BOS @ TOR, Monday, September 17, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 90-60, 1st, 4½ up	SP: Tim Wakefield (40, RHP, 16-10, 4.68) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (16-10) 171 171 92 89 59 102 17 4.68 2006 (7-11) 140 135 80 72 51 90 19 4.63 2005 (16-12) 225.1 210 113 104 68 151 35 4.15 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 39.2 41 23 22 12 28 2 4.99 48 2007-09-11 TBD ND 3 10 7 7 0 4 1 65 15 2007-09-06 BAL ND 3.2 9 6 6 2 0 1 74 17 2007-08-25 CHW W 7 3 0 0 3 6 0 112 74 2007-08-20 TBD W 7 4 0 0 1 5 0 77 73 2007-08-13 TBD W 8 2 0 0 2 6 0 100 82 2007-08-07 LAA L 4 7 7 6 3 2 0 80 21 2007-08-02 BAL W 7 6 3 3 1 5 0 94 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 3-2 32 29 14 13 8 18 5 3.66 54 2007-07-12 TOR W 6 9 4 4 0 2 2 89 40 2007-05-10 TOR W 7 3 0 0 1 5 0 93 75 2007-04-23 TOR L 6 8 4 3 2 5 1 100 45 2007-04-18 TOR W 7 4 1 1 3 4 0 99 66 2006-09-25 TOR L 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 82 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-28 Road: 43-32 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 66-37 vsLHP: 24-23 1-Run: 22-24 vsEast: 40-26 vsCntrl:20-11 vsWest: 18-17 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 143 Sat, Sep 8 @BAL L 5-11 86-57 1st 5.5 up 142 Fri, Sep 7 @BAL W 4-0 86-56 1st 6.5 up 141 Thu, Sep 6 @BAL W 7-6 85-56 1st 6.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Toronto Blue Jays, 74-75, 3rd, 15½ GB, 11 GB in WC	SP: Dustin McGowan (25, RHP, 10-9, 4.01) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (10-9) 150.1 129 69 67 53 124 12 4.01 2006 (1-2) 27.1 35 27 22 25 22 2 7.24 2005 (1-3) 45.1 49 34 32 17 34 7 6.35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 45.1 34 21 19 13 45 3 3.77 58 2007-09-12 NYY L 5 3 4 4 3 6 0 99 48 2007-09-07 TBD W 8 4 2 2 1 12 0 110 77 2007-09-01 SEA W 8 6 1 1 1 3 0 102 68 2007-08-26 LAA L 7 6 3 3 0 6 1 101 59 2007-08-21 OAK ND 5 5 3 3 4 7 0 95 48 2007-08-16 LAA L 6 4 4 3 3 7 1 97 54 2007-08-11 KCR L 6.1 6 4 3 1 4 1 100 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 0-1 5 8 6 6 2 4 3 10.80 29 2007-07-14 BOS L 5 8 6 6 2 4 3 104 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 44-31 Road: 30-44 ExtrInn: 7-8 vsRHP: 51-58 vsLHP: 23-17 1-Run: 26-24 vsEast: 27-32 vsCntrl:19-18 vsWest: 18-17 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 149 Sun, Sep 16 BAL L 6-8 (12) 74-75 3rd 15.5 gb 148 Sat, Sep 15 BAL W 8-3 74-74 3rd 15.5 gb 147 Fri, Sep 14 BAL L 2-6 73-74 3rd 15.5 gb 146 Thu, Sep 13 NYY W 2-1 73-73 3rd 15.5 gb 145 Wed, Sep 12 NYY L 1-4 72-73 3rd 16.0 gb 144 Tue, Sep 11 NYY L 2-9 72-72 3rd 15.0 gb 143 Mon, Sep 10 @DET L 4-5 72-71 3rd 14.0 gb 142 Sun, Sep 9 @TBD L 2-3 72-70 3rd 14.0 gb 141 Sat, Sep 8 @TBD L 4-5 72-69 3rd 13.0 gb 140 Fri, Sep 7 @TBD W 7-2 72-68 3rd 13.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Sep 05, 2007 TOR 6 @BOS 4 W:Jeremy Accardo (4-3), L: Hideki Okajima (3-2), S: none Tue, Sep 04, 2007 BOS 5 TOR 3 W:Josh Beckett (17-6), L: Roy Halladay (14-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (33) Mon, Sep 03, 2007 BOS 13 TOR 10 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-11), L: Jesse Litsch (5-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (32) Sun, Jul 15, 2007 TOR 2 @BOS 1 W:Jesse Litsch (2-3), L: Josh Beckett (12-3), S: Jeremy Accardo (13) Sat, Jul 14, 2007 BOS 9 TOR 4 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (11-6), L: Dustin McGowan (5-5), S: none Fri, Jul 13, 2007 TOR 6 @BOS 5 W:Shaun Marcum (5-3), L: Kyle Snyder (1-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (12) Thu, Jul 12, 2007 BOS 7 TOR 4 W:Tim Wakefield (10-8), L: Roy Halladay (10-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (21) Thu, May 10, 2007 BOS 8 @TOR 0 W:Tim Wakefield (4-3), L: Roy Halladay (4-2), S: none Wed, May 09, 2007 BOS 9 @TOR 3 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-2), L: Tomokazu Ohka (2-4), S: none Tue, May 08, 2007 BOS 9 @TOR 2 W:Josh Beckett (7-0), L: Victor Zambrano (0-2), S: none Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 9-6; 2006 - TOR won 12-7; 2005 - TOR won 11-7; All-Time - BOS leads 239-189

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 5.85

BAL 4.64

WSN 4.00

RA/G

SDP 4.01

NYY 4.77

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .357

R. Martin .292

J. LaRue .143

OBP

B. Bonds .483

R. Gotay .366

J. LaRue .235

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Wigginton .475

P. Bako .257

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.071

C. Duncan .834

J. LaRue .502

ERA

J. Peavy 2.39

F. Hernandez 4.03

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.42

S. Trachsel 3.04

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 58.Banks
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 46.Kennedy*
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB 7.Towers
G/S/vB 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 30/15 .125/.267/.167/.433 .354/.515 .710 27/.487 0/0 0/1

11.Clayton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/1.056 ··· ··· 8/.858 ··· 211/148 .253/.303/.342/.645 .633/.650 .669 1/.000 2/1 1/7

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 219/190 .236/.288/.364/.652 .385/.696 .731 33/.254 1/1 2/4

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 6/.933 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 7/1.000 3/.666 23/.399 ··· 4/.833 13/.750 1/3.000 569/408 .271/.334/.388/.722 .762/.706 .685 104/.711 26/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 12/.666 ··· 2/.500 7/1.179 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 510/383 .262/.367/.394/.761 .621/.809 .748 90/.767 3/2 8/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 77/59 .371/.416/.586/1.001 .801/1.065 .563 55/1.085 6/0 3/0

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 21/.762 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 186/166 .224/.344/.449/.793 .900/.780 .609 38/1.074 3/0 6/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 6/.500 ··· 10/1.600 1/3.000 4/.750 5/.200 ··· 86/30 .247/.291/.325/.615 .634/.578 .766 43/.664 0/0 1/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 4/1.000 5/.600 ··· 6/1.167 7/1.238 4/.250 19/.380 1/2.000 3/.000 12/2.114 2/.000 601/427 .330/.384/.506/.890 .868/.899 .778 114/1.005 3/2 19/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 6/2.633 8/1.500 13/1.077 4/.000 2/.500 4/1.417 44/.920 1/.000 591/422 .239/.296/.348/.644 .663/.636 .527 102/.608 30/6 6/19

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 16/1.038 1/.000 2/1.000 7/1.571 ··· 118/99 .219/.299/.390/.690 .771/.675 .700 1/2.000 0/0 5/1

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/15 .222/.300/.278/.578 .650/.552 .583 12/.697 0/0 0/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 4/2.000 2/.000 ··· 18/1.038 14/.445 1/.000 12/1.017 4/1.250 7/2.214 18/1.577 1/.000 619/418 .324/.439/.601/1.041 .789/1.168 1.021 115/1.314 3/0 31/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 5/.400 4/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 536/357 .322/.385/.443/.828 .841/.821 .756 114/.783 6/1 7/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 13/.808 13/1.058 3/1.334 27/1.426 3/2.000 2/.000 31/.775 2/.000 548/388 .292/.385/.495/.880 1.092/.796 .871 26/.899 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· 9/.555 10/.200 2/2.500 16/1.349 4/.500 5/.933 23/.484 2/2.500 479/340 .251/.357/.394/.751 .804/.730 .739 83/.668 1/1 13/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 8/.375 6/.333 11/.864 1/.000 3/.333 13/1.371 2/2.000 607/434 .288/.392/.456/.848 .820/.859 .889 103/.908 4/2 16/3

IP 150.1 62.0 1.0 54.2 54.1 69.1 106.2 9.1 57.2 103.1 39.2 TOTAL .280/.363/.441/.804 .795/.807 .771 86/22 149/76

ERA-K/9

4.01/7.4

2.32/7.5

0.00/0.0

2.30/8.9

4.31/9.0

2.47/4.9

4.89/3.9

4.82/4.8

3.28/7.2

5.40/6.4

2.27/4.5

3.99/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (6-2-0)
Mirabelli (32-9-5)
Varitek (57-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 623/.230 257/.213 3/.000 226/.216 230/.221 284/.251 485/.288 47/.390 242/.203 450/.295 147/.197 .250 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Moss
Hinske
Kielty
Ellsbury 115/0/0/8
0/138/0/6
0/3/123/2
7/0/3/1
24/0/12/1
8/1/15/1
17/7/0/0

OPS .642 .583 .000 .589 .630 .665 .786 .983 .571 .825 .581 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 328/.791 127/.420 3/.000 118/.513 108/.744 103/.661 113/.573 21/1.113 94/.632 225/.888 58/1.017 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 295/.478 130/.743 / 108/.671 122/.535 181/.668 372/.847 26/.871 148/.532 225/.764 89/.291 .663

Home 287/.605 119/.513 3/.000 124/.539 119/.645 145/.630 244/.761 26/1.081 123/.478 247/.737 88/.595 .684

Last 28d days 131/.536 46/.726 3/.000 32/.613 48/.602 50/.807 16/.804 15/.867 31/.523 21/.881 53/.605

HR/SB/CS 12/28/0 4/9/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 3/5/2 4/1/1 9/8/4 1/0/0 0/8/1 18/13/2 4/0/0 149/128/20

Usage ····X··· X···X··· ·····X·· ·o·oX··o Xo··X··· oo·o··oo X·o··o·· o·X··X·· X·X··X·· ········ o·X····X

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
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

8.Adams* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.625 2/3.500 5/1.267 4/.000 31/29 .320/.452/.480/.932 .500/.948 1.004 28/1.045 0/1 1/0

13.Fasano G/S/vP 16/.517 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 49/40 .178/.229/.311/.540 .347/.582 .327 / 0/0 1/3

2.Hill G/S/vP 17/.607 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.250 9/.347 14/.643 9/.555 603/459 .276/.321/.444/.766 .925/.715 .837 105/.912 3/2 16/12

7.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /

3.Johnson G/S/vP 21/.405 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 9/1.306 11/.473 16/.884 256/183 .249/.306/.339/.645 1.046/.488 .636 83/.497 4/1 2/0

26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 6/.900 ··· 264/195 .230/.275/.389/.664 .520/.711 .773 10/.856 1/2 9/0

18.Luna G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 23/12 .190/.217/.333/.551 .682/.432 .635 12/.917 1/0 1/1

6.McDonald G/S/vP 21/.588 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 12/.083 1/.000 329/243 .243/.268/.318/.586 .772/.521 .621 77/.462 7/2 1/7

1.Olmedo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 25/24 .208/.208/.292/.500 .000/.522 .667 15/.267 0/0 0/1

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 11/.473 2/.000 6/.833 5/1.000 2/2.500 5/.650 2/.000 6/.334 7/1.229 20/.956 5/1.100 472/357 .242/.318/.394/.712 .794/.684 .658 98/.561 2/0 10/5

15.Rios G/S/vP 27/.852 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/1.000 5/1.400 8/1.250 16/1.964 8/1.125 657/501 .300/.355/.502/.856 1.001/.812 .848 113/.663 15/4 23/7

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 48/.878 1/.000 1/.000 7/.453 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 15/.785 357/315 .302/.378/.575/.953 .967/.950 .932 71/1.146 2/1 19/6

59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/39 .203/.263/.230/.492 .546/.433 .359 18/.000 1/0 0/0

35.Thomas G/S/vP 53/.835 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 10/1.900 17/1.298 32/.583 581/447 .267/.370/.460/.830 1.074/.757 .901 104/.864 0/0 22/

10.Wells G/S/vP 48/.724 3/.666 6/.666 2/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 3/2.334 9/.000 14/1.096 18/1.250 19/.948 630/483 .248/.303/.408/.711 .842/.672 .710 111/.518 9/4 16/3

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 20/.417 2/.000 3/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 4/1.167 10/.929 3/.000 11/.300 12/.350 349/272 .246/.330/.415/.746 .824/.730 .853 87/.781 0/0 9/7

IP 171.0 4.0 38.0 46.1 7.2 38.1 67.0 54.1 52.1 130.1 51.1 TOTAL .258/.325/.418/.743 .864/.707 .763 48/20 152/92

ERA-K/9

4.68/5.4

0.00/2.2

2.37/8.3

3.69/8.6

4.70/5.8

3.05/5.9

2.28/8.1

1.82/13.4

3.78/6.7

4.97/5.3

3.16/4.7

3.85/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (11-3-1)
Thigpen (5-3-1)
Zaun (69-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 726/.261 12/.200 156/.201 195/.246 38/.273 165/.246 264/.196 210/.147 230/.223 581/.277 204/.242 .248 Rios
Lind
Wells
Stairs
Johnson 0/12/144/11
69/0/0/5
0/145/0/4
43/0/16/3
65/0/1/2

OPS .740 .473 .621 .665 .914 .694 .555 .454 .703 .776 .677 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 317/.715 5/.650 64/.648 94/.561 23/.963 88/.774 94/.655 117/.359 93/.662 292/.737 87/.501 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 409/.758 7/.333 92/.603 101/.765 15/.833 77/.597 170/.500 93/.574 137/.732 289/.815 117/.807 .714

Road 358/.697 / 78/.496 83/.599 18/.603 78/.628 134/.483 99/.326 94/.687 320/.792 106/.711 .681

Last 28d days 92/.801 12/.473 48/.557 24/.511 12/.432 33/.797 39/1.148 36/.314 29/.702 58/.746 48/.708

HR/SB/CS 17/36/7 0/0/0 4/2/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 6/4/0 4/4/0 6/5/2 14/0/0 7/1/2 136/95/29

Usage ·····X·· ·o···oo· o···oX·· o·o··X·· ········ o·o··oo· ··X·o··o ··X·o··o ·····X·· ····X··· ·Xo··oo·

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: Tim Wakefield (40, RHP, 16-10, 4.68)

SP: Dustin McGowan (25, RHP, 10-9, 4.01)

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