DET @ BOS, Thursday, April 10, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 1-7, 5th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 0-0, 9.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 5 7 5 5 2 5 1 9.00 2007 (9-13) 177.2 199 98 94 63 119 22 4.76 2006 (13-13) 208.2 206 98 89 67 137 29 3.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 43.1 40 22 21 16 31 6 4.36 51 2008-04-04 CHW ND 5 7 5 5 2 5 1 91 36 2007-09-30 CHW W 6.2 8 3 3 0 2 1 104 48 2007-09-24 MIN L 7 3 1 1 4 6 0 111 69 2007-09-19 CLE L 7 6 4 4 3 5 1 105 51 2007-09-14 MIN W 7 5 2 2 3 5 1 106 61 2007-09-08 SEA ND 4.2 7 5 4 3 3 2 83 32 2007-09-02 OAK ND 6 4 2 2 1 5 0 90 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 2-2 31 31 20 20 12 20 5 5.81 46 2007-07-08 BOS W 6.1 4 4 4 4 2 2 107 47 2007-05-14 BOS L 5 11 3 3 0 3 0 115 36 2006-08-14 BOS W 6 5 3 3 2 5 1 102 53 2005-08-28 BOS L 5.2 9 8 8 3 5 1 97 21 2005-08-16 BOS ND 8 2 2 2 3 5 1 90 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-6 Road: 1-1 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 0-6 vsLHP: 1-1 1-Run: 0-1 vsEast: 1-1 vsCntrl: 0-6 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 8 Wed, Apr 9 @BOS W 7-2 1-7 5th 3.0 gb 7 Tue, Apr 8 @BOS L 0-5 0-7 5th 3.5 gb 6 Sun, Apr 6 CHW L 2-13 0-6 1st Tied 5 Sat, Apr 5 CHW L 3-5 0-5 1st Tied 4 Fri, Apr 4 CHW L 5-8 0-4 1st Tied 3 Thu, Apr 3 KCR L 1-4 0-3 1st Tied 2 Wed, Apr 2 KCR L 0-4 0-2 1st Tied 1 Mon, Mar 31 KCR L 4-5 (11) 0-1 1st Tied Last 10: 1-7 Last 20: 1-7 Last 30: 1-7
Boston Red Sox, 4-5, 1st, Tied	SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 0-0, 4.50) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 6 6 3 3 3 4 1 4.50 2007 (17-12) 189 191 104 100 64 110 22 4.76 2006 (7-11) 140 135 80 72 51 90 19 4.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 37.2 48 28 27 13 22 8 6.45 41 2008-04-04 TOR ND 6 6 3 3 3 4 1 88 49 2007-09-29 MIN W 7 6 4 3 0 1 2 92 52 2007-09-23 TBD L 5 7 4 4 3 5 1 92 39 2007-09-17 TOR L 6 7 4 4 2 2 2 73 42 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 3-2 35 35 17 16 7 23 7 4.11 53 2007-05-15 DET L 7 9 5 5 1 4 2 105 42 2006-06-03 DET L 7 6 3 3 2 6 2 99 57 2005-08-26 DET W 6 7 5 4 2 1 2 101 39 2005-05-04 DET W 7 10 3 3 1 5 0 110 49 2004-08-29 DET W 8 3 1 1 1 7 1 99 78
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 1-1 Road: 3-4 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 3-5 vsLHP: 1-0 1-Run: 2-0 vsEast: 0-3 vsCntrl: 1-1 vsWest: 3-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 9 Wed, Apr 9 DET L 2-7 4-5 1st Tied 8 Tue, Apr 8 DET W 5-0 4-4 1st Tied 7 Sun, Apr 6 @TOR L 4-7 3-4 1st Tied 6 Sat, Apr 5 @TOR L 2-10 3-3 1st Tied 5 Fri, Apr 4 @TOR L 3-6 3-2 1st Tied 4 Wed, Apr 2 @OAK W 5-0 3-1 1st Tied 3 Tue, Apr 1 @OAK W 2-1 2-1 1st Tied 2 Wed, Mar 26 @OAK L 1-5 1-1 1st Tied 1 Tue, Mar 25 @OAK W 6-5 (10) 1-0 1st Tied Last 10: 4-5 Last 20: 4-5 Last 30: 4-5
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Apr 09, 2008 DET 7 @BOS 2 W:Jeremy Bonderman (1-1), L: Jon Lester (1-2), S: none Tue, Apr 08, 2008 BOS 5 DET 0 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-0), L: Kenny Rogers (0-2), S: none Sun, Jul 08, 2007 DET 6 BOS 5 W:Nate Robertson , L: Daisuke Matsuzaka , S: Todd Jones Sat, Jul 07, 2007 DET 3 BOS 2 (13) W:Jason Grilli , L: Jonathan Papelbon , S: none Fri, Jul 06, 2007 DET 9 BOS 2 W:Andrew Miller , L: Julian Tavarez , S: none Thu, May 17, 2007 BOS 4 DET 2 W:Brendan Donnelly , L: Wilfredo Ledezma , S: Hideki Okajima Thu, May 17, 2007 BOS 2 DET 1 W:Julian Tavarez , L: Zach Miner , S: Jonathan Papelbon Tue, May 15, 2007 DET 7 @BOS 2 W:Justin Verlander , L: Tim Wakefield , S: none Mon, May 14, 2007 BOS 7 DET 1 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka , L: Nate Robertson , S: none Wed, Aug 16, 2006 BOS 6 DET 4 W:David Wells (2-2), L: Justin Verlander (14-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (32) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - DET won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1000-942

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

J. Varitek .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

G. Sheffield .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Detroit Tigers Batters (2.75 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 30.Corey
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 51.Tavarez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.166 680/530 .320/.401/.565/.965 1.173/.910 .905 / 2/1 34/23

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 20/.618 3/1.667 1/no AB 1/.000 2/5.000 2/.000 2/.000 7/.572 630/500 .296/.357/.502/.859 .921/.843 .855 / 13/8 21/25

15.Inge G/S/vP 23/.895 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.750 5/1.350 577/447 .236/.312/.376/.688 .923/.621 .631 / 9/2 14/18

19.Jones* G/S/vP 16/.258 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 7/1.000 495/408 .285/.335/.400/.735 .763/.729 .763 / 6/3 5/4

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 36/1.288 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.333 5/.900 13/.539 679/531 .363/.434/.595/1.029 1.213/.980 .937 / 4/1 28/1

14.Polanco G/S/vP 11/.091 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 4/1.000 19/.886 641/489 .341/.388/.458/.846 .813/.857 .820 / 7/3 9/0

8.Renteria G/S/vP 11/.637 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 20/1.289 543/347 .332/.390/.470/.860 .918/.827 .864 / 11/2 12/11

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 47/.819 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 19/.947 515/389 .281/.294/.420/.714 .746/.703 .687 / 2/2 11/6

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 10/1.375 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/62 .284/.324/.388/.712 1.117/.638 .921 / 3/0 0/2

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 43/.890 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.500 35/.937 593/460 .265/.378/.462/.839 .832/.841 .783 / 22/5 25/0

33.Thames G/S/vP 17/.673 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.333 284/193 .242/.278/.498/.776 .927/.705 .709 / 2/1 18/4

36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 189.0 32.1 9.1 44.0 40.2 69.0 58.1 134.2 TOTAL .241/.326/.356/.681 .728/.668 .703 .681 2/0 6/7

ERA-K/9

4.76/5.2

6.40/10.0

1.93/5.8

2.05/8.4

3.10/5.7

2.22/8.2

1.85/13.0

5.15/5.1

4.50/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rodriguez (47-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 800/.264 151/.300 32/.231 176/.183 174/.240 272/.202 224/.146 604/.281 .221 Jones
Ordonez
Thames
Sheffield 2/84/67/8
0/0/143/4
37/0/9/1
7/0/7/1

OPS .753 .867 .630 .564 .695 .561 .463 .779 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 384/.716 59/.789 15/.583 73/.578 93/.805 98/.648 126/.400 303/.723 .515

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 416/.786 92/.904 17/.670 103/.555 81/.565 174/.512 98/.543 301/.834 .766

Home 394/.775 71/.618 21/.703 88/.675 92/.723 138/.632 119/.555 280/.758 .703

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 22/41/8 4/0/0 0/1/0 4/2/2 2/0/1 6/5/0 5/4/0 14/0/0 10/5/2

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Boston Red Sox Batters (3.33 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB 52.Bautista
G/S/vB 40.Bazardo
G/S/vB 62.Beltran
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 3/1.000 496/425 .296/.353/.393/.746 .929/.716 .794 / 2/2 4/2

36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/18 .111/.242/.148/.391 .354/.421 .138 / 0/0 0/1

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 8/.500 ··· 5/.800 2/2.000 232/203 .246/.298/.386/.684 .385/.730 .588 / 1/1 3/5

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 36/.853 9/.347 ··· ··· 4/1.417 5/.900 1/2.000 8/.286 4/.500 591/426 .268/.330/.382/.712 .751/.697 .765 / 28/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/4.000 5/1.350 ··· ··· 1/.000 552/422 .270/.373/.423/.796 .638/.846 .833 / 4/2 11/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 127/98 .353/.394/.509/.902 .802/.931 .971 / 9/0 3/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 12/.633 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 11/1.182 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 653/473 .324/.378/.501/.879 .849/.890 .993 / 3/2 21/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 9/1.431 5/1.600 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 6/.334 5/.400 7/.000 1/4.000 630/455 .237/.294/.349/.643 .651/.640 .745 / 33/6 8/19

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 21/.449 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/no AB 6/.533 6/1.166 6/.667 2/.500 667/457 .332/.445/.621/1.066 .852/1.171 1.128 / 3/1 35/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 581/395 .317/.380/.442/.823 .870/.800 .912 / 7/1 8/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/.625 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 12/.878 10/1.475 6/.900 4/.000 569/408 .296/.388/.493/.881 1.095/.801 .891 / 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 12/1.235 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/1.000 9/.472 2/2.000 5/.900 518/371 .255/.367/.421/.787 .801/.782 .794 / 1/2 17/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 15/1.390 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.500 4/1.250 2/2.000 6/1.834 5/1.350 625/451 .288/.390/.453/.843 .815/.854 .797 / 4/2 16/3

IP 177.2 8.2 23.2 79.2 61.1 17.1 53.2 46.1 TOTAL .264/.331/.410/.742 .840/.723 .826 .742 1/3 8/6

ERA-K/9

4.76/6.0

12.46/8.3

2.28/5.7

/0.0

4.74/7.0

4.26/4.8

5.19/3.6

3.02/5.7

2.33/7.4

4.68/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (9-2-0)
Varitek (63-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 781/.283 48/.429 96/.218 / 352/.263 265/.267 76/.273 232/.273 189/.228 .278 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Ellsbury 120/0/0/8
0/144/0/7
0/4/133/3
22/16/1/0

OPS .787 .989 .638 .714 .702 .751 .727 .619 .807

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 204/.732 28/1.096 48/.844 / 120/.702 151/.705 37/.803 92/.567 101/.545 .914

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 577/.807 20/.833 48/.420 / 232/.718 114/.696 39/.705 140/.834 88/.707 .748

Road 352/.814 27/.732 34/.820 / 168/.499 140/.771 41/.747 126/.740 90/.766 .826

Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 22/7/4 0/1/0 2/1/0 // 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/4/6 1/1/1 7/3/3

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

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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Game Preview: DET @ BOS, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 10, 2008 @Fenway Park II

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 0-0, 9.00)

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 0-0, 4.50)

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