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Game Preview: BOS @ BAL, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 31, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Boston Red Sox, 33-24, 2nd, 1 GB, 3 up in WC

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 3-3, 3.55)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             71    62  31  28  33  45  6    3.55      
 2007 (4-0)             63    61  33  32  31  50 10    4.57      
 2006 (7-2)             81.1  91  43  43  43  60  7    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  44.1  34  16  13  16  30  3    2.64   58 
 2008-05-25   @OAK   L   5     7   4   3   2   3  0      94   40 
 2008-05-19    KCR   W   9     0   0   0   2   9  0     130   94 
 2008-05-14   @BAL  ND   6     5   2   2   2   4  0      86   56 
 2008-05-09   @MIN  ND   5.1   8   5   3   1   2  0      94   37 
 2008-05-04    TBR   W   6     4   1   1   3   5  1     112   62 
 2008-04-29    TOR  ND   8     1   0   0   4   6  0      97   82 
 2008-04-23    LAA  ND   5     9   4   4   2   1  2      80   32 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      3-0  24    24   8   8  10  12  2    3.00   53 
 2008-05-14   @BAL  ND   6     5   2   2   2   4  0      86   56 
 2007-09-07   @BAL   W   7     4   0   0   2   4  0      99   71 
 2007-09-02    BAL   W   6     6   2   2   4   1  1      90   49 
 2006-08-13    BAL   W   5     9   4   4   2   3  1     102   34 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-5    Road:   12-19   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  27-22   vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest:  9-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Fri, May 30  @BAL  W   5-2 (13)  33-24  2nd  1.0 gb
 56 Wed, May 28  @SEA  L   0-1       32-24  2nd  1.5 gb
 55 Tue, May 27  @SEA  L   3-4       32-23  2nd  0.5 gb
 54 Mon, May 26  @SEA  W   5-3       32-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 53 Sun, May 25  @OAK  L   3-6       31-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 52 Sat, May 24  @OAK  L   0-3       31-21  1st  0.5 up
 51 Fri, May 23  @OAK  L   3-8       31-20  1st  1.5 up
 50 Thu, May 22   KCR  W  11-8       31-19  1st  2.5 up
 49 Wed, May 21   KCR  W   6-3       30-19  1st  2.0 up
 48 Tue, May 20   KCR  W   2-1       29-19  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Baltimore Orioles, 26-27, 5th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 4-1, 4.09)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-1)             33    36  15  15  13  26  1    4.09      
 2007 (1-3)             32.1  42  28  28  28  28  4    7.79      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  36.2  41  20  20  15  29  2    4.91   47 
 2008-05-26    NYY   W   7     3   0   0   4   7  0     107   74 
 2008-05-21   @NYY   L   2.2   8   6   6   2   1  1      79   17 
 2008-05-16    WSN   W   5     9   3   3   0   3  0      70   40 
 2008-05-10   @KCR   W   5.1   8   3   3   1   2  0      88   41 
 2008-05-05   @OAK  ND   6.1   4   1   1   1   7  0      96   67 
 2008-04-29    TBR   W   6.2   4   2   2   5   6  0     104   59 
 2007-09-06    BOS  ND   3.2   5   5   5   2   3  1      64   32 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-2  15.1  20  13  13  13  13  1    7.63   37 
 2007-09-06    BOS  ND   3.2   5   5   5   2   3  1      64   32 
 2007-09-01   @BOS   L   5.1   7   4   4   5   4  0     104   37 
 2007-08-11    BOS   L   6.1   8   4   4   6   6  0     115   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-9    Road:   10-18   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  21-20   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast: 11-14   vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, May 30   BOS  L   2-5 (13)  26-27  5th  6.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28   NYY  L   2-4       26-26  4th  5.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 27   NYY  W  10-9 (11)  26-25  4th  4.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 26   NYY  W   6-1       25-25  4th  5.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25  @TBR  L   4-5       24-25  5th  5.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @TBR  L   4-11      24-24  4th  5.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @TBR  L   0-2       24-23  3rd  5.0 gb
 47 Thu, May 22  @NYY  L   1-2       24-22  3rd  5.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 21  @NYY  L   0-8       24-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 20  @NYY  W  12-2       24-20  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 30, 2008 BOS  5 @BAL  2 (13)   W:Mike Timlin (3-3), L: Chad Bradford (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (15)
Wed, May 14, 2008 BAL  6  BOS  3        W:Daniel Cabrera (4-1), L: Craig Hansen (0-2), S: George Sherrill (15)
Tue, May 13, 2008 BAL  5  BOS  4        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-3), L: Josh Beckett (4-3), S: George Sherrill (14)

Sun, Sep 09, 2007 BOS  3 @BAL  2        W:Josh Beckett (18-6), L: Chad Bradford (3-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (35)
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 BAL 11  BOS  5        W:Jon Leicester (1-1), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-12), S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 BOS  4 @BAL  0        W:Jon Lester (4-0), L: Daniel Cabrera (9-15), S: none
Thu, Sep 06, 2007 BOS  7 @BAL  6        W:Clay Buchholz (3-0), L: Danys Baez (0-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (34)
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 BOS  3  BAL  2        W:Jon Lester (3-0), L: Daniel Cabrera (9-14), S: Jonathan Papelbon (31)
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 BOS 10  BAL  0        W:Clay Buchholz (2-0), L: Garrett Olson (1-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2007 BAL  9 @BOS  8        W:Kurt Birkins (1-1), L: Julian Tavarez (7-10), S: Danys Baez (3)
Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 2-1; 2007 - BOS won 12-6; 2006 - BOS won 15-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1105-913

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 2008 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

CHC  5.71

CIN  4.51

KCR  3.58

RA/G

TOR  3.56

KCR  4.67

COL  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .409

B. Roberts  .268

R. Weeks  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .489

D. Murphy  .331

K. Greene  .260

SLG

L. Berkman  .757

J. Thome  .422

J. Bartlett  .281

OPS

L. Berkman  1.228

J. Cantu  .756

M. Bourn  .571

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

S. Chacon  3.95

B. Tomko  6.32

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

Z. Greinke  6.36

J. Garland  2.38

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Boston Red Sox Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Olson*
G/S/vB
34.Albers
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
54.Cormier
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 81/68 .356/.420/.452/.872 .724/.900 .718 22/.838 0/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 59/45 .302/.356/.377/.733 1.238/.582 .891 21/.619 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 34/29 .333/.412/.367/.778 1.550/.653 .798 29/.607 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 6/1.467 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 11/.819 131/104 .256/.295/.397/.691 .929/.632 .606 65/.705 7/1 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 6/.900 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 5/.400 175/148 .282/.383/.409/.792 .808/.789 .845 82/.799 1/1 4/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 200/165 .280/.379/.405/.784 .686/.804 .561 103/.731 23/2 4/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 8/.804 1/.000 10/.543 7/.429 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 159/132 .281/.327/.486/.813 .921/.791 .792 110/.920 1/1 6/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 8/1.125 1/no AB 9/.444 5/1.800 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 176/149 .279/.354/.325/.679 .576/.698 .582 69/.686 6/3 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 9/.873 2/.000 2/.000 2/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 8/.375 18/1.385 242/197 .251/.355/.473/.829 .522/.901 .703 114/1.027 0/0 12/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 9/.583 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 259/211 .278/.319/.384/.703 .674/.710 .603 118/.626 6/0 3/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 16/1.188 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 5/2.000 228/196 .289/.373/.498/.870 .768/.887 .940 102/.736 1/0 9/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 6/.750 1/.000 20/1.017 2/.500 2/no AB 1/.000 3/1.334 14/.630 166/141 .259/.343/.456/.799 .875/.786 .700 83/.849 0/0 6/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 9/.756 1/.000 7/1.238 3/1.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 223/194 .302/.363/.538/.901 1.245/.857 .906 96/.992 3/2 9/
IP 33.0 39.0 17.0 11.1 30.1 22.0 23.2 16.0 TOTAL .281/.353/.438/.791 .812/.786 .738 .809 48/10 58/36
ERA-K/9 4.09/7.1 2.08/4.8 2.65/4.8 1.59/9.6 1.19/5.0 3.27/10.2 3.42/7.6 4.50/7.3 4.05/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (21-4-7)
 Varitek (22-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 147/.279 160/.221 76/.304 43/.135 114/.149 99/.228 98/.181 76/.353 .252  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Drew
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
 Lugo
49/0/0/4
0/40/0/3
0/0/42/3
21/26/11/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .687 .547 .728 .499 .397 .681 .590 .959 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.772 82/.492 25/.962 24/.442 50/.452 48/.731 31/.450 48/1.128 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.649 78/.606 51/.618 19/.563 64/.356 51/.626 67/.654 28/.631 .707
Home 80/.602 96/.468 41/.746 8/.393 54/.326 46/.754 55/.505 43/.560 .734
Last 28d days 119/.720 72/.588 29/.903 43/.499 63/.499 37/.609 41/.494 36/1.094
HR/SB/CS 1/7/0 1/2/1 1/0/1 1/2/0 0/1/1 1/5/1 2/2/0 3/1/0 53/54/14
Usage ····X··· X··X··X· o·o·o··o ···X··X· o·oo·X·· X··o··X· X··X·o·o o·X·oo·o
Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
56.Hansen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Bynum* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/4.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 59/52 .236/.276/.309/.585 .286/.627 .438 59/.585 1/1 0/
13.Cintron# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 18/10 .412/.444/.412/.856 .500/1.156 1.000 18/.856 0/1 0/
2.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 91/72 .241/.295/.253/.549 .463/.570 .643 25/.467 2/0 0/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 9/.958 2/2.000 5/.650 4/1.250 2/3.000 2/.000 4/.500 13/.930 161/135 .215/.250/.349/.599 .549/.609 .592 69/.587 0/0 4/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 5/.400 ··· 6/.666 5/.000 4/.000 19/.780 221/164 .243/.308/.446/.753 .514/.841 .770 103/.684 2/0 9/
10.Jones G/S/vP 6/1.633 ··· 5/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 198/159 .245/.293/.353/.646 .756/.619 .710 88/.577 4/1 2/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 11/.764 1/no AB 6/1.000 1/.000 6/.334 8/.411 4/.000 8/1.500 227/169 .254/.366/.435/.801 .813/.796 .803 102/.700 7/2 9/
15.Millar G/S/vP 11/.384 1/3.000 5/.200 3/.000 2/.500 5/.400 4/.000 8/1.071 224/171 .240/.330/.388/.718 .704/.723 .835 101/.828 0/1 8/
6.Mora G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· 6/.533 3/2.334 1/.000 3/.666 6/.334 22/.793 219/172 .250/.304/.415/.719 1.016/.643 .739 91/.795 2/4 7/
16.Payton G/S/vP 12/.606 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 4/.500 5/.000 110/72 .235/.284/.373/.657 .816/.560 .603 53/.664 3/0 4/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/39 .244/.320/.333/.653 .968/.540 .590 25/.522 0/0 1/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 9/.889 2/1.000 3/.667 2/.500 7/.286 4/1.250 6/.333 14/.721 228/170 .268/.355/.419/.774 .815/.760 .842 95/.733 14/5 3/
30.Scott* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 176/147 .248/.341/.438/.779 .476/.838 .977 76/.764 2/1 6/
IP 71.0 24.1 22.0 11.2 19.0 24.0 25.0 16.2 TOTAL .245/.316/.391/.706 .723/.701 .753 .691 37/16 54/37
ERA-K/9 3.55/5.7 2.96/7.8 4.91/7.0 6.17/6.9 3.32/5.7 0.75/7.5 2.16/11.2 6.48/3.8 4.01/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (41-11-2)
 Quiroz (13-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 299/.236 109/.218 100/.281 54/.229 82/.254 93/.188 98/.223 77/.328 .243  Markakis
 Scott
 Jones
 Payton
0/0/52/8
36/0/0/2
0/52/0/1
31/3/2/1
OPS .671 .694 .792 .711 .722 .531 .569 .929 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.608 47/.613 32/.648 22/.808 44/.717 36/.495 51/.567 34/1.160 .690
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 207/.700 62/.755 68/.863 32/.648 38/.721 57/.553 47/.572 43/.746 .711
Road 139/.697 51/.532 53/.724 29/.510 28/.780 52/.373 47/.706 50/.809 .681
Last 28d days 127/.524 42/.745 44/.684 46/.676 27/.630 48/.512 47/.585 42/.617
HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 1/2/0 2/4/0 2/0/0 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 52/43/11
Usage ·····X·· ···X···X X··X··X· X····X·· o····o·· X··XX··· o···X··· X··o·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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