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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Texas Rangers, 61-59, 2nd, 15 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (24, RHP, 3-5, 7.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-5)             48    68  52  40  16  26  7    7.50      
 2007 (1-0)             16    13   4   4   4   7  1    2.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  31.1  46  36  30   9  16  6    8.62   34 
 2008-08-08   @BAL   L   3     6   5   5   1   1  1      70   27 
 2008-08-03    TOR   W   7     6   4   4   1   2  0      98   50 
 2008-07-29    SEA  ND   5.1   9   6   5   0   1  0      87   29 
 2008-07-22   @CHW   L   4     9   6   6   2   4  1      84   22 
 2008-07-11    CHW   W   6     3   1   1   1   8  0      79   69 
 2008-07-07    LAA   L   1.1   9   8   8   2   0  3      51    2 
 2008-07-02   @NYY  ND   4.2   4   6   1   2   0  1      88   40 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-1   3     5   7   7   3   2  1   21.00   20 
 2008-04-18   @BOS   L   3     5   7   7   3   2  1      67   20 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-26   Road:   30-33   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  47-37   vsLHP:  14-22   1-Run:  23-12
 vsEast: 15-20   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 20-15 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Tue, Aug 12  @BOS  L  17-19      61-59  2nd 15.0 gb
119 Sun, Aug 10  @BAL  W  15-7       61-58  2nd 14.0 gb
118 Sat, Aug  9  @BAL  L   0-9       60-58  2nd 14.0 gb
117 Fri, Aug  8  @BAL  L   1-9       60-57  2nd 13.0 gb
116 Thu, Aug  7   NYY  L   0-3       60-56  2nd 12.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6   NYY  L   3-5       60-55  2nd 11.5 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5   NYY  W   8-6       60-54  2nd 10.5 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4   NYY  W   9-5       59-54  2nd 11.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3   TOR  W   8-4       58-54  2nd 11.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2   TOR  L   4-6       57-54  2nd 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Boston Red Sox, 69-51, 2nd, 3 GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 10-4, 3.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-4)           153.1 152  58  55  49 103 10    3.23      
 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         4-1  49.2  53  19  19  10  38  3    3.44   55 
 2008-08-08   @CHW   L   7     6   4   4   3   2  0      95   48 
 2008-08-02    OAK   W   7     7   2   2   1   5  1     100   59 
 2008-07-27    NYY   W   7     9   2   2   1   8  0     113   58 
 2008-07-21   @SEA   W   7.1   8   0   0   0   6  0     103   68 
 2008-07-08    MIN  ND   7.1   9   5   5   3   6  0     117   43 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      0-0  10.2  15   6   6   6   9  1    5.06   43 
 2008-04-19    TEX  ND   6.1  10   3   3   2   5  1     106   44 
 2006-06-10    TEX  ND   4.1   5   3   3   4   4  0     102   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-16   Road:   28-35   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  51-42   vsLHP:  18-9    1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 21-21   vsCntrl:19-8    vsWest: 18-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Tue, Aug 12   TEX  W  19-17      69-51  2nd  3.0 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11  @CHW  W   5-1       68-51  2nd  4.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10  @CHW  L   5-6       67-51  2nd  4.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9  @CHW  W   6-2       67-50  2nd  3.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8  @CHW  L   3-5       66-50  2nd  3.5 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6  @KCR  W   8-2       66-49  2nd  3.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5  @KCR  W   8-2       65-49  2nd  3.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4  @KCR  L   3-4       64-49  2nd  3.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3   OAK  W   5-2       64-48  2nd  3.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2   OAK  W  12-2       63-48  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 BOS 19  TEX 17        W:Hideki Okajima (3-2), L: Frank Francisco (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (32)
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 BOS  8  TEX  3        W:Clay Buchholz (1-1), L: Dustin Nippert (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 BOS  6  TEX  5        W:Tim Wakefield (2-0), L: C.J. Wilson (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (7)
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 BOS  5  TEX  3        W:Javier Lopez (1-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (6)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 5-0; 2007 - BOS won 6-4; 2006 - BOS won 5-4; All-Time - BOS leads 313-272

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX  5.70

MIL  4.69

WSN  3.73

RA/G

TOR  3.95

CLE  4.63

TEX  6.04

BA

C. Jones  .370

D. Mientkiewicz  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

T. Wigginton  .361

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .608

E. Hinske  .483

T. Pena  .204

OPS

C. Jones  1.066

R. Ibanez  .832

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

S. Olsen  4.04

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

G. Floyd  6.33

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.70 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.17 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
63.Masterson
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 250/175 .242/.337/.405/.742 .855/.692 .649 47/.678 3/2 5/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 5/.200 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 388/250 .321/.447/.587/1.034 1.147/.966 .851 55/.933 4/3 19/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 297/190 .298/.383/.477/.860 .911/.831 .721 97/1.157 4/1 8/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/1.800 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 10/1.100 11/1.727 252/237 .286/.353/.406/.760 .536/.773 .831 45/.793 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 163/111 .283/.325/.579/.904 1.110/.811 .833 99/.855 0/1 11/
16.Ellison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 11/8 .200/.273/.200/.473 .333/.500 .473 11/.473 0/0 0/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 4/1.750 2/.500 2/3.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 529/362 .304/.369/.555/.923 .829/.966 .789 104/.942 7/0 28/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.333 2/5.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 561/418 .320/.377/.513/.890 .808/.918 .884 109/.670 26/1 16/
15.Laird G/S/vP 5/.600 2/1.500 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 265/196 .292/.344/.429/.773 .738/.785 .842 62/.694 1/3 6/
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 28/12 .148/.179/.259/.438 .192/.750 1.000 19/.652 0/0 1/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 201/130 .233/.338/.337/.676 .468/.796 .629 33/.795 0/2 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 297/251 .318/.384/.477/.860 .455/.932 .807 47/.891 0/1 6/
10.Young G/S/vP 7/.929 2/.000 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 8/.715 529/393 .285/.335/.411/.746 .817/.721 .692 103/.616 8/0 10/
IP 153.1 41.0 50.0 43.1 66.0 46.2 51.1 32.2 TOTAL .282/.353/.460/.813 .775/.828 .759 .804 64/18 147/104
ERA-K/9 3.23/6.0 3.73/9.7 4.32/8.5 2.70/5.2 3.41/7.4 2.51/7.9 1.93/10.5 5.23/5.0 3.86/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (40-17-2)
 Saltalamacchia (37-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 637/.263 183/.223 215/.245 180/.266 276/.206 200/.227 199/.202 147/.285 .246  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Boggs
 Bradley
 Catalanotto
 Ellison
4/49/30/7
0/74/33/6
57/0/2/5
1/0/19/4
23/0/0/0
2/1/1/0
OPS .695 .687 .694 .745 .670 .652 .523 .797 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.591 78/.608 95/.635 93/.677 149/.801 80/.564 108/.538 66/1.003 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 444/.742 105/.746 120/.743 87/.815 127/.524 120/.712 91/.507 81/.628 .690
Home 335/.691 95/.856 109/.628 110/.709 146/.713 100/.755 105/.428 69/.780 .721
Last 28d days 115/.662 15/1.443 44/.726 27/.863 46/.563 32/.404 38/.342 26/.500
HR/SB/CS 10/6/4 2/2/0 4/7/0 3/1/3 9/7/0 5/0/1 3/2/0 4/3/0 105/77/28
Usage ····X··· X·X····· X···o·X· o······· ··X···X· X·o····· Xo····X· ···o···o
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (6.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
44.Bay G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/.667 2/2.000 14/.833 511/391 .286/.376/.514/.889 .740/.933 .947 110/.791 8/0 23/
22.Casey* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 29/.845 165/136 .353/.412/.440/.852 1.041/.811 1.038 27/.583 1/0 0/
30.Cash G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 119/95 .222/.286/.333/.619 .935/.541 .609 18/.284 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 8/.417 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/.986 87/78 .280/.372/.347/.719 .819/.707 .690 18/.656 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 8/.393 3/1.000 5/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 292/220 .247/.302/.386/.688 .845/.634 .750 58/.549 14/4 6/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/no AB 3/.333 32/.913 437/344 .288/.416/.538/.955 .937/.960 .990 100/.841 4/1 19/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/2.000 2/4.000 ··· 440/339 .272/.336/.376/.712 .706/.714 .772 76/.673 38/7 7/
25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· 4/2.417 4/1.417 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 19/.743 427/338 .270/.335/.446/.781 .834/.767 .789 99/.505 2/2 14/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.583 1/.000 138/92 .286/.346/.437/.783 .937/.703 .780 85/.813 0/0 1/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 2/2.500 19/.734 3/.667 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 3/1.667 7/1.571 320/249 .260/.359/.487/.847 .642/.905 1.037 74/.870 1/0 16/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.600 3/1.500 ··· ··· 3/1.667 3/1.666 4/1.750 540/414 .319/.363/.457/.821 .890/.800 .799 106/.840 12/1 10/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 2/1.500 16/.750 2/4.000 12/.555 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 361/274 .216/.305/.345/.650 .721/.627 .715 73/.635 0/0 8/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.167 3/3.500 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 3/2.334 4/.000 471/385 .316/.384/.564/.948 1.055/.926 .978 98/1.007 3/4 22/
IP 48.0 37.1 48.2 45.2 18.0 35.2 68.1 66.2 TOTAL .280/.356/.443/.799 .824/.792 .846 .765 90/24 129/68
ERA-K/9 7.50/4.9 5.79/7.7 3.88/10.9 3.15/5.1 5.50/5.5 7.82/6.1 3.95/4.9 4.59/6.2 5.39/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (31-15-12)
 Varitek (46-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 233/.324 178/.248 208/.219 175/.201 77/.284 181/.342 291/.279 291/.266 .289  Drew
 Bay
 Ellsbury
 Crisp
 Youkilis
0/1/100/6
116/0/0/4
54/51/15/3
0/84/0/3
0/0/2/0
OPS .877 .822 .702 .598 .803 .963 .780 .708 .828
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.921 87/.651 104/.656 69/.542 37/1.003 86/.877 138/.879 140/.775 .861
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.831 91/.994 104/.750 106/.634 40/.620 95/1.037 153/.688 151/.648 .800
Road 114/.887 92/.828 111/.618 75/.623 43/.899 102/1.124 165/.842 149/.666 .836
Last 28d days 95/.850 12/1.167 41/.657 45/.739 44/.752 87/.962 67/.809 62/.930
HR/SB/CS 7/4/1 6/1/0 7/6/1 3/3/0 2/2/1 5/4/1 5/0/1 4/8/1 139/92/30
Usage ····X··· ···X··X· X··o···· ··X····X o·o·X·X· ····X··· X··X···X X·o··X·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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