TEX @ BOS, Saturday, April 19, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 7-10, 4th, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Jason Jennings (29, RHP, 0-3, 8.79) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-3) 14.1 19 15 14 10 7 5 8.79 2007 (2-9) 99 119 73 71 34 71 19 6.45 2006 (9-13) 212 206 94 89 85 142 17 3.78 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-5 35.2 46 34 33 14 21 14 8.33 35 2008-04-14 LAA L 4.2 7 7 6 4 5 1 107 25 2008-04-08 BAL L 4.2 7 4 4 4 1 2 84 31 2008-04-02 SEA L 5 5 4 4 2 1 2 91 40 2007-08-20 WSN L 4 7 6 6 2 6 2 83 28 2007-08-15 LAD L 5.2 7 4 4 0 4 2 84 43 2007-08-10 MIL ND 5.1 3 4 4 2 3 2 83 47 2007-08-04 FLA ND 6.1 10 5 5 0 1 3 95 34 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 2-0 13 9 3 3 5 8 2 2.08 61 2004-06-16 BOS W 6 6 3 3 5 4 2 110 47 2002-06-11 BOS W 7 3 0 0 0 4 0 94 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 2-6 Road: 5-4 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 6-8 vsLHP: 1-2 1-Run: 2-2 vsEast: 4-5 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 3-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 17 Fri, Apr 18 @BOS L 3-11 7-10 4th 3.5 gb 16 Thu, Apr 17 @TOR W 4-1 7-9 4th 2.5 gb 15 Wed, Apr 16 @TOR W 7-5 (14) 6-9 4th 2.5 gb 14 Tue, Apr 15 LAA L 4-7 5-9 4th 3.5 gb 13 Mon, Apr 14 LAA L 4-7 5-8 4th 3.5 gb 12 Sun, Apr 13 TOR L 4-5 (10) 5-7 4th 2.5 gb 11 Sat, Apr 12 TOR L 1-4 5-6 4th 2.5 gb 10 Fri, Apr 11 TOR L 5-8 5-5 3rd 1.5 gb 9 Thu, Apr 10 BAL W 5-4 5-4 3rd 0.5 gb 8 Thu, Apr 10 BAL W 3-1 4-4 3rd 0.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-10 Last 30: 7-10
Boston Red Sox, 11-7, 1st, ½ up	SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 1-2, 5.31) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 20.1 18 12 12 15 10 2 5.31 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 1-2 35 36 22 21 26 29 5 5.40 44 2008-04-14 CLE ND 4.1 5 4 4 5 3 0 97 35 2008-04-09 DET L 5.1 5 4 4 4 0 1 97 38 2008-04-02 OAK W 6.2 3 0 0 3 3 0 94 68 2008-03-26 OAK L 4 5 4 4 3 4 1 83 37 2007-09-26 OAK ND 4.1 7 5 4 3 9 2 94 37 2007-09-18 TOR ND 6.2 3 1 1 4 5 0 108 65 2007-09-12 TBD ND 3.2 8 4 4 4 5 1 93 30 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 0-0 4.1 5 3 3 4 4 0 6.23 41 2006-06-10 TEX ND 4.1 5 3 3 4 4 0 102 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 5-2 Road: 6-5 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 9-7 vsLHP: 2-0 1-Run: 3-0 vsEast: 3-5 vsCntrl: 4-1 vsWest: 4-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 18 Fri, Apr 18 TEX W 11-3 11-7 1st 0.5 up 17 Thu, Apr 17 @NYY W 7-5 10-7 1st 0.5 up 16 Wed, Apr 16 @NYY L 9-15 9-7 1st Tied 15 Tue, Apr 15 @CLE W 5-3 9-6 1st 0.5 up 14 Mon, Apr 14 @CLE W 6-4 8-6 2nd 0.5 gb 13 Sun, Apr 13 NYY W 8-5 7-6 3rd 0.5 gb 12 Sat, Apr 12 NYY W 4-3 6-6 3rd 1.5 gb 11 Fri, Apr 11 NYY L 1-4 5-6 5th 1.5 gb 10 Thu, Apr 10 DET W 12-6 5-5 2nd 1.5 gb 9 Wed, Apr 9 DET L 2-7 4-5 3rd 3.0 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-7 Last 30:11-7
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Apr 18, 2008 BOS 11 TEX 3 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-2), S: none Mon, Jul 02, 2007 BOS 7 TEX 3 W:Kason Gabbard (2-0), L: Brandon McCarthy (4-5), S: none Sun, Jul 01, 2007 TEX 2 @BOS 1 W:Kameron Loe (5-6), L: Julian Tavarez (5-6), S: Eric Gagne (10) Sat, Jun 30, 2007 TEX 5 @BOS 4 W:Ron Mahay (1-0), L: Josh Beckett (11-2), S: Eric Gagne (9) Fri, Jun 29, 2007 BOS 2 TEX 1 W:Tim Wakefield (8-8), L: Jamey Wright (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (19) Sun, May 27, 2007 BOS 6 @TEX 5 W:Joel Pineiro (1-0), L: Akinori Otsuka (1-1), S: Hideki Okajima (3) Sat, May 26, 2007 BOS 7 @TEX 4 W:Tim Wakefield (5-5), L: Vicente Padilla (2-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (12) Fri, May 25, 2007 BOS 10 @TEX 6 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-2), L: Wes Littleton (0-1), S: none Sun, Apr 08, 2007 BOS 3 @TEX 2 W:Curt Schilling (1-1), L: Vicente Padilla (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (2) Sat, Apr 07, 2007 TEX 8 BOS 4 W:Kevin Millwood (1-1), L: Julian Tavarez (0-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 1-0; 2007 - BOS won 6-4; 2006 - BOS won 5-4; All-Time - BOS leads 309-272

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.

Texas Rangers Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.94 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 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 51.Tavarez
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/4.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.833 4/.250 232/178 .293/.358/.543/.901 .796/.932 .790 / 4/1 10/6

29.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 190/143 .240/.326/.335/.662 .833/.605 .660 / 1/0 2/0

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.333 3/1.334 ··· ··· 14/.572 4/1.500 244/166 .306/.402/.545/.947 .966/.937 .964 / 5/2 13/2

23.Broussard* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.762 7/.310 264/245 .275/.330/.404/.734 .618/.742 .734 / 2/0 7/2

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/1.500 1/no AB 1/.000 9/1.223 15/.733 11/1.727 377/358 .260/.337/.444/.781 .606/.788 .622 / 2/1 11/0

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 337/256 .292/.368/.554/.922 .588/1.028 .861 / 3/3 19/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.800 2/.000 566/431 .263/.355/.441/.796 .999/.732 .675 / 23/2 20/17

15.Laird G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 6/.000 1/.000 448/329 .224/.278/.349/.627 .691/.603 .588 / 6/2 9/12

2.Melhuse# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.250 1/3.000 103/76 .213/.275/.287/.562 .630/.532 .608 / 0/0 1/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/89 .343/.384/.552/.936 1.071/.901 1.056 / 0/0 2/1

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 11/.664 ··· 345/257 .230/.300/.373/.674 .483/.739 .735 / 1/0 8/7

10.Young G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 11/.637 7/.833 692/524 .315/.366/.418/.783 .797/.779 .759 / 13/3 9/19

IP 63.0 32.1 44.0 40.2 69.0 58.1 134.2 55.1 TOTAL .258/.337/.415/.752 .735/.757 .796 .752 12/2 16/18

ERA-K/9

4.57/7.1

6.40/10.0

2.05/8.4

3.10/5.7

2.22/8.2

1.85/13.0

5.15/5.1

3.42/5.0

4.84/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (59-39-9)
Melhuse (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 275/.257 151/.300 176/.183 174/.240 272/.202 224/.146 604/.281 222/.232 .242 Hamilton
Murphy
Bradley
Botts
Catalanotto
Laird
Broussard 9/71/10/7
32/10/15/4
40/15/4/3
28/0/0/2
64/0/0/2
1/0/0/0
10/0/12/0

OPS .753 .867 .564 .695 .561 .463 .779 .664 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.725 59/.789 73/.578 93/.805 98/.648 126/.400 303/.723 92/.500 .667

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.764 92/.904 103/.555 81/.565 174/.512 98/.543 301/.834 130/.779 .770

Home 102/.775 71/.618 88/.675 92/.723 138/.632 119/.555 280/.758 106/.604 .741

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

HR/SB/CS 10/4/2 4/0/0 4/2/2 2/0/1 6/5/0 5/4/0 14/0/0 7/3/2 17/14/3

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

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 (5.17 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Jennings
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 54.German
G/S/vB 58.Littleton
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP 18/1.032 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 28/.801 496/425 .296/.353/.393/.746 .929/.716 .794 / 2/2 4/2

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/18 .111/.242/.148/.391 .354/.421 .138 / 0/0 0/1

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.393 6/.900 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/1.167 591/426 .268/.330/.382/.712 .751/.697 .765 / 28/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 26/1.014 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 31/.896 552/422 .270/.373/.423/.796 .638/.846 .833 / 4/2 11/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/4.000 1/.000 ··· 127/98 .353/.394/.509/.902 .802/.931 .971 / 9/0 3/0

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· / /// / / / /

23.Lugo G/S/vP 2/.000 14/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 15/.690 630/455 .237/.294/.349/.643 .651/.640 .745 / 33/6 8/19

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 4/.750 18/.656 3/1.167 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 6/1.500 667/457 .332/.445/.621/1.066 .852/1.171 1.128 / 3/1 35/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 3/1.667 581/395 .317/.380/.442/.823 .870/.800 .912 / 7/1 8/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.667 23/1.067 3/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 569/408 .296/.388/.493/.881 1.095/.801 .891 / 0/0 20/2

3.Thurston* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 5/.000 16/.750 4/2.750 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 518/371 .255/.367/.421/.787 .801/.782 .794 / 1/2 17/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 3/3.500 5/.200 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 625/451 .288/.390/.453/.843 .815/.854 .797 / 4/2 16/3

IP 99.0 82.0 48.0 45.1 68.1 77.0 TOTAL .291/.363/.444/.806 .787/.810 .822 .806 9/4 17/9

ERA-K/9

6.45/6.5

2.85/9.5

/0.0

4.31/4.5

5.56/7.5

/0.0

3.03/8.3

3.62/4.6

4.18/4.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 445/.301 337/.225 / 205/.262 196/.267 / 285/.208 330/.259 .285 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Ellsbury 120/0/0/8
0/144/0/7
0/4/133/3
22/16/1/0

OPS .873 .641 .737 .743 .602 .743 .771

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.852 146/.489 / 79/.695 92/.662 / 115/.381 144/.848 .808

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 258/.887 191/.760 / 126/.763 104/.807 / 170/.754 186/.666 .740

Road 201/.872 152/.712 / 98/.574 80/.815 / 122/.559 179/.830 .764

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

HR/SB/CS 19/15/3 6/2/2 // 6/3/1 5/1/0 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 11/11/8

Usage ····X··· ··Xo·o·· ··X·oXo· ··X·X··· X·o··X·X X··X··X· ·Xoo·X·· ·XX·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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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 7:05pm, Saturday, April 19, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Jason Jennings (29, RHP, 0-3, 8.79)

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 1-2, 5.31)

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