MIN @ BOS, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 50-39, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 7-4, 3.78) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-4) 104.2 121 51 44 16 58 11 3.78 2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 41.1 43 19 19 5 24 7 4.14 51 2008-07-02 DET W 7 3 0 0 1 4 0 104 74 2008-06-27 MIL ND 4.2 9 6 6 0 5 4 90 27 2008-06-21 ARI W 7 3 1 1 0 3 0 89 70 2008-06-11 @CLE W 6 7 2 2 1 5 1 94 54 2008-06-06 @CHW L 4 8 7 7 0 0 1 56 18 2008-06-01 NYY ND 4.1 5 1 1 3 3 1 71 49 2008-05-27 @KCR ND 8.1 8 2 2 0 4 0 92 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-0 6 9 4 4 1 5 0 6.00 42 2008-05-11 BOS W 6 9 4 4 1 5 0 93 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-18 Road: 18-21 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 39-26 vsLHP: 11-13 1-Run: 17-14 vsEast: 7-10 vsCntrl:24-16 vsWest: 5-9 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 89 Mon, Jul 7 @BOS L 0-1 50-39 2nd 1.5 gb 88 Sun, Jul 6 CLE W 4-3 50-38 2nd 1.0 gb 87 Sat, Jul 5 CLE W 9-6 49-38 2nd 1.0 gb 86 Fri, Jul 4 CLE W 12-3 48-38 2nd 1.0 gb 85 Wed, Jul 2 DET W 7-0 47-38 2nd 2.5 gb 84 Tue, Jul 1 DET W 6-4 46-38 2nd 2.5 gb 83 Mon, Jun 30 DET L 4-5 45-38 2nd 2.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 MIL W 5-0 45-37 2nd 1.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 MIL L 1-5 44-37 2nd 1.5 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 MIL W 7-6 44-36 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:16-4 Last 30:19-11
Boston Red Sox, 53-39, 2nd, 4 GB, 1½ up in WC	SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 7-3, 3.21) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-3) 117.2 113 45 42 41 76 9 3.21 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 4-0 46.2 51 14 14 8 31 3 2.70 56 2008-07-03 @NYY W 9 5 0 0 2 8 0 105 83 2008-06-28 @HOU ND 5 9 6 6 0 3 2 76 28 2008-06-22 STL ND 7.1 9 2 2 1 3 0 101 54 2008-06-17 @PHI W 7 6 0 0 1 5 0 99 69 2008-06-12 BAL W 7 7 2 2 1 3 0 101 57 2008-06-05 TBR W 6.1 8 1 1 0 5 0 109 58 2008-05-31 @BAL ND 5 7 3 3 3 4 1 103 42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 0-0 5.1 8 5 3 1 2 0 5.06 37 2008-05-09 @MIN ND 5.1 8 5 3 1 2 0 94 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-10 Road: 21-29 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 39-35 vsLHP: 14-4 1-Run: 12-16 vsEast: 18-18 vsCntrl:13-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 92 Mon, Jul 7 MIN W 1-0 53-39 2nd 4.0 gb 91 Sun, Jul 6 @NYY L 4-5 (10) 52-39 2nd 5.0 gb 90 Sat, Jul 5 @NYY L 1-2 52-38 2nd 4.0 gb 89 Fri, Jul 4 @NYY W 6-4 52-37 2nd 3.0 gb 88 Thu, Jul 3 @NYY W 7-0 51-37 2nd 3.0 gb 87 Wed, Jul 2 @TBR L 6-7 50-37 2nd 3.5 gb 86 Tue, Jul 1 @TBR L 1-3 50-36 2nd 2.5 gb 85 Mon, Jun 30 @TBR L 4-5 50-35 2nd 1.5 gb 84 Sun, Jun 29 @HOU L 2-3 50-34 2nd 0.5 gb 83 Sat, Jun 28 @HOU L 10-11 50-33 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Jul 07, 2008 BOS 1 MIN 0 W:Hideki Okajima (2-2), L: Brian Bass (3-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26) Mon, May 12, 2008 MIN 7 BOS 3 W:Livan Hernandez (6-1), L: Clay Buchholz (2-3), S: none Sun, May 11, 2008 MIN 9 BOS 8 W:Nick Blackburn (3-2), L: Tim Wakefield (3-2), S: Joe Nathan (12) Sat, May 10, 2008 BOS 5 @MIN 2 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (6-0), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (11) Fri, May 09, 2008 MIN 7 BOS 6 W:Jesse Crain (1-1), L: Jonathan Papelbon (2-2), S: none Sun, Sep 30, 2007 MIN 3 @BOS 2 W:Matt Garza (5-7), L: Julian Tavarez (7-11), S: Joe Nathan (37) Sat, Sep 29, 2007 BOS 6 MIN 4 W:Tim Wakefield (17-12), L: Nick Blackburn (0-2), S: Hideki Okajima (5) Fri, Sep 28, 2007 BOS 5 MIN 2 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-12), L: Kevin Slowey (4-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (37) Thu, Sep 27, 2007 MIN 5 @BOS 4 W:Boof Bonser (8-12), L: Josh Beckett (20-7), S: Joe Nathan (36) Sun, May 06, 2007 BOS 4 @MIN 3 W:Curt Schilling (4-1), L: Sidney Ponson (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (10) Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 3-2; 2007 - BOS won 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - BOS leads 936-913

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

TEX 5.49

COL 4.51

WSN 3.62

RA/G

OAK 3.67

MIN 4.57

TEX 5.78

C. Jones .384

R. Aurilia .284

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .481

J. Loney .358

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .665

C. Beltran .465

T. Pena .204

OPS

C. Jones 1.114

J. Loney .814

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

P. Maholm 4.05

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.49

T. Wakefield 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.10 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 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

32.Buscher* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 76/62 .314/.342/.400/.742 .286/.851 .862 67/.747 0/1 1/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/145 .318/.361/.445/.806 .736/.835 .747 102/.733 4/1 4/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 377/280 .266/.301/.370/.671 .739/.647 .658 116/.563 21/8 5/

23.Harris G/S/vP 13/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 313/227 .250/.306/.346/.653 .469/.725 .634 87/.673 1/1 4/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 287/228 .267/.328/.465/.793 .490/.868 .741 80/1.023 0/1 12/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 218/191 .228/.266/.305/.571 .303/.610 .736 17/.450 0/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 4/.250 1/no AB 335/243 .325/.416/.452/.868 .937/.840 .718 96/.938 0/1 4/

27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 11/.773 152/79 .217/.289/.449/.739 .479/.972 .632 32/.868 0/0 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.667 3/1.666 2/.500 3/1.167 6/.167 6/.834 2/.000 383/264 .310/.373/.485/.859 .736/.917 .889 109/.889 0/1 12/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.667 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 4/.666 99/61 .284/.347/.432/.779 .748/.798 .704 31/.891 4/1 1/

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 69/33 .297/.333/.359/.693 .697/.688 .658 23/.577 0/0 0/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/48 .294/.400/.392/.792 1.300/.668 .713 27/1.100 4/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 15/.354 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 5/1.200 339/253 .286/.333/.390/.724 .685/.737 .761 82/.859 9/4 3/

IP 117.2 37.1 36.1 24.2 34.2 37.2 38.2 22.2 TOTAL .276/.333/.405/.738 .680/.760 .709 .797 53/24 60/57

ERA-K/9

3.21/5.8

2.89/9.7

4.46/8.9

5.84/7.7

2.34/5.2

2.87/8.6

2.33/11.4

6.75/5.2

3.80/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (32-17-1)
Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 490/.255 163/.203 157/.250 116/.232 142/.254 164/.259 151/.199 108/.312 .242 Young
Gomez
Kubel
Span
Monroe
Punto 82/0/0/8
0/83/0/6
10/0/18/2
0/1/17/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0

OPS .697 .636 .702 .668 .720 .698 .541 .890 .696

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.602 71/.614 65/.609 44/.832 74/.741 64/.586 84/.517 49/1.080 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.736 92/.654 92/.771 72/.573 68/.699 100/.772 67/.571 59/.731 .694

Home 246/.677 85/.801 69/.635 62/.704 81/.728 72/.843 76/.401 44/.945 .706

Last 28d days 139/.686 37/.471 46/.608 44/.797 43/.752 53/.956 38/.546 23/.959

HR/SB/CS 9/6/1 1/2/0 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/2/0 80/66/17

Usage ····X··· ·····o·· ·X·o·Xo· ·····oX· ·oXo·X·X oX·X·X·· oX·X···· ··o·····

Boston Red Sox Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 60.Bass
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/2 .000/.500/.000/.500 .250/ / 0/0 0/

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.453 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 10/.400 6/.833 120/99 .360/.408/.450/.859 .931/.843 .976 26/.746 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 94/74 .238/.309/.345/.654 .921/.584 .619 26/.535 0/0 1/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 13/.490 5/.650 64/57 .263/.344/.351/.695 1.071/.649 .669 22/.527 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 7/.333 6/2.833 9/.472 7/.286 234/187 .259/.309/.410/.719 .983/.651 .775 73/.789 13/3 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 5/1.467 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 10/.633 324/260 .299/.407/.560/.967 .984/.962 .982 114/1.016 2/1 16/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 339/264 .268/.341/.375/.716 .584/.753 .836 113/.587 35/7 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 4/.583 3/5.000 9/.333 ··· 2/2.000 6/.834 8/.536 3/.000 307/249 .299/.362/.520/.882 1.056/.844 .909 114/1.024 1/2 13/

23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 13/.840 7/1.238 294/233 .264/.351/.328/.679 .756/.659 .770 81/.693 11/4 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 72/53 .277/.333/.415/.749 .516/.820 .643 38/.659 0/1 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 4/.833 2/2.500 9/1.112 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.000 410/319 .311/.354/.458/.812 .997/.759 .803 120/1.120 9/0 9/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 7/.000 3/3.333 359/294 .281/.379/.494/.872 .706/.911 .844 95/.678 1/0 16/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 8/1.167 ··· 2/.000 5/2.467 4/.250 5/1.600 276/222 .215/.297/.354/.651 .662/.648 .710 82/.389 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.833 3/.000 5/.800 ··· 350/297 .308/.380/.529/.909 1.063/.884 .886 90/1.020 3/4 13/

IP 104.2 55.0 80.0 19.0 36.0 47.0 36.2 24.0 TOTAL .278/.353/.444/.797 .835/.788 .834 .786 76/22 102/51

ERA-K/9

3.78/5.0

4.58/4.1

6.19/6.8

1.42/8.5

2.75/6.8

3.06/6.3

1.23/9.8

2.25/4.5

4.17/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (29-9-9)
Varitek (37-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 438/.294 245/.296 362/.287 76/.188 154/.268 200/.236 138/.205 95/.247 .280 Drew
Ramirez
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Bailey
Youkilis
Lugo 0/1/76/5
56/0/0/4
0/68/0/3
9/0/10/2
46/37/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .768 .839 .760 .510 .758 .671 .535 .660 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 189/.698 88/.735 169/.766 30/.588 55/.668 72/.708 75/.569 55/.477 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.820 157/.897 193/.755 46/.456 99/.805 128/.650 63/.496 40/.921 .778

Road 202/.786 115/.887 104/.832 26/.362 67/.875 82/.871 44/.702 41/.707 .815

Last 28d days 95/.704 58/.593 41/.826 16/.063 41/.614 45/.466 39/.391 17/.694

HR/SB/CS 11/0/1 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/5/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 97/42/18

Usage ·····X·· o··o··Xo ··X··o·· ·······o o··X·X·o ·ooX···X ·oX···o· ······oo

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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SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 7-4, 3.78)

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 7-3, 3.21)

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