TBR @ BOS, Friday, May 2, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 16-12, 1st, Tied	SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 2-2, 3.86) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 30.1 23 13 13 16 22 2 3.86 2007 (5-15) 161 195 116 103 88 128 19 5.76 2006 (0-0) 36.1 42 27 22 25 27 2 5.45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 42.2 31 17 17 24 33 3 3.59 55 2008-04-26 BOS ND 7 5 1 1 3 4 0 108 64 2008-04-20 CHW L 4.1 7 6 6 3 4 1 90 26 2008-04-15 NYY L 5 4 5 5 4 4 1 91 39 2008-04-10 SEA W 8 2 0 0 4 6 0 99 80 2008-04-05 @NYY W 6 5 1 1 2 4 0 102 60 2007-09-29 @TOR ND 7 3 1 1 5 6 1 104 68 2007-09-23 BOS W 5.1 5 3 3 3 5 0 105 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 2-1 29.1 32 15 15 15 23 2 4.60 48 2008-04-26 BOS ND 7 5 1 1 3 4 0 108 64 2007-09-23 BOS W 5.1 5 3 3 3 5 0 105 48 2007-09-12 @BOS ND 6 8 3 3 3 6 1 104 47 2007-08-22 BOS W 6 5 1 1 5 3 0 103 56 2007-07-04 @BOS L 5 9 7 7 1 5 1 101 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-7 Road: 6-5 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 12-7 vsLHP: 4-5 1-Run: 2-4 vsEast: 13-7 vsCntrl: 2-3 vsWest: 1-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 28 Thu, May 1 @BAL W 4-2 16-12 1st Tied 27 Wed, Apr 30 @BAL W 8-1 15-12 2nd 1.0 gb 26 Tue, Apr 29 @BAL L 4-7 14-12 3rd 1.0 gb 25 Sun, Apr 27 BOS W 3-0 14-11 1st Tied 24 Sat, Apr 26 BOS W 2-1 13-11 3rd 1.0 gb 23 Fri, Apr 25 BOS W 5-4 (11) 12-11 3rd 2.0 gb 22 Thu, Apr 24 TOR W 5-3 11-11 4th 3.0 gb 21 Wed, Apr 23 TOR W 5-3 10-11 4th 4.0 gb 20 Tue, Apr 22 TOR W 6-4 9-11 5th 5.0 gb 19 Sun, Apr 20 CHW L 0-6 8-11 5th 4.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:16-12
Boston Red Sox, 17-13, 1st, Tied	SP: Clay Buchholz (23, RHP, 1-2, 4.08) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 28.2 26 14 13 10 27 3 4.08 2007 (3-1) 22.2 14 6 4 10 22 0 1.59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 42.1 31 16 14 15 41 3 2.98 58 2008-04-26 @TBR L 8 3 2 2 2 9 1 113 75 2008-04-21 TEX W 6 5 0 0 2 6 0 103 66 2008-04-16 @NYY ND 3.2 8 7 7 1 2 2 85 18 2008-04-11 NYY ND 6 4 1 1 3 3 0 98 60 2008-04-05 @TOR L 5 6 4 3 2 7 0 89 46 2007-09-19 @TOR L 4.2 5 2 1 2 5 0 68 51 2007-09-01 BAL W 9 0 0 0 3 9 0 115 93 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-5 Road: 6-8 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 14-12 vsLHP: 3-1 1-Run: 7-2 vsEast: 5-9 vsCntrl: 4-1 vsWest: 8-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 30 Thu, May 1 TOR L 0-3 17-13 1st Tied 29 Wed, Apr 30 TOR W 2-1 17-12 1st 1.0 up 28 Tue, Apr 29 TOR W 1-0 16-12 1st Tied 27 Sun, Apr 27 @TBR L 0-3 15-12 1st Tied 26 Sat, Apr 26 @TBR L 1-2 15-11 1st Tied 25 Fri, Apr 25 @TBR L 4-5 (11) 15-10 1st 0.5 up 24 Thu, Apr 24 LAA L 5-7 15-9 1st 1.0 up 23 Wed, Apr 23 LAA L 4-6 15-8 1st 2.0 up 22 Tue, Apr 22 LAA W 7-6 15-7 1st 3.0 up 21 Mon, Apr 21 TEX W 8-3 14-7 1st 2.0 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Apr 27, 2008 TBR 3 BOS 0 W:James Shields (3-1), L: Josh Beckett (2-2), S: none Sat, Apr 26, 2008 TBR 2 BOS 1 W:Scott Dohmann (2-0), L: Clay Buchholz (1-2), S: Troy Percival (5) Fri, Apr 25, 2008 TBR 5 BOS 4 (11) W:Scott Dohmann (1-0), L: Mike Timlin (2-2), S: none Sun, Sep 23, 2007 TBD 5 BOS 4 W:Edwin Jackson (5-15), L: Tim Wakefield (16-12), S: Al Reyes (25) Sat, Sep 22, 2007 BOS 8 @TBD 6 W:Eric Gagne (4-2), L: Al Reyes (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (36) Fri, Sep 21, 2007 BOS 8 @TBD 1 W:Josh Beckett (20-6), L: Scott Kazmir (13-9), S: none Wed, Sep 12, 2007 BOS 5 TBD 4 W:Jonathan Papelbon (1-2), L: Al Reyes (2-3), S: none Tue, Sep 11, 2007 BOS 16 TBD 10 W:Bryan Corey (1-0), L: Jon Switzer (0-1), S: none Mon, Sep 10, 2007 TBD 1 @BOS 0 W:Scott Kazmir (12-8), L: Curt Schilling (8-7), S: Al Reyes (24) Wed, Aug 22, 2007 TBD 2 BOS 1 W:Edwin Jackson (4-12), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-10), S: Al Reyes (19) Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 3-0; 2007 - BOS won 13-5; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; All-Time - BOS leads 111-61

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 6.21

BOS 4.53

SFG 3.21

RA/G

STL 3.59

SFG 4.52

TEX 6.14

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

B. Bonser 3.75

C. Sabathia 7.88

K/9IP

J. Sanchez 10.68

I. Snell 5.97

J. Garland 2.23

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Buchholz
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

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 5/.933 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 99/69 .226/.258/.247/.505 .690/.423 .610 91/.514 4/1 0/

41.Cannizaro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 5/2.300 4/1.250 2/.000 8/.804 6/.334 20/.513 128/84 .293/.313/.407/.719 .644/.759 .564 118/.717 8/1 2/

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 6/1.133 7/1.286 13/1.231 66/36 .250/.348/.500/.848 .838/.856 1.019 65/.863 2/1 3/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 75/72 .183/.320/.233/.553 .000/.579 .421 73/.570 2/0 0/

37.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 41/36 .263/.317/.263/.580 .400/.606 .516 37/.589 4/1 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/5.000 15/1.067 90/69 .293/.411/.627/1.038 .580/1.173 1.425 86/1.004 2/1 6/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 8/.125 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 5/.650 126/84 .202/.296/.248/.544 .529/.551 .437 116/.554 2/1 1/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/49 .250/.361/.483/.844 .329/1.071 .473 72/.844 2/0 3/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 7/.286 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 3/1.334 2/1.500 38/26 .400/.447/.457/.905 1.417/.840 .915 30/.911 0/2 0/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/2.500 5/1.800 2/.500 4/1.833 2/.500 6/1.167 112/68 .200/.321/.400/.721 .923/.598 .625 103/.700 0/0 6/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 47/28 .233/.277/.395/.672 .563/.745 1.009 47/.672 0/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 5/1.800 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 2/.000 10/.550 119/83 .297/.387/.446/.832 .822/.836 .798 110/.829 4/4 3/

IP 28.2 14.2 11.2 10.2 10.1 13.0 10.1 6.1 TOTAL .256/.333/.397/.730 .709/.740 .732 .728 28/14 29/17

ERA-K/9

4.08/8.5

3.07/8.0

6.17/8.5

4.22/5.9

0.87/9.6

2.08/13.8

5.23/4.4

12.79/2.9

4.28/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (8-3-0)
Riggans (7-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 121/.234 67/.204 53/.283 49/.286 42/.194 48/.213 49/.325 35/.467 .244 Upton
Hinske
Gross
Crawford
Haynes
Gomes 0/28/0/4
0/0/9/1
2/13/7/1
28/0/0/0
1/1/14/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .667 .663 .865 .793 .595 .591 .779 1.315 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.520 28/.643 18/.631 25/.716 13/.647 29/.634 22/1.101 17/1.529 .693

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/.888 39/.677 35/.998 24/.853 29/.568 19/.526 27/.515 18/1.071 .756

Home 48/.571 42/.734 26/.846 37/.816 27/.775 27/.444 21/1.038 19/1.471 .751

Last 28d days 121/.667 61/.679 46/.964 45/.836 33/.622 38/.526 49/.779 35/1.315

HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 0/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 2/2/0 29/27/5

Usage ·····X·· o·····XX ·o··X··o o·····oo ·X·····X ·oo····· ·······X o·····X·

Boston Red Sox Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 24.Birkins*
G/S/vB 27.Dohmann
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 38/29 .313/.395/.406/.801 1.127/.705 .741 38/.801 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 17/.791 1/2.000 3/.333 8/.125 7/.714 4/.000 5/.000 2/.500 66/55 .290/.308/.371/.679 1.255/.566 .858 54/.662 4/0 0/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 15/1.200 ··· 2/1.000 7/1.096 4/1.500 8/1.571 ··· 7/.286 93/76 .269/.376/.410/.787 .828/.777 .655 88/.811 0/0 3/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 9/1.181 2/.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 92/81 .280/.396/.440/.836 .364/.909 1.122 83/.884 8/0 3/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 13/.731 4/.833 6/1.000 4/1.250 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 12/.382 45/37 .195/.267/.244/.511 .542/.500 .574 27/.539 0/1 0/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 40/31 .286/.333/.371/.705 .929/.647 .755 40/.705 0/0 0/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 14/.286 4/1.833 2/1.500 10/.800 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 103/87 .281/.324/.313/.636 .481/.671 .707 92/.610 3/2 0/

44.Moss* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 18/15 .235/.278/.412/.690 1.167/.600 .522 10/.522 0/0 1/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 14/1.532 5/.900 7/.000 15/1.783 5/1.000 10/.300 13/.413 9/.708 123/105 .196/.301/.355/.656 .575/.670 .888 105/.663 0/0 5/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/.833 3/.666 4/.917 5/.400 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 136/117 .293/.336/.407/.742 .789/.734 .786 118/.762 3/0 1/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.500 5/.200 6/.834 5/.650 5/.933 17/.996 4/.750 121/107 .336/.413/.607/1.021 .774/1.052 1.009 103/1.059 1/0 6/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 10/.100 1/.000 4/2.500 8/2.275 1/no AB 8/.625 6/.834 3/.666 79/68 .243/.291/.432/.724 .727/.724 .500 62/.704 0/0 3/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 11/.495 2/.000 7/.143 4/1.833 4/1.250 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 123/108 .295/.382/.457/.839 .908/.825 .769 105/.795 1/1 2/

IP 30.1 6.0 12.2 10.2 16.2 7.2 10.0 15.0 TOTAL .278/.351/.415/.766 .795/.761 .804 .770 20/4 24/16

ERA-K/9

3.86/6.5

1.50/6.0

3.55/6.4

1.69/3.4

3.24/8.1

2.35/8.2

0.00/8.1

1.20/4.2

3.61/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (17-3-4)
Varitek (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.211 23/.158 54/.286 47/.211 70/.230 34/.241 33/.063 53/.137 .235 Drew
Crisp
Ramirez
Moss
Ellsbury
Lugo 0/0/22/3
0/19/0/1
27/0/0/1
0/0/5/1
8/14/4/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .615 .419 .721 .585 .599 .594 .185 .347 .657

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.789 9/.222 24/.568 22/.568 27/.525 17/.307 20/.205 22/.141 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.435 14/.557 30/.844 25/.593 43/.644 17/.871 13/.154 31/.484 .610

Road 26/.519 12/.258 19/.921 5/.000 32/.426 12/.955 6/.000 26/.235 .670

Last 28d days 125/.615 23/.419 53/.735 45/.614 70/.599 32/.566 33/.185 46/.401

HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 22/19/5

Usage ·····X·· ·oo····· ··X··oo· ······oX ··X···X· ·····oXo o····o·X 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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Game Preview: TBR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Friday, May 2, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 2-2, 3.86)

SP: Clay Buchholz (23, RHP, 1-2, 4.08)

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