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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 7:05pm, Saturday, April 19, 2008 @Fenway Park II

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

BA

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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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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