TBR @ BOS, Saturday, May 3, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 16-13, 2nd, 1 GB	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 3-1, 2.54) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 39 36 18 11 9 28 2 2.54 2007 (12-8) 215 202 98 92 36 184 28 3.85 2006 (6-8) 124.2 141 69 67 38 104 18 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 47 40 19 12 11 33 2 2.30 58 2008-04-27 BOS W 9 2 0 0 1 7 0 99 89 2008-04-22 TOR W 7 6 4 2 2 5 1 104 56 2008-04-16 @MIN ND 5 8 5 3 1 5 0 96 39 2008-04-11 BAL ND 6 7 5 2 1 4 0 95 47 2008-04-06 @NYY L 5 8 2 2 1 5 1 96 47 2008-03-31 @BAL W 7 5 2 2 3 2 0 85 58 2007-09-14 @SEA ND 8 4 1 1 2 5 0 99 73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 30.1 22 11 11 7 31 4 3.26 59 2008-04-27 BOS W 9 2 0 0 1 7 0 99 89 2007-08-13 @BOS L 6 5 1 1 0 5 0 106 63 2007-07-28 BOS ND 5 6 3 3 1 7 0 93 49 2006-08-04 BOS ND 5.1 5 2 2 2 7 1 100 55 2006-07-06 BOS L 5 4 5 5 3 5 3 91 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-7 Road: 6-6 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 12-8 vsLHP: 4-5 1-Run: 2-4 vsEast: 13-8 vsCntrl: 2-3 vsWest: 1-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 29 Fri, May 2 @BOS L 3-7 16-13 2nd 1.0 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-13
Boston Red Sox, 18-13, 1st, 1 up	SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 2-2, 4.10) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 26.1 18 13 12 7 29 2 4.10 2007 (20-7) 200.2 189 76 73 40 194 17 3.27 2006 (16-11) 204.2 191 120 114 74 158 36 5.01 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 45.1 35 20 19 11 50 5 3.77 58 2008-04-27 @TBR L 7 4 2 1 1 13 1 107 75 2008-04-17 @NYY W 8 6 3 3 1 5 0 105 62 2008-04-12 NYY W 6.2 5 3 3 1 5 0 88 56 2008-04-06 @TOR L 4.2 3 5 5 4 6 1 92 40 2007-09-27 MIN L 6 10 5 5 0 6 2 99 38 2007-09-21 @TBD W 6 4 1 1 2 8 0 113 66 2007-09-15 NYY W 7 3 1 1 2 7 1 108 72 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-5 Road: 6-8 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 15-12 vsLHP: 3-1 1-Run: 7-2 vsEast: 6-9 vsCntrl: 4-1 vsWest: 8-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 31 Fri, May 2 TBR W 7-3 18-13 1st 1.0 up 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 02, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 3 W:Clay Buchholz (2-2), L: Edwin Jackson (2-3), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 3-1; 2007 - BOS won 13-5; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; All-Time - BOS leads 112-61

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 6.10

HOU 4.60

SDP 3.27

RA/G

STL 3.57

CHC 4.45

TEX 6.03

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

J. Lannan 3.74

C. Sabathia 7.88

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.71

Z. Greinke 5.86

J. Garland 2.23

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
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 8/1.375 4/.250 5/.933 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 103/72 .240/.277/.271/.548 .767/.450 .697 90/.570 4/1 0/

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

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 16/.626 ··· 5/2.300 5/1.000 2/.000 9/.708 6/.334 20/.513 133/88 .299/.323/.417/.741 .630/.799 .626 118/.756 8/1 2/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 12/.450 1/.000 8/.393 ··· ··· 6/1.133 7/1.286 13/1.231 70/40 .237/.343/.475/.817 .838/.799 .926 69/.831 2/1 3/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 77/74 .177/.312/.226/.537 .000/.562 .396 73/.552 2/0 0/

37.Haynes* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 41/36 .263/.317/.263/.580 .400/.606 .516 32/.620 4/1 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/5.000 15/1.067 94/71 .282/.404/.603/1.007 .524/1.163 1.305 85/.957 2/1 6/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 10/.650 ··· 8/.125 3/1.333 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 5/.650 131/88 .204/.292/.248/.540 .522/.549 .437 116/.508 2/1 1/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/53 .238/.355/.460/.816 .329/1.015 .443 76/.816 2/0 3/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 7/.286 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.666 3/1.334 2/1.500 42/28 .359/.405/.410/.815 1.145/.777 .745 33/.824 0/2 0/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 3/2.334 5/1.800 2/.500 4/1.833 2/.500 6/1.167 116/72 .212/.328/.404/.732 .923/.622 .656 102/.680 0/0 6/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 47/28 .233/.277/.395/.672 .563/.745 1.009 43/.615 0/0 2/

24.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 14/3 .250/.357/.333/.690 .764/.333 .000 14/.690 0/0 0/

2.Upton G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 5/1.800 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 2/.000 10/.550 119/83 .297/.387/.446/.832 .822/.836 .798 105/.816 4/4 3/

IP 26.1 14.2 12.0 12.0 11.1 14.0 10.1 6.1 TOTAL .255/.333/.393/.725 .700/.738 .721 .709 28/14 29/17

ERA-K/9

4.10/9.9

3.07/8.0

6.00/9.0

3.75/5.2

0.79/8.8

1.93/13.5

5.23/4.4

12.79/2.9

4.17/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (9-3-0)
Riggans (7-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 104/.189 67/.204 56/.292 55/.277 45/.179 51/.200 49/.325 35/.467 .243 Upton
Hinske
Gross
Crawford
Ruggiano
Haynes
Gomes 0/28/0/4
0/0/10/1
2/14/7/1
29/0/0/0
0/1/5/0
1/1/14/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .548 .663 .882 .768 .552 .556 .779 1.315 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.434 28/.643 19/.705 28/.643 14/.599 31/.592 22/1.101 17/1.529 .691

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 46/.695 39/.677 37/.983 27/.870 31/.527 20/.500 27/.515 18/1.071 .751

Home 25/.523 42/.734 29/.879 43/.781 30/.690 30/.400 21/1.038 19/1.471 .743

Last 28d days 104/.548 60/.668 41/.973 50/.779 36/.566 41/.488 49/.779 35/1.315

HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 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·····X o·o··X·· Xo·····o o·X····· o·oo···· ········ ·o·····X

Boston Red Sox Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 24.Birkins*
G/S/vB 27.Dohmann
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 36/.756 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 10/.400 1/2.000 3/.333 7/.714 4/.000 5/.000 2/.500 66/55 .290/.308/.371/.679 1.255/.566 .858 53/.675 4/0 0/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.500 8/1.571 ··· 7/.286 93/76 .269/.376/.410/.787 .828/.777 .655 85/.774 0/0 3/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 97/85 .282/.406/.436/.842 .432/.906 1.109 86/.913 9/0 3/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/.833 6/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 12/.382 49/41 .222/.286/.289/.575 .542/.576 .728 27/.656 0/1 0/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 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 9/.944 5/1.850 2/1.500 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 107/91 .293/.340/.333/.673 .579/.690 .774 93/.674 3/2 0/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 22/18 .286/.318/.571/.890 .833/.889 .896 14/.896 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 12/1.508 6/.733 7/.000 5/1.000 10/.300 13/.413 9/.708 128/109 .198/.305/.351/.656 .544/.676 .872 106/.677 0/0 5/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 4/.500 4/.500 4/.917 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 141/121 .305/.345/.422/.767 .750/.770 .830 119/.818 3/0 1/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 15/.600 2/.500 5/.200 5/.650 5/.933 17/.996 4/.750 126/112 .321/.397/.580/.977 .774/1.002 .924 104/1.027 1/0 6/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 4/2.500 1/no AB 8/.625 6/.834 3/.666 83/71 .256/.301/.449/.750 .667/.765 .583 65/.750 0/0 3/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 14/.071 2/.000 7/.143 4/1.250 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 127/112 .287/.378/.444/.822 .908/.807 .742 105/.810 1/1 2/

IP 39.0 8.0 12.2 16.2 7.2 10.0 15.0 TOTAL .281/.355/.420/.775 .787/.772 .818 .792 21/4 25/17

ERA-K/9

2.54/6.5

1.13/5.6

3.55/6.4

3.24/8.1

2.35/8.2

0.00/8.1

1.20/4.2

3.75/5.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.243 29/.167 54/.286 70/.230 34/.241 33/.063 53/.137 .240 Drew
Moss
Crisp
Ramirez
Ellsbury
Lugo 0/0/22/3
0/0/6/2
0/19/0/1
28/0/0/1
8/15/4/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .636 .443 .721 .599 .594 .185 .347 .671

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.708 12/.258 24/.568 27/.525 17/.307 20/.205 22/.141 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.542 17/.584 30/.844 43/.644 17/.871 13/.154 31/.484 .620

Road 75/.780 18/.347 19/.921 32/.426 12/.955 6/.000 26/.235 .702

Last 28d days 132/.648 29/.443 50/.782 70/.599 28/.607 33/.185 43/.430

HR/SB/CS 2/6/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 23/20/5

Usage ·····X·· X·oo···· ···X··oo ···X···X ······oX ·o····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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Game Preview: TBR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 3, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 3-1, 2.54)

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 2-2, 4.10)

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