/.334 19/.433 627/421 .315/.355/.466/.820 .837/.812 .764 95/.772 50/10 11/4

31.Gomes G/S/vP 12/.533 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.133 7/.714 6/1.166 12/1.333 368/262 .247/.321/.463/.784 .915/.731 .738 89/.734 11/3 16/0

29.Guzman G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .294/.368/.471/.839 .333/1.098 .808 13/.846 0/0 0/0

16.Harris G/S/vP 12/1.011 ··· 4/.500 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 576/414 .286/.343/.434/.777 .897/.731 .755 99/.865 4/1 12/13

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 13/.962 1/.000 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.833 523/353 .282/.353/.403/.756 .860/.706 .770 116/.759 11/8 7/7

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 9/.847 1/no AB 7/.286 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 2/.500 3/1.334 2/1.500 409/290 .228/.289/.352/.640 .749/.593 .592 78/.869 3/1 8/12

14.Norton# G/S/vP 6/.000 2/2.500 3/.666 9/.777 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.572 2/.500 5/1.000 11/1.045 218/193 .227/.353/.337/.690 .553/.709 .603 57/.870 1/1 4/0

8.Paul G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.666 3/.666 114/80 .192/.236/.250/.486 .628/.421 .597 21/.488 1/0 1/2

23.Pena* G/S/vP 12/.861 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/.500 4/1.833 8/1.625 2/.500 6/1.167 577/425 .275/.398/.597/.995 .934/1.017 1.052 123/1.213 1/0 40/8

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

2.Upton G/S/vP 9/.722 1/.000 4/2.250 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 8/.536 523/382 .306/.389/.524/.913 .900/.918 .858 118/.908 19/8 24/14

3.Velandia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/19 .556/.652/.778/1.430 .500/1.559 .667 23/1.430 0/0 0/0

9.Wilson G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 6/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 287/200 .244/.295/.344/.638 .660/.629 .678 92/.711 6/1 2/20

26.Young G/S/vP 9/.583 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.500 2/1.000 650/482 .292/.320/.410/.730 .771/.716 .712 117/.780 8/3 12/7

IP 190.0 5.2 41.0 48.1 7.2 39.1 67.0 55.0 53.1 130.1 51.2 TOTAL .269/.336/.434/.770 .822/.748 .753 124/46 176/111

ERA-K/9

4.41/8.8

0.00/6.3

2.20/8.3

4.10/8.6

4.70/5.8

2.97/6.0

2.28/8.1

1.96/13.6

3.88/6.8

4.97/5.3

3.66/4.7

3.86/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casanova (8-4-4)
Navarro (65-26-6)
Paul (13-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 815/.248 19/.188 166/.194 205/.247 38/.273 168/.241 264/.196 213/.149 237/.222 581/.277 208/.242 .247 Young
Upton
Gomes
Crawford
Norton 0/29/125/16
0/73/0/11
19/0/32/5
139/0/0/3
2/0/4/0

OPS .736 .528 .593 .677 .914 .680 .555 .473 .717 .776 .688 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 395/.721 9/.347 68/.605 97/.602 23/.963 90/.756 94/.655 120/.394 95/.661 292/.737 88/.509 .692

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 420/.749 10/.708 98/.585 108/.746 15/.833 78/.589 170/.500 93/.574 142/.755 289/.815 120/.818 .714

Road 450/.718 7/.619 88/.461 93/.631 18/.603 81/.602 134/.483 102/.369 101/.719 320/.792 110/.731 .680

Last 28d days 99/.980 19/.528 47/.513 26/.694 12/.432 35/.749 29/1.384 35/.473 32/.864 58/.746 35/.882

HR/SB/CS 23/16/7 0/0/0 4/2/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 6/4/0 5/4/0 7/5/2 14/0/0 7/2/2 140/99/29

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

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: Daisuke Matsuzaka (26, RHP, 14-12, 4.41)

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