TBR @ BOS, Monday, September 8, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 85-56, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 11-9, 4.07) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-9) 159.1 164 73 72 70 92 19 4.07 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 5-2 40 49 16 16 19 24 5 3.60 48 2008-09-03 NYY L 3.1 10 6 6 1 2 0 70 17 2008-08-28 TOR W 7 6 1 1 2 2 0 106 61 2008-08-22 @CHW W 6 7 2 2 5 5 1 97 50 2008-08-16 @TEX L 6 5 1 1 3 6 1 101 61 2008-08-10 @SEA W 7 7 1 1 2 2 1 102 59 2008-08-05 CLE W 5.2 7 3 3 4 4 1 99 43 2008-07-30 @TOR W 5 7 2 2 2 3 1 89 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 27.1 33 17 17 15 23 2 5.60 44 2008-06-04 @BOS L 5 6 4 4 3 4 0 94 40 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 53-21 Road: 32-35 ExtrInn: 8-6 vsRHP: 61-36 vsLHP: 24-20 1-Run: 26-16 vsEast: 34-25 vsCntrl:17-13 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Sun, Sep 7 @TOR L 0-1 85-56 1st 1.5 up 140 Sat, Sep 6 @TOR L 4-7 (13) 85-55 1st 2.5 up 139 Fri, Sep 5 @TOR L 4-6 85-54 1st 2.5 up 138 Thu, Sep 4 NYY W 7-5 85-53 1st 3.5 up 137 Wed, Sep 3 NYY L 4-8 84-53 1st 3.0 up 136 Tue, Sep 2 NYY L 2-7 84-52 1st 4.0 up 135 Sun, Aug 31 BAL W 10-4 84-51 1st 5.5 up 134 Sat, Aug 30 BAL W 10-9 83-51 1st 4.5 up 133 Fri, Aug 29 BAL W 14-3 82-51 1st 4.5 up 132 Thu, Aug 28 TOR W 3-2 81-51 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:19-11
Boston Red Sox, 84-58, 2nd, 1½ GB, 6½ up in WC	SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 13-5, 3.37) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (13-5) 181.2 182 71 68 57 129 13 3.37 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 4-2 42.1 43 19 19 12 33 4 4.04 52 2008-09-02 BAL W 5 6 1 1 4 5 0 99 52 2008-08-28 @NYY ND 6.2 5 1 1 0 8 0 119 68 2008-08-23 @TOR L 2.1 8 7 7 2 2 1 78 13 2008-08-18 @BAL W 7 4 1 1 1 5 1 103 69 2008-08-13 TEX W 7.1 7 3 3 1 6 1 108 57 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 48-19 Road: 36-39 ExtrInn: 7-2 vsRHP: 63-47 vsLHP: 21-11 1-Run: 17-20 vsEast: 30-26 vsCntrl:21-9 vsWest: 22-16 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 142 Sun, Sep 7 @TEX W 7-2 84-58 2nd 1.5 gb 141 Sat, Sep 6 @TEX L 8-15 83-58 2nd 2.5 gb 140 Fri, Sep 5 @TEX W 8-1 83-57 2nd 2.5 gb 139 Wed, Sep 3 BAL W 5-4 82-57 2nd 3.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 BAL W 14-2 81-57 2nd 4.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 1 BAL W 7-4 80-57 2nd 5.0 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 CHW L 2-4 79-57 2nd 5.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 CHW W 8-2 79-56 2nd 4.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 CHW W 8-0 78-56 2nd 4.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 @NYY L 2-3 77-56 2nd 4.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jul 02, 2008 TBR 7 BOS 6 W:Gary Glover (1-2), L: Craig Hansen (1-3), S: Dan Wheeler (3) Tue, Jul 01, 2008 TBR 3 BOS 1 W:Matt Garza (7-4), L: Tim Wakefield (5-6), S: Grant Balfour (2) Mon, Jun 30, 2008 TBR 5 BOS 4 W:James Shields (6-5), L: Justin Masterson (4-2), S: J.P. Howell (2) Thu, Jun 05, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 1 W:Jon Lester (4-3), L: James Shields (4-4), S: none Wed, Jun 04, 2008 BOS 5 TBR 1 W:Josh Beckett (6-4), L: Edwin Jackson (3-5), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 6-6; 2007 - BOS won 13-5; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; All-Time - BOS leads 117-64

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 5.47

LAA 4.63

SDP 3.87

RA/G

TOR 3.82

NYY 4.57

TEX 5.97

R. Furcal .366

A. Casilla .293

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

O. Hudson .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .649

S. Drew .485

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.116

M. Mora .837

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.28

M. Parra 4.03

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

M. Mussina 6.56

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 43.Hansack
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 62.Pauley
G/S/vB 59.Smith
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 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 305/180 .256/.332/.421/.753 .854/.684 .779 103/.904 2/2 9/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.455 52/17 .326/.404/.609/1.013 1.062/.915 .922 48/1.060 0/0 3/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 5/.800 8/1.292 ··· 4/1.250 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 424/296 .279/.317/.350/.668 .885/.573 .617 82/.902 18/5 1/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/5.000 242/232 .278/.355/.478/.834 .550/.845 .603 62/.964 1/0 10/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/1.917 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 331/270 .242/.341/.439/.780 .608/.821 .625 75/.910 4/2 12/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.333 2/1.000 4/.750 3/1.167 ··· 15/1.067 387/333 .248/.331/.478/.809 .454/.866 .884 58/.722 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 19/.850 11/.808 ··· 4/.917 3/2.667 1/2.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 632/434 .278/.349/.381/.730 .679/.754 .683 111/.707 6/5 5/

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 435/314 .278/.352/.533/.885 .868/.891 .921 / 7/0 22/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 7/.629 9/.444 ··· 3/.666 6/.167 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 401/293 .298/.352/.410/.762 .694/.795 .730 60/.674 0/4 6/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 15/1.166 4/1.750 ··· 6/1.500 6/2.267 3/.333 4/1.833 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.167 527/336 .245/.372/.487/.859 .674/.967 .852 111/.957 1/1 27/

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1 .143/.143/.143/.286 .333/.000 .286 7/.286 2/0 0/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 152/82 .222/.287/.407/.694 .781/.623 .737 41/.520 0/0 6/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 61/18 .186/.213/.271/.484 .519/.399 .308 28/.143 1/0 1/

2.Upton G/S/vP 18/.771 6/1.500 ··· 3/.000 7/1.429 4/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 11/.495 604/420 .275/.384/.399/.784 .788/.781 .777 109/.834 42/15 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 171/100 .217/.298/.401/.700 .645/.738 .692 64/.638 3/0 7/

IP 181.2 63.0 53.0 78.2 55.0 59.2 8.1 14.0 43.2 TOTAL .262/.339/.421/.761 .724/.778 .727 .800 131/47 152/73

ERA-K/9

3.37/6.4

3.86/9.1

/0.0

2.72/5.4

3.20/6.9

2.95/8.3

1.66/10.3

8.64/7.6

5.79/6.4

5.56/5.4

3.98/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (38-21-6)
Riggans (24-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 760/.264 266/.220 / 216/.250 327/.216 235/.230 231/.205 42/.359 56/.224 199/.295 .249 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Riggans
Baldelli
Zobrist
Perez 0/133/0/11
2/17/103/7
27/0/48/3
18/5/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/4/0
9/4/1/0
2/0/1/0

OPS .707 .646 .701 .681 .656 .515 .995 .801 .865 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.587 119/.596 / 113/.629 162/.791 100/.573 120/.525 21/1.246 28/.345 90/1.024 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 530/.761 147/.687 / 103/.775 165/.578 135/.720 111/.505 21/.762 28/1.268 109/.730 .709

Home 388/.701 126/.559 / 126/.646 168/.738 111/.792 113/.433 30/.938 27/.379 85/.812 .726

Last 28d days 123/.770 60/.561 / 38/.515 51/.736 42/.628 40/.450 20/.926 25/1.186 52/1.059

HR/SB/CS 13/7/5 5/7/0 // 4/1/3 9/9/0 6/0/1 3/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 7/4/0 131/87/31

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

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.33 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 52.Salas
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/22 .303/.425/.515/.940 1.076/.807 1.119 32/1.045 0/0 2/

44.Bay G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 6/1.667 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 20/.372 606/466 .288/.371/.519/.890 .839/.904 .917 104/.868 10/0 27/

22.Casey* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 2/1.000 7/.629 ··· ··· 5/1.000 188/157 .345/.404/.421/.825 .971/.796 .992 24/.606 1/0 0/

30.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 139/105 .230/.295/.333/.628 .953/.527 .605 24/.619 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 10/.777 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 3/1.167 5/1.100 1/.000 2/2.500 151/130 .295/.387/.372/.759 .731/.764 .853 64/.814 1/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 19/.839 8/.625 6/1.467 6/.750 7/.714 5/.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 362/274 .284/.344/.416/.759 .778/.752 .759 80/.974 19/6 7/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 15/.967 2/.000 2/1.000 3/2.000 3/.666 5/1.267 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 536/411 .263/.327/.363/.690 .702/.687 .757 101/.629 44/8 7/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 381/271 .287/.337/.423/.760 .634/.813 .833 74/.853 2/3 6/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 19/.763 6/1.500 11/.489 7/.858 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.667 15/.445 436/343 .277/.339/.462/.801 .891/.777 .789 18/1.233 2/2 15/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 232/163 .279/.357/.437/.793 .993/.707 .854 103/.844 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 17/1.465 2/1.000 2/.000 8/1.625 6/.834 11/.273 13/.413 2/2.500 9/.708 420/324 .270/.381/.489/.870 .644/.938 1.025 106/1.062 1/0 18/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 14/.955 3/.000 4/1.000 4/1.250 5/.933 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 647/495 .330/.378/.501/.878 .950/.856 .920 117/1.171 17/1 17/

28.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 175/95 .235/.382/.368/.750 .650/.831 .841 2/1.000 0/1 3/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 14/.368 7/.143 20/1.017 5/1.200 4/.500 8/.625 7/.810 ··· 6/.833 436/338 .229/.319/.372/.691 .839/.648 .710 79/.845 0/1 12/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 17/.508 4/1.500 8/1.071 7/.453 6/1.167 2/.500 2/1.000 3/2.667 4/1.583 546/444 .314/.385/.563/.948 1.037/.929 1.000 85/1.002 3/4 25/

IP 159.1 47.2 52.1 72.2 78.0 37.0 40.1 4.1 61.1 TOTAL .285/.362/.452/.814 .857/.801 .861 .901 109/28 154/75

ERA-K/9

4.07/5.2

1.70/13.2

2.06/2.9

4.71/5.1

2.54/9.3

4.38/9.2

4.91/8.0

10.38/14.7

2.49/7.0

3.76/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (34-15-13)
Ross (24-10-6)
Varitek (53-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 687/.269 184/.138 213/.275 325/.279 325/.199 162/.248 168/.181 19/.294 239/.177 .245 Bay
Ellsbury
Kotsay
Crisp
Bailey
Youkilis 137/0/0/6
55/57/29/4
0/84/6/3
0/101/0/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .775 .449 .640 .812 .599 .690 .712 .839 .571 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 335/.770 69/.422 68/.785 145/.867 118/.542 96/.600 82/.719 8/1.292 93/.599 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 352/.777 115/.465 145/.576 180/.768 207/.630 66/.820 86/.705 11/.545 146/.553 .701

Road 334/.775 99/.485 108/.578 188/.837 155/.679 66/.813 70/.833 4/.833 126/.639 .765

Last 28d days 103/.861 55/.641 43/.539 51/1.059 49/.586 30/.593 16/1.600 19/.839 40/.406

HR/SB/CS 19/10/4 2/2/1 2/2/3 11/10/1 6/10/1 1/0/2 9/5/1 0/0/0 8/1/1 136/66/24

Usage ····X··· ·XX·X··· ·X·oo··· ···X·X·X ·oo·X··· ···o·X·o ·o··X··· ····oo·· oo·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, Monday, September 8, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 11-9, 4.07)

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 13-5, 3.37)

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