TBR @ BOS, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 35-23, 1st, ½ up	SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 3-4, 3.70) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-4) 65.2 63 27 27 32 47 5 3.70 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 1-2 42.1 45 15 15 19 29 3 3.19 52 2008-05-29 CHW L 6 10 4 4 2 4 1 101 38 2008-05-24 BAL W 5 4 3 3 5 2 1 100 44 2008-05-18 @STL ND 5.1 6 1 1 4 7 0 96 55 2008-05-13 NYY ND 7 5 0 0 1 5 0 111 71 2008-05-08 @TOR ND 8 6 0 0 1 3 0 112 72 2008-05-02 @BOS L 4 9 6 6 3 4 1 87 21 2008-04-26 BOS ND 7 5 1 1 3 4 0 108 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 2-1 28.1 32 14 14 17 22 2 4.45 47 2008-05-02 @BOS L 4 9 6 6 3 4 1 87 21 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 24-10 Road: 11-13 ExtrInn: 5-1 vsRHP: 26-15 vsLHP: 9-8 1-Run: 9-7 vsEast: 21-13 vsCntrl: 5-4 vsWest: 8-4 IL: 1-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 58 Tue, Jun 3 @BOS L 4-7 35-23 1st 0.5 up 57 Sun, Jun 1 CHW W 4-3 (10) 35-22 1st 1.0 up 56 Sat, May 31 CHW W 2-0 34-22 1st 1.0 up 55 Fri, May 30 CHW W 2-1 33-22 1st 1.0 up 54 Thu, May 29 CHW L 1-5 32-22 1st 1.0 up 53 Wed, May 28 TEX W 5-3 32-21 1st 1.5 up 52 Tue, May 27 TEX L 6-12 31-21 1st 0.5 up 51 Mon, May 26 TEX W 7-3 31-20 1st 0.5 up 50 Sun, May 25 BAL W 5-4 30-20 1st 0.5 up 49 Sat, May 24 BAL W 11-4 29-20 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Boston Red Sox, 36-25, 2nd, ½ GB, 3 up in WC	SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 5-4, 4.30) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-4) 67 59 33 32 14 75 11 4.30 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 3-3 47.2 45 22 21 8 59 10 3.97 58 2008-05-30 @BAL ND 6 4 2 2 3 10 1 118 63 2008-05-24 @OAK L 7 7 2 2 0 9 1 107 64 2008-05-18 MIL W 7 6 6 6 1 9 4 107 49 2008-05-13 @BAL L 5.2 11 5 5 2 5 1 97 30 2008-05-08 @DET W 7 6 1 1 0 8 0 102 69 2008-05-03 TBR W 8 7 4 4 1 5 2 100 56 2008-04-27 @TBR L 7 4 2 1 1 13 1 107 75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-5 Road: 14-20 ExtrInn: 2-1 vsRHP: 28-23 vsLHP: 8-2 1-Run: 9-8 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 9-8 IL: 3-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 61 Tue, Jun 3 TBR W 7-4 36-25 2nd 0.5 gb 60 Mon, Jun 2 @BAL L 3-6 35-25 2nd 1.5 gb 59 Sun, Jun 1 @BAL W 9-4 35-24 2nd 1.0 gb 58 Sat, May 31 @BAL W 6-3 34-24 2nd 1.0 gb 57 Fri, May 30 @BAL W 5-2 (13) 33-24 2nd 1.0 gb 56 Wed, May 28 @SEA L 0-1 32-24 2nd 1.5 gb 55 Tue, May 27 @SEA L 3-4 32-23 2nd 0.5 gb 54 Mon, May 26 @SEA W 5-3 32-22 2nd 0.5 gb 53 Sun, May 25 @OAK L 3-6 31-22 2nd 0.5 gb 52 Sat, May 24 @OAK L 0-3 31-21 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jun 03, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 4 W:Justin Masterson (2-0), L: Matt Garza (4-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (17) Sun, May 04, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 3 W:Jon Lester (2-2), L: Scott Kazmir (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9) Sat, May 03, 2008 BOS 12 TBR 4 W:Josh Beckett (3-2), L: James Shields (3-2), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 4-3; 2007 - BOS won 13-5; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; All-Time - BOS leads 115-61

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 5.76

NYY 4.45

KCR 3.66

RA/G

TOR 3.55

KCR 4.64

TEX 5.68

C. Jones .409

J. Lugo .275

R. Sexson .199

OBP

C. Jones .492

H. Pence .342

K. Greene .259

SLG

L. Berkman .745

K. Fukudome .433

J. Bartlett .275

OPS

L. Berkman 1.213

M. Young .775

J. Bartlett .569

ERA

E. Volquez 1.46

C. Wang 4.14

J. Washburn 6.56

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.99

Z. Greinke 6.22

J. Garland 2.58

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.34 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 56.Hansen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 36/18 .273/.333/.455/.788 .918/.653 .762 9/.556 0/1 1/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 11/1.000 4/.250 6/1.167 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 208/150 .243/.294/.275/.569 .754/.498 .628 94/.596 10/3 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 20/.500 ··· 5/2.300 2/.000 5/1.000 3/.666 10/.633 20/.513 256/180 .275/.322/.382/.704 .608/.746 .602 109/.715 15/4 4/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 24/1.049 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 74/71 .269/.338/.522/.860 .000/.899 .717 57/.758 0/0 5/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 12/.450 1/.000 8/.393 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.133 13/1.231 103/47 .216/.320/.409/.729 .780/.669 .811 29/.584 5/1 4/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 6/1.133 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 131/118 .229/.344/.376/.720 .846/.700 .622 46/.872 2/1 3/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 13/.539 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.750 15/1.067 171/135 .243/.327/.513/.841 .476/.935 .986 65/.570 4/1 10/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 14/1.012 ··· 10/.675 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 7/.000 5/.650 262/187 .272/.337/.366/.703 .614/.739 .699 117/.802 3/2 4/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/1.166 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 195/143 .237/.313/.426/.739 .479/.829 .626 107/.721 3/0 7/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 11/.364 1/2.000 8/.250 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.000 2/1.500 139/111 .338/.377/.423/.800 .652/.854 .769 88/.807 0/2 1/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 13/.481 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 5/1.800 3/.333 4/1.833 6/1.167 243/161 .227/.333/.430/.763 .726/.781 .707 115/.815 0/0 11/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 65/35 .250/.292/.433/.726 .637/.799 .815 15/.933 0/0 3/

2.Upton G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 6/1.500 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 5/.200 10/.550 244/176 .308/.412/.443/.854 .856/.853 .840 117/.891 18/6 3/

IP 67.0 26.1 24.0 13.2 20.1 25.2 27.0 16.2 TOTAL .261/.334/.402/.736 .676/.760 .719 .751 63/23 56/24

ERA-K/9

4.30/10.1

2.73/7.9

4.50/6.8

5.27/7.9

3.10/5.8

2.10/7.4

2.00/11.3

6.48/3.8

4.03/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (17-7-1)
Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 273/.231 115/.204 108/.271 60/.204 89/.273 104/.223 105/.220 77/.328 .245 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/56/0/6
2/14/33/4
57/0/0/1
1/0/25/1
4/0/5/0

OPS .665 .654 .762 .635 .749 .599 .563 .929 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.636 50/.572 38/.632 24/.733 48/.696 40/.547 56/.575 34/1.160 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 130/.697 65/.716 70/.836 36/.574 41/.802 64/.632 49/.548 43/.746 .705

Home 83/.756 58/.843 51/.821 28/.824 56/.727 41/.746 54/.426 27/1.148 .728

Last 28d days 138/.738 43/.640 49/.552 44/.550 34/.720 48/.655 47/.660 39/.613

HR/SB/CS 11/4/2 1/2/0 2/4/0 2/0/0 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 56/46/12

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

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 28.Reyes
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 5/1.600 3/.666 2/1.000 7/.629 4/.250 4/.750 82/69 .351/.415/.446/.861 .724/.886 .993 23/.800 0/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 62/48 .304/.355/.393/.748 1.238/.610 .624 20/.450 0/0 0/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 10/.777 2/.000 4/.000 4/1.500 2/1.000 3/1.167 2/.500 2/2.500 38/33 .303/.395/.333/.728 1.550/.609 .650 33/.570 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 17/.791 8/.625 9/.111 4/.250 7/.714 5/.000 5/.800 2/.500 144/115 .250/.291/.386/.677 .860/.632 .812 69/.677 7/1 2/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 15/1.200 4/.500 8/.946 2/.000 6/1.267 8/1.571 2/1.000 8/.250 188/159 .296/.394/.459/.853 .840/.854 .813 78/.941 1/1 6/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 12/1.045 1/no AB 3/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 3/1.667 1/3.000 1/.000 219/176 .284/.382/.410/.792 .714/.811 1.041 107/.770 28/3 4/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 16/.913 4/2.250 5/1.000 6/.666 2/2.500 1/.000 7/1.000 13/.349 177/145 .284/.328/.512/.840 1.078/.792 .890 109/.974 1/1 8/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 16/.517 5/1.467 10/.800 5/.650 4/.250 3/1.000 7/2.381 2/.000 192/160 .275/.356/.317/.673 .588/.691 .767 68/.647 6/3 0/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 11/1.101 2/.000 5/.400 3/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 273/219 .276/.317/.388/.705 .730/.698 .807 112/.634 6/0 4/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 7/.000 3/.833 7/.714 5/.000 6/.750 5/.933 9/.555 5/.600 247/209 .295/.372/.532/.904 .868/.911 .765 101/.777 1/0 12/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 12/.258 4/.250 9/1.945 3/2.000 3/.667 8/.625 7/1.429 4/1.250 179/149 .269/.346/.456/.803 .898/.783 .922 83/.864 0/0 6/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 14/.468 3/2.167 5/1.850 6/.167 5/1.467 2/.500 6/.333 3/1.666 241/206 .305/.373/.526/.899 1.178/.857 .891 96/.834 3/2 9/

IP 65.2 2.1 18.2 37.1 37.1 17.1 12.2 26.0 TOTAL .282/.355/.446/.801 .842/.792 .857 .801 53/11 67/36

ERA-K/9

3.70/6.4

0.00/15.7

4.34/5.3

4.82/5.1

3.38/8.0

3.63/7.8

3.55/9.2

2.08/6.2

3.68/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (23-5-8)
Varitek (23-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 282/.253 9/.143 88/.284 165/.269 153/.203 68/.220 51/.182 103/.163 .242 Drew
Ramirez
Crisp
Ellsbury
Youkilis
Lugo 0/0/46/4
50/0/0/4
0/44/0/3
25/27/12/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .716 .508 .783 .816 .595 .585 .547 .569 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.789 3/1.333 42/.733 80/1.021 52/.595 35/.435 18/.748 39/.382 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.650 6/.167 46/.827 85/.627 101/.595 33/.739 33/.421 64/.674 .681

Road 105/.729 3/.333 18/.458 102/.906 67/.586 31/.967 19/.654 55/.656 .786

Last 28d days 133/.720 9/.508 41/.995 32/.894 72/.555 27/.439 28/.220 38/.835

HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 5/5/0 3/4/0 0/0/2 1/1/0 4/0/0 48/31/9

Usage ·····X·· o·Xo···· X······X ·····X·· ··XoX··X ···o···· ··ooX··· ···oX·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: TBR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 3-4, 3.70)

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 5-4, 4.30)

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